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Cambridge University Press Memory and Material Culture
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Cambridge University Press Bioarchaeology
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Cambridge University Press The Ethics of Archaeology
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Cambridge University Press Learning Identity
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Cambridge University Press Racial Politics in PostRevolutionary Cuba
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Cambridge University Press Economics and Social Interaction
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Cambridge University Press Western Diseases An Evolutionary Perspective 54 Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology Series Number 54
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Cambridge University Press Religion and Anthropology
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Cambridge University Press The Archaeology of Islands Topics in Contemporary Archaeology
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Cambridge University Press Between Biology and Culture 56 Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology Series Number 56
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Cambridge University Press Spider Monkeys Behavior Ecology and Evolution of the Genus Ateles Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology Series Number 55
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Cambridge University Press Politics and Volunteering in Japan A Global Perspective
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Cambridge University Press Monuments Empires and Resistance
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Cambridge University Press What Science Offers the Humanities
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Cambridge University Press The Changing Body
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Cambridge University Press Evolutionary Biology and Conservation of Titis Sakis and Uacaris 65 Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology Series Number 65
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Cambridge University Press Risk Management Value at Risk and Beyond
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Cambridge University Press The Evolutionary Biology of Human Body Fatness Thrift and Control 58 Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology Series Number 58
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Cambridge University Press Bureaucracy and the State in Early China
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Cambridge University Press Popular Culture in Medieval Cairo Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization
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Cambridge University Press Performing Qualitative CrossCultural Research
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Cambridge University Press Making Sense of the Great War
Book SynopsisAlex Mayhew provides new perspectives on military morale by exploring the experiences of English infantrymen in Belgium and France from 1914 to 1918. Drawing on approaches from anthropology, psychology, and sociology, he examines the morale and endurance of these soldiers and helps to explain how soldiers made sense of the Great War.Table of ContentsList of Figures; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Preface; Introduction; Part I. The Environment; 1. Familiarising the Western Front: Attachment to Belgium and France; 2. Enduring the Western Front: Winter and Morale; Part II. Social Groups; 3. Defining Duty: Obligation and the Cultural Foundations of Morale; 4. Imagining Home: Englishness in the Trenches; Part III. Crises and Morale; 5. Hoping for Peace: Victory and the Future; 6. Experiencing Crisis: Battle and Sensemaking, c. July 1917–June 1918; Conclusion; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Sensory Anthropology
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Cambridge University Press Evolution Morality and the Fabric of Society
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Cambridge University Press Slavery Resistance and Identity in Early Modern West Africa
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Cambridge University Press Human Nature
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Cambridge University Press The Imago Dei
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Cambridge University Press Religion and Food
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Cambridge University Press Parasites in Past Civilizations and Their Impact
Book SynopsisWith its broad focus ranging from medicine to history, this book provides a solid historical understanding of how the nature of past cultures and civilisations affects human risk of disease. For readers fascinated by ancient societies and past civilizations as well as those intrigued by the health of our ancestors.Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Near Eastern civilizations; 3. Ancient Egypt and Nubia; 4. The prehistoric peoples of Europe; 5. The Roman world; 6. Medieval Europe; 7. East Asian civilizations; 8. North American indigenous peoples; 9. South and Central American civilizations; 10. Parasites, migrations and epidemics; 11. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Settling the Earth
