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Book Metallic Ornaments of the New York Indians

Download or read book Metallic Ornaments of the New York Indians written by William Martin Beauchamp and published by [Albany] : University of the state of New York. This book was released on 1903 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Bulletin of the New York State Museum

Download or read book Bulletin of the New York State Museum written by and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 976 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book New York State Museum Bulletin

Download or read book New York State Museum Bulletin written by New York State Museum and Science Service and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Report of the State Entomologist on Injurious and Other Insects of the State of New York

Download or read book Report of the State Entomologist on Injurious and Other Insects of the State of New York written by New York (State) State Entomologist and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 962 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book New York State Education Department Bulletin

Download or read book New York State Education Department Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Research Catalog of the Library of the American Museum of Natural History

Download or read book Research Catalog of the Library of the American Museum of Natural History written by American Museum of Natural History. Library and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book NATURAL HISTORY OF NEW YORK  AGRICULTURE  FLORA  GEOLOGY  MINERALOGY  PALAEONTOLOGY  ZOOLOGY   Uniformly bound by    Warner   Boynton Binders Albany N  Y         some volumes are stamped on covers   Volumes I IV   AGRICULTURE OF NEW YORK  COMPRISING AN ACCOUNT OF THE CLASSIFICATION  COMPOSITION AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE SOILS AND ROCKS  AND THE NATURAL WATERS OF THE DIFFERENT GEOLOGICAL FORMATIONS  TOGETHER WITH A CONDENSED VIEW OF THE CLIMATE AND THE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS OF THE STATE  BY EBENEZER EMMONS  M  D  VOLUME I   VOLUME IV   Volume V   AGRICULTURE OF NEW YORK  COMPRISING AN ACCOUNT OF THE CLASSIFICATION  COMPOSITION AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE SOILS AND ROCKS  AND OF THE CLIMATE AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS OF THE STATE  TOGETHER WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF THE MORE COMMON AND INJURIOUS SPECIES OF INSECTS  BY E  EMMONS  M  D  VOLUME V A FLORA OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK  COMPRISING FULL DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL THE INDIGENOUS AND NATURALIZED PLANTS HITHERTO DISCOVERED IN THE STATE  WITH REMARKS ON THEIR ECONOMICAL AND MEDICINAL PROPERTIES  BY JOHN TORREY  M  D   F  L  S  VOL  I   VOL  II  GEOLOGY OF NEW YORK  PART I  COMPRISING THE GEOLOGY OF THE FIRST GEOLOGICAL DISTRICT  BY WILLIAM W  MATHER  PROFESSOR OF NATURAL HISTORY IN THE OHIO UNIVERSITY GEOLOGY OF NEW YORK  PART II  COMPRISING THE SURVEY OF THE SECOND GEOLOGICAL DISTRICT  BY EBENEZER EMMONS  M  D  PROFESSOR OF NATURAL HISTORY IN WILLIAMS COLLEGE GEOLOGY OF NEW YORK  PART III  COMPRISING THE SURVEY OF THE THIRD GEOLOGICAL DISTRICT  BY LARDNER VANUXEM GEOLOGY OF NEW YORK  PART IV  COMPRISING THE SURVEY OF THE FOURTH GEOLOGICAL DISTRICT  BY JAMES HALL MINERALOGY OF NