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Plants
OUP Oxford 2012; US$ 9.99Plants form a fundamental element of the biosphere, and the evolution of plants has directly affected the evolution of animal life and the evolution of the Earth's climate. Plants have also become essential to humans not only in the form of cereal crops, fruit, and vegetables, but in their many other uses in wood and paper, and in providing medicines.... more...
Doctors, Folk Medicine and the Inquisition
BRILL 2005; US$ 199.00This groundbreaking monograph explores the fascinating social context of ''witchcraft'' trials in Portugal during the long eighteenth century, when conventional medical practitioners, motivated by a desire to promote ''scientific'' medicine, worked within the Holy Office to prosecute superstitious folk healers. more...
The Indispensable Zinn
New Press, The 2012; US$ 19.95When the historian Howard Zinn died in early 2010, millions mourned the loss of one of our foremost intellectual and political guides: a historian, activist, and truth-teller who, in the words of the New York Times ?s Bob Herbert, ?peel[ed] back the rosy veneer of much of American history.? Designed to highlight Zinn?s most important writings, ... more...
The Archaeology of the Caddo
UNP - Nebraska Paperback 2012; US$ 60.00This landmark volume provides the most comprehensive overview to date of the prehistory and archaeology of the Caddo peoples. The Caddos lived in the Southeastern Woodlands for more than 900 years beginning around A.D. 800?900, before being forced to relocate to Oklahoma in 1859. They left behind a spectacular archaeological record, including the... more...
Crucible For Survival
Rutgers University Press 2008; US$ 27.95Spanning a vast, multicontinental area-from Asia to Africa, and including the Middle East and Australia-the Indian Ocean Region represents a diverse and historical network of cultures, economies, and environments. It has been described as the "heart of the Third World" and, in precolonial times, "a crucible for a first global economy."... more...
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