smithonian institution press (28 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. First Edition. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Zustand: Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

30 x 23 cm. Zustand: Gut. 277 Seiten (pages) Original Broschur. Softcover UG21 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1230.

No. 62: Tab Rasmussen, Olson & Simons: Fossil Birds from the Oligocene Jebel Qatrani Formation, Fayum Province, Egypt. Pp. 20, with 15 figures. No. 63: Olson & Parris: The Cretaceous Birds of New Jersey. Pp. 22, with 11 figures. Staples rustet.

32 pp. with a lot of Figures, Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 100 4°, Original-Karton (Softcover), gutes Exemplar, (good copy),

42 pp. with a lot of Figures, Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 100 4°, Original-Karton (Softcover), gutes Exemplar, (ggod copy),

No. 9: R. E. Ricklefs: An Analysis of Nesting Mortality in Birds. 1969. 48 S., mit 11 Abbildungen und 26 Tabellen; No. 26_ H. K. Buechner & J. H. Buechner (eds.): The Avifauna of Northern Latin America: A Symposium Held at the Smithonian Institution 13-15 April 1966., 1970. 119 S.; No. 90: R. E. Jenkins & E. A. Lachner: Criteria for Analysis and Interpretation of the American Fish Genera Nocomis Girard and Hybopsis Agassiz. 1971. 15 S., mit 4 Tabellen; No. 92: E. A. Lachner & M. L. Wiley: Populations of tghe Polytypic Species Nocomis leptocephalus (Girard) with a Description of a new Subspecies. 1971. 35 S., mit 4 Abbildungen im Text, weiteren 8 Abbildungen auf Fototafeln und 15 Tabellen; No. 111: S. D. Ripley & G. M. Bond: Systematic Notes on a Collection of Birds from Kenia. 1971. 21 S.

24 cm, Leineneinband, SU. Reprinted. 597 S., Guter Zustand. Good condition. In englischer Sprache. In English. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1200.

Original publisher's gray paperback, title frontcover, 8vo:xvi, 204pp., 31 plates with 92 photographs, map, footnotes, bibliographical notes, list illustrations, summary, list plants used, general bibliography, index.

4to. 386 S. OLn. mit OSchU. Gutes Exemplar. Sprache: englisch.

Original-Broschur. 49 Seiten mit einigen s/w Abbildungen. Einband sehr leicht verfärbt, sonst handelt es sich um ein gutes Exemplar mit nur leichten Gebrauchsspuren. Textsauber und aus einem Nichtraucherhaushalt. // Original paperback. With some b/w illustrations. Cover very slightly discolored, otherwise clean book in good condition. Book from a non smoking environment. Sprache: Englisch.

XI, 313 Seiten mit einigen s/w Abbildungen und einigen farbigen Abbildungen auf 16 Tafeln. Der Schutzumschlag ist leicht berieben, sonst handelt es sich um ein gutes Exemplar mit nur leichten Gebrauchsspuren. Textsauber und aus einem Nichtraucherhaushalt. Dieses Exemplar stammt aus der Bibliothek von Dr. Volker Hellmann, ehemaliger Dozent am Fachbereich Biologie der Universität Konstanz. // Original large format hardcover (cloth) in a dust jacket. The dust jacket is slightly rubbed, otherwise this is a clean book in good condition. Book from a non smoking environment. This copy comes from the library of Dr. Volker Hellmann, former lecturer in the Department of Biology at the University of Konstanz. Sprache: Englisch Großformat, Original-Leinenband mit Schutzumschlag.

