Serija: Welten Ostasiens / Worlds of East Asia / Mondes de l'Extreme Orient
(Išleidimo metai: 20-Jan-2020, Hardback, Leidėjas: De Gruyter, ISBN-13: 9783110585438)
The Gongsun Longzi is often considered the only extant work of the Classical Chinese School of Names, an early intellectual tradition (trad. dated to the 4th cent. B.C.) mainly concerned with logic and the philosophy of language. The Gon...Daugiau...
While Herodotus is recognized as the father of History, he also deserves acknowledgement as the father of ethnography, inasmuch as he first consciously grappled with the phenomena of cultural differentiation. Strikingly, he first also proclaimed...Daugiau...
Serija: Hallesche Beitrage zur Europaischen Aufklarung
(Išleidimo metai: 20-Jan-2020, Hardback, Leidėjas: De Gruyter, ISBN-13: 9783110611137)
Prädestiniert durch ihre Geschichte - als Zentrum der deutschen Frühaufklärung mit europäischer Wirkung und als einer der Impulsgeber der anthropologischen Wende - gründete die Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg 1993 das Interdisziplinäre Ze...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 20-Jan-2020, Hardback, Leidėjas: De Gruyter Oldenbourg, ISBN-13: 9783110646818)
In 1946, Edgar N. Johnson, later Professor of European History at the University of Nebraska, served as a political advisor for the American military government in Berlin. In diary-like letters, he described his meetings with important actors i...Daugiau...
Serija: Studies in the History and Culture of the Middle East
(Išleidimo metai: 20-Jan-2020, Hardback, Leidėjas: De Gruyter, ISBN-13: 9783110666489)
To integrate the regions of the early Islamic Empire from Central Asia to North Africa, transregional and regional elites of various backgrounds were essential. This volume is an important contribution to the conceptualization of the largest em...Daugiau...
An important story. Harrowing, and suspenseful, yes-but its also a deep dive into a complex and egregiously misunderstood country with two very different faces. There is no better time to know more about Iran-and Jason Rezaian has seen both o...Daugiau...
Serija: Richard Rawlinson Center Series for Anglo-Saxon Studies
(Išleidimo metai: 20-Jan-2020, Hardback, Leidėjas: Medieval Institute Publications, ISBN-13: 9781580443616)
This monograph examines the practice of Anglo-Saxon prayer, especially in private, outside of the communal liturgy. With a particular emphasis on the prac...Daugiau...
This book investigates the complexities of modern urban operationsa particularly difficult and costly method of fighting, and one that is on the rise. Contributors examine the lessons that emerge from a range of historical case studies, from ninetee...Daugiau...
Monica de Cesare, Elisa Chiara Portale, Natascha Sojc
(Išleidimo metai: 20-Jan-2020, Hardback, Leidėjas: De Gruyter, ISBN-13: 9783110500271)
The papers of this volume focus on the sacred landscapes of ancient Sicily. Religious and cultural dimensions of Greek sanctuaries are assessed in light of the results of recent exacavations and new readings of literary sources. The material di...Daugiau...
Television has never been exclusive to the home. In Television at Work, Kit Hughes explores the forgotten history of how U.S. workplaces used television to secure industrial efficiency, support corporate expansion, and manage the hearts, minds,...Daugiau...
This book provides a twenty-first century perspective on Roman Britain, combining current approaches with the wealth of archaeological material from the province....Daugiau...
This handbook, arranged in seven thematic sections, is unique in drawing together many different strands of research on Roman Egypt, in order to suggest both the state of knowledge in the field and the possibilities for collaborative, synthetic...Daugiau...
Death in Late Bronze Age Greece presents an exploration of the richness and variety of mortuary rituals in Late Bronze Age Greece. It explores how tombs and cemeteries on mainland Greece, Crete, and in the Dodecanese provide us with a unique le...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 20-Jan-2020, Hardback, Leidėjas: De Gruyter, ISBN-13: 9783110615227)
This is the first time that 92-metre marble frieze of the Voortrekker Monument, showing Boer pioneers who conquered South Africas interior (1835-52), has been the subject of a monograph. The visual narrative is a key work that represented a cr...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 20-Jan-2020, Hardback, Leidėjas: William Collins, ISBN-13: 9780008306014)
The gripping memoir of 98-year-old Jewish Holocaust survivor Justus Rosenberg, who risked everything to join the French Resistance and smuggle people out of Nazi territory during World War II....Daugiau...
Jawaharlal Nehru, Indias first Prime Minister and Minister of External Affairs from 1947 to 1964, set the framework of foreign policy which has remained Indias reference point until the present. One of the most significant leaders of the twen...Daugiau...
This book examines the premodern encounter between the three monotheistic religions through the unique prism of a premodern literary work-The Parable of the Three Rings-a poignant and charming tale of a father who had three sons and one preciou...Daugiau...
Serija: Markets and Governments in Economic History
(Išleidimo metai: 20-Jan-2020, Hardback, Leidėjas: University of Chicago Press, ISBN-13: 9780226679563)
In 2005, more than two million Americans--six out of every 1,000 people--filed for bankruptcy. Though personal bankruptcy rates have since stabilized, bankruptcy remains an important tool for the relief of financially distressed households. In...Daugiau...