Books

19 results found
Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Homo Ludens Homo Ludens Johan Huizinga A unique philosophical perspective regarding the topic of play and it's impact and necessity in human culture. OL1141874W
Ancient Greece Ancient Greece Robert Payne A scholarly, readable, and beautifully illustrated history of the intellectual, political, philosophical, scientific, and literary achievements of an outstanding culture. Includes biographical chapte… OL1190937W
Resistance and emancipation Resistance and emancipation Arturo Casas,Ben Bollig vii, 409 p. ; 23 cm OL16014557W
What's up with Catalonia? What's up with Catalonia? Liz Castro Description: On September 11, 2012, on Catalonia’s National Day, 1.5 million people from all over Catalonia marched peacefully and joyfully through the streets of Barcelona, behind a single placard: … OL16804505W
Water Water Steven Solomon "A narrative account of how water has shaped human society from the ancient past to the present"--Provided by publisher. OL18649828W
The making of literate societies The making of literate societies Nancy Torrance,David R. Olson This volume, a result of a policy forum of educational psychologists, sociologists, policy makers and field workers, aims to highlight the role of literacy in social development and the directions th… OL20616339W
On the Japanese classics On the Japanese classics Daisaku Ikeda On the Japanese Classics, the book that follows, represents a series of discussions held between Professor Makoto Nemoto of Soka University and myself. They were extremely enjoyable discussions, prim… OL2697256W
Enlightenment Enlightenment Kim Sloan,Andrew Burnett The Enlightenment was a period of intense activity devoted to discovery and learning about the natural world, the past and other civilizations. OL27973069W
Das alte China Das alte China Walter Flemmer,Frank Kliemt,Jörn Hennig Eine Entdeckungsreise in das China der Kaiserzeit. OL28762708W
Globalization Globalization Malcolm Waters The constraints of geography are shrinking and the world is becoming a single place. Globalization and the global society are increasingly occupying the centre of sociological debates. Widely discuss… OL2924383W
La sociedad del espectáculo La sociedad del espectáculo Donald Nicholson-Smith,Guy Debord,Guy Debord,Ron. Adams Few works of political and cultural theory have been as enduringly provocative as Guy Debord's The Society of the Spectacle. From its publication amid the social upheavals of the 1960s up to the pres… OL3160238W
The birth of the Elizabethan Age The birth of the Elizabethan Age Jones, Norman L. Norman Jones' ambitious and imaginative account charts both the daily experiences and the large historical events that shaped life in the 1560s. When Queen Elizabeth came to the throne, her subjects … OL3900687W
Taylored lives Taylored lives Martha Banta Scientific management: Technology spawned it, Frederick Winslow Taylor championed it, Thorstein Veblen dissected it, Henry Ford implemented it. By the turn of the century, practical visionaries pride… OL4310373W
Cultural Literacy Cultural Literacy E. D. Hirsch Discusses how to enable students to make sense of what they read through prior knowledge of events, etc. OL450348W
Modern Africa Modern Africa Richard W. Hull,Hull, Richard W xii, 274 pages : 23 cm OL4781022W
Encyclopedia of hair Encyclopedia of hair Victoria Sherrow This book examines the ways in which hair has been used to signify people's class, gender, ethnicity, authority, and power throughout history. Countless issues and examples are explored in this volum… OL479827W
Making San Francisco American Making San Francisco American Barbara Berglund This book attempts to explain how the racially mixed and roughly egalitarian culture of mining-era SF was gradually molded into something acceptable to “cultured” Americans – both to the nouveau rich… OL8330614W
The Everything Understanding Islam Book The Everything Understanding Islam Book Christine Huda Dodge In an effort to explain this often misunderstood religion, The Everything® Understanding Islam Book covers everything from basic beliefs and practices to Islamic influence on Western civilization. In… OL8942111W
Schnitzler's century Schnitzler's century Peter Gay Schnitzler's Century reassesses nineteenth-century history and traces the dramatic rise of the middle class. We have always believed that corseted Queen Victoria defined the mores of the nineteenth c… OL924635W