Zustand: Gut. 207 Seiten; zahlr. Illustr. (auch farbig); 31,5 cm; fadengeh. Orig.-Leinenband m. farb. illustr. OUmschl. Gutes Exemplar; Umschlag etwas berieben u. stw. geknickt. - Aus der Afrika-Bibliothek von Dr. H.-Joachim Koloß; Völkerkundemuseum Berlin. - Englisch. - The couple. The woman and child. The armed male. The rider. The stranger. For more than six thousand years, these five themes have appeared in countless works of art across the vast continent of Africa. The cultural ideals and values they embody are central to the lives of African peoples. Art historian Herbert M. Cole calls these timeless fundamental images icons. In this fascinating book, Cole explores the many different ways the icons have been depicted, used, and interpreted. Although these iconic artworks are found almost everywhere in Africa, as well as throughout the world, each culture accords them unique religious, social, or political meaning. Icons express ideals of leadership, beauty, family, and productivity. They are also unmistakably about spiritual and secular power - the power to inspire, invoke, transform, persuade, command. Icons: Ideals and Power in the Art of Africa, published in conjunction with a major exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African Art, is lavishly illustrated with more than two hundred photographs. Many superb works of art and their African settings are seen here for the first time. Cole discusses such diverse works as ancient rock paintings and engravings, archaeological bronzes and terracottas, wooden shrine sculptures, miniature metal castings, public monuments in clay or cement, shop signs, gold and ivory political emblems, and modern glass paintings. Icons is both a noteworthy contribution to scholarship and a compelling introduction to the vitality, richness, and history of African art. (Verlagstext) / INHALT : Foreword ----- Preface ----- Introduction: Icons, Ideals, and Powers ----- Useful Images: The Life of Art in Africa ----- Iconic Conventions: The Ideology of Form ----- Two as One: The Male and Female Couple ----- Maternity and Abundance: The Woman and Child ----- Hunters, Warriors, and Heroes: The Forceful Male ----- Riders of Power: The Mounted Leader ----- Ambiguous Aliens: The Stranger in African Art History ----- Change and Continuity: The Icons in Twentieth-Century Art ----- Appendix: List of Illustrations ----- Notes ----- Bibliography ----- Lenders to the Exhibition. ISBN 0874743206 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1900.

gebunden. Zustand: sehr guter Zustand. 208 Seiten 1250 gr.

2 Bände (2 Volumes),. zus. 720 S. mit zahlreichen Abbildungen, (720 pp. with a lot of illustrations), Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 2100 4°, Original-Karton (Softcover), Einbände gering berieben, Vorderdeckel von Band 2 mit kleinem Einriss, insgesamt gute und innen saubere Exemplare, (alltogether good copies),

Broschiert. Zustand: Sehr gut. 335 S. Sehr gutes Ex. - Preface, S. Dillon Ripley Foreword, Wilton S. Dillon Introduction, Allan J. Lichtman - Part : Essays on the Family - Lessons from Nature? Monogamy among Humans and Other Mammals, Devra G. Kleiman - The First Americans: Migrations to a New World, T. Dale Stewart - Continuity across Generations: The Adams Family Myth, David F. Musto - The Depression Experience in Men's Lives, Glen H. Elder, Jr., and Richard C. Rockwell - Changing Risks, Changing Adaptations: American Families in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, John Modell - Aging Patterns in Black Families, Jacquelyne Johnson Jackson and Bertram Emmanuel Walls - Kinship, Community, and Locality in American Culture, David M. Schneider - The Making of a Community: The Role of Women in an Agricultural Setting, Seena B. Kohl - Caring for the Insane in Ante-Bellum Massachusetts: Family, Community, and State Participation, Barbara G. Rosenkrantz and Maris A. Vinovskis - Roots of the American Family: From Noah to Now, Francis L. K. Hsu Workshops and Colloquia - Family Photo Interpretation (Participants: Joan R. Challinor, Jonathan Garlock, Judith Mara Gutman, Amy Kotkin, Catherine Hanf Noren, Amalie Rothschild, Jamil Simon, William Stapp, Elisabeth Weis) - Collecting Oral History (Participants: Robert Byington, E. Culpepper Clark, Susan Kalcik, Robert McCarl, Beverly Robinson, Ralph Rinzler, Steven Zeitlin) - Family Documents (Participants: Allen F. Davis, Richard S. Lackey, Bill R. Linder, Sylvia Wright Mitarachi, James Walker) - Whither Families? (Participants: Wilton S. Dillon, Jared Hoffman, Francis L. K. Hsu, A. Sidney Johnson III, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Margaret Mead) - Epilogue, Joan R. Challinor Selected Bibliography // Key issues in the field of family studies and practical ways of reconstructing personal family history are explored in this book, a collection of essays and four workshop transcripts from the Smithsonian Institution's Sixth International Symposium, held in Washington, D.C. on June 14-17, 1977. Selected from such disciplines as biology, history, sociology, and anthropology, these essays challenge the mind to find new connections between accepted truths and propositions from both the humanities and the sciences. Kin and Communities fills some gaps in knowledge about the enduring place of families and communities as society's building blocks and in our understanding of the biological, historical, and social processes connecting our smallest social units with the largest institutions. ISBN 0874746094 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.

