Living on thin ice : the Gwich'in in natives of Alaska / / Steven C. Dinero |
Autore | Dinero Steven C. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, [New York] ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn Books, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (219 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Disciplina | 305.897/20798 |
Soggetto topico |
Gwich'in Indians - Social conditions - Alaska - Arctic Village
Gwich'in Indians - Ethnic identity |
Soggetto non controllato |
alaska
american history anthropology arctic village council arctic village bush villages changing climate climate change communication community culture demography studies demography economic changes engaging gwichin natives history interdisciplinary evaluation native american demography studies native community rural areas social changes social issues social science sociology transportation value systems vibrant native community villages |
ISBN | 1-78533-162-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | How Did We Get Here? : An Overview of the First Century -- Episcopalianism Comes to Nets'aii Country -- Cleanliness, Hygiene, and Civilization Discourse : The Educational System, Past and Present -- The Village, Service Provision, and Economic Development -- The Evolving Role of Subsistence in Nets'aii Gwich'in Life -- The Environment and a Changing Climate -- The Youth Are the Future -- We Don't Know Where We Are Anymore. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798696303321 |
Dinero Steven C. | ||
New York, [New York] ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn Books, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Living on thin ice : the Gwich'in natives of Alaska / / Steven C. Dinero |
Autore | Dinero Steven C. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, [New York] ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn Books, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (219 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Disciplina | 305.897/20798 |
Soggetto topico |
Gwich'in Indians - Social conditions - Alaska - Arctic Village
Gwich'in Indians - Ethnic identity |
Soggetto non controllato |
alaska
american history anthropology arctic village council arctic village bush villages changing climate climate change communication community culture demography studies demography economic changes engaging gwichin natives history interdisciplinary evaluation native american demography studies native community rural areas social changes social issues social science sociology transportation value systems vibrant native community villages |
ISBN | 1-78533-162-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | How Did We Get Here? : An Overview of the First Century -- Episcopalianism Comes to Nets'aii Country -- Cleanliness, Hygiene, and Civilization Discourse : The Educational System, Past and Present -- The Village, Service Provision, and Economic Development -- The Evolving Role of Subsistence in Nets'aii Gwich'in Life -- The Environment and a Changing Climate -- The Youth Are the Future -- We Don't Know Where We Are Anymore. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813820903321 |
Dinero Steven C. | ||
New York, [New York] ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn Books, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Mabiki [[electronic resource] ] : infanticide and population growth in eastern Japan, 1660-1950 / / Fabian Drixler |
Autore | Drixler Fabian Franz <1978-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (440 p.) |
Disciplina | 304.6/6809520903 |
Collana | Asia: Local Studies/Global Themes |
Soggetto topico |
Fertility, human - Japan - History
Infanticide - Japan - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
18th century japan
19th century japan anthropology ethnography asian culture asian history books for history lovers child murder demography studies discussion books east japan setting easy to read educational books evolution of japanese society history infanticide interesting books japanese history learning while reading leisure reads nonfiction over population in japan population control in japan population growth restrictions on child birth reverse fertility social history in japan |
ISBN | 0-520-95361-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- A NOTE ON CONVENTIONS -- 1. Introduction. Contested Worldviews and a Demographic Revolution -- 2. Three Cultures of Family Planning -- 3. Humans, Animals, and Newborn Children -- 4. Infanticide and Immortality. The Logic of the Stem Household -- 5. The Material and Moral Economy of Infanticide -- 6. The Logic of Infant Selection -- 7. The Ghosts of Missing Children. Four Approaches to Estimating the Rate of Infanticide -- 8. Infanticide and Extinction -- 9. "Inferior Even to Animals". Moral Suasion and the Boundaries of Humanity -- 10. Subsidies and Surveillance -- 11. Even a Strong Castle Cannot Be Defended without Soldiers. Infanticide and National Security -- 12. Infanticide and the Geography of Civilization -- 13. Epilogue Infanticide in the Shadows of the Modern State -- 14. Conclusion -- APPENDIX ONE. The Own-Children Method and Its Mortality Assumptions -- APPENDIX TWO. Sampling Biases, Sources of Error, and the Characteristics of the Ten Provinces Dataset -- APPENDIX THREE. The Villages in the Ten Provinces Dataset -- APPENDIX FOUR -- APPENDIX FIVE -- APPENDIX SIX -- APPENDIX SEVEN -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- Index |
