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UNINA9910815231603321 |
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Titolo |
Contemporary futures : perspectives from social anthropology / / edited by Sandra Wallman |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1992 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-91941-7 |
1-134-91942-5 |
1-138-16123-3 |
1-280-07530-9 |
0-203-45055-8 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (244 p.) |
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Collana |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Anthropology - Forecasting |
Industries - Social aspects - Forecasting |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Contemporary Futures; The death of the future; Trapped in the present: the past, present and future of a group of old people in East London; Posterity and paradox: some uses of time capsules; On predicting the future: parish rituals and patronage in Malta; Lines, cycles and transformations: temporal perspectives on Inuit action; Going there and getting there: the future as a legitimating charter for life in the present |
Time past, time present, time future: contrasting temporal values in two Southeast Asian societiesSaving the rain forest? Contested futures in conservation; Sustainable anthropology: ecology and anthropology in the future; Reproducing anthropology; The Marabar Caves, 1920 2020; A future for social anthropology?; Name index; Subject index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Contemporary Futures explores the implications of visualising the future and the consequences this has on the present and on our relationship with other cultures. |
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