the ethnography of charles darwin study of his writings

Things Fall Apart

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Achebe, Chinua, PUBLISHER: San Val, Achebe's masterpiece tells the story of Okonkwo, strongman of an Ibo village in Nigeria, as he witnesses the destruction of his culture and the loss of his own place within it.

Essays on Medieval German Literature and Iconography

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Pickering, F. P., PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, In making this selection of twelve essays spanning the period , Professor Pickering has borne in mind that many of his recent readers are not students of German, but of comparative literature, art, history or theology, and he has translated three of the twelve for the occasion. He has grouped them according to their 'approach' and introduced each with reference to his other writings.

The Corporeal Image: Film, Ethnography, and the Senses

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: MacDougall, David, PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press, In this book, David MacDougall, one of the leading ethnographic filmmakers and film scholars of his generation, builds upon the ideas from his widely praised "Transcultural Cinema" and argues for a new conception of how visual images create human knowledge in a world in which the value of seeing has often been eclipsed by words. In ten chapters, MacDougall explores the relations between photographic images and the human body-the body of the viewer and the body behind the camera as well as the body as seen in ethnography, cinema, and photography. In a landmark piece, he discusses the need for a new field of social aesthetics, further elaborated in his reflections on filming at an elite boys' school in northern India. The theme of the school is taken up as well in his discussion of fiction and nonfiction films of childhood. The book's final section presents a radical view of the history of visual anthropology as a maverick anthropological practice that was always at odds with the anthropology of words. In place of the conventional wisdom, he proposes a new set of principles for visual anthropology. These are essays in the classical sense--speculative, judicious, lucidly written, and mercifully jargon-free. "The Corporeal Image" presents the latest ideas from one of our foremost thinkers on the role of vision and visual representation in contemporary social thought.

Chinese pictorial art

CHINESE PICTORIAL ART As Viewed by the Connoisseur Notes on the Means & Methods of Traditional Chinese Connoiseurship of Pictorial Art, Based Upon a Study of the Mounting of Scrolls in China & Japan: VAN GULIK, R.H. Book in english language. LIMITED EDITION of 950 copies This volume presents an entirely new approach to the study of Chinese painting and calligraphy. Taking as point of departure the views of traditional Chinese connoisseurship, the author tries to arrive at the formulation of the basic requirements for a critical study of antique Chinese scrolls. 537 pages,Very Good red hardcover Istituto Italiano per Il Medio ed Estremo Oriente Publication Date: Euro

Music of the Twentieth Century: A Study of Its Elements and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: de Leeuw, Ton / De Groot, Rokus, PUBLISHER: Amsterdam University Press, Ton de Leeuw was a truly groundbreaking composer. As evidenced by his pioneering study of compositional methods that melded Eastern traditional music with Western musical theory, he had a profound understanding of the complex and often divisive history of twentieth-century music. Now his renowned chronicle "Music of the Twentieth Century" is offered here in a newly revised English-language edition. "Music of the Twentieth Century" goes beyond a historical survey with its lucid and impassioned discussion of the elements, structures, compositional principles, and terminologies of twentieth-century music. De Leeuw draws on his experience as a composer, teacher, and music scholar of non-European music traditions, including Indian, Indonesian, and Japanese music, to examine how musical innovations that developed during the twentieth century transformed musical theory, composition, and scholarly thought around the globe.

The Poetry of Ibn Khafajah: A Literary Analysis

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Al-Nowaihi, Magda M., PUBLISHER: Brill Academic Publishers, This study is an attempt to identify and describe the distinctive features of the poetic style of the acclaimed medieval Andalusian poet Ibn Khafa?jah, who has been credited with starting a new school of poetry, in Andalus and elsewhere. It offers a close reading of his poetry, concentrating on the three basic elements of style - imagery, rhetorical devices, and structural patterns. It shows how Ibn Khaf?jah creatively uses the poetic tradition available to him to form new images and scenes, create multi-layered poems, and bestow different levels of unity and coherence on his poems. The study demonstrates some of the ways by which the various elements of style are combined and interrelated, to produce original, meaningful, and highly moving poems in the Khafajian style.

