This Dictionary is part of the Oxford Reference Collection: using sustainable print-on-demand technology to make the acclaimed backlist of the Oxford Reference programme perennially available in hardb ... 続きを読む
No other edition offers extensive textual apparatus such as explanatory notes, plot summaries, particularly vital as stories are complex and interwoven. The Sultan Schahriar's misguided resolution to ... 続きを読む
An Anglican priest hands out brass knuckles to his congregation to guard his church from anti-Christmas fanatics. Fascists insist that the real Christmas is the Winter Solstice, while Communists stage ... 続きを読む
Oxford Studies in Ancient Culture & Representation
Tombs and burial customs are an exquisite source for social history, as their commemorative character inevitably expresses much of the contemporaneous ideology of a society. This book presents, for th ... 続きを読む
Late Bronze Age tombs in Greece and their attendant mortuary practices have been a topic of scholarly debate for over a century, dominated by the idea of a monolithic culture with the same development ... 続きを読む
Original essays by leading food historians and leading scholars of Japanese history, literature, and anthropology
Examines the role of Japanese foods in regional, national, and international iden ... 続きを読む
Original essays by leading food historians and leading scholars of Japanese history, literature, and anthropology
Examines the role of Japanese foods in regional, national, and international iden ... 続きを読む
Is interrogational torture effective? What do we mean by effective? How brutal can torture get and be considered justifiable? In this book, John W. Schiemann adopts game theory in an attempt to answer ... 続きを読む
Stories about dragons, serpents, and their slayers make up a rich and varied tradition within ancient mythology and folklore. In this sourcebook, Daniel Ogden presents a comprehensive and easily acces ... 続きを読む
