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Analysis of the roles of those involved in the herding of domestic animals and the distribution of animal products in a Sumerian city of the late third millennium. Discussed are: animal breeds, the organization of animal production, the distribution of production animals, the distribution of animal products, officials and employees involved in ......
Pets and Social Change in Eighteenth-Century Britain
Explores how thinking about pets in eighteenth-century Britain reflected and influenced the great social and cultural debates of the day, including struggles over gender, race, class, and national identity.
Pets and Social Change in Eighteenth-Century Britain
Explores how thinking about pets in eighteenth-century Britain reflected and influenced the great social and cultural debates of the day, including struggles over gender, race, class, and national identity.
This new edition includes a preface by the author covering Sendak’s life, work, and cultural impact in the years since 1994.
Over the course of more than ninety books, in a career that spanned six decades, Maurice Sendak became the most influential and, at times, the most controversial creator of works for children. Each of ......
A Graphic Novel Adaptation of Pascal Boyer's Religion Explained
These are some of the most fundamental and enduring questions we have about the mysteries of religion, and they may well hold the key to humankinds future on this earth.
A collection of essays on ancient Egyptian, Semitic, and Afroasiatic linguistics, reexamining the position of ancient Egyptian in the Afroasiatic phylum and the closeness of its connections with languages that were spoken in Africa and the Ancient Near East.
A biography of Lydia Hamilton Smith (1813-1884), a prominent African American businesswoman in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and the longtime housekeeper and life companion of the state's abolitionist congressman Thaddeus Stevens.
The Tumultuous Life and Tragic Death of William Lamport
An Irish Rebel in New Spain recounts the story of the so-called Irish Zorro, who, in 1659, was burned at the stake for conspiring against the empire to make himself king of Mexico, restore the privileges of the indigenous people, end the persecution of the Jews, and free the African slaves. William Lamport was an Irish rebel, a soldier, a poet, ......
A valuable resource for teachers and students of ancient Mesopotamian and comparative ancient literatures, this introductory anthology makes the wealth of Akkadian literature easily accessible to scholars and nonspecialists.
This brief but comprehensive survey provides a thorough overview of the major works and ......
