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Birth of the State Ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, India and China
ISBN: PB: 9788024622149, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, December 2013
358 pp., 20.3x12.7 cm, 52 halftones
Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! "The Birth of the State" provides an overview of four of the most significant cultural centers in the ancient world, now in Egypt, the Persian Gulf region, India, and China. Petr Charvat a...
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£19,00
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Thinking about Ordinary Things A Short Invitation to Philosophy
ISBN: PB: 9788024622293, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, October 2013
220 pp., 20.3x12.7 cm
Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! In this compact yet informative book, former dissident, occasional politician, software developer, and noted Czech philosopher, Jan Sokol offers a way to teach young radical students about...
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£13,99
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Around the Globe Rethinking Oral History with Its Protagonists
ISBN: PB: 9788024622262, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, October 2013
160 pp., 20.3x12.7 cm
Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! In this unusual and important new work, Miroslav Vanek interviews twelve experts on oral history to discuss the medium's current status within the social sciences in light of recent techno...
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£15,00
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Contemporary Funeral Rituals of Sa'dan Toraja From Aluk Todolo to "New" Religions
ISBN: PB: 9788024622286, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, October 2013
170 pp., 24.1x17 cm, 40 halftones, 3 tables
Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! The Sa'dan Toraja are an ethnic group who live primarily on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. This rigorous academic study by noted expert Michaela Budiman examines the deep cultural shif...
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£19,00
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In Japan (1893-94)
ISBN: HB: 9788024620732, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, September 2013
250 pp., 22.9x17.8 cm
Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! During his 1893 journey around the world, Czech traveler, pedagogue, and writer Josef Korensky spent only two months traveling in Japan, yet his power of observation yielded a travelogue t...
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£52,50
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Prague English Studies and the Transformation of Philologies
ISBN: PB: 9788024621562, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, September 2013
140 pp., 20.3x12.7 cm
Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! This collaborative monograph will commemorate the centenary of the Prague English Studies, officially inaugurated in 1912 by the appointment of Vilem Mathesius. Apart from reassessing the...
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£15,00
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Spoken Sibe Morphology of the Inflected Parts of Speech
ISBN: PB: 9788024621036, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, June 2013
212 pp., 24x17 cm
Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! At present, the Sibe language is the only still-active oral variety of Manchu, the language of the indigenous tribe of Manchuria. With some 20,000 to 30,000 speakers it is also the most wi...
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£19,00
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Czech Modern Painters 1888-1918
ISBN: HB: 9788024620725, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, January 2013
207 pp., 25.4x22.8 cm, 29 halftones, 130 colour illus.
Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! Dealing with not only specific artists in the context of their national identity, but also with overarching themes in the rise of modernism, "Czech Modern Painters" is an articulate and we...
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£30,00
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