Kinship, Contract, Community, and State

Kinship, Contract, Community, and State
Title Kinship, Contract, Community, and State PDF eBook
Author Myron L. Cohen
Publisher Stanford University Press
Pages 380
Release 2005
Genre Social Science
ISBN 9780804750677

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This is an anthropological exploration of the roots of China's modernity in the country's own tradition, as seen especially in economic and kinship patterns.

Women Anthropologists

Women Anthropologists
Title Women Anthropologists PDF eBook
Author Ute Gacs
Publisher University of Illinois Press
Pages 454
Release 1988
Genre Women anthroplogists
ISBN 9780252060847

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A wealth of information on the lives and work of 58 women whose professional activities include social, cultural, and physical anthropology, archaeology, folklore, linguistics, art, writing, and political activism.

The Ecological Transition

The Ecological Transition
Title The Ecological Transition PDF eBook
Author John W. Bennett
Publisher Routledge
Pages 342
Release 2017-09-29
Genre Nature
ISBN 1351304704

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Written during the height of the ecology movement, The Ecological Transition is a stunning interdisciplinary work. It combines anthropology, ecology, and sociology to formulate an understanding of cultural-environmental relationships. While anthropologists have been studying relationships between humans and the physical environment for a very long time, only in the last thirty years have questions inherent in these relationships broadened beyond description and classification. For example, the concept of environment has been extended beyond the physical into the social. Although anthropologists have adopted many of the concepts that Bennett develops in the book, he also feels that the central issues have never been addressed, either by anthropologists or by people in related disciplines. The most important of these, in Bennett's opinion, is the failure to incorporate a respect for the environmental in contemporary culture, which would allow making exceptions in certain human practices in order to protect the environment. His point in The Ecological Transition is that a basic cultural change in modern civilization is necessary to achieve this end. Both a theoretical and a practical work, The Ecological Transition emphasizes the relationships between human culture, the physical environment, technology, and social policy. The Ecological Transition is a challenging volume that makes us face the consequences of human behavior in the modern world: its effect on pollution, natural resources, agriculture, the economy, and population, to name just a few areas. The book remains a significant contribution to the discourse on social, economic, and environmental problems. While the book was first published in 1976, it still reads as a contemporary tract.

Proceedings of the Annual Spring Meeting

Proceedings of the Annual Spring Meeting
Title Proceedings of the Annual Spring Meeting PDF eBook
Author American Ethnological Society
Publisher
Pages 308
Release 1972
Genre Anthropology
ISBN

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Archaeology of Communities

Archaeology of Communities
Title Archaeology of Communities PDF eBook
Author Marcello-Andrea Canuto
Publisher Routledge
Pages 290
Release 2012-11-12
Genre Social Science
ISBN 1135125430

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The Archaeology of Communities develops a critical evaluation of community and shows that it represents more than a mere aggregation of households. This collection bridges the gap between studies of ancient societies and ancient households. The community is taken to represent more than a mere aggregation of households, it exists in part through shared identities, as well as frequent interaction and inter-household integration. Drawing on case studies which range in location from the Mississippi Valley to New Mexico, from the Southern Andes to the Blue Ridge Mountains of Madison County, Virginia, the book explores and discusses communities from a whole range of periods, from Pre-Columbian to the late Classic. Discussions of actual communities are reinforced by strong debate on, for example, the distinction between 'Imagined Community' and 'Natural Community.'

Fellow Newsletter

Fellow Newsletter
Title Fellow Newsletter PDF eBook
Author American Anthropological Association
Publisher
Pages 136
Release 1963
Genre Anthropology
ISBN

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Catalogue: Authors

Catalogue: Authors
Title Catalogue: Authors PDF eBook
Author Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. Library
Publisher
Pages 524
Release 1963
Genre Anthropology
ISBN

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Its outstanding feature is the inclusion of journal articles. For more than 50 years the periodicals have been indexed, as well as compilations such as Festschriften, and the proceedings of congresses.