Palma Africana, Paperback - Michael Taussig

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Reducere. Over the past thirty years, visionary anthropologist Michael Taussig has crafted a highly distinctive body of work. Playful, enthralling, and whip-...

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I Swear I Saw This records visionary anthropologist Michael Taussig's reflections on the fieldwork notebooks he kept through forty years of travels...

Originally published: 1993. With new preface.

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Looks at the interaction between civilized and primitive people in Colombia, examines the role of the shaman, and discusses healing practices in th...

Publisher: Citadel Press Inc., U.S.Author(s): Michael L. LanningNumber of pages: 320Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 153 x 226 x 28Cover type: Pap...

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Bestselling author Marcus Chown explores some of the most profound and important science about us, our world and the universe with fifty fascinatin...

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Oil palm is the top oil crop and the only major crop and only oil crop not to have been improved by plant mutation breeding. This manual is hands-o...

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A history of 150 years of social-ecological transformations in one of southern Africa's most sought after exotic tourism destinations, often dubbed...

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DescriptionOil palm is the world's most important oil crop and crossing is used extensively in the production of commercial seed, breeding and gene...

Archaeological proof of the advanced civilization on the southern tip of Africa that preceded Sumer and Egypt by 200, 000 years - Includes more tha...

DescriptionA groundbreaking book that puts early and medieval West Africa on the map of global historyPick up almost any book on early and medieval...

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DescriptionIn 1898, in an era of racial terror at home and imperial conquest abroad, the United States sent its troops to suppress the Filipino str...

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Political scientists and social choice theorists often assume that economic diversification within a group produces divergent political beliefs and...

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The James Beard award-winning author of the acclaimed The Cooking Gene explores the cultural crossroads of Jewish and African diaspora cuisine and ...

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DescriptionPalm Beach houses and gardens resplendent with old grandeur yet wonderfully alive for today are the subject of this elegant volume. With...