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Genealogies and Conceptual Belonging - Zones of Interference between Gender and Diversity (Hardcover): Eike Marten Genealogies and Conceptual Belonging - Zones of Interference between Gender and Diversity (Hardcover)
Eike Marten
R4,347 Discovery Miles 43 470 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Taking recent German debates of diversity terminology as a case example for scrutinizing enactments of genealogy that assume a linear image of progressive generation, this book engages with performative effects of genealogical stories in academic texts that negotiate conceptual belonging. While supporters of the developing Diversity Studies in Germany cherish diversity's potential for multi-category investigations, Gender and Women's Studies critics reject the term for its neoliberal, managerial rationale, allegedly holding profit above social justice. Genealogies and Conceptual Belonging intervenes in this oppositional debate by turning one's attention to narrations of the origins of "gender" and "diversity" that suggest their proper place in the present. Presenting a story about dis/continuous genealogies and highlighting complicated interferences between gender and diversity, Marten forges novel future connections between questions of gender, sexual difference, and diversity. This pioneering volume will be of particular interest to undergraduates, postgraduates and postdoctoral researchers interested in the fields of genealogy, Gender Studies, feminist theory, feminist science studies and critical race / diversity / intersectionality studies.

Gustavas Adolphus (Hardcover, 2nd edition): Michael Roberts Gustavas Adolphus (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Michael Roberts
R3,907 Discovery Miles 39 070 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Gustavus Adolphus (1594--1632) dominated his age: he made Sweden the leading power of Northern Europe, was the principal upholder of the Protestant cause in the Thirty Years War, and was a great administrator as well as a brilliant soldier. His toleration and reforms helped define the development of the modern state. This concise study of his career, by the doyen of modern historians of the North, appeared in 1973. Long unavailable but now revised, expanded, updated and reset, it makes a welcome return in Profiles in Power.

Queen Victoria's Gene - Haemophilia and the Royal Family (Paperback, New Ed): D.M. Potts, W.T.W. Potts Queen Victoria's Gene - Haemophilia and the Royal Family (Paperback, New Ed)
D.M. Potts, W.T.W. Potts
R330 R269 Discovery Miles 2 690 Save R61 (18%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Queen Victoria's son, Prince Leopold, died from haemophilia, but no member of the royal family before his generation had suffered from the condition. Medically, there are only two possibilities: either one of Victoria's parents had a 1 in 50,000 random mutation, or Victoria was the illegitimate child of a haemophiliac man. However the haemophilia gene arose, it had a profound effect on history. Two of Victoria's daughters were silent carriers who passed the disease to the Spanish and Russian royal families. The disease played a role in the origin of the Spanish Civil War; and the tsarina's concern over her only son's haemophilia led to the entry of Rasputin into the royal household, contributing directly to the Russian Revolution. Finally, if Queen Victoria was illegitimate, who should have inherited the British throne? The answer is astonishing.

Family History and Local History in England (Hardcover): David Hey Family History and Local History in England (Hardcover)
David Hey
R4,127 R2,887 Discovery Miles 28 870 Save R1,240 (30%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This is a book for those thousands of family historians who have already made some progress in tracing their family tree and have become interested in the places where their ancestors lived, worked and raised children. It emphasises the diversity and extraordinary complexity of the rural and urban communities in provincial England even before the great changes associated with the Industrial Revolution.

A History of British Surnames (Hardcover): Richard McKinley A History of British Surnames (Hardcover)
Richard McKinley
R4,120 Discovery Miles 41 200 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Aiming to avoid technical terminology, Richard McKinley provides an introduction to the history of hereditary surnames in Britain from their first appearance to the present day. Devoting a chapter to each of the main categories of name, he enables readers to set the facts they discover about their own ancestry, family history and surnames into the context of general surname development. The author deals with those names that originate in England, Wales and Scotland; and since these tend to have their own distinct histories, he discusses developments in each of the three countries separately, wherever appropriate. The book uses the study of surnames to illuminate social history and draws attention to the complex patterns of population mobility that have always characterized British Society. It also describes regional and class differences in surnames, some features of which survive to our own time.

