Author: James George Frazer
Publisher: Cosimo Classics
Keywords: religion, magic, study, bough, golden
Number of Pages: 732
Published: 2009-12-01
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 1605209368
ISBN-13: 9781605209364

In 1890, James George Frazer began publishing The Golden Bough, his monumental study of myth, ritual, and religion, which would, by 1936, run to 13 volumes and establish him as a pioneer in the study of religion as an aspect of culture. This abridged edition, assembled in 1922, condenses this fundamental work to one readable volume that is still a source for modern anthropology, thanks to its expansive discussions ancient cultish practices and their connections to the rites of modern Christianity. In eloquent prose, Frazer discusses legends of the woods, sympathetic magic, magicians as

Author: Lynne Howard Frazer
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Keywords: america, images, naples
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2006-03-29
List price: $19.99
ISBN-10: 0738542350
ISBN-13: 9780738542355

Naples was not much more than a bend in the road in the 1940s, but by 1950, its beautiful beaches and balmy weather had been rediscovered, and development and tourism became the city’s lifeblood. Although Hurricane Donna struck Naples in 1960, the building boom continued, and by the late 1970s, few undeveloped areas remained. The last large gulf-front parcel was acquired in 1972 for the development of a new luxury community called Pelican Bay. More than 200 images offer insight into this rarely chronicled period of Naples’s history, including seldom-seen historic photographs from the archi

Author: Sir James George Frazer
Publisher: BiblioLife
Keywords: volume, bough, golden
Number of Pages: 536
Published: 2008-08-18
List price: $29.99
ISBN-10: 0554369311
ISBN-13: 9780554369310

Author: Sir James George Frazer
Publisher: Adamant Media Corporation
Keywords: adonis, attis, osiris, volume, part, religion, bough, study, magic, golden
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2000-11-22
List price: $23.99
ISBN-10: 1402131844
ISBN-13: 9781402131844

This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1922 edition by Macmillan and Co., Ltd., London. Third edition, revised and enlarged. In two volumes.

Author: Sir James George Frazer
Publisher: Cosimo Classics
Keywords: volumes, four, vol, exogamy, totemism
Number of Pages: 602
Published: 2010-01-01
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 1605209783
ISBN-13: 9781605209784

This classic four-volume series-from a pioneering ethnographer, first published in 1910-remains a foundational work of comparative mythology and religion for scholars and armchair anthropologists alike. Exploring the interconnections between myth and ritual in how and whom we may marry-as group marriage gave way to individual marriage-questions about religion and social structure became intertwined. In any case, this is a fascinating look at the social underpinnings common to all peoples around the globe. Volume I features a reprint of Frazer’s groundbreaking 1887 work Totemism-coveri

Author: Sir James George Frazer
Publisher: Cosimo Classics
Keywords: four, volumes, iii, vol, exogamy, totemism
Number of Pages: 596
Published: 2010-01-01
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 1605209805
ISBN-13: 9781605209807

This classic four-volume series-from a pioneering ethnographer, first published in 1910-remains a foundational work of comparative mythology and religion for scholars and armchair anthropologists alike. Exploring the interconnections between myth and ritual in how and whom we may marry-as group marriage gave way to individual marriage-questions about religion and social structure became intertwined. In any case, this is a fascinating look at the social underpinnings common to all peoples around the globe. Volume III continues Frazer’s ethnographic survey of totemism, here covering tot

Author: Sir James George Frazer
Publisher: Cosimo Classics
Keywords: volumes, four, vol, exogamy, totemism
Number of Pages: 652
Published: 2010-01-01
List price: $36.95
ISBN-10: 1605209791
ISBN-13: 9781605209791

This classic four-volume series-from a pioneering ethnographer, first published in 1910-remains a foundational work of comparative mythology and religion for scholars and armchair anthropologists alike. Exploring the interconnections between myth and ritual in how and whom we may marry-as group marriage gave way to individual marriage-questions about religion and social structure became intertwined. In any case, this is a fascinating look at the social underpinnings common to all peoples around the globe. Volume II continues Frazer’s ethnographic survey of totemism, here covering tote