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Almost Like a Whale: The Origin of Speciesby Steve JonesISBN 1862300259 (1-86230-025-9)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Almost Like a Whale: The Origin of Species'Book summary:Steve Jones describes Darwin's The Origin of Species as "the only bestseller to change man's conception of himself ... without doubt, the book of the millennium." That book's sensational central proposition, that speciation arose from descent with modification through the mechanism of natural selection, constituted a kind of Grand Unifying Theory of the biological sciences, allowing what had been until Darwin's time an essentially anecdotal practice to cohere into a modern discipline. In the century and a half since its publication, Darwin's big idea has been attacked many times, on many grounds, but has never convincingly been refuted. Yet, as Jones points out, hardly anybody reads The Origin of Species now for its science. It is celebrated as a landmark in the history of ideas, as a contribution to the philosophy of science and as a masterly work of high Victorian prose. The idea of evolution has pervaded almost every aspect of human thought. But it has almost been forgotten that it is primarily a work of science. Almost like a Whale is an attempt to redress the balance. Jones, himself a geneticist, assumes the mantle of Darwin and rewrites his masterpiece for the modern reader, borrowing the structure and thesis but writing with the benefit of 150 years' hindsight. Throughout the 20th century new sciences have emerged that have in all cases buttressed the central claims of evolution, chief among them embryology and Jones' own discipline of genetics. Almost Like a Whale draws widely on them for its arguments and many illuminating stories and case- studies.
It is a bold and ambitious project, carried off with considerable style and wit. Any suspicion of lightness is misplaced, though, as the seriousness and profundity of the underlying arguments are signalled early in the book: Jones destroys one of the main creationist objections to the theory of evolution--that no-one has ever seen it happen--with a devastating account of the well-documented 50-year evolution of the AIDS virus into its present varieties. The title is not a near-miss reference to Hamlet: it is Darwin himself, speculating on whether a bear seen swimming and catching food with its mouth as it swam, might represent the first, behavioural step on an evolutionary journey towards a new creature" almost like a whale." This is a powerfully entertaining book, engrossing in its science, erudite and cogent. --Robin Davidson [via]
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Alpha: The Myths of Creationby Charles B. LongISBN 0891306048 (0-89130-604-8)
Softcover, Amer Academy of Religion
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Anthropology and Contemporary Human Problemsby John H. BodleyISBN 1559345225 (1-55934-522-5)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill College
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Anthropology Explored: The Best of Smithsonian Antronotesby Marilyn R. London, Ruth Osterweis SeligISBN 1560987901 (1-56098-790-1)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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The Anthropology of Religion: An Introductionby Fiona BowieISBN 140512105X (1-4051-2105-X)
Softcover, Blackwell Publishing Limited
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- Introduces readers to the central theoretical ideas in the anthropology of religion and illustrates them with specific case studies.
- Features self-contained chapters, each with its own comprehensive bibliography, so that they can be approached in any order.
- Contains an additional chapter on mythology and a number of new illustrations.
- Incorporates coverage of the following topics in the existing structure: pilgrimage, spirit possession and cargo cults.
- Includes a list of ethnographic films and videos that can be used to illustrate and extend discussion of particular issues.
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- Introduces readers to the central theoretical ideas in the anthropology of religion and illustrates them with specific case studies.
