Dynamics in human and primate societies [[electronic resource] ] : agent-based modeling of social and spatial processes / / editors, Timothy A. Kohler, George J. Gumerman

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910458641803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000
• ISBN: 0-19-756149-7; 1-280-83327-0; 0-19-535119-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (413 p.)
• Collana: Santa Fe Institute studies in the sciences of complexity
• Altri autori (Persone): KohlerTimothy A; GumermanGeorge J
• Disciplina: 301.0113; 303.4/01/13
• Soggetti: Social evolution - Mathematical models; Social evolution - Computer simulation; Social history - To 500 - Mathematical models; Social history - To 500 - Computer simulation; Animal societies - Mathematical models; Animal societies - Computer simulation; Social behavior in animals - Mathematical models; Social behavior in animals - Computer simulation; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Previously issued in print: 2000.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; Putting Social Sciences Together Again: An Introduction to the Volume; Nonlinear and Synthetic Models for Primate Societies; The Evolution of Cooperation in an Ecological Context: An Agent-Based Model; Evolution of Inference; Trajectories to Complexity in Artificial Societies: Rationality, Belief, and Emotions; MAGICAL Computer Simulation of Mesolithic Foraging; Be There Then: A Modeling Approach to Settlement Determinants and Spatial Efficiency Among Late Ancestral Pueblo Populations of the Mesa Verde Region, U.S. Southwest; Understanding Anasazi Culture Change Through Agent-Based ModelingAnti-Chaos, Common Property, and the Emergence of Cooperation; The Political Impact of Marriage in a Virtual Polynesian Society; The Impact of Raiding on Settlement Patterns in the Northern Valley of Oaxaca: An Approach Using Decision Trees; The Fractal House of Pharaoh: Ancient Egypt as a Complex Adaptive System, a Trial Formulation; Modeling Sociality: The View from Europe; Agent-Based Modeling of Small-Scale Societies: State of the Art and Future Prospects; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 'Dynamics of Human and Primate Societies' presents the most up-to-date research in the study of human and primate societies, demonstrating recent advances in software and algorithms for modelling societies. It also addresses case studies that have applied agent-based modelling approaches in archaeology, cultural anthropology, primatology and sociology.

Enriqueta Vasquez and the Chicano movement [[electronic resource] ] : writings from El grito del norte / / Enriqueta Vasquez ; edited by Lorena Oropeza and Dionne Espinoza ; with a foreword by John Nichols and a preface by Enriqueta Vasquez

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910807804403321
• Autore: Longeaux y Vásquez Enriqueta
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Houston, Tex., : Arte Público Press, c2006
• ISBN: 1-61192-651-3; 1-61192-041-8
• Descrizione fisica: liii, 231 p. : ill
• Collana: Hispanic civil rights series
• Altri autori (Persone): EspinozaDionne; OropezaLorena <1964->
• Disciplina: 305.868/72079
• Soggetti: Chicano movement; Mexican Americans - Politics and government - 20th century; Mexican Americans - Social conditions - 20th century; Southwest, New Race relations; United States Race relations
• 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.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction : "Viviendo y luchando : the life and times of Enriqueta Vasquez" / Lorena Oropeza -- Conclusion : "Rethinking cultural nationalism and La Familia through women's communities : Enriqueta Vasquez and Chicana feminist thought" / Dionne Espinoza -- Enriqueta Vazquez and the Chicano movement : writings from El Grito del Norte -- I. Land, race, and poverty -- Introduction -- Discrimination -- Los pobres y los ricos -- This land is our land -- Racism -- "Communism," just a word -- Welfare and work -- More abuses at Santa Fe Pinta -- II. Culture and history -- Introduction -- Teach true values, says La Raza mother -- 'Tis the season, fa la la -- Let's be seen and heard -- 16 de septiembre -- The 16th of September -- La Santa tierra -- La Voz de nuestra cultura I -- La Voz de nuestra cultura II -- La historia del Mestizo -- III. Nation and self-determination -- Introduction -- Somos Aztlán! (English -- ¡Somos Aztlán! (Spanish) -- Our new nation is born -- Se nace nuestra nación -- Let's take a look at the political system -- New levels of awareness -- IV. Chicanas, organize! -- Introduction -- La Chicana : let's build a new life -- The woman of La Raza, part I -- The woman of La Raza, part II -- Chicana resolution -- ¡Soy Chicana primero! -- National Chicana Conference, Houston -- V. Corporate institutions and industrial society -- Introduction -- The Church has made us slaves -- Values lost -- Apollo IX -- Smog and money politics -- The Church and the people -- Money, money, money -- The Atomic Age -- Railroad and land -- VI. International politics -- Introduction -- Draft and our youth -- Tío Sam says : "gimme!" -- Qué Linda Es Cuba! : part I -- Raza, nos están matando. They are killing us, did you know? -- ¡Qué Linda Es Cuba! : part II -- Kent State -- El Soldado Raso de Hoy -- El Soldado Raso today -- Third world women meet.
• Sommario/riassunto: Gathers columns from the Chicano newspaper "El Grito del Norte," where the author's fierce but hopeful voice of protest combined anger and humor to stir her fellow Chicanos to action as she drew upon her own experiences as a Chicana.