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Lebanon
Oxford University Press, USA 2012; US$ 25.99In this impressive synthesis, William Harris narrates the history of the sectarian communities of Mount Lebanon and its vicinity. He offers a fresh perspective on the antecedents of modern multi-communal Lebanon, tracing the consolidation of Lebanon's Christian, Muslim, and Islamic derived sects from their origins between the sixth and eleventh... more...
Unbeaten Tracks in Japan
The Floating Press 1911; US$ 4.99Isabella L. Bird (1831 - 1904) was a nineteenth-century English traveler, writer, and a natural historian. From Bird's preface in Unbeaten Tracks in Japan : This is not a "Book on Japan," but a narrative of travels in Japan, and an attempt to contribute something to the sum of knowledge of the present condition of the country, and it... more...
Kokoro
The Floating Press 2012; US$ 3.99As a lifelong scholar and observer of Japanese culture, Lafcadio Hearn was deeply familiar with the beliefs, attitudes, worldviews, and habits of the country's populace. In this inspiring book, he distills a lifetime worth of knowledge into a series of tips and suggestions that readers can use to cultivate the tranquility and balance that so many... more...
Du bist, was du isst. Wissen wir noch, wer wir sind? Lebensmittelskandale in der modernen Nahrungskultur
Diplomica Verlag 2008; US$ 35.59Eines der prägenden Kennzeichen unserer gegenwärtigen Nahrungskultur - sofern dabei überhaupt noch von Kultur gesprochen werden darf - sind die alljährlich neuen Lebensmittelskandale. Die Häufung solcher Zwischenfälle gibt Anlass zu einer diffizilen Auseinandersetzung mit diesem Phänomen. In der vorliegenden Untersuchung wird der Frage nachgegangen,... more...
The Worlds of Japanese Popular Culture
Cambridge University Press 1998; US$ 34.00International team of authors explores Japanese popular culture, including sumo, manga and women's magazines. more...
Traveller's Tales of the Old Japan
Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Ptd Ltd 2008; US$ 19.60Travellers in search of the unexpected found it in Old Japan. Here was a strange land indeed, where women blackened their teeth, men wore tattoos in lieu of clothing, and the whole family bathed together with as much freedom as a flock of ducks. more...
Die Gesellschaft der Dinge, Menschen, Götter
Springer Fachmedien 2011; US$ 31.99Glimpses of an Unfamiliar Japan
The Floating Press 2012; US$ 3.99Scholar and self-taught ethnographer Lafcadio Hearn spent much of his life documenting and interpreting Japanese culture for Western audiences. His observations and essays in Glimpses of an Unfamiliar Japan offer an exciting look into the daily lives of the Japanese in a bygone era. more...