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The Arab Mindby Ralph PataiISBN 1578261171 (1-57826-117-1)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Arab Mind'Book summary:The classic study of Arab culture and society is now more relevant than ever. Since its original publication in 1983, the revised edition of Raphael Patai's The Arab Mind has been recognized as one of the seminal works in the field of Middle Eastern studies. This penetrating analysis unlocks the mysteries of Arab society to help us better understand a complex, proud and ancient culture. The Arab Mind discusses the upbringing of a typical Arab boy or girl, the intense concern with honor and courage, the Arabs' tendency toward extremes of behavior, and their ambivalent attitudes toward the West. Chapters are devoted to the influence of Islam, sexual mores, Arab language and Arab art, Bedouin values, Arab nationalism, and the pervasive influence of Westernization. With a new foreword by Norvell B. DeAtkine, Director of Middle East Studies at the JFK Special Warfare Center and School, Fort Bragg, N.C., this book unravels the complexities of Arab traditions and provides authentic revelations of Arab mind and character. A later printing. from 2007, contains a revised foreword by Norvell DeAtkine but is otherwise identical to this, 2002, edition. [via]
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The Archeology of Violenceby Pierre ClastresISBN 0936756950 (0-936756-95-0)
Softcover, Mit Pr
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The Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Artby Linda Schele, Justin Kerr, Mary Ellen Miller, Kimbell Art Museum, Jay I. Kislak Reference Collection (Library of Congress)ISBN 091280422X (0-912804-22-X)
Softcover, G. Braziller
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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American Westby Dee Alexander BrownISBN 0899669751 (0-89966-975-1)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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Castaneda's Journey: The Power and the Allegoryby Richard De MilleISBN 0884960676 (0-88496-067-6)
Hardcover, Capra Press
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Charles Darwin's Voyage of the Beagle Round the Worldby Charles DarwinISBN 1579124925 (1-57912-492-5)
Hardcover, Book Sales
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The Civilizing Processby Norbert EliasISBN 0916354326 (0-916354-32-6)
Hardcover, Urizen Books
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The Crowdby Gustave Le BonISBN 141915821X (1-4191-5821-X)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mindby Gustave Le BonISBN 1596059931 (1-59605-993-1)
Softcover, Cosimo Inc
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Dead Men's Heartsby Aaron ElkinsISBN 0892964669 (0-89296-466-9)
Hardcover, Grand Central Pub
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The Dictionary of Anthropologyby Thomas BarfieldISBN 1577180577 (1-57718-057-7)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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Dioses Tumbas Y Sabiosby C.W. CeramISBN 8423308677 (84-233-0867-7)
Hardcover, Planeta Pub Corp
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Discovering Our Past: A Brief Introduction to Archaeologyby Robert J. Sharer, Wendy AshmoreISBN 1559345217 (1-55934-521-7)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill College
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Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haitiby Maya DerenISBN 0914232630 (0-914232-63-0)
Softcover, McPherson & Co
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Drumming at the Edge of Magic: A Journey into the Spirit of Percussionby Mickey HartISBN 1888358181 (1-888358-18-1)
Softcover, Grateful Dead Productions
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Ethnic Groups and Boundriesby Frederik BarthISBN 0881339792 (0-88133-979-2)
Softcover, Waveland Pr Inc
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Fat: The Anthropology Of An Obsessionby Don Kulick, Anne MeneleyISBN 1585423866 (1-58542-386-6)
Softcover, J P Tarcher
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fat: The Anthropology Of An Obsession'Book summary:[via]An eclectic and highly original examination of one of the most dynamic concepts-and constructs-in the world.
With more than one billion overweight adults in the world today, obesity has become an epidemic. But fat is not as straightforward-or even as uni-versally damned-as one might think. Enlisting thirteen anthropologists and a fat activist, editors and anthropologists Don Kulick and Anne Meneley have produced an unconventional-and unprecedented-examination of fat in various cultural and social contexts. In this anthology, these writers argue that fat is neither a mere physical state nor an inert concept. Instead, it is a construct built by culture and judged in courts of public opinion, courts whose laws vary from society to society.
From the anthropology of "fat-talk" among teenage girls in Sweden to the veneration of Spam in Hawaii; from fear of the fat-sucking pishtaco vampire in the Andes to the underground allure of fat porn stars like Supersize Betsy-this anthology provides fresh perspectives on a subject more complex than love handles, and less easily understood than a number on a scale. Fat proves that fat can be beautiful, evil, pornographic, delicious, shameful, ugly, or magical. It all depends on who-and where-you are.