4°, grüner Org.-Pappb. Zustand: Gut. XXV, 1192 S. ; Deckel am vord. Gelenk mit Druckstelle (Bezug geplatzt), innen sehr sauber. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 4000.

Softcover, large format. Zustand: good condition. Famous Aircraft of the National Air and Space Museum - Volume 3 - - Each volume in the Famous Aircraft of the National Air and Space Museum series deals with a different historic airplane in the museum's impressive collection. Each book is divided into two main sections, the first covering the background and history of the aircraft, the second providing some details unique to its restoration by skilled craftsmen of the museum. - P-80 SHOOTING STAR was the first operational turbojet fighter to undergo full production in the United States and thus occupies a unique position in American aviation history. The author draws on official case histories and the personal observations of the renowned aircraft designer, "Kelly" Johnson, and famous Lockheed test pilot Tony LeVier, to tell the story of the brief but eventful career of the first prototype XP-80, nicknamed Lulu-Belle, and the development of the P-80 Shooting Star series of aircraft. The book concludes with a detailed account of the restoration of this airplane. - E. T. WOOLDRIDGE, JE., is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, the U.S. Navy Test Pilot School, the National War College, and George Washington University. During his ac-tive flying career, he served primarily in all-weather fighter squadrons. As a test pilot at Patuxent River, Maryland, he flew practically every type of aircraft in the Navy inventory in the late 1950s. In 1977, he joined the National Air and Space Museum and is now an associate curator of aeronau-tics, specializing in naval aviation history. 108 p. many photos and illustrations.

Zustand: 0. Text Englisch. Smithonian Contribution to Anthropology Vol. 9. Materiell sehr ordentlicher fester Einband, frische Goldprägung, leichte Abriebspuren Rücken. Sehr dezenter Vorbesitzereintrag. Buchblock einwandfrei, durchgehend sauber. IX, 75 Textseiten plus 6 (1 Falt-) Karten, Textfiguren. Plus Tafelteil 10 Tafeln mit 23 dokumentarischen, historischen Abbildungen, zweispaltig gedruckt, Quellenangaben, Appendix, Register. -- A hardcover monograph, profusely illustrated, altogether very good condition. 0,7 Kg. 24 x 30 Cm. Gewicht in Gramm: 700 First Edition Goldgeprägtes Leinen Gut.

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. 4° - unpaginated 2 color & 9 b/w reproductions. Exhibition catalogue. Good condition.

Zustand: 0. Text Englisch. "Smithonian contributions to Anthropology, Number 14." Materiell noch ordentliche Broschur mit Rückentitelei und intakter Bindung, geringe Stoß-/Altersspuren, diskreter Vorbesitzereintrag, Buchblock gut, durchgehend sauber, XI, 307 Seiten mit Frontispiz, 36 Textfiguren, 1 Karte. Language English. Paperback with title on spine, intact binding, some minor wear marks, consistently clean, XI, 307 pages with frontispiece, 36 text figures, 1 map. Nur als Paket. 1,2 Kg. 24 x 29,5 Cm. +++ Stichwörter/ Keywords: ETHNOLOGIE ETHNOLOGY ANTHROPOLOGIE ANTHROPOLOGY INDIANER NATIVE INDIANS NORTH AMERICA NORDAMERIKA EXPEDITIONEN TRAVEL-ACCOUNT REISEBERICHTE Gewicht in Gramm: 1200 First Edition Broschur Ordentlich.

