East Is A Big Bird
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East Is A Big Bird
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Author : Thomas GLADWIN
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2009-06-30
East Is A Big Bird written by Thomas GLADWIN and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-06-30 with Social Science categories.
Puluwat Atoll in Micronesia, with a population of only a few hundred proud seafaring people, can fulfill anyone's romantic daydream of the South Seas. Thomas Gladwin has written a beautiful and perceptive book which describes the complex navigational systems of the Puluwat natives, yet has done so principally to provide new insights into the effects of poverty in Western cultures.The cognitive system which enables the Puluwatans to sail their canoes without instruments over trackless expanses of the Pacific Ocean is sophisticated and complex, yet the Puluwat native would score low on a standardized intelligence test. The author relates this discrepancy between performance and measured abilities to the educational problems of disadvantaged children. He presents his arguments simply and clearly, with sensitive and detailed descriptions and many excellent illustrations. His book will appeal to anthropologists, psychologists, and sailing enthusiasts alike.
East Is A Big Bird
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Author : Thomas Gladwin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1968
East Is A Big Bird written by Thomas Gladwin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1968 with Cognitive styles categories.
The Development Of Cognitive Anthropology
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Author : Roy G. D'Andrade
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1995-01-27
The Development Of Cognitive Anthropology written by Roy G. D'Andrade and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-01-27 with Psychology categories.
In an historical account of the growth and development of the field of cognitive anthropology, Roy D'Andrade examines how cultural knowledge is organised within and between human minds. He begins by examining the research carried out during the l950s and l960s which was concerned with how different cultures classify kinship relationships and the natural environment, and then traces the development of more complex and sophisticated cognitive theories of classification in anthropology which took place in the l970s and l980s. In an analysis of more recent developments, the author considers work involving cultural models, emotion, motivation and action. He concludes with a summary of the theoretical perspective of cognitive anthropology.
Stalking The Big Bird
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Author : Harley G. Shaw
language : en
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Release Date : 2004-03
Stalking The Big Bird written by Harley G. Shaw and has been published by University of Arizona Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-03 with Business & Economics categories.
"Through stories about his own experiences studying Merriam's wild turkey - anecdotes about the foibles of field work and the bureaucratic boondoggles of wildlife management - Shaw reveals some of the complexities involved in wildlife research. Drawing on a lifetime of work and reflection, his book shows that sound research and effective management of this animal - and, by extension, others - are severely hampered by political agendas, social misunderstandings, inappropriate research, and above all, human indifference.".
Big Bird And Little Bird S Big And Little Book
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Author : Emily Perl Kingsley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979
Big Bird And Little Bird S Big And Little Book written by Emily Perl Kingsley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Size perception categories.
Big Bird likes big things as opposed to Little Bird's little things, but both like each other.
The People Of The Sea
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Author : Paul D'Arcy
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 2006-01-01
The People Of The Sea written by Paul D'Arcy and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-01-01 with History categories.
Countering the dominant paradigms of recent Pacific Islands' historiography, which tend to limit understanding of the sea's importance, this volume emphasizes the flux in the maritime environment and how it instilled an expectation and openness toward outside influences and the rapidity with which cultural change could occur in relations between various Islander groups." "Students and scholars of Pacific history and environmental and cultural studies will welcome this re-evaluation of the sea's influence in Oceanic history."--BOOK JACKET.
Masons Tricksters And Cartographers
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Author : David Turnbull
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2000
Masons Tricksters And Cartographers written by David Turnbull and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with History categories.
This highly original study puts forward the notion that every culture has its own ways of assembling local knowledge, thereby creating space through the linking of people, practices and places.
A People S History Of Science
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Author : Clifford D Conner
language : en
Publisher: Bold Type Books
Release Date : 2009-04-24
A People S History Of Science written by Clifford D Conner and has been published by Bold Type Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-04-24 with Science categories.
We all know the history of science that we learned from grade school textbooks: How Galileo used his telescope to show that the earth was not the center of the universe; how Newton divined gravity from the falling apple; how Einstein unlocked the mysteries of time and space with a simple equation. This history is made up of long periods of ignorance and confusion, punctuated once an age by a brilliant thinker who puts it all together. These few tower over the ordinary mass of people, and in the traditional account, it is to them that we owe science in its entirety. This belief is wrong. A People's History of Science shows how ordinary people participate in creating science and have done so throughout history. It documents how the development of science has affected ordinary people, and how ordinary people perceived that development. It would be wrong to claim that the formulation of quantum theory or the structure of DNA can be credited directly to artisans or peasants, but if modern science is likened to a skyscraper, then those twentieth-century triumphs are the sophisticated filigrees at its pinnacle that are supported by the massive foundation created by the rest of us.
The Big Bird Race
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Author : Bill Oddie
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins
Release Date : 1983
The Big Bird Race written by Bill Oddie and has been published by HarperCollins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Bird watching categories.
Field Guide To The Birds Of East Asia
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Author : Mark Brazil
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2020-01-23
Field Guide To The Birds Of East Asia written by Mark Brazil and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-01-23 with Nature categories.
This is the first single volume guide ever devoted to the eastern Asian avifauna. The eastern Asian region, centring especially on the major islands off the continental coast (including Japan and Taiwan) and the immediately adjacent areas of the Asian continent from Kamchatka in the north and including the Korean Peninsula are an important centre of endemism. Birds endemic to this region include representatives of many of the major families, from the world's largest eagle - Steller's Sea Eagle - to the tiny Formosan Firecrest. The east Asian continental coast and the offshore islands also form one of the world's major international bird migration routes, especially for waterfowl, shorebirds and raptors, while the east Asian continental mainland itself is home to a wide range of species little known to western ornithologists such as Scaly-sided Merganser, Oriental Stork and Mugimaki Flycatcher. The guide features the most up-to-date text available, which, in conjunction with extensive colour plates throughout, facilitates the field identification of all of the species known from the region. Colour distribution maps enhance the text by providing a visual analysis of the summer, winter and migratory ranges of all species.