Anthropology
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From  IntroductionThe Story of Canada From: National Dreams |
In the introduction the author states that Indians were referred to as looking “Alien Like” and that the “British-born Canadians” are the “Elect of the earth”. … | Daniel Frances | 30 | 1997 | $0.90 Add |
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From  IntroductionTowards a Poetic Ecology From: The Biology of Wonder |
In the introduction, Weber discusses attempts to separate emotions and nature in the science of biology, and how modern researchers are rejecting this earlier paradigm. | Andreas Weber | 14 | 2016 | $1.40 Add |
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From  IntroductionPlay It Once Again From: On Nostalgia |
The introduction discusses paradise as a place where nothing ever happens, as in the song "Heaven" by the Talking Heads. It also discusses the tension in nostalgia between the loss, the … | David Berry | 3 | 2020 | $0.30 Add |
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From  IntroductionFrom: 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 … | Ludger Müller-Wille | 9 | 2014 | $0.90 Add |
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From 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 EqualityChapters 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 … | Ludger Müller-Wille | 17 | 2014 | $1.70 Add |
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From Learning to ThinkMirroring the Other From: The Biology of Wonder |
This chapter explores cognition in infants, toddlers, and animals. | Andreas Weber | 30 | 2016 | $3.00 Add |
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From  Let Me Entertain YouFrom: The Truth About Stories |
In this reading, Indigenous author and scholar Thomas King explores the idea that stories, both those we tell ourselves and those that are told to us by others, are foundational in establishing … | Thomas King | 31 | 2003 | $3.72 Add |
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From Making TracksThe 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 … | Daniel Frances | 39 | 1997 | $1.17 Add |
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From Melody of the SoulFrom: The Biology of Wonder |
In this chapter, Weber explores natural beauty through birdsong and music | Andreas Weber | 25 | 2016 | $2.50 Add |
National DreamsMyth, 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 … | Daniel Frances | 217 | 1997 | View |
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From  NEW! Neoliberal Common SenseThe Stubborn Persistence of Neoliberalism |
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 … | Alex Himelfarb | 25 | 2024 | $2.50 Add |
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From  Nicotine in Blood, Serum/Plasma, Urine, Sweat, Saliva, Breast Milk, Hair, and Postmortem Tissues |
Chapter Three includes the following topics: Methods of Analysis – Blood/ Plasma/ Serum/ Breat Milk – Urine – Saliva – Hair – Postmortem | James G. Wigmore | 26 | 2023 | $2.60 Add |
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From Nicotine Metabolites/Chemicals |
Chapter Nine includes the following topics: Cotinine – Other Metabolites/Chemicals | James G. Wigmore | 17 | 2023 | $1.70 Add |
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From Nicotine: The Drug |
Chapter One includes the following topics: History of Cultivation of Tobacco – Addiction – Other Adverse Effects – Poisonings – Fatalities – Other Sources of Nicotine | James G. Wigmore | 88 | 2023 | $8.80 Add |
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From Not One, But AllFrom: The Biology of Wonder |
This chapter examines the connections between microbial ecosystems in the ocean and human symbiosis with microbes. | Andreas Weber | 20 | 2016 | $2.00 Add |
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From  On Being a BiophilistAn Injection of Nature Relatedness |
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 … | Alan C. Logan; Susan L. Prescott | 27 | 2017 | $2.70 Add |
