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  • Disgraceful Archaeologyby Paul Bahn; Bill Tidy

    The History Press 2012; US$ 18.94

    The book that all archaeology buffs have secretly been yearning for! This unique blend of text, anecdote and cartoon reveals, and revels in, thse aspects of the past that have been ignored, glossed over or even suppressed - the bawdy, the scatological and the downright bizarre. Our ancestors were not always serious, downtrodden and fearful creatures. They were human like ourselves and shared our earthy sense of humour that is based on bodily functions, bawdiness and slapstick. So it's time to take the fig leaf off the past and have a long, hard look at the real past - the world that would have had the Victorians reaching for their smelling salts. So if you want to know what your average Egyptian slave thought of pharoah, or a Roman legionary... more...

  • Transnational Connectionsby Ulf Hannerz

    Routledge 1996; US$ 39.95

    A lucid account of culture in an age of globalization. The author engages with theoretical debates about culture and globalization and raises issues of how we think and live today. more...

  • Civilization and Its Enemiesby Lee Harris

    Simon & Schuster 2004; US$ 17.99

    Forgetfulness occurs when those who have been long inured to civilized order can no longer remember a time in which they had to wonder whether their crops would grow to maturity without being stolen or their children sold into slavery by a victorious foe....They forget that in time of danger, in the face of the enemy, they must trust and confide in each other, or perish....They forget, in short, that there has ever been a category of human experience called the enemy. "That, before 9/11, was what had happened to us. The very concept of the enemy had been banished from our moral and political vocabulary. An enemy was just a friend we hadn't done enough for yet. Or perhaps there had been a misunderstanding, or an oversight on our part --... more...

  • Culture and the Public Sphereby Jim McGuigan

    Routledge 1996; US$ 61.95

    Jim McGuigan discusses cultural policy as a manifestation of cultural politics in the widest sense. He looks at the rise of market reasoning in arts administration, urban regeneration and the arts, heritage tourism, race and identity. more...

  • Early Civilizations of the Old Worldby Charles Keith Maisels

    Routledge 2001; US$ 47.95

    Tracing the development of some of the earliest and key civilizations in history, Early Civilisations of the Old World explains how particular forms of social structure and cultural interaction developed from before the Neolithic period. more...

  • Globalization and Civilizationsby Mehdi Mozaffari

    Routledge 2002; US$ 52.95

    Uniquely, critically interrogates the concept of 'civilization' by asking whether it is still valid in the globalized world economy of the twenty-first century. Includes case studies on the Arab world, Islam, China and Japan. more...

  • Ungendering Civilizationby K. Anne Pyburn

    Routledge 2004; US$ 42.95

    Ungendering Civilization offers a much needed scrutiny of the role of women in the evolution of states. The contributors critically address traditional views of male and female roles; they argue for the possibility that the root historical cause of gender subordination is participation in modern world system, rather than 'innate' tendencies to domesticity and child-rearing in women, and leadership and aggression in men. Each of the nine papers examines a distinct body of archaeological data - from societies including Predynastic Egypt, Minoan Crete, ancient Zimbabwe and the Maya - to determine what the facts actually show. more...

  • Egypt's Makingby Michael Rice

    Routledge 2003; US$ 39.95

    Michael Rice's bold and original work evokes the fascination and wonder of the most ancient period of Egypt's history. Egypt's Making is a scholarly yet readable and imaginative approach to this compelling ancient civilization. more...

  • Egypt's Legacyby Michael Rice

    Routledge 2003; US$ 41.95

    In Egypt's Legacy , Michael Rice explains the majesty and enduring appeal of Egyptian Civilization. He draws on Jungian psychology to show why Egypt has been so important in the history of the West. more...

  • Egyptiansby Robert Morkot

    Routledge 2005; US$ 36.95

    An introduction to ancient Egyptian civilisation, its origins, history and culture. The book examines notions of race and colour, the achievements in the fields of science and architecture and the controversial issue of the 'legacy' of Egypt more...