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Stone Age Economics

Stone Age Economics

Since its first publication over forty years ago Marshall Sahlins's Stone Age Economics has established itself as a classic of modern anthropology and arguably one of the founding works of anthropological economics. Ambitiously tackling the nature of economic life and how to study it comparatively Sahlins radically revises traditional views of the hunter-gatherer and so-called primitive societies revealing them to be the original affluent society. Sahlins examines notions of production distribution and exchange in early communities and examines the link between economics and cultural and social factors. A radical study of tribal economies domestic production for livelihood and of the submission of domestic production to the material and political demands of society at large Stone Age Economics regards the economy as a category of culture rather than behaviour in a class with politics and religion rather than rationality or prudence. Sahlins concludes controversially that the experiences of those living in subsistence economies may actually have been better healthier and more fulfilled than the millions enjoying the affluence and luxury afforded by the economics of modern industrialisation and agriculture. This Routledge Classics edition includes a new foreword by David Graeber London School of Economics.

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Historicising Heritage and Emotions The Affective Histories of Blood Stone and Land

Historicising Heritage and Emotions The Affective Histories of Blood Stone and Land

Historicising Heritage and Emotions examines how heritage is connected to and between people and places through emotion both in the past and today. Discussion is focused on the overlapping categories of blood (families and bloodlines) stone (monuments and memorials) and land (landscape and places imbued with memories) with the contributing authors exploring the ways in which emotions invest heritage with affective power and the transformative effects of this power in individual community and cultural contexts. The 13 chapters that make up the volume take examples from the premodern and modern eras and from two connected geographical regions the United Kingdom and Australia and the Pacific. Each chapter seeks to identify historicise and contextualise the processes of heritage and the emotional regimes at play locating the processes within longer historical and transnational genealogies and critically appraising them as part of broader cultural currents. Theoretically grounded in new approaches to the history of emotions and critical heritage studies the analysis challenges the traditional scholarly focus on heritage in its modern forms offering multifaceted premodern and modern case studies that demonstrate heritage and emotion to have complex and vibrant histories. Offering transhistorical and multidisciplinary discussion around the ways in which we can talk about discuss categorise and theorise heritage and emotion in different historical contexts Historicising Heritage and Emotions is a valuable resource for students and scholars interested in heritage emotions and history. | Historicising Heritage and Emotions The Affective Histories of Blood Stone and Land

GBP 38.99
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Goethe and the Philosopher’s Stone Symbolical Patterns in 'The Parable' and the Second Part of 'Faust'

Goethe and the Philosopher’s Stone Symbolical Patterns in 'The Parable' and the Second Part of 'Faust'

Originally published in 1965 this study examines the concealed meanings in the second part of Faust often considered obscure. It is of value not only to students of literature but also comparative religions as it deals with Goethe’s knowledge of ancient myths mysteries and Hellenistic religions. It is of value too to those interested in alchemy as it traces the many alchemical references in Faust. The book gives a psychological interpretation of elements of Goethe’s personal life and work which succeeds in making the man and the veiled references in his most profound work accessible to the modern reader. | Goethe and the Philosopher’s Stone Symbolical Patterns in 'The Parable' and the Second Part of 'Faust'

GBP 29.99
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An Archaeology of Ancash Stones Ruins and Communities in Andean Peru

An Archaeology of Ancash Stones Ruins and Communities in Andean Peru

An Archaeology of Ancash is a well–illustrated synthesis of the archaeology of North Central Peru and specifically the stone structures of the Ancash region. All the major cultures of highland Ancash built impressive monuments with no other region of South America showing such an early and continuous commitment to stone carving. Drawing on Lau’s extensive experience as an archaeologist in highland Peru this book reveals how ancient groups of the Central Andes have used stone as both a physical and symbolic resource uncovering the variety of experiences and meanings which marked the region’s special engagement with this material. An abundant raw resource in the Andes stone was used for monuments sculptures and other valuables such as carved monoliths which were crucial to the emergence of civilization in the region and religious objects from magical charms to ancestor effigies. Detailing the ways stone has played both an everyday and an extraordinary part in ancient social life Lau also examines how cultural dispositions towards this fundamental material have changed over time and considers how contemporary engagements with these stone remains have the potential to create and regenerate communities. With an ample selection of color photos which bring these sites and artifacts to life An Archaeology of Ancash is an essential guide to the key monuments places and objects that distinguish this region and its rich archaeological heritage. | An Archaeology of Ancash Stones Ruins and Communities in Andean Peru

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The Causes of the English Revolution 1529-1642

