Studies in Comparative History – serie
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8 produkter
Animal/Human Boundary: Historical Perspectives
Av Angela Creager, William Chester Jordan
Inbunden, 2002
1746 kr
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An examination of the difficulties in fundamentally differentiating humans from all other animals.The way in which humans articulate identities, social hierarchies, and their inversions through relations with animals has been a fruitful topic in anthropological and historical investigations for the …
Animals in Human Histories
The Mirror of Nature and Culture
Inbunden, 2002
1695 kr
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An exploration of the various ways animals and their relations to humans have been depicted throughout the ages.This volume delves into the realm between representative images and real animals. It is a historical inquiry into human interaction with the animals we eat, pamper, experiment on, and …
Conversion: Old Worlds and New
Av Kenneth Mills, Anthony T Grafton-left Princeton 2008
Inbunden, 2003
1306 kr
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A historical investigation of the phenomena of religious conversion from ancient to modern times.This volume explores the subject of religious conversion over broad expanses of time and space, considering cases from the thirteenth through the twentieth centuries and from settings across the world. …
Conversion in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages
Seeing and Believing
Av Kenneth Mills, Anthony T Grafton-left Princeton 2008
Inbunden, 2003
1293 kr
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A re-examination of the social processes behind religious conversions in the Ancient and Early Middle Ages.This volume explores religious conversion in late antique and early medieval Europe at a time when the utility of the concept is vigorously debated. Though conversion was commonly represented …
Repositioning North American Migration History
New Directions in Modern Continental Migration, Citizenship, and Community
Inbunden, 2004
1679 kr
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An in-depth look at trends in North American internal migration.This volume gathers established and new scholars working on North American immigration, transmigration, internal migration, and citizenship whose work analyzes the development of migrant and state-level institutions as well as migrant …
Migration in History
Human Migration in Comparative Perspective
Av Marc S. Rodriguez, Anthony T Grafton-left Princeton 2008
Inbunden, 2007
1332 kr
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A study of migration habits as a global phenomenon.Migration in History explores the nature and complexity of the movement of peoples, cultures, and ideas in historical context. This engaging volume presents essays from a variety of scholars to expand our understanding ofthe longstanding process …
Corrupt Histories
Av Emmanuel Kreike, William Chester Jordan
Häftad, 2006
603 kr
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An examination of the meaning and effects of corruption in 18th to 20th Century history.Corruption is a preoccupation of governments and societies across place and time, from the 18th-19th Century British, Chinese, and Iberian empires to 20th Century Nazi Germany, Russia, the United States, and …
Nature of Cities
Culture, Landscape, and Urban Space
Inbunden, 2006
1229 kr
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Essays that investigate issues of race, class, consumption, and the body in an array of urban places, across a broad period from the late Renaissance to the present.This volume explores the intersection of cities and the natural environment in an array of urban places, including New York, London, …
