Brian Fagan investigates the impact that European contact had on a number of societies around the world. Each case describes the pre-European culture, the short term impact of contact and the enduring changes caused by the clash of cultures.
Tells you how to start an oral history program in your community, how to select the right equipment, and how to interview people whose memories are a living... Læs mere
Alexander brings to life the stories of twelve ambitious leaders from the United States and Europe who helped shape the future of the museum world.
Incorporates many voices from the Asian Pacific American business community. This book demonstrates the position of Asian Pacific Americans in the US workforce. It examines personal accounts of discrimination in the workplace, sexual harassment, and familial relations.
Demonstrates the position of Asian Pacific Americans in the US workforce. This book examines personal accounts of discrimination in the workplace, sexual harassment, and familial relations. It offers Asian Pacific Americans strategies to cope with discrimination.
In the 30 brief chapters in this book, the author covers many topics such as the peopling of the New World, site looting, the domestication of animals, the impact of feminism on archaeology and evidence of human cannibalism.
Features the assumptions and conclusions of leading figures in comparative civilizational studies and world systems analysis. This book presents an introduction to thinking about global historical change.
Dunway brings us a well crafted account of the prolific Huxley's American years using interviews with Huxley's family and frieds, his FBI files, and little-known scripts of 'Jane Eyre' and 'Pride and Prejudice.'
This study shows how efforts to curb the wanton slaughter of whales has impacted most severely on the Inuit subsistence hunters, whilst completely failing to stop the industrialized slaughter of whales "for research".
Reflects the complexity and diversity of Native American cultural life. This book offers experiences and perspectives from various Native settings.