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"Gypsies" in European Literature and Culture
Palgrave Macmillan 2008; US$ 100.00This book traces representations of "Gypsies" that have become prevalent in the European imagination and culture and influenced the perceptions of Roma in Eastern and Western European societies. more...
'Stony the Road' to Change
Cambridge University Press 2004; US$ 32.00An intra-group study examining the impact of history, memory, space, and the concept of belonging on the social structure of a Southern, small-town, Black community. It uses the 1960s Civil Rights Movement as the point from which it forms a critique of the culture of social relations among Blacks. more...
The "Baby Dolls"
LSU Press 2013; US$ 12.95One of the first women?s organizations to mask and perform during Mardi Gras, the Million Dollar Baby Dolls redefined the New Orleans carnival tradition. Tracing their origins from Storyville-era brothels and dance halls to their re-emergence in post-Katrina New Orleans, author Kim Marie Vaz uncovers the fascinating history of the ?raddy-walking, shake-dancing,... more...
Ökologische Lernpotenziale in Beratung und Therapie
Springer Fachmedien 2011; US$ 47.99(Wahl-)Verwandtschaft - Zur Erklärung verwandtschaftlichen Handelns
Springer Fachmedien 2008; US$ 69.99The 10,000 Year Explosion
Basic Books 2009; US$ 16.95Two leading researchers make the controversial argument that our species is still measurably evolving in important ways?in fact, faster than ever before. more...
101 Things To Do With A Stone Circle
The History Press 2009; US$ 15.29The strange and varied uses of stone circles through the ages more...
The 1870 Ghost Dance
University of Nebraska Press 2007; US$ 19.95The 1870 Ghost Dance was a significant but too often disregarded transformative historical movement with particular impact on the Native peoples of northern California. The spiritual energies of this ?great wave,? as Peter Nabokov has called it, have passed down to the present day among Native Californians, some of whose contemporary individual and... more...
The 1920s
Infobase Publishing 2007; US$ 42.00As the fabric of society changed, fashion took on a life of its own - exploding with new colors and trends - alongside the innovative rhythms and styles of jazz music. This work describes the clothes of the flappers of Jazz Age. It revisits an important part of social and cultural history. more...
The 1940s
Infobase Publishing 2007; US$ 42.00Traces the mobilization of clothing trends as they marched across the war-ravaged world. This volume offers a reflection on the role fashion has played throughout the period of 1940s. It serves as a useful reference for those students or general readers who are interested in how history and culture has affected fashion through the years. more...









