ilość książek w kategorii: 43822
Climate Change and Cultural Dynamics: A Global Perspective on Mid-Holocene Transitions
ISBN: 9780120883905 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 575 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The Middle Holocene epoch (8,000 to 3,000 years ago) was a time of dramatic changes in the physical world and in human cultures. Across this span, climatic conditions changed rapidly, with cooling in the high to mid-latitudes and drying in the tropics. In many parts of the world, human groups became more complex, with early horticultural systems replaced by intensive agriculture and small-scale societies being replaced by larger, more hierarchial organizations. Climate Change and Cultural Dynamics explores the cause and effect relationship between climatic change and cultural...
The Middle Holocene epoch (8,000 to 3,000 years ago) was a time of dramatic changes in the physical world and in human cultures. Across this span, cli...
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697,71 zł |
Ethnographic Research: A Guide to General Conduct
ISBN: 9780122371813 / Angielski / Miękka / 1987 / 403 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Ethnographic Research: A Guide to General Conduct is the first in the ASA Research Methods series. This volume is about ethnographic research, the production of data, and the practical aspects of research practice. It is general and introductory in scope. Designed as a handbook, it is suitable for rapid reference. It provides basic outlines on general practical matters of concern to all those engaged in ethnographic research, introduces the series as a whole, and serves as a guide to existing literature on issues not specifically covered by the more specialized volumes which follow.
Ethnographic Research: A Guide to General Conduct is the first in the ASA Research Methods series. This volume is about ethnographic research, the pro...
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986,27 zł |
Media and the American Child
ISBN: 9780123725424 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Media and the American Child summarizes the research on all forms of media on children, looking at how much time they spend with media everyday, television programming and its impact on children, how advertising has changed to appeal directly to children and the effects on children and the consumer behavior of parents, the relationship between media use and scholastic achievement, the influence of violence in media on anti-social behavior, and the role of media in influencing attitudes on body image, sex and work roles, fashion, & lifestyle. The average American child, aged... Media and the American Child summarizes the research on all forms of media on children, looking at how much time they spend with media every... |
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511,04 zł |
Debating Humankind's Place in Nature, 1860-2000: The Nature of Paleoanthropology
ISBN: 9780131773905 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 462 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This text, the only one of its kind on the market, surveys the development of the field of human evolution from its inception through today. It provides students with a broad contrast enabling them to fully understand the value and role of current paleoanthropological research. Features:
This text, the only one of its kind on the market, surveys the development of the field of human evolution from its inception through today. It pro... |
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421,37 zł |
Native American Religious Traditions: Religious Traditions
ISBN: 9780131834835 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Focusing on three diverse indigenous traditions, Native American Religious Traditions highlights the distinct oral traditions and ceremonial practices; the impact of colonialism on religious life; and the ways in which indigenous communities of North America have responded, and continue to respond, to colonialism and Euroamerican cultural hegemony. Focusing on three diverse indigenous traditions, Native American Religious Traditions highlights the distinct oral traditions and cer... |
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182,73 zł |
Supernatural as Natural: A Biocultural Approach to Religion
ISBN: 9780131893030 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This book provides a general introduction to the biological and evolutionary bases of religion and is suitable for introductory level courses in the anthropology and psychology of religion and comparative religion. Why did human ancestors everywhere adopt religious beliefs and customs? The presence and persistence of many religious features across the globe and time suggests that it is natural for humans to believe in the supernatural. In this new text, the authors explore both the biological and cultural dimensions of religion and the evolutionary origins of religious features.
This book provides a general introduction to the biological and evolutionary bases of religion and is suitable for introductory level courses in th... |
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533,12 zł |
The Spectral Tarsier
ISBN: 9780131893320 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Part of the Primate Field Studies series. The Spectral Tarier shares the results of long-term field study by Sharon L. Gursky with a broad audience.
Part of the Primate Field Studies series. The Spectral Tarier shares the results of long-term field study by Sharon L. Gursky with a broad au...
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187,81 zł |
Human Variation: Races, Types, and Ethnic Groups
ISBN: 9780131927650 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Basic text for the sophomore/junior level course in Human Variation or Human Diversity taught anthropology or biology departments.
