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UNINA9910815421903321 |
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Autore |
Parkin David |
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Titolo |
Holistic Anthropology [[electronic resource] ] : Emergence and Convergence |
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New York, NY, : Berghahn Books, 2011 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (304 p.) |
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Collana |
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Methodology & History in Anthropology ; ; v.16 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Anthropology |
Holism |
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General |
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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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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Holistic Anthropology; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; List of Contributors; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Given the broad reach of anthropology as the science of humankind, there are times when the subject fragments into specialisms and times when there is rapprochement. Rather than just seeing them as reactions to each other, it is perhaps better to say that both tendencies co-exist and that it is very much a matter of perspective as to which is dominant at any moment. The perspective adopted by the contributors to this volume is that some anthropologists have, over the last decade or so, been paying considerable attention to developments in the study of social and biological evolution and of |
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