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Sport In Ancient Times

by Nigel B. Crowther

59,63€ + 10% CARD

 Crowther offers a fascinating look at the role of sport as practiced in several important civilizations in the ancient world. He not only probes the games themselves, but explores the ways in which athletics figured into cultural arenas that extended beyond physical prowess to military associations, rituals, status, and politics. Sport in Ancient Times has four distinct parts: the Prehistoric Age, historic Greece, ancient Italy, and the Byzantine Empire. Beginning with the earliest civilizations, Crowther examines the military and recreational aspects of sports in prehistoric Egypt, with brief references to other river-valley cultures in Sumeria, Mesopotamia, and Persia. He looks at the rituals of Cretan bull-leaping and boxing in the Bronze Age, the high status of sports in Mycenaean Greece, and the funeral games in the Trojan War as described by the epic poet Homer.In what he terms the historic period, Crowther examines the significance of the ancient Olympic Games, the events of Greek athletics, and the attitude of other civilizations (notably Rome) towards them. He attempts to discover to what extent the Romans believed in the famous ideal of Juvenal, a sound mind in a sound body, and discusses the significance of the famous Baths not only for sport, but also for culture and society. He likewise explores the Roman emphasis on spectator sports and the use of gladiatorial contests and chariot racing for political purposes (the concept of bread and games). The section on the Byzantine Empire focuses, notably, on chariot racing and the riots at sporting contests-riots reminiscent of crowd violence in modern sports such as soccer.Crowther closes with perspectives that bring to life some of the issues revealed in previous chapters. These include a comparison of the social status and significance of a famous Olympic athlete (Milo), a Roman gladiator (Hermes), and a Byzantine chariot racer (Porphyrius). He also addresses the changing role of women in sports in antiquity. Women were prominent in sport in Egypt, for example, but almost entirely absent from the ancient Olympic Games. The final chapter discusses team sports and ball games. Although these were comparatively rare in the ancient world, one may see in those that did exist the forerunners of modern football and hockey.
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Controlling Desires - Sexuality In Ancient Greece And Rome

by Kirk Ormand

59,63€ + 10% CARD

 Historians of ancient Greece and Rome are sometimes hesitant to engage with the well-documented fact that Greek and Roman men regularly engaged in same-sex sexual relations with younger men.
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Early Controversies And The Growth Of Christianity

by Kevin W. Kaatz

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 This revealing history examines the controversies, maneuvering, and political wrangling that occupied the Christian Church for the first four centuries of its existence.
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Eating To Excess - The Meaning Of Gluttony And The Fat Body In The Ancient World

by Susan E. Hill

53,66€ + 10% CARD

 This provocative book explores how ancient notions about the fat body and the glutton in western culture both challenge and confirm ideas about what it means to be overweight and gluttonous today.
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Early Controversies And The Growth Of Christianity

by Kevin W. Kaatz

59,63€ + 10% CARD

 This revealing history examines the controversies, maneuvering, and political wrangling that occupied the Christian Church for the first four centuries of its existence.
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Technology And Science In Ancient Civilizations

71,55€ + 10% CARD

 Focuses on books that serve as general guides or handbooks to various aspects of life and culture. This title covers topics that range from warfare and politics, to crime and religion.
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Imagining Men - Ideals Of Masculinity In Ancient Greek Culture

by Thomas Van Nortwick

71,55€ + 10% CARD

 Examines how the ancient Greeks understood the meaning of a man's life. Exploring models for masculinity as they appear in major works of Greek literature, this book combines literary, historical, and psychological insights to examine how the ancient Greeks understood the meaning of a man's life.
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Warfare In The Ancient World - From The Bronze Age To The Fall Of Rome

by Stefan G. Chrissanthos

53,66€ + 10% CARD

 Traces the military history of Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Mediterranean. This book discusses the major events and important individuals in their historical and chronological context. It explains the causes behind important events, the results of various military encounters, and their significance.
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Prec W Limits Test Bank Print

by Larson

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Fatal Airs - The Deadly History And Apocalyptic Future Of Lethal Gases That Threaten Our World

