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  • Reading of Shāng Inscriptions Reading of Shāng Inscriptions
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    Reading of Shāng Inscriptions

    This book introduces readers to oracle bone inscriptions (OBI), the oldest known form of Chinese writing. It presents 120 rubbings made from unearthed animal bones and turtle shells that the Shang royal court employed to record royal divinations 3500...
    $227.00

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  • Culture's Engine Culture's Engine
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    Culture's Engine

    Culture's Engine offers an insightful and penetrating analysis of the enduring relationship between technology and society. William Gosling explores in absorbing historical detail how humans have experienced change through a sequence of...
    $162.00

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  • A Study of Prehistoric Settlement Patterns in China A Study of Prehistoric Settlement Patterns in China
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    A Study of Prehistoric Settlement Patterns in China

    This book is the first-ever monograph on clustering patterns in prehistoric settlements. It not only theoretically explains the difference between natural settlement communities and organizational forms for the first time, but also demonstrates the...
    $184.00

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  • Doing Memory Research Doing Memory Research
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    Doing Memory Research

    Memory studies is a nascent and multidisciplinary research field, drawing from an impressive array of qualitative investigative methods deployed to do memory research. The authors in this collection offer an explicit engagement with the 'doing' of memory...
    $209.00

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  • Practical Spirituality and Human Development Practical Spirituality and Human Development
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    Practical Spirituality and Human Development

    This book explores varieties of spiritual movements and alternative experiments for generation of beauty, dignity and dialogues, in a world where the rise of the religious in politics and the public sphere is often accompanied by violence. It examines...
    $184.00

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  • World Heritage Conservation in the Pacific World Heritage Conservation in the Pacific
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    World Heritage Conservation in the Pacific

    ​This book explores the opportunities and challenges associated with the legal protection of World Heritage sites in the Pacific Islands. It argues that the small Pacific representation on the World Heritage List is in part due to a lack of strong legal...
    $184.00

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  • The Handbook of Contemporary Indigenous Architecture The Handbook of Contemporary Indigenous Architecture
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    The Handbook of Contemporary Indigenous Architecture

    ​This Handbook provides the first comprehensive international overview of significant contemporary Indigenous architecture, practice, and discourse, showcasing established and emerging Indigenous authors and practitioners from Australia, Aotearoa New...
    $964.00

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  • The Language and Iconography of Chinese Charms The Language and Iconography of Chinese Charms
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    The Language and Iconography of Chinese Charms

    This book offers an in-depth description and analysis of Chinese coin-like charms, which date back to the second century CE and which continued to be used until mid 20th century. This work is unique in that it provides an archaeological and analytical...
    $241.00

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  • Folklore 101 Folklore 101
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    Folklore 101

          "If you have ever dreamed of taking a class from the highly regarded scholar Dr. Jeana Jorgensen, this comprehensive text will grant your wish. Dr. Jorgensen's presentation of material in Folklore 101 is...
    $36.00

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  • Premodern Monsters Premodern Monsters
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    Premodern Monsters

    Monster Studies is a rising academic topic. Despite hesitancy at first, the subject is now examined by scholars of various academic interests and backgrounds. However, the dominant monster investigations are from the post-1900s. This volume focuses on...
    $127.00

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  • Reviving Heritage Reviving Heritage
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    Reviving Heritage

    UNCOVER THE RICH TAPESTRY OF OUR ANCIENT HERITAGE, WHERE TRADITIONS COME ALIVE IN THE MODERN AGE.Do myths and legends whisper secrets from the past? Are you fascinated by ancient rituals and their significance today? Does the rhythm of history through...
    $46.00

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    Cultural Crossroads

    Step into the vibrant world of global traditions with T.J. Ravenscroft's "Cultural Crossroads: A Deep Dive into Global Traditions." This captivating exploration journeys through the delicate balance between modernity and timeless traditions. An adherent...
    $37.00

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  • Monogamy Unmasked Monogamy Unmasked
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    Monogamy Unmasked

    Are traditional views of love and commitment truly the only way to find happiness? Monogamy Unmasked: Natural Instinct or Social Construct? challenges the conventional beliefs around monogamy, offering readers a thought-provoking exploration of...
    $87.00

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  • Fashion. A Theory Fashion. A Theory
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    Fashion. A Theory

    In Western societies, a long-standing philosophical tradition prioritizes deeper meanings over surface appearances, thus reducing clothes to mere false impressions, favoring an unvarnished truth instead. Then, to write on clothes implies the reversal of...
    $32.00

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  • سيكولوجية الوباء سيكولوجية الوباء
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    سيكولوجية الوباء

    غوص في أعماق عالم الميكروبات المُذهل! "سيكولوجية الوباء" ليس مجرد كتاب علميّ جافّ، بل رحلة شيّقة تُعرّفك على أسرار الكائنات الدقيقة التي تُحيط بنا، من البكتيريا إلى الفيروسات والفطريات. ستكتشف كيف تُهاجم هذه الكائنات أجسامنا، وكيف تُدافع مناعتنا عنها،...
    $33.00

