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  • af Brian Hayden
    338,95 kr.

    This is a unique study of prehistoric stone tools, advocating an experiential approach to understanding stone tool designs from the users' perspectives, and employing a universal logic of designing tools; an invaluable primer for anyone contemplating the study of prehistoric stone tools.

  • af Leslie A. White
    683,95 kr.

  • - From Supernaturalism to Naturalism An Anthropological Perspective
    af Robert L. Carneiro
    568,95 kr.

    In his eloquent new book Robert Carneiro traces the history of the development of empirical science-from the Paleolithic to the present-vividly describing the major events that have marked a great transition in human thought, and how this affected the human experience.

  • af Christopher R. DeCorse
    468,95 kr.

    An Archaeology of Elmina examines a complex African settlement on the coast of present-day Ghana from the fifteenth through the nineteenth centuries using the archaeological record, European narratives and indigenous oral histories.

  • af Timothy Earle
    388,95 kr.

    In this book Timothy Earle argues that studying chiefdoms is essential to understanding the role of elemental powers in social evolution. He studies chiefs and their power strategies in historically independent prehistoric and traditional societies and shows how chiefs continue to exist as powerful actors within modern states.

  • af Glenn R. Storey
    338,95 kr.

    This book explores issues of definition and the essential elements of cities, offering a new heuristic typology of cities. It reviews case studies of six ancient cities (Copan, Great Zimbabwe, Gyeongju, Hierakonpolis, Rome, and Teotihuacan) with illustrative exercises at the end of each chapter.

  • - Game-Changing Technologies That Failed
    af Michael Brian Schiffer
    478,95 kr.

    This book presents a sample of twelve spectacular flops encompassing the past three centuries-ranging from the world's first automobile to the nuclear-powered bomber. 49 illustrations.

  • af Robert C. Drennan, C. Adam Berrey & Christian E. Peterson
    473,95 kr.

    Archaeological field survey methods developed over half a century combine with powerful new quantitative tools for spatial analysis to unleash new potential for identifying and studying ancient local communities and regional polities. This volume details these changes.

  • - Yesterday and Today
     
    488,95 kr.

    Study of political evolution viewed in the field of social anthropology. Looks at what is seen as the first major political development in history, when previously separate villages came together in chiefdoms - a notional form of organization where political and economic power is exercised by a single person or group over communities.

  •  
    923,95 kr.

    Volume 4 of this innovative series on social and personality psychology showcases the rapid advances being made in the science of cognitive and behavioural control, seen in their experimental (e.g. brain studies) and everyday (e.g. emotion regulation) varieties.

  • - A Record of the Paleoindian Occupation of the Northwestern High Plains
    af George C. Frison
    643,95 kr.

    The Agate Basin monograph is not only a classic of Plains paleoindian archaeology, but also of multidisciplinary research, geoarchaeology, zooarchaeology, and experimental archaeology. Lucid presentation of meticulously excavated and analyzed sediments, bones, and artifacts convey an unmatched sense of Paleoindian life.

  • - Being the Celebrated Third Chapter of Thomas Babington Macaulay's History of England
    af Robert L. Carneiro
    288,95 kr.

    Thomas Babington Macaulay was one of the great English historians of the nineteenth century. The groundbreaking chapter from his famous five-volume History of England deserves to be rescued from oblivion, and is presented here, preceded by a long introduction in which Macaulay's life and career are set forth in detail.

  • - A Case for Full Coverage Survey
     
    643,95 kr.

    In this volume, originally published by Smithsonian Institution Press in 1990, the editors present eight thorough case studies on a wide range of environments and cultural contexts to argue the advantages of full-coverage survey-the systematic coverage of a whole study area.

  • - The US Navy vs. Blockade Runners in the Western Gulf of Mexico
    af W. T. Block
    463,95 kr.

    From the Introduction to the Dogwood Press Edition . . . It was the author's desire to write a story devoted solely to blockade-running in the Western Gulf of Mexico. This republished edition includes six first-hand accounts as appendixes, 56 new figures, and a new introduction putting the work in the context of the Denbigh Shipwreck Project.

