Research Catalog
Magic : a very short introduction
- Title
- Magic : a very short introduction / Owen Davies.
- Author
- Davies, Owen, 1969-
- Publication
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.
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Details
- Description
- 135 p. : ill.; 18 cm.
- Summary
- A wide-ranging overview of how magic has been defined, understood and practiced over the millennia introduces it in today's world as a real force that helps people overcome misfortune, poverty and illness.
- Series Statement
- Very short introductions ; 299
- Uniform Title
- Very short introductions ; 299.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 114-130) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction; 1. Anthropologies of magic; 2. Historical perspectives; 3. All in the mind?; 4. Writing magic; 5. Practising magic; 6. Magic and the modern world; Conclusion.
- Call Number
- JFC 13-307
- ISBN
- 9780199588022 (pbk.)
- 0199588023 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- 2011942636
- OCLC
- 749871159
- Author
- Davies, Owen, 1969-
- Title
- Magic : a very short introduction / Owen Davies.
- Imprint
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.
- Series
- Very short introductions ; 299Very short introductions ; 299.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 114-130) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFC 13-307