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North Alaskan Eskimo. A Study in Ecology and Society, by Robert F. Spencer. [Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 171.]
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Author: The North Alaskan Eskimo
Author: Robert F. SpencerPublisher:
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Category : Eskimos
Languages : en
Pages : 534
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Alaska's Urban and Rural Governments
Author: Thomas A. MorehousePublisher: University Press of America
ISBN: 9780819137715
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Includes notes.
Injustice: The Social Bases of Obedience and Revolt
Author: Barrington Moore, JrPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1315496526
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 559
Book Description
First Published in 1978. This is a book about why people so often put up with being the victims of their societies and why at other times they become very angry and try with passion and forcefulness to do something about their situation. I his most ambition book to date, Barrington Moore, Jr explores a large part of the world's experience with injustice and its understanding of it. In search of general elements behind the acceptance of injustice he discusses the Untouchables of India, Nazi concentration camps, and the Milgram experiments on obedience to authority.
Baleen Basketry of the North Alaskan Eskimo
Author: Molly LeePublisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 0295998741
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 97
Book Description
Baskets made of baleen, the fibrous substance found in the mouths of plankton-eating whales—a malleable and durable material that once had commercial uses equivalent to those of plastics today—were first created by Alaska Natives in the early years of the twentieth century. Because they were made for the tourist trade, they were initially disdained by scholars and collectors, but today they have joined other art forms as a highly prized symbol of native identity. Baskets of exquisite workmanship, often topped with fanciful ivory carvings, have been created for almost a century, contributing significantly to the livelihood of their makers in the Arctic villages of Barrow, Point Hope, Wainwright, and Point Lay, Alaska. Baleen Basketry of the North Alaskan Eskimo, originally published in 1983, was the first book on this unusual basket form. In this completely redesigned edition, it remains the most informative work on baleen baskets, covering their history, characteristics, and construction, as well as profiling their makers. Illustrations of the basketmakers at work and line drawings showing the methods of construction are a charming addition to this book, which belongs in the library of all those with an interest in the art of basketry and in Alaskan Native arts in general.
Out of the Cold
Author: Owen K. MasonPublisher: University Press of Colorado
ISBN: 0932839568
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 301
Book Description
The Arctic rim of North America presents one of the most daunting environments for humans. Cold and austere, it is lacking in plants but rich in marine mammals-primarily the ringed seal, walrus, and bowhead whale. In this book in the SAA Press Current Perspectives Series, the authors track the history of cultural innovations in the Arctic and Subarctic for the past 12,000 years, including the development of sophisticated architecture, watercraft, fur clothing, hunting technology, and worldviews. Climate change is linked to many of the successes and failures of its inhabitants; warming or cooling periods led to periods of resource abundance or collapse, and in several instances to long-distance migrations. At its western and eastern margins, the Arctic also experienced the impact of Asian and European world systems, from that of the Norse in the East to the Russians in the Bering Strait.
Community, Anarchy and Liberty
Author: Michael TaylorPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521270144
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Author argues for a viable and stable form of anarchic or stateless society, relying crucially on a form of community. He examines existing anarchic or semi-anarchic societies to show that it is possible to maintain ideals in a communitarian anarchy.
Myth and Environmentalism
Author: Esther Sánchez-PardoPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 100090072X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
This volume traces the interconnections between myth, environmentalism, narrative, poetry, comics, and innovative artistic practice, using this as a framework through which to examine strategies for repairing our unhealthy relationship with the planet. Challenging late capitalist modes encouraging mindless consumption and the degradation of human–nature relations, this collection advocates a re-evaluation of the ethical relation to "living with" and sharing the Earth. Myth and the environment have shared a rich common cultural history travelling as far back as the times of storytelling and legend, with the environment often the central theme. Following a robust introduction, the book is organized into three main sections—Myth, Disaster, and Present-Day Views on Ecological Damage; Indigenous and Afro-diasporic Myths and Ecological Knowledge; Art Practices, Myth, and Environmental Resilience—and concludes with a Coda from Jeanette Hart-Mann. The methodology draws from diverse perspectives, such as ecocriticism, new materialism, and Anthropocene studies, offering a truly interdisciplinary discussion that reflects on the dialogue among environment and myth, and a broad range of contributions are included from Canada, the United States, the Caribbean, Ukraine, Japan, Morocco, and Brazil. The book joins a long line of approaches on the interrelations between ecological and mythical thinking and criticism that goes back to the early 20th century. This volume will be of interest to students, scholars, activists, and experts in environmental humanities, myth and myth criticism, literature and art on more-than human and nature interaction, ecocriticism, environmental activism, and climate change.
Proposed Selawik National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska
Author: United States. Department of the Interior. Alaska Planning GroupPublisher:
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Category : Regional planning
Languages : en
Pages : 656
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Archaeological Investigations at the Atigun Site, Central Brooks Range, Alaska
Author: Ian R. WilsonPublisher: University of Ottawa Press
ISBN: 1772820733
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Analysis of the Atigun site based on work conducted in 1973 and 1974 on the North Slope of the Central Brooks Range, Alaska. The Atigun site is marginal to both Native and Inuit territory, thus the primary concern of this analysis is the cultural affiliation of its occupants. Conclusions point to late summer occupation of the site by Athapaskans between A.D. 1400 and A.D. 1800. This period is defined as the Kavik phase.