This book is an examination of the impact of Greek learning, literature, and religion on central aspects of Roman life in the middle Republic. Acclaimed historian Erich S. Gruen discusses the introduction of and resistance to new cults, the relationship between Roman political figures and literary artists schooled in Greek, and the reaction to Hellenic philosophy and rhetoric b...(展开全部)

Based on the Latin literature of the times, the unofficial language in which students made jokes and alchemists preserved their prided recipes, historian and mediaeval scholar Haskins offers authoritative studies of many facets of mediaeval life. He includes illuminating sidelights on the life of the time in the individual chapters on the mediaeval student as seen in his letter...(展开全部)

Ideal for any cultural anthropology course, this brief and inexpensive collection of ethnographic case studies exposes students to fifteen different cultures. "Culture Sketches" introduces students to ethnography without overwhelming them with excessive reading material. Each sketch, or chapter, was selected for its relevance to students and for its ability to reflect the basic...(展开全部)

Customs in Common is the remarkable sequel to E.P. Thompson’s influential, landmark volume of social history, The Making of the English Working Class. The product of years of research and debate, Customs in Common describes the complex culture from which working class institutions emerged in England—a panoply of traditions and customs that the new working class fought to preser...(展开全部)

One of this century's foremost historians describes the complex culture from which working class institutions emerged in England.

One of this century's foremost historians describes the complex culture from which working class institutions emerged in England.

In Greek and Roman Political Ideas, acclaimed classics scholar Melissa Lane introduces the reader to the foundations of Western political thought, from the Greeks, who invented democracy, to the Romans, who created a republic and then transformed it into an empire. Tracing the origins of political philosophy from Socrates to Cicero to Plutarch, Lane reminds us that the birth of...(展开全部)