The Causes of the English Revolution 1529-1642

Dividing the nation and causing massive political change the English Civil War remains one of the most decisive and dramatic conflicts of English history. Lawrence Stone's account of the factors leading up to the deposition of Charles I in 1642 is widely regarded as a classic in the field. Brilliantly synthesising the historical political and sociological interpretations of the seventeeth century Stone explores theories of revolution and traces the social and economic change that led to this period of instability. The picture that emerges is one where historical interpretation is enriched but not determined by grand theories in the social sciences and as Stone elegantly argues one where the upheavals of the seventeenth century are central to the very story of modernity. This Routledge Classics edition includes a new foreword by Clare Jackson Trinity Hall Cambridge. | The Causes of the English Revolution 1529-1642

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The Evolution of Paleolithic Technologies

The Evolution of Paleolithic Technologies

The Evolution of Paleolithic Technologies provides a novel perspective on long-term trajectories of evolutionary change in Paleolithic tools and tool-makers. Members of the human lineage have been producing stone tools for more than 3 million years. These artefacts provide key evidence for important evolutionary developments in hominin behaviour and cognition. Avoiding conventional approaches based on progressive stages of development this book instead examines global trends in six separate dimensions of technological behaviour between 2. 6 million and 10 000 years ago. Combining these independent trends results in both a broader and a more finely punctuated perspective on key intervals of change in hominin behaviour. To draw this picture together the concluding section explores behavioural cognitive and demographic implications of developments in material culture and technological procedures at seven key intervals during the Pleistocene. Researchers interested in Paleolithic archaeology will find this book invaluable. It will also be of interest to archaeologists researching stone tool technology and to students of human evolution and behavioural change in prehistory.

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Is the Environment a Luxury? An Inquiry into the relationship between environment and income

Is the Environment a Luxury? An Inquiry into the relationship between environment and income

The purpose of this collection of essays is to shed some light on the complex relationship between environmental quality and the distribution of income. Are the preferences of the poor towards a cleaner environment really different from those of the rich? Environmental economists have traditionally focused on efficiency issues. In their analyses the quality of the environment is usually related to aggregate or average variables like per capita income; policy recommendations are usually formulated considering efficiency with no regard for equity and also the predicted effects of policies are evaluated in aggregate terms. The essays collected in this volume go into the problem of the relationship between environmental quality and income distribution. The book’s opening essay shows how different theories of economic growth and environmental quality seem to suggest that the higher the level of income the higher is the value of environmental protection. The essays that follow a mix of already published papers and of papers solicited for this book analyse the relationship between environmental quality and income distribution from different perspectives (both micro and macro) and on the basis of more than one methodology. This book highlights that the preferences of the poor towards a cleaner environment may differ from those of the rich but income is also very likely to represent only one factor affecting them. The essays consider other relevant factors affecting preferences for environmental quality. What clearly emerges is that the distribution of costs and benefits of environmental policies is the key for their successful implementation and that further research is needed to both address the distributional effects themselves and the strategies to mitigate them. | Is the Environment a Luxury? An Inquiry into the relationship between environment and income

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Landscape Construction Volume 3: Earth and Water Retaining Structures

Landscape Construction Volume 3: Earth and Water Retaining Structures

Landscape Construction Volume 1 deals with elements of landscape construction which are required to provide enclosure privacy demarcation of land shelter and security. The elements discussed include free-standing brick and stone walls fences gates and railings. Fittings and finishes are also covered. Each section describes the materials construction and constraints relevant to the subject and a large number of detailed figures and photographs supplement the text and help to illustrate the more important aspects. There is also a section on preservation treatment and painting. The current British Standard references are included. | Landscape Construction Volume 3: Earth and Water Retaining Structures

GBP 48.99
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The Dolmens and Passage Graves of Sweden An Introduction and Guide

The Dolmens and Passage Graves of Sweden An Introduction and Guide

This book is the first comprehensive introduction and guide to Sweden‘s most spectacular Stone Age monuments: the dolmens and passage graves which began to be constructed over 5000 years ago. The introduction provides a detailed social interpretation of these monuments outlining how and why they were built and the ways in which they related to economy and landscape politics ceremony symbolism and belief. This is followed by a systematic regional guide to all the major monuments in Sk Halland V ergotland and and Bohusl illustrated by numerous photographs plans and maps. | The Dolmens and Passage Graves of Sweden An Introduction and Guide

GBP 175.00
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Armenia Cradle of Civilization

