This volume examines the processes and patterns of Araucanian cultural development and resistance to foreign influences and control through the combined study of historical and ethnographic records complemented by archaeological investigation in south-central Chile. This examination is done through the lens of Resilience Theory, which has the potential to offer an interpretive framework for analyzing Araucanian culture through time and space. Resilience Theory describes "the capacity of a system to absorb disturbances and reorganize while undergoing change so as to still retain the same function." The Araucanians incorporated certain Spanish material culture into their own, rejected others, and strategically restructured aspects of their political, economic, social, and ideological institutions in order to remain independent for over 350 years.

This volume examines the processes and patterns of Araucanian cultural development and resistance to foreign influences and control through the combined study of historical and ethnographic records complemented by archaeological investigation in south-central Chile. This examination is done through the lens of Resilience Theory, which has the potential to offer an interpretive framework for analyzing Araucanian culture through time and space. Resilience Theory describes “the capacity of a system to absorb disturbances and reorganize while undergoing change so as to still retain the same function.” The Araucanians incorporated certain Spanish material culture into their own, rejected others, and strategically restructured aspects of their political, economic, social, and ideological institutions in order to remain independent for over 350 years.

Das Manual enthalt eine einzigartige Zusammenstellung praktischer Detail-Informationen, die Sie kaum in einem anderen Nachschlagewerk finden.
Sofort griffbereit und direkt umsetzbar
o Echte "Insider-Tips" zur Durchfuhrung und Beurteilung komplexer endokrinologischer Funktionstests.
o Einfache, aber umfassende "Checklisten" fur die Stufendiagnostik, die Therapie und die Verlaufskontrolle der wichtigsten endokrinologischen Erkrankungen.
Ein Leitfaden, der Sie im taglichen Klinikbetrieb schnell und zuverlassig informiert."

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