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  • American Indian Children at School, 1850-1930
    Michael C. Coleman
    From more than a hundred autobiographical accounts written by American Indians recalling their schooling in government and missionary institutions this book recovers a perspective that was almost lost. In a system of pedagogy that was alien to their culture these and hundreds of others were wrested as youngsters from their tribal life and regimented to become American citizens....
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    50,09 €

  • Masonic Baptism
    Albert Pike
    Masonic Baptism: Reception of a Louveteau and Adoption is a book written by Albert Pike, a prominent figure in the history of Freemasonry. The book explores the ritual of Masonic baptism, specifically the reception of a Louveteau, which refers to a new member who is being initiated into the Masonic order. Pike delves into the symbolism and significance of the Masonic baptism ri...
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    31,22 €

  • Children of the Dream
    Audrey Edwards / Craig K. Polite / Craig KPolite
    Edwards and Polite focus on African American baby-boomers who have grown up possessing something no generation of African Americans has ever before experienced--entitlement. Surprising and often controversial, this groundbreaking book stands as vivid testimony to the increasingly complex world in which African Americans strive to succeed. ...
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    17,76 €

  • Slow Death for Slavery
    Jan S. Hogendorn / Jan SHogendorn / Paul E. Lovejoy / Paul ELovejoy
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    109,40 €

  • Place-Name Changes, 1900-1991
    Adrian Room
    Contains over 4,500 name changes worldwide, ranging from small villages to entire countries. ...
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    92,77 €

  • Revolutionary Soldier
    C. Keith Wilbur / CKeith Wilbur
    Has 85 full-page plates of hand-lettered text and meticulously detailed drawings that bring to life the day-to-day pleasures and privations of the Revolutionary soldier. ...
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    15,14 €

  • The Jewish Family in Antiquity
    Shaye J. D. Cohen / Shaye JDCohen
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    20,02 €

  • Diasporas in Antiquity
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    16,45 €

  • Ordnance Survey Memoirs of Ireland Vol 19
    A. Day
    The Ordnance Survey Memoirs are a uniquely detailed source for the history of the northern half of Ireland immediately before the Great Famine. They were written in the 1830s to accompany the Ordnance Survey maps, but were not published at the time.In these new editions they act as a 19th century Domesday book and are essential to the understanding of the cultural heritage of t...
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    23,52 €

  • For Good and Evil
    Charles Adams / Lorenz Books
    The very word Taxes sends shivers up spines. Yet, very few realize the tremendous impact that taxation has had on civilization. The author changes that in this fascinating history. ...
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    27,28 €

  • Archeology of Mississippi
    Calvin S. Brown
    Archeology of Mississippi by Calvin S. BrownIntroduction by Janet FordCalvin S. Brown’s classic study of the archeological sites and artifacts of the prehistoric Indians who inhabited the lands that are now the state of MississippiThis reprinting makes available again the only book of its kind to be focused upon the prehistoric Indians of Mississippi. Although written expressly...
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    49,28 €

  • The Jews
    Howard Fast
    A classic of popular history, Howard Fast’s masterwork on the 4,000-year history of a people is now available in trade paperback. ...
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    17,28 €

  • Death-Ritual and Social Structure in Classical Antiquity
    Ian Morris / Morris Ian
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    68,11 €

  • The Hidden and Manifest God
    Peter Schaefer
    This book represents the first wide-scale presentation and interpretation of pre-kabbalistic, Jewish mysticism. This is the Hekhalot or Merkavah mysticism. The emphasis is on the conceptions of God, the angels, and man that the texts provide and that are the framework of the Judaic world view in late antiquity and the early Middle Ages.This interpretation is based on the maj...
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    40,92 €

  • Ideology and Landscape in Historical Perspective
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    232,34 €

  • People of the Body
    Howard Eilberg-Schwartz
    By shifting attention from the image of Jews as a textual community to the ways Jews understand and manage their bodies - for example, to their concerns with reproduction and sexuality, menstruation and childbirth- this volume contributes to a revisioning of what Jews and Judaism are and have been. The project of re-membering the Jewish body has both historical and constructiv...
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    42,76 €

