Every culture is a unique answer to a fundamental question: What does it mean to be human and alive? In The Wayfinders, renowned anthropologist, winner of the prestigious Samuel Johnson Prize, and National Geographic Explorer-in-...
Acculturation
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Author:Davis, WadeSummary: -
Author:Frankopan, PeterSummary:From the rise and fall of empires in China, Persia, and Rome itself to the spread of Buddhism and advent of Christianity and Islam, right up to Western imperialism and the great wars of the twentieth century, this epic, magisterial work...
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Author:Jamal, NadiaSummary:We call the obsession with collecting household items for married life 'the glory garage syndrome: We're talking serious shopping here and it affects many Lebanese girls long before an engagement ring is on their finger. A...
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Critical forces of culture and nature collide in this comprehensive history of Ellesmere Island in the age of contact. Surveying the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Lyle Dick presents an impressive treatment of European-Inuit...
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Author:Iacovetta, FrancaSummary:An in-depth study of European immigrants to Canada during the Cold War, Gatekeepers explores the interactions among these immigrants and the "gatekeepers"--mostly middle-class individuals and institutions whose definitions of...
