Author: Eufronio Melo AlipPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Conduct of life
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Philippine Social Life and Progress
Author: Conrado O. BenitezPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Philippines
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
Philippine Social Life and Progress
Author: Eufronio Melo AlipPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Conduct of life
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Philippine Yearbook
Author: Civil Affairs Handbook
Author: United States. Army Service ForcesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Philippines
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
The Philippines
Author: Gerald Duane BerremanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Philippines
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
Oligarchy
Author: Jeffrey A. WintersPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 113949564X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
For centuries, oligarchs were viewed as empowered by wealth, an idea muddled by elite theory early in the twentieth century. The common thread for oligarchs across history is that wealth defines them, empowers them and inherently exposes them to threats. The existential motive of all oligarchs is wealth defense. How they respond varies with the threats they confront, including how directly involved they are in supplying the coercion underlying all property claims and whether they act separately or collectively. These variations yield four types of oligarchy: warring, ruling, sultanistic and civil. Moreover, the rule of law problem in many societies is a matter of taming oligarchs. Cases studied in this book include the United States, ancient Athens and Rome, Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore, medieval Venice and Siena, mafia commissions in the United States and Italy, feuding Appalachian families and early chiefs cum oligarchs dating from 2300 BCE.
The Social Life of Materials
Author: Adam DrazinPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000189775
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
Materials play a central role in society. Beyond the physical and chemical properties of materials, their cultural properties have often been overlooked in anthropological studies: finished products have been perceived as ‘social’ yet the materials which comprise them are considered ‘raw’ or natural’. The Social Life of Materials proposes a new perspective in this interdisciplinary field. Diverting attention from the consumption of objects, the book looks towards the properties of materials and how these exist through many transformations in a variety of cultural contexts.Human societies have always worked with materials. However, the customs and traditions surrounding this differ according to the place, the time and the material itself. Whether or not the material is man-made, materials are defined by social intervention. Today, these constitute one of the most exciting areas of global scientific research and innovation, harboring the potential to act as key vehicles of change in the world. But this ‘materials revolution’ has complex social implications. Smart materials are designed to anticipate our actions and needs, yet we are increasingly unable to apprehend the composite materials which comprise new products.Bringing together ethnographic studies of cultures from around the world, this collection explores the significance of materials by moving beyond questions of what may be created from them. Instead, the text argues that the materials themselves represent a shifting ground around which relationships, identities and powers are constantly formed and dissolved in the act of making and remaking.
Philippine Ethnography
Author: Shiro SaitoPublisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 0824884124
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description
This volume is a comprehensive listing of reference sources for Philippine ethnology, excluding physical anthropology and de-emphasizing folklore and linguistics. It is published as part of the East-West Bibliographic Series. This listing includes books, journal articles, mimeographed papers, and official publications selected on the basis of the ratings of sixty-two Philippine specialists. Several titles were added to fill the need for material in certain areas.
Union Catalog of Philippine Materials
Author: Maxima M. FerrerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 936
Book Description
Hearings
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign AffairsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1838
Book Description