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'Der vorliegende Band enthält eine Reihe von Fallstudien, die die Nutzung der Literalität in trad...
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Der Übergang von der Mündlichkeit zur Schriftlichkeit und die Ablösung verschiedener Schriftsyste...
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Die zentrale Frage dieses Buches: wie kam es, daß sich etwa ab 300 nach Christus bestimmte allgem...
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16.04.2002
A survey of democratic institutions and republics reveals the aristocratic origins of democracy.
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01.01.1987
This book assesses the impact of writing on human societies, both in the Ancient Near East and in...
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22.08.2003
Defining lies as statements that are intended to deceive, this book considers the contexts in whi...
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10.03.2005
An examination of the importance of writing on the development of different societies.
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22.07.2010
This 1979 volume provides a general and theoretical analysis of succession in different tradition...
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22.09.2003
Continuing the comparative survey of pre-industrial family formation undertaken in The Developmen...
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09.08.2010
The focus of this book is on the development of the discipline of social anthropology through its...
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01.05.1996
A provocative, wide-ranging study which challenges our assumptions about Eastern 'backwardness'.
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31.01.2009
Professor Jack Goody builds on his own previous work to extend further his highly influential cri...