Armenia Cradle of Civilization

Originally published in 1970 this book is the result of many years of study and research in the field. It begins with a geographic and ethnic survey of the land and Armenian people and traces the land’s prehistory back to the Old Stone Age. The origins of the wine-making and bronze-working industries are discussed in which Armenia played a pioneering role. The outstanding Armenian contribution to Church art and architecture is also explored as is the contribution of Armenia to painting philosophy and science. The final section is devoted to an account of Soviet Armenia. | Armenia Cradle of Civilization

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The Civilization of Greece in the Bronze Age (1928) The Rhind Lectures 1923

The Civilization of Greece in the Bronze Age (1928) The Rhind Lectures 1923

First published in 1928 this volume contains six sequential lectures delivered by H. R. Hall in 1923 detailing the archaeological remains of Bronze Age Greece. Hall was keeper of Egyptian and Assyrian antiquities in the British Museum and author of ‘The Ancient History of the Near East’. Each of the author’s lectures was strictly chronological with the main feature of each period being described in order. The profuse illustrations recreated here were fundamental to his view with each Age defined through its art pottery and stone carvings. These printed lectures follow their spoken counterparts closely and are brought to life with 320 illustrations inserted in places which reflect the original performances. | The Civilization of Greece in the Bronze Age (1928) The Rhind Lectures 1923

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Mahasthan Record Revisited Querying the Empire from a Regional Perspective

Mahasthan Record Revisited Querying the Empire from a Regional Perspective

A small record consisting of six to seven lines that has been published by eminent epigraphists several times would require a fresh interpretation was almost beyond imagination. It was by chance that the Indian Museum displayed the Mahasthan stone plaque and after seeing this record several questions arose which demanded a fresh interpretation and this enquiry finally culminated into this slim monograph. The book attempts a re-reading of this inscription and also provides a fresh interpretation. It tries to situate this record in a broader canvas by interrogating the record along with several other evidences. This finally leads us to look at the Mauryan Empire from a regional perspective. | Mahasthan Record Revisited Querying the Empire from a Regional Perspective

GBP 130.00
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Common Sense About the Common Market Germany and Britain in Post-War Europe

Common Sense About the Common Market Germany and Britain in Post-War Europe

The Common Market between France Western Germany Italy and the ‘Benelux’ counties was not merely a reshuffle of tariff rates and trade agreements but a political mile-stone in post-war history. Originally published in 1958 this book surveys the pre-history of the Common Market from the German Zollverein to the abortive customs union with Austria in 1931 and traces its roots amongst the tangled post-war politics of occupied Germany the Ruhr Authority and the Coal and Steel pool. The book provides a summary of post-war economic developments in Europe and examines the guiding principles of the famous Spaak Report comparing it with the text of the Rome Treaty. Finally the book deals with the challenge of the new developments to Great Britain. | Common Sense About the Common Market Germany and Britain in Post-War Europe

GBP 80.00
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Parker Lopez and Stone's The Book of Mormon

Parker Lopez and Stone's The Book of Mormon

'Hasa Diga Eebowai' In 2011 a musical full of curse words and Mormon missionaries swept that year’s Tony Awards and was praised as a triumphant return of the American musical. This book explores the inherent achievements (and failures) of The Book of Mormon—one of the most ambitious and problematic musicals to achieve widespread success. The creative team members—Matt Parker Trey Stone and composer Robert Lopez—were collectively known for their aggressive use of taboo subjects and crude punchy humor. Using the metaphor of boxing Granger explores the metaphorical punches the trio delivers and ruminates over the less-discussed ideological wounds that their style of shock absurdism might leave behind. This careful examination of where The Book of Mormon succeeds and fails is sure to challenge discussion of our understanding of musical comedy and our appreciation for this cultural landmark in theatre. | Parker Lopez and Stone's The Book of Mormon

GBP 9.99
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The Routledge Handbook of Social Work Ethics and Values

The Routledge Handbook of Social Work Ethics and Values

The Routledge Handbook of Social Work Ethics and Values is a comprehensive exploration and assessment of current and future issues facing social work practice and education. It is the first book to codify ethical practices for social workers from across the globe and in myriad workplace settings. Each section meaningfully captures this complex subject area:ethics writ largevisions of diverse valuesabortionrelationship and gender issuesmicro and mezzo practice settingssocial work educationtechnological issuesspiritualityglobalismeconomic issuesspecial topicsLeaving no stone unturned this handbook comprehensively addresses the most controversial topics in an evenhanded manner. Among professional social workers values and ethics traverse political boundaries cultural identifications and languages. This handbook will help to make sense of this unity within diversity. With contributions from the world’s leading scholars this book will be a valuable resource for all social work students academics researchers and practitioners who seek a coherent and objective analysis in the abstract arena of ethics and values.

