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Delineating Regions With Permeable Boundaries In New Guinea., Terence Hays Nov 2012

Delineating Regions With Permeable Boundaries In New Guinea., Terence Hays

Terence Hays

Hays sets out the linkages among communities and societies as they form networks and regions in New Guinea. Hays reminds us of the long standing concern within the recent literature from New Guinea that supports the "primitive isolates" notion that is still with us. The "my people" syndrome still plagues the legions of researchers who seek to study a small distinct population that is largely uncontaminated by outside influences and remains primitive. He paints the picture of this primitive society by describing New Guinea topographically as a land of inaccessible mountain valleys, impenetrable swamps, and remote rain forests which make …


They Are Beginning To Learn The Use Of Tobacco, Terence Hays Nov 2012

They Are Beginning To Learn The Use Of Tobacco, Terence Hays

Terence Hays

European colonization attracts laborers whose performance was enhanced by their employers through the use of drugs. Tobacco provided Europeans a way to manipulate populations engaged in new work activities in the non-Western world. Hays argues that control of native labor was the result of control of an addictive American commercial product.


Introduction To Encyclopedia Of World Cultures Volume 2, Oceania, Terence Hays Jul 2012

Introduction To Encyclopedia Of World Cultures Volume 2, Oceania, Terence Hays

Terence Hays

No abstract provided.


How Culture Makes Us Human: Primate Social Evolution And The Formation Of Human Societies, Dwight W. Read Dec 2011

How Culture Makes Us Human: Primate Social Evolution And The Formation Of Human Societies, Dwight W. Read

Dwight W Read

Probably one of the most interesting—and challenging—stories in
the evolution of our species is the transition from our shared
ancestry with other primates to human societies as we know them
today. What makes us like other primates and what makes us different?
These are the evolutionary themes worked out during this crucial
transition. These themes help define what distinguishes our species
from other primate species. The odyssey from the Old World monkeys to the great apes and
then to the development of our unique forms of social organization is,
then, the overall theme of this book. The odyssey begins, as …


Uncovering The Role Of Bioarchaeology: Mass Graves And Modernity In Catalunya, Justin Ak Helepololei Dec 2011

Uncovering The Role Of Bioarchaeology: Mass Graves And Modernity In Catalunya, Justin Ak Helepololei

Justin AK Helepololei

No abstract provided.