Wilhelm Bousset (1865-1920) was one of the pioneers in the Religionsgeschichtliche Schule or "History of Religions School," which established the scientific and comparative study of Hellenistic Judaism and Early Christianity a century ago. The Antichrist Legend, first published in German in 1895 and translated into English the following year, is perhaps Bousset's most remarkable book, both for its original argument about the connection of Antichrist to myths of the primordial dragon and for its vast knowledge of patristic and medieval literature. This welcome reissue of this classic work...

CONTENTS: Charters and Chartered Corporations -- The Hanseatic League -- Regulated and Joint Stock Companies The Merchants of the Staple The Fraternity (Brotherhood) of St. Thomas B Becket, Later Called the Company of the Merchant Adventurers of England The Russia Company The Eastland Company The Turkey (Levant) Company The East India Company (1600-1858) The Hudson Bay Company The Virginia and New England Companies and Provincial Charters Summary Account of the Guinea (Royal African) and Minor Chartered Companies

Published in 1920, this volume puts forward a view of humanity based upon racial categorisation and taxonomy. Racial groups are analysed in terms of culture, geographical location, physiology, and temperament in order to reach conclusions regarding their innate characteristics. The text has value as a historical source reflecting, as it does, the prejudices of the time in which it was written. It also provides an insight into the ethnographical approach and the colonial mindset. Hingston Quiggin and Haddon extensively revised this edition from the original 1899 text written by Keane,...

In this 1896 volume, the focus is on theories of ethnology and race as they existed at the time of publication.