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Book SynopsisDiscusses extinction as a force shaping socio-cultural and biological lifeTrade ReviewIn an age of academic interdisciplinarity, it is often worth reading well outside the confines of one's discipline, for one can find valuable and unexpected insights. This volume of essays explores the connections, similarities, and sometimes interactions between biological and cultural extinctions. It emphasizes the nuances of language used to define extinctions and pending extinctions, drawing on each of the main sub-fields of anthropology. Genese Marie Sodikoff, the volume's editor, has drawn together an eclectic group of authors, resulting in a very loose-knit set of ideas, but a set that provocatively makes one think about extinction in novel ways. * Biological Conservation *If extinctions are seen as unfamiliar, faraway events, we often fail to think about them, let alone take conscious action to prevent them. Future studies in extinction discourse will do well to further interrogate the relationship between extinctions in 'local' and 'foreign' contexts, while interrogating the assumptions that undergird these very designations. A valuable step in this direction, The Anthropology of Extinction gives us the tools we need to bring us closer to the discomfiting, disorienting, destabilizing real. * Make Magazine *The Anthropology of Extinction offers compelling explorations of issues of widespread concern. * The Birdbooker Report *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Accumulating Absence—Cultural Productions of the Sixth Extinction \ Genese Marie SodikoffPart 1. The Social Construction of Biotic Extinction 1. A Species Apart: Ideology, Science, and the End of Life \ Janet Chernela 2. From Ecocide to Genetic Rescue: Can Technoscience Save the Wild? \ Tracey Heatherington 3. Totem and Taboo Reconsidered: Endangered Species and Moral Practice in Madagascar \ Genese Marie SodikoffPart 2. Endangered Species and Emergent Identities 4. Tortoise Soup for the Soul: Finding a Space for Human History in Evolution's Laboratory \ Jill Constantino 5. Global Environmentalism and the Emergence of Indigeneity: The Politics of Cultural and Biological Diversity in China \ Michael HathawayPart 3. Red-Listed Languages 6. Last Words, Final Thoughts: Collateral Extinctions in Maliseet Language Death \ Bernard C. Perley 7. Dying Young: Pidgins, Creoles, and Other Contact Languages as Endangered Languages \ Paul B. GarrettPart 4. Prehistories of an Apex Predator 8. Demise of the Bet Hedgers: A Case Study of Human Impacts on Past and Present Lemurs of Madagascar \ Laurie R. Godfrey and Emilienne Rasoazanabary 9. Disappearing Wildmen: Capture, Extirpation, and Extinction as Regular Components of Representations of Putative Hairy Hominoids \ Gregory ForthEpilogue: Prolegomenon for a New Totemism \ Peter M. WhiteleyList of ContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisThe business environment is a fundamental subject in any Business Studies degree course. This new, student-friendly book divides the subject into the internal and external environment and, where relevant, discusses the interface between the two. It is written with the outward-looking student in mind and, as a result, encourages readers to reflect on what they have read and to consolidate their learning through regular self-testing exercises and discussion points. The text contains highly relevant and ''household name'' case studies, ensuring that it is a highly topical and engaging book. Where organisational styles differ, the authors put forward the pros and cons of different points of view, ensuring that students have the information necessary to make up their own minds and develop management strategies of their own.Table of ContentsIntroduction The rise of management Strategy, mission and stakeholders Structure, size and growth Communication across the functions Leadership and motivation Organisational culture and change The external micro-environment The macro-environment: political influences The macro-environment: economic influences The macro-environment: socio-cultural influences The macro-environment: technological influences The macro-environment: legal influences The macro-environment: environmental influences The macro-environment: demographic influences

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive introductory text integrates evolutionary, ecological, and demographic perspectives with new results from field studies and contemporary noninvasive molecular and hormonal techniques to understand how different primates behave and the significance of these insights for primate conservation. Each chapter is organized around the major research themes in the field, with Strier emphasizing the interplay between theory, observations, and conservation issues. Examples are drawn from the classic primate field studies as well as more recent studies, including many previously neglected species, to illustrate the vast behavioral variation that exists across the primate order. Primate Behavioral Ecology 6th Edition integrates the impacts of anthropogenic activities on primate populations, including zoonotic disease and climate change, and considers the importance of behavioral flexibility for primate conservation. This fully updated new edition brings exciting new metTable of Contents1. Introduction to Primate Studies 2. Traits, Trends, and Taxonomy 3. Primates Past to Present 4. Evolution and Social Behavior 5. Evolution and Sex 6. Food and Foraging 7. Female Strategies 8. Male Strategies 9. Developmental Stages through the Life Span 10. Communication and Cognition 11. Community Ecology 12. Conservation

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Book SynopsisMost anthropologists agree that a comprehension of adaptation and adaptive processes is central to an understanding of human biological and behavioural systems. However, there is little agreement among archaeologists, cultural anthropologists, and human biologists as to what adaptation means and how it should be analyzed. Because of this lack of a common underlying theory, method, and perspective, the subdisciplines have tended to move apart, and anthropology is no longer the integrated science envisaged at its inception in the nineteenth century. In this book, the authorsboth biological and cultural anthropologistsuse a common theoretical framework based on recent evolutionary, ecological, and anthropological theory in their analyses of biological and social adaptive systems. Although a synthesis of the subdisciplines of anthropology lies somewhere in the future, the original essays in this volume are a first attempt at a unified perspective.Table of ContentsAlso of Interest -- Introduction -- An Interactive Model of Human Biological and Behavioral Adaptation -- Evolutionary Ecology and the Analysis of Human Social Behavior -- Nutrition and High Altitude Adaptation: An Example of Human Adaptability in a Multistress Environment -- Evolutionary Biology and the Human Secondary Sex Ratio: Sex Ratio Variation in the United States -- Noble Family Structure and Expansionist Warfare in the Late Middle Ages: A Socioecological Approach -- Woman Capture as a Motivation for Warfare: A Comparative Analysis of Intra-Cultural Variation and a Critique of the "Male Supremacist Complex" -- Mobility as a Negative Factor in Human Adaptability: The Case of South American Tropical Forest Populations -- An Overview of Adaptation

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Book SynopsisThis book presents the contemporary history and dynamics of Mexican midwifery - professional, (post)modern or autonomous, traditional and Indigenous - as profoundly political and embedded in differing societal stratifications. By situated politics, the authors refer to various networks, spaces and territories, which are also constructed by the midwives. By politically situated, the authors refer to various intersections, unsettled relations and contexts in which Mexican midwives are positioned. Examining Mexican midwiferies in depth, the volume sharpens the focus on the worlds in which midwives are profoundly immersed as agents in generating and participating in movements, alliances, health professions, communities, homes, territories and knowledges. The chapters provide a complex panorama of midwives in Mexico with an array of insights into their professional and political autonomy, (post)coloniality, body-territoriality, the challenges of defining midwiTable of ContentsIntroduction: Navigating the Midwifery Waters in Mexico Hanna Laako and Georgina Sánchez-Ramírez1. Underdogs, Turf Wars and Revivals: Politically Situated Mexican Midwiferies in Historical, Multiscale PerspectiveHanna Laako2. She Breaks Paradigms and Leaves a Trail: The Contested Terrains of Midwifery Activism Hanna Laako3. From Infantilization to Body-Territoriality: Birth Centers in MexicoGeorgina Sánchez-Ramírez4. Dejar Pasar: The Safe Interruption of Pregnancy by Traditional, Indigenous Midwives in Southern Mexico Georgina Sánchez-Ramírez and Geicel Llamileth Benítez Fuentes5. Postcolonial Midwifery: Midwives, Territories and Human Rights in DevelopmentHanna Laako Conclusions: Situatedness and the Making of Worlds in Midwifery Hanna Laako and Georgina Sánchez-Ramírez

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Book SynopsisThis book reminds us of Europe''s multi-faceted history of expulsions, flight, and labour migration and the extent to which European history since 1945 is a history of migration. While immigration and ethnic plurality have often been divisive issues, encounters between Europeans and newcomers have also played an important part in the development of a European identity. The authors analyze questions of individual and collective identities, political responses to migration, and the way in which migrants and migratory movements have been represented, both by migrants themselves and their respective host societies. The book''s distinctive multi-disciplinary and international approach brings together experts from several fields including history, sociology, anthropology and political science. 'European Encounters' will serve as an invaluable tool for students of contemporary European history, migration, and ethnic identities.Trade Review’This interesting volume constitutes an important contribution to the still much neglected migration history of post war Europe. By including case studies from states at the margin as well as stressing the relevance of agency and gendered patterns, the chapters in this multifaceted and multilayered book will function as an empirical and conceptual stimulus for future research.’ Professor Leo Lucassen, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands ’European Encounters is a rich and ambitious history of migration and the migrant experience in Europe, which does not stick to the standard script. It covers many countries, east and west, and examines not only the history of migration since 1945, but problems of politics, ethnicity, identity, gender, and historical memory. Anyone who wants to know how migration has reshaped modern Europe should read this book.’ Professor James F. Hollifield, Southern Methodist University, USA ’This edited collection brings together new and interesting work on European migration...the breadth, range and scope of the analyses enhances our understanding of the diversity and richness of Europe’s migration experience. For this reason, the book is a welcome addition to the literature.’ Journal of Southern Europe and the Balkans ’In this important volume, Rainer Ohliger, Karen Schönwälder and Triadafilos Triadafilopoulos weave together a collection of essays that challenge dominant assumptions pervading the literature on post-World War II European migration...this is a significant collection of essays, and one that should occupy a prominent place on the shelves of serious migration scholars...a monumental volume that will likely reshape European migration scholarship in profound ways.’ Focaal: European Journal of AnthropologyTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: European encounters: Europe's migratory experiences, Karen Schönwälder, Rainer Ohliger and Triadafilos Triadafilopoulos. The Plurality of the Migratory Experience: Einwanderungsland Deutschland: a new look at its post-war history, Anne von Oswald, Karen Schönwälder and Barbara Sonnenberger; Post-war immigration to Estonia: a comparative perspective, Hill Kulu; Minorities into migrants: emigration and ethnic unmixing in twentieth-century Romania, Rainer Ohliger and Catalin Turliuc; Female professional immigration in post-war Europe: counteracting an historical amnesia, Umut Erel and Eleonore Kofman. Migration as a Political and Social Challenge: The political consequences of forced population transfers: refugee incorporation in Greece and West Germany, Triadafilos Triadafilopoulos; Why governments do not learn: colonial migrants and gypsy refugees in the Netherlands, Wim Willems; The Norwegian encounter with Pakistanis: diversities and paradoxes on the road to Norway's immigration stop, Hallvard Tjelmeland; Gendered policies - gendered patterns: female labour migration from Turkey to Germany from the 1960s to the 1990s, Esra Erdem and Monika Mattes; Constructing boundaries in a multicultural nation: the discourse of 'overforeignization' in Switzerland, Damir Skenderovic. Individual and Collective Identities: The role of discourse in the construction of an emigré community: Ukrainian displaced persons in Germany and Austria after the Second World War, Volodymyr Kulyk; The impact of distorted memory: historical narratives and expellee integration in West Germany, 1945-1970, Pertti Ahonen; Do national narratives matter? identity formation among Portuguese migrants in France and Germany, Andrea Klimt; Whatever happened to the Albanians? some clues to a twentieth-century European mystery, Isa Blumi; Recovering memory is regaining dignity: collective memory and migration in France, Laure Teulières; Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book demonstrates how Morocco and other semi-arid countries can find solutions to water scarcity by rediscovering traditional methods of water resource management. The book begins by examining indigenous water heritage, considering the contribution of Islam and the mixed influences of Greek and Roman, Middle Eastern, Andalusian and Berber cultures. It then provides a thorough examination of resource management practices in Morocco throughout history, tracing the changing patterns from the instillation of agrarian capitalism in the 19th century, through the Protectorate years (19121956), to the 21st century. The book explains how reviving and modernizing traditional methods of water management could provide simple, accessible, and successful methods for addressing 21st century challenges, such as water scarcity and climate change. The work concludes by highlighting how these indigenous practices might be used to provide real-world practical solutions for improving water gTable of ContentsPART I Indigenous North African water heritage: a lesson in agro-ecology 1 Reviving indigenous water heritage; 2 A mixed heritage of traditional water management systems; PART II Paradigm shift: characteristics of “modern water management” in Morocco 3 Modernizing water management: a historical perspective; 4 Three key characteristics of Moroccan water management in the XXth c.; PART III New paths in water management: towards alternative development 5 Climate change, water stress, and the need for a new development paradigm; 6 Appropriate technologies: managing water scarcities in the XXIst c.; 7 Towards new forms of water governance; Conclusion: reviving practices, revaluing people

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Book SynopsisIsraeli Masculinity, Sex Work, and Consumerism: Heteronormativity and Sexual Repertoires explores the inner world of Israeli sex work consumers and their use of digital technologies on which intense feelings of social togetherness and belonging create a localized form of homosociality and brotherhood.The first of its kind to offer an in-depth analysis of masculine sexual repertoires in the field of sex consumption, this book uses extensive data and observations of online ethnography among a community of Israeli sex consumers operating online. It elucidates the economics of demand in the field of sexual consumption and highlights how the rise of the thriving online communities of sex consumers can function as a platform on which power relations between men themselves are publicly displayed and are constantly challenged.Israeli Masculinity, Sex Work, and Consumerism: Heteronormativity and Sexual Repertoires will be suitable for researchers in Gender and SexTable of ContentsPreface; 1 Introduction: The Consumption of Sex in the Digital Age; 2 The Consumer Sexual Script; 3 The Hunter Sexual Script; 4 The Addict Sexual Script; 5 Moving Beyond the "Client"

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Book SynopsisThis book offers an overview of the key debates in the burgeoning anthropological literature on resource extraction. Resources play a crucial role in the contemporary economy and society, are required in the production of a vast range of consumer products and are at the core of geopolitical strategies and environmental concerns for the future of humanity. Scholars have widely debated the economic and sociological aspects of resource management in our societies, offering interesting and useful abstractions. However, anthropologists offer different and fresh perspectives  sometimes complementary and at other times alternative to these abstractions  based on field researches conducted in close contact with those actors (individuals as well as groups and institutions) that manipulate, anticipate, fight for, or resist the extractive processes in many creative ways. Thus, while addressing questions such as: What characterizes the anthropology of resource extraction?, WhatTrade Review"This stellar collection digs deep into prior scholarship on resource extraction and unearths bold new agendas for future research." Stuart Kirsch, author of Mining Capitalism "A nuanced, rich account, The Anthropology of Resource Extraction brings together leading scholars to make valuable contributions to key theoretical debates, while emphasizing the value of ethnography for understanding the practice of extraction."Eleanor Fisher, Head of Research, Nordic Africa Institute"The Anthropology of Resource Extraction is certain to become a classic for scholars interested in the entangled social and environmental worlds of humans and non-renewable minerals. Taking a thematic approach to the analysis of our utter dependence upon minerals for contemporary livelihoods, this volume brings together leading scholars in anthropology to review the state of resource extraction today. Topics ranging from corporations, to the environment, to governance, to water, are treated with a fine-grained ethnographic attention to the explosion of interest in extractivism in the 21st century."Jerry K. Jacka, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Colorado Boulder, U.S.A.Table of Contents1. The Anthropology of Resource Extraction: An Introduction 2. Corporations 3. Development 4. Environmental Change 5. Governance 6. Materiality and Substances 7. Mineworkers 8. Positionality and Ethics 9. Sustainability 10. Technology 11. Underground 12. Water and Conflict 13. Final Reflections and Future Agendas

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Book SynopsisThis edited collection is an interdisciplinary and international collaborative book that critically investigates the growing phenomenon of Indigenous-industry agreements â agreements that are formed between Indigenous peoples and companies involved in the extractive natural resource industry. These agreements are growing in number and relevance, but there has yet to be a systematic study of their formation and implementation. This groundbreaking collection is situated within frameworks that critically analyze and navigate relationships between Indigenous peoples and the extraction of natural resources. These relationships generate important questions in the context of Indigenous-industry agreements in diverse resource-rich countries including Australia and Canada, and regions such as Africa and Latin America. Beyond domestic legal and political contexts, the collection also interprets, navigates, and deploys international instruments such as the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in order to fully comprehend the diverse expressions of Indigenous-industry agreements.Indigenous-Industry Agreements, Natural Resources and the Law presents chapters that comprehensively review agreements between Indigenous peoples and extractive companies. It situates these agreements within the broader framework of domestic and international law and politics, which define and are defined by the relationships between Indigenous peoples, extractive companies, governments, and other actors. The book presents the latest state of knowledge and insights on the subject and will be of value to researchers, academics, practitioners, Indigenous communities, policymakers, and students interested in extractive industries, public international law, Indigenous rights, contracts, natural resources law, and environmental law.Table of ContentsPart I: Theoretical and Conceptual Frameworks 1. Indigenous-Industry Agreements, Natural Resources and the Law: An Introduction 2. The (Legal) Nature of Indigenous Peoples’ Agreements with Extractive Companies 3. Essential Preconditions for an Indigenous-Industry Agreement with Community Legitimacy 4. Indigenous-Industry Agreements, Legal Uncertainty, and Risk Allocations Part II: Analytical and Critical Perspectives 5. Negotiated Agreements, Indigenous FPIC and the Mine Life Cycle 6. Gender Impact Analysis of Impact Benefit Agreements: Representation Clauses and UNDRIP 7. Who are the Métis? The Role of Free, Prior and Informed Consent in Identifying a Métis Rights-Holder Part III: Politics, Environment and Sustainability 8. The Contentious Politics of Impact and Benefit Agreements: A ‘Sons of the Soil’ Conflict Perspective 9. Impact Benefit Agreements, Transparency, and Sustainability 10. The Relationship between Indigenous-Industry Agreements and Environmental Assessment: Enhanced Credibility and Collaboration, or Undermining the Project Review Process? Part IV: Jurisdictional Case Studies 11. Contesting Indigenous-Industry Agreements in Latin America 12. Is this Really Benefit Sharing? Understanding Current Practices Around Community-Investor Agreements Tied to Land Investments 13. Enhancing the Benefits of Local Content in Extractive Industry Agreements: Legal Approaches and Trends in Frontier Extractive Jurisdictions 14. Indigenous Land Use Agreements in Australia: A Vehicle for Economic Prosperity or an Empty Gesture 15. Canadian Law and Realpolitik Regarding Indigenous-Industry Agreements 16. Towards Comprehensive Engagement: Indigenous-Industry Collaboration in the Resource Sector in Canada

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a comprehensive history of the genesis, existence, and demise of Imperial Russia's largest penal colony, made famous by Chekhov in a book written following his visit there in 1890. Based on extensive original research in archival documents, published reports, and memoirs, the book is also a social history of the late imperial bureaucracy and of the subaltern society of criminals and exiles; an examination of the tsarist state's failed efforts at reform; an exploration of Russian imperialism in East Asia and Russia's acquisition of Sakhalin Island in the face of competition from Japan; and an anthropological and literary study of the Sakhalin landscape and its associated values and ideologies. The Sakhalin penal colony became one of the largest penal colonies in history. The book's conclusion prompts important questions about contemporary prisons and their relationship to state and society.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Busse Expedition, 1853–54 2. Far East Expansion, Coal, and Convicts 3. Transgressing Borders 4. The Collapse of Katorga and the Free Colonists 5. Establishing the Sakhalin Penal Colony 6. Desperate Times and the "Sakhalin" Company 7. A Contested Landscape and the GTU 8. The Volunteer Fleet 9. The 1880s 10. Political Exiles 11. Chekhov’s Island (Part 1) 12. Chekhov’s Island (Part 2) 13. Sakhalin and the Trans-Siberian Railroad 14. The Satrapy 15. The Runaway Penal Colony 16. The Ministry of Justice Takes Over 17. A Demography of the Sakhalin Penal Colony 18. The Liapunov Administration 19. The Doctors’ Fight 20. Women, Children, and the Last Political Exiles 21. Sakhalin’s Prisons 22. The Penal Colony as International Cause Célèbre 23. Denouement Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThis volume is initial reflections on the meaning and the implications of Yuk Hui's notion of cosmotechnics, which opens up an anti-universalist and pluralist perspective on technology beyond the West.Martin Heidegger's famous analysis of the essence of technology as enframing and as rooted in ancient Greek techne has had a crucial influence on the understanding and critique of technological society and culture in the twentieth century. However, it is still unclear to what extent his analysis can also be applied to the development of technology outside of the West', e.g. in China, Africa, and Latin America, particularly against the backdrop of receding Western domination and impending global ecological disaster. Acknowledging the planetary expansion of Western technology already observed by Heidegger, yet also recognizing the existence of non-Western origins of technical relationships to the cosmos, Yuk Hui's notion of cosmotechnics calls for a rethinking in diTable of ContentsPreface: CosmotechnicsYuk HuiIntroduction: Cosmotechnics and the ontological turn in the age of the AnthropocenePieter Lemmens1. Other turnings. Yuk Hui’s pluralist cosmotechnics in between heidegger’s ontological and stiegler’s organological understanding of technology Pieter Lemmens2. Cosmotechnics from an anthropotechnological perspective Marco Pavanini3. Neosubstantivism as Cosmotechnics: Gilbert Simondon versus the Transhumanist SynthesisAndrés Vaccari4. Machine and ecologyYuk Hui5. Noodiversty, technodiversity. Elements of a new economic foundation based on a new foundation for theoretical computer scienceBernard Stiegler and translated by Daniel Ross6. Technics and agency. The pluralism and diversity of technē Jason Tuckwell7. Philosophy in the light of AI. Hegel or LeibnizSjoerd van Tuinen8. Towards a fifth ontology for the AnthropoceneClive Hamilton9. The black angel of history. Afrofuturism’s cosmic techniques Frédéric Neyrat and translated by Daniel Ross10. Equivocations of the body and cosmic arts. An experiment in polyrealism Peter Skafish

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Book SynopsisAdvances in DNA technology have expanded such that forensic DNA profiling is now considered a routine method for identifying victims of mass fatalities. Originating from an initiative funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of State, DNA Analysis for Missing Person Identification in Mass Fatalities presents a collection of training modules that supply comprehensive instruction in these complex techniques. The book begins with a concise overview of DNA analysis methods and their use in identifying victims of mass fatalities. It then goes on to explore: Mass fatality response operations, including body recovery, mortuary operations, family assistance, the identification of human remains, and psychosocial support for families Best practices in DNA sample collection and the different types of reference samples that can be used to identify a reported missing (RM) individual ATable of ContentsHuman Identification through DNA Analysis. Mass Fatalities. Post-Mortem Functions—Body Recovery and Morgue Operations. Ante-Mortem Functions—Family Assistance Operations. Identification of Remains. Identification and Collection of Biological Samples from Human Remains. Identification and Collection of DNA Reference Samples. Application of DNA Technology for Human Identification. DNA Profile Analysis and Interpretation. DNA Sample, Case, and Data Tracking Using Information Technology Tools. Implementing and Maintaining a Quality DNA Program. Laboratory Development. Delivering Effective Training. Terminology. Index.

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Book SynopsisThroughout history and in every geographical location, the rise and fall of industry, which impact the fate of large populations, are tied to the development and cultural entanglement of particular models that are articulated with political power. Models are understood as knowledge devices â expert, theoretical, practical and commonsense â that are embedded in cultural and social environments and designed through struggles at various scales.This book results from the collaboration of an interdisciplinary team bringing together specialists in anthropology, geography, sociology, economics, political science, mathematics and engineering around the theme of âModels and their Effects on Development Pathsâ. Based on empirical research conducted on the heavy industries, Industry and Work in Contemporary Capitalism addresses how models that inform the organization of work and production and are created by powerful actors may diverge from, overlap with, or contradict theTable of Contents1. Industry and Work in Contemporary Capitalism: Models, markets and crisis in the global system Part I: Models - What they are and what they do 2. Isomorphism and Local Interests in the Spread of Global Policies: An enquiry into privatization policy adoption using computer modelling and simulation 3. Modelling the Economy with Language 4.Class and Social Order: Political consequences of the move from class to culture Part II: Scale and Disjuncture 5. Steel Industry, Geography, and Regional Development: Evolving and travelling concepts 6. Learning from Minas Gerais: Flows of capital, production and managerial models in the steel industry 7. Continuities and Discontinuities of Economic Models and Workers’ Perception of Model Changes in Argentina Part III: Innovation Technologies and Power 8. Global Dynamics, Local Responses to Industrial Innovation and Livelihood Transformations 9. Politics for Industrial Machines: Techno-political transitions in a Spanish steel plant Part IV: Policies and Politics 10. Civil society, Global Governance and the Circulation of Models 11. Spain’s Labour Reforms: Temporariness, flexibility, and discipline of the working class 12. Reflections on an industrial policy for a sustainable European steel industry

