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Johan Huizinga
Johan Huizinga (1872-1945)

cultural historian, historian, resistance fighter, linguist, philosopher, art historian, anthropologist

  • University of Groningen, Leiden University

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Erasmus
Herfsttij der Middeleeuwen
Homo Ludens
Men and ideas
Dutch civilisation in the seventeenth century, and other essays
Mensch en menigte in Amerika
Herbst des Mittelalters
Nederlands beschaving in de zeventiende eeuw
The assessment of population affinities in man
La crisi della civiltà
In de schaduwen van morgen
In the shadow of tomorrow
Amerika levend en denkend
Dutch civilisation in the seventeenth century
Dutch civilisation in the seventeenth century
Im bann der geschichte, betrachtungen und gestaltungen
Patriotisme en nationalisme in de Europeesche geschiedenis tot het einde der 19e eeuw
Van den vogel Charadrius
J. Heemskerk Azn., 1818-1897
De vidūsaka in het Indisch tooneel
Mr Europe
Le déclin du Moyen Age
Sir Philip Sidney, MDLIIII-MDLXXXVI
Verspreide opstellen over de geschiedenis van Nederland
Im Schatten von Morgan
In the shadow of tomorow
Nederland's beschaving in de zeventiende eeuw, een schets
El problema del Renacimiento
Geschichte und Kultur; gesammelte Aufsätze. Mit sechs Federzeichnungen des Verfassers. Herausgegeben und Eingeleitet von Kurt Köster.
Válogatott tanulmányok
Sir Philip Sidney, MDLIIII - MDLXXXVI
Der Mensch und die Kultur
Geschichte und Kultur
Verzamelde werken
Verspreide opstellen over de geschiedenis van Nederland
Holländische kultur des siebzehnten jahrhunderts
Kulʹtura Niderlandov v XVII veke
Briefe I
Im Schatten von Morgen
De Hand Van Huizinga
Dutch Civilisation in the 17th Century and Other Essays
Verspreide Opstellen over de Geschiedenis Van Nederland
El concepto de la historia y otros ensayos
Burgund
De hand van Huizinga
Die mittlerstellung der Niederlande zwischen west- und mitteleuropa
In the Shadow of Tomorrow
Das Problem der Renaissance
Über die verknüpfung des poetischen mit dem theologischen bei Alanus de Insulis, von J. Huizinga
Il gioco nella cultura
Geschonden wereld
Über die Verknüpfung des Poetischen mit dem Theologischen bei Alanus de Insulis
Holländische Kultur im siebzehnten Jahrhundert
De mensch en de beschaving
Wenn die waffen schweigen, die aussichten auf genesung unserer kultur
La ciencia histórica
Hoe bepaalt de geschiednis het heden
Incertitudes
Dutch civilisation in the seventeenth century, and other essays
Leven en werk van Jan Veth
Nederland's geestesmerk
Mein Weg zur Geschichte
Herfsttij der Middeleeuwen
Leven en werk van Jan Veth
Im Schatten von morgen
Kultur- und zeitkritische Schriften
Dutch Civilisation in the 17th Century and Other Essays
Over de grenzen van spel en ernst in de cultuur
In the shadow of to-morrow
WORTE INS SCHWEIGEN
Ortacagin Gunbatimi
Parerga
Le problème de la Renaissance
De lo lúdico y lo serio
Herfsttij der middeleeuwen
Amerika dagboek
Inleiding en opzet voor studie over licht en geluid
Das Problem der Renaissance ; Renaissance und Realismus
Dutch civilisation in the seventeenth century and other essays
De taak der cultuurgeschiedenis
Psicologia Medica Historia
In the shadow of tomorrow / by J. Huizinga ; translated from the Dutch by J.H. Huizinga
Sobre el estado actual de la ciencia histórica
Schriften zur Zeitkritik
Patriotizmus, nacionalizmus
Holländische kultur im siebzehnten jahrhunderts
Briefwisseling
Civiltà e storia
Hoe bepaalt de geschiedenis het heden?
Über die Verknüpfung des poetischen mit dem theologischen bei Alanus de Insulis
Geschichte und Kultur
Herbst des Mittelalters
Herbst des Mittelalters
Im Schatten von Morgen
Wege der Kulturgeschichte
Dutch civilisation in the seventeenth century, and other essays
The waning of the Middle Ages
Mijn weg tot de historie
Over eenige euphemismen in het Oud-Indisch
Hoijinga
Tien studiën
Wenn die Waffen schweigen
Cultuur-historische verkenningen
中世の秋
Geschonden wereld
Erasmus and the age of Reformation
Bi-setaṿ yeme ha-benayim
Homo ludens
Men and ideas
ホモ・ルーデンス
Het aesthetische bestanddeel van geschiedkundige voorstellingen
Das Problem der Renaissance
יומן אמריקה
In the shadow of tomorrow
Amadou Hampâté Bâ
Amadou Hampâté Bâ (1900-1991)

