Author: Robert J. Antony
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1538169347
Category : Criminal anthropology
Languages : en
Pages : 379
Book Description
Rats, Cats, Rogues, and Heroes reveals China's history and culture through the eyes of ordinary men and women using an interdisciplinary perspective that incorporates history, anthropology, folk studies, and literature to examine the sociocultural and symbolic worlds of gangsters, sorcerers, and prostitutes in late imperial and modern China.
Rats, Cats, Rogues, and Heroes
Author: Robert J. Antony
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1538169347
Category : Criminal anthropology
Languages : en
Pages : 379
Book Description
Rats, Cats, Rogues, and Heroes reveals China's history and culture through the eyes of ordinary men and women using an interdisciplinary perspective that incorporates history, anthropology, folk studies, and literature to examine the sociocultural and symbolic worlds of gangsters, sorcerers, and prostitutes in late imperial and modern China.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1538169347
Category : Criminal anthropology
Languages : en
Pages : 379
Book Description
Rats, Cats, Rogues, and Heroes reveals China's history and culture through the eyes of ordinary men and women using an interdisciplinary perspective that incorporates history, anthropology, folk studies, and literature to examine the sociocultural and symbolic worlds of gangsters, sorcerers, and prostitutes in late imperial and modern China.
Routledge Handbook of the Global History of Warfare
Author: Kaushik Roy
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 0429795467
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 654
Book Description
This handbook examines key aspects of the development of the global history of warfare and the changing patterns of warfare over time. Although scholarship has long eschewed a chronological narrative of the evolution of warfare that privileges the Western experience, global histories of warfare have had difficulty avoiding an overemphasis on the West. The present volume is a collection of themes rather than a history per se; it provides important perspectives on the emergence of warfare as a global historical experience from the ancient past to the present day. Drawing together numerous experts, it tells a broader, more inclusive story of the global, human experience with wars and warfare. The 35 cahtpers are organised in eight thematic parts: Part I: Origins of Warfare Part II: Polities and Armed Forces in the Pre-Modern Era Part III: Steppe Nomads of Eurasia Part IV: Naval Warfare and Piracy in the Pre-Industrial World Part V: The Impact of Gunpowder Part VI: Transition from Industrial to Total War Part VII: Wars of Decolonisation and Cold War Part VIII: Postmodern/New Wars These Parts offer an overview of the global experience of warfare to help readers understand how the wars and the militaries we see today have been shaped by historical developments across the globe. This handbook will be of great interest to students of military history, naval history, strategic studies and world history in general.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 0429795467
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 654
Book Description
This handbook examines key aspects of the development of the global history of warfare and the changing patterns of warfare over time. Although scholarship has long eschewed a chronological narrative of the evolution of warfare that privileges the Western experience, global histories of warfare have had difficulty avoiding an overemphasis on the West. The present volume is a collection of themes rather than a history per se; it provides important perspectives on the emergence of warfare as a global historical experience from the ancient past to the present day. Drawing together numerous experts, it tells a broader, more inclusive story of the global, human experience with wars and warfare. The 35 cahtpers are organised in eight thematic parts: Part I: Origins of Warfare Part II: Polities and Armed Forces in the Pre-Modern Era Part III: Steppe Nomads of Eurasia Part IV: Naval Warfare and Piracy in the Pre-Industrial World Part V: The Impact of Gunpowder Part VI: Transition from Industrial to Total War Part VII: Wars of Decolonisation and Cold War Part VIII: Postmodern/New Wars These Parts offer an overview of the global experience of warfare to help readers understand how the wars and the militaries we see today have been shaped by historical developments across the globe. This handbook will be of great interest to students of military history, naval history, strategic studies and world history in general.
Heroes, Rogues, and Lovers
Author: James M. Dabbs
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
ISBN:
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Interweaving intimate case histories with first-hand scientific research, this book examines how testosterone, the principal male hormone, has been maligned and misunderstood, and reveals its role in human evolution and its effect upon human and animal behavior.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
ISBN:
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Interweaving intimate case histories with first-hand scientific research, this book examines how testosterone, the principal male hormone, has been maligned and misunderstood, and reveals its role in human evolution and its effect upon human and animal behavior.
