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Rethinking The Human Revolution

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Author : Paul Mellars
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007

Rethinking The Human Revolution written by Paul Mellars and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Philosophy categories.

Arising from a conference Rethinking the Human Revolution reconsiders all of the central issues in modern human behavioural, cognitive, biological and demographic origins in the light of new information and new theoretical perspectives which have emerged over the past twenty years of intensive research in this field. The 34 papers cover topics ranging from the DNA and skeletal evidence for modern human origins in Africa, through the archaeological evidence for the emergence of distinctively 'modern' patterns of human behaviour and cognition, to the various lines of evidence for the geographical dispersal patterns of biologically and behaviourally modern populations from their African origins throughout Asia, Australasia and Europe, over the past 60,000 years.

Rethinking The Human Revolution

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Author : Paul Mellars
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005

Rethinking The Human Revolution written by Paul Mellars and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with categories.

Red Lodge And The Mythic West

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Author : Bonnie Christensen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002

Red Lodge And The Mythic West written by Bonnie Christensen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with History categories.

"Tracing the story of Red Lodge from the 1880s to the present, Christensen tells how a mining town managed to endure the vagaries of the West's unpredictable extractive-industries economy. She connects Red Lodge to a myriad of larger events and historical forces to show how national and regional influences have contributed to the development of local identities, exploring how and why westerners first rejected and then embraced "western" images, and how ethnicity, wilderness, and historic preservation became part of the identity that defined one town."--BOOK JACKET.

Promised Lands

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Author : David M. Wrobel
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002

Promised Lands written by David M. Wrobel and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

Whether seen as a land of opportunity or as paradise lost, the American West took shape in the nation's imagination with the help of those who wrote about it; but two groups who did much to shape that perception are often overlooked today. Promoters trying to lure settlers and investors to the West insisted that the frontier had already been tamed-that the only frontiers remaining were those of opportunity. Through posters, pamphlets, newspaper articles, and other printed pieces, these boosters literally imagined places into existence by depicting backwater areas as settled, culturally developed regions where newcomers would find none of the hardships associated with frontier life. Quick on their heels, some of the West's original settlers had begun publishing their reminiscences in books and periodicals and banding together in pioneer societies to sustain their conception of frontier heritage. Their selective memory focused on the savage wilderness they had tamed, exaggerating the past every bit as much as promoters exaggerated the present. Although they are generally seen today as unscrupulous charlatans and tellers of tall tales, David Wrobel reveals that these promoters and reminiscers were more significant than their detractors have suggested. By exploring the vast literature produced by these individuals from the end of the Civil War through the 1920s, he clarifies the pivotal impact of their works on our vision of both the historic and mythic West. In examining their role in forging both sense of place within the West and the nation's sense of the West as a place, Wrobel shows that these works were vital to the process of identity formation among westerners themselves and to the construction of a "West" in the national imagination. Wrobel also sheds light on the often elitist, sometimes racist legacies of both groups through their characterizations of Native Americans, African Americans, Mexican Americans, and Asian Americans. In the era Wrobel examines, promoters painted the future of each western place as if it were already present, while the old-timers preserved the past as if it were still present. But, as he also demonstrates, that West has not really changed much: promoters still tout its promise, while old-timers still try to preserve their selective memories. Even relatively recent western residents still tap into the region's mythic pioneer heritage as they form their attachments to place. Promised Lands shows us that the West may well move into the twenty-first century, but our images of it are forever rooted in the nineteenth.

Alaska S Place In The West

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Author : Roxanne Willis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010

Alaska S Place In The West written by Roxanne Willis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with History categories.

The first comprehensive examination of Alaskan development schemes from 1890 to the present. Focuses on five major conflicts between environmentalists and developers, from reindeer herding to the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. Takes readers behind common and simplistic representations of the state to explore the rich history and extreme diversity of a land that cannot easily be pigeonholed into typical American conceptions about place.

Hunger For The Wild

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Author : Michael L. Johnson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007

Hunger For The Wild written by Michael L. Johnson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with History categories.

Americans have had an enduring yet ambivalent obsession with the West as both a place and a state of mind. Michael L. Johnson considers how that obsession originated, how it has determined attitudes toward and activities in the West, and how it has changed over the centuries.

Rethinking The Human

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Author : J. Michelle Molina
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2010

Rethinking The Human written by J. Michelle Molina and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Philosophy categories.

In this volume, world-class scholars from religious studies, the humanities, and the social sciences explore what it means to be human through a multiplicity of lives in time and place. These essays develop theories of aging and acceptance, ethics in caregiving, and the role of ritual in healing the divide between the human and the ideal.

Pacifica

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990

Pacifica written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with East Asia categories.

Development Socio Economic Progress

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998

Development Socio Economic Progress written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with categories.

Native Voices

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Author : Richard A. Grounds
language : en
Publisher: Lawrence : University Press of Kansas
Release Date : 2003

Native Voices written by Richard A. Grounds and has been published by Lawrence : University Press of Kansas this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with History categories.

Native peoples of North America still face an uncertain future due to their unstable political, legal, and economic positions. Views of their predicament continue to be dominated by non-Indian writers. In response, a dozen Native American writers here reclaim their rightful role as influential "voices" in debates about Native communities. These scholars examine crucial issues of politics, law, and religion in the context of ongoing Native American resistance to the dominant culture. They particularly show how the writings of Vine Deloria, Jr., have shaped and challenged American Indian scholarship in these areas since 1960s. They provide key insights into Deloria's thought, while introducing some critical issues confronting Native nations. Collectively, these essays take up four important themes: indigenous societies as the embodiment of cultures of resistance, legal resistance to western oppression against indigenous nations, contemporary Native religious practices, and Native intellectual challenges to academia. Essays address indigenous perspectives on topics usually treated by non-Indians, such as role of women in Indian society, the importance of sacred sites to American Indian religious identity, and relationship of native language to indigenous autonomy. A closing essay by Deloria, in vintage form, reminds Native Americans of their responsibilities and obligations to one another and to past and future generations. This book argues for renewed cultivation of a Native American Studies that is more Indian-centered.