This classic introduction to human variation, has been thoroughly updated to include the issues and controversies facing the contemporary study of diversity. Basic text for the sophomore/junior level course in Human Variation or Human Diversity taught anthropology or biology departments.
This classic int... |
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685,43 zł |
The Way of the Storyteller: A Great Storyteller Shares Her Rich Experience and Joy in Her Art and Tells Eleven of Her Best-Loved Stories
ISBN: 9780140044362 / Angielski / Miękka / 1977 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. As interest in the art of storytelling continues to grow, many books have appeared on the subject but none have matched the scope and charm of The Way of the Storyteller. First published in 1942, this classic work is unique in its blend of literary history, criticism, analysis, personal anecdote, and how-to instructions. Sawyer examines storytelling as a folk art and a still-living art, tracing its evolution from the earliest narrative impulses that developed as stories were written down. With simple suggestions, she instructs the reader in the art of storytelling and freeing the...
As interest in the art of storytelling continues to grow, many books have appeared on the subject but none have matched the scope and charm of The ...
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103,07 zł |
The Book of the Hopi
ISBN: 9780140045277 / Angielski / Miękka / 1977 / 345 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. A revelation of the Hopi's historical and religious world view of life. Frank Waters combines Hopi art, history, tradition, myth, folklore and ceremonialism with dignity and authority.
A revelation of the Hopi's historical and religious world view of life. Frank Waters combines Hopi art, history, tradition, myth, folklore and ceremon...
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85,89 zł |
My Soul Is Rested: Movement Days in the Deep South Remembered
ISBN: 9780140067538 / Angielski / Miękka / 1983 / 496 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The almost unfathomable courage and the undying faith that propelled the Civil Rights Movement are brilliantly captured in these moving personal recollections. Here are the voices of leaders and followers, of ordinary people who became extraordinary in the face of turmoil and violence. From the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1956 to the death of Martin Luther King, Jr., in 1968, these are the peeople who fought the epic battle: Rosa Parks, Andrew Young, Ralph Abernathy, Hosea Williams, Fannie Lou Hamer, and others, both black and white, who participated in sit-ins, Freedom Rides, voter drives, and...
The almost unfathomable courage and the undying faith that propelled the Civil Rights Movement are brilliantly captured in these moving personal recol...
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77,30 zł |
In the Spirit of Crazy Horse: The Story of Leonard Peltier and the Fbi's War on the American Indian Movement
ISBN: 9780140144567 / Angielski / Miękka / 1992 / 688 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. An "indescribably touching, extraordinarily intelligent" (Los Angeles Times Book Review) chronicle of a fatal gun-battle between FBI agents and American Indian Movement activists by renowned writer Peter Matthiessen (1927-2014), author of the National Book Award-winning The Snow Leopard and the new novel In Paradise On a hot June morning in 1975, a desperate shoot-out between FBI agents and Native Americans near Wounded Knee, South Dakota, left an Indian and two federal agents dead. Four members of the American Indian Movement were indicted on murder...
An "indescribably touching, extraordinarily intelligent" (Los Angeles Times Book Review) chronicle of a fatal gun-battle between FBI agents ...
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98,77 zł |
Origins: The Emergence and Evolution of Our Species and Its Possible Future
ISBN: 9780140153361 / Angielski / Miękka / 1991 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Where did we come from? Where are we going?
Richard Leakey and Roger Lewin continue the pioneering field work of Louis and Mary Leakey by fitting together the pieces of our past to discover new answers to these age-old questions. The authors explore our long-buried past--from the feral roots of humanity, through the eons of time, to society today, replete with its wonders and anomalies--searcing for valuable insights into the future of modern society. In this vast survey of human origins and evolution, Leakey and Lewin present intriguing scientific information in such a way that... Where did we come from? Where are we going?