Book SynopsisIn this worldwide survey, Clive Gamble explores the evolution of the human imagination, without which we would not have become a global species. He sets out to determine the cognitive and social basis for our imaginative capacity and traces the evidence back into deep human history. He argues that it was the imaginative ability to ''go beyond'' and to create societies where people lived apart yet stayed in touch that made us such effective world settlers. To make his case Gamble brings together information from a wide range of disciplines: psychology, cognitive science, archaeology, palaeoanthropology, archaeogenetics, geography, quaternary science and anthropology. He presents a novel deep history that combines the archaeological evidence for fossil hominins with the selective forces of Pleistocene climate change, engages with the archaeogeneticists'' models for population dispersal and displacement, and ends with the Europeans'' rediscovery of the deep history settlement of the EarthTrade Review'In Settling the Earth, Clive Gamble reconfirms his status as the finest mind working in Palaeolithic studies. He presents a radical reimagining of the global sweep of human history by rejecting the progress-bound divisions of previous summaries in favor of a partitioning based on brain expansion and population dispersal. The result is brilliant.' Thomas Wynn, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs'Eclectic and authoritative, Gamble's engaging new book provides a fresh take on the evolution of the human brain, navigating the reader through the changing landscapes, minds and societies of our ancestors and revealing the complex physical and cultural dynamics behind our ultimate colonization of the Earth.' Danielle Schreve, Royal Holloway University of London'… we desperately need books like Settling the Earth and we need researchers like Clive Gamble who can write about the deep human past in a way that integrates archaeological evidence and interpretation so elegantly and with so much enthusiasm. This is a massive contribution to the understanding of the human past. It is impossible to properly assess it in a few words. It is a bold attempt to understand the structures of 10 million years of global human history … it is a book that provides a dazzling wealth of ideas, hypotheses and explanations, which are not presented as solid facts but rather are intended to be tested, revised and reformulated. It is unquestionable that this book is a milestone on our journey to improve our understanding of the human past and present.' Martin Porr, Antiquity'… an excellent, well-written and deeply erudite book …' Peter Bellwood, Journal of Anthropological ResearchTable of Contents1. The worlds of deep human history; 2. The drivers of climate and environment; 3. The recent veneers of climate, environment, and population; 4. Walking and running down the tectonic trail; 5. Three strides across a bio-tidal world; 6. Going beyond, keeping in touch; 7. The call of the north; 8. Eyes on the horizon; 9. The human re-union in retrospect.
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Cambridge University Press The Clear Mirror
Book SynopsisIn this book, first published in 1936, zoologist George Evelyn Hutchinson presents a beautifully written description of the places visited during the course of the Yale North India Expedition of 1932. The text focuses mainly on Hutchinson's experiences in Goa and Ladakh, providing abundant information on the culture and history of these regions.Table of ContentsPreface; 1. Spain at sea; 2. Paintings on a fan; 3. Lakes in the desert; 4. Notes; 5. Index.
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Cambridge University Press Apache Adaptation to Hispanic Rule
Book SynopsisAimed at scholars of American Indians, early North America, and colonial Mexico, this book explores how Apache groups negotiated peace and adapted to Spanish and Mexican colonialism. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, it combines Spanish documents from archives in Spain, Mexico, and the US, with anthropology, archaeology, and Ndé (Apache) oral history.Trade Review'Deeply researched and lucidly argued, Matthew Babcock's Apache Adaptation to Hispanic Rule casts fresh light on an important, if long-ignored, aspect of borderlands and Apache history: the establecimientos de paz of the late Spanish and early Mexican era.' Karl Jacoby, Columbia University, New York, and author of Shadows at Dawn: A Borderlands Massacre and the Violence of History'Apaches de paz creates a culturally sensitive framework for the history of the Ndé people in northern Mexico and southwestern US. Focused on the late eighteenth-century reserves that were established by Spanish colonial policy but shaped by the different Athapaskan bands who settled in them while maintaining their ethnic territories; this well-researched study opens new interpretations for the complexity of inter-ethnic relations in these borderlands.' Cynthia Radding, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill'Generations before the US built its notorious reservation system, Spain created its own military-run reservations in an effort to dominate and transform Apaches. That effort failed in a most interesting way. As Matthew Babcock explains in this prodigiously researched and judiciously argued book, negotiation always trumped domination, and the transformations went both ways.' Brian DeLay, University of California, Berkeley'An excellent summary of the Hispanic reservation system that will appeal to area specialists and to general readers interested in Apache and Borderlands history. It should prove especially useful for comparative studies with the later reservation policies implemented by the United States.' Mark Santiago, Western Historical Quarterly'Unlike most scholarship on the Apaches, Babcock's focus is not so much on violence and warfare as on diplomacy and peace. His study is also significant for its inclusion not just of the well-known Chiricahuas, but also the Western, Mescalero, and Lipan Apaches. … This book is thoroughly researched and well written, and its arguments are cogently presented. Its broad chronological and topical scope will appeal to ethnohistorians and borderlands scholars, as well as those with an interest in colonial New Spain, the U.S. Southwest, Native American history, and the evolution of Indian policy. Readers will come away with a deeper, more nuanced understanding of the colonial events leading up to the resistance of famous nineteenth-century Apache figures like Mangas Coloradas, Cochise, Victorio, and Geronimo.' William S. Kiser, The American Historical Review'… Babcock's thoroughly documented, clearly written, and cogently argued essay is a mandatory reference for specialists, and highly recommended for scholars and educated readers interested in the US - Mexico borderlands as well as Native American, western US, and colonial Latin American history. It can also be profitably used to teach undergraduates.' Joaquín Rivaya-Martínez, Southwestern Historical QuarterlyTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Peace and war; 2. Precedents; 3. Ambivalent compromise; 4. Acculturation and adaptation; 5. Collapse and independence; 6. Resilience and survival; 7. Epilogue; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.