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Book SynopsisThe Indigo Child concept is a contemporary New Age redefinition of self. Indigo Children are described in their primary literature as a spiritually, psychically, and genetically advanced generation. Born from the early 1980s, the Indigo Children are thought to be here to usher in a new golden age by changing the world's current social paradigm. However, as they are paradigm busters, they also claim to find it difficult to fit into contemporary society. Indigo Children recount difficult childhoods and school years, and the concept has also been used by members of the community to reinterpret conditions such as Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) and autism. Cynics, however, can claim that the Indigo Child concept is an example of special snowflake syndrome, and parodies abound.This book is the fullest introduction to the Indigo Child concept to date. Employing both on- and offline ethnographic methods, Beth Singler objectively considers the place of the IndTable of Contents1 The Indigo Child; 2 Locating the Indigo Children; 3 The Parental Account of the Indigo Child; 4 Diagnosis and Healing; 5 An Indigo Prophecy of the New Age; 6 Reception, Transmission, and Parody; 7 The Indigo Race; 8 Conclusions

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Book SynopsisIn this classic work, the author introduced the then revolutionary idea that indigenous practices are indeed rational, when viewed in terms of religious beliefs.Trade Review'Despite the distinction and variety of his scientific achievements, only those personally acquainted with him can fully appreciate the causes of that profound respect with which he was regarded. Medicine, Magic and Religion is a document of first-rate importance ... and it will thus remain as a worthy monument to its distinguished author.' - Times Literary Supplement'I should like to meet Rivers in "the next world". It is difficult to believe that such a man as he could be extinguished. - Siegfried Sassoon'I should like to meet Rivers in "the next world". It is difficult to believe that such a man as he could be extinguished. - Siegfried Sassoon'The restraint, power and fineness of Rivers' mind make it impossible to be patient with critics who feel uncomfortable in the presence of his greatness.' - Robert Graves'Despite the distinction and variety of his scientific achievements, only those personally acquainted with him can fully appreciate the causes of that profound respect with which he was regarded. Medicine, Magic and Religion is a document of first-rate importance ... and it will thus remain as a worthy monument to its distinguished author.' - Times Literary SupplementTable of ContentsChapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5;

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Book SynopsisAtlantic Europe is the zone par excellence of megalithic monuments, which encompass a wide range of earthen and stone constructions from inpressive stone circles to modest chambered tombs. A single basic concept lies behind this volume - that the intrinsic qualities encountered within the diverse landscapes pf Atlantic Europe both informed the settings chosen for the monuments and played a role in determining their form and visual appearance. Monuments and Landscape in Atlantic Europe goes significantly beyond the limits of existing debate by inviting archaeologists from different countries with the Atlantic zone (including Britain, France, Ireland, Spain and Sweden) to examine the relationship between landscape features and prehistoric monuments in their specialist regions. By placing the issue within a broader regional and intellectual context, the authors illustrate the diversity of current archaeological ideas and approaches converging around this central theme.Table of ContentsPreface. Introduction: Situating Monuments: the Dialogue between Built Form and Landform in Atlantic Europe Chris Scarre Part I: Atlantic Iberia: 1. Standing Stones and Natural Outcrops: the Role of Ritual Monuments in the Neolithic Tansition of the Central Alentejo Manuel Calado 2. Castanheiro do Vento and the Significance of Monumental Copper Age Sites in Northern Portugal Vítor Oliveira Jorge, Jaão Muralha Cardoso, António Sá Coixão & Leonor Sousa Pereira 3. The Architecture of the Natural World: Rock Art in North-West Iberia Lara Bacelar Alves Part II: Atlantic France 3. The Perception of Space and Geometry: Megalithic Monuments of West-Central France in their Relationship to the Landscape Luc Laporte, Roger Joussame & Chris Scare 4. Coast and Cosmos: the Neolithic Monuments of Northern Brittany Chris Scarre Part III: Britain and Ireland 5. All Cultural Things: Actual and Conceptual Monuments in the Neolithic of Western Britain Vicki Cummings 6. The Land, the Sky and the Scottish Stone Circle Richard Bradley 7. Knocknarea: the Ultimate Monument. Megaliths and Mountains in Neiolithic Cúil Irra, North West Ireland Stefan Bergh 7. Megaliths in a Mythologised Landscape: South-west Ireland in the Iron Age William O'Brien Part IV: Scandinavia 8. Visible Intentions? Viewshed Analysis of Bronze Age Burial Mounds in Western Scania, Sweden Karin Ericson Lageras 9. Conclusion: Long Conversations Concerning Time, Descent and Place in the World

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Book SynopsisHunger and Work in a Savage Tribe examines the cultural aspects of food and eating among the Southern Bantu, taking as its starting point the bold statement ''nutrition as a biological process is more fundamental than sex''. When it was first published in 1932, with a preface by Malinowski, it laid the groundwork for sociological theory of nutrition. Richards was also among the first anthropologists to establish women''s lives and the social sphere as legitimate subjects for anthropological study.Table of ContentsChapter 1 History of the Problem; Chapter 2 Human Relationships and Nutritive Needs; Chapter 3 Food and Family Sentiment in Bantu Society; Chapter 4 Food Production and Incentives to Work; Chapter 5 Kinship Sentiment and Economic Organization; Chapter 6 Economic Functions of the Clan and Tribe; Chapter 7 Food as a Symbol;

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Book SynopsisAlthough the symbolic and political importance of flags has often been mentioned by scholars of nationalism, there are few in-depth studies of the significance of flags for national identities. This multi-disciplinary collection offers case studies and comparisons of flag history, uses and controversies. This book brings together a dozen scholars, from varying national and disciplinary backgrounds, to offers a cluster of close readings of flags in their social contexts, mostly contemporary, but also historical. Case studies from Denmark, England, Northern Ireland, Norway, Sweden, and the United States explore ways in which flags are contested, stir up powerful emotions, can be commercialised in some contexts but not in others, serve as quasi-religious symbols, and as physical boundary markers; how the same flag can be solemn and formal in one setting, but stand for domestic bliss and informal cultural intimacy in another. Table of Contents1. Some Questions About Flags 2. The Origin of European National Flags 3. Rebel With(Out) a Cause?: The Contested Meanings of the Confederate Battle Flag in the American South 4. The Star-Spangled Banner and ‘Whiteness’ in American National Identity 5. Union Jacks and Union Jills 6. Pride and Possession, Display and Destruction 7. Between the National and the Civic: Flagging Peace In, or a Piece of, Northern Ireland? 8. Inarticulate Speech of the Heart: Nation, Flag and Emotion in Denmark 9. A Flag for all Occasions?: The Swedish Experience 10. Nationalism and Unionism in Nineteenth-Century Norwegian Flags 11. The Domestication of a National Symbol: The Private Use of Flags in Norway 12. Afterword

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Book SynopsisThis book is a compelling collection of essays on the intersection of race, gender and class in education written by leading black and postcolonial feminists of colour from Asia, Africa and the Caribbean living in Britain, America, Canada, and Australia. It addresses controversial issues such as racism in the media, exclusion in higher education, and critical multiculturalism in schools. Introducing new debates on transglobal female identity and cultures of resistance the book asks: How does black and postcolonial feminisms illuminate race and gender identity in new global times? How are race, gender and class inequalities reproduced and resisted in educational sites? How do women of colour experience race and gender differences in schools and universities? This book is a must for political and social commentators, academic researchers and student audiences interested in new feminist visions for new global times.This book was Trade ReviewAn inspiring book which addresses some of the most critical questions in education. Feminist thinking at its best. Avtar Brah, Professor of Sociology, Birkbeck College, University of London, UKThis book renders black feminist theory and post-colonial thought more textured, complex and expansive. Bravissimo, a rich collection of research! Annette Henry, Professor of Education, University of Washington, Tacoma USATable of Contents1. Introduction: Plotting a history: Black and postcolonial feminisms in ‘new times’ Heidi Safia Mirza 2. Postcoloniality and ethnography: negotiating gender, ethnicity and power Cynthia Joseph 3. Identity, empathy and ‘otherness’: Asian women, education and dowries in the UK Kalwant Bhopal 4. Embodying diversity: problems and paradoxes for Black feminists Sara Ahmed 5. Is it because I’m Black? A Black female research experience Uvanney Maylor 6. Black Canadian feminist thought: perspectives on equity and diversity in the academy Njoki Nathani Wane 7. Black feminist praxis: some reflections on pedagogies and politics in higher education Suki Ali 8. ‘Who you callin’ nappy-headed?’A critical race theory look at the construction of Black women Gloria Ladson-Billings 9. De-colonising practices: negotiating narratives from racialised and gendered experiences of education Ann Phoenix 10. From ‘crisis’ to ‘activist’: the everyday freedom legacy of Black feminisms Heather A. Oesterreich