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Fatu-Hiva: Back to Natureby Thor HeyerdahlISBN 089966928X (0-89966-928-X)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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Flesh of the Gods: The Ritual Use of Hallucinogensby Peter T. FurstISBN 0881334774 (0-88133-477-4)
Softcover, Waveland Pr Inc
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The Flight of the Wild Gander: Explorations in the Mythological Dimensionby Joseph CampbellISBN 0895269147 (0-89526-914-7)
Softcover, Gateway Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Flight of the Wild Gander: Explorations in the Mythological Dimension'Book summary:In these essays, Joseph Campbell explores the origins of myth and their role in everyday life from Grimm fairy tales to Native American legends. He explains how the symbolic content of myth is linked to universal human experience and how myths and experiences change over time. Included is his acclaimed essay Mythogenesis, which examines the rise and fall of a Native American legend. Campbell has become one of the rarest of intellectuals ... a serious thinker who has been embraced by the popular culture. Newsweek[via]More editions of The Flight of the Wild Gander: Explorations in the Mythological Dimension:
The Flight of the Wild Gander: Explorations in the Mythological Dimension Selected Essays 1944-1968by Joseph CampbellISBN 1577312104 (1-57731-210-4)
Hardcover, New World Library
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Forbidden Archeology: The Hidden History of the Human Raceby Michael A. CremoISBN 0963530984 (0-9635309-8-4)
Hardcover, Govardhan Hill Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Forbidden Archeology: The Hidden History of the Human Race'Book summary:Over the centuries, researchers have found bones and artifacts proving that humans like us have existed for millions of years. Mainstream science, however, has suppressed these facts. Prejudices based on current scientific theory act as a "knowledge filter," giving us a picture of prehistory that is largely incorrect. [via]
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Forbidden Archeology: The Hidden History of the Human Raceby Richard L. Thompson, Michael A. CremoISBN 0892132949 (0-89213-294-9)
Hardcover, Torchlight Pub
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Gaviotas: A Village to Reinvent the Worldby Alan WeismanISBN 1890132284 (1-890132-28-4)
Softcover, Chelsea Green Pub Co
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the Ghost Dance: Ethnohistory And Revitalizationby Alice Beck KehoeISBN 1577664531 (1-57766-453-1)
Softcover, Waveland Pr Inc
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Ghost Dance: The Origins of Religionby Weston LA BarreISBN 0881335614 (0-88133-561-4)
Softcover, Waveland Pr Inc
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Headhunting in the Solomon Islands: Around the Coral Seaby Caroline MytingerISBN 1589760425 (1-58976-042-5)
Softcover, Narrative Pr
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A History of Anthropoligical Theoryby Paul A. Erickson, Liam Donat MurphyISBN 1551115263 (1-55111-526-3)
Softcover, Broadview Pr
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Human Devolution: A Vedic Alternative to Darwin's Theoryby Michael A. CremoISBN 0892133341 (0-89213-334-1)
Hardcover, Torchlight Pub
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Human Origins: The Fossil Recordby Clark Spencer LarsenISBN 1577660021 (1-57766-002-1)
Softcover, Waveland Pr Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Human Origins: The Fossil Record'Book summary:An up-to-date pictorial review of the major fossil finds in the world! This updated, introductory guidebook to the fossil record of prehuman and human evolution presents detailed drawings of complete or nearly complete specimens representative of particular grades of evolution. Each drawing (usually shown at 75 percent of original size) is accompanied by appropriate information, including geographical location, approximate age, and general description. Descriptions include information on the context of the discovery and summary anatomical details. The detailed drawings in this highly regarded volume make it an excellent sourcebook for use in departments with limited fossil cast collections. [via]
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Icy Clutchesby Aaron ElkinsISBN 0892963778 (0-89296-377-8)
Hardcover, Grand Central Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Icy Clutches'Book summary:Trying to determine if some bone fragments found by Alaska's Glacer Bay belong to three avalanche victims from thirty years ago, detective Gideon Oliver encounters a killer who is determined to keep the past buried. Reissue. [via]
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In the Age of Mankind: A Smithsonian Book of Human Evolutionby Roger LewinISBN 0895990253 (0-89599-025-3)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Language. an Introduction to the Study of Speechby Edward SapirISBN 1406820571 (1-4068-2057-1)
Softcover, Echo Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Language. an Introduction to the Study of Speech'Book summary:(LARGE PRINT EDITION) 1921. This little book aims to give a certain perspective on the subject of language rather than to assemble facts about it. It has little to say of the ultimate psychological basis of speech and gives only enough of the actual descriptive or historical facts of particular languages to illustrate principles. Its main purpose is to show what I conceive language to be, what is its variability in place and time, and what are its relations to other fundamental human interests-the problem of thought, the nature of the historical process, race, culture, art. Contents: Language Define; The Elements of Speech; The Sounds of Language; Form in Language; Grammatical Processes; Form in Language; Grammatical Concepts; Types of Linguistic Structure; Language as a Historical Product: Drift; Language as a Historical Product: Phonetic Law; How Languages Influence Each Other; Language, Race and Culture; and Language and Literature. [via]
