Islands of History, Paperback - Marshall Sahlins

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Marshall SahlinsNumber of pages: 200Publication date: 1987Dimensions: 217 x 140 x 18Cover type...

Since its first publication over forty years ago Marshall Sahlins's Stone Age Economics has established itself as a classic of modern anthropology ...

DescriptionIn this pithy two-part essay, Marshall Sahlins reinvigorates the debates on what constitutes kinship, building on some of the best schol...

Reducere. Among Marshallese the ri-bwebwenato (storyteller) is well known and respected, a living repository and transmitter of traditional history and cultu...

Reducere. Prehistoric foragers, conquistadors, missionaries, adventurers, hunters, and rugged agriculturalists parade across the histories of these little-kn...

Reducere. During the Cold War, the United States conducted atmospheric tests of nuclear weapons in the Marshall Islands of the Pacific. The total explosive y...

In this collection of true, quirky history, Steve Silverman provides fascinating tales to astonish and entertain. Covering a wide variety of topics...

Reducere. Everyone loves beards, so why not learn about some of the greatest beards in history? From Abraham Lincoln to Mr. T, these quirky illustrations wil...

Publisher: Polity PressAuthor(s): Marshall EakinNumber of pages: 176Collection: What is History?Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 138 x 216 x 18Cov...

An updated reissue of the 2012 Quercus book with the same title, it includes a new chapter on Simon Bolivar and an exciting new cover design, from ...

Contributor(s): Author: Peter ZumthorAuthor: Mari LendingWhile he was working to complete the Allmannajuvet Zinc Mine Museum in southern Norway in ...

Reducere. Warriors, pirates, murderers and queens... Throughout history, women from all walks of life have had good reason to be cranky. Some of our most mem...

Reducere. in it in a gaseous state. About it at great distances circle not only our earth, but certain kindred bodies called the planets. These shine in the ...

Reducere. Hundreds of islands that once appeared on nautical charts and general atlases are now known to have vanished -- or never even existed. How were the...

Reducere. The classic explanation of the craft of history and the vital worth of historians to civilization In this volume, English historian Richard Evans o...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Laurent DuBoisA New York Times Notable Book of the Year Even before the devastating 2010 earthquake, Haiti was known as a b...

A global history of historical writing and thought from the ancient world to the present. This is a definitive guide to human efforts to recover, u...

Reducere. In this extraordinary memoir, John F. Kennedy's closest advisor recounts in full for the first time his experience counseling Kennedy through the m...

Reducere. In The Theft of History Jack Goody builds on his own previous work to extend further his highly influential critique of what he sees as the pervasi...

Reducere. The first in a new series featuring Charlie Woodend's protege, DCI Monika Paniatowski It will be no easy task to fill DCI Charlie Woodend's shoes, ...

Reducere. Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. DescriptionDavid Fletcher needs a surgeon, stat But when he captures a British merchantman in the Caribbean what he gets is Charley Alcott, an appr...

Reducere. Book annotation not available for this title.Title: History of the Virgin IslandsAuthor: Dookhan, IsaacPublisher: Univ of West Indies PrPublication...

This analysis of the Marshall Islands reveals that more than one household in three is experiencing moderate or severe levels of food insecurity. I...

Hegel wrote this classic as an introduction to a series of lectures on the "philosophy of history" -- a novel concept in the early nineteenth centu...

Reducere. The Biblical Philosophy of History, Paperback

DescriptionThis short history of history is an ideal introduction for those studying or teaching the subject as part of courses on the historian's ...

With no rugby over the summer, sports-mad Eoin Madden and his friends head to Ormondstown GAA club to get involved in hurling and football. Some lo...

Reducere. Published posthumously in 1965, this book contains various essays by R. G. Collingwood concerning history, philosophy, and their relationship. The ...

Reducere. "The ideas which go to form a nation, as opposed to a mere crowd of human animals have usually been accepted under the pressure of a common tribula...

The studies in this 1928 book illustrate the lives of children within various different times and social contexts. Created following the enthusiast...

Following the critical and commercial success of An Unnecessary Woman, Alameddine delivers a spectacular portrait of a man and an era of profound p...

Reducere. Hegel's Philosophy of History stands as a fascinating example of this influential German thinker's efforts to capture the multidimensional characte...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. In Marshall Island Legends and Stories, Daniel A. Kelin II preserves the qualities of oral storytelling in 50 stories recorded from 18 storytellers...

Reducere. The story of Sanibel and Captiva Islands stretches back over three hundred years, to a time when natives roamed the islands and Spanish explorer Po...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Rhonda K. GarelickNATIONAL BESTSELLER Certain lives are at once so exceptional, and yet so in step with their historical mo...

Reducere. A]s long as the past is principally used as a model for imitation, it is always in danger of being a little altered and touched up and brought near...

Description"While life needs the services of history, it must just as clearly be comprehended that an excess measure of history will do harm to the...