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Publisher
University of Washington Press
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
"'Idaho's Place' is an anthology of the most current and original writing on Gem State history. From the state's indigenous roots and early environmental battles to recent political and social events, these essays provide much-needed context for understanding Idaho's important role in the development of the American West."--
Publisher
The Teaching Company
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"You are a member of the only species that has survived in the genus Homo since its 2.5-million-year evolutionary journey began. Homo habilis, H. erectus, H. neanderthalensis--plus many other species we know of and perhaps dozens yet to be discovered--have all come and gone. Homo sapiens alone has endured. Who were these long-ago ancestors of ours? Where and how did they live and die? And how are we even able to learn about these humans, some of whom...
Author
Publisher
Greystone Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"The essays in this collection came about during the unhurried months when one who had traveled incessantly was obliged to stay still, even as events flared on all sides in a world that never stops moving. Wade Davis brings his unique cultural perspective to such varied topics as the demonization of coca, the sacred plant of the Inca; the Great War and the birth of modernity; the British conquest of Everest; the endless conflict in the Middle East;...
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"A compelling study that charts the influence of Indigenous thinkers on Franz Boas, the founder of modernanthropology In 1911, the publication of Franz Boas'sThe Mind of Primitive Manchallenged widely held claims about race and intelligencethat justified violence and inequality. Now, a group of leading scholars examines how this groundbreaking work hinged on relationships with a global circle of Indigenous thinkers who used Boasian anthropology as...