Altri titoli varianti | Infanticide and population growth in eastern Japan, 1660-1950 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786711903321 |
Drixler Fabian Franz <1978-> | ||
Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Mabiki : infanticide and population growth in eastern Japan, 1660-1950 / / Fabian Drixler |
Autore | Drixler Fabian Franz <1978-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (440 p.) |
Disciplina | 304.6/6809520903 |
Collana | Asia: Local Studies/Global Themes |
Soggetto topico |
Fertility, human - Japan - History
Infanticide - Japan - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
18th century japan
19th century japan anthropology ethnography asian culture asian history books for history lovers child murder demography studies discussion books east japan setting easy to read educational books evolution of japanese society history infanticide interesting books japanese history learning while reading leisure reads nonfiction over population in japan population control in japan population growth restrictions on child birth reverse fertility social history in japan |
ISBN | 0-520-95361-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- A NOTE ON CONVENTIONS -- 1. Introduction. Contested Worldviews and a Demographic Revolution -- 2. Three Cultures of Family Planning -- 3. Humans, Animals, and Newborn Children -- 4. Infanticide and Immortality. The Logic of the Stem Household -- 5. The Material and Moral Economy of Infanticide -- 6. The Logic of Infant Selection -- 7. The Ghosts of Missing Children. Four Approaches to Estimating the Rate of Infanticide -- 8. Infanticide and Extinction -- 9. "Inferior Even to Animals". Moral Suasion and the Boundaries of Humanity -- 10. Subsidies and Surveillance -- 11. Even a Strong Castle Cannot Be Defended without Soldiers. Infanticide and National Security -- 12. Infanticide and the Geography of Civilization -- 13. Epilogue Infanticide in the Shadows of the Modern State -- 14. Conclusion -- APPENDIX ONE. The Own-Children Method and Its Mortality Assumptions -- APPENDIX TWO. Sampling Biases, Sources of Error, and the Characteristics of the Ten Provinces Dataset -- APPENDIX THREE. The Villages in the Ten Provinces Dataset -- APPENDIX FOUR -- APPENDIX FIVE -- APPENDIX SIX -- APPENDIX SEVEN -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- Index |
Altri titoli varianti | Infanticide and population growth in eastern Japan, 1660-1950 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819491903321 |
Drixler Fabian Franz <1978-> | ||
Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Stat-spotting : a field guide to identifying dubious data / / Joel Best |
Autore | Best Joel |
Edizione | [Updated and expandedition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , [2013] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (161 p.) |
Disciplina | 301.072/7 |
Soggetto topico |
Sociology - Statistical methods
Social problems - Statistical methods |
Soggetto non controllato |
alarming statistics
anthropology civic crime critical thinking demography studies demography digesting statistics economics engaging fake news historical history interesting overview journalism lively math and stats mathematics media criticism media page turner political politics potential issues propaganda reference research stats research revised benchmark scientific methods social problems social science social sciences sociology statistical misuse statistics updated resources violent deaths |
ISBN | 0-520-95707-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | part 1. Getting started -- part 2. Varieties of dubious data -- part 3. Stat-spotting on your own. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790429803321 |
Best Joel | ||
Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , [2013] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Stat-spotting : a field guide to identifying dubious data / / Joel Best |
Autore | Best Joel |
Edizione | [Updated and expandedition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , [2013] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (161 p.) |
Disciplina | 301.072/7 |
Soggetto topico |
Sociology - Statistical methods
Social problems - Statistical methods |
Soggetto non controllato |
alarming statistics
anthropology civic crime critical thinking demography studies demography digesting statistics economics engaging fake news historical history interesting overview journalism lively math and stats mathematics media criticism media page turner political politics potential issues propaganda reference research stats research revised benchmark scientific methods social problems social science social sciences sociology statistical misuse statistics updated resources violent deaths |
ISBN | 0-520-95707-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | part 1. Getting started -- part 2. Varieties of dubious data -- part 3. Stat-spotting on your own. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815628603321 |
Best Joel | ||
Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , [2013] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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