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Book SynopsisThe Senses in Self, Society, and Culture is the definitive guide to the sociological and anthropological study of the senses. Vannini, Waskul, and Gottschalk provide a comprehensive map of the social and cultural significance of the senses that is woven in a thorough analytical review of classical, recent, and emerging scholarship and grounded in original empirical data that deepens the review and analysis. By bridging cultural/qualitative sociology and cultural/humanistic anthropology, The Senses in Self, Society, and Culture explicitly blurs boundaries that are particularly weak in this field due to the ethnographic scope of much research. Serving both the sociological and anthropological constituencies at once means bridging ethnographic traditions, cultural foci, and socioecological approaches to embodiment and sensuousness. The Senses in Self,Society, and Culture is intended to be a milestone in the social sciencesâ somatic turn.Trade Review"An outstanding guide to the social study of the senses and an authoritative text for teaching the new and important turn to the body in the social sciences."—E. Doyle McCarthy, Sociology, Fordham University "Wielding a fine balance between theory, method and empirical analyses, this book is a timely contribution to the field of sensory studies and an asset to sensory syllabi for instructors. Elegantly cutting across the various disciplines of sociology, anthropology, geography and other sciences, The Senses in Self, Society, and Culture offers a fascinating array of ethnographic case studies that furnish us with sophisticated and intelligible insights into the manner in which the senses operate in social life."—Kelvin Yow, Sociology, National University of Singapore "Vannini, Waskul and Gottschalk take the study of the senses and sensation out of the psychology laboratory and into the streets, the wine festival, the bedroom, the kitchen. The authors clearly revel in their senses while studying them, and invite the student to do likewise. More than a textbook, this volume is an inspiring manifesto for a sociology of the senses."—David Howes, Anthropology, Concordia University "Vannini (communication and culture, Royal Roads Univ., Canada), Waskul (sociology, Minnesota State Univ.), and Gottschalk (sociology, Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas) have produced a marvelous slim book outlining a sociology of the senses....Richly and evocatively written, this book will interest interdisciplinary scholars concerned with the body and somatics, senses, and sensuality. Summing Up: Highly recommended." —CHOICE, J. L. Croissant, University of ArizonaTable of ContentsSelected Contents:Part 1: Understanding Sensory Studies. 1. Toward a Sociology of the Senses. 2 The Sensual Body. 3 Sensual Ritual and Performance. 4 Sensuous Scholarship. Part 2: Doing Sensory Research. 5. The Sensuous Self and Identity. 6. A Sense of Place, a Sense of Time. 7. The Sensory Order. 8. Media, Consumer, and Material Culture.

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Book SynopsisThe ancient Maya created one of the most studied and best-known civilizations of the Americas. Nevertheless, Maya civilization is often considered either within a vacuum, by sub-region and according to modern political borders, or with reference to the most important urban civilizations of central Mexico. Seldom if ever are the Maya and their Central American neighbors of El Salvador and Honduras considered together, despite the fact that they engaged in mutually beneficial trade, intermarried, and sometimes made war on each other. The Maya and Their Central American Neighbors seeks to fill this lacuna by presenting original research on the archaeology of the whole of the Maya area (from Yucatan to the Maya highlands of Guatemala), western Honduras, and El Salvador.With a focus on settlement pattern analyses, architectural studies, and ceramic analyses, this ground breaking book provides a broad view of this important relationship allowing readers to understand ancientTrade Review"The book’s uniqueness is that the Mayan polities of present-day Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras are considered together because they engaged in mutually beneficial trade, intermarried, and sometimes made war on each other. Readers come to understand ancient perceptions about the natural and built environment, historical narrative, and the nature of systemic collapse—the Classic Maya Collapse and postclassic reorganization. No other edited compendium provides this sweeping scope; hence, this significant, scholarly volume fills a major void for Mesoamerican specialists. Summing Up: Essential." -C. C. Kolb, independent scholar, in ChoiceTable of Contents1. The Ancient Maya and Their Central American Neighbors Geoffrey E. Braswell PART I: EL SALVADOR AND HONDURAS 2. Practices of Spatial Discourse at Quelepa Wendy Ashmore 3. Ancient Quelepa, Colonial San Miguel: Shifting Cultural Frontiers and Rogue Colonialism in Eastern El Salvador Kathryn Sampeck 4. Shifting Fortunes and Affiliations on the Edge of Ruin: A Ceramic Perspective on the Classic Maya Collapse and its Aftermath at Copan Cassandra R. Bill PART II: THE HIGHLANDS OF GUATEMALA 5. The Other Preclassic Maya: Interaction, Growth, and Depopulation in the Eastern Kaqchikel Highlands Geoffrey E. Braswell and Eugenia J. Robinson 6. The Other Maya Late Classic Maya: Regionalization, Defense, and Boundaries in the Central Guatemalan Highlands Eugenia J. Robinson PART III: THE SOUTHERN MAYA LOWLANDS 7. A Tangled Web: Ceramic Adoption in the Maya Lowlands and Community Interaction in the Early Middle Preclassic as Seen in the K’awil Complex from Holmul, Peten, Guatemala Niña Neivens de Estrada 8. The Royal Port of Cancuen and the Role of Long Distance Exchange in the Apogee of Maya Civilization Arthur A. Demarest 9. Real/Fictive Lords/Vessels: A List of M.A.R.I. Lords on the Newly Discovered Andrews Coffee Mug Markus Eberl PART IV: THE EASTERN PERIPHERY OF BELIZE 10. The Dynastic History and Archaeology of Pusilha, Belize Christian M. Prager, Beniamino Volta, and Geoffrey E. Braswell 11. Follow the Leader: Fine Orange Pottery in the Maya Lowlands James J. Aimers PART V: YUCATAN 12. The Role and Realities of Popol Nahs in Northern Maya Archaeology George J. Bey III and Rossana May Chiau 13. Alternative Narratives and Missing Data: Refining the Chronology of Chichen Itza Beniamino Volta and Geoffrey E. Braswell PART VI: BEFORE AND BEYOND: A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE 14. Peer-Polity Interaction in the Norte Chico, Peru, 3000-1800 B.C. Winifred Creamer, Jonathan Haas, and Allen Rutherford

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Book SynopsisDarrell A Posey died in March 2001 after a long and distinguished career in anthropology and ecology. Kayapó Ethnoecology and Culture presents a selection of his writings that result from 25 years of work with the Kayapó Indians of the Amazon Basin. These writings describe the dispersal of the Kayapó sub-groups and explain how with this diaspora useful biological species and natural resource management strategies also spread. However the Kayapó are threatened with extinction like many of the inhabitants of the Amazon basin. The author is adamant that it is no longer satisfactory for scientists to just do ''good science''. They are are increasingly asked and morally obliged to become involved in political action to protect the peoples they study.Table of ContentsPART I Kayapó history and culture 1 The science of the Mebêngôkre 2 Contact before contact: typology of post-Colombian interaction with the Northern Kayapó of the Amazon 3 Environmental and social implications of pre- and post-contact situations on Brazilian Indians 4 Time, space, and the interface of divergent cultures: the Kayapó Indians of the Amazon face the future 5 The Kayapó origin of night 6 The journey to become a shaman: a narrative of sacred transition of the Kayapó Indians of Brazil PART II Ethnobiology and the Kayapó Project 7 Report from Gorotire: will Kayapó traditions survive? 8 Indigenous knowledge and development: an ideological bridge to the future 9 Wasps, warriors and fearless men: ethnoentomology of the Kayapó Indians of Central Brazil 10 Hierarchy and utility in a folk biological taxonomic system: patterns in classification of arthropods by the Kayapó Indians of Brazil 11 Additional notes on the classification and knowledge of stingless bees (Meliponinae, Apidae, Hymenoptera) by the Kayapó Indians of Gorotire, Pará, Brazil 12 Keeping of stingless bees by the Kayapó Indians of Brazil 13 Ethnopharmacological search for antiviral compounds: treatment of gastrointestinal disorders by Kayapó medical specialists 14 Use of contraceptive and related plants by the Kayapó Indians (Brazil) PART III Kayapó land management 15 Preliminary results on soil management techniques of the Kayapó Indians 16 Indigenous soil management in the Latin American tropics: some implications of ethnopedology for the Amazon Basin 17 The keepers of the forest 18 Indigenous management of tropical forest ecosystems: the case of the Kayapó Indians of the Brazilian Amazon 19 The continuum of Kayapó resource management PART IV Continuing adaptation by the Kayapó 20 From warclubs to words 21 The Kayapó Indian protests against Amazonian dams: successes, alliances, and unending battles