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Cambridge University Press European Encounters with the Yamana People of Cape Horn before and after Darwin
Book SynopsisThis is a documented narration of dramas played out from 1578 to 2000 in Tierra del Fuego by the native Yamana and explorers, sealers, whalers, missionaries - British as well as French and North American - and other famous people from Australia, United States, and Argentine who made contact with the last few Yamana in the Chilean and Argentinean part of Tierra del Fuego.Trade ReviewReview of the hardback: 'The late Anne Chapman's well-written and researched volume chronicles the dramatic, at times deadly, encounters between indigenous people and European scientists, missionaries, and traders in the nineteenth century … many scholars will profit from reading its rich narrative.' William F. Sater, The American Historical ReviewTable of ContentsINTRODUCTION; 1. 1578–1775: DRAKE ENCOUNTERS THE FUEGIANS: THE FIRST MASSACRE OF EUROPEANS: CAPTAIN COOK INAUGURATES A NEW ERA; 2. 1780–1825: MOBY DICKS IN TIERRA DEL FUEGO: THE WHALERS AND SEALERS ARRIVE; 3. 1826–30: tHE FIRST VOYAGE OF HIS MAJESTY'S SHIPS TO TIERRA DEL FUEGO: FOUR FUEGIANS TAKEN TO ENGLAND; 4. 1830–2: FUEGIANS IN ENGLAND: FITZ-ROY AND DARWIN MEET: THE BEAGLE RETURNS TO TIERRA DEL FUEGO WITH DARWIN; 5. 1833–6: tHE THREE FUEGIANS WITH DARWIN AND FITZ-ROY IN TIERRA DEL FUEGO: ADIOS FUEGUINOS; 6. 1838–43: USA AND GB ANTARCTIC EXPEDITIONS ARRIVE NEAR CAPE HORN AND MEET THE YAMANA; 7. 1848–51: ALLEN F. GARDINER SEARCHES FOR HEATHENS AND FINDS THE YAMANA; 8. 1852–8: tHE MISSIONARIES CARRY ON, JEMMY BUTTON IS LOCATED; 9. 1858–60: YAMANA VISIT THE KEPPEL MISSION: MASSACRE IN TIERRA DEL FUEGO; 10. 1860–9: tHE FIRST EPIDEMIC: THE MISSIONARIES SEEK A LOCATION: FOUR OTHER YAMANA VISIT ENGLAND; 11. 1869–80: tHE MISSIONARIES SETTLE IN USHUAIA: THE YAMANA ATTEMPT TO ADJUST; 12. 1881–2: fIRST SIGNS OF EPIDEMICS IN USHUAIA: ALAKALUFS KIDNAPPED TO EUROPE: NEWS OF FUEGIA BASKET; 13. 1882–6: tHE FRENCH ARRIVE, THEN THE ARGENTINES: THE EPIDEMICS BECOME UNCONTROLLED; 14. 1887–1900: oTHER FUEGIANS KIDNAPPED: THE NON-ENDING EPIDEMICS: 'IS GOD VERY FAR AWAY?'; 15. THE XX CENTURY: THE YAMANAS: USHUAIA, THEIR ANCIENT CAMP SITE, BECOMES A CITY.