Richard Leakey and Roger Lewin continue the pioneering field work of Louis and Mary Leakey by fit... |
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103,07 zł |
Singing the Master: The Emergence of African-American Culture in the Plantationsouth
ISBN: 9780140179194 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Impressive A scrupulously researched work enlarging our understanding of an integral aspect of slave culture. The Washington Post Book World
What was it like to be a slave on a plantation of the antebellum South? How did the fiction of the happy slave and myth of the plantation family evolve? How did slaves create a performance style that unified them, while simultaneously entertaining and mocking the master? The answers to these questions may be found in the groundbreaking study of the corn-shucking ceremonies of the prewar South, where white masters played host to local... Impressive A scrupulously researched work enlarging our understanding of an integral aspect of slave culture. The Washington Post Book World |
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115,95 zł |
The Golden Bough
ISBN: 9780140189315 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 944 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The landmark study of world myth and culture
Draws on myths, rituals, totems and taboos of ancient European and primitive cultures throughout the world. The third edition of this monumental study of folklore, magic, and religion was abridged by the authour into this single volume in 1922. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series... The landmark study of world myth and culture
Draws on myths, rituals, totems and taboos of ancient European and primitive cultures througho... |
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The Pleasantries of the Incredible Mulla Nasrudin
ISBN: 9780140193572 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The appeal of Nasrudin is as universal and timeless as the truths he illustrates. This delightful collection of teaching stories in which Mulla Nasrudin is the main actor is both an outstanding anthology of humor and a book of Sufi wisdom. Here are stories by the Sufi masters Rumi, Jami, and Attar, plus others collected by Idries Shah from the Persian, Afghan, Turkish, and Arabic cultures.
The appeal of Nasrudin is as universal and timeless as the truths he illustrates. This delightful collection of teaching stories in which Mulla Nasrud...
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103,07 zł |
Creative Mythology: The Masks of God, Volume IV
ISBN: 9780140194401 / Angielski / Miękka / 1991 / 752 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This volume explores the whole inner story of modern culture since the Dark Ages, treating modern man's unique position as the creator of his own mythology.
This volume explores the whole inner story of modern culture since the Dark Ages, treating modern man's unique position as the creator of his own myth...
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128,84 zł |
Myths to Live by
ISBN: 9780140194616 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. "There is no one quite like Joseph Campbell. He knows the vast sweep of man's panoramic past as few men have evern known it." -The Village Voice
What is a properly functioning mythology and what are its functions? Can we use myths to help relieve our modern anxiety, or do they help foster it? In Myths to Live by, Joseph Campbell explores the enduring power of the universal myths that influence our lives daily and examines the myth-making process from the primitive past to the immediate present, retuning always to the source from which all mythology springs: the... "There is no one quite like Joseph Campbell. He knows the vast sweep of man's panoramic past as few men have evern known it." -The Village Voice...
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85,89 zł |
The Hopi Survival Kit: The Prophecies, Instructions and Warnings Revealed by the Last Elders
ISBN: 9780140195453 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Now made public for the first time--an ancient Hopi spiritual guide that may hold the key to our survival in the next millennium
For nearly a century the Elders of Hotevilla--a tiny village on a remote Hopi reservation in Arizona--have been guarding the secrets and prophecies of a thousand-year-old covenant that was created to ensure the well-being of the earth and its creatures. But the elders are dying, and there is no one left to pass on its remarkable teachings. Renowned Native American expert Thomas Mails was chosen by the last surviving elders to reveal to the outside world... Now made public for the first time--an ancient Hopi spiritual guide that may hold the key to our survival in the next millennium
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73,01 zł |
The Alphabet Versus the Goddess: The Conflict Between Word and Image
ISBN: 9780140196016 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 496 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This groundbreaking book proposes that the rise of alphabetic literacy reconfigured the human brain and brought about profound changes in history, religion, and gender relations. Making remarkable connections across brain function, myth, and anthropology, Dr. Shlain shows why pre-literate cultures were principally informed by holistic, right-brain modes that venerated the Goddess, images, and feminine values. Writing drove cultures toward linear left-brain thinking and this shift upset the balance between men and women, initiating the decline of the feminine and ushering in patriarchal...
This groundbreaking book proposes that the rise of alphabetic literacy reconfigured the human brain and brought about profound changes in history, rel...
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98,77 zł |