Welcome to our book review site go-pdf.online!
You may have to Search all our reviewed books and magazines, click the sign up button below to create a free account.
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'
Twelve Thousand Years
Documents the generations of Native peoples who for twelve millennia have moved through and eventually settled along the rocky coast, rivers, lakes, valleys, and mountains of a region now known as Maine.
American Indian Nonfiction
A survey of two centuries of Indian political writings
A History of Antarctic Science
This is the first book to draw together a history of science in Antarctica.
Bulletin
None
Robert A. Lovett and the Development of American Air Power
Robert Lovett grew up in Texas, went to Yale, and earned his wings as a naval air force hero in World War I. He played a key role in the development of the Army Air Force in World War II. His emphasis on strategic bombing was instrumental in defeating Hitler's Germany. During his postwar State Department service, he was influential in initiating the Marshall Plan, the formation of NATO and planning the Berlin Airlift. He served as Truman's Secretary of Defense during the Korean War, was a consultant for his friend Dwight Eisenhower and served John F. Kennedy during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Between tours of duty in Washington, he was an international banker on Wall Street. This first complete biography covers his life and career in detail.
The Published Writings of Spencer Fullerton Baird, 1843-1882
This bibliography of the works of Spencer Fullerton Baird is complete to the end of the year 1882 and contains 1,063 titles. Titles on Ichthyology are well represented, with additional titles devoted to birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, invertebrates (mostly reviews) and numerous brief notices and critical reviews (775) contributed to the "Annual Record of Science and Industry". There are something under 200 formal contributions to the scientific literature. There are also a number of papers that touch on topics such as botany, geology, mineralogy, paleontology, anthropology, exploration and travel, and industry and art, and zoogeography.
