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Coronations: medieval and early modern monarchic ritual 

Author: Bak, János M
Publisher: University of California Press,  1990
Abstract: Fascination with royal pomp and circumstance is as old as kingship itself. The authors of Coronati…

Barbarians and politics at the Court of Arcadius 

Author: Cameron, Alan
Publisher: University of California Press,  1993
Abstract: The chaotic events of A.D. 395-400 marked a momentous turning point for the Roman Empire and its r…

The magic mountains: hill stations and the British raj 

Author: Kennedy, Dane Keith
Publisher: University of California Press,  1996
Abstract: Perched among peaks that loom over heat-shimmering plains, hill stations remain among the most cur…

Masking the blow: the scene of representation in late prehistoric Egyptian art 

Author: Davis, Whitney
Publisher: University of California Press,  1992
Abstract: The meaning of late prehistoric Egyptian images has until now been tantalizingly mysterious, as li…

Dialogue and history: constructing South India, 1795-1895 

Author: Irschick, Eugene F
Publisher: University of California Press,  1994
Abstract: Eugene Irschick deftly questions the conventional wisdom that knowledge about a colonial culture i…

Nets of awareness: Urdu poetry and its critics 

Author: Pritchett, Frances W 1947-
Publisher: University of California Press,  1994
Abstract: Frances Pritchett's lively, compassionate book joins literary criticism with history to explain ho…

A theory of language and mind 

Author: Bencivenga, Ermanno 1950-
Publisher: University of California Press,  1997
Abstract: In his most recent book, Ermanno Bencivenga offers a stylistically and conceptually exciting inves…

Reproduction and social organization in Sub-Saharan Africa 

Author: Lesthaeghe, Ron J 1945-
Publisher: University of California Press,  1989
Abstract: Unlike most Asian and Latin American countries, sub-Saharan Africa has seen both an increase in po…

Muslim rulers and rebels: everyday politics and armed separatism in the southern Philippines 

Author: McKenna, Thomas M 1952-
Publisher: University of California Press,  1998
Abstract: In this first ground-level account of the Muslim separatist rebellion in the Philippines, Thomas M…

War and popular culture: resistance in modern China, 1937-1945 

Author: Hung, Chang-tai 1949-
Publisher: University of California Press,  1994
Abstract: This is the first comprehensive study of popular culture in twentieth-century China, and of its po…
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