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Cambridge University Press The Andaman Islanders
Book SynopsisOriginally published in 1922, and reprinted in this corrected form in 1933, this book was based upon fieldwork carried out by Alfred Radcliffe-Brown and others in the Andaman Islands during the years 1906 to 1908. The text contains detailed information on various aspects of the indigenous cultures found on the Islands.Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. The social organisation; 2. Ceremonial customs; 3. Religious and magical beliefs; 4. Myths and legends; 5. The interpretation of Andamese customs and beliefs: ceremonial; 6. The interpretation of Andamese customs and beliefs: myths and legends; Appendix A. The technical culture of the Andamese islanders; Appendix B. The Andaman languages; Index.
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Cambridge University Press From Economic Man to Economic System Essays on Human Behavior and the Institutions of Capitalism
Book SynopsisThe essays in this book discuss human behavior and the institutions of capitalism. The essays are non-technical and are written so as to be accessible to students of all disciplines and to all other persons interested in capitalism and in economic behavior.Trade ReviewReview of the hardback: 'This lovely set of essays provides a small intellectual feast. The readings are a delight for the thoughtful economist and should be an excellent supplement for any number of undergraduate or graduate economic courses or law school offerings. Demsetz's economics is the lively engagement with fundamental questions such as the root of property rights, the delayed emergence of capitalism, and declining family size. He demonstrates the power of simple straightforward economic instincts and principles when wielded by a sharp mind aided by a fluid pen to enlighten important social questions.' Lloyd Cohen, George Mason UniversityReview of the hardback: 'Harold Demsetz's contributions to economics are well known for their simple originality and have laid important foundations in many areas of economics. With this book, Harold Demsetz continues to spoil his audience with a wide-ranging array of novel and thought-provoking essays.' Francesco Parisi, University of Minnesota and University of BolognaReview of the hardback: '… From Economic Man to Economic System is an excellent piece of research, which focuses on various economic discussions of individual behavior and the behaviour of economic institutions. Tackling the important issues of self-interest and capitalism and its institutions, it is worthwhile reading for everyone who is interested in economic decisions and economic institutions.' Friedrich Schneider, Johannes Kepler University of LinzReview of the hardback: 'From Economic Man to Economic System brings Harold Demsetz's deep learning and analytical insights to bear on ongoing intellectual debates addressing the efficiency (and efficacy) of unfettered market capitalism, the regulation of environmental quality and the modern business corporation, and the causes of the wealth of nations. The … essays collected here are uniformly well crafted and thought-provoking. The product of a lifetime of reflection by one of the economics profession's most penetrating thinkers, From Economic Man to Economic System will be of interest to economists, legal scholars and many others.' William F. Shughart, II, F. A. P. Barnard Distinguished Professor of Economics, University of MississippiTable of Contents1. Where economic man dwells; 2. Economic man's escape from Mathus's population trap; 3. Protecting you from yourself; 4. Rescuing economic man from the selfish gene; 5. Crossing disciplinary boundaries; 6. The late arrival of capitalism; 7. Ownership and exchange; 8. Reinterpreting the externality problem; 9. Firms and households as substitutes; 10. The contrast between firms and political parties; 11. The public corporation: its ownership and control; 12. Public policy's indirect effects on the control, organization, and importance of firms.
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Cambridge University Press Historia General de las Cosas de Nueva España Volume 3
Book SynopsisA Franciscan missionary to the Aztecs in 1529, Friar Bernardino Sahagûn is considered 'the father of ethnology', as his study was the first to derive from the subjects' own point of view. The largest and most richly detailed account of the Aztecs' customs, religion and language before the Spanish conquest.Table of ContentsLibro X; Libro XI; Suplemento a los libros diez y once.
