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Bart J Wilson
Meaningful Economics

Economics has a problem--the discipline cannot distinguish the causes of human action from the consequences of human action. Economists deal with matters of fact, not with feelings and morals. They model …

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David Baron
The Martians

The New York Times headline was no joke. In the early 1900s, many believed intelligent life had been discovered on Mars. The Martians -a bizarre tale reconstructed through newly discovered clippings, lett…

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Adrian Young
The Myth of the Natural Laboratory

Outsiders have construed Pitcairn and Norfolk Islands as isolated natural laboratories since the 19th century. The islands' inhabitants, descended from the 18th-century mutineers of the British naval vess…

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Alistair Moffat
The North Sea

The North Sea, a maritime highway and the edge of a nation of islanders with a proud sea-faring past. Running from Kent and the Rhine estuary to the Norwegian coast and the tip of the Shetland islands, it…

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Catherine Harper,
The Stained and Bloodied Cloths of Ireland

The Stained and Bloodied Cloths of Ireland presents a textiles and material culture view of Irish shame, oppression, morality and repression.Ireland - North and South - has sustained significant change in…

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Grzegorz Zabinski, Marcin Wozniak, Jaroslaw Gramacki, Artur Gramacki
East Germanic Ironmaking in the Roman Period

Making a study of East Germanic iron smelting in the Roman period, this open access book gives an in-depth account of the development of metallurgy in the Przeworsk Culture. Its two main ironmaking centre…

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Pinkhes-Dov Goldenshteyn,
The Shochet (Vol. 2)

This unique book is the memoirs of a kosher slaughterer, a Jewish functionary, who lived in Ukraine and Crimea from the middle of the nineteenth century until the First World War. For the first time, it g…

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Daniela Hofmann, Catherine J Frieman, Martin Furholt, Stefan Burmeister
Negotiating Migrations

"This open-access volume uses archaeological case studies mainly from the European Neolithic, but also from the Pacific, the US Southwest, the medieval Migration Period and the historical Great Lakes…

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Christy Hyman
The Cultural Heritage Resilience of the Great Dismal Swamp

This work highlights local narratives that sustain traditions amidst historical silences, connecting cultural values to heritage tourism and Indigenous stewardship.The Cultural Heritage Resilience of the …

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Economies of the Male Body

An intimate portrayal of masculinity in Egypt from lively, grounded, and fresh perspectivesBased on long-term research in Cairo and Alexandria and grounded in ethnographic stories and intimate portrayals,…

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A Cultural History of Plants in the Early Modern Era

Covering the period from 1400 to 1650, this volume looks at how Renaissance learning and exploration irrevocably changed both our botanical knowledge and human impact on plants.

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Benjamin E Frey
Rising Above

Rising Above examines the process of language shift and revitalization among the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in North Carolina.

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Dean L Anderson, Michael S Nassaney, Krysta Ryzewski
The Historical Archaeology of Michigan

An overview of archaeological research in Michigan that reveals the history of the state during the past four hundred yearsMichigan has long been an incubator for invention, technology, and creativity. Th…

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Syrians in the Shadow of War

Gripping accounts of how ordinary Syrians strove to survive the hardships that preceded the Assad regime's collapseActivists striving in the shadow of Syria's police state; widows launching small business…

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Jeffrey Reaser, Walt Wolfram, Candy Gaskill
Language and Life on Ocracoke

A most comprehensive and linguistic look at Ocracoke to date.

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Pinkhes-Dov Goldenshteyn,
The Shochet (Vol. 2)

This unique book is the memoirs of a kosher slaughterer, a Jewish functionary, who lived in Ukraine and Crimea from the middle of the nineteenth century until the First World War. For the first time, it g…

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Stephen Bown
White Eskimo

Among the explorers made famous for revealing hitherto impenetrable cultures,T. E. Lawrence and Wilfred Thesiger in the Middle East, Richard Burton in Africa,Knud Rasmussen stands out not only for his phy…

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Stephen G Covell
The Teaching and Teachings of Temple Buddhism in Contemporary Japan

How have Buddhist teachings come to be in modern and contemporary Japan and how are they taught? This pioneering work seeks to answer these questions by highlighting the public teachings of Temple Buddhis…

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Josh Brahinsky
Tongues of Fire

In Tongues of Fire , anthropologist Joshua Brahinsky embarks on an 18-year journey into the mind-body practices of charismatic evangelicals-Christians known for their exuberant worship and the enigmatic p…

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Roger Casas,
Worldly Engagements

The Tai Lue of Sipsong Panna, located in China's southern Yunnan province, is the largest community of Theravada Buddhists in a country where the Mahayana tradition is dominant. In recent decades, and in …

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