Medicinal Rule. A Historical Anthropology of Kingship in East and Central Africa, Paperback - Koen Stroeken

Based on ethnography-driven regional comparison and a critical re-examination of classic monographs on some forty cultural groups, this volume make...

Description As soon as Europeans set foot on African soil, they looked for the equivalents of their kings - and found them. The resulting misunders...

"Explains brilliantly the structures and processes of middle-class culture in historical perspective."--Robert Nye, Rutgers University " This] illu...

Publisher: Central European University PressAuthor(s): Tomasz (Reader in Modern history, University of St Andrews) KamusellaIllustration(s): 42 Map...

In November 1949, Davidson Don Tengo (D.D.T.) Jabavu, the South African politician, Methodist lay preacher and retired professor of African languag...

Shari'a Scripts is a work of historical anthropology focused on Yemen in the early twentieth century. Brinkley Messick uses the writings of the Yem...

Reducere. DescriptionGeneral Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck of the German East-Africa campaign shares his narrative of the war, and his effective use of guerilla wa...

Volumul «Drifting» este catalogul expozitiei omonime a Trienalei de Arhitectura East Centric 2016. Acest volum cuprinde prezentarea proiectelor inc...

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Publisher: Holmes & Meier Publishers IncAuthor(s): Norman Robert BennettNumber of pages: 350Publication date: 1985Dimensions: 161 x 239 x 33Cover t...

This is the fascinating and important story of how God's Word came to East Africa. Beginning with the pioneering efforts of Krapf and Rebmann, Aloo...

This is the first comparative historical anthropology of popular European Carnival written in English, with a focus on its cultural, religious, and...

The history of the central African states of Rwanda, Burundi and DR Congo has been one of turmoil, violence and inter-ethnic conflict since indepen...

Speke returned to London first and broke an agreement with Burton to withhold his report to the Royal Geographical Society until Burton returned.Pu...

Reducere. This revised edition of a book first published in 2010 supplements the original account of the 116 bat species then known to be found in Southern a...

Publisher: Jon CarpenterAuthor(s): Linda MajzlikNumber of pages: 112Publication date: 2005Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 10Cover type: Paperback / softbac...

Publisher: Edinburgh University PressAuthor(s): Retief MullerNumber of pages: 232Collection: Scottish Religious CulturesPublication date: 2021Dimen...

This book clarifies the ways in which the defense policies of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia have responded to the new atmospher...

In this vital transnational study, Kimberly D. Hill critically analyzes the colonial history of central Africa through the perspective of two Afric...

The book examines Spanish conquest and early colonialism from the vantage point of the indigenous nobility of Tetzcoco, one of the most important c...

This book aims to demonstrate how sustainable intensification (SI) of smallholder livelihood farming systems can be achieved through the delivery, ...

Publisher: Central European University PressIllustration(s): 11 Halftones, black and whiteNumber of pages: 296Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 175...

Reducere. Peterson The best-selling field guides of all timeMedicinal plants are increasingly well regarded as supplements and sometimes as alternatives for ...

Publisher: Books of Africa LtdIllustration(s): 49 colour and 35 mono photographsNumber of pages: 400Publication date: 2012Dimensions: 158 x 232 x 2...

Reducere. Dr Ruth Westheimer is everyone's favourite sex therapist. All in a Lifetime is the memoir of her journey from the horrors of war to the fulfillment...

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Contributor(s): Author: Scott MaceachernFor the past decade, Boko Haram has relentlessly terrorized northeastern Nigeria. Few if any explanations f...

This book is the product of research undertaken at the African Development Bank (AfDB) on the lessons that the continent of Africa can draw from th...

Publisher: Lit VerlagNumber of pages: 272Collection: Theology in the Public Square/ TheologiePublication date: 2022Dimensions: 162 x 234 x 18Cover ...

Based on substantial new research from primary sources and archives, this accessible interpretative history of West Central Africa from earliest ti...

Reducere. Elephant Hunting in East Equatorial Africa is a narrative of the experiences of famous big game hunter Arthur Neumann.

This book offers the first critical engagement with the political economy of the Middle East and North Africa. Challenging conventional wisdom on t...

Living with her father Fred, her younger twin siblings, Harry and Polly, and self-centred Granny Garter, Hester toils day and night in the laundry ...

On March 28, 1966, Peace Corps personnel in Tanzania received word that volunteer Peppy Kinsey had fallen to her death while rock climbing during a...

Reducere. Seamlessly combining spiritual writing, reportage, travel narrative, humor, and recent history, bestselling author James Martin recalls his time as...

In the aftermath of Alexander the Great's conquests in the late fourth century BC, Greek garrisons and settlements were established across Central ...

Reducere. The origins and development of the Divine Office are traced through both Eastern and Western branches of the Church, providing a wealth of historic...

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This book focuses on the way in which legal historians and legal scientists used the past to legitimize, challenge, explain and familiarize the soc...

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A collection of 170 authentic recipes full of spice and fragrance, with 650 gorgeous photographs.

Publisher: Central European University PressAuthor(s): Alfrun (Professor of West Slavonic Literatures and Cultures, Humboldt University of Berlin) ...

Despite its oil wealth, the Middle East and North Africa is economically stagnating. Growth rates are comparatively unfavorable and insufficient to...

In this timely study, world renowned Middle Eastern and Western scholars and advisers provide expert analyses of the contemporary affairs of the ME...

DescriptionIn this book, James W. Peterson and Jacek Lubecki construct a comparative framework through which to explore post-Cold War defense polic...

Reducere. Situated in the fields of contemporary literary and cultural studies, the ten essays collected in Generations of Dissent shed light on the artistic...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCNumber of pages: 296Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 156 x 234 x 19Cover type: Paperback / softbackEditor(s): ...

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