1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910464146603321

Autore

Duffy Eve M.

Titolo

The return of Hans Staden : a go-between in the Atlantic world / / Eve M. Duffy & Alida C. Metcalf

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , 2012

ISBN

1-4214-0421-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 192 p. ) : ill., maps ;

Disciplina

980/.01

Soggetti

Indians of South America - Brazil

Tupinamba Indians - Social life and customs

Electronic books.

Brazil Description and travel Early works to 1800

Brazil Early works to 1800

America Early works to 1800

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [145]-186) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Staden goes to sea -- The lying captive -- The traveler returns -- Staden's images -- Epilogue.

Sommario/riassunto

Hans Staden's sixteenth-century account of shipwreck and captivity by the Tupinambá Indians of Brazil was an early modern bestseller. This retelling of the German sailor's eyewitness account known as the True History shows both why it was so popular at the time and why it remains an important tool for understanding the opening of the Atlantic world. Eve M. Duffy and Alida C. Metcalf carefully reconstruct Staden's life as a German soldier, his two expeditions to the Americas, and his subsequent shipwreck, captivity, brush with cannibalism, escape, and return. The authors explore how these events and experiences were recreated in the text and images of the True History. Focusing on Staden's multiple roles as a go-between, Duffy and Metcalf address many of the issues that emerge when cultures come into contact and conflict. An artful and accessible interpretation, The Return of Hans Staden takes a text best known for its sensational tale of cannibalism and shows how it can be reinterpreted as a window into the precariousness of lives on both sides of early modern encounters,



when such issues as truth and lying, violence, religious belief, and cultural difference were key to the formation of the Atlantic world.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910462319303321

Titolo

Handbook of psychology . Volume 3 [[electronic resource] ] :  behavioral neuroscience / / volume editors, Randy J. Nelson and Sheri J.Y. Mizumori ; editor-in-chief, Irving B. Weiner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2013

ISBN

1-118-28202-7

1-283-85997-1

1-118-28546-8

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (770 p.)

Collana

Handbook of psychology ; ; v. 3

Altri autori (Persone)

NelsonRandy J

MizumoriSheri J. Y

WeinerIrving B

Disciplina

573.8

612.8

Soggetti

Neuropsychology

Psychology, Comparative

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Handbook of Psychology; Contents; Handbook of Psychology Preface; Volume Preface; Contributors; Chapter 1 Behavioral Genetics; Introduction; Subjects; Genome Projects; Methods; Natural Genetic Variants and Behavior; Gene Mutations and Behavior; Translational Knockdowns and Behavior; Gene Expression Correlates With Behavior; Genetics and Behavioral Taxonomy; Male Mouse Aggression; Mouse Emotionality; Rat and Mouse Learning and Cognition; Human Psychopathology; Summary; Genetics and Biological Mechanisms of Behavior; Pedigree of Causes; Mouse Olfaction; Rodent Social Recognition

Individual Chemosignals and Social RecognitionMouse Offense;



Summary; Genotype by Genotype Interactions; Mouse Emotionality; Summary; Genes, Environment, and Behavioral Development; Rats Cognition; Mouse Aggression; Human Personality and Psychopathology; Epigenetics; Future Directions; References; Chapter 2 Evolutionary Psychology; Levels Of Explanation in Evolutionary Psychology; The Metatheory Level of Analysis; Metatheoretical Assumptions that are Consensually Held by Evolutionary Scientists; Natural Selection; Adaptation; Sexual Selection; Inclusive Fitness Theory

Special Metatheoretical Assumptions of Evolutionary PsychologyPsychological Mechanisms as the Main Unit of Analysis; Domain Specificity of Psychological Mechanisms; The Environment of Evolutionary Adaptedness; The Middle-Level Theory Level of Analysis; Parental Investment Theory; Good Genes Sexual Selection Theory; The Hypothesis Level of Analysis; Good Genes Sexual Selection Theory: Hypotheses; The Prediction Level of Analysis; Good Genes Sexual Selection Theory: Predictions; The Future of Evolutionary Psychology; The Impact of Evolutionary Psychology; Future Directions; References

Chapter 3 Comparative VisionEnvironments and Eyes; Fundamental Features of Photic Environments; Eyes: Basic Design Features and Evolution; Photosensitivity; Measuring Animal Vision; Three Issues in Comparative Vision; Detecting Change; Resolving Spatial Structure; Exploiting Chromatic Cues; Conclusion; References; Chapter 4 Visual Processing in the Primate Brain; Visual Processing Basics; Parallel Processing in Vision; The Retina; Photoreceptors; Bipolar Cells; Amacrine Cells; Ganglion Cells; Optic Nerve; Lateral Geniculate Nucleus (LGN); Nonretinal Inputs to LGN

Visual Areas in Primate Cerebral CortexVisual Topographic Maps; V1-Primary Visual Cortex; V2; Major Cortical Visual Processing Pathways; Ventral Pathway; Position Tolerance; Form Selectivity in Single Neurons; Category Selectivity in fMRI; Dorsal Pathway; Middle Temporal Area (MT); Lateral Intraparietal Area (LIP); Concluding Remarks; References; Chapter 5 Comparative Audition; Introduction; Overview of Acoustic Stimuli and Their Transmission Through the Environment; Auditory Function and Behavior; Absolute Auditory Thresholds; Masked Auditory Thresholds; Frequency Difference Limens

Temporal Resolution

Sommario/riassunto

Psychology is of interest to academics from many fields, as well as to the thousands of academic and clinical psychologists and general public who can't help but be interested in learning more about why humans think and behave as they do. This award-winning twelve-volume reference covers every aspect of the ever-fascinating discipline of psychology and represents the most current knowledge in the field. This ten-year revision now covers discoveries based in neuroscience, clinical psychology's new interest in evidence-based practice and mindfulness, and new findings in social, developmental, an



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910704734603321

Titolo

Pakistan : a history of violence

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, , 2013

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (40 pages) : map

Collana

Factsheet

Soggetti

Violence - Pakistan - History

Violence - Pakistan

Violence - Pakistan - Religious aspects

Statistics.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed Sept. 10, 2013).

Chiefly tables.

"July 2013."