GBP 42.99
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The Creationist Writings of Byron C. Nelson

The Creationist Writings of Byron C. Nelson

Originally published in 1995 this is the fifth volume in the series Creationism in 20th Century America. It re-publishes After Its Kind – a critique on theories of biological evolution and a defense of the biblical account of creation which Nelson wrote when he was a Pastor in New Jersey where he also attended classes in genetics and zoology at Rutgers university. His 1931 volume The Deluge Story in Stone: A History of the Flood Theory of Geology also reprinted here was continuously in print until the 1960s. As his scientific and theological correspondence expanded in the wake of his publications Nelson became further involved in the ‘evolution debates’. During the late 1930s his writings concentrated on early man and the glacial phenomena he saw all about him in Wisconsin and he compiled the materials he thought necessary to relate Scripture to the evidence of human antiquity. | The Creationist Writings of Byron C. Nelson

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The Ludi Saeculares of Septimius Severus The Ideologies of a New Roman Empire

The Ludi Saeculares of Septimius Severus The Ideologies of a New Roman Empire

This is the first monograph to examine in detail the Ludi Saeculares (Secular Games) of Septimius Severus and argues that the games represented a radical shift from Antonine imperial ideology. To garner popular support and to legitimise his power Severus conducted an intensive propaganda campaign but how did he use the ludi to strengthen his power and what were the messages he conveyed through them? The central theme is ritual and the idea of ritual as a process that builds collective identity. The games symbolised the new Severan political and social vision and they embodied the idea of Roman identity and the image of Roman society which the emperor wished to promote. The programme of the games was recorded in a stone inscription and this text is analysed in detail translated into English and contextualised in the socio-political aims of Septimius Severus. | The Ludi Saeculares of Septimius Severus The Ideologies of a New Roman Empire

GBP 38.99
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The Artist and the Bridge 1700-1920

The Artist and the Bridge 1700-1920

First published in 1999 this book explores how from the stone bridges of neoclassicism which soar out of wild woods to span pastoral valleys to the post-1750 engineer’s bridge with its links to the more industrial landscape the bridge was a popular feature in painting throughout the period 1700-1920. Why did so many artists choose to portray bridges? In this lavishly illustrated and intriguing book John Sweetman seeks to answer this question. He traces the history of the bridge in painting and printmaking through a vast range of work some as familiar as William Etty’s The Bridge of Sighs and Claude Monet’s The Railway Bridge at Argenteuil and others less well known such as Wassily Kandinsky’s Composition IV and C. R. W. Nevinson’s Looking Through the Brooklyn Bridge. Distinctive characteristics emerge revealing the complex role of the bridge as both symbol and metaphor and as a place of vantage meeting and separation. | The Artist and the Bridge 1700-1920

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A History of West Africa

A History of West Africa

This book introduces readers to the rich and fascinating history of West Africa stretching all the way back to the stone age and right up to the modern day. Over the course of twenty seven short and engaging chapters the book delves into the social cultural economic and political history of West Africa through prehistory revolutions ancient empires thriving trade networks religious traditions and then the devastating impact of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade and subsequent colonial rule. The book reflects on the struggle for independence and investigates how politics and economics developed in the post-colonial period. By the end of the book readers will have a detailed understanding of the fascinating and diverse range of cultures to be found in West Africa and of how the region relates to the rest of the world. Drawing on decades of teaching and research experience this book will serve as an excellent textbook for entry-level History and African Studies courses as well as providing a perfect general introduction to anyone interested in finding out about West Africa. | A History of West Africa

GBP 34.99
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Ancient Britain

Ancient Britain

This book is for anyone starting out to understand the prehistoric life of Britain from the first human occupation 450 000 years ago until the Roman conquest in AD 43. James Dyer here succeeds in bringing to life a thriving picture of the people and customs of the Stone Bronze and Iron Ages based on the sometimes sparse clues presented by prehistoric archaeological sites across Britain. For many readers Ancient Britain will provide the first chance to get to grips with the present state of our knowledge of prehistoric agriculture settlement trade and ritual. The rise of power with the development of a class system at the hands of the first metal users is charted through to the growth of wealth and the emergence of a warlike and advanced Iron Age society - a society that was nonetheless unable to withstand the might of Rome. With over 130 illustrations and photographs including a number of specially drawn reconstructions this highly visual book is an ideal primer for all students of prehistory and all those who are simply interested in the subject.

