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Order without Government: The Society of the Pemon Indians of Venezuela (Illinois Studies in Anthropology)

Order without Government: The Society of the Pemon Indians of Venezuela (Illinois Studies in Anthropology)


David John Thomas



Order without Government: The Society of the Pemon Indians of Venezuela (Illinois Studies in Anthropology)...
The Culture of Usury in Renaissance England

The Culture of Usury in Renaissance England


David Hawkes



Review “Hawkes' brilliant anatomy of early modern usury illuminates a keyword of the period.  Revealing usury's...
Citizenship, Identity and the Politics of Multiculturalism: The Rise of Muslim Consciousness (Palgrave Politics of Identity and Citizenship)

Citizenship, Identity and the Politics of Multiculturalism: The Rise of Muslim Consciousness (Palgrave Politics of Identity and Citizenship)


Nasar Meer



Review 'This is a refreshing and innovative account of the formation of different types of consciousness among Muslims in...
A history of the Jews: Ancient and Modern

A history of the Jews: Ancient and Modern


Ilan Halévi



Language Notes Text: English, French (translation) ...
The Cambridge History of the Cold War: Volume 3, Endings

The Cambridge History of the Cold War: Volume 3, Endings


Melvyn P. Leffler, Odd Arne Westad



Review "There has never been a Cold War history like it; everything about it is monumental.... In total, the volumes rep...
The Cambridge History of the Cold War (Volume 1)

The Cambridge History of the Cold War (Volume 1)


Melvyn P. Leffler, Odd Arne Westad



Review "[There is] an admirable comprehensiveness in The Cambridge History... The editors have gathered the top scholars...
The Cambridge History of the Cold War (Volume 2)

The Cambridge History of the Cold War (Volume 2)


Melvyn P. Leffler, Odd Arne Westad



Review "There has never been a Cold War history like it; everything about it is monumental.... In total, the volumes rep...
History of Private Life, Volume II: Revelations of the Medieval World

History of Private Life, Volume II: Revelations of the Medieval World


Arthur Goldhammer, Georges Duby, Phillippe Aries



From Publishers Weekly People of the Middle Ages were suspicious of solitude. Feudal dwellings were promiscuously crowded...
Insects of the Texas Lost Pines

Insects of the Texas Lost Pines


Scott B. Fleenor, Stephen Welton Taber



About the Author Stephen Welton Taber has written two other books previously published by Texas A&M University Press, Fir...
Postmodern Anarchism

Postmodern Anarchism


Lewis Call



Review Lewis Call's Postmodern Anarchism is not only a clear, concise statement of the intersection of postmodernism and ...
Jews and Gentiles in the Holy Land in the Days of the Second Temple, the Mishnah and the Talmud

Jews and Gentiles in the Holy Land in the Days of the Second Temple, the Mishnah and the Talmud


Aharon Oppenheimer, Daniel R. Schwartz, Jack Pastor, Menahem Mor



Jews and Gentiles in the Holy Land in the Days of the Second Temple, the Mishnah and the Talmud...
Barbar - König - Tyrann. Das Bild Theoderichs des Großen in der Überlieferung des 5. bis 9. Jahrhunderts (Millennium-Studien - Band 12)

Barbar - König - Tyrann. Das Bild Theoderichs des Großen in der Überlieferung des 5. bis 9. Jahrhunderts (Millennium-Studien - Band 12)


Andreas Goltz



Review "F r die Erforschung der Gotenzeit setzt das fl ssig und in der Konsequenz der Darstellung spannend geschriebene B...
Dreams of flight: general aviation in the United States

Dreams of flight: general aviation in the United States


Janet Rose Daly Bednarek, Michael H. Bednarek



Review “Dreams of Flight is a timely, concise, and readable history of general aviation in the United States over ...
The Militarization of Culture in the Dominican Republic, from the Captains General to General Trujillo

The Militarization of Culture in the Dominican Republic, from the Captains General to General Trujillo


Valentina Peguero



Review "Peguero offers an impressively balanced and comprehensive account of the Dominican military and political history...
The fortune teller's kiss

The fortune teller's kiss


Brenda Serotte



From Publishers Weekly Poet Serotte relives a childhood cataclysm in this culture-rich, affecting memoir, part of the Ame...
The farm on the North Talbot Road

The farm on the North Talbot Road


Allan G. Bogue



About the Author Allan G. Bogue is emeritus professor of history at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He has served p...
Eurocentrism, Second Edition

Eurocentrism, Second Edition


Samir Amin



Review This book is a provocative and compelling critical account of the historical, ideological, political, and economic...
Late Victorian Holocausts: El Niño Famines and the Making of the Third World

Late Victorian Holocausts: El Niño Famines and the Making of the Third World


Mike Davis



From Publishers Weekly While this book will not have the impact of Davis's City of Quartz--a scathing indictment of L.A.'...
Jews, Christian Society, and Royal Power in Medieval Barcelona (History, Languages, and Cultures of the Spanish and Portuguese Worlds)

Jews, Christian Society, and Royal Power in Medieval Barcelona (History, Languages, and Cultures of the Spanish and Portuguese Worlds)


Elka Klein



Jews, Christian Society, and Royal Power in Medieval Barcelona (History, Languages, and Cultures of the Spanish and Portuguese Worlds)...
States of Violence (The Comparative Studies in Society and History Book Series)

States of Violence (The Comparative Studies in Society and History Book Series)


Fernando Coronil, Julie Skurski



States of Violence (The Comparative Studies in Society and History Book Series)...
The Letters of David Hume: Volume 2

The Letters of David Hume: Volume 2


J. Y. T. Greig



About the Author John Young Thomson Greig was a British literary scholar and award-winning biographer. He was born in Man...
The Letters of David Hume: Volume 1

The Letters of David Hume: Volume 1


J. Y. T. Greig



About the Author John Young Thomson Greig was a British literary scholar and award-winning biographer. He was born in Man...
The case of the ugly suitor: & other histories of love, gender, & nation in Buenos Aires, 1776-1870

The case of the ugly suitor: & other histories of love, gender, & nation in Buenos Aires, 1776-1870


Jeffrey M. Shumway



Review "Jeffrey M. Shumway contributes an extraordinary story that not only adds to the historiography of topics such as ...
The Tesla Disc Turbine

The Tesla Disc Turbine


W.M.J. Cairns



The Tesla Disc Turbine...