著者:Barbara Rieti
出版社: Memorial University Press
発売日: 2021年07月28日
Fairies might be good or bad, and encounters with them funny or fatal. They can take on the form of people or animals, or they may have no form at all, as when a person walking in the woods is “led ……続きを見る
Drawing from her own interviews and a wealth of material from the Memorial University Folklore and Language Archive, Barbara Rieti explores the range and depth of Newfoundland witch tradition, looki……続きを見る
著者:Barbara Rieti
出版社: McGill-Queen's University Press
発売日: 2020年08月14日
There is a little-known tradition of witch lore in Newfoundland culture. Those believed to have the power to influence the fortunes of others are not mythological characters but neighbours, relation……続きを見る
著者:Harriet I. Flower
出版社: Princeton University Press
発売日: 2011年09月06日
From the Renaissance to today, the idea that the Roman Republic lasted more than 450 years--persisting unbroken from the late sixth century to the mid-first century BC--has profoundly shaped how Rom……続きを見る
No crime is as synonymous with America as bank robbery. Though the number of bank robberies nationwide has declined, bank robbery continues to captivate the public and jeopardize the safety of banks……続きを見る
著者:Harriet I. Flower
出版社: The University of North Carolina Press
発売日: 2016年08月26日
Elite Romans periodically chose to limit or destroy the memory of a leading citizen who was deemed an unworthy member of the community. Sanctions against memory could lead to the removal or mutilati……続きを見る
著者:Carrie Tipton
出版社: Vanderbilt University Press
発売日: 2023年10月15日
Listen as you read! From Dixie to Rocky Top: Book Playlist, now on Spotify.
The first book to explore the history of college fight songs as a culturally important phenomenon, From Dixie to Rocky Top……続きを見る
Es ist eine Binsenweisheit, gerade in Zeiten von Fridays for Future, Pegida und Großdemos »Gegen rechts«: Politik findet nicht nur in den Kabinetten und Parlamenten statt. Menschen bringen sich und ……続きを見る
The cliché of the Ugly Americanーloud, vulgar, materialistic, chauvinisticーstill expresses what people around the world dislike about their Yankee counterparts. Carrie Tirado Bramen recovers the hi……続きを見る
著者:Harriet I. Flower
出版社: Princeton University Press
発売日: 2017年09月26日
The most pervasive gods in ancient Rome had no traditional mythology attached to them, nor was their worship organized by elites. Throughout the Roman world, neighborhood street corners, farm bounda……続きを見る
Fugitives occupy a unique place in the American criminal justice system. They can run and they can hide, but eventually each chase ends. And, in many cases, history is made along the way.
John Dilli……続きを見る