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Lifeways In The Northern Mayan Lowlands: New Approaches To Archaeology In The Yucatán Peninsula, Jennifer P. Mathews, Bethany A. Morrison

Faculty Authored and Edited Books & CDs

The flat, dry reaches of the northern Yucatán Peninsula have been largely ignored by archaeologists drawn to the more illustrious sites of the south. This book is the first volume to focus entirely on the northern Maya lowlands, presenting a broad cross-section of current research projects in the region by both established and up-and-coming scholars. To address the heretofore unrecognized importance of the northern lowlands in Maya prehistory, the contributors cover key topics relevant to Maya studies: the environmental and historical significance of the region, the archaeology of both large and small sites, the development of agriculture, resource management, ancient …

Salt, 2006-2007, Salt Institute For Documentary Studies

Salt Magazine Archive

SALT telling Maine stories. Published by the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies. Number 63 / 64. 2006-2007.

Contents

• 6 Island Time a photo essay by Rebecca Stewart. On Eagle Island, the days pass essentially the same as they have for generations. Helen and Bob Quinn, and their grandson, Sam, spend their days cooking, lobstering, and exploring.
• 14 When Josh Got Sick a photo essay by Kim Alexander On June 17, 2004, Josh Howe collapsed in his living room. Later that day doctors removed a plum sized tumor from his brain that had been growing there since birth. Morgan, Josh’s little …

"What's In A Name? Aryans, Dravidians, And Other Myths Of Sri Lankan Identity", Arjun Guneratne

Arjun Guneratne

Reprinted in Kamala Visweswaran, ed., Perspectives on modern South Asia: a reader in culture, history, and representation. Malden: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011

Rights Of Inequality: Rawlsian Justice, Equal Opportunity, And The Status Of The Family, Justin Schwartz

Justin Schwartz

Is the family subject to principles of justice? In A Theory of Justice, John Rawls includes the (monogamous) family along with the market and the government as among the "basic institutions of society" to which principles of justice apply. Justice, he famously insists, is primary in politics as truth is in science: the only excuse for tolerating injustice is that no lesser injustice is possible. The point of the present paper is that Rawls doesn't actually mean this. When it comes to the family, and in particular its impact on fair equal opportunity (the first part of the the Difference …

Interview With Joseph Abraham Marshall, 1924-2000 (Fa 200), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Joseph Abraham "Joe" Marshall conducted by Amber F. Ridington on 23 October 2000. From folk studies student project concerning the operations of the Quonset, 1946-1959, a recreational center in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Agriculture And Politics In Contemporary Egypt: The 1997 Tenancy Crisis, Reem Saad

Faculty Book Chapters

The fourth of four volumes, this volume covers contemporary political and social issues in Egypt. The contributors include: Mona Abaza, Nadje Sadeg al-Ali, Iman Hamdy, Noha el-Mikawy, Reem Saad.

Perceptions Of The Social Role Of The State In Egypt, Noha El-Mikawy

Faculty Book Chapters

The fourth of four volumes, this volume covers contemporary political and social issues in Egypt. The contributors include: Mona Abaza, Nadje Sadeg al-Ali, Iman Hamdy, Noha el-Mikawy, Reem Saad.

Tanwir And Islamization: Rethinking The Struggle Over Intellectual Inclusion In Egypt, Mona Abaza

Faculty Book Chapters

The fourth of four volumes, this volume covers contemporary political and social issues in Egypt. The contributors include: Mona Abaza, Nadje Sadeg al-Ali, Iman Hamdy, Noha el-Mikawy, Reem Saad.

A Mirror Of Political Culture In Contemporary Egypt: Divisions And Debates Among Women Activists, Nadje Sadig Al-Ali

Faculty Book Chapters

The fourth of four volumes, this volume covers contemporary political and social issues in Egypt. The contributors include: Mona Abaza, Nadje Sadeg al-Ali, Iman Hamdy, Noha el-Mikawy, Reem Saad.

Political, Economic And Social Dominance Of Major Cities In East Asia During The Twentieth Century, Michael B. Toney, Chalon Keller

Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology Faculty Publications

One of the greatest shift in human societies has been the change from dispersed settlement patterns toward a complex urban pattern. Prior to the industrialization there were only a few urban places scattered throughout the world and none could compare with numerous cities of today with respect to size and complexity. In recent decades the growth of cities in Asia has been particularly remarkable as there has been an increase in the number of medium sized cities and the growth of a number of mega cities. This urbanization of the worlds population has corresponded with other fundamental changes in human …

From Herds Of Goats To Herds Of Tourists: Negotiating Bedouin Identity Under Petra's Romantic Gaze, Cynthia Allison Wooten

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Religion And Healing The Mind/Body/Self, Meredith B. Mcguire

Sociology & Anthropology Faculty Research

In order to understand the linkage between religion and healing, we must go well beyond the theme of body regulation. Although religion does involve body regulation and control, and although these functions are reflected in healing practices, there are many other ways by which religion is linked with human bodies. We will arrive at a far richer appreciation of this linkage if we start with a broad sociology of the human body, its illnesses and healing, and ask the expanded question: How is religion involved in these complex processes?

