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Caste in Early Modern Japan
"Caste", a word normally used in relation to the Indian subcontinent, is rarely associated with Japan in contemporary scholarship. This has not always been the case, and the term was often used among earlier generations of scholars, who introduced the Buraku problem to Western audiences. Amos argues that time for reappraisal is well overdue and that a combination of ideas, beliefs, and practices rooted in Confucian, Buddhist, Shinto, and military traditions were brought together from the late 16th century in ways that influenced the development of institutions and social structures on the Japanese archipelago. These influences brought the social structures closer in form and substance to cer...
The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records is one of the last great genealogical manuscript collections to be published. Housed at the Connecticut State Library in Hartford, The Barbour Collection covers 137 towns and comprises 14,333 typed pages. Volume 39 covers the towns of Sherman and Simsbury to the tune of 22,000 references.
East Asian History
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Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Volume 12
Volume 12 is a transcription of the vital records of the early and important towns of Fairfield and Farmington, and it contains the birth, marriage, and death records of approximately 37,500 individuals. Entries are in strict alphabetical order by town and give, typically, name, date of event, names of parents, names of children, names of both spouses, and items such as age, occupation, and residence. As in all volumes published to date, entries are keyed to the volume and page number of the original records
Embodying Difference
First published in New Delhi by Navayana Publishing.
The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records: Huntington 1789-1850, Kent 1739-1852, Killingly 1708-1850
Volume 20 contains records of approximately 35,000 people from the towns of Huntington, Kent, and Killingly in Connecticut. Entries are in strict alphabetical order by town and give, typically, name, date of event, names of parents, names of children, names of both spouses, and items such as age, occupation, and residence. As in all volumes published to date, entries are keyed to the volume and page number of the original records.
Holy People of the World
A cross-cultural encyclopedia of the most significant holy people in history, examining why people in a wide range of religious traditions throughout the world have been regarded as divinely inspired. The first reference on the subject to span all the world's major religions, Holy People of the World: A Cross-Cultural Encyclopedia examines the impact of individuals who, through personal charisma and inspirational deeds, served both as glorious examples of human potential and as envoys for the divine. Holy People of the World contains nearly 1,100 biographical sketches of venerated men and women. Written by religious studies experts and historians, each article focuses on the basic question: ...
