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The Materiality of Stone
With Wayne Bennett From the silky wax qualities of the surfaces of some quartz menhirs to the wood-grain textures of others, to the golden honeycombed limestones of Malta, to the …
A Cultural History of Animals in the Age of Enlightenment
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2008 The period of the Enlightenment saw great changes in the way animals were seen. The codifying and categorizing impulse of the age of …
Two Cultures of Rights
This collection addresses key issues in the historical struggle for civil rights, political rights and social rights in the United States and Germany from the late nineteenth …
A Cultural History of Childhood and Family in the Age of Enlightenment
The collection of ideas, values, and beliefs known as the Enlightenment fundamentally altered the ways in which the family was understood. During this period (1650–1800), …
Stonehenge
This book is an imaginative exploration of a place that has fascinated, intrigued and perplexed visitors for centuries. Instead of seeing Stonehenge as an isolated site, the author …
Revolution and Resistance in Eastern Europe
The history of Eastern Europe during the Cold War is one punctuated by protest and rebellion. Revolution and Resistance in Eastern Europe covers these flashpoints from the …
Ninos, David et Romulus
Ungodly Women
Since the rise of the Religious Right in the 1980s, analysis of American fundamentalism has neglected a large body of literature about gender roles and social conventions. In 1990, …
A Cultural History of Childhood and Family in Antiquity
Childhood and families had a ubiquitous and central presence in the ancient world but one which is often hidden from us. Underlying our understanding of childhood and the family …
Nicephore Gregoras
Mogenet, J. et al. (ed.) Nicephore Gregoras. Calcul de l'eclipse de soleil du 16 Juillet 1330. 1983 CAB 1 (1983), 222 p. - 36.00 EURO, ISBN: 9070265346
A Cultural History of Sexuality in the Modern Age
Sexual cultures have changed enormously in the 20th century. We have greater sexual equality than ever before and homosexuality has shifted from being a crime, a sin, and a …
Carnival in China
As if under the satirical magnifying glass, the Xingshi Yinyuan Zhuan, an anonymous traditional Chinese novel, portrays local society and provincial life in seventeenth-century …