This book — a two-volume work —reexamines the development of sociology during the Weimar Republic, characterising it as a period of remarkable theoretical, institutional, and disciplinary vitality.
Asmat Art features the world renowned woodcarvings of the Asmat, former head-hunters who live in the western half of New GuineaThis book presents a full range of Asmat woodcarving art, but emphasizes the rare early shields and figure sculptures.
This classic text about Buddhism in Japan by Lafcadio Hearnon of the first Westerns to write about Japanwill be of great interests to scholars and Japanophiles alike.
This stunning Bali travel pictorial features stunning photography that highlights the breathtaking landscapes of Bali and the diverse customs and traditions of the Balinese people.
This casual Japan travel guide contains a wealth of information for the business traveler or touristFor several years author, Walt Sheldon has been helping visitors and foreign residents to understand and appreciate things Japanese through the medium of his popular weekly radio program "e;Enjoy Japan"e; over the U.
Incredible Japan is a crash course in Japanese cultureIt is an introduction to those inimitable aspects of Japan which are necessarily alien to the foreign observer.
The Japanese Abacus & Theory book is easy to follow, and gives the reader step-by-step directions on how to use it correctly while applying it to practical use.
This casual Japan travel guide contains a wealth of information for the business traveler or touristFor several years author, Walt Sheldon has been helping visitors and foreign residents to understand and appreciate things Japanese through the medium of his popular weekly radio program "e;Enjoy Japan"e; over the U.
This stunning Bali travel pictorial features stunning photography that highlights the breathtaking landscapes of Bali and the diverse customs and traditions of the Balinese people.
The New Book of Tang (Xin Tang Shu) is a dynastic history of the Tang dynasty compiled by Song Qi and Ouyang Xiu under imperial commission during the Northern Song dynasty.
The Miami tribe, along with their associated tribes the Piankashaw, Wea and Kickapoo occupied the Wabash River Valley in northern, central and southwestern Indiana.
A scholarly study of the late Ottoman Empire's unique experiment of modernization that provides an alternative understanding of nineteenth-century world history.
The Sovereign Struggle: Cuffy and the 1763 Berbice Rebellion In February 1763, an enslaved cooper named Cuffy did what no rebel leader in the Americas had yet achieved: he built a nation.
This book is set in the era of Prophet Muhammad when the revolution of Islam began to take root in the Arabian desert, and when the Prophet of Allah had established the Islamic state of Madinah to secure the future and the destiny of the Muslims.
The Pyramid Texts: Spells of Eternity invites readers into the oldest sacred writings of ancient Egypt-inscriptions carved deep within the pyramids of kings over 4,000 years ago.
Fire in the Andes: The Great Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II, 1780–1783 In November 1780, a wealthy Andean nobleman ambushed a corrupt Spanish official on a mountain trail, and set in motion the largest anti-colonial uprising Latin America would see before its wars of independence.
In the 1850s, a group of affluent rice planters left coastal South Carolina to establish a permanent settlement in the mountains of western North Carolina.
Democracy in Tanzania examines one of Africa's most important contemporary governance challenges: the struggle between institutional power and democratic accountability.
