Cultural Anthropology

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Introduction

Introduction

From: The Franz Boas Enigma

On Franz Boas, his research, and pivotal role in the history of science and anthropology. His publications provide us two-fold insights: an understanding of the scientific stimuli the young Boas … 9 $0.90 Add
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Inuit Tales and Lexicon, Arctic Ice and Climate, 1887-1894: Assessing Culture, Language, and Nature / Lasting Contributions by Franz Boas: Knowledge, Science, and Universality of Equality

Inuit Tales and Lexicon, Arctic Ice and Climate, 1887-1894: Assessing Culture, Language, and Nature / Lasting Contributions by Franz Boas: Knowledge, Science, and Universality of Equality

Chapters 11 and 12

From: The Franz Boas Enigma

Chapter 11 details how Boas continued the study Inuit language, tales, and beliefs and continued to publish studies and give lectures. Chapter 12 looks at the character of Franz Boas and his … 17 $1.70 Add
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Learning to Think

Learning to Think

Mirroring the Other

From: The Biology of Wonder

This chapter explores cognition in infants, toddlers, and animals. 30 $3.00 Add
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Making Tracks

Making Tracks

The Myth of CPR

From: National Dreams

The myth of the CPR as creator of the country is, in fact, as old as the railway itself, which is not surprising given that it was the railway itself which created the myth. The mundane act of … 39 $1.17 Add
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Melody of the Soul

Melody of the Soul

From: The Biology of Wonder

In this chapter, Weber explores natural beauty through birdsong and music 25 $2.50 Add
National Dreams

National Dreams

Myth, Mystery, and Canadian History

As Canadians, we remember the stories told to us in high-school history class as condensed images of the past—the glorious Mountie, the fearsome Native, the Last Spike. National … 217 View
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Neoliberal Common Sense
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Neoliberal Common Sense

The Stubborn Persistence of Neoliberalism

From: Breaking Free of Neoliberalism: Canada's Challenge

This chapter looks at the persistence of neoliberalism despite financial crises and electoral change, the existence of cultural hegemony in normalizing neoliberalist policies as mere common … 25 $2.50 Add
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Nicotine in Blood, Serum/Plasma, Urine, Sweat, Saliva, Breast Milk, Hair, and Postmortem Tissues

Nicotine in Blood, Serum/Plasma, Urine, Sweat, Saliva, Breast Milk, Hair, and Postmortem Tissues

From: Wigmore on Nicotine and its Drug Delivery Systems

Chapter Three includes the following topics: Methods of Analysis – Blood/ Plasma/ Serum/ Breat Milk – Urine – Saliva – Hair – Postmortem 26 $2.60 Add
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Nicotine Metabolites/Chemicals

Nicotine Metabolites/Chemicals

From: Wigmore on Nicotine and its Drug Delivery Systems

Chapter Nine includes the following topics: Cotinine – Other Metabolites/Chemicals 17 $1.70 Add
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Nicotine: The Drug

Nicotine: The Drug

From: Wigmore on Nicotine and its Drug Delivery Systems

Chapter One includes the following topics: History of Cultivation of Tobacco – Addiction – Other Adverse Effects – Poisonings – Fatalities – Other Sources of Nicotine 88 $8.80 Add
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Not One, But All

Not One, But All

From: The Biology of Wonder

This chapter examines the connections between microbial ecosystems in the ocean and human symbiosis with microbes. 20 $2.00 Add
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On Being a Biophilist

On Being a Biophilist

An Injection of Nature Relatedness

From: Secret Life of Your Microbiome

We need deep exploration of the tiniest ecosystems in the gut. We need far more detail on the interactions between our nerve cells and the immune system. We are talking about connectivity to life … ; 27 $2.70 Add
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On Nature's Limits and the Human Condition

On Nature’s Limits and the Human Condition

Parrots and Peoples

From: Peak Everything

People who live a civilized life are like birds in a cage. As long as we stay within well-defined social bounds (and assuming we are lucky enough to have been born in a wealthy parasitic society, … 17 $1.70 Add
On Nostalgia

On Nostalgia

On Nostalgia is a panoramic cultural history of nostalgia, exploring how a force that started as a psychological diagnosis of soldiers fighting far from home has come become a quintessentially … 161 View
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Other Nicotine Delivery Systems

Other Nicotine Delivery Systems

From: Wigmore on Nicotine and its Drug Delivery Systems

Chapter Six includes the following topics: Heated Tobacco Products (Heat not Burn (IQOS)) – Cigars/Cigarillos/Little Cigars – Pipes/Chillums – Hookahs/Water Pipes – … 126 $12.60 Add
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Pathways in Geography and Ethnology, 1884-1886: Inuit, Environment, and Beliefs / The American Period, September 1884 - March 1885: Searching for Scientific Grounding and Responses

Pathways in Geography and Ethnology, 1884-1886: Inuit, Environment, and Beliefs / The American Period, September 1884 – March 1885: Searching for Scientific Grounding and Responses

Chapters 5 and 6

From: The Franz Boas Enigma

Chapter 5 looks at the aftermath of his sojourn with the Inuit and whalers, as he travelled between the USA and Europe, until his immigration to the United States. Chapter 6 discusses Boas’ … 10 $1.00 Add