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Book SynopsisUsing cross-cultural, historical and ethnographic perspectives of anthropology to illuminate the the intrinsic connections of race, class and gender, this volume explores these issues in the arena of work, kinship and resistance.Trade Review"Mullings' greatest offering is her transformational viewpoint, which presents fertile ground for real solutions to the problems faced by the African-American community.--Assata Zerai, Syaracuse University.""...practical applications in the classroom, especially in the anthropology courses, where applying research on gender in restructured ways could help foster an understanding of social policy issues. The scholarly work in this book also can be valuable for other educational practitioners who would like to revamp their women-centered curricula, particularly those emphasizing disciplines, such as literature, history, health, and science." -- NWSA Journal"Mullings' greatest offering is her transformational viewpoint, which presents fertile ground for real solutions to the problems faced by the African-American community.--Assata Zerai, Syracuse University."Table of ContentsContents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction; Part 1. Women, Work, and Community; Introduction; 1. Notes on Women, Work, and Society; 2. Uneven Development: Class, Race, and Gender in the United States Before 1900; 3. Minority Women, Work, and Health; Part 2. Kin and Family; Introduction: Perspectives on the American Family; 4. Anthropological Perspectives on the African American Family; 5. Households Headed by Women: The Politics of Race, Class, and Gender; Part 3. Representation, Resistance, and Transformation: Theory and Practice in Politics and in the Academy; Introduction; 6. Images, Ideology, and Women of Color; 7. Mapping Gender in African American Political Strategies 8. Gender and the Application of Anthropological Knowledge to Public Policy in the United States; 9. Race, Inequality, and Transformation: Building on the Work of Eleanor Leacock; 10. Reclaiming Culture: The Dialectics of Identity

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Book SynopsisThis work highlights the existence of non-violent and anti-violent societies, combining theory and case studies of particular groups, to look at how they deal with conflict with a view to distilling lessons about peacemaking in a global context.Trade Review"Out of the thousands of books published about violence, war, and what to do about them, this one will stand out as an exemplar of what we should be doing at the start of a new millennium. Graham Kemp and Douglas Fry have done us all a great service by compiling vital information about how people organize peaceful, collective lives." -- Lester Kurtz, editor-in-chief of The Encyclopedia ofViolence, Peace and Conflict"A wonderful book! Filled with detailed accounts of societies that manage conflict so that they rarely become violent, Keeping the Peace provides grounds for hoping that we too can invent ways to reduce the violence in our culture." -- Joseph de Rivera, co-editor of Believed inImaginings: The Narrative Construction of Reality"Well-suited for classroom use, this collection explores peace in a diverse range of human societies. It reveals the values and methods used to forge lives, not without conflict, but where conflict is addressed through non-violent means. The lesson of this book is to stop dreaming of peace, and join together in building a more peaceful world-it can be done." -- R. Brian Ferguson, editor of The State, Identity, and Violence: PoliticalDisintegration in the Post-Cold War WorldTable of ContentsForeword Elise Boulding Preface Introductory Note 1. The Concept of Peaceful Societies Graham Kemp 2. A Positive Concept of Peace Ximena Davies-Vengoechea 3. Contentious But Not Violent: The Hopi of Northern Arizona Alice Schlegel 4. Restraint and Ritual Apology: The Rotumans of the South Pacific Alan Howard 5. Respect For All: The Paliyans of South India Peter M. Gardner 6. Multiple Paths to Peace: The "La Paz" Zapotec of Mexico Douglas P. Fry 7. Resolving Conflict Within the Law: The Mardu Aborigines of Australia Robert Tonkinson 8. Putting a Stone In The Middle: The Nubians of Northern Africa Robert Fernea 9. Keeping the Peace in an Island World: The Sama Dilaut of Southeast Asia Clifford Sather 10. A Model of Peacefulness: Rethinking Peace and Conflict in Norway Kristin Dobinson 11. Cautious, Alert, Polite, and Elusive: The Semai of Central Peninsular Malaysia Robert Knox Dentan 12. Conclusions: Learning from Peaceful Societies Douglas P. Fry Author Biographies Glossary Index

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Book SynopsisOlduvai Groge is a valley in the Serengeti Plains at the western margin of the Eastern Rift Valley in northern Tanzania. The formations discussed in this volume, Beds I and II, were deposited in the Lower and Middle Pleistocene and have yielded large quantities of the remains of early man, in the form of bones and stone tools and evidence of the environment in which they lived. Bed I, in which remains of Australopithecus boisei and Homo habilis have been found, is firmly dated between 1.9 million years for the lowest level and 1.65 million years for a level below the top. This third volume describes the excavations. In Part I, starting with the lowest levels and devoting a chapter to each main level, Dr Leakey describes the actual process of excavation and the finding of the principal remains. In Part II, Dr Leakey describes the circumstances of the discovery of the hominid skeletal remains. These range from purposive excavation to accidental discovery while collecting small stones forTable of ContentsList of figures; List of tables; List of plates; Introductory note; Foreword Professor J. D. Clark; Acknowledgements; Map; Introduction; Geologic background of Beds I and II: Stratigraphic summary Professor R. L. Hay; Part I: 1. Lower bed I. Site DK and site FLK NN: Level 4; 2. Middle bed I. Site FLK NN: Levels 1–3. Site FLK: the 'zinjanthropus' level and the upper levels; 3. Upper bed I and lower bed II. Site FLK north: Levels 1–6, the clay with root casts and the Deinotherium level. Site HWK east: Levels 1 and 2; 4. The lower part of middle bed II. Site HWK east: the sandy conglomerate: Levels 3–5; 5. The upper part of middle bed II. Site EF–HR. The main occupation site at MNK. Sites FC west and FC. Site SHK; 6. Upper bed II. Sites TK and BK; Part II. 7. The discoveries of hominid remains; 8. Mammalian bones from Beds I and II with evidence of hominid modification; 9. The faunal remains from the living sites in Beds I and II; 10. Summary and discussion; Appendices; References; Index.

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Book SynopsisThe relationship between human communities and the environment is extremely complex. In order to resolve the issues involved with this relationship, interdisciplinary research combining natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities is necessary. In this 2010 book, specialists summarise methods and research strategies for various aspects of social research devoted to environmental issues. Each chapter is illustrated with ethnographic and environmental examples, ranging from Australia to Amazonia, from Madagascar to the United States, and from prehistoric and historic cases to contemporary rural and urban ones. It deals with climate change, deforestation, environmental knowledge, natural reserves, politics and ownership of natural resources, and the effect of differing spatial and temporal scales. Contributing to the intellectual project of interdisciplinary environmental social science, this book shows the possibilities social science can provide to environmental studies and to largTrade Review'… an important contribution to the field … it provides the reader with an overview of the field without championing one theoretical or methodological approach over the others …' Journal of Anthropological ResearchTable of Contents1. Introduction E. A. Smith and I. Vaccaro; 2. People, numbers, and natural resources: demography in environmental research O. Beltran; 3. Production decisions and time allocation: a guide to data collection R. Hames; 4. Analyzing the politics of natural resources: from theories of property rights to institutional analysis and beyond A. Poteete; 5. Extreme events, tipping points and vulnerability: methods in political economy of environment E. C. Jones; 6. Local communities and natural resources: ethnobiology in practice L. Zanotti, D. Glover and J. Sepez; 7. Mapping histories: cultural landscapes and walkabout methods V. Strang; 8. Metaphors and myths in news reports of an Amazonian lost tribe: society, environment and literary analysis C. Slater; 9. Water decision-makers in a desert city: text analysis and environmental social science Amber Wutich and C. Gravlee; 10. Linking human and natural systems: social networks, environment and ecology J. Johnson and D. Griffith; 11. Khat commodity chains in Madagascar: multi-sited ethnography at multiple scales L. Gezon; 12. Spatio-temporal methodologies in environmental anthropology: geographic information systems, remote sensing, landscape changes and local knowledge E. Brondizio and R. R. Chowdhury; 13. Deep time, diachronic change, and the integration of multi-scalar data: archaeological methods for exploring human-environment dynamics E. Jones; 14. Comparing trajectories of climate, class and production: an historical ecology of American yeomen M. Scholl, D. N. Murray and C. L. Crumley; 15. Anthropology and natural resource management: methodological integrations S. Aswani.

