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UNINA9911102468203321 |
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Annual review of gerontology and geriatrics . Volume 8 Varieties of aging / / George L. Maddox, M. Powell Lawton, special volume editors |
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New York, : Springer Publishing Company, c1988 |
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1-281-81830-5 |
9786611818302 |
0-8261-6487-0 |
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[1st ed.] |
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1 online resource (319 p.) |
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Annual review of gerontology and geriatrics ; ; v.8 |
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MaddoxGeorge L |
LawtonM. Powell <1923-2001.> (Mortimer Powell) |
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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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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents; Preface; Introduction; Contributors; Forthcoming Contents, Volume 9; Orientations; The Social Distribution of Societal Resources; Some Policy Implications of Population Heterogeneity; Index; Contents of Previous Volumes |
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This volume of the Annual Review focuses attention precisely on the neglected documentation and explanation of heterogeneity of how people grow older within society. The society of special interest is the United States in relatively recent decades, although some of the chapters include instructive comparisons with other societies. |
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UNINA9911115367303321 |
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Autore |
Šprajc Ivan |
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Quetzalcóatlova zvezda : planet Venera v Mezoameriki / / Ivan Šprajc ; prevod Zala Rott |
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Ljubljana, : ZRC SAZU, Založba ZRC, 2006 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 electronic resource (208 p.) |
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Pre-Columbian America |
Archaeology |
Archaeological science, methodology & techniques |
Cosmology & the universe |
Venus (Planet) |
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Za Soncem in Luno je najsvetlejše nebesno telo Venera, zato je ta planet imel tudi v Mezoameriki pomembno mesto v kozmologiji in religiji. Venero je personificiral Quetzalcóatl, eno najpomembnejših in najkompleksnejših mezoameriških božanstev: bil je stvarnik, bog življenja in rodovitnosti. Nekatere različice mita, v katerem Quetzalcóatl nastopa kot svečenik in tolteški vladar, pripovedujejo, da se je po odhodu proti vzhodu spremenil v zvezdo Danico, torej v Venero. Če so tako vzvišenega boga enačili z Venero, je ta planet moral imeti izjemno pomembno vlogo. Božanska zvezda se tako pojavlja kot protagonist številnih mitov in verovanj~bila je predmet predanega čaščenja, obenem pa tudi potrpežljivega opazovanja in preučevanja. Avtor podrobno spregovori o tem, zakaj je bilo to nebesno telo tako edinstveno, kakšen pomen je imelo v kulturi in kako je vplivalo na življenje tedanjih ljudstev. Delo je v španskem izvirniku izšlo leta 1996 v Mehiki. |
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