In Defence Of Exploitation, Justin Schwartz

Justin Schwartz

The concept of exploitation is thought to be central to Marx's Critique of capitalism. John Roemer, an analytical (then-) Marxist economist now at Yale, attacked this idea in a series of papers and books in the 1970s-1990s, arguing that Marxists should be concerned with inequality rather than exploitation -- with distribution rather than production, precisely the opposite of what Marx urged in The Critique of the Gotha Progam.

This paper expounds and criticizes Roemer's objections and his alternative inequality based theory of exploitation, while accepting some of his criticisms. It may be viewed as a companion paper to my What's …

The Political Economy Of Responsibility In Health And Illness, John Donahue, Meredith B. Mcguire

Sociology & Anthropology Faculty Research

This article addresses the question: to what extent do health care strategies in a given political economy increase people's perceptions of responsibility to take charge of their health, but do not structurally empower them to satisfy their health needs. In shaping health care policies, societies typically adopt one of three broad strategies, linking their larger political economy and modes of exercising power: a marketplace strategy, a state-managerial strategy or a national participatory strategy. Because of their different arrangements of structural power, these strategies result in three very different approaches to responsibility for health and illness. Changes in the political economy …

David, Lynn Coulter, B.1941 (Fa 93), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 93. Interview with Oscar Rhea Wren, Logan County, Kentucky, conducted on April 19, 1991. The interview discusses Wren and Felts family genealogy, as well as political and social life in Logan County, Kentucky.

"The Making Of A Historical Consciousness: From The Mahavansa To Sinhalese Nationalism.", Arjun Guneratne

Arjun Guneratne

No abstract provided.

Interview With Grace Marie Pack Little (Fa 46), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Grace Marie Pack Little conducted by Rita Helen (Roberts) Kelly on 16 November 1985. From folk studies student project concerning the family history and experiences of Gracie Little as a flea market seller with Andy Anderson in A and G Specialty.

Interview With Vernon Artell Anderson (Fa 46), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Vernon Artell "Andy" Anderson conducted by Rita Helen (Roberts) Kelly on 28 October 1985. From folk studies student project concerning the family history and experiences of Andy Anderson as a flea market seller with Grace Little in A and G Specialty. Also contains information about Anderson's childhood in Richmond County, Georgia and his career as a military M. P.

Interview With Vernon Artell Anderson (Fa 46), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Vernon Artell "Andy" Anderson conducted by Rita Helen (Roberts) Kelly on 3 October 1985. From folk studies student project concerning the family history and experiences of Andy Anderson as a flea market seller with Grace Little in A and G Specialty. Also contains information about Anderson's childhood in Richmond County, Georgia and his career as a military M. P.

Interview With George Morris Carter (Fa 2), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with George Morris Carter conducted by John Alan Dowell on October 13, 1983. From project titled “George Morris Carter,” which discusses his life and exhibits his storytelling ability. The audio interviews are archived in the Sound Archives.

The Question Of Atheism And Communism In The Animal Welfare/Rights Movement, Michael W. Fox

Animal Welfare Collection

Just as economics has increasingly been employed as a political weapon, so religion is now being used to further self-serving goals. Agribusiness spokespersons not only use fallacious economic arguments to justify the "factory" farming of animals; they have also stated that any questioning about man's Godgiven right to exploit animals is atheistic, and perhaps an actual affront to God's will. Furthermore, taking an egalitarian attitude toward animals, and proposing that they have rights or should be given equal and fair consideration, is regarded as the inspiration of some covert communist conspiracy that is constantly working to restructure and thereby destroy …

1. Introduction, Robert L. Bloom, Basil L. Crapster, Harold L. Dunkelberger, Charles H. Glatfelter, Richard T. Mara, Norman E. Richardson, W. Richard Schubart

Section XXI: Meaning in the Social Sciences

Vastly increased research and a sounder technique in history in the nineteenth century had two influences on the social sciences. When an enthusiasm for the records of history was combined with the evolutionary perspective, it often resulted in the search for and the imposition of patterns of development on history in general or on the history of particular subject matters such as economics, politics, morals, or religion. Social scientists looked to history for explanations, in the hope of finding inevitable laws, stages of development, or the forces that moved human society. As historians worked out a critical method for their …