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Cambridge University Press Teutonic Mythology Volume 1 Cambridge Library Collection Anthropology
Book SynopsisThe linguist and philologist Jacob Grimm (1785â1863) is best remembered as co-editor, with his brother Wilhelm, of Grimm's Fairy Tales, though their great Deutsches WÃrterbuch remains an influential reference work. Grimm's exhaustive study in comparative mythology and religion, Deutsche Mythologie, was first published in German in 1835: this English translation, published between 1880 and 1888, is of the posthumous fourth German edition of 1875. Drawing on his knowledge of language and world mythology, Grimm outlines a wide variety of themes in Germanic folklore (such as time, creation, destiny and the soul), comparing them to classical and oriental tales as well as charting the influence of Christianity on legends and on Pagan religion. Volume 1 focuses on religion, worship and the portrayal of gods and their powers. Erudite and full of insight, this is an invaluable resource for scholars of mythology and religion as well as of German cultural history.Table of ContentsTranslator's preface; 1. Introduction; 2. God; 3. Worship; 4. Temples; 5. Priests; 6. Gods; 7. Wuotan, Wodan (Odinn); 8. Donar, Thunar (Thorr); 9. Zio, Tiw (Tyr); 10. Fro (Freyr); 11. Paltar (Balder); 12. Other gods; 13. Goddesses; 14. Condition of gods; 15. Heroes; 16. Wise women.
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Cambridge University Press The Golden Bough The Third Edition Volume 1 The Magic Art and the Evolution of Kings 1 Cambridge Library Collection Classics
Book SynopsisThis greatly revised and enlarged twelve-volume third edition (191115) of the controversial work by Sir James Frazer (18541941) applies the techniques of comparative ethnography to classical religion. Volume 1 (1911) explores the belief that kings could harness Nature.Table of ContentsPreface; Preface to the first edition; Preface to the second edition; 1. The king of the wood; 2. Priestly kings; 3. Sympathetic magic; 4. Magic and religion; 5. The magical control of the weather; 6. Magicians as kings; 7. Incarnate human gods; Appendix.
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Cambridge University Press The Golden Bough The Third Edition Volume 2 The Magic Art and the Evolution of Kings 2 Cambridge Library Collection Classics
Book SynopsisThis work by Sir James Frazer (1854â1941) is widely considered to be one of the most important early texts in the fields of psychology and anthropology. At the same time, by applying modern methods of comparative ethnography to the classical world, and revealing the superstition and irrationality beneath the surface of the classical culture which had for so long been a model for Western civilisation, it was extremely controversial. Frazer was greatly influenced by E. B. Tylor's Primitive Culture (also reissued in this series), and by the work of the biblical scholar William Robertson Smith, to whom the first edition is dedicated. The twelve-volume third edition, reissued here, was greatly revised and enlarged, and published between 1911 and 1915; the two-volume first edition (1890) is also available in this series. Volume 2 (1911) explores different types of vegetation worship and the roles of gods.Table of Contents8. Departmental kings of nature; 9. The worship of trees; 10. Relics of tree-worship in Modern Europe; 11. The influence of the sexes on vegetation; 12. The sacred marriage; 13. The kings of Rome and Alba; 14. The king's fire; 15. The fire-drill; 16. Father Jove and Mother Vesta; 17. The origin of perpetual fires; 18. The succession to the kingdom in Ancient Latium; 19. St George and the Parilia; 20. The worship of the oak; 21. Dianus and Diana; Index.
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Cambridge University Press The Golden Bough The Third Edition Volume 4 The Dying God Cambridge Library Collection Classics
Book SynopsisThis work by Sir James Frazer (1854â1941) is widely considered to be one of the most important early texts in the fields of psychology and anthropology. At the same time, by applying modern methods of comparative ethnography to the classical world, and revealing the superstition and irrationality beneath the surface of the classical culture which had for so long been a model for Western civilisation, it was extremely controversial. Frazer was greatly influenced by E. B. Tylor's Primitive Culture (also reissued in this series), and by the work of the biblical scholar William Robertson Smith, to whom the first edition is dedicated. The twelve-volume third edition, reissued here, was greatly revised and enlarged, and published between 1911 and 1915; the two-volume first edition (1890) is also available in this series. Volume 4 (1911), 'The Dying God', discusses the tradition by which the priest/king must be killed by his successor.Table of ContentsPreface; 1. The mortality of the gods; 2. The killing of the divine king; 3. The slaying of the king in legend; 4. The supply of kings; 5. Temporary kings; 6. Sacrifice of the king's son; 7. Succession to the soul; 8. The killing of the tree-spirit; Notes; Addenda; Index.