philosopher, anthropologist, ethnologist, poet, historian

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A Spirit of Tolerance: The Inspiring Life of Tierno Bokar (Spiritual Masters: East and West)
Revue de littérature sur le thème migration et santé
Wonderful African Animals
Et Si les Merveilleux Animaux d'Afrique Se Présentaient!
Kongo
Mesure et origine de l'instabilité du service de la dette des pays en développement
Les Sénégalais à Madagascar
Spirit of Tolerance
Vieux d'Afrique M'Ont Conté
L'Histoire oubliée
De Soundjata Keïta À Assimi Goïta
L'empire du Songhay
Roger Lewin
Roger Lewin (born 1944)

anthropologist

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Making Waves
People of the lake
Kanzi
The sixth extinction
Origins reconsidered
Patterns in evolution
Origins
Human evolution
Complexity
Bones of contention
Thread of life
The Origin of Modern Humans (Scientific American Library)
In the age of mankind
The origin of modern humans
Principles of human evolution
Java man
THREAD OF LIFE
Hormones: chemical communicators
The soul at work
In defense of the body
Die Komplexitätstheorie. Wissenschaft nach der Chaosforschung
Weaving Complexity and Business
New views emerge on hunters and gatherers
L' évolution humaine
The nervous system
Complejidad
La complexité
Java Man
California's lousy vintage
Spuren der Menschwerdung (German Edition)
Sixth Extinction
Child alive
Nuestros orígenes
Principles of human evolution
Die molekulare Uhr der Evolution
Child alive!
Weaving complexity and business
La sixième extinction
Manning Marable
Manning Marable (1950-2011)

anthropologist, political scientist, historian, sociologist

  • University of Maryland, Earlham College

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W.E.B. DuBois, Black radical democrat
Malcolm X
Black Leadership
The Portable Malcolm X Reader
The Autobiography Of Medgar Evers
W.E.B
Beyond Black and White
Race, reform and rebellion
Black American Politics
How capitalism underdeveloped Black America
Freedom
From the grassroots
Speaking truth to power
Freedom on my mind
The Crisis of Color and Democracy
Black liberation in conservative America
African-American thought
Beyond Boundaries
Let Nobody Turn Us Around
Souls of W. E. B. du Bois
The great wells of democracy
African and Caribbean politics
Barack Obama and African American empowerment
Seeking higher ground
Beyond Race
African-American thought
Blackwater
The new Black renaissance
Race, Politics and Power
Living Black history
Race matters in the new labor movement
Transnational Blackness Navigating The Global Color Line
The New Black Renaissance
Beyond Black and White
Black politics in transition
Black routes to Islam
Reaction
New social movements in the African diaspora
Black Genders and Sexualities Critical Black Studies
Black America
Black America
What Black America Thinks
Dispatches from the ebony tower
Rethinking the seventies
On being black
Souls
Race and Labor Matters in the New U.S. Economy
Souls
Speaking Truth To Power
Speaking Power to Truth
Black Leadership
Great Wells of Democracy
Souls, Volume II, No. 3
Souls Vol. 1, Bk. 4
Barack Obama and African American Empowerment
Souls
The road toward effective Black power
Race, difference, and the historical imagination
Living Black History
Racializing Justice, Disenfranchising Lives
Race and Class 39/4: Black Fundamentalism
Souls Vol. 3
Black Routes to Islam
From the Grassroots
Dispatches from the Ebony Tower
Racializing Justice, Disenfranchising Lives
New Black Renaissance
Racializing justice, disenfranchising lives
Souls Vol. 1, No. 2
The destruction of black higher education
The fire this time
Toward independent Black politics
Reaganism, racism, and reaction
Through the prism of race and class
The question of genocide
Obama and African American empowerment macmillan
Race, class and conflict
Teófilo Braga
Teófilo Braga (1843-1924)