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Book SynopsisIn the thirteenth century, the Mongols created a vast transcontinental empire that functioned as a cultural 'clearing house' for the Old World. Under Mongol auspices various commodities, ideologies and technologies were disseminated across Eurasia. The focus of this path-breaking study is the extensive exchanges between Iran and China. The Mongol rulers of these two ancient civilizations 'shared' the cultural resources of their realms with one another. The result was a lively traffic in specialist personnel and scholarly literature between East and West. These exchanges ranged from cartography to printing, from agriculture to astronomy. The book concludes by asking why the Mongols made such heavy use of sedentary scholars and specialists in the elaboration of their court culture and why they initiated so many exchanges across Eurasia. This is a work of great erudition which crosses new scholarly boundaries in its analysis of communication and culture in the Mongol empire.Trade Review'The focus of this path-breaking study is the extensive exchanges between Iran and China … is informative and erudite and promises to become a classic in the field.' The Middle East'… will occupy and entertain specialists for some time to come …' Bulletin of the School of Oriental & African Studies'Thomas Allsen's book is a very compact and informative account of the cultural changes which took place during the supremacy of the Mongols. Allsen is able to share with the reader his impressive knowledge of the Arabic, Persian, and Chinese sources regarding the Mongols. The cross-cultural links, their implications and their background in this highly interesting period of history are presented in a systematic manner, making the book of great value for scholars in a variety of fields.' Bibliotheca Orientalis'… this is mature scholarship at its best, and a must not only for every student of the Mongol empire, but also for cultural and world historians, historians of China and the Muslim world, and anybody interested in the ongoing exchange between East and West.' Journal of the American Oriental SocietyTable of ContentsPart I. Background: 1. Introduction; 2. Before the Mongols; Part II. Political-Economic Relations: 3. Formation of the Il-qans, 1251–65; 4. Grand Qans and Il-qans, 1265–95; 5. Continuity and change under Ghazan, 1295–1304; 6. Sultans and Grand Qans, 1304–35; 7. Economic ties; 8. Overview of the relationship; Part III. Intermediaries: 9. Marco Polo and Po-lo; 10. Qubilai and Bolad Aqa; 11. Rashid al-Din and Pulad chinksank; Part IV. Cultural Exchange: 12. Historiography; 13. Geography and cartography; 14. Agriculture; 15. Cuisine; 16. Medicine; 17. Astronomy; 18. Printing; Part V. Analysis and Conclusions: 19. Models and methods; 20. Agency; 21. Filtering; 22. Summation.

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Book SynopsisThis book presents a new social theory of learning. As learning becomes a topic of great urgency for nations, businesses, and schools, Communities of Practice presents a broad conceptual framework for thinking about learning as a process of social participation.Trade Review'Wenger's book is stimulating, insightful, and challenging.' Journal of Mathematics Teacher EducationTable of ContentsPrologue; Part I. Practice: Introduction I; 1. Meaning; 2. Community; 3. Learning; 4. Boundary; 5. Locality; Coda I. Knowing in practice; Part II. Identity: Introduction II; 6. Identity in practice; 7. Participation and non-participation; 8. Modes of belonging; 9. Identification and negotiability; Coda II. Learning communities; Conclusion: Introduction III; 10. Learning architectures; 11. Organizations; 12. Education; Epilogue.

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive study of the microevolution of Caribbean populations of African descent, this 2006 book reviews the conditions endured by the slaves during their passage and in the plantations and how these conditions may have affected their own health and that of their descendants. Providing an evolutionary framework for understanding the epidemiology of common modern-day diseases such as obesity, hypertension and diabetes, it also looks at infectious diseases and their effect on the genetic make-up of Afro-Caribbean populations. Also covered are population genetics studies that have been used to understand the microevolutionary pathways for various populations, and demographic characteristics including the relationships between migration, family type and fertility. Ending with a case study of the Afro-Caribbean population of LimÃn, Costa Rica, this book is an essential resource for researchers working in biological anthropology, demography, and epidemiology, and for those interested Trade Review'Human Biology for Afro-Caribbean Populations is a fascinating resource for researchers working in biology anthropology, demography and epidemiology.' Journal of Comparative Human BiologyTable of Contents1. The African slave trade and the Caribbean; 2. Obesity, hypertension and non-insulin-dependent diabetes; 3. Infectious disease epidemiology and Afro-Caribbean populations; 4. Population genetics of Afro-Caribbean groups; 5. Demography of Afro-Caribbean groups; 6. The Afro-Caribbean population in Limón, Costa Rica; References.

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Book SynopsisThis book documents the linguistic properties of lesser-known varieties of English from the Pacific, South America and the South Atlantic to West Africa and the Caribbean, exploring their social histories and showing their relevance for language spread and change.Trade Review'… represents a treasure trove of fascinating materials about the varieties of English, many of which have not been described in detail before … scholars of English in many different fields will find the material exceptionally valuable.' David Deterding, English World-WideTable of Contents1. Introduction Daniel Schreier, Peter Trudgill, Edgar W. Schneider and Jeffrey Williams; Part I. The British Isles: 2. Shetlands and Orkney Gunnel Melchers and Peter Sundkvist; 3. Channel Islands Mari C. Jones; Part II. The Americas and the Caribbean: 4. Canadian maritimes Michael Kiefte; 5. Newfoundland and Labrador Sandra Clarke; 6. Honduras/Bay Islands Ross Graham; 7. White Caribbean Jeffrey P. Williams; 8. Bahamas Jeff Reaser, 9. Dominican Kokoy Michael Aceto; 10. Anglo-Argentinian English Julian Jefferies; Part III. South Atlantic Ocean: 11. Falkland Islands David Britain and Andrea Sudbury; 12. St Helena Daniel Schreier; 13. Tristan da Cunha Daniel Schreier; Part IV. Africa: 14. White Zimbabwean English Susan Fitzmaurice; 15. White Kenyan English Thomas Hoffmann; Part V. Australasia and Pacific: 16. Eurasian English in Singapore Lionel Wee; 17. Peranakans English in Malaysia and Singapore Lisa Lim; 18. Norfolk Island and Pitcairn Peter Mühlhäusler.

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Book SynopsisThis careful analysis of early Buddhist thought opens out a perspective in which no permanent Self is accepted, but a rich analysis of changing and potent mental processes is developed. Explores issues relating to self-development, moral responsibility and the between-lives period, and more.Trade Review'Anyone interested in Buddhism, psychospiritual/yogic processes, and the phenomenology of meditation/ecstasy will unquestionably find this book a treasure trove.' - www.yrec.infoTable of ContentsIntroduction; I: Exploring the Notion of Selflessness; 1: The Question of Self; 2: The Meaning of ‘Not-Self'; 3: Developing a Self Without Boundaries; 4: Personal Continuity and Responsibility; 5: My World and its End; 6: The Life-Principle and the Between-Lives State; II: Sa?s?ric and Nibb?nic Discernment; 7: The Centrality of Discernment; 8: Discernment and Conditioned Arising; 9: Discernment and the Perceptual Process; 10: Bhava?ga and the Brightly Shining Mind; 11: Nibb?na as the Timeless ‘Stopping' of the Entire Personality; 12: Nibb?na as a Transformed State of Discernment; 13: Seeking The Tath?gata; 14: Conclusion

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Book SynopsisPresents new insights on Scotland’s international image at the beginning of the twenty-first centuryTrade ReviewIt’s hard to know whether to laugh or cry at one of the most bizarre stories of modern culture, beautifully told by David Hesse. Is this who Scots have become, or are we simply figuring in someone else’s fantasy life? Hesse tells it with sympathy and irony, and he is always true to what he finds. Perhaps we are all Scots now.'Emeritus Professor David McCrone, University of Edinburgh'It is a volume full of surprises, intriguing facts and sharp insights which will have obvious appeal for scholars of identity, history, anthropology and folk culture. But Warrior dreams also merits a much broader readership because of its accessible prose and stimulating exploration of the enduring global appeal of romantic Scottishness'.Professor Sir Tom Devine, University of Edinburgh...is an extraordinary book which examines the remarkable cult of Scottishness which has mushroomed across northern Euroe from Moscow to Stockholm in recent decades. Hesse skillfully explains why Highland games, pipe bands, military re-enactments and Scots festivals have become so popular on the continent among Europeans who have no Scottish herritage whatever and often have never visited the country of their dreams. A book which deserves a wide readership...‘These primary source materials, among others, are analysed within an impressive grasp of a wider scholarship on memory and heritage and deft comparisons with the “genetic” Scottish diaspora of North America and Australasia.’Interdisciplinary Journalof Scottish Studies, Vol. 39, 2017 -- .Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Scots of Europe1. Context: playing the past2. The Scottish dreamscape: formation3. The Scottish dreamscape: spread4. Marching Scots: pipe bands5. Only the strong: Highland Games6. Our Scottish past: commemorations7. Régiments du passé: re- enactment8. Homecomings: finding neverland9. Who’s like us? Scotland as a site of memoryConclusion: Warrior dreamsAppendix A: TablesAppendix B: Sample questionnaireBibliography Index

