Grounding the Past

Alexander Geurds

• Paperback | Engels | CNWS publications | nr. 150
• Grounding the Past addresses archaeological field praxis and its role in the political present of Santiago Tilantongo and Santiago Apoala, two communi... Lees meer

Metamorphosen des epos

Claudia Ott

• Paperback | Duits | CNWS publications | nr. 119
• Am Fuss der Kutubiyya-Moschee in Marrakesch/Marokko hielt bis zum Jahr 2000 der Erzähler Si Mloud seine öffentlichen Vorlesungen arabischer Epen ab. E... Lees meer

Uchumataqu: The lost language of the Urus of Bolivia

K. Hannss

• Paperback | Engels | CNWS publications | nr. 158
• This book is the first comprehensive grammatical description of Uchumataqu, the language of the Uru of Lake Titicaca in north-western Bolivia. Uchumat... Lees meer

Baure

Swintha Danielsen

• Paperback | Engels | CNWS publications | nr. 155
• This book is first and foremost a grammatical description of Baure, a seriously endangered language from Bolivian Amazonia. Baure belongs to the South... Lees meer

Rivalry and conflict

• Paperback | Engels | CNWS publications | nr. 142
• The rivalry between the Dutch and Portuguese in Asia is one of the classic themes of the early history of European expansion overseas. Yet it is often... Lees meer

Connecting and Correcting

B.H. Miller

• Paperback | Engels | CNWS publications | nr. 151
• 'Connecting and Correcting' is a case study of Sami healers in Porsanger, Finnmark, Norway, and focuses on two Coastal Sami healers, their worldview a... Lees meer

Stages in Civilisation

R.J. Willink

• Paperback | Engels | CNWS publications | nr. 149
• The first Dutch ethnographic collections from West Central Africa were formed in the late nineteenth century. Between 1876 ? 1889, thanks to the ?on t... Lees meer

Colonial Collections Revisited

• Paperback | Engels | CNWS publications | nr. 152
• The story of colonial collecting is complex and full of contradictions. Collectors often appreciated the 'other' cultures where they obtained collecti... Lees meer

Royal Cabinets and Auxiliary Branches

Rudolf Effert

• Paperback | Engels | CNWS publications | nr. 159
• This book deals with the origins of the present-day National Museum of Ethnology in Leiden, and covers the period from 1816 to 1883. With the foundati... Lees meer

Brazilië in de Nederlandse Archieven (1624-1654) 3 Mauritiana

• Hardcover | Meerdere talen | CNWS publications | nr. 157
• Dit derde deel in 'Mauritiana' omvat de inventaris van het Koninklijk Huisarchief betreffende de correspondentie van Johan Maurits van Nassau-Siegen. ... Lees meer

Language Endangerment and Endangered Languages

• Paperback | Meerdere talen | CNWS publications | nr. 154
• The studies gathered together in this book were originally presented at two conferences sponsored by The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Resea... Lees meer

Leaving the World to enter the World

Mark A. Leenhouts

• Paperback | Engels | CNWS publications | nr. 136
• 'Leaving the World to Enter the World' focuses on the fictional and theoretical writings of Han Shaogong, one of the most striking voices in contempor... Lees meer

The best hand is the hand that always gives

Marloes Janson

• Hardcover | Engels | CNWS publications | nr. 118
• Griottes (female bards) are a striking feature of Mandinka culture. They can be recognized by their flamboyant style of dressing and their sharp voice... Lees meer

Languages of the greater Himalaya Region 2 Yamphu

Roland Rutgers

• Hardcover | Engels | CNWS publications
• The Yamphu Rai are a Kiranti tribe of the Himalayas of Eastern Nepal. The Yamphu language belongs to a group of complex- pronominalising languages of ... Lees meer

Technology and Ethical Idealism

S. Moon

• Paperback | Engels | CNWS publications | nr. 156
• Technology and Ethical Idealism investigates a pivotal intellectual and political moment in twentieth-century Indonesian history, the establishment of... Lees meer

Brazilië in de Nederlandse archieven (1624-1654) 2N Mauritiana

• Hardcover | Nederlands | CNWS publications | nr. 140
• 'Mauritiana' is een serie die tot doel heeft om geschreven documenten en kaarten over Nederlands Brazilië (1624–1654) toegankelijker te maken door mid... Lees meer

Caturmasa

A.W. van den Hoek

• Paperback | Engels | CNWS publications | nr. 133
• 'Caturmâsa: Celebrations of Death in Kathmandu' is of interest to students of cultural anthropology and of South Asian, particularly Nepalese culture,... Lees meer

Brazilie in de Nederlandse archieven (1624-1654) = O Brasil em arquivos neerlandeses (1624-1654) Mauritiana

Marianne Wiesebron

• Paperback | Meerdere talen | CNWS publications | nr. 130
• Mauritiana is een serie die tot doel heeft om geschreven documenten en kaarten over Nederlands Brazilië (1624–1654) toegankelijker te maken door midde... Lees meer