A Heraldic Miscellany - Fifteenth-Century Treatises on Blazon and the Office of Arms in English and Scots (Hardcover): Richard... A Heraldic Miscellany - Fifteenth-Century Treatises on Blazon and the Office of Arms in English and Scots (Hardcover)
Richard J. Moll
R3,977 Discovery Miles 39 770 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

It is difficult to envision the Middle Ages without heraldry; knights and ladies are routinely depicted with elaborate arms gracing their shields and clothing. The herald himself is also pervasive in the popular imagination, as he announces the arrival of some grandee. Edited here for the first time are some of the texts which detail the relationship between heraldic design and working heralds. That relationship changed dramatically over the fifteenth century as heralds claimed the right to design, interpret and grant arms according to an elaborate interpretive system. These texts, the work of clerics, heralds and even a future pope, describe the rules of heraldic design and the meaning of colours and charges. They also focus on the role of the herald himself, whether he is serving as a political or personal confidant, or organizing a trial by combat. Finally, they outline an imagined history of the office of arms, claiming that the herald's authority could be traced to Julius Caesar, the Trojan hero Hector, or even the god Dionysus. These texts, little known in contemporary scholarship, provide valuable insight into the intellectual and visual culture of fifteenth-century chivalric society.

Rulers and Ruling Families in Early Medieval Europe - Alfred, Charles the Bald, and Others (Hardcover): Janet L. Nelson Rulers and Ruling Families in Early Medieval Europe - Alfred, Charles the Bald, and Others (Hardcover)
Janet L. Nelson
R3,201 Discovery Miles 32 010 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in 1999, the ideas and practices involved in early medieval royal family politics are the central theme of this collection of papers by Janet L. Nelson. She first examines King Alfred of Wessex (871-99) in the context of Anglo-Saxon conditions and in comparison with his Carolingian contemporaries. When tension and conflict within the royal family are highlighted, she argues that Alfred's talents and political thought emerge the more impressively. A second group of papers deals with the reign of Charles the Bald (840-77): his patronage of learning and his interest in Spanish martyrs are set in political context, while contemporary historiography is considered as a form of counsel and critique. The third section reflects Nelson's growing interest in the political importance and gendered roles of royal women. Consecration rites are analysed as ritual expressions and factors in the shaping of the queenship, while two final papers also examine the making and unmaking of Frankish kings and princes.

The Bigod Earls of Norfolk in the Thirteenth Century (Paperback): Marc Morris The Bigod Earls of Norfolk in the Thirteenth Century (Paperback)
Marc Morris
R753 R678 Discovery Miles 6 780 Save R75 (10%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Study of one of the most influential aristocratic families of medieval England. The Bigods were one of the most powerful and important families in thirteenth-century England. They are chiefly remembered for their dramatic interventions in high politics. Roger III Bigod (c. 1209-70) famously led the march on Westminster Hall in 1258 against Henry III, while Roger IV Bigod (1245-1306) confronted Edward I in 1297 in similar fashion. This book is the first full-scale study of these two earls, and explores in depth the reasons thatled each of them to take the extreme step of confronting his king. It is only in part, however, a political study. In seeking to understand the motives that lay behind their public actions, the book scrutinizes the earls' privateaffairs. It establishes for the first time the precise extent of their landed estate, the size of their incomes, and the membership and quality of their affinities. It also examines their relationships with friends and relatives,their building works, and even their personalities. Extensive use is made throughout of unpublished manuscript sources: in particular, the hundreds of ministers' accounts that have survived from the administration of Roger IV Bigod, and the charters given by both earls, which are calendared and translated in an appendix.