anthropologist, politician, playwright, philosopher, poet

  • Law School of the University of Coimbra

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Bocage
Historia da universidade de Coimbra nas suas relações com a instrucção publica portugueza por Theophilo Braga
Viriato
Historia da litteratura portugueza
Contos fantásticos
Cantos populares do Archipelago açoriano
Floresta de varios romances
Parnaso portuguez moderno
Bocage, sua vida e epoca litteraria
Os doze de Inglaterra
Trovadores galecio-portuguezes
Historia da poesia popular portugueza ..
Historia Da Litteratura Portugueza Introduccao Theoria da Historia Da ..
Historia da poesia moderna em Portugal
Sciencia das religiões
Bernardim Ribeiro e os bucolistas
Romanceiro geral
Gomes Freire, drama historico
Historia do theatro portuguez
O mar tenebroso
Tristão o enamorado
Epopêas da rac̨a mosárabe
Frei Gil de Santarem
Arcadia lusitana
As modernas ideias na litteratura portugueza
Curso de historia da litteratura portugueza
Eschola de Gil Vicente e desenvolvimento do theatro nacional
O povo portuguez nos seus costumes, crenças e tradições
Historia dos quinhentistas
Theoria da historia da litteratura portugueza
Poetas palacianos
Poesia do direito
Folhas verdes
Antologia portugueza
Bibliographia camoniana
Filinto Elysio e os dissidentes da Arcadia ..
Curso de historia da litteratura portugueza, adaptado ás aulas de instrucção secundaria por Theophilo Braga
Introducção e theoria da historia da litteratura portugueza
Camões e o sentimento nacional
Questões de litteratura e arte portugueza
Os centenarios como synthese affectiva nas sociedades modernas
Recapitulação da historia da litteratura portugueza
Romanceiro geral, colligido da tradição
Cancioneiro portuguez da Vaticana: edição critica restituida sobre o texto diplomatico de Halle ...
Systema de sociologia
O velho do Restello
Visão dos tempos
Historia de Camões
Torrentes
Bernardim Ribeiro e o bucolismo
Contos tradicionaes do povo portuguez
Camillo e Camões
História das ideias republicanas em Portugal
Romanceiro geral portuguez
O martyr da inquisição portugueza, Antonio José da Silva (o judeu)
Visãõ dos tempos: versões
Manuel da Historia da litteratura portugueza, desde as suas origens até ao presente
Teófilo Braga e Inocêncio Francisco da Silva
O baptismo das náos, poemeto
História do romantismo em Portugal
Sá de Miranda e a eschola italiana
História da literatura portuguesa
Camões
As lendas christãs
Historia das novellas portuguezas de cavalleria
As theocracias litterarias
Centenario da descoberta da America
Tempestades sonoras
Origens poeticas do Christianismo
Solucões positivas da politica portugueza
Tricentenario da publicacão do Don Quixote, 1605-1905
A patria portugueza
Garrett e os dramas romanticos
Miragens seculares
Traços geraes de philosophia positiva, comprovados pelas descobertas scientificas modernas
Historia da litteratura portugueza
Contos tradicionais a-corianos
Historia da litteratura portugueza
Garrett e a sua obra
Estudos da edade media
Historia da litteratura portugueza
O festival de João de Deus, 8-III-1895
Visão Dos Tempos
Cartas inéditas de Teófilo Braga a Wilhelm Storck, conservadas na Biblioteca da Universidade de Münster
Historia da litteratura portugueza
Gil Vicente e as origens do theatro nacional
Historia da litteratura portugueza
Historia da litteratura portugueza
Camões, epoca e vida
Historia da litteratura portugueza
Cancioneiro popular portuguez
Garrett e o romantismo
Historia da litteratura portugueza
Historia da litteratura portugueza
Historia da litteratura portugueza
Historia da litteratura portugueza
Questōes de litteratura e arte portugueza
História da literatura portuguesa
Os criticos da Historia da litteratura portugeza
História da literatura portuguesa
Historia Da Universidade de Coimbra Nas Suas Relações Com a Instrucção Publica Portugueza Por Theophilo Braga; Volume 3
Origens poeticas do Christianismo
Historia da litteratura portugueza
Historia da litteratura portugueza
Obras ineditas de José Agostinho de Macedo: Censuras a diversas obras (1824-1829) Composições ..
Discursos sobre a constituição politica da Republica portugueza
Correspondência de Teófilo Braga
Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski
Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski (1878-1945)

physicist, chemist, biologist, explorer, anthropologist, linguist, cartographer, journalist, geologist, biochemist, mineralogist

  • Imperial St. Petersburg University

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Khu̇n, araatan, burkhad
Beasts, Men and Gods
Lenin
Beasts, Men and Gods
The Breath of the Desert the Account of a Journey Through Algeria and Tunisia
Oasis and Simoon
Puszcze polskie
The Fire of Desert Folk
Slaves of the sun
Beasts, men and gods
Lisowczycy
Lenin
In den Dschungeln der Wälder und Menschen
Lenin, god of the godless
De la présidence à la prison
The shadow of the gloomy East
Zwierzęta, ludzie, bogowie
The fire of desert folk
Unter dem Gluthauch der Wüste
Flammendes Afrika
Cień ponurego Wschodu
Sous le fouet du simoun [par] Ferdinand Antoni Ossendowski
From president to prison
Li︠u︡di, bogi, zveri
Beasts, men and gods
Karpaty i Podkarpacie
Sous le fouet du Simoun
Slaves of the sun
Man and mystery in Asia
Sklaven der Sonne
Tiere, Menschen und Go tter =
Lenin, god of the godless
Man and mystery in Asia, in collaboration with Lewis Stanton Palen
The breath of the desert
The shadow of the gloomy East
Im Sibirischen Zuchthaus
The life story of a little monkey
Bestias, hombres, dioses
The shadow of the gloomy East
Beasts, men and gods
Polesie
V ríši medveďov
Huculszczyzna
Mocni ludzie
Tiere, Menschen und Götter
Život a príhody šimpanzky
The lioness
Slaves of the sun
From president to prison
Man and mystery in Asia
Oasis and simoon
Steven W. Mosher
Steven W. Mosher (born 1948)

statistician, demographer, anthropologist

  • University of Washington

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Sarah Kendzior
Sarah Kendzior (born 1978)

journalist, anthropologist, scholar

  • Washington University in St. Louis, Department of Central Eurasian Studies

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