GBP 130.00
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Building from Tradition Local Materials and Methods in Contemporary Architecture

Building from Tradition Local Materials and Methods in Contemporary Architecture

Building from Tradition examines the recent resurgence of interest in the handmade building and the use of local and renewable materials in contemporary construction. In the past raw materials were shaped to provide shelter and to accommodate the cultural social and economic needs of individuals and communities. This is still true today as architects engineers and builders turn once again to local resources and methods not simply for constructing buildings but also as a strategy for supporting social engagement sustainable development and cultural continuity. Building from Tradition features global case studies that allow readers to understand how building practices—developed and refined by previous generations—continue to be adapted to suit a broad range of cultural and environmental contexts. The book provides: • a survey of historical and technical information about geologic and plant-based materials such as: stone earth reed and grass wood and bamboo; • 24 detailed case studies examining the disadvantages and benefits to using traditional materials and methods and how they are currently being integrated with contemporary construction practices. | Building from Tradition Local Materials and Methods in Contemporary Architecture

GBP 46.99
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Dream of the Red Chamber Literary and Translation Perspectives

Dream of the Red Chamber Literary and Translation Perspectives

This edited volume contains an excellent collection of contributions and presents various informative topics under the central theme: literary and translation approaches to China’s greatest classical novel Hongloumeng. Acclaimed as one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature Hongloumeng (known in English as The Dream of the Red Chamber or The Story of the Stone) epitomizes 18th century Chinese social and cultural life. Owing to its kaleidoscopic description of Chinese life and culture the novel has also exerted a significant impact on world literature. Its various translations either full-length or abridged have been widely read by an international audience. The contributors to this volume provide a renewed perspective into Hongloumeng studies by bringing together scholarship in the fields of literary and translation studies. Specifically the use of corpora in the framework of digital humanities in a number of chapters helps re-address many issues of the novel and its translations from an innovative angle. The book is an insightful resource for both scholars of Chinese literature and for linguists with a focus on translation studies. | Dream of the Red Chamber Literary and Translation Perspectives

GBP 125.00
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Little Readers Big Thinkers Teaching Close Reading in the Primary Grades

Little Readers Big Thinkers Teaching Close Reading in the Primary Grades

Young learners are full of questions and wonderings so much so that sometimes they need a guide for their curiosity. Author Amy Stewart brings her manageable approach to close reading in Little Readers Big Thinkers: Teaching Close Reading in the Primary Grades. With Stewart guiding you'll be able to harness the big thinking we know is inside their inquisitive minds. She showcases ways that close reading can teach even the youngest students new ways to enjoy texts think about them critically and share that thinking with peers and adults. With its description of the pillars of close reading multiple lesson sequences for grades K-2 and real-life classroom scenarios Little Readers Big Thinkers offers a trove of insights: What close reading is (and is not) How to encourage students to read like detectives Ways to weave close reading practices into your lessons How to cultivate real reading organic thinking and deep conversation Which books invite amazing learning and thinking experiences. By giving young minds a great foundation close reading will become a stepping stone to a lifelong love of reading. | Little Readers Big Thinkers Teaching Close Reading in the Primary Grades

GBP 27.99
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The Eastern Land and the Western Heaven Qing Cosmopolitanism and its Translation in Tibet in the Eighteenth Century

The Eastern Land and the Western Heaven Qing Cosmopolitanism and its Translation in Tibet in the Eighteenth Century

This book sheds light on the structure of “a unity with diversity” developed in the Qing imperial formation (1636–1912) by a case study of the Qing-Tibetan encounters in the eighteenth century. By analyzing historical and ethnographical materials the book investigates the translation of Chinese histories and stone inscriptions into Tibetan the transformation of the landscapes at Mount Wutai and Lhasa and the transplantation of Chinese deities and medical practices to Tibet. It demonstrates the processes in which the cosmopolitan interlocutors reified imperial integrity while expressing their diverse longings and belongings. It concludes that the Qing’s rule over its cultural others was neither simply Sinicizing nor colonizing but a translational process in which multivocalic actors shared narratives landscapes and practices while the emperor and tantric masters performed cosmic power over humans and metahumans. This book cuts across the fields of anthropology history Chinese Studies and Tibetan Studies. It reflects on the concepts of sovereignty and ethnicity and it also extends the methodological horizon of historical anthropology. | The Eastern Land and the Western Heaven Qing Cosmopolitanism and its Translation in Tibet in the Eighteenth Century

GBP 130.00
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