Perspectives on Hittite Civilization

Perspectives on Hittite CivilizationThe articles in this collection were chosen from the bibliographical items authored by Hans Gustav Gueterbock over a span of more than sixty years. They give a rich and varied picture of ancient Hittite culture by one who literally grew up with the new discipline and experienced firsthand its most dramatic discoveries.

Drawing on historical texts

He brings together medieval theories of time

it focuses on the internal culture of the trade

occasionally speculative study based on a vast amount of research into some of Shakespeare's more uninterpretable moments

'Culture and tradition'

This is the first general comparative study of health policy and politics to focus on major countries of Western Europe: France

various aspects of interaction and dialogue within scholarly communities in Europe and North America are critically examined

assessing Memphite production and providing the first comprehensive multi-site listing of motifs

it challenges traditional interpretations of the history of international law and how it functioned in a period before fully fledged nation states

Detailed analysis of the poor is achieved via meticulous matching of individuals who fell within the purview of two or more authorities

Links more 'historical' post-war developments to the rapid 'contemporary' changes of the 1970s-1990s

Explores the arrival and development of Muslim immigrant communities in Britain and Germany during the post-1945 period through the case studies of Newcastle upon Tyne and Bremen