Wing - Anthropology 1

This book examines the history of aging and old age during the Qing dynasty, a pivotal period marked by rapid population growth that resulted in the largest elderly population in imperial China. Dra……続きを見る

This Element argues that relational policy analysis can provide deeper insights into the career of any policy and the dynamics of any policy situation. This task is all the more difficult as the rel……続きを見る

During the vast stretches of early geologic time, the islands of the Caribbean archipelago separated from continental land masses, rose and sank many times, merged with and broke from other land mas……続きを見る

Ho addresses two fundamental theoretical questions about how best to practice ethnographic inquiries to obtain qualitative, experience-near, and shareable accounts of human living. The first questio……続きを見る

This book concerns the post-illness experiences of about a hundred occupationally sick workers who suffer from the incurable diseases of pneumoconiosis or heavy metal poisoning in contemporary China……続きを見る

This two-volume anthology conveniently contains useful academic tools for studying the combative arts. Each chapter will prove special to all interested in the intellectual side to the martial arts.……続きを見る

After a century-long hiatus, honor is back. Academics, pundits, and everyday citizens alike are rediscovering the importance of this ancient and powerful human motive. This volume brings together so……続きを見る

The Chartered Mercantile Bank is one of the constituent banks of the huge Hongkong and Shanghai bank. This study charts its first 40 years as one of the pioneering banks of the Far East. The Charter……続きを見る

The younger generation ー those under the age of 25 ー accounts for more than a quarter of Hong Kong's population. A much-misunderstood group, these people have special characteristics and needs, an……続きを見る

Today’s global knowledge economy requires individuals and companies alike to quickly adapt to new tools and strategies. To remain competitive, both must continually seek out the latest advancements ……続きを見る

The Mercantile Bank of India was one of a small band of British-managed banks which dominated Anglo-Eastern finance for most of the 20th century. Founded in London in 1893, the Mercantile inherited ……続きを見る

Immigrant Experiences: Why Immigrants Come to the United States and What They Find When They Get Here weaves together detailed historical and contemporary examples of immigration to the United State……続きを見る

Milioni di anni fa i nostri progenitori si facevano strada nella savana africana e c'era poco da scommettere che sarebbero diventati la specie dominante sul pianeta; oggi siamo esperti di sopravvive……続きを見る

Very personal, sometimes romantic and naive, the letters will take you through feelings, worries, excitement and emotions with great humour and unimaginable details from a hundred year ago life. The……続きを見る

An inquisitive, expansive and fascinating exploration of humans as creatures of our own making Other species adapt to their environments; we alone create ours. Over generations, we have remade the w……続きを見る

What have the hippies ever done for us? Matthew Ingram explores the relationship between the summer of love and wellness, medicine, and health. The counterculture of the Sixties and the Seventies is……続きを見る

The 6th millennium BCE sees the first sedentary settlements in the southern Caucasus, with small scale farming communities established in various pockets of landscape in the lowlands of the Araxes a……続きを見る

“HUMANIZATION OF BUILDINGS. THE NEOLITHIC RITUAL OF BURYING THE SACRED” Mehmet Özdogan TO WEAVE OR NOT TO WEAVE? TEXTILE PRODUCTION AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A TECHNOLOGICAL HABITUS IN CYPRIOTE PREHIST……続きを見る

哪管你是陪伴過多少病人度過生命最後一刻的醫者，面對家人逝世，能不也經歷錐心之痛？ 哪管你輔導過的人不計其數，每當協助身心遍佈傷痕的當事人時，能不牽動慈悲之情，讓他們逾越專業界線，導致輔導舉步維艱？ 哪……続きを見る

In Arguing Sainthood, Katherine Pratt Ewing examines Sufi religious meanings and practices in Pakistan and their relation to the Westernizing influences of modernity and the shaping of the postcolon……続きを見る

Body Style reveals the subcultural body as a site for understanding subcultural identity, resistance, agency, and fashion. Analyzed, theorized, politicized, and sensationalized, the subcultural body……続きを見る