Deep history [[electronic resource] ] : the architecture of past and present / / Andrew Shryock and Daniel Lord Smail ; with Timothy Earle ... [et al.] |
Autore | Shryock Andrew |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (360 p.) |
Disciplina | 599.93/8 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
SmailDaniel Lord
EarleTimothy K. <1946-> |
Soggetto topico |
Human evolution
Social evolution Anthropology, Prehistoric World history |
Soggetto non controllato |
anthropology books
archaeology and anthropology creation of politics culture and society evolutionary theory global history globalization historical africa historical biology history and politics history and prehistory history lover history of genetics history of language history of science human evolution human genes human history humanity over time man vs nature nature and evolution origin of mankind origin of society paleontology past and present primatology story of life world history |
ISBN |
1-283-27820-0
9786613278203 0-520-94966-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Problems and orientations -- pt. 2. Frames for history in deep time -- pt. 3. Shared substance -- pt. 4. Human expansion. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781791103321 |
Shryock Andrew
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Game changer [[electronic resource] ] : animal rights and the fate of Africa's wildlife / / Glen Martin |
Autore | Martin Glen <1949-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (268 p.) |
Disciplina | 179/.3096 |
Soggetto topico |
Animal welfare - Africa
Animal rights - Africa Animal rights - Environmental aspects - Africa Wildlife conservation - Africa Animal rights activists - Africa Animal rights movement - Africa |
Soggetto non controllato |
african history
animal hunting animal rights movement animal welfare animals in africa aspca books for animal lovers books for reluctant readers conservationists conservations vs protecting animals conserve wildlife discussion books east africa easy to read engaging environmental conservation protection how to save animals how to stop hunters individual animals man vs nature page turner protecting wildlife the importance of animals vacation reads wildlife in africa zoos and animals |
ISBN |
1-280-11658-7
9786613520876 0-520-95205-7 |
Classificazione | NAT037000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Maps -- Chapter 1. Never an Eden -- Chapter 2. The Man Who Hated Hyenas -- Chapter 3. Dreaming the Peaceable Kingdom -- Chapter 4. From Automata to Sentient Beings -- Chapter 5. My Cow Trumps Your Lion -- Chapter 6. Death to l'Ancien Régime -- Chapter 7. Reality Check -- Chapter 8. The Kenya Model -- Chapter 9. An Inalienable Right -- Chapter 10. Buy (or Lease) It and They Will Come -- Chapter 11. Even the Cows Must Pay -- Chapter 12. Elephant Man -- Chapter 13. The Sage Reconsiders -- Chapter 14. Commodifying Conservation -- Chapter 15. Not a Primary Issue of Concern -- Chapter 16. Hard Choices -- Chapter 17. The Nation on a Plate -- Chapter 18. Topsoil and Condoms -- Chapter 19. Summing Up in Diani -- Recommended Reading -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789974603321 |
Martin Glen <1949->
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Rough and tumble [[electronic resource] ] : aggression, hunting, and human evolution / / Travis Rayne Pickering |
Autore | Pickering Travis Rayne |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (223 p.) |
Disciplina | 599.9 |
Soggetto topico |
Hunting, Prehistoric
Hunting and gathering societies Fossil hominids Human evolution Social evolution |
Soggetto non controllato |
aggression
aggressive attack ancestors anthropology ape men archaeological evidence archaeological record archaeology archeology biology dark diet and evolution early human hunters emotional detachment engaging evolution historical history hopeless tactic human aggressiveness human evolution human hunters human predation hunter gatherers hunting intense large game hunters life sciences man versus nature man vs nature popular science proto humans social science wooden spears |
ISBN | 0-520-95512-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. A Man among Apes -- 2. Prehistoric Bloodsport -- 3. Tamping the Simian Urge -- 4. Conceiving Our Past -- 5. Death from Above -- Coda -- Notes -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786146503321 |
Pickering Travis Rayne
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2013 | ||
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