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  • Looking at it from Asia Looking at it from Asia
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    Looking at it from Asia

    How do Documents Become Sources? Perspectives from Asia and Science Florence Bretelle-Establet From Documents to Sources in Historiography The present volume develops a specific type of critical analysis of the written documents that have become...
    $442.00

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  • Hayastan - Reiser i Armenia Hayastan - Reiser i Armenia
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    Hayastan - Reiser i Armenia

    Armenia er et spennende reisemål som er relativt ukjent for mange nordmenn. Jeg forelsket med hodestups i dette lille fjellandet i 2015 og har etter det reist Armenia på kryss og tvers to til tre ganger i året. Stikkord er gjestfrihet, vakker og variert...
    $80.00

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  • The Maya Calendar Systems Vol. 1 The Maya Calendar Systems Vol. 1
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    The Maya Calendar Systems Vol. 1

    Scientific Study from the year 2016 in the subject Ethnology / Cultural Anthropology, , language: English, abstract: This treatise about the Maya Calendar Systems, emphasizing the Yucatecan Calendar, is an extract and a summary of the studies on their...
    $236.00

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  • Mit Kolonien Denken Mit Kolonien Denken
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    Mit Kolonien Denken

    Diese Arbeit analysiert Entstehungspunkte des ökonomischen Modellierens in kolonialen Kontexten zwischen dem frühen 18. und 19. Jahrhundert. In drei Fallstudien rekonstruiert Lukas Helbich die offenkundigen und weniger offensichtlichen Spuren des...
    $108.00

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  • Kants 4. Frage Kants 4. Frage
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    Kants 4. Frage

    In seiner berühmten Logikvorlesung stellt Immanuel Kant die berühmten Leitfragen der Philosophie "Was kann ich wissen?", "Was soll ich tun?" und "Was darf ich hoffen?". Dem fügt er dann die Frage "Was ist der Mensch?" an und schreibt, all das, was in den...
    $151.00

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  • A Comparison of American Football in the USA and Germany A Comparison of American Football in the USA and Germany
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    A Comparison of American Football in the USA and Germany

    Seminar paper from the year 2012 in the subject Cultural Studies - Empiric Cultural Studies, grade: 2,0, University of Hildesheim, language: English, abstract: An American Football championship game took place between the Dallas Cowboys and the Green Bay...
    $68.00

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  • The Divine Metaphor Of Creation The Divine Metaphor Of Creation
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    The Divine Metaphor Of Creation

    Fachbuch aus dem Jahr 2011 im Fachbereich Kulturwissenschaften - Sonstiges, , Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: The intercultural management approach is successively enhanced by the transcultural and the quantum cultual approach which are in turn embedded in...
    $220.00

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  • The Human Condition And Intercultural Management The Human Condition And Intercultural Management
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    The Human Condition And Intercultural Management

    Document from the year 2011 in the subject Cultural Studies - Miscellaneous, , course: Interkulturelles Management, language: English, abstract: The business-determined reduction and the culturally conditioned reduction of vital phenomena to a set of...
    $130.00

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  • Legitimität und Delegitimisierung bewaffneter Gruppen Legitimität und Delegitimisierung bewaffneter Gruppen
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    Legitimität und Delegitimisierung bewaffneter Gruppen

    Bachelorarbeit aus dem Jahr 2010 im Fachbereich Ethnologie / Volkskunde, Note: 1.5, Universität Basel (Ethnologisches Seminar), Veranstaltung: Die Westafrikanische Konfliktregion, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Seit Ende des 20. und zu Beginn des 21...
    $77.00

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  • English Transcultural Dictionary English Transcultural Dictionary
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    English Transcultural Dictionary

    Fachbuch aus dem Jahr 2009 im Fachbereich Kulturwissenschaften - Sonstiges, , Veranstaltung: Interkulturelles Management, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: This monolingual English transcultural dictionary covers terms and concepts from the field of...
    $111.00

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  • Building The World Of Tomorrow Building The World Of Tomorrow
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    Building The World Of Tomorrow

    Scientific Essay from the year 2010 in the subject Cultural Studies - Miscellaneous, , language: English, abstract: If one analyzes the past, one notes that, for thousands of years, the same roundabout has been going on and perpetuating itself over...
    $65.00

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  • Die großen Kulturrevolutionen Die großen Kulturrevolutionen
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    Die großen Kulturrevolutionen

    Wissenschaftlicher Aufsatz aus dem Jahr 2010 im Fachbereich Kulturwissenschaften - Sonstiges, , Veranstaltung: Interkulturelles Management, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Sie haben allein im zwanzigsten Jahrhundert vielleicht ebensoviele Menschenleben...
    $64.00

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  • Anchored In The Absolute Anchored In The Absolute
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    Anchored In The Absolute

    Scientific Essay from the year 2010 in the subject Cultural Studies - Miscellaneous, , language: English, abstract: Cultural identification sets in motion cycles of competitive identifications, self-perpetuating dualistic endless loops, which depending...
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