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The Homeric Hymn to Demeter

Richardson, N. J.
The Homeric Hymn to Demeter
Offers an incomparable approach to understanding archaic Greek poetry and religion....Richardson shows a good knowledge of the archeological and artistic evidence and a sure control of the relevant comparative material both from Greece and the Near East. The result is the best presentation of the Eleusinian cult available...this book is a treasure, well worth its cost."--Athenaeum

CHF 241.00

Scarcity and Survival in Central America: Ecological Orig...

Durham, William
Scarcity and Survival in Central America: Ecological Origins of the Soccer War
Looking at both population and land tenure dynamics in their historical context, this study challenges the view that the 1969 conflict between El Salvador and Honduras was primarily a response to population pressure. The author demonstrates that land scarcity, a principal cause of the war, was largely a product of the concentration of landholdings. The analysis focuses on the emigration of 300, 000 Salvadoreans to Honduras in the years before ...

CHF 57.50

The Hajj Today: A Survey of the Contemporary Pilgrimage t...

Long, David
The Hajj Today: A Survey of the Contemporary Pilgrimage to Makkah
The Qu'ran admonishes Muslims that "the pilgrimage to the temple is an obligation due to God from those who are able to journey there." Today over one and a half million pilgrims annually fulfill this Fifth Pillar of Islam, the Hajj. Saudi Arabia conquered the Hijaz in part to protect Hajjis from abuses in the management of the Hajj. How does that country now administer the religious event that brings so many people, often poor and illiterate,...

CHF 125.00