The Global White Snake
Author: Liang Luo
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472038605
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 403
Book Description
Tracing the history and adaptation of one of China's foundational texts
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472038605
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 403
Book Description
Tracing the history and adaptation of one of China's foundational texts
Corporate Conquests
Author: Charles Patterson Giersch
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781503611641
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Muleteers -- Families -- The revolutionaries -- The excluded -- Mining -- The technocrat -- Corporations, the state, and ethnic difference.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781503611641
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Muleteers -- Families -- The revolutionaries -- The excluded -- Mining -- The technocrat -- Corporations, the state, and ethnic difference.
The Halifax Monthly Magazine
Myth and National Identity in Nineteenth-Century Britain
Author: Stephanie Barczewski
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191542733
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Scholars have become increasingly interested in how modern national consciousness comes into being through fictional narratives. Literature is of particular importance to this process, for it is responsible for tracing the nations evolution through glorious tales of its history. In nineteenth-century Britain, the legends of King Arthur and Robin Hood played an important role in construction of contemporary national identity. These two legends provide excellent windows through which to view British culture, because they provide very different perspectives. King Arthur and Robin Hood have traditionally been diametrically opposed in terms of their ideological orientation. The former is a king, a man at the pinnacle of the social and political hierarchy, whereas the latter is an outlaw, and is therefore completely outside conventional hierarchical structures. The fact that two such different figures could simultaneously function as British national heroes suggests that nineteenth-century British nationalism did not represent a single set of values and ideas, but rather that it was forced to assimilate a variety of competing points of view.
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191542733
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Scholars have become increasingly interested in how modern national consciousness comes into being through fictional narratives. Literature is of particular importance to this process, for it is responsible for tracing the nations evolution through glorious tales of its history. In nineteenth-century Britain, the legends of King Arthur and Robin Hood played an important role in construction of contemporary national identity. These two legends provide excellent windows through which to view British culture, because they provide very different perspectives. King Arthur and Robin Hood have traditionally been diametrically opposed in terms of their ideological orientation. The former is a king, a man at the pinnacle of the social and political hierarchy, whereas the latter is an outlaw, and is therefore completely outside conventional hierarchical structures. The fact that two such different figures could simultaneously function as British national heroes suggests that nineteenth-century British nationalism did not represent a single set of values and ideas, but rather that it was forced to assimilate a variety of competing points of view.
The Philadelphia Album and Ladies' Literary Port Folio
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Philadelphia (Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Philadelphia (Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
Index to Fairy Tales, 1949-1972
Author: Norma Olin Ireland
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 792
Book Description
Ireland indexes some 406 collections, conveniently arranged in a single alphabetical listing of subject, title, and selected author entries, with ample cross references.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 792
Book Description
Ireland indexes some 406 collections, conveniently arranged in a single alphabetical listing of subject, title, and selected author entries, with ample cross references.
Modern Fantasy: The 100 Best Novels
Author: David Pringle
Publisher: Gateway
ISBN: 1473208068
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Pringle presents his selections in chronological order and includes a synopsis of the story, a discussion of the author's overall contribution to fantasy literature, critical commentary on the title's significance, and a brief publishing history. An introductory essay tackles the difficulty of defining fantasy, while a "Brief Bibliography" directs readers to other discussions of the genre. By no means a definitive subject guide, this entertaining volume should serve as a solid introduction to the elusive field of imaginative literature.
Publisher: Gateway
ISBN: 1473208068
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Pringle presents his selections in chronological order and includes a synopsis of the story, a discussion of the author's overall contribution to fantasy literature, critical commentary on the title's significance, and a brief publishing history. An introductory essay tackles the difficulty of defining fantasy, while a "Brief Bibliography" directs readers to other discussions of the genre. By no means a definitive subject guide, this entertaining volume should serve as a solid introduction to the elusive field of imaginative literature.