History, the Arts and Ideas: Exploring The Matrix of Western Culture

Hospitality of the Matrix: Philosophy, Biomedicine, and Culture 9780231504089

The question "Where do we come from?" has fascinated philosophers, scientists, and artists for generations. Th

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Ways of Eating: Exploring Food through History and Culture 9780520393004

What we learn when an anthropologist and a historian talk about food. From the origins of agriculture to contemporary de

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Jingji Xue: History of the Introduction of Western Economic Ideas Into China, 1850-1950 962996242X, 9789629962425

Based on extensive research, Jingji Xue considers how economics, as a concept as well as an intellectual discipline, was

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The Culture and History of the Tamils.

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Western Water A to Z: The History, Nature, and Culture of a Vanishing Resource 1646423275, 9781646423279

Western Water A to Z is the first ever field guide to Western water. Reinventing this twentieth-century genre for a twen

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Biblical Origins of Modern Secular Culture: An Essay in the Interpretation of Western History 0865541388

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History of Suicide: Voluntary Death in Western Culture (Medicine and Culture) 0801859190, 9780801859199

In this compact and illuminating history, Georges Minois examines how a culture's attitudes about suicide reflect i

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Family in the Bible: Exploring Customs, Culture, and Context 9781441206695

A team of scholars offers keen insights into family customs and culture in the Bible, providing a vision for family life

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The Problem of Slavery in Western Culture 0801401011, 0195056396

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The Reception of Ancient Cyprus in Western Culture 9783110984309, 9783110996654

The reception of ancient Cyprus in the Western world has not received much attention in scholarship, despite the fact th

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