Soft cover. Zustand: Fine. 1st Edition. 4° - 131 pp - Catalogue from the 34th biennale in Venice.The feminine figure in recent american art. Historical notes on the artists present. B/W photographs and reproductions. Text in english and italian.

Hardcover. 1. Oln., Ou., 208 S., 4°. (Gutes Exemplar); 2. 3.Okrt., 179, 202 S., 4°. 2. gutes Exemplar; 3. leichte Altersspuren, sonst gutes Exemplar); 4. Opbd., 10 S. zuzüglich 48 S. Abbildungen. (Altersspuren, Rücken etwas brüchig, Vorsatz und Printseiten etwas stockfleckig, sonst gutes Exemplar); 5. Okrt., 176 S., 8°. (Leichte Altersspuren, gutes Exemplar). Abgabe der 5 Titel nur zusammen. Als kostenlose Zugabe: Tilemann Grimm, Sinologische Anmerkungen zum europäischen Philosophiebegriff. Heidelberg: Winter 1981. Okrt., 26 S., 8°. (Leichte Altersspuren, gutes Exemplar)., 1. With bibliography and index; 2. Lautumschrift,Personen- und Künstlerverzeichnis, Glossar, Zeittafel, und Karten; 3. Key to abbreviated references, selected bibliography, index of Chinese and Japanese names and terms; 4. Literatur, Zeittafel und Abbildungsverzeichnis; 5. Introduction in Chinese and English, explanatory notes, list of illustrations. 3000 gr. 0.0.

Number 152: Olson: Evolution of the Rails of the South Atlantic Islands (Aves: Rallidae). 52 S., mit 8 Abbildungen im Text und 11 Fototafeln (dieses Heft ist stark stockfleckig!); Number 158: King (ed.): Pelagic Studies of Seabirds in the Central ane Eastern Pacific Ocean. 277 S., mit 170 Abbilduingen im Text; Number 212: Slud: Geographic and Climatic Relationships of Avifaunas with Special Reference to Comparative Distribution in the Neotropics. 149 S, mit 37 Abbildungen und 12 Tabellen; Number 235: Friedmann, Kiff & Rothstein: A Further Contribution to Knowledge of the Host Relations of the Parasitic Cowbirds. 75 S.; Number 291: Willis & Eisenmann: A Revised List of Birds of Barro Colorado Island, Panama. 31 S., mit 1 Karte im Text; Number 292: Slud: The Birds of Hacienda Palo Verde, Guanacaste, Costa Rica. pp. 92, mit 6 Abbildfungen, 31 Fototafeln and 1 Tabelle; Number 316: Olson & Feduccia: Relationships and Evolution of Flamingos (Aves: Phoenicopteridae). 73 S., mit 40 Abbildungen; Number 323: Olson & Feduccia: Presbyornis and the Origin of the Anseriformes (Aves: Charadriomorphae). 24 S, mit 15 Abbildungen; Number 337: Olson & Steadman: The Relationships of the Pedionomidae (Aves: Charadriiformes). 25 S., mit 13 Abbildungen; Number 341: Schreiweis: A Comparative Study of the Appendicular Musculature of Penguins (Aves: Sphenisciformes. 46 S., mit 18 Abbildungen; Number 365: Olson & James: Prodromus of the Fossil Avifauna of the Hawaiian Islands. 59 S., mit 12 Abbildungen und 4 Tabellen; Number 385: Zusi & Bentz: Myology of the Purple-throated Carib (Eulampis jugularis) and Other Hummingbirds (Aves: Trochilidae). 70 S., mit 20 Abbildungen (dieses Heft ist fleckig!). Number 395: Zusi: A Functional and Evolutionary Analysis of Rhynchokinesis in Birds. 40 S., mit 19 Abbildungern. Number 417: Ripley & Beehler: Rails of the World, a Compilation of New Information, 1975-1983 (Aves: Rallidar). 28 S., mit 2 Abbildungen (dieses Heft ist durchgehend stockfleckig!); Number 469: Balouet & Olson: Fossil birds from Late Quaterenary Deposits in New Caledonia. 38 S., mit 16 Abbildungen und 11 Taberllen (Heft ist stockfleckig!); Number 477: Buden & Olson: The Avifauna of the Cayerias of Southern Cuba, with the Ornithological Results of the Paul Bartsch Expedition of 1930. 34 S., mit 3 Abbildungen und 6 Tabellen; Number 491: Moynihan: Social, Sexual, and Pseidosexual Behavior of the Blue-bellied Roller, Coracias cyanogaster: the Consequences of Crowding or Concentration. 23 S., mit 15 Abbildungen. Bei fast allen Heften sind die Heftklammern verrostet! Achtung! Kein Versand in die USA!