  • - The 18th Century
    af Nan A. Rothschild
    643,95 kr.

    An archaeological study of the growth of Manhattan during the colonial period, this book documents the emergence of Manhattan as the center of class-structured capitalist commercialism in the new nation-state.

  • - The Psychological Imperative
    af Michael J. Mahoney
    653,95 kr.

    This book, originally published in 1976, documents the idiosyncracies and foibles of the scientific process as a field of endeavour. A new introduction updates such aspects of academia as politics and tenure, publication and power relations, science studies and constructivist inquiry, and what have come to be called the "science wars".

  • - Settlement Patterns at the Ancient Zapotec Capital
    af Richard E. Blanton
    708,95 kr.

    This book traces the history of past human settlement in one of Mesoamerica's most important early cities. In his new prologue, Richard Blanton discusses the genesis and background of the project, its impact on the development of urban archaeology, and the changes it stimulated in how archaeologists think about the Mesoamerican past.

  • af Alfred V. Kidder
    608,95 kr.

    'The Artifacts of Pecos has been widely recognized as a groundbreaking volume by one of the most influential figures in modern American Archaeology.' So writes Fred Wendorf in his new foreword to this classic work published in 1932 by Yale University Press.

  • - Historical Archaeology in the Eastern United States
     
    683,95 kr.

    This collection uses the historical archaeology of the eastern United States to explore social life, religion, and ideology. A new prologue by Mark Leone defines the elements of culture and identifies those parts of the concept that are important to historical archaeologists.

  • - A Study of Work Organization and Work Attitudes in the United States and Japan
    af James R. Lincoln
    608,95 kr.

    This book documents the conventional wisdom that Japanese workers displayed significantly more commitment to their organizations than did American workers. As pointed out in the new prologue, the world is very different from when this survey first appeared; the Japanese are now moving closer to the American "market individualist" model.

  • af Heinz Werner
    748,95 kr.

    This classic work, first published in German in 1926, was the first comprehensive introduction to the field of comparative developmental psychology. In her new prologue to this reprint of the revised edition, Franklin sketches the key events in Werner's life, the major themes in his concept, and relevant issues for today's scholars.

  • af John Lofland
    683,95 kr.

    The sociology of deviance was in its heyday when this book was published in 1969. John Lofland traces the field from pre-World War II to the late sixties and pioneers the application of "grounded theory" to the study of deviant behavior.

  • af John G. Bruhn
    643,95 kr.

    The availability and delivery of health care is one of the most important issues on the American public policy agenda. The authors analyze the social, psychological, and bureaucratic boundaries that define health care in the United States, discuss how organizational change affects these boundaries, and suggest broad strategies for managing them.

  • af Allan V. Horwitz
    643,95 kr.

    In this book Allan Horwitz views mental illness within a sociological framework of deviance and social control and evaluates communal and individualistic styles of therapeutic control.

  • - Helping Children Through Good Times and Bad
    af C. R. Snyder
    553,95 kr.

    The authors-professional psychologists who work with children and families-believe that adults can help children build hope and combat hopelessness, and use stories that children construct about themselves to document the hope-building process.

  • af Randall H. McGuire
    568,95 kr.

    This book applies Marxist theory to archaeology, explores long-term historical change and cultural evolution, and advocates a dialectical and historical approach to the study of the past. Originally published by Academic Press in 1992, this edition features a new prologue by the author.

  •  
    923,95 kr.

    In Volume 2 of the series, the editors and contributors examine the interactive influences of personality, cognition, and emotion in order to attain a comprehensive understanding of human behavior.

  • - Politics and Bureaucracy in the New York City School System
    af David Rogers
    553,95 kr.

    David Rogers uses competing sociological models of mass society to analyze the New York City school system, which he describes as a "sick bureaucracy." The author discusses the divisive school decentralization crisis of the late 1960s and early 1970s as well as efforts by subsequent mayors to reform the system.