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Cambridge University Press The Golden Bough The Third Edition Volume 7 Spirits of the Corn and of the Wild 1 Cambridge Library Collection Classics
Book SynopsisThis work by Sir James Frazer (1854â1941) is widely considered to be one of the most important early texts in the fields of psychology and anthropology. At the same time, by applying modern methods of comparative ethnography to the classical world, and revealing the superstition and irrationality beneath the surface of the classical culture which had for so long been a model for Western civilisation, it was extremely controversial. Frazer was greatly influenced by E. B. Tylor's Primitive Culture (also reissued in this series) and by the work of the biblical scholar William Robertson Smith, to whom the first edition is dedicated. The twelve-volume third edition, reissued here, was greatly revised and enlarged, and published between 1911 and 1915; the two-volume first edition (1890) is also available in this series. Volumes 7 and 8 (1912) discuss the relationship of human sacrifice to the fertility of crops.Table of ContentsPreface; 1. Dionysus; 2. Demeter and Persephone; 3. Magical significance of games in primitive agriculture; 4. Woman's part in primitive agriculture; 5. The Corn-Mother and the Corn-Maiden in Northern Europe; 6. The Corn-Mother in many lands; 7. Lityerses; 8. The corn-spirit as an animal; Note.
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Cambridge University Press The Golden Bough The Third Edition Volume 11 Balder the Beautiful The FireFestivals of Europe and the Doctrine of the External Soul 2 Cambridge Library Collection Classics
Book SynopsisThis work by Sir James Frazer (1854â1941) is widely considered to be one of the most important early texts in the fields of psychology and anthropology. At the same time, by applying modern methods of comparative ethnography to the classical world, and revealing the superstition and irrationality beneath the surface of the classical culture which had for so long been a model for Western civilisation, it was extremely controversial. Frazer was greatly influenced by E. B. Tylor's Primitive Culture (also reissued in this series), and by the work of the biblical scholar William Robertson Smith, to whom the first edition is dedicated. The twelve-volume third edition, reissued here, was greatly revised and enlarged, and published between 1911 and 1915; the two-volume first edition (1890) is also available in this series. Volumes 10 and 11 (1913) continue to examine taboo behaviour, and consider the role of sunlight and firelight in ritual.Table of Contents6. Fire-festivals in other lands; 7. The burning of human beings in the fires; 8. The magic flowers of Midsummer Eve; 9. Balder and the mistletoe; 10. The external soul in folk-tales; 11. The external soul in folk-custom; 12. The Golden Bough; 13. Farewell to Nemi; Notes; Index.
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Cambridge University Press The Power of Ritual in Prehistory
Book SynopsisThe Power of Ritual in Prehistory is the first book in nearly a century to deal with traditional secret societies from a comparative perspective and the first from an archaeological viewpoint. Providing a clear definition, as well as the material signatures, of ethnographic secret societies, Brian Hayden demonstrates how they worked, what motivated their organizers, and what tactics they used to obtain what they wanted. He shows that far from working for the welfare of their communities, traditional secret societies emerged as predatory organizations operated for the benefit of their own members. Moreover, and contrary to the prevailing ideas that prehistoric rituals were used to integrate communities, Hayden demonstrates how traditional secret societies created divisiveness and inequalities. They were one of the key tools for increasing political control leading to chiefdoms, states, and world religions. Hayden''s conclusions will be eye-opening, not only for archaeologists, but also for anthropologists, political scientists, and scholars of religion.Trade Review'This is a strong book and a fascinating account of practices … It gives us clear examples of secret societies in a variety of cultures and helps us get an appreciation for how they might have functioned in the past as well as how this undermines perceived notions of the role of religion in ancient societies.' Joanne M.A. Murphy, American Journal of ArchaeologyTable of Contents1. The secret; Part I. The New World: 2. The complex hunter/gatherers of the American Northwest; 3. California; 4. The American Southwest and Mesoamerica; 5. Plains secret societies; 6. The Eastern woodlands and others; Part II. The Old World: 7. Oceania; 8. Chiefdoms in Central Africa; 9. West Africa; Part III. Implications For Prehistory: 10. Archaeological applications; 11. Conclusions.
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Cengage Learning, Inc Lakota of the Rosebud
Book SynopsisThis tribe of South Dakota has met the challenge of living in the 20th century by expressing religion and beliefs in a cultural style that mixes tradition and Christian influence with western technology.