  • Slavery and Abolition in Early Republican Peru (Latin American Silhouettes)
    Peter Blanchard
    In this work, Professor Blanchard examines why slavery managed to survive for more than three decades after Peru declared its independence despite anti-slavery legislation passed by the liberators at that time. The book focuses on the economics of Peruvian slavery, slave life and the abolition movement. Slavery and Abolition aims to offer an alternative example of a slavery sys...
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    55,65 €

  • Social Darwinism in American Thought
    Richard Hofstadter
    Are society’s disadvantaged doomed to get “selected out” of the economic pool? Is America’s social landscape a battleground for “survival of the fittest, where only the strong endure? Once again, biology is being used to explain human development, and right-wing ideologues claim reluctance to intervene in the “natural” workings of the economy. Richard Hofstadter’s now-classi...
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    25,25 €

  • Joseph Conrad
    Brian Spittles / Jonathan Parker
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    66,92 €

  • After Auschwitz
    Richard L. Rubenstein
    When first published in 1966, 'After Auschwitz' made headlines and sparked controversy as Jewish 'death-of-God' theology. In this substantially revised and expanded edition, Rubenstein returns to old questions and addresses new issues with the same passion and spirit that characterized his original work. 'Significant and often exciting . . . Rubenstein’s discussions are often s...
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    42,90 €

  • Chutzpah
    Alan M. Dershowitz / Alan MDershowitz
    The acclaimed #1 New York Times bestseller, written by a brilliant legal mind, on what it means to be a Jew in America today. Dershowitz discusses the changes they’ve witnessed, changes they’ve created, and the changes that must still take place. He examines anti-Semitism, the Holocaust, assimilation, Zionism, civil rights, changes in eastern Europe, and turmoil in the Middle E...
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    21,43 €

  • Dictionary of Russian Personal Names
    Morton Benson
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    125,94 €

  • Thirty Florida Shipwrecks
    Kevin M McCarthy / Kevin M. McCarthy / Kevin MMcCarthy
    This book offers thirty of the most interesting shipwrecks-from the tale of young Fontaneda, to the story of the Coast Guard cutter Bibb. ...
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    23,18 €

  • Stedman’s Surinam Life in an Eighteenth-Century Slave Society
    John Gabriel Stedman
    This abridgement of the Prices’ acclaimed 1988 critical edition is based on Stedman’s original, handwritten manuscript, which offers a portrait at considerable variance with the 1796 classic. The unexpurgated text, presented here with extensive notes and commentary, constitutes one of the richest and most evocative accounts ever written of flourishing slave society. ...
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    53,15 €

  • Legacy
    'Fourteen essays documenting the Vietnam War’s impact and continuing influence on American life, particularly on cinema, literature, the black community, and the combat veteran.' --Booklist ...
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    19,35 €

  • Revolution in Russia
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    79,19 €

  • Manual of Freemasonry
    Richard Carlile
    A Manual of Freemasonry by Richard Carlile is a comprehensive guide to the history, principles, and practices of Freemasonry. The book delves into the origins of the fraternity, tracing its roots back to the ancient mysteries of Egypt, Greece, and Rome. It also explores the symbolism and rituals of Freemasonry, revealing the deeper meanings behind the symbols and ceremonies. Th...
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    38,56 €

  • Achaemenid Imperial Administration in Syria-Palestine & the Missions of Ezra & Nehemiah
    Kenneth G. Hoglund
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    28,26 €

  • Brothers
    Cynthia Cockburn
    ’Cockburn has managed that most difficult of tasks: to produce a book on an important social issue which is theoretically interesteing, factually informative and well written’ New Society ...
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    47,17 €

  • World of Ancient Israel
    This volume brings together work by scholars of international repute in order to explore fundamental questions about the kind of society we see reflected in the Bible. By adopting a cross-disciplinary approach, the various contributors recognise the valuable insights that can be gained when the social sciences are allowed to cross-fertilise with theology. ...
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    73,91 €


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