The Path of Economic Growth

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Lowe, Adolph, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, The writings on the theory of economic growth share almost without exception two characteristics - they deal exclusively with steady growth or equilibrium dynamics, and they try to predict the actual course of long-term development on the basis of greatly oversimplified behaviour assumptions. This book, first published in , studies the many variants of a disequilibrium path, which growth processes pursue under the impact of major growth stimuli - changes in labour supply, in natural resources, and in technology. The study gives direction to public policies, sharply distinguishing between the requirements of market economies and of planned systems.

Notebook M

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Savigny, Gillian, PUBLISHER: Insomniac Press, Gillian Savigny 's Notebook M imagines what scientific creativity might accomplish if given the space to play, free of the burden of empirical proof and the need to control meaning. Inspired by Charles Darwin 's own Notebook M, in which he brought his scientific sensibility towards decidedly unscientific notions of metaphysics, morals, imagination, and expression, in this collection the poet dons a lab coat and brings together the techniques and procedures of poetry and science. The result is a remarkably accomplished first collection of poetry. Natural selection becomes a technique to pull poems from Darwin 's prose, in a series of found poems. Metaphor becomes an experiment a way of testing hypotheses about the nature of being and seeing. Savigny manipulates the lyric mode to address issues pertinent to both poets and scientists: issues of authorship, originality, copyright, and value. Invested with wonder, mystery, wit, and pathos, these poems strain against their own procedures and logic, affirming the wild, expressive potential of words.

The Later Christian Fathers: A Selection from the Writings

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bettenson, Henry, PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, The century and a quarter following the Council of Nicaea (A.D. 325) has been called the 'Golden Age of Patristic literature.' It is this period that Henry Bettenson covers in this companion volume to The Early Christian Fathers, selecting from the writings of Basil the Great, Gregory of Nyssa, Jerome, Augustine of Hippo, Cyril of Alexandria, and other Fathers of the Christian Church. Their central concerns were formulating the doctrine of the Trinity after the Nicene conclusions, and enunciating the doctrine of the divinity and humanity of Christ. The writings served to clarify if not to solve the issues and they continue to be valuable and relevant for all who wish to understand the Christian doctrine. As in The Early Christian Fathers, Mr. Bettenson has translated everything afresh and provided some brief sketches of the lives of each of the Fathers represented in the selection.

Ali, Child of the Desert

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: London, Jonathan / Lewin, Ted, PUBLISHER: HarperCollins Publishers, Captures the dramatic beauty and danger of the Sahara Seated atop his camel, Ali felt the desert roll beneath him. Three days' ride ahead lay the Moroccan market town of Rissani, at the edge of the Great Sahara, where Ali and his father would sell their camels. But suddenly, out of nowhere, the wind came howling, and the whirling sand swallowed the sun, the camel herd, and his father. Stranded on the vast Sahara, Ali must summon all his courage to first find food and shelter, then his father. In the process, he learns the true nature of the desert and its people.

The Rape of the Lock and Other Poems

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Pope, Alexander / Price, Martin / Miller, Christopher R., PUBLISHER: Signet Classics, One of The Enlightenment's greatest poets, Alexander Pope was famous for his wit, brilliant epigrams, and razor-sharp satire of fashionable society's foibles. Presented here in their entirety are several of his principal works, including the delightful mock-epic "The Rape of the Lock," "Essay on Criticism" and his satirical masterpiece, "The Dunciad."

A Study in Scarlet

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Doyle, Arthur Conan / Edwards, Owen / Edwards, Dudley, PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, The first of the Sherlock Holmes stories, this was also the first of Conan Doyle's books to be published. In this fascinating and exciting tale, the two towering creations of detective fiction--Holmes, the master of the science of detection, and Watson, his faithful companion--make their auspicious debut. The two detectives are immediately in fine form as Holmes plucks the solution to the mystery from the heart of Victorian London.

Language, Thought, and Reality: Selected Writings

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Carroll, John B. / Whorf, Benjamin L., PUBLISHER: MIT Press (MA), The pioneering linguist Benjamin Whorf () grasped therelationship between human language and human thinking: how language can shape ourinnermost thoughts. His basic thesis is that our perception of the world and ourways of thinking about it are deeply influenced by the structure of the languages wespeak. The writings collected in this volume include important papers on the Maya, Hopi, and Shawnee languages as well as more general reflections on language andmeaning.