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Agile Gene
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Racing the Clock
Book SynopsisAn award-winning, much-loved biologist turns his gaze on himself, using his long-distance running to illuminate the changes to a human body over a lifetimePart memoir, part scientific investigation, Racing the Clock is the book biologist and natural historian Bernd Heinrich has been waiting his entire life to write. A dedicated and accomplished marathon (and ultra-marathon) runner who won his first marathon at age thirty-nine, Heinrich looks deeply at running, aging, and the body, exploring the unresolved relationship between metabolism, diet, exercise, and age. Why do some bodies age differently than others? How much control do we have over that process and what effect, if any, does being active have? Bringing to bear research from his entire career and in the spirit of his classic Why We Run, Heinrich probes the questions of how we use energy and continue to adapt to our mutable surroundings and circumstances. Beyond th
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McGraw-Hill Education - Europe Biological Anthropology
Book SynopsisBiological Anthropology is a concise introduction to the basic themes, theories, methods and facts of bioanthropology. The scientific method provides a framework that brings accessibility and context to the material. This seventh edition presents the most recent findings and interpretations of topics in anthropology including Australopithecus sediba, the Denisovians, and epigenetics.Table of ContentsPrefaceTo the Reader1 Biological AnthropologyIn the Field: Doing Biological AnthropologyAmong the HutteritesA Hawaiian in ConnecticutWhat Is Biological Anthropology?Defining AnthropologyThe Specialties of BioanthropologyBioanthropology and ScienceThe Scientific MethodSome Common Misconceptions about ScienceScience Is Conducted in a Cultural ContextContemporary Reflections: Is Evolution a Fact, a Theory, or Just a Hypothesis?SummaryQuestions for Further ThoughtKey TermsSuggested Readings2 The Evolution of Evolution"On the Shoulders of Giants": Explaining the Changing EarthThe Biblical ContextThe Framework of "Natural Philosophy""Common Sense at Its Best": Explaining Biological ChangeDarwin's PredecessorsCharles DarwinThe Modern Theory of EvolutionContemporary Reflections: Has Science Dehumanized Society?SummaryQuestions for Further ThoughtKey TermsSuggested Readings3 Evolutionary GeneticsHow Genes WorkAn Overview of the Human GenomeFrom Genes to TraitsHow Inheritance WorksContemporary Reflections: What is Genetic Cloning?SummaryQuestions for Further ThoughtKey TermsSuggested Readings4 The Processes of EvolutionSpecies: The Units of EvolutionThe Four Processes of EvolutionMutations: Necessary ErrorsNatural Selection: The Prime Mover of EvolutionGene Flow: Mixing Populations' GenesGenetic Drift: Random EvolutionSickle Cell Anemia: Evolutionary Processes in ActionGenetics and SymptomsContemporary Reflections: Are Humans Still Evolving?The Adaptive ExplanationOther RelationshipsSummaryQuestions for Further ThoughtKey TermsSuggested Readings5 The Origin of Species and the Shape of EvolutionNew SpeciesReproductive Isolating MechanismsProcesses of SpeciationThe Evolution of Life's DiversityOur Family TreeAdaptive RadiationThe Grand Pattern of EvolutionThe Pattern of SpeciationSpecies SelectionCatastrophic Mass ExtinctionsContemporary Reflections: Are There Alternatives to Evolution?SummaryQuestions for Further ThoughtKey TermsSuggested Readings6 A Brief Evolutionary TimetableFrom the Beginning: A Quick HistoryDrifting Continents and Mass Extinctions: The Pace of ChangeContemporary Reflections: Are Mass Extinctions a Thing of the Past?SummaryQuestions for Further ThoughtKey TermsSuggested Readings7 The PrimatesNaming the AnimalsWhat Is a Primate?The SensesMovementReproductionIntelligenceBehavior PatternsThe Primate Adaptive StrategyA Survey of the Living PrimatesProsimiansAnthropoidsThe Human PrimateThe SensesMovementReproductionContemporary Reflections: What Is the Status of Our Closest Relatives?IntelligenceBehavior PatternsAre We Hominids or