Social Science
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Medievalism, Politics and Mass Media: Appropriating the Middle Ages in the Twenty-First Century [Paperback]
Andrew B.R. Elliott(Author)
$19.99ISBN: 9781843845850
Published by : D.S. Brewer
Series: Medievalism
Volume: Volume 10
In 2001, George Bush provoked global uproar by describing the nascent War on Terror as a "Crusade". His comments, however, were welcomed by Al-Qaeda, who had long been describing Western powers in precisely the same terms, as modern Crus... .... Learn More -
The Origins of the Changos [Paperback]
Dumitru Martinas(Author)
$29.99ISBN: 9781592110797
Published by : Center for Romanian Studies
The term Chango (Csángó) refers to a population whose ethnic origin has been the subject of much controversy. The term originates from the Magyar language in which it means “mixed” or “impure.” Most Changos li... .... Learn More -
Bad Cities [Paperback]
Ugo Rubeo(Author)
$28.99ISBN: 9788869772818
Published by : Mimesis International
Series: Literature
From Larry Kramer's New York to Roth's Newark and Colla's Baghdad, this collection of 15 essays explores how American contemporary literature tackles the issue of urban violence, its relationship with the forerunners of the genre, and how its main... .... Learn More -
Material Approaches to Polynesian Barkcloth: Cloth, Collections, Communities [Paperback]
Prof. Frances Lennard(Editor); Dr. Andy Mills(Editor)
$80.00ISBN: 9789088909719
Published by : Sidestone Press
Barkcloth or tapa, a cloth made from the inner bark of trees, was widely used in place of woven cloth in the Pacific islands until the 19th century. A ubiquitous material, it was integral to the lives of islanders and used for clothing, furnishing... .... Learn More -
Material Approaches to Polynesian Barkcloth: Cloth, Collections, Communities [Hardback]
Prof. Frances Lennard(Editor); Dr. Andy Mills(Editor)
$195.00ISBN: 9789088909726
Published by : Sidestone Press
Barkcloth or tapa, a cloth made from the inner bark of trees, was widely used in place of woven cloth in the Pacific islands until the 19th century. A ubiquitous material, it was integral to the lives of islanders and used for clothing, furnishing... .... Learn More -
Alatzomouri Pefka: A Middle Minoan IIB Workshop Making Organic Dyes [Hardback]
Vili Apostolakou(Editor); Thomas M. Brogan(Editor); Philip P. Betancourt(Editor)
$80.00ISBN: 9781931534253
Published by : INSTAP Academic Press (Institute for Aegean Prehistory)
Series: Prehistory Monographs
Volume: 62
One of the most important sites for the early history of dyeing ever found in Minoan Crete was discovered in 2007. A Middle Bronze Age (Middle Minoan IIB) workshop for making natural dyes and using them to color fabrics included several basins car... .... Learn More -
Future Humanism [Paperback]
Anna Maria Rufino(Author)
$11.99ISBN: 9788869772849
Published by : Mimesis International
Series: Sociology
The theme of this pamphlet is the knowledge, reread in its own origins and in the transformations of the middle-global world where the deep meaning appears lost in the conscious awareness. The risks, fears and conflicts that cross the society, esp... .... Learn More -
In-security [Paperback]
Anna Maria Rufino(Author)
$11.99ISBN: 9788869772856
Published by : Mimesis International
Series: Sociology
The middle- globality is the time of the “not occurring”. The uncertainty of not existing, in all its – individual, social, institutional and economical – manifestations dizzily transforms the social system, destroying it i... .... Learn More -
Choose Decide Change [Paperback]
Anna Maria Rufino(Author)
$11.99ISBN: 9788869772863
Published by : Mimesis International
Series: Sociology
Choosing, deciding and changing constitute the common thread of everything that we want and that we do. The deep transformation of all social system, in all its dimensions has profoundly resented of the diverse possibility or in other respects, of... .... Learn More -
Designs on Death: The Architecture of Scottish Crematoria [Hardback]
Hilary Grainger(Author)
$75.00ISBN: 9781910900307
Published by : John Donald
Despite seven out of ten people in Scotland choosing cremation, in many ways crematoria are ‘invisible’ buildings, visited only by necessity, and they have not received the attention they deserve. Crematoria present a real challenge fo... .... Learn More
