James R Dow: 4 books
Angewandte Volkstumsideologie
Heinrich Himmlers Kulturkommissionen in Südtirol und der Gottschee
Language: German
Release Date: February 22, 2018
Im Jahr 1939 wurde die überwiegend deutschsprachige Bevölkerung Südtirols vor die Wahl gestellt, entweder in Hitlers Deutsches Reich auszuwandern oder in Mussolinis faschistischem Italien zu verbleiben. Viele wählten die "Option" für Deutschland, ehe das Projekt "Umsiedlung Südtirol"...
by James R. Dow, Olaf Bockhorn
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
The study of ethnology or ’Volkskunde’ in Austria has had a troubled past. Through most of the 20th century it was under the influence of the so-called Viennese ’Mythological School’ and the controversy between the two opposing branches, the ’Ritualist’ and the ’Mythologists', set much...
The Politics of Richard Wright
Perspectives on Resistance
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2018
A pillar of African American literature, Richard Wright is one of the most celebrated and controversial authors in American history. His work championed intellectual freedom amid social and political chaos. Despite the popular and critical success of books such as Uncle Tom's Children (1938), Black...
by James Acheson, Matthew Bird, Gracia Clark
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2010
The essays in the book analyze cases of cooperation in a wide range of ethnographic, archaeological and evolutionary settings. Cooperation is examined in situations of market exchange, local and long-distance reciprocity, hierarchical relations, common property and commons access, and cooperatives....