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Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2012
Religious imaginary is a way of conceiving and structuring the world within the conceptual and imaginative traditions of the religious. Using religious imaginary as a reference, this book analyses temporal ideologies and expressions of historicity in South Asia in the early modern, pre-colonial and...
by Igor V. Naumov
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2006
Siberia has had an interesting history, quite distinct from that of Russia. Absolutely vast, containing many non-Russian nationalities, and increasingly important at present because of its huge energy reserves, Siberia was at one time part of the Mongol Empire, was settled relatively late by the Russians,...
The Making of a Chinese City: History and Historiography in Harbin
History and Historiography in Harbin
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2016
The history of Harbin, ruled by the Russians, by an international coalition of allied powers, by Chinese warlords, by the Soviet Union and finally by the Chinese Communists - all in the course of 100 years - is presented here as an example of Chinese local-history writing.
by Soledad O'Brien, Rose Marie Arce
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2009
The definitive tie-in to the CNN documentary series Latino in America, from former top CNN anchor and special correspondent Soledad O’Brien.
Following the smash-hit CNN documentary Black in America, Latino in America travels to small towns and big cities to illustrate how distinctly Latino...
by Patrick Weber, Robyn Carr, Sir Martin Ewans
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2002
Sir Martin Ewans, former Head of the British Chancery in Kabul, puts into an historical and contemporary context the series of tragic events that have impinged on Afghanistan in the past fifty years. The book examines the roots of these developments in Afghanistan's earlier history and external relationships, as well as their contemporary relevance
The Kingdom of Armenia
New Edition
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
While the majority of contemporary works on Armenia concentrate on the modern era, The Kingdom of Armenia takes its beginning in the third century BC, with the ancient literate peoples of Mesopotamia who had commercial interests in the land of Armenia, and continues with a comprehensive overview through to the end of the Middle Ages.
In Hope of Liberty
Culture, Community and Protest Among Northern Free Blacks, 1700-1860
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 1998
Prince Hall, a black veteran of the American Revolution, was insulted and disappointed but probably not surprised when white officials refused his offer of help. He had volunteered a troop of 700 Boston area blacks to help quell a rebellion of western Massachusetts farmers led by Daniel Shays during...
The Spiritual Legacy of the American Indian
Commemorative Edition with Letters while Living with Black Elk
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2007
The writings of Joseph Epes Brown are considered amongst the most important studies on the North American Indian undertaken in the twentieth century. His works have been translated into numerous languages and are helping to re-ignite interest in the American Indian religious tradition. The Spiritual...
by Ernest Thompson Seton, Julia M. Seton
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2005
This commemorative edition contains for the first time Seton's drawings of American Indian motifs, a selection of photographs illustrating his life, information about his role as founder of the Boys Scouts of America.
Prophets of the Great Spirit
Native American Revitalization Movements in Eastern North America
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
Prophets of the Great Spirit offers an in-depth look at the work of a diverse group of Native American visionaries who forged new, syncretic religious movements that provided their peoples with the ideological means to resist white domination. By blending ideas borrowed from Christianity with traditional...
African Religion Defined
A Systematic Study of Ancestor Worship Among the Akan
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
This edition updates the scholarship on ancestor worship—with the addition of three new chapters. Beginning with Akan theology and ending with sacrifices, the study examines Akan conception of God, the abosom (gods and goddesses) relative to creation, centrality of the ancestors’ stool as the...
American Chinatown
A People's History of Five Neighborhoods
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2009
CHINATOWN, U.S.A.: a state of mind, a world within a world, a neighborhood that exists in more cities than you might imagine. Every day, Americans find "something different" in Chinatown's narrow lanes and overflowing markets, tasting exotic delicacies from a world apart or bartering for a trinket...
A Dressmaker’S Threads
The Life and the Legacy of My Russian Immigrant Mother
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2013
A Dressmakers Threads: The Life and The Legacy of My Russian Immigrant Mother is about a remarkable woman, a dressmaker who, with a sick husband and an infant, escaped from the Czars Armies, landing at Ellis Island in 1920. Her courage, her fearlessness, her work ethic, her sense of humor and her...
'Injuns!'
Native Americans in the Movies
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2006
The indispensable sage, fierce enemy, silent sidekick: the role of Native Americans in film has been largely confined to identities defined by the “white” perspective. Many studies have analyzed these simplistic stereotypes of Native American cultures in film, but few have looked beyond the Hollywood...