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Book Synopsisaeo Pierre Bourdieu is one of the worlda s leading social theorists. aeo His other books have all been enthusiastically received and sold well. aeo This is an excellent introduction to Pierre Bourdieua s work and also includes an up--to--date bibliography.Trade Review'A rare opportunity to experience a great mind in action outside the usual conventions of academic self-presentation.' Paul DiMaggio, Princeton University 'The leading French sociologist of our generation, already well known through his researches and theoretical formulations, he appears here in the first person, in dialogue and in seminar, and in the magnifying glass of Loic Wacquant. One hopes the appeal of this self-presentation does not eclipse Bourdieu's other major works, for An Invitation to Reflexive Sociology promises to be Bourdieu's most widely-read book.' Randall Collins, University of California, Riverside“This is essential reading for anyone considering Bourdieuian-based educational research.”Educational ReviewTable of ContentsPreface. Part I: Towards a Social Praxeology: The Structure and Logic of Bourdieu's Sociology. 1. Beyond the Antinomy of Social Physics and Social Phenomenology. 2. Classification Struggles and the Dialectic of Social and Mental Structures. 3. Methodological Relationalism. 4. The Fuzzy Logic of Practical Sense. 5. Against Theoreticism and Methodologism: Total Social Science. 6. Epistemic Reflexivity. 7. Reason, Ethics and Politics. Part II: The Purpose of Reflexive Sociology (The Chicago Workshop). 1. Sociology as Socioanalysis. 2. The Unique and the Invariant. 3. The Logic of Fields. 4. Interest, Habitus, Rationality. 5. Language, Gender, and Symbolic Violence. 6. For a Realpolitik of Reason. 7. The Personal is Social. Part III: The Practice of Reflexive Sociology (The Paris Workshop). 1. Handing Down a Trade. 2. Thinking Relationally. 3. A Radical Doubt. 4. 'Double Bind' and Conversion. 5. Participant Objectivation. Appendices. References and Bibliography. Name Index. Subject Index

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Book SynopsisIntellectual property laws have become intricately entwined with discussions about globalization. This volume deals with the politics, economics and effects of global intellectual propertization. It provides essays covering key issues including the international relations of global intellectual propertization, the TRIPS Agreement and the tying of intellectual property issues to international trade negotiations, contentions that global intellectual propertization is a form of post-colonial neo-imperialism, globalization''s effects on intellectual property law''s classic doctrines and rationales and the cultural effects of global intellectual propertization.Table of ContentsContents: Series preface; Introduction; Part I The Politics and Economics of Global Intellectual Propertization: The international relations of intellectual property, W.R. Cornish; Why IPRs are a global political issue, Christopher May; The economics of intellectual property rights and the GATT: a view from the South, Carlos Alberto Primo Braga. Part II Trade-Linked Intellectual Property Negotiations: Lateralisms and TRIPs: Battle of lateralisms: intellectual property and trade, Robert P. Merges; Industry strategies for intellectual property and trade: the quest for TRIPS, and post-TRIPS strategies, Susan K. Sell; BITs and BIPs: bilateralism in intellectual property, Peter Drahos. Part III Neo-Imperialism? Global Intellectual Propertization in a Post-Colonial Age: The global intellectual property system and sub-Saharan Africa: a prognostic reflection, Adebambo Adewopo; North-South disputes over the protection of intellectual property, R. Stephen Richardson and James D. Gaisford; TRIPS - natural rights and 'a polite form of economic imperialism', A. Samuel Oddi; Neocolonialism, anticommons property, and biopiracy in the (not-so-brave) new world order, Keith Aoki. Part IV Globalization's Effects on Intellectual Property Law's Classic Doctrines and Rationales: The integration of international and domestic intellectual property lawmaking, Graeme B. Dinwoodie; A long strange TRIPS: the pharmaceutical industry drive to harmonize global intellectual property rules, and the remaining WTO legal alternatives available to third world countries, Robert Weissman; Harmonization and the goals of copyright: property rights or cultural progress?, Kenneth D. Crews; The globalization of private knowledge goods and the privatization of global public goods, Keith E. Maskus and Jerome H. Reichman. Part V Beyond Law: Cultural Effects of Global Intellectual Propertization: The impact of foreign investment on indigenous culture: an intellectual property perspective, Doris Estelle Long; Ha

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Book SynopsisIndian ethics is one of the great traditions of moral thought in world philosophy whose insights have influenced thinkers in early Greece, Europe, Asia, and the New World. This is the first such systematic study of the spectrum of moral reflections from India, engaging a critical cross-cultural perspective and attending to modern secular sensibilities. The volume explores the scope and limits of Indian ethical thinking, reflecting on the interpretation and application of its teachings and practices in the comparative and contemporary contexts. The chapters chart orthodox and heterodox debates, from early classical Hindu texts to Buddhist, Jaina, Yoga, and Gandhian ethics. The range of issues includes: life-values and virtues, karma and dharma, evil and suffering, renunciation and enlightenment; and extends to questions of human rights and justice, ecology and animal ethics, nonviolence and democracy. Ramifications for rethinking ethics in a postmodern and global era are also explored. Indian Ethics offers an invaluable resource for students of philosophy, religion, human sciences and cultural studies, and to those interested in South Asian responses to moral dilemmas in the postcolonial era.Trade Review'This is a remarkable achievement both in scope and organization and in the outstanding quality of some essays.The editors have earned the gratitude of all Western students of Hindu and Buddhist thought and of comparative ethics. New possibilities of dialogue have been opened up.' --Alasdair MacIntyre, University of Notre Dame, USA 'This collection of essays relating to classical, contemporary and applied moral thinking in and from India makes a significant contribution in an area that is due for just this kind of re-envisioning of possibilities. Bilimoria's essay constitutes an excellent beginning point to initiate the trajectory of studies through the various aspects the essayists plan to cover. Good comparative materials are lacking in Ethics, and this book fills a gap.' --William J. Jackson, Indiana University, Indianapolis, USA 'This is a much needed volume that will have a substantial impact on the ways that scholars of both Indian philosophy/culture and western philosophy conceive of Indian ethics. The sophistication and breadth of the various chapters included will make the volume useful to a wide variety of scholars and non-scholars alike.' --Deepak Sarma, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, USA '...insightful and noteworthy...this collection opens up the way for further inquiries into comparative studies between Indian and Western ethics...Students and scholars of comparative studies will find this book interesting and beneficial. Recommended.’ --CHOICETable of ContentsContents: Preface; General introduction: Thinking ethics, the West and India. Introduction to Part A Early Indian Ethics - Vedas to the Gita; dharma, rites to 'Right': Dharma, imperatives, and tradition: toward an Indian theory of moral action, J.N. Mohanty; Dharma and rationality, Bimal Krishna Matilal; The myth of the ethics of Purusartha or humanity's life-goals, Daya Krishna; The fires of strangers: a Levinasian approach to Vedic ethics, Laurie L. Patton; Samkhya-Yoga ethics, Roy W. Perrett; Ethics of liberation in Patanjali's yoga, Ian Whicher; Karma's suffering: a Mimamsa solution to the problem of evil, Purushottama Bilimoria; Dana as a moral category, Maria Heim. Introduction to Part B: Buddhist and Jain Approaches to Ethical Decision Making: Purgation and virtue in Jainism: toward an ecological ethic, Christopher Key Chapple; Buddhist ethical theory, Padmasiri de Silva; Are there 'human rights' in Buddhism?, Damien Keown; Buddhism and democracy, Jay L. Garfield; Buddhist reductionism and the structure of Buddhist ethics, Mark Siderits; Animal ethics and ecology in classical India - reflections on a moral tradition, M.K. Sridhar and Purushottama Bilimoria. Introduction to Part C: Reflections on Moral Ideals and Modernity; Ghandi and Nonviolence: Hindu theory of tolerance, Bhikhu Parekh; Action oriented morality in Hinduism, Christopher Key Chapple; The ethical irrationality of the world: Weber and Hindu ethics, Pratap Bhanu Mehta; Social injustice, retribution and revenge: a normative analysis of the contemporary social scene, Rajendra Prasad; Gandhi, empire and a culture of peace, Joseph Prabhu; Ethical skepticism in the philosophy of Sri Aurobindo, Stephen Philips. Index.

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