While exploring your nearby history, you will find that your community's schools have helped to shape its traditions and culture. Yet, how do you go about digging into your educational past? Fortunate
The Manual of Museum Management presents a comprehensive and detailed analysis of the principles of museum organization, the ways in which people work together to accomplish museum objectives, and the
Focusing on the archaeological investigation of a Moravian mission in southeastern Australia, the traditional country of the Wergaia-language speakers,Fantastic Dreaming examines how spatial organizat
The Peoples of Southeast Asia Today offers an anthropological treatment of the ethnography and ethnology of Southeast Asia, covering both the mainland and the insular regions. Based on the propositio
This boxed package comprises seven volumes, which were published individually during 2003 and 2004 in the Archaeologist's Toolkit series. They are: Archaeology By Design (Black and Jolly), Archaeo
Sing Chew argues that world history is characterized by periods of over-accumulation followed by environmental degradation and sytems collapse, and he suggests that we are in a period of extreme envir
Harris (anthropology, U. of Florida) was at Columbia University when the original edition was published by the Thomas Y. Crowell Company in 1968. He argues that the basic principle of a macro-theory o
Using the right media, archeologists can and must educate and excite the people who need their information. Larry Zimmerman's earnestly engaging guide to reporting archaeological findings argues that
In a summary of his series called The Indus Age, Possehl (anthropology, U. of Pennsylvania), draws from a wide range of published and unpublished sources to review ancient India's earliest urban lands
Through an in-depth study of Alaskan indigenous communities, Jennings explores the relationship between land and education. He reveals how Euro-American institutions attempt to redefine indigenous und
Carolyn Ellis, the leading proponent of autoethnography, weaves both methodological advice and her own personal stories into an intriguing narrative about a fictional graduate course she instructs. Th
Designed to accompany the Handbook of Archaeological Theory (2005), this reference contains 34 essays by British and American archaeologists describing the history and various practices utilized in th
Despite the classic bumper sticker: "A woman's place is in the House...and the Senate," there is still no coherent feminist political agenda, argues Brush (sociology and women's studies, U. of Pittsbu
Educators who work for or have experience with museums explain how to run programs that will attract adults. They consider such aspects as adult learners as a unique audience, types of programs, plann
In Black Intimacies: A Gender Perspective on Families and Relationships, Shirley A. Hill applies a gender lens to the multiple systems of oppression that have shaped the lives of African American wome
Karaoke creates its own culture, while reflecting much about the wider culture and the place of popular music as a media form. Its complexities and nuances make karaoke a marvelous ethnographic subjec
This book chronicles the transformation of the holistic health movement as it increasingly influences the delivery of health care in America. He describes the battle for legitimacy by alternative ther
