This book fills a unique gap in the research on the cultural history of vegetarianism and veganism, children's literature and Victorian periodicals, and it is the first publication to systematically describe the phenomenon of Victorian children's vegetarianism and its representations in literature and culture.
Insuflado por la tradición decolonial latinoamericana y la obra de Peter Sloterdijk, la nueva obra de Juan Blanco, insigne pensador guatemalteco, es una esfera que piensa esferas.
A compelling history of the German ethnologists who were inspired by Prussian polymath and explorer Alexander von HumboldtThe Berlin Ethnological Museum is one of the world's largest and most important anthropological museums, housing more than a half million objects collected from around the globe.
Uncovering strange plots by early British anthropologists to use scientific status to manipulate the stock market, Anthropologists in the Stock Exchange tells a provocative story that marries the birth of the social sciences with the exploits of global finance.
This book investigates the circulation, regulation, and interpretation of magical texts, focusing on the Clavicula Salomonis (Key of Solomon), one of the most sought-after and feared books of the time.
The Strange Tools of Human Communication: The Voice, the Pen, and the Lyre is a thought-provoking exploration of the everyday tools of communication that weaves together history, art, and science to reveal how the voice, hand, and mind shape our shared experiences.
This Routledge Handbook of Childhood Studies and Global Development explores how global development agendas and economic development influence children's lives.
Leadership Development in Saudi Arabia offers a comprehensive examination of the role of leadership development in expanding capabilities for national economic development, accelerating realization of the ambitious goals of Vision 2030, the country's blueprint for socioeconomic transformation.
This book takes an in-depth look at the tradition of solving puzzles and considers the psychological cause and effect of the "e;Aha moment"e;: that familiar flash of sudden insight.
Demonstrating the wide variationamong complex hunter-gatherer communities in coastal settingsThis book explores the forms and trajectories of social complexity among fisher-hunter-gatherers who lived in coastal, estuarine, and riverine settings in precolumbian North America.
In this book, Dale Hutchinson traces the history of American health care and well-being from the colonial era to the present, drawing on evidence from material culture and historical documents to offer insights into the long-standing tension between traditional and institutionalized cures, as well as the emergence of the countrys unique brand of medical consumerism.
Racial Situations challenges perspectives on race that rely upon oft-repeated claims that race is culturally constructed and, hence, simply false and distorting.
"e;Wigwam Stories Told By North American Indians"e; by Mary Catherine Judd and Henook-Makhewe-Kalenaka offers a beautifully preserved collection of traditional Native American legends that bring to life the spiritual richness, natural wisdom, and cultural heritage of various Indigenous tribes.
An urgent meditation on the nature of truth, by the legendary filmmaker and global cultural icon Werner Herzog Herzog is in a category of one A complete original MARINA HYDE Herzog really is a kind of genius SPECTATORWhat if a lie could be true?
