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The Earliest Crawfords of Scotland
This is the story of the earliest members of the ancient Scottish family of Crawford, from about 1150 to 1400. The traditional family legends don't always stand up well when compared to contemporary historical sources, but the old tales are repeated over and over nonetheless. Did Sir Gregan Crawford really save King David I from a charging stag? Were the Crawfords of Loudon the original hereditary sheriffs of Ayr? Was the mother of the hero William Wallace's a Crawford? Was Reginald Crawford of Crosbie a Scottish patriot brutally executed by the English? Most Crawfords who have already begun to ask such questions will likely be disappointed by most of the answers to these questions, but I invite you anyway to consider what history has to tell us about this noble family.
Film As Ethnography
This work examines the reasons why anthropologists have not used the camera as a research instrument or film as a means of communicating ethnographic knowledge. It suggests that images and words in this discipline operate on different logical levels; that they are hierarchically related; that whereas writings may encompass the images produced by film, the inverse of this cannot be true. The author argues for this position further by suggesting that the visual is to the written mode as "thin description" (giving a record of the form of behaviour) is to "thick description" (giving an account of meaning).
The Earliest Crawfords
An expanded and revised edition of the story of the earliest members of the ancient Scottish family of Crawford (from about 1150 to 1400). The traditional family legends don't always stand up well when compared to contemporary historical sources, but the old tales are repeated over and over nonetheless. Did Sir Gregan Crawford really save King David I from a charging stag in an act leading to the foundation of Holyrood Abbey? Were the Crawfords of Loudon the original hereditary sheriffs of Ayr? Was the mother of the hero William Wallace a Crawford? Was the Sir Reginald Crawford, who was brutally executed as a "rebel" by the English in 1307, the same man who joined the English in 1296? Most Crawfords who have already begun to ask such questions might be disappointed by what more reliable sources reveal about such tales. Nevertheless, I invite you to consider what history has to tell us about the earliest members of the Crawford family.
Expanding Worldviews: Astrobiology, Big History and Cosmic Perspectives
This book collates papers presented at two international conferences (held at the Australian National University in 2018 and Birkbeck College London in 2019) exploring the relationships between big history and astrobiology and their wider implications for society. These two relatively new academic disciplines aim to integrate human history with the wider history of the universe and the search for life elsewhere. The book will show that, despite differences in emphasis, big history and astrobiology share much in common, especially their interdisciplinary approaches and the cosmic and evolutionary perspectives that they both engender. Specifically, the book addresses the unified, all-embracing...
A Companion to the Anthropology of American Indians
This Companion is comprised of 27 original contributions by leading scholars in the field and summarizes the state of anthropological knowledge of Indian peoples, as well as the history that got us to this point. Surveys the full range of American Indian anthropology: from ecological and political-economic questions to topics concerning religion, language, and expressive culture Each chapter provides definitive coverage of its topic, as well as situating ethnographic and ethnohistorical data into larger frameworks Explores anthropology’s contribution to knowledge, its historic and ongoing complicities with colonialism, and its political and ethical obligations toward the people 'studied'
The Rise of the Value-Added Tax
Explores how the value-added tax (VAT) has risen from relative obscurity to become one of the world's most dominant revenue instruments.
Astrobiology
ASTROBIOLOGY This unique book advances the frontier discussion of a wide spectrum of astrobiological issues on scientific advances, space ethics, social impact, religious meaning, and public policy formulation. Astrobiology is an exploding discipline in which not only the natural sciences, but also the social sciences and humanities converge. Astrobiology: Science, Ethics, and Public Policy is a multidisciplinary book that presents different perspectives and points of view by its contributing specialists. Epistemological, moral and political issues arising from astrobiology, convey the complexity of challenges posed by the search for life elsewhere in the universe. We ask: if a convoy of col...
Quantifying Consumer Preferences
Demand studies and understanding consumer behavior remain two of the most important areas of analysis by practicing applied economists and econometricians. This book presents research on the estimation of demand systems and the measurement of consumer preferences.