The Herald in Late Medieval Europe (Paperback): Katie Stevenson The Herald in Late Medieval Europe (Paperback)
Katie Stevenson; Contributions by Katie Stevenson, Jackson Webster Armstrong, Adrian Ailes, Michael Jones, …
R718 Discovery Miles 7 180 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Stevenson and her collaborators have opened new vistas for the historian of the heralds, pointing the way forward to an internationally focused approach to the significance of the part which heralds played in noble society and in the courtly politics of the late medieval age, and one which promises to enlarge our perception of its aristocratic culture. - ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW First full-length assessment of the role of the herald in medieval Europe. The officers of arms [kings of arms, heralds and pursuivants] have often been overlooked by scholars of late medieval elite society. Yet as officers of the crown, ducal courts or noble families, they played important parts in a number of areas. They were crucial to foreign and domestic relations, and chivalric culture; and, of course, they were to become the powerbrokers of heraldic symbols and genealogy. However, despite the high levels at which they operated, their roles in these areas remain largely unexplored, with scholarship tending to focus on the science of heraldry rather than the heralds themselves. This collection aims to remedy that neglect. The contributions cover a range of European regions [particularly Florence, Scandinavia, Poland, the German Empire, the Burgundian Low Countries, Brittany, Scotland and England] and discuss the diverse roles and experiences of heralds in the late Middle Ages. Contributors: JACKSON W. ARMSTRONG, ADRIAN AILES, KATIE STEVENSON, MICHAEL JONES, FRANCK VILTART, HENRI SIMMONEAU, WIM VAN ANROOIJ, BOGDAN WOJCIECH BRZUSTOWICZ, ALEXIA GROSJEAN, LAURA CIRRI

Lineage and Community in China, 1100-1500 - Genealogical Innovation in Jiangxi (Hardcover): Xi He Lineage and Community in China, 1100-1500 - Genealogical Innovation in Jiangxi (Hardcover)
Xi He
R4,494 Discovery Miles 44 940 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Tracing descent from common ancestors was extremely important in imperial China. Members of such lineage communities sacrificed to ancestors in periodic ceremonies, maintained written genealogies to demonstrate their descent, and held some properties in common. This book, based on extensive original research, provides evidence that the practice originated much earlier than previously understood. It shows that in the eleventh century, in southern China under the Song dynasty, the method of compiling a genealogy in the form a table, that is, to say a family tree, replaced its statement as a textual paragraph and that this allowed the tracking of multi-line descent in ways that had previously been impossible. The book also reveals that the practice of recording and presenting genealogical information was not originally unique to communities of common surnames, but that the Southern Song government, keen to encourage loyalty to the state and cohesion within communities, favoured the building of common surname lineages, a practice which then had far-reaching consequences for the nature of Chinese society over a very long period.

Genealogies and Conceptual Belonging - Zones of Interference between Gender and Diversity (Paperback): Eike Marten Genealogies and Conceptual Belonging - Zones of Interference between Gender and Diversity (Paperback)
Eike Marten
R1,266 Discovery Miles 12 660 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Taking recent German debates of diversity terminology as a case example for scrutinizing enactments of genealogy that assume a linear image of progressive generation, this book engages with performative effects of genealogical stories in academic texts that negotiate conceptual belonging. While supporters of the developing Diversity Studies in Germany cherish diversity's potential for multi-category investigations, Gender and Women's Studies critics reject the term for its neoliberal, managerial rationale, allegedly holding profit above social justice. Genealogies and Conceptual Belonging intervenes in this oppositional debate by turning one's attention to narrations of the origins of "gender" and "diversity" that suggest their proper place in the present. Presenting a story about dis/continuous genealogies and highlighting complicated interferences between gender and diversity, Marten forges novel future connections between questions of gender, sexual difference, and diversity. This pioneering volume will be of particular interest to undergraduates, postgraduates and postdoctoral researchers interested in the fields of genealogy, Gender Studies, feminist theory, feminist science studies and critical race / diversity / intersectionality studies.

The Roth Family, Anthropology, and Colonial Administration (Paperback): Russell McDougall, Iain Davidson The Roth Family, Anthropology, and Colonial Administration (Paperback)
Russell McDougall, Iain Davidson
R1,355 Discovery Miles 13 550 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

No family better represents the overlapping roles of administrator and scientist in the British empire than the Roths. Descended from a Hungarian emigrant to Australia, two generations of Roths served the empire on four continents and, at the same time, produced ethnographic, archaeological, and linguistic studies that form the basis for much modern research. This volume assesses the often-conflicting roles and contributions of the Roths as government servants and anthropologists. Most of the volume deals with Walter E. Roth, who developed foundational studies of both the Australian Aborigines-considered to be among the first systematic ethnographies anywhere-and South American tribes while serving as Chief Protector of Aborigines in Queensland and later medical officer, magistrate, museum curator and indigenous relations officer in British Guyana. Henry Ling Roth's contributions to the anthropology of Tasmania, Benin, Sarawak, and New Zealand are also enumerated, as are the publications and administrative activities of the succeeding generation of Roths. This volume serves the reader as a family biography, a slice of the English colonial history, and an important introduction to the history of anthropology.