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Language, Culture, and Society: A Book of Readingsby Blount, Ben G., CompISBN 0881338508 (0-88133-850-8)
Softcover, Waveland Pr Inc
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Light at the Edge of the World: A Journey Through the Realm of Vanishing Culturesby Wade DavisISBN 1553652673 (1-55365-267-3)
Softcover, Douglas & McIntyre Ltd
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The Long Summer: How Climate Changed Civilizationby Brian FaganISBN 1862076448 (1-86207-644-8)
Hardcover, Granta Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Long Summer: How Climate Changed Civilization'Book summary:A professor of anthropology by training, Fagan traces the effects of climactic change on civilizations over the past 15,000 years--a period of prolonged global warning that has only accelerated over the past 150 years. In particular, he's interested in how civilizations have responded to, or been radically altered by, changes in environment. One of Fagan's most compelling examples is his detailed history of the city of Ur, in what is now modern-day Iraq. Once a great city in one of the world's earliest civilizations, it first thrived thanks to abundant rainfall and then suffered even more severely when the Indian Ocean monsoons shifted southward, changing rain patterns. By 2000 B.C. its agricultural economy had collapsed, and today it is an abandoned landscape, an assemblage of decaying shrines in the harshest of deserts. Fagan views this event as pivotal. It was, he writes, "the first time an entire city disintegrated in the face of environmental catastrophe." But not, Fagan notes, the last. In his epilogue, which covers the last 800 years of human history, Fagan explores the climatic upheavals that left 20 million dead in famine-related epidemics in the 19th century. He notes that today 200 million people barely survive on marginal agricultural land in places such as northeastern Brazil, Ethiopia, and the Saharan Sahel. If temperatures rise much above current levels, and rising seas flood coastal plains, the devastation could dwarf any disaster humankind has previously known. Fagan doesn't offer easy solutions, but he presents a compelling history of climate's role in the background--and sometimes foreground--of human history. --Keith Moerer [via]
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Mad Dogs, Englishmen, and the Errant Anthropologist: Fieldwork in Malaysiaby Douglas RaybeckISBN 0881339067 (0-88133-906-7)
Softcover, Waveland Pr Inc
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Magic and Mystery in Tibetby Alexandra David-NeelISBN 1585090972 (1-58509-097-2)
Softcover, Book Tree
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Make No Bonesby Aaron ElkinsISBN 0892963786 (0-89296-378-6)
Hardcover, Grand Central Pub
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The Maldive Mysteryby Thor HeyerdahlISBN 0917561198 (0-917561-19-8)
Hardcover, Smithmark Pub
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Maps of the Ancient Sea Kings: Evidence of Advanced Civilization in the Ice Ageby Charles H. HapgoodISBN 0932813429 (0-932813-42-9)
Softcover, Adventures Unlimited Pr
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A Naturalist's Voyage Round the World in H.M.S. Beagleby Charles DarwinISBN 1414226047 (1-4142-2604-7)
Hardcover, IndyPublish.com
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Neither Wolf Nor Dog: On Forgotten Roads With an Indian Elderby Dan, Kent NerburnISBN 1880032376 (1-880032-37-6)
Softcover, New World Library
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Neither Wolf Nor Dog: On Forgotten Roads With an Indian Elderby Kent NerburnISBN 1577312333 (1-57731-233-3)
Softcover, New World Library
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Netsilik Eskimoby Asen BalikciISBN 0881334359 (0-88133-435-9)
Softcover, Waveland Pr Inc
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The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Mealsby Michael PollanISBN 1594200823 (1-59420-082-3)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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What should we have for dinner?" To one degree or another this simple question assails any creature faced with a wide choice of things to eat. Anthropologists call it the omnivore's dilemma. Choosing from among the countless potential foods nature offers, humans have had to learn what is safe, and what isn'twhich mushrooms should be avoided, for example, and which berries we can enjoy. Today, as America confronts what can only be described as a national eating disorder, the omnivore's dilemma has returned with an atavistic vengeance. The cornucopia of the modern American supermarket and fast-food outlet has thrown us back on a bewildering landscape where we once again have to worry about which of those tasty-looking morsels might kill us. At the same time we're realizing that our food choices also have profound implications for the health of our environment. The Omnivore's Dilemma is bestselling author Michael Pollan's brilliant and eye-opening exploration of these little-known but vitally important dimensions of eating in America.
