Early Civilizations of the Old World, Maisels, Charles Keith

Автор: Jennings, Justin
Название: Killing civilization
ISBN: 0826362737 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780826362735
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Описание: The concept of civilization has long been the basis for theories about how societies evolve. This provocative book challenges that concept. The author argues that a ""civilization bias"" shapes academic explanations of urbanization, colonization, state formation, and cultural horizons. Earlier theorists have criticized the concept, but according to Jennings the critics remain beholden to it as a way of making sense of a dizzying landscape of cultural variation. Relying on the idea of civilization, he suggests, holds back understanding of the development of complex societies.

Killing Civilization uses case studies from across the modern and ancient world to develop a new model of incipient urbanism and its consequences, using excavation and survey data from ?atalh?y?k, Cahokia, Harappa, Jenne-jeno, Tiahuanaco, and Monte Alb?n to create a more accurate picture of the turbulent social, political, and economic conditions in and around the earliest cities. The book will influence not just anthropology but all of the social sciences.

Автор: Skaff, Jonathan Karam (professor Of History And Director Of International Studies, Shippensburg University)
Название: Sui-tang china and its turko-mongol neighbors
ISBN: 0190886978 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780190886974
Издательство: Oxford Academ
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Описание: A comparative history that reconsiders China`s relations with the rest of Eurasia, Sui-Tang China and Its Turko-Mongol Neighbors challenges the notion that inhabitants of medieval China and Mongolia were irreconcilably different from each other.

Автор: E. Hasinoff
Название: Faith in Objects
ISBN: 134929733X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781349297337
Издательство: Springer
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Описание: Hasinoff brings the untold history of the World in Boston of 1911, `America`s First Great Missionary Exposition,` to light, focusing on how the material culture of missions shaped domestic interactions with evangelism, Christianity, and the consumption of ethnological knowledge.

Автор: Chapman, Graham P.
Название: The Geopolitics of South Asia
ISBN: 0754673014 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780754673019
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Автор: Redden, Andrew
Название: Diabolism in Colonial Peru, 1560–1750
ISBN: 1851968954 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781851968954
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Автор: Hastrup, Kirsten
Название: Early Ethnography in the American Arctic
ISBN: 1032416327 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781032416328
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Автор: Davis Christopher S.
Название: The Rise of Ancient Civilizations: Selected Readings
ISBN: 1516515056 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781516515059
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Описание: The anthology The Rise of Ancient Civilizations: Selected Readings features readings that emphasize how cultural interaction among ancient societies was the dominant factor that led to a rise in societal complexity and technological accomplishments, commonly referred to as “civilization.” The collection begins with an introduction to anthropology, the study of culture, subfields of anthropology, and why the study of the rise of civilizations is important within the discipline. The readings that follow include both material evidence and historical narrative to provide students with greater awareness of how cultural interactions were received or ignored by certain societies, and the consequences of that acceptance or disregard. The readings explore various ancient civilizations, including the Minoans, Chinese, Maya, Incas, Harrapans, and Egyptians, written by renowned and revered anthropologists in the field. The Rise of Civilization is an excellent supplementary resource for courses in world prehistory, anthropology, archaeology, and cultural geography.

Автор: Coudreau
Название: La France ?quinoxiale
ISBN: 1108006833 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108006835
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: In this magisterial work, the great explorer Henri Coudreau describes French Guyana, its people, flora and fauna, drawing particular attention to the natural resources of the region. Volume 2 is an account of Coudreau`s travels in the 1880s, mapping and describing remote areas on behalf of the colonial administration.

Автор: Coudreau
Название: La France ?quinoxiale
ISBN: 1108006825 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108006828
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: Resulting from the great explorer Henri Coudreau`s travels in French Guyana during the 1880s, this first of two volumes is an informative survey of the region, enlivened by personal experience and opinion. It provided the French government with an up to date account of the state of the colony.

Автор: Yakoch Douglas A
Название: Civilizations Beyond Earth
ISBN: 1782383158 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781782383154
Издательство: Berghahn
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Astronomers around the world are pointing their telescopes toward the heavens, searching for signs of intelligent life. If they make contact with an advanced alien civilization, how will humankind respond? In thinking about first contact, the contributors to this volume present new empirical and theoretical research on the societal dimensions of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI). Archaeologists and astronomers explore the likelihood that extraterrestrial intelligence exists, using scientific insights to estimate such elusive factors as the longevity of technological societies. Sociologists present the latest findings of novel surveys, tapping into the public’s attitudes about life beyond Earth to show how religion and education influence beliefs about extraterrestrials. Scholars from such diverse disciplines as mathematics, chemistry, journalism, and religious studies offer innovative solutions for bridging the cultural gap between human and extraterrestrial civilizations, while recognizing the tremendous challenges of communicating at interstellar distances. At a time when new planets are being discovered around other stars at an unprecedented rate, this collection provides a much needed guide to the human impact of discovering we are not alone in the universe.

Автор: Albert A. Harrison, Douglas A. Vakoch
Название: Civilizations Beyond Earth: Extraterrestrial Life and Society
ISBN: 0857452118 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780857452115
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Astronomers around the world are pointing their telescopes toward the heavens, searching for signs of intelligent life. If they make contact with an advanced alien civilization, how will humankind respond? In thinking about first contact, the contributors to this volume present new empirical and theoretical research on the societal dimensions of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI). Archaeologists and astronomers explore the likelihood that extraterrestrial intelligence exists, using scientific insights to estimate such elusive factors as the longevity of technological societies. Sociologists present the latest findings of novel surveys, tapping into the public’s attitudes about life beyond Earth to show how religion and education influence beliefs about extraterrestrials. Scholars from such diverse disciplines as mathematics, chemistry, journalism, and religious studies offer innovative solutions for bridging the cultural gap between human and extraterrestrial civilizations, while recognizing the tremendous challenges of communicating at interstellar distances. At a time when new planets are being discovered around other stars at an unprecedented rate, this collection provides a much needed guide to the human impact of discovering we are not alone in the universe.

Автор: Adams, Richard Ew
Название: Ancient Civilizations Of The New World
ISBN: 0367314517 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780367314514
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Описание: This book looks at the origins and development of ancient New World civilizations. It examines the development of the Olmec, Maya, Aztec, and Inca peoples, among others, from simple agricultural societies to urban civilizations with complex transportation networks.