Geography and Genealogy - Locating Personal Pasts (Hardcover, New Ed): Dallen J. Timothy Geography and Genealogy - Locating Personal Pasts (Hardcover, New Ed)
Dallen J. Timothy; Jeanne Kay Guelke
R4,347 Discovery Miles 43 470 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Genealogy has become a widely popular pursuit, as millions of people now research their family history, trace their forebears, attend family reunions and travel to ancestral home sites. Geographers have much to contribute to the serious study of the family history phenomenon. Land records, maps and even GIS are increasingly used by genealogical investigators. As a cultural practice, it encompasses peoples' emotional attachments to ancestral places and is widely manifest on the ground as personal heritage travel. Family history research also has significant potential to challenge accepted geographical views of migration, ethnicity, socio-economic class and place-based identities. This volume is possibly the first ever book to address the geographical and scholarly aspects of this increasingly popular social phenomenon. It highlights tools and information sources used by geographers and their application to family history research. Furthermore, it examines family history as a socio-cultural practice, including the activities of tourism, archival research and DNA testing.

Jamaican Hands Across the Atlantic (Paperback): Elaine Bauer Jamaican Hands Across the Atlantic (Paperback)
Elaine Bauer
R507 Discovery Miles 5 070 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

For decades Jamaicans - and West Indians more broadly - have migrated, at first to Britain and then to North America. Jamaican Hands Across The Atlantic outlines the pain and pleasure of migration showing how members of the same families migrated to different continents yet succeeded in maintaining a network of contact and mutual supporting including those left behind or who chose not to migrate. Based on in-depth interviews, the book provides vivid accounts of the struggles of Jamaican migrants after arrival in Britain or North America at work, in housing and education, the racism encountered, and highlights the key role of women as organizers in the migration effort. These interviews, carried out among migrant and non-migrant Jamaicans, are often marked by humour and colourful Jamaican vernacular, revealing a range of issues at eh heart of the migratory experience. What appears initially to be cause for laughter, later unravels into stories of prejudice, disappointment, underachievement and alienation. At the same time, the migrant life stories offer a precious glimpse of the now disappearing world of Jamaican rural communities, of the fluid networks of extended families, and the role of religion and education in generating ambition and eventual migration. It is particularly interesting to see how Jamaican migrants were able to maintain some of the cultural attitudes which they brought with them, such as child shifting within the extended family, and racial mixing. The book also reveals the experience of those few, in this case mainly Britain, who were able to retire to Jamaica, only to find that after years of absence, both they and the island have so much change that they are now regarded as English. Jamaican Hands Across The Atlantic is a unique account of a type of transnational family, which may become increasingly typical in the new era of globalized world economy and communication. It attests to the resilience and adaptability of a people who refuse to be defined in terms of their geographical birthplace making the book a delightful and inspiring read.

Heritage Interpretation (Paperback, New): Marion Blockley, Alison Hems Heritage Interpretation (Paperback, New)
Marion Blockley, Alison Hems
R1,296 Discovery Miles 12 960 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

"Heritage Interpretation" is an essential guide to present practice and policy concerning issues in Heritage Management. The UK has an international reputation for the excellence of its heritage interpretation. During the 1980's and 1990's the UK developed innovative public presentation of heritage sites in the increasingly competitive cultural tourism market. UK heritage organizations developed ideas pioneered by the US National Park Service in the 1960's and applied these to cultural heritage sites.
This volume draws on this accumulated expertise to describe and analyze best practice in heritage interpretation with the UK. The contributors are all responsible for developing best practice in a range of heritage organizations, such as English Heritage, National Trust Historic Scotland, Cadw and National Parks. Looking at subjects from Public Art to 20th Century military remains and from Cathedrals to Urban Heritage, the contributors discuss the bewildering range of interpretive optionsavailable to them and how these can be sensitively and appropriately tailored to specific places and specific audiences.

