Author: George Bruce Malleson
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Category : Germany
Languages : en
Pages : 578
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The Refounding of the German Empire, 1848-1871
Author: George Bruce Malleson
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Category : Germany
Languages : en
Pages : 578
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Category : Germany
Languages : en
Pages : 578
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The United States Catalog
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2048
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2048
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Modelling and Sculpture
Author: Albert Toft
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Category : Modeling
Languages : en
Pages : 448
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Category : Modeling
Languages : en
Pages : 448
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Among the Primitive Bakongo
Author: John H. Weeks
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Category : Africa, Central
Languages : en
Pages : 414
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Describes the peoples of the lower Congo, supplementing the author's former work "Among Congo cannibals" which dealt with a riverine tribe of the upper Congo. cf. Preface
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Category : Africa, Central
Languages : en
Pages : 414
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Describes the peoples of the lower Congo, supplementing the author's former work "Among Congo cannibals" which dealt with a riverine tribe of the upper Congo. cf. Preface
Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia
Author: M. E. Hume-Griffith
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Category : Arabian Peninsula
Languages : en
Pages : 412
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Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia: An Account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence Amongst the Women of the East is an account by Mary Hume-Griffith, the wife of Dr. Albert Hume-Griffith, a British medical missionary, of living and working in Persia (Iran) and the Turkish province of Mosul (in present-day northern Iraq) in the years 1900-1908. While her husband was engaged in medical work, Mary Hume-Griffith spent much time in the company of women, whose culture behind closed doors in andarun (women's quarters) she generally describes with sensitivity. Her intention is "to give some account of the inner life of the East." The book's principal interest is in the entrée she enjoyed to the households of various social classes. The Hume-Griffiths spent three years in the Iranian cities of Kerman, Isfahan, and Yazd, to which Mrs. Hume-Griffith devotes several chapters that cover such diverse topics as local folklore, advice on buying carpets, and the handling of servants. Throughout the work, she offers descriptions of and comments on the condition of women. For all her access to the andarun, the author is decorously silent on most matters relating to marriage and on the topics of childbirth and child care. She does, however, decry the insecure status of the wives. She pays significant attention to the religious and ethnic minorities in Iran and northern Iraq, devoting chapters to the Baha'is, Parsees, Yazidis, Jews, Kurds, and Christians of various denominations. The chapters on public health and medical treatment are by Albert Hume-Griffith, based on his experiences as a medical missionary. The book is well illustrated with photographs by colleagues or from the files of the Church Missionary Society for Africa and the East, the London-based organization that sponsored the mission.
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Category : Arabian Peninsula
Languages : en
Pages : 412
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Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia: An Account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence Amongst the Women of the East is an account by Mary Hume-Griffith, the wife of Dr. Albert Hume-Griffith, a British medical missionary, of living and working in Persia (Iran) and the Turkish province of Mosul (in present-day northern Iraq) in the years 1900-1908. While her husband was engaged in medical work, Mary Hume-Griffith spent much time in the company of women, whose culture behind closed doors in andarun (women's quarters) she generally describes with sensitivity. Her intention is "to give some account of the inner life of the East." The book's principal interest is in the entrée she enjoyed to the households of various social classes. The Hume-Griffiths spent three years in the Iranian cities of Kerman, Isfahan, and Yazd, to which Mrs. Hume-Griffith devotes several chapters that cover such diverse topics as local folklore, advice on buying carpets, and the handling of servants. Throughout the work, she offers descriptions of and comments on the condition of women. For all her access to the andarun, the author is decorously silent on most matters relating to marriage and on the topics of childbirth and child care. She does, however, decry the insecure status of the wives. She pays significant attention to the religious and ethnic minorities in Iran and northern Iraq, devoting chapters to the Baha'is, Parsees, Yazidis, Jews, Kurds, and Christians of various denominations. The chapters on public health and medical treatment are by Albert Hume-Griffith, based on his experiences as a medical missionary. The book is well illustrated with photographs by colleagues or from the files of the Church Missionary Society for Africa and the East, the London-based organization that sponsored the mission.
The Press and Its Story
Author: James David Symon
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Category : English newspapers
Languages : en
Pages : 426
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Category : English newspapers
Languages : en
Pages : 426
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In Far New Guinea
Author: Henry Newton
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Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages : 414
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Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages : 414
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Prehistoric Man and His Story
Author: George Francis Scott Elliot
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Category : Civilization
Languages : en
Pages : 476
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Category : Civilization
Languages : en
Pages : 476
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The Athenaeum
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Category : Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 824
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Category : Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 824
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Botany of To-day
Author: George Francis Scott Elliot
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Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 426
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Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 426
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