Anthropology & Sociology

ISBN: 9781902937588
Published by : McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research
Series: MCDONALD INSTITUTE MONOGRAPHS
Does it make sense to understand the prehistory, history and present-day patterns of life in Southeast Asia in terms of a distinction between two ways of life: "farming" and "foraging"? This is the central question addressed by the anthropologi... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780227173459
Published by : James Clarke & Co
Durkheim is universally recognised as one of the founding fathers of sociology with his work enabling sociology to be accepted as a discipline within the academic world. What is presented here is a selection of readings from Durkheim's work on rel... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783700168270
Published by : Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
Series: Mitteilungen der Kommission für Quartärforschung
Volume: 17
Over 100 ursid remains were retrieved from the Early Pleistocene cave fillings of the Hollitzer quarry near Deutsch- Altenburg (Lower Austria). Apart from isolated teeth and postcranial (skeleton) elements, there is also one in situ forelimb a... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783700167600
Published by : Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
Series: VERöFFENTLICHUNGEN ZUR SOZIANLANTHROPOLOGIE
Volume: 13
The most extensive collection of Mongolian ethnographica in Europe goes back to the Austrian explorer Hans Leder (1848-1921). Entomological studies led him from southern Siberia to Northern Mongolia in 1892. During further stays in Mongolia bet... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783515097178
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
Series: Medizin, Gesellschaft und Geschichte - Beihefte (MEDGG-B)
Volume: 35
English summary: Found in this volume are personal accounts from patients, which were found in diaries, medical records, petitions, autobiographies, letters, widely scattered archives and pictorial evidences. Hardly a source brings historic... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783515097727
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
Series: Medizin, Gesellschaft und Geschichte - Beihefte (MEDGG-B)
Volume: 37
English summary: Who gets treated by a homeopath? Are there more men or women? Are they rich or poor?
Why did the sick go to the homeopath? What illness were they suffering from? And what was the treatment? This book offers answers on t... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783515098182
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
Series: Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft an der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main – Sitzungsberichte (WGF-S)
Volume: 48.2
English summary: Since the opening of the Musée du quai Branly in Paris, which has since become one of the most popular museums in the French capital, an increased interest in ethnographic collections can also be seen in German-speaking reg... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780971242760
Published by : Percheron Press/Eliot Werner Publications
Series: Foundations of Sociology
In this book Allan Horwitz views mental illness within a sociological framework of deviance and social control and evaluates communal and individualistic styles of therapeutic control. His new prologue updates the work in the context of signi... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783515097130
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
English summary: Bodybuilders are often ridiculed. However, they reveal much about our aestheticized, body-focused, perfectionist-centered way of life and its origins. In a major art historical and philosophical panorama, Jörg Scheller sugg... .... Learn More