Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Looking West? Looking West? Moya Flynn,Elena Omel'Chenko,Ul'Iana Bliudina,Elena Starkova,Hilary Pilkington "Looking West? engages theories of cultural globalization to chart how post-Soviet Russia's opening up to the West has been reflected in the cultural practices of its young people.". "The younger ge… OL18208577W
Captain America and the crusade against evil Captain America and the crusade against evil John Shelton Lawrence,Robert Jewett "Arguing that the superhero is the antidemocratic counterpart of the classical "monomyth" described by Joseph Campbell, the authors show that the American version of the monomyth derives from tales o… OL1945166W
The Archaeology of Syria The Archaeology of Syria Peter M. M. G. Akkermans,Glenn M. Schwartz This book is the first comprehensive presentation of the archaeology of Syria from the end of the Paleolithic period to 300 BC. Although Syria has been the focus of intensive excavations for decades,… OL3859728W
The Canela The Canela Jean Crocker,Jean G. Crocker,William H. Crocker "This text is a case study of one people, the Canela, which traces changes through time, a group uniquely held together by social and sexual bonds, and reveals the ethnographer's fieldwork practices.… OL3971330W
Typecasting Typecasting Elizabeth Ewen,Stuart Ewen "In this work of popular history, Ewen & Ewen expose the pivotal developments that have made stereotypes a persistent, common language. Moving across centuries and continents in thirty eloquent vigne… OL5099398W
Land, sea and home Land, sea and home Conference on Viking-period Settlement (2001 Cardiff, Wales),John Hines,CONFERENCE ON VIKING-PERIOD SETTLEMENT,Alan Lane,M. Redknap vi, 482 p. : 26 cm OL5797369W
The Rise of Bronze Age Society The Rise of Bronze Age Society Kristian Kristiansen,Thomas B. Larsson,Kristiansen, Kristian Winner of the 2006 SAA Book Award Beginning with state formation and urbanization in the Near East c. 3000 BC and ending in Central and Northern Europe c. 1000-500 BC, the Bronze Age marks an heroic … OL600831W