Buku ini adalah proyek bersama dari Divisi Urusan Indian Utah dan Masyarakat Sejarah Negara Bagian Utah. Buku ini didistribusikan ke perdagangan buku oleh Utah State University Press. Lembah, gunung, dan padang pasir di Utah telah menjadi rumah bagi masyarakat asli selama ribuan tahun. Seperti masyarakat di seluruh dunia, penduduk asli Utah mengorganisir diri mereka dalam unit keluarga, kelompo…
There is one thing common among all those who have met and worked with Dr. Baum: their description of Prof. Baum’s work ethics and dedication. His associates fondly describe him as a person with unmatched physical and mental strength, allowing him to work for 16–18 h every single day, 7 days a week
Starting from a cluster of villages in southeast Albania, Albanian-born British scholar Julie Vullnetari follows rural migrants to domestic urban destinations such as Tirana and abroad to Thessaloniki in Greece. Vullnetari has conducted more than 150 interviews, and drawing upon this rich empirical material, she offers a profound account of Albanian migration from start to finish. A rare, exhau…
The aim of this paper is to describe and reflect upon the functional aspects of the ritual reuse of Bronze Age monuments that occurred in south-western Sweden in the Late Iron Age. The often very complex ritual behaviour cannot be labelled as traces of simple plundering. The archaeological record reveals that the large barrows and stone settings of the Bronze Age were systematically reused …
In the rational modern world, belief in the supernatural seemingly has been consigned to the worlds of entertainment and fantasy. Yet belief in other worldly phenomena, from poltergeists to telepathy, remains strong, as Gillian Bennett's research shows. Especially common is belief in continuing contact with, or the continuing presence of, dead family members. Bennett interviewed women in Manche…
Since the time of Galen and Hippocrates, medicine has had a slow progression, with each new advance improving the length and quality of patients’ lives. By the nineteenth century, medical science had even begun to understand the concept of vaccinations and had started to make substantial inroads into the prevention of communicable diseases. Despite this, diagnosis with a bacterial infecti…
I want to thank my colleague Bruce Zuckerman, Myron and Marian Casden Director of the Casden Institute for the Study of the Jewish Role in American Life at the University of Southern California, for the opportunity to work on this volume of the Casden Annual Review. Although this was a project that my schedule as Vice Dean of Diversity and Strategic Initiatives for the Dana and David Dorns…
Ini adalah volume kedua dari sejarah Universitas Manchester sejak 1951. Volume ini mencakup tujuh belas tahun penting di mana pendanaan publik mengecil, beasiswa mahasiswa menurun, instruksi dari pemerintah dan Komisi Beasiswa Universitas semakin banyak, dan universitas-universitas khawatir akan reputasinya di mata publik. Volume ini memberikan laporan jujur tentang perjuangan Universitas melaw…
United Jewish Appeal (Seruan Bersama Kaum Yahudi) adalah organisasi payung filantropi Yahudi utama hingga digabungkan dengan organisasi filantropi lain pada tahun 1999. Dengan menggunakan penelitian arsip asli, volume ini menelusuri sejarah UJA dari asal-usulnya hingga tahun 1982. ;;; Buku ini menyajikan sejarah komprehensif mengenai United Jewish Appeal (UJA), organisasi penggalangan dana …