Part of the inspiration for writing this book–or at least for writing in the way I have–was my
reading of a volume on the conduct of ethnography by Marcel Mauss, one of the founders of …

A powerful and provocative exploration of how war has changed our society—for the better"
War!..../What is it good for?/Absolutely nothing," says the famous song—but archaeology …

Fieldwork in Educational Settings is widely recognised as part of the essential reading for
the researcher in education. It instructs those new to qualitative educational research how to …

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" The complete history of the Roman Empire-how it was created, how it was sustained in
crisis, and how it shaped the world of its rulers and subjects, from the eighth century BCE to …

The desire to recover and preserve the antiquity that in some circles is designated as
“classical” is rooted in the conviction that knowledge of that antiquity is a good. But does (or …

Classifying Christians investigates late antique Christian heresiologies as ethnographies
that catalogued and detailed the origins, rituals, doctrines, and customs of the heretics in …

Soon after the death of Alexander the Great, the priest Berossus wrote the first known
narrative and comprehensive history of his native Babylon, and the priest Manetho likewise …

I will present myself, whenever the last trumpet shall sound, before the Sovereign Judge with
this book in my hand, and loudly proclaim,'Thus have I acted; these were my thoughts; such …

From Polypragmon to Curiosus is a study of how Greek and Latin writers describe curious,
meddlesome, and exaggerated behaviour. Founded on a detailed investigation of a family of …