illustr. Brosch., 94 photographs taken mostly in Germany from 1913bto 1980, 96 S., 33 x 24,5 cm, EA.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. 4° - 216pp - Color & b/w reproductions. Exhibition catalogue: National Collection of Fine Arts, Washington D.C. October 30, 1976 - January 2, 1977. Original wrappers. Very good condition.

weicher Einband. 198 S., überaus zahlr. farb. Abb., 2 Kartenabb. 4° Br. *neuwertig*. Sprache: Englisch.

Zustand: Gut. XI; 252 Seiten; Illustr. (auch farbig); 23,5 cm. Gutes Exemplar; Umschlag stw. leicht berieben. - Aus der Afrika-Sammlung von Dr. H. J. Koloß / Völkerkunde-Museum Berlin; mit sehr geringen Bleistift-Anstreichungen. - Vortitel von John Pemberton SIGNIERT und mit Widmung / Dedication an H. J. Koloß; dat. 1997. - Englisch. - Die Yoruba (Yorùbá) sind ein westafrikanisches Volk, das vor allem im Südwesten Nigerias lebt. Dort stellen sie 21 % der Bevölkerung. Sie leben hauptsächlich in den südwestlichen Bundesstaaten Oyo, Ogun, Lagos, Ondo, Osun, Ekiti und Kwara, aber auch in den Nachbarstaaten Benin, Ghana und Togo. Das Siedlungsgebiet ist noch heute das dicht besiedelte Kerngebiet Nigerias. 22 der 50 größten Städte des Staates liegen dort. Dort entstand auch das sagenumwobene Königreich von Ilé Ife. . (wiki) // Yoruba Sacred Kingship explores the creation and transmission of political memory and authority, focusing on the tradition of kingship in the Igbomina Yoruba town of Ila Orangun in southwestern Nigeriaa "crowned town" that traces its lineage to the ancient city of Ile Ife. Drawing on two decades of research and interviews with civic and religious leaders, the authors argue that oral traditions, rituals, and festivals are not ahistorical but rather preserve, transmit, and shape social norms and historical identity. Yoruba oral histories and praise songs of both royal and nonroyal houses contain a cluster of memories that reinforce the sociopolitical traditions of the area. These complex memories, at times conflicting and subversive, reflect the fabric of history, with all its loose threads and contradictory tones. Examining the structure of enthronement rites and the cycle of annual festivals in which a king participates, the authors show that these rituals serve both as public acknowledgment of underlying doubts about the town's moral basis, and as affirmation that the crown's wearer possesses "a power like that of the gods." (Verlagstext) / INHALT : Preface ----- A Note on Orthography ----- Introduction ----- 1. Orirun: Origins and Political Memory ----- 2. Early Settlements, Migrations, and Dynastic Power ----- 3. Rites of Succession and the Installation of an Oba ----- 4. The Festival for the Ancestors ----- 5. Festivals for Orisa Obatala, Osun, and Sango ----- 6. The Festival for Orisa Ogun: Violence and Culture ----- 7. Ebora Ila: The Festival for the Oba's "Head" ----- Afterword ----- Notes ----- Glossary of Yoruba Terms ----- Bibliography ----- Index. ISBN 156098631X Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 650 Originalleinen mit farb. illustr. Schutzumschlag.