Heritage Interpretation (Hardcover): Marion Blockley, Alison Hems Heritage Interpretation (Hardcover)
Marion Blockley, Alison Hems
R4,063 Discovery Miles 40 630 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

"Heritage Interpretation" is an essential guide to present practice and policy concerning issues in Heritage Management. The UK has an international reputation for the excellence of its heritage interpretation. During the 1980's and 1990's the UK developed innovative public presentation of heritage sites in the increasingly competitive cultural tourism market. UK heritage organizations developed ideas pioneered by the US National Park Service in the 1960's and applied these to cultural heritage sites.
This volume draws on this accumulated expertise to describe and analyze best practice in heritage interpretation with the UK. The contributors are all responsible for developing best practice in a range of heritage organizations, such as English Heritage, National Trust Historic Scotland, Cadw and National Parks. Looking at subjects from Public Art to 20th Century military remains and from Cathedrals to Urban Heritage, the contributors discuss the bewildering range of interpretive optionsavailable to them and how these can be sensitively and appropriately tailored to specific places and specific audiences.

Bastard Prince - Henry VIII's Lost Son (Paperback, New Ed): Beverley A. Murphy Bastard Prince - Henry VIII's Lost Son (Paperback, New Ed)
Beverley A. Murphy
R392 R320 Discovery Miles 3 200 Save R72 (18%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

It took Henry VIII twenty-eight years, three wives, and a break with Rome before he secured a legitimate male heir. Yet he already had a son - the illegitimate Henry Fitzroy. Fitzroy was born in 1519 after the King's affair with Elizabeth Blount. He was the only illegitimate offspring ever acknowledged by Henry VIII, and Cardinal Wolsey was even one of his godparents. So just how close did he come to being Henry IX?

Alfred the Great - Papers from the Eleventh-Centenary Conferences (Hardcover, New Ed): Timothy Reuter Alfred the Great - Papers from the Eleventh-Centenary Conferences (Hardcover, New Ed)
Timothy Reuter
R5,080 Discovery Miles 50 800 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

1999 marked the eleven-hundredth anniversary of the death of Alfred the Great, and to mark this event, two international conferences were held to re-evaluate and contextualise Alfred's achievements and the developments of his reign. This volume includes papers given at both events and provides substantial assessments, by leading scholars, of issues of source-criticism, of the large corpus of Old English literature associated with Alfred and of developments in government and society in late ninth-century England. It also explores how Alfred and his kingdom related to the wider geo-political and cultural situation in the British isles and continental Europe, and closes with a substantial survey of the uses and shifts in Alfred's reputation in the centuries following his death. This substantial and wide ranging volume will become a standard reference work for anyone interested in Old English literature or Anglo-Saxon history, and will set the pattern of future scholarly debate.

The Last Queens of Egypt - Cleopatra's Royal House (Paperback): Sally-Ann Ashton The Last Queens of Egypt - Cleopatra's Royal House (Paperback)
Sally-Ann Ashton
R1,220 Discovery Miles 12 200 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The last of the Ptolemaic monarchs who ruled Egypt for 300 years, Cleopatra is the most famous of the Ptolemaic queens. But what of her predecessors? The "Last Queens of Egypt "examines the roles played by the Ptolemaic royal women and explores their part in religion, politics and court intrigue. Explaining their propensity for incest, murder and power, Sally Ann Ashton shows the extent of the power they enjoyed, the price they paid, and how they shaped Cleopatra's reign.

The Earliest English Kings (Paperback, 2nd edition): D.P. Kirby The Earliest English Kings (Paperback, 2nd edition)
D.P. Kirby
R1,156 Discovery Miles 11 560 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


The Earliest English Kings is a fascinating survey of Anglo-Saxon History from the sixth century to the eighth century and the death of King Alfred. It explains and explores the 'Heptarchy' or the seven kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England, as well as the various peoples within them, wars, religion, King Offa and the coming of the Vikings. With maps and family trees, this book reveals the complex, distant and tumultuous events of Anglo-Saxon politics.

