12,933円 Written by an experienced teacher and scholar, this book offers university students a handy "how to" guide for interpreting Japanese society and conducting their own research. Stressing the importance of an interdisciplinary approach, Brian McVeigh lays out practical and understandable research a...

1,800円 Vor gar nicht so langer Zeit war das Rauchen noch selbstverständlicher, zum Teil glamouröser Bestandteil unserer Alltagskultur. Heute stellt man Raucher als unverantwortliches Gesindel dar, das die Gesundheit der Mitmenschen schädigt, und als Suchtkranke, die man eigentlich - notfalls mit drastis...

9,948円 Beads, Bodies, and Trash merges cultural sociology with a commodity chain analysis by following Mardi Gras beads to their origins. Beginning with Bourbon Street of New Orleans, this book moves to the grim factories in the tax-free economic zone of rural Fuzhou, China. Beads, Bodies, and Trash wil...

1,326円 Thai Ways is a delightful collection of nearly everything you’ve ever wanted to know about Thai customs and beliefs, engagingly explained in a grandfatherly way by a long-time English resident of Thailand. Compiled from a series of articles published in the popular weekly column “Thai Ways” ...

3,798円 Black Friday. The War on Christmas. Miracle on 34th Street and Elf. From shopping malls and Fox News to movie theaters, Christmas no longer solely celebrates to the birth of Christ. Considering the holiday in its global context, Christmas journeys from its historical origins to its modern incarna...

1,122円 A historical survey of the myths, legends, and superstitions of Lowland Scotland. First published in 1908, this volume gives an insightful overview of Scottish folklore and the traditional beliefs found in early-twentieth-century Lowland Scotland. Featuring many historical folk tales, Eva Blantyr...

6,380円 Marriage and Land Law in Shakespeare and Middleton examines the dynamics of early modern marriage-making, a time-honored practice that was evolving, often surreptitiously, from patriarchal control based on money and inheritance, to a companionate union in which love and the couple’s own agency pl...

300円 Dieses eBook: "3 Essays: Zur Psychologie des Geldes + Zur Psychologie der Frauen + Philosophie der Mode" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen. Georg Simmel (1858-1918) war ein deutscher Philosoph und Soziologe. Er leistete w...

1,051円 The story of Braithwaite “Brait” Wilson is incomplete despite considerable research and many emails and phone calls. His war records were bombed by the Luftwaffe in the Second World War and it is impossible to even find out in which of the Liverpool Battalions he served, let alone where he served...

848円 (A5, 112 P.) - Hoy en día, los albores del siglo XXI, según los últimos datos de la ONU, alrededor de más de mil millones de personas (en su gran mayoría en los países pobres y/o poco desarrollados en África, Asia y América del Sur) se ven afectados por estos estados de la pobreza extrema. Es dec...

848円 (A5, 112 P.) - Today, at the dawn of the 21st century, according to more recent UN data, over one billion people (in their great majorities in poor and/or underdeveloped countries of Africa, Asia and South America) are affected by states of poverty extreme. That is, approx. from 15% to 20% of the...

1,327円 In the words of author Dianne Stewart, 'African proverbs reflect both the past and the present, and are as relevant to contemporary society as they were to traditional society.' As with so much of African culture, proverbs have been passed on in the oral tradition so it's rare to find such a trea...