August 25, 2008

THE EARLY SLAVS.

Some kind and anonymous reader has sent me a copy of The Early Slavs : Culture and Society in Early Medieval Eastern Europe, by P.M. Barford, via the Amazon wish-list link. I can't even remember where I found out about it (Renee's long-gone and much-lamented blog?), but it looks great (lots of maps!) and I'm really looking forward to plunging in. So thanks, kind anonymous person!

Posted by languagehat at August 25, 2008 03:58 PM
Comments

So much for those who think that Slavs always turn up late.

Posted by: dearieme at August 26, 2008 08:33 AM

Erm. Just had a look at the wishlist. Do you realise that all books are rated at medium priority? I'm wondering whether marking a few books as high priority might encourage people to take the plunge.

Posted by: Helen DeWitt at August 26, 2008 10:25 AM

Hat's wishlist is very reasonable. Most of the books I put on my wishlist are books I can't afford, so the median price is about $60. I go to it whenever I get a windfall. Most recently I got Biran's book on the Qarakitai, and next will be the Rasulid Hexaglot.

Posted by: John Emerson at August 26, 2008 11:20 AM

Thank you, dearieme. I wish I'd thought of that.

Posted by: Crown, A. J. P. at August 26, 2008 12:17 PM

So much for those who think that Slavs always turn up late.
Then again, some of us do like to stay up late and get up late.

Posted by: bulbul at August 26, 2008 12:20 PM

You don't need to be a Slav to do that.

Posted by: Sili at August 26, 2008 04:25 PM

Do you realise that all books are rated at medium priority?

Hmm. Guess I should do something about that. Thanks!

Posted by: language hat at August 26, 2008 09:50 PM