Dangerous Spirits: The Windigo in Myth and History 1772030325, 9781772030327

Man’S Most Dangerous Myth: the Fallacy of Race 9780231886116

Studies the issue of race to clarify the reader's thinking by looking at race and society, culture, and psychologic

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History and Myth in Romanian Consciousness 9789633860045

lies in the author's ability to fully deconstruct the entire Romanian historiographic system and demonstrate the in

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Soldaderas in the Mexican Military: Myth and History 9780292757080

Since pre-Columbian times, soldiering has been a traditional life experience for innumerable women in Mexico. Yet the ma

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Aisthetics of the Spirits: Spirits in Early Modern Science, Religion, Literature and Music 9783737004237, 9783847104230, 9783847004233

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Myth and History in Celtic and Scandinavian Traditions 9789048554065

Myth and History in Celtic and Scandinavian Traditions explores the traditions of two fascinating and contiguous culture

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The Myth of the Eternal Return: Cosmos and History 9780691238326

First published in English in 1954, this founding work of the history of religions secured the North American reputation

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Where Humans and Spirits Meet: The Politics of Rituals and Identified Spirits in Zanzibar 9780857450562

Zanzibar, an island off the East African coast, with its Muslim and Swahili population, offers rich material for this st

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Contentious Spirits: Religion in Korean American History, 1903-1945 9780804771368

Contentious Spirits explores the central role of religion, particularly Protestant Christianity, in Korean American hist

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Puritan Spirits in the Abolitionist Imagination 9780226694160

The Puritans of popular memory are dour figures, characterized by humorless toil at best and witch trials at worst. “Pur

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The Serbs: History, Myth and the Destruction of Yugoslavia 9780300147841

Who are the Serbs? Branded by some as Europe's new Nazis, they are seen by others—and by themselves—as the innocent

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