A Preface to Milton: Revised Edition: Preface Books Series

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Potter, Lois, PUBLISHER: Longman Publishing Group, A must read before tackling the works of Milton "A bible of Milton.."."Daily Telegraph (UK)." Explores important places and people in Milton's life and their effect on he and his writings. Examines three of his major works including "Paradise Lost." This invaluable account provides an excellent introduction to the life and works of John Milton, one of the great writers of the English language, ranking second only to Shakespeare. Clearly and concisely it outlines his life and cultural background and their effects on his work, setting him firmly in the context of the tumultuous 17th century times in which he lived and wrote. In this fascinating introduction, A Preface to Milton, Lois potter leases us in no doubt about his importance in the canon of English literature. Dr. Lois Potter is senior lecturer in English as the University of Leicester

The Cock's Spur

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Price, Charles F., PUBLISHER: John F. Blair Publisher, In his new novel, Charles Price continues the story begun in his first two critically acclaimed books -- Hiwassee and Freedom's Altar. In this rollicking tale of cockfighting and moonshining, antihero Ves Price makes a bargain with the Devil himself -- a revenuer bent on putting an end to area distilling. At the heart of the moonshining activity is Webb Darling, who rules his kingdom from atop his mountain fortress. As Ves increasingly sells out his friends and neighbors and incurs the wrath of Darling, a second plot heats up starring Hamby McFee, a renowned trainer of fighting cocks. As the once-wealthy Curtis family spirals into decline, Hamby finds himself emerging as the head of the household where he was formerly a slave. Torn between the reluctant loyalty he feels toward the Curtises and a desire for a fresh start elsewhere, Hamby becomes the unwilling hero of the novel.

Woman's Study Bible: Opening the Word of God to Women

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kelley, Rhonda Harrington / Patterson, Dorothy Kelley, PUBLISHER: Nelson Bibles, No other woman's Bible has a more dazzling array of features than The Woman's Study Bible. It's far more than a devotional Bible. It has over pages of study articles, annotations, and topical notes on hundreds of subjects of interest to women of all ages and in all stages of life. The Woman's Study Bible has been lovingly crafted by more than 80 godly women, noted Christian leaders who have combined their expertise to produce the only comprehensive study Bible that highlights the unique needs of women.

Charles Leonhard: American Music Educator

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Heller, George N., PUBLISHER: Scarecrow Press, Charles Leonhard () was a pivotal figure in American music education history. His career spanned the era from singing classes and school assembly singing of the s through the music education as aesthetic education movement of the late twentieth century. Heller's work is a worthwhile contribution to the music education literature. --HISTORY OF EDUCATION QUARTERLY

Chesnutt and Realism: A Study of the Novels

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Simmons, Ryan, PUBLISHER: University Alabama Press, An important examination of Charles Chesnutt as a practitioner of realism. With the release of previously unpublished novels and a recent proliferation of critical studies on his life and work, Charles W. Chesnutt () has emerged as a major American writer of his time--the age of Howells, Twain, and Wharton. In "Chesnutt and Realism, "Ryan Simmons breaks new ground by theorizing how understandings of literary realism have shaped, and can continue to shape, the reception of Chesnutt's work. Although Chesnutt is typically acknowledged as the most prominent African American writer of the realist period, little attention has been paid to the central question of this study: what does it mean to call Chesnutt a realist? A writer whose career was circumscribed by the dismal racial politics of his era, Chesnutt refused to conform to literary conventions for depicting race. Nor did he use his imaginative skills to evade the realities he and other African Americans faced. Rather, he experimented with ways of portraying reality that could elicit an appropriate, proportionate response to it, as Simmons demonstrates in extended readings of each of Chestnutt's novels, including important unpublished works that have been overlooked by previous critics. "Chesnutt and Realism" also addresses a curiously neglected subject in American literary studies--the relationship between American literary realism and race. By taking Chesnutt seriously as a contributor to realism, this book articulates the strategies by which one African American intellectual helped to define the discourses that influenced his fate. Ryan Simmons is Assistant Professor of English at Utah Valley State College

My Name Is America: The Journal of Otto Peltonen, a Finnish

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Durbin, William, PUBLISHER: Scholastic Inc., After his family emigrates from Finland to Minnesota, Otto Peltonen and his father work in the dangerous iron ore mines of the Mesabi Range. There, in the face of discrimination from the foremen, who accept bribes for the prime mining spots, Otto and his father take part in the beginnings of the labor unionization.

