Trophies And Tradition

Author : Simon Harrison
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 0857454986
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dark Trophies written by Simon Harrison and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many anthropological accounts of warfare in indigenous societies have described the taking of heads or other body parts as trophies. But almost nothing is known of the prevalence of trophy-taking of this sort in the armed forces of contemporary nation-states. This book is a history of this type of misconduct among military personnel over the past two centuries, exploring its close connections with colonialism, scientific collecting and concepts of race, and how it is a model for violent power relationships between groups.

Author : John Francis Arundell Baron Arundell of Wardour
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tradition written by John Francis Arundell Baron Arundell of Wardour and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Edmund Thomas
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191558435
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Monumentality and the Roman Empire written by Edmund Thomas and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2007-11-16 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The quality of 'monumentality' is attributed to the buildings of few historical epochs or cultures more frequently or consistently than to those of the Roman Empire. It is this quality that has helped to make them enduring models for builders of later periods. This extensively illustrated book, the first full-length study of the concept of monumentality in Classical Antiquity, asks what it is that the notion encompasses and how significant it was for the Romans themselves in moulding their individual or collective aspirations and identities. Although no single word existed in antiquity for the qualities that modern authors regard as making up that term, its Latin derivation - from monumentum, 'a monument' - attests plainly to the presence of the concept in the mentalities of ancient Romans, and the development of that notion through the Roman era laid the foundation for the classical ideal of monumentality, which reached a height in early modern Europe. This book is also the first full-length study of architecture in the Antonine Age - when it is generally agreed the Roman Empire was at its height. By exploring the public architecture of Roman Italy and both Western and Eastern provinces of the Roman Empire from the point of view of the benefactors who funded such buildings, the architects who designed them, and the public who used and experienced them, Edmund Thomas analyses the reasons why Roman builders sought to construct monumental buildings and uncovers the close link between architectural monumentality and the identity and ideology of the Roman Empire itself.

Author : Ernest Renan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Renan's Antichrist written by Ernest Renan and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ernest Renan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Antichrist written by Ernest Renan and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 680 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alaska Lands written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Mariko Urano
Publisher : Trans Pacific Press
ISBN 13 : 9781920901776
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Limits of Tradition written by Mariko Urano and published by Trans Pacific Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "CENTER FOR SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES, KYOTO UNIVERSITY"--T.p.

Author : Stan Beck
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 0810891212
Total Pages : 437 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book College Sports Traditions written by Stan Beck and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2013-09-19 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every year since 1961, football and basketball players at Middlebury College in Vermont pick up their wheelchair-bound fan, Butch, and bring him to the stadium sidelines to watch their games. At John Brown University, the volleyball team distributes candy to fans before each match. For years, fans attending a University of Maryland football game rubbed the bronze statue of their terrapin mascot, Testudo. Traditions like these are visible statements of school loyalty, and they are part of why college sports are unforgettable. College Sports Traditions: Picking Up Butch, Silent Night, and Hundreds of Others details not only the well-known traditions of major universities, but also the obscure customs of smaller schools. Approximately 1,200 traditions are captured, covering almost every college sport. It depicts such traditions as The Ohio State University’s “Script Ohio,” University of Kansas’s “Waving the Wheat,” Linfield College’s “End Zone Couches,” and even a list of traditions that involve streaking. The wide variety of traditions covered in this book are grouped thematically, including: Before the game During the game After a score After the game Mascot traditions Preseason traditions Traditions probably not university sanctioned Rivalries Yells, cheers, and chants From the crazy and eccentric to the touching and meaningful, these traditions connect fans and athletes across generations. The first of its kind, this comprehensive volume encompasses hundreds of universities and colleges throughout the U.S. Featuring 75 photos that bring many of these events to life, College Sports Traditions will be an entertaining read for every sports fan.

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Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Arms and the Man written by and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Grant Arndt
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 0803233523
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ho-Chunk Powwows and the Politics of Tradition written by Grant Arndt and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2016-06-01 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History of powwows of the Wisconsin Ho-Chunk tribe, how they have changed over two centuries, and how they create dance culture within and outside the community.