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Evolutionism in Cultural Anthropologytraces the interaction of
evolutionary thought and anthropological theory from Herbert
Spencer to the twenty-first century. It is a focused examination of
how the idea of evolution has continued to provide anthropology
with a master principle around which a vast body of data can be
organized and synt
"Evolutionism in Cultural Anthropology"traces the interaction of
evolutionary thought and anthropological theory from Herbert
Spencer to the twenty-first century. It is a focused examination of
how the idea of evolution has continued to provide anthropology
with a master principle around which a vast body of data can be
organized and synthesized. Erudite and readable, and quoting
extensively from early theorists (such as Edward Tylor, Lewis Henry
Morgan, John McLennan, Henry Maine, and James Frazer) so that the
reader might judge them on the basis of their own words,
"Evolutionism in Cultural Anthropology" is useful reading for
courses in anthropological theory and the history of anthropology.
Is history more than (in Boswell's words) a chronological series of
remarkable events'? Does it have a pattern? Is it fraught with
meaning'? Can we discern its trends? What determines its course? In
short, can a substantial and coherent philosophy of history be
devised that offers answers to these questions? These issues, which
have intrigued -and bedeviled - historians for centuries, are
explored in this thoughtful book.
Is history more than (in Boswell's words) a chronological series of
remarkable events'? Does it have a pattern? Is it fraught with
meaning'? Can we discern its trends? What determines its course? In
short, can a substantial and coherent philosophy of history be
devised that offers answers to these questions? These issues, which
have intrigued -and bedeviled - historians for centuries, are
explored in this thoughtful book.
This journal captures the day-by-day, week-by-week excitement of a
fall season spent challenging the sports books of. Reno as the
author tries to beat the point spread betting college football.
While basically the story of one man, armed with a system, going
head to head against the oddsmaker, it is also an ethnography of
the sports books of Nevada. The author, a professional
anthropologist, presents the mo detailed account ever written of
just how sports books operate. How is the point spread made? By
whom? How does it change, game by game, in response to the money
bet? All this and more is revealed. .. . . . But beyond that here
is a very human story of an avid football fan, indulging his
passion and his hobby, trying doggedly to outsmart the oddsmaker.
Moreover; the book catches the flavor of the gambling scene in
Reno, as well as reflecting the color and pageantry of college
football.
It is some years in the future, and Pope Urban IX, pontiff of the
Roman Catholic Church, after reigning for thirteen years, has
suddenly died of a massive heart attack. From every corner of the
globe, 77 cardinals converge on the city of Rome, where they will
gather in the Sistine Chapel to elect Urban's successor. papacy,
only to falter and fall by the wayside. Finally, after endless
maneuvering and many ballots, one of them gains enough support
among his fellows to emerge as the 267th pope. cardinal-electors is
based on a close study of conclaves in the past. Rich in authentic
detail, the story is nonetheless imaginative, filled with intrigue
and suspense, the outcome remaining in doubt until the very end.
Other novels have been written about conclaves and papal elections,
but this is the only one that follows the actions of a conclave,
detail for detail, from beginning to end, with each ballot
tabulated and the results announced and debated by the assembled
cardinals. electing a pope, the novel is filled with colorful
incidents of papal history, as well as the daily comings and goings
of the cardinals. Though forced to live in rough-hewn pine
cubicles, constructed for the occasion in the Apostolic Palace, the
cardinals are nevertheless surrounded by some of the world's
greatest art, which greets them during the days they must remain in
strict seclusion, until a new pontiff is chosen. extensively in his
own field, including two books, The Muse of History and the Science
of Culture (2000) and Evolutionism in Cultural Anthropology (2003).
This, however, is his first novel.
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