Hominins?SummaryQuestions for Further ThoughtKey TermsSuggested Readings8 Primate Behavior and Human EvolutionBehavioral EvolutionHow Do Complex Behaviors Evolve?How Do We Study Behavior?Primate BehaviorBaboonsChimpanzeesBonobosCulture and Social CognitionContemporary Reflections: Are Some Human Behaviors Genetic?SummaryQuestions for Further ThoughtKey TermsSuggested Readings9 Studying the Human PastBones: The Primate SkeletonOld Bones: Locating, Recovering, and Dating FossilsFinding FossilsRecovering FossilsDating FossilsHow Fossils Get to Be FossilsGenes: New Windows to the PastThe "Molecular Clock"The Genetic Differences between Chimps and Humans Contemporary Reflections: Who Owns Old Bones?SummaryQuestions for Further ThoughtKey TermsSuggested Readings10 Evolution of the Early HominidsThe Origin and Evolution of the PrimatesBipedalismThe Benefits of BipedalismThe Evolution of BipedalismThe Early HominidsAustralopithecusParanthropusThe Search for the First HominidsArdipithecusKenyanthropusOrrorinSahelanthropusPutting It All TogetherConnecting the DotsThe Ecological ContextContemporary Reflections: Is There a "Missing Link"?SummaryQuestions for Further ThoughtKey TermsSuggested Readings11 The Evolution of Genus HomoThe Nature of Genus HomoThe First Members of Genus HomoThe First Stone ToolsThe FossilsA New Adaptive ModeTo New LandsThe First FossilsMigration and the Ice AgesThe Life of Homo erectusBig Brains, Archaic SkullsHomo antecessorHomo heidelbergensisThe NeandertalsPhysical FeaturesCultureModern HumansAnatomyDatesCultureContemporary Reflections: Who Are the "Hobbits" from Indonesia?More Neandertals and Yet Another Human Group?The Debate Over Modern Human OriginsThe ModelsThe EvidenceIs This Debate Important?SummaryQuestions for Further ThoughtKey TermsSuggested Readings12 Evolution and Adaptation in Human PopulationsPopulation AdaptationsSpecies AdaptationsVariation in AdaptationsAre All Variations Adaptively Important?Disease and Human PopulationsDiseases are "Natural"Disease and Hominid EvolutionDisease and Human HistoryEmerging DiseasesContemporary Reflections: Are There Jewish Diseases? Are There Black Pharmaceuticals?SummaryQuestions for Further ThoughtKey TermsSuggested Readings13 Human Biological DiversitySex and GenderWhy Are There No Biological Races Within the Human Species?Race as a Biological ConceptHuman Phenotypic VariationGenetic VariationEvolutionary TheoryWhat, Then, Are Human Races?Anthropology and the History of Race StudiesRace, Bioanthropology, and Social IssuesRace and IntelligenceRace and Athletic AbilityContemporary Reflections: Are Genetic Ancestry Tests Worth the Money?SummaryQuestions for Further ThoughtKey TermsSuggested Readings14 Biological Anthropology and Today's WorldForensic Anthropology: Reading the BonesLessons from the PastBioanthropology and Global IssuesContemporary Reflections: What Can One Do with a Degree in Bioanthropology?SummaryQuestions for Further ThoughtKey TermsSuggested ReadingsAppendix I: Protein Synthesis and the Genetic CodeAppendix II: Genes in PopulationsGlossary of Human and Nonhuman PrimatesGlossary of TermsReferencesCreditsIndex
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J.P.Tarcher,U.S./Perigee Bks.,U.S. Ritual
Book SynopsisThe stories within these books have the poignancy of new discoveries as well as the unworn imagination of the ancestors. The commentary has the sharp edge of modern thought and the intricacy which results from the intellect being woven through the ritual complexities of tribal life. The purpose of constructing thresholds that bring this world together is to find the powers that can heal the rends in tribal as well as modern communities.? --Michael Meade, from the IntroductionVersed in the languages of psychology, comparative literature, as well as ancient mythology, healing, and divination, Malidoma Patrice Some bridges paths between the ancient tribal world of the West African Dagara culture and modern Western society. Ritual is written with wild imagination, careful critical reflection, and intuitive insights that will force the reader to encounter the world anew.
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