Pollan has divided The Omnivore's Dilemma into three parts, one for each of the food chains that sustain us: industrialized food, alternative or "organic" food, and food people obtain by dint of their own hunting, gathering, or gardening. Pollan follows each food chain literally from the ground up to the table, emphasizing our dynamic coevolutionary relationship with the species we depend on. He concludes each section by sitting down to a mealat McDonald's, at home with his family sharing a dinner from Whole Foods, and in a revolutionary "beyond organic" farm in Virginia. For each meal he traces the provenance of everything consumed, revealing the hidden components we unwittingly ingest and explaining how our taste for particular foods reflects our environmental and biological inheritance.
We are indeed what we eat-and what we eat remakes the world. A society of voracious and increasingly confused omnivores, we are just beginning to recognize the profound consequences of the simplest everyday food choices, both for ourselves and for the natural world. The Omnivore's Dilemma is a long-overdue book and one that will become known for bringing a completely fresh perspective to a question as ordinary and yet momentous as What shall we have for dinner?
A few facts and figures from The Omnivore's Dilemma:
- Of the 38 ingredients it takes to make a McNugget, there are at least 13 that are derived from corn. 45 different menu items at Mcdonalds are made from corn.
- One in every three American children eats fast food every day.
- One in every five American meals today is eaten in the car.
- The food industry burns nearly a fifth of all the petroleum consumed in the United Statesmore than we burn with our cars and more than any other industry consumes.
- It takes ten calories of fossil fuel energy to deliver one calorie of food energy to an American plate.
- A single strawberry contains about five calories. To get that strawberry from a field in California to a plate on the east coast requires 435 calories of energy.
- Industrial fertilizer and industrial pesticides both owe their existence to the conversion of the World War II munitions industry to civilian usesnerve gases became pesticides, and ammonium nitrate explosives became nitrogen fertilizers.
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The Past in Perspective: An Introduction to Human Prehistoryby Kenneth L. FederISBN 1559343842 (1-55934-384-2)
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The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life (Cram 101)by Cram 101ISBN 1428815880 (1-4288-1588-0)
Softcover, Academic Internet Pub Inc
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Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalismby Max Weber, Stephen KalbergISBN 1579583385 (1-57958-338-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism'Book summary:A new translation of Max Webers classic The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism--one of the most enduring and influential books in sociology--is now available from Roxbury.
Translator Stephen Kalberg is an internationally acclaimed Weberian scholar. In this Third Roxbury Edition, Kalberg offers a precise and nuanced rendering of The Protestant Ethic that captures Webers style as well as the unusual subtlety of his descriptions and causal arguments. Kalbergs standardization of Webers terminology facilitates understanding of the various twists and turns in his complex lines of reasoning. Webers original italicization, highlighting major themes, has been restored. A glossary of major terms and numerous clarifying endnotes have been added; foreign terms have been translated; bracketed insertions in the text identify obscure names. In short, the Protestant Ethic thesis is presented in a clear and highly readable manner.
There are three compelling reasons for students to read this classic:
It explores the continuing debate regarding the origins and legacy of modern capitalism in the West.
