Cultural History – Bücher, CDs, LPs und mehr

Robin Wall Kimmerer,
Das Sammeln von Moos

MSB Paperback - Band 48

Am Rand unserer alltäglichen Wahrnehmung, kaum sichtbar für das Auge, liegt eine andere Welt: ein Regenwald en miniature, ein Mikrobiom, bestehend aus Moosen, den primitivsten aller Pflanzen. Sie haben we…

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A Cultural History of Magic

What role has magic played in society through the ages? How has it been practiced and, at times, controlled? How has magic been understood and represented? And how has this understanding differed accordin…

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A Cultural History of Beauty

What do we mean when we talk about human beauty? How have shifting ideas about beauty related to the construction of social class, race, gender and other markers of difference? How have individuals sought…

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A Cultural History of Translation

How has our relationship with translation changed for different cultures over the centuries? What effect has it had on politics, art and religion?In a work that spans 2,500 years these ambitious questions…

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A Cultural History of Poverty

What have been the causes and consequences of poverty in society through the ages? How has poverty been portrayed and understood? And how has this understanding differed according to time and place?In a w…

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Cultural History and the Anthropocene

This open access collection is a comprehensive analysis of the challenges and contributions of cultural history to contemporary and cross-disciplinary discussions of the Anthropocene.Organised into three …

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Anindya Raychaudhuri
A Cultural History of Vertigo

The first interdisciplinary history of vertigo, this book covers medical accounts from antiquity to the present, testimonies of lived experience, and literary and cultural representations of vertigo.Balan…

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A Cultural History of Chemistry in Antiquity

Explores the chemical arts in the long period from 3000 BCE to 600 CE, when chemical artisans, recipes and ideas were exchanged between Mesopotamia, Egypt, Phoenicia, Greece, Rome and Byzantium. Also avai…

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A Cultural History of Insects in Antiquity

A Cultural History of Insects in Antiquity covers the period from 1000 BCE to 500 CE. As different cultures expanded so did their interactions with insects, largely seen as vectors of disease and as agric…

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Cultural History for a Changing World

This volume explores the changing field of cultural history to map out its new developments and future directions, covering major themes such as environment, digitization, heritage and identity.

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A Cultural History of Plants in Antiquity

Examines the uses and meanings of plants from 10,000 BCE to 500 CE, from the transition from hunter-gatherer subsistence to the practice of agriculture in Mesopotamia and elsewhere.

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A Cultural History of Furniture in Antiquity

Covering the period from 2500 BCE to the Byzantine Era, this volume in A Cultural History of Furniturefocuses on the social history of furniture found in houses, tombs, and temples as narrated through the…

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A Cultural History of Education in Antiquity

A thematic overview of education and its place in Western society and culture in ancient history.

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A Cultural History of Mathematics in Antiquity

A Cultural History of Mathematics in Antiquity covers the period from 3000 BCE to 500 CE, exploring the great richness and diversity of mathematical thought and activity across the ancient world. Our mode…

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A Cultural History of Insects in the Renaissance

A Cultural History of Insects in the Renaissance covers the period from 1300 to 1600, examining the profound impact of insects on the flowering of culture. In the early part of this period, the unpreceden…

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A Cultural History of Fairy Tales in Antiquity

How have fairy tales from around the world changed over the centuries? What do they tell us about different cultures and societies? Spanning chronologically from the third millennium BCE through to the se…

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A Cultural History of Chemistry in the Nineteenth Century

Explores the birth of modern chemistry in the period from 1815-1914, looking at the elaboration of atomic theory, the growth of the chemical industry, new instruments and practices, the chemical laborator…

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A Cultural History of Insects in the Medieval Age

A Cultural History of Insects in the Medieval Age covers the period from 500 to 1300, a time when the uses and value of insect products greatly increased. Silk, in particular, created economies and led to…

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A Cultural History of Chemistry in the Modern Age

Looks at the impact of chemistry and the chemical industry on science, war, society, and the economy in the "chemical age" from 1914 to the present.

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A Cultural History of Plants in the Nineteenth Century

Looks at the revolution of botanical study and the evolution of the new science of biology in the period from 1800 to 1920, a time of astonishing growth in industrialization, urbanization, migration, popu…

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