Margaret Mead. A Twentieth-Century Faith, Hardback - Elesha J. Coffman

This volume introduces a side of Margaret Mead that few people know. Coffman provides a fascinating account of Mead's life and reinterprets her wor...

Reducere. In 1821 William Becknell and five comrades traveled from Franklin, Missouri to Santa Fe, New Mexico, then the northern provincial capital of New Sp...

Reducere. Tracing Mead's career as an ethnographer, as the early voice of public anthropology, and as a public figure, this elegantly written biography links...

Reducere. Description"Engaging . . . a fine biography that gets beyond the public icon to a portrait of the real woman."--Chicago Sun-Times At the age of twe...

Reducere. Mead's anthropological examination of seven Pacific island tribes analyzes the dynamics of primitive cultures to explore the evolving meaning of "m...

This book looks at British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher from 1975 through 1991, during which Mrs. Thatcher was Conservative Party Leader and th...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCNumber of pages: 480Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 163 x 240 x 36Cover type: HardbackEditor(s): Associate Pr...

Reducere. The first major biography of legendary war correspondent Martha Gellhorn casts "a vivid spotlight on one of the most undercelebrated women of the 2...

Of Limits and Growth offers new perspectives on environmentalism, post-1945 international history, and the origins of sustainability.

Born in the first year of the 20th century, it is fitting that Margaret Mead should have been one of the first anthropologists to use anthropologic...

The story of the famous painting by Picasso and its diverse meanings from its conception to the present day

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Erik J. Hammerstrom recasts the history of twentieth-century Chinese Buddhism by examining how Huayan Buddhism was imagined, taught, and practiced ...

Twentieth-Century Influences on Twenty-First-Century Policing argues that to fully understand contemporary American policing, we must first underst...

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Reducere. First published in 1935, Sex & Temperament is a fascinating and brilliant anthropological study of the intimate lives of three New Guinea tribes fr...

Reducere. At the outset of his career, Norman Rockwell was not the most likely candidate for long-term celebrity; he was just one of many skillful illustrato...

Reducere. A writer investigates her family's secret history, uncovering a story that spans a century, two World Wars, and three generations. Hadley Freeman k...

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Publisher: Four Courts Press LtdNumber of pages: 320Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 165 x 240 x 34Cover type: HardbackEditor(s): Felix M. LarkinR...

Reducere. What is algebra? For some, it is an abstract language of x's and y's. For mathematics majors and professional mathematicians, it is a world of axio...

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Philip Larkin's Oxford Book of Twentieth-Century English Verse provoked controversy and dispute on first publication in 1973. It was also considere...

The emergence of photography and film in the twentieth century helped to establish a dominant culture of images. This extended treatment of the poe...

Reducere. Award NameIndependent Publisher Book AwardsAward categoryAnthologiesTaken from the pages of South Dakota History, these essays explore modern Ameri...

Reducere. Edward Teller is perhaps best known for his belief in freedom through strong defense. But this extraordinary memoir at last reveals the man behind ...

This book examines the thinking of early twentieth-century US foreign policy makers and their advisors, including business leaders and economists -...

Reducere. Containing just the twentieth-century chapters from Howard Zinn's bestselling A People's History of the United States, this revised and updated edi...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Annabella PitkinIllustration(s): 7 halftonesNumber of pages: 288Collection: Buddhism and Moder...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Annabella PitkinIllustration(s): 7 halftonesNumber of pages: 280Collection: Buddhism and Moder...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCIllustration(s): 3 bw illusNumber of pages: 320Collection: Critical Perspectives in South Asian HistoryPublicat...

A celebration of the best journeys that ordinary passengers could take by rail, road, sea and air throughout the twentieth century, by the bestsell...

This collection categorizes aesthetic avant-garde art as art that seeks to politically transform society and argues that such art is essential for ...

"[This book] charts the transformation of one of the world's great religions during an age marked by world wars, genocide, nationalism, decolonizat...

Premii in 2009Oscar pentru: Cea mai buna realizare cinematografica, Cea mai buna scenografie Cele mai bune efecte vizuale. Globul de Aur pentru: Ce...

Secularism can be stifling for religious actors seeking a voice in public life. But it can also be empowering. Sarah Shortall tells the story of Fr...

This book tells the fascinating story of the Butlin and Warner holiday camp chains that emerged in the 1930s. The camps became a cultural phenomeno...

Photography and Literature in the Twentieth-Century offers an accessible and fresh approach to an object of interdisciplinary research that is curr...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Margaret J. CottonAs Told by: Charlie and Florentina MadaAn inspirational story of two courageous, young parents in the mid...

English radicalism has been a persistent and important, though minority, strand in English political culture since at least the English Civil War. ...

Publisher: Tate PublishingAuthor(s): Nicolette JonesIllustration(s): 46 illustrationsNumber of pages: 352Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 246 x 30...

This introductory book offers a coherent history of twentieth century crime and the law in Britain, with chapters on topics ranging from homicide t...

A study of the work of the popular historian and journalist, Sir Arthur Bryant (1899-1985). This work provides an understanding of the man and the ...

Reducere. Rarely do science and literature come together in the same book. When they do -- as in Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, for example -- th...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCNumber of pages: 480Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 234 x 157 x 30Cover type: Paperback / softbackEditor(s): ...

A new edition of this seminal survey on the history of graphic design in the twentieth century.Publisher: Thames & Hudson LtdAuthor(s): Richard Hol...

Reducere. Cu putina vreme inainte de izbucnirea celui de-al doilea Razboi Mondial, tanara si frumoasa aristocrata britanica Sarah Ashley mosteneste o vasta p...

Provides a kaleidoscopic review of the avant-garde and radical subcultures of the twentieth century, and explains how artistic statements of the er...

Examines the relationships forged between police officers and the diverse urban and rural communities in which they have lived and worked in Scotla...

Kristen Ghodsee examines the legacies of twentieth-century communism on the contemporary political landscape twenty-five years after the Berlin Wal...