wyszukanych pozycji: 4
Spirits of the Air: Birds & American Indians in the South
ISBN: 9780820328157 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Before the massive environmental change wrought by the European colonization of the South, hundreds of species of birds filled the region's flyways in immeasurable numbers. Before disease, war, and displacement altered the South's earliest human landscape, Native Americans hunted and ate birds and made tools and weapons from their beaks, bones, and talons. More significant to Shepard Krech III, Indians adorned themselves with feathers, invoked avian powers in ceremonies and dances, and incorporated bird imagery on pottery, carvings, and jewelry. Krech, a renowned authority on Native... Before the massive environmental change wrought by the European colonization of the South, hundreds of species of birds filled the region's flyways... |
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226,92 zł |
Indians, Animals, and the Fur Trade: A Critique of Keepers of the Game
ISBN: 9780820331508 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Exploring the motivations of Indians involved in the fur trade, the contributors to this volume challenge the spiritualist interpretation set forth by Calvin Martin in "Keepers of the Game," which dismisses the lure of European goods--the power and leisure that firearms and other tools afforded the Indians--and instead attributes the Indians' willingness to overkill wildlife to the epidemics that decimated their ranks, that not only shattered their religious bonds with game but also unleashed a furious revenge against the animals.
Exploring the motivations of Indians involved in the fur trade, the contributors to this volume challenge the spiritualist interpretation set forth by...
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142,82 zł |
Indigenous Knowledge and the Environment in Africa and North America
ISBN: 9780821419960 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Indigenous knowledge has become a catchphrase in global struggles for environmental justice. Yet indigenous knowledges are often viewed, incorrectly, as pure and primordial cultural artifacts. This collection draws from African and North American cases to argue that the forms of knowledge identified as "indigenous" resulted from strategies to control environmental resources during and after colonial encounters. Indigenous knowledge has become a catchphrase in global struggles for environmental justice. Yet indigenous knowledges are often viewed, incorrectl... |
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346,29 zł |
Indigenous Knowledge and the Environment in Africa and North America
ISBN: 9780821420799 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Indigenous knowledge has become a catchphrase in global struggles for environmental justice. Yet indigenous knowledges are often viewed, incorrectly, as pure and primordial cultural artifacts. This collection draws from African and North American cases to argue that the forms of knowledge identified as "indigenous" resulted from strategies to control environmental resources during and after colonial encounters. Indigenous knowledge has become a catchphrase in global struggles for environmental justice. Yet indigenous knowledges are often viewed, incorrectl... |
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152,10 zł |