Between Friends

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Oz, Amos, PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, In "Between Friends, " Amos Oz returns to the kibbutz of the late s, the time and place where his writing began. These eight interconnected stories, set in the fictitious Kibbutz Yikhat, draw masterly profiles of idealistic men and women enduring personal hardships in the shadow of one of the greatest collective dreams of the twentieth century. A devoted father who fails to challenge his daughter's lover, an old friend, a man his own age; an elderly gardener who carries on his shoulders the sorrows of the world; a woman writing perversely poignant letters to her husband's mistress. Amid this motley group of people, a man named Martin attempts to teach everyone Esperanto. Each of these stories is a luminous human and literary study; together they offer an eloquent portrait of an idea, and of a charged and fascinating epoch. Amos Oz at home. And at his best.

Quantitative Ethology

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Colgan, Patrick W., PUBLISHER: John Wiley & Sons, This volume brings together in one place, for the first time, the variety of advanced quantitative techniques available to the ethologist and worker in allied fields. Topics include: data collection; estimation of the behavioral repertory of an animal; the measurement of the amount of information transferred in communicative acts; the quantitative study of durations, intervals, latencies, and sequences of stimuli and responses; use of cluster analysis to study response types; analyzing multidimensional contingency tables; multidimensional scaling; and multivariate analysis based on multinormal populations.

The Raymond Williams Reader

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Williams, Raymond / Higgins / Higgins, John, PUBLISHER: Wiley-Blackwell, This carefully-structured reader presents a survey of the whole body of Williams' existing work, providing existing readers with a new perspective on his writings, and new readers with the opportunity to explore his ideas in depth.

Monet

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Milner, Frank, PUBLISHER: Knickerbocker Press, With prints ranging from the s through the s, Claude Manes nearly seventy years of productivity are fully represented to confirm his artistic eminence as one of the founders of Impressionism. A total of sixty works from each stage of his career ore seen in striking prints. A fascinating introduction reveals the Parisian life and Monet's influences, including the Japanese woodblock prints by Hiroshige which led to the design of his own famous garden.

Alias Frank Canton

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: DeArment, Robert K., PUBLISHER: University of Oklahoma Press, Here for the first time is the complete life story of the controversial lawman Frank Canton, born Joe Homer, who, after conviction and imprisonment for armed robbery, escaped to change his name and transform himself into an ambitious, hard-working peace officer pursuing felons all over the western frontier for almost half a century. Western historian Robert K. DeArment has used an exhaustive amount of primary materials -- court records, contemporary periodicals, and Canton's own writings and memorabilia collected during his lifetime -- to track down the facts of the mysterious Canton's early life and misdeeds in Texas; his participation in the Johnson County War as an agent of the Wyoming Stock Growers Association; his pursuit of the Daltons, Bill Doolin, and other outlaws in Oklahoma Territory; his experiences as a peace officer and gold prospector in Alaska; his career as a bounty hunter; and his ultimate success as adjutant general of the new state of Oklahoma.

European Review of Philosophy, 5: Emotion and Action

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Pacherie, Elizabeth / CSLI Publications, PUBLISHER: Center for the Study of Language and Informat, Recent years have seen an explosion of interest in the study of emotion and cognition, and an increasing rejection of the traditional philosophical prejudice against emotions as irrational or disruptive. The essays in this collection explore various facets of the relationships among emotion, action, rationality, and self-knowledge, with particular attention to three main sets of issues: the relationships between emotions and action, the roles emotion and action play in the development of self-awareness, and the rationality of emotions and emotional action.

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