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Embattled Bodies, Embattled Places

This volume sheds new light on the nature of war in Mesoamerica and the Andes. Relying on methodological and theoretical developments in anthropological ...

The Taktika of Leo VI

Although he probably never set foot on a battlefield, the Byzantine emperor Leo VI had a lively interest in military matters and he set out to acquire a solid ...

A Critical Commentary on The Taktika of Leo VI

John Haldon offers the first critical commentary of the “Taktika” to appear in any language, including three introductory chapters that examine the context, ...

Merchants, Markets, and Exchange in the Pre-Columbian World

This volume examines the structure, scale, and complexity of economic systems in the pre-Hispanic Americas, with a focus on the central highlands of Mexico, ...

Four Seasons of Flowers

Representing pivotal works in the intellectual history of Europe from the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries, these drawings, books, and manuscripts offer an ...

Designing Wildlife Habitats

Essays by designers, scientists, and historians explore how they might better collaborate to promote zoological biodiversity and how scientific ambitions might ...

Garden Culture of the Twentieth Century

Migge’s notion of “garden culture” captured the essence of the progressive reform movements of early twentieth-century Germany and yet was unique in proposing ...

Travel Report

The travel report by Hans Jancke describing his 1874–75 apprenticeship at Knowsley, the seat of the Earl of Derby near Liverpool, England, demonstrates the ...

Viewing the Morea

The authors look at the Morea and its people—Western knights, Orthodox villagers, and Venetians—in the broadest possible manner and with careful attention to ...