Nature, Ritual, and Society in Japan's Ryukyu Islands 041535563X, 9780415355636

Isolated Islands in Medieval Nature, Culture and Mind 9786155053252

Focuses specifically on the concept and role of islands in the medieval world. The main characteristic of an island is,

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Isolated Islands in Medieval Nature, Culture and Mind 6155053243, 9786155053245

Focuses specifically on the concept and role of islands in the medieval world. The main characteristic of an island is,

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Postwar Emigration to South America from Japan and the Ryukyu Islands 9781474297271, 9781474297295, 9781474297264

Placing a distinct focus on the role of the sending state, this book examines the history of postwar Japan’s migration p

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Critical Transitions in Nature and Society 9781400833276

How do we explain the remarkably abrupt changes that sometimes occur in nature and society--and can we predict why and w

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Islands in the Street: Gangs and American Urban Society 9780520911314

"Vivid, lively, and yet theoretically informed, a triumph of patient and sustained fieldwork. . . . Jankowski prese

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Taoist Ritual in Chinese Society and History 0028964802, 9780028964805

This is the first comprehensive English-language introduction to Taoist ritual both for the scholar and the general read

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Monumentality and Ritual Materialization in the Society Islands: The Archaeology of a Major Ceremonial Complex in the 'Opunohu Valley, Mo'orea 1581781261, 9781581781267

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Extreme Events in Nature and Society 3540286101, 9783540286103

Significant, and usually unwelcome, surprises, such as floods, financial crisis, epileptic seizures, or material rupture

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Diffusive Spreading in Nature, Technology and Society 9783031059469, 9783031059452, 3031059468

What do the movements of molecules and the migration of humans have in common? How does the functionality of our brain t

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Architecture and Ritual: How Buildings Shape Society 9781472577474, 9781474228510, 9781472577504

Architecture and Ritual explores how the varied rituals of everyday life are framed and defined in space by the building

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