Monarchy, Aristocracy and State in Europe 1300-1800 (Hardcover): Hillay Zmora Monarchy, Aristocracy and State in Europe 1300-1800 (Hardcover)
Hillay Zmora
R3,909 Discovery Miles 39 090 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Spanning five centuries and covering England, France, Spain, Germany and Austria, this book considers the key themes in the formation of the modern state in Europe.
The relationship of the nobility with the state is the key to understanding the development of modern government in Europe. By focusing on the implications of the incessant and costly wars which European governments waged against each other this book examines how modern states evolved.
Monarchy, Aristocracy and State in Europe 1300-1800 takes a fascinating thematic approach to this important topic in early modern history.

The Earliest English Kings (Hardcover, 2nd edition): D.P. Kirby The Earliest English Kings (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
D.P. Kirby
R3,918 Discovery Miles 39 180 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Earliest English Kings is a fascinating survey of Anglo-Saxon History from the sixth century to the eighth century and the death of King Alfred. It explains and explores the 'Heptarchy' or the seven kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England, as well as the various peoples within them, wars, religion, King Offa and the coming of the Vikings. With maps and family trees, this book reveals the complex, distant and tumultuous events of Anglo-Saxon politics.

Elizabeth I and Foreign Policy, 1558-1603 (Paperback): Susan Doran Elizabeth I and Foreign Policy, 1558-1603 (Paperback)
Susan Doran
R1,096 Discovery Miles 10 960 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


At her accession in 1558 Elizabeth I inherited a troublesome legacy with a long history of wars against France and Scotland. This international situation was becoming a huge financial burden on the English crown and economy.
Elizabeth I and Foreign Policy describes and assesses England's foreign policy during the second half of the sixteenth century. It includes coverage of Elizabeth's relations with foreign powers, the effect of Reformation on foreign affairs, Elizabeth's successs as a stateswoman and the war with Spain.

eBook available with sample pages: 0203136632

Truth and Truthfulness - An Essay in Genealogy (Paperback, New Ed): Bernard Williams Truth and Truthfulness - An Essay in Genealogy (Paperback, New Ed)
Bernard Williams
R1,015 R874 Discovery Miles 8 740 Save R141 (14%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

What does it mean to be truthful? What role does truth play in our lives? What do we lose if we reject truthfulness? No philosopher is better suited to answer these questions than Bernard Williams. Writing with his characteristic combination of passion and elegant simplicity, he explores the value of truth and finds it to be both less and more than we might imagine.

Modern culture exhibits two attitudes toward truth: suspicion of being deceived (no one wants to be fooled) and skepticism that objective truth exists at all (no one wants to be naive). This tension between a demand for truthfulness and the doubt that there is any truth to be found is not an abstract paradox. It has political consequences and signals a danger that our intellectual activities, particularly in the humanities, may tear themselves to pieces.

Williams's approach, in the tradition of Nietzsche's genealogy, blends philosophy, history, and a fictional account of how the human concern with truth might have arisen. Without denying that we should worry about the contingency of much that we take for granted, he defends truth as an intellectual objective and a cultural value. He identifies two basic virtues of truth, Accuracy and Sincerity, the first of which aims at finding out the truth and the second at telling it. He describes different psychological and social forms that these virtues have taken and asks what ideas can make best sense of them today.

"Truth and Truthfulness" presents a powerful challenge to the fashionable belief that truth has no value, but equally to the traditional faith that its value guarantees itself. Bernard Williams shows us that when we lose a sense of the value of truth, we lose a lot both politically and personally, and may well lose everything.

The Means Of Naming - A Social History (Paperback): Stephen Wilson The Means Of Naming - A Social History (Paperback)
Stephen Wilson
R1,255 Discovery Miles 12 550 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Names and never given accidentally; they are chosen and bestowed according to implicit or rules, and the kinds names are accidentally; they explicit of names given and the kinds of rules followed reflect fundamental features of the society and culture concerted. This path-breaking work of social history looks at the historical significance of names and naming practices across from the Ancient Greeks to the present day. As a fascinating survey, bridging anthropology and history, it will be of interest to a wide readership of scholars and students and to anyone who has had at some time to bestow a name.

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