Mapping the Chinese and Islamic Worlds: Cross-cultural Exchange in Pre-modern Asia
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Long before Vasco da Gama rounded the Cape of Good Hope en route to India, the peoples of Africa,...
Popular Catholicism in 20th-Century Ireland: Locality, Identity and Culture
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For much of the 20th century, Catholics in Ireland spent significant amounts of time engaged in...
Rainforest Cowboys: The Rise of Ranching and Cattle Culture in Western Amazonia
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Winner, Brazil Section Book Award, Latin American Studies Association, 2016 The opening of the...
The Legend of Spring-Heeled Jack: Victorian Urban Folklore and Popular Cultures
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WINNER of the 2013 Katharine Briggs Award This book uses the nineteenth-century legend of...
Paddle Against the Flow: Lessons on Life from Doers, Creators, and Culture-Shakers
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Nas on language, Cat Power on looking inward, Spike Jonze on loving what you do and Kim Gordon on...
The Statesman's Yearbook 2016: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World: 2015
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Now in its 152nd edition, The Statesman's Yearbook continues to be the reference work of choice for...
The World That Trade Created: Society, Culture and the World Economy, 1400 to the Present
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The World That Trade Created brings to life the history of trade and its actors. In a series of...