Study of historical and political aspects of the activities of nationalist and social movements against racial discrimination in South Africa R during the period from 1850 to 1950 - covers immigration (incl. Of White Africans), the role of UK, forced labour in the mining industr…
This edited scholarly volume offers a perspective on the history of the genre of the nude in the Middle East and includes contributions written by scholars from several disciplines (art history, history, anthropology). Each chapter provides a distinct perspective on the early da…
Dreams and modernity: a cultural history
by Lusty, Natalya, Groth, Helen
fromDirections in Cultural History
In diesem Buch geht es um die Freilegung einer fast vergessenen Tradition der Sprach- und Kulturtheorie, die sich von der Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts bis in die erste Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts erstreckt. Ihr Grundgedanke ist die Suche nach dem Sinn von Humanität, die Einsicht i…
"The enduring importance of his book The Golden Bough keeps J.G. Frazer's name prominent on the list of the most significant figures in modern religious studies. But by no means was Frazer the sole influence on myth-ritualism - the Cambridge-based school of thought most often as…
This volume, based on a wide range of Urdu sources, highlights the pluralism and multiculturalism of qasbas in colonial Awadh. Moving away from an urban Lucknow-centric approach for colonial Awadh, the author studies qasbati identity, its inheritance of Indio-Persian culture, an…