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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. This VSI to prehistory will introduce the reader to four and a half million years of human existence. Many of the familiar aspects of modern life are no more than a century or two old, yet our deep social structures and skills were in large measure developed by small bands of our prehistoric ancestors many millennia ago. Chris Gosden invites us to think seriously about who we are by considering who we have been. The idea of prehistory owes its origins to Darwin - suddenly any description of human life on Earth had to take account of a much longer timespan than ever before. What new views of ourselves has this new timespan opened up? Chris Gosden's fascinating new book asks: What relationships did our distant ancestors have with the natural world, with each other, and with the objects and values they created? And as humanity hurtles into a future of virtual interraction and genetic manipulation, what can the darkest recesses of our past teach us about our future? ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. Softcover, clean cover without folds or tears. No markings or writing within text. Binding square and tight, spine uncreased.

Soft cover. Zustand: Fine. 78 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm. Contents: From found forms to formlessness values and meanings : from ethics to aesthetics and back again Making do and making beautiful : recycling in an African refugee settlement / Tania Kaiser Tinworking in India : an interview with Irshad Farid / Tony Hayward Picking, sorting, and refashioning : recycling in the world of textiles / Jacqueline Herald Recycling traditions : basket makers and their materials / Lois Walpole Recycling in Aboriginal Australia / Judy Birmingham Trench art : the recyclia of war / Nicholas Saunders Instrumentalism / Hélène la Rue The Joachim Schmid Collection at the Pitt Rivers Museum / Elizabeth Edwards Notes: Published to accompany "Transformations : the art of recycling" an exhibition held at the Pitt Rivers Museum from 25 March 2000 until Autumn 2001 and "Transpositions : the sound of recycling" held at the museum's Balfour Galleries.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 240 pages. 8.82x6.69x8.82 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 240 pages. 8.82x6.69x8.82 inches. In Stock.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - True accounts of groundbreaking women anthropologists defying gender norms in the early 20th century. The extraordinary women featured in Intrepid Women defied early twentieth-century conventions to carry out groundbreaking field research in distant parts of the world where ladies were not meant to travel. In this book, you will meet Barbara Freire-Marreco living among Pueblo people in Southwestern USA; Maria Czaplicka with reindeer herders of Siberia; Beatrice Blackwood in remote villages of Papua New Guinea; Elsie McDougall among textile artists in Mexico and Guatemala; and Ursula Graham Bower in the Naga Hills of Northeast India. Coping with illness, shipwreck, loneliness, and misogyny, these pioneering anthropologists learned local languages, established relationships across supposed cultural boundaries, insisted on the dignity of humanity in all cultural settings, and documented--with remarkable meticulousness--the lives of the peoples with whom they lived and worked. Each of these women collected objects and left archives of photographs, manuscripts, diaries, and letters, which tell the inspirational stories of their encounters and adventures.…

Zustand: NEW.

Zustand: New. Emily Stevenson is Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford.Combining ethnographic and archival research, this book examines the lives of colonial-period postcards and reveals how they bec.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Combining ethnographic and archival research, this book examines the lives of colonial-period postcards and reveals how they become objects of contemporary historical imagination in India.

8vo. Irregular pagination. numerous b/w illus. wrs. Exhibition Catalogue.

Zustand: New. Editor(s): Morton, Christopher (Pitt Rivers Museum University of Oxford UK). BIC Classification: JFCA; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 279 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476. . 2016. Paperback / so. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Zustand: New. Emily Stevenson is Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford.Combining ethnographic and archival research, this book examines the lives of colonial-period postcards and reveals how they bec.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Combining ethnographic and archival research, this book examines the lives of colonial-period postcards and reveals how they become objects of contemporary historical imagination in India.

Zustand: Good. 8vo. Stapled Wrap [ ca. 40 pp.] Very Good, B&W and Color Plates. Foreword by David Attenborough.Text by julia Cousins.