It helps the reader better understand economic development today around the world, especially in Russia, Eastern Europe, Asia, and South America.
It plumbs the deep cultural forces that affect contemporary work life and the workplace in the United States and Europe.In his introduction, Kalberg offers a sketch of Webers life and his major concerns, examines the intellectual context at the time The Protestant Ethic was written, and summarizes major aspects of Webers complex analysis. Kalberg also discusses this classical study in the context of Webers other writings. Finally, Kalberg investigates the contribution of The Protestant Ethic for understanding the role played by cultural forces in modern economic development.
The new translation includes Webers 1906 essay "The Protestant Sects and the Spirit of Capitalism." Written after his extensive travels in the United States in 1904, Weber comments here on the diverse ways in which the legacies of early American Protestantism remain influential. Also contained in this edition are Webers masterful prefatory remarks to his Collected Essays in the Sociology of Religion, in which he defines the uniqueness of Western societies and asks what "ideas and interests" combined to call forth modern Western rationalism.
For students, The Protestant Ethic is a starting point toward understanding the multiple dimensions of social change. The continuing debates about the main elements of modern life, economic cultures and business ethics, our "common sense" economic determinism and "rational choices," the future of modern capitalism, the relationship between cultural forces and social structures, and the tension between science and religion are very much part of the Weberian project. Small wonder, then, that The Protestant Ethic continues to be one of the most frequently assigned readings in sociology.
Translator Stephen Kalberg is the author of Max Webers Comparative-Historical Sociology (1994), Max Webers Sociology of Civilizations, and numerous articles on Weber. He is the editor of Max Weber: The Confrontation with Modernity (2003l). He teaches at Boston University, where he is Associate Professor of Sociology. He is also co-chair of the German Study Group at Harvard University's Center for European Studies. [via]
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The Protestant Ethic And the Spirit of Capitalismby Gilbert Geis, Max WeberISBN 1933220368 (1-933220-36-8)
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Readings for a History of Anthroppological Theoryby Paul A. Erickson, Liam Donat MurphyISBN 1551114119 (1-55111-411-9)
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Shadows in the Sun: Travels to Landscapes of Spirit and Desireby Wade DavisISBN 1559633549 (1-55963-354-9)
Hardcover, Island Pr
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Although he has been called a modern-day Indiana Jones, Davis has far more integrity. His stories are not in service to self-glorification, but rather to one resounding theme:
If there is one lesson I have drawn from my travels, it is that cultural and biological diversity are far more than the foundation of stability; they are an article of faith, a fundamental truth that indicates the way things are supposed to be.... There is a fire burning over the Earth, taking with it plants and animals, cultures, languages, ancient skills, and visionary wisdom. Quelling this flame and reinventing the poetry of diversity is the most important challenge of our times.
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A Short History of Nearly Everythingby Bill BrysonISBN 1417665483 (1-4176-6548-3)
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Spirits of Resistance and Capitalist Disciplineby Aihwa OngISBN 0887063810 (0-88706-381-0)
Softcover, State Univ of New York Pr
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Spirits of Resistance and Capitalist Discipline: Factory Women in Malaysiaby Aihwa OngISBN 0887063802 (0-88706-380-2)
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Studies in the Psychology of Sex: Analysis of the Sexual Impulse, Love and Pain, the Sexual Impulse in Womenby Havelock EllisISBN 0898755883 (0-89875-588-3)
Softcover, Univ Pr of the Pacific
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Studies in the Psychology of Sex: Erotic Symbolism, the Mechanism of Detumescence, the Psychic State in Pregnancyby Havelock EllisISBN 0898755921 (0-89875-592-1)
Softcover, Univ Pr of the Pacific
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Studies in the Psychology of Sex: Sexual Selection in Manby Havelock EllisISBN 0898755840 (0-89875-584-0)
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Tetum Ghosts & Kin: Fertility and Gender in East Timorby David HicksISBN 1577662652 (1-57766-265-2)
Softcover, Waveland Pr Inc
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Theory of the Leisure Classby Thorstein VeblenISBN 1419185098 (1-4191-8509-8)