by Scott Christianson

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 This is the first book to examine the deadly history and potential apocalyptic future of both natural and man-made lethal gases that threaten our world.
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Turmoil In American Public Policy - Science, Democracy, And The Environment

by Leslie R. Alm, Marc V. Simon e Ross E. Burkhart

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 This book explores the intricacies of the science-policy linkage that pervades environmental policymaking in a democracy. These are the key questions that this primary textbook for courses on American public policymaking and environmental policymaking addresses and attempts to answer.
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America And The Cold War, 1941-1991 - A Realist Interpretation

by Joseph M. Syracusa, Norman A. Graebner e Richard Dean Burns

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 <p>Three distinguished diplomatic historians offer an assessment of the Cold War in the realist tradition that focuses on balancing the objectives of foreign policy with the means of accomplishing them.
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Eating To Excess - The Meaning Of Gluttony And The Fat Body In The Ancient World

by Susan E. Hill

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 This provocative book explores how ancient notions about the fat body and the glutton in western culture both challenge and confirm ideas about what it means to be overweight and gluttonous today.
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American Presidents, Religion, And Israel - The Heirs Of Cyrus

by Paul Charles Merkley

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 George W. Bush seems set to reclaim a policy position toward Israel that was first established by Truman, but since Carter has been largely in abeyance. Merkley explores the Bible-inspired guardianship over Israel first expressed in Truman's declaration that 'I am Cyrus'.
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Who Decides? - The Abortion Rights Of Teens

by J. Shoshanna Ehrlich

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 Examines the decision-making experiences of teens considering abortion. This book evaluates the US Supreme Court's efforts to reconcile the historically based understanding of teens as dependent persons in need of protection with a contemporary understanding of them as autonomous individuals with adult-like claims to constitutional recognition.
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The Road To Comedy - The Films Of Bob Hope

by Donald Mccaffrey

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 Although Bob Hope has been the subject of many biographies, no book yet has fully explored the comic persona he created in vaudeville and radio, brought to fruition in dozens of films from the 1930s through the 1960s, and made a lasting influence on comedians from Woody Allen to Conan O'Brien.
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Catholics In America - A History

by Patrick W. Carey

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Daughters Of Gaia - Women In The Ancient Mediterranean World

by Bella Vivante

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 Explores women's lives in four ancient civilisations of the Mediterranean: Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, and Rome. Beginning with the images of goddesses and women's roles in the religious sphere, this book details the foundations of women's activities in all other social realms, giving a deeper understanding of the lives of women in each.
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Korean Security In A Changing East Asia

by Jungmin Seo, Terence Roehrig e Uk Heo

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 Since its partition in the 1950s, the Korean peninsula has directly or indirectly shaped the broader security relations between regional powerhouses, and the recent test of a nuclear weapon by the North Korean regime has heightened tensions across the world.
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Technology And Science In Ancient Civilizations

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 Focuses on books that serve as general guides or handbooks to various aspects of life and culture. This title covers topics that range from warfare and politics, to crime and religion.
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Discovering Folk Music

by Stephanie P. Ledgin

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 From Ani DiFranco to Bob Dylan to Woodie Guthrie, American folk music comprises a truly diverse and rich tradition-one that's almost impossible to define in broad terms. This book explains why folk music is still highly relevant in the digital age.
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Controlling Desires - Sexuality In Ancient Greece And Rome

by Kirk Ormand

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 Historians of ancient Greece and Rome are sometimes hesitant to engage with the well-documented fact that Greek and Roman men regularly engaged in same-sex sexual relations with younger men.
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Early Controversies And The Growth Of Christianity

by Kevin W. Kaatz

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 This revealing history examines the controversies, maneuvering, and political wrangling that occupied the Christian Church for the first four centuries of its existence.
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Sport In Ancient Times

by Nigel B. Crowther

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 Looks at the role of sport as practiced in several important civilisations in the ancient world. This book explores how athletics had an importance that extended beyond physical prowess to include military associations, religious ritual, status, and politics. It also compares the significance of famous sporting figures in the ancient societies.

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