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The Theory of the Leisure Class: An Economic Study of Institutionsby Thorstein VeblenISBN 1573922196 (1-57392-219-6)
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While industry itself demanded diligence, efficiency, and cooperation, businessmen in opposition to engineers and industrialists were only interested in making money and displaying their wealth in what Veblen coined "conspicuous consumption." Veblen's keen analysis of the psychological bases of American social and economic institutions laid the foundation for the school of institutional economics. [via]More editions of The Theory of the Leisure Class: An Economic Study of Institutions:
Third Sex, Third Gender: Beyond Sexual Dimorphism in Culture and Historyby Gilbert HerdtISBN 0942299825 (0-942299-82-5)
Softcover, Mit Pr
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Understanding and Applying Medical Anthropologyby Peter J. BrownISBN 1559347236 (1-55934-723-6)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill College
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Understanding Contemporary Africaby April A. Gordon, Donald L. GordonISBN 1555878504 (1-55587-850-4)
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Universal History of Numbersby Georges IfrahISBN 1860467385 (1-86046-738-5)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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The author's aim was grand: "to provide in simple and accessible terms the full and complete answer to all and any questions ... about the history of numbers and counting, from prehistory to the age of computers." This led him to wander the world for 10 years, studying and learning; this scholastic pilgrim has returned with amazing stories to tell. Toward the end of the book, Ifrah makes the book truly universal by refuting alien-intervention theories of cultural origins--surely our benefactors would have given us an efficient decimal counting system, zero and all, before helping us build pyramids and such. Such charming ideas, combined with such rigorously researched facts, make The Universal History of Numbers a uniquely important and fascinating volume. --Rob Lightner [via]
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Universal History of Numbers: From Prehistory to the Invention of the Computerby Georges Ifrah, David BellosISBN 186046324X (1-86046-324-X)
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The author's aim was grand: "to provide in simple and accessible terms the full and complete answer to all and any questions ... about the history of numbers and counting, from prehistory to the age of computers." This led him to wander the world for 10 years, studying and learning; this scholastic pilgrim has returned with amazing stories to tell. Toward the end of the book, Ifrah makes the book truly universal by refuting alien-intervention theories of cultural origins--surely our benefactors would have given us an efficient decimal counting system, zero and all, before helping us build pyramids and such. Such charming ideas, combined with such rigorously researched facts, make The Universal History of Numbers a uniquely important and fascinating volume. --Rob Lightner [via]
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Voices of the 1st Day: Awakening in the Aboriginal Dreamtimeby Robert LawlorISBN 0892813555 (0-89281-355-5)
Softcover, Inner Traditions
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The Voyage of the Beagleby Charles DarwinISBN 1853264768 (1-85326-476-8)
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Voyage of the Beagleby Charles Robert DarwinISBN 1573927732 (1-57392-773-2)
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The Way of the Animal Powers: Historical Atlas of World Mythologyby Joseph CampbellISBN 0912383003 (0-912383-00-3)
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Whose Development? : An Ethnography of Aidby Emma Crewe, Elizabeth HarrisonISBN 1856496066 (1-85649-606-6)
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Antropologia cultural / Cultural Anthropologyby Marvin HarrisISBN 8420639516 (84-206-3951-6)
Softcover, Alianza Editorial Sa
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Freakonomics: Un Economista Polfticamente Incorrecto Explora El Lado Oculta De Lo Que Nos Afectaby Stephen J. Dubner, Steven D. LevittISBN 8466625127 (84-666-2512-7)
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El Fuego Interiorby Carlos CastanedaISBN 9500415526 (950-04-1552-6)
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La Maquina De Los Memesby Susan BlackmoreISBN 8449309670 (84-493-0967-0)
Softcover, Paidos Iberica Ediciones S A
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Una Breve Historia De Casi Todo/a Short History of Nearly Everythingby Bryson BillISBN 8478713808 (84-7871-380-8)
Softcover, Rba Publicaciones Editores revistas
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Le Regard eloigneby Claude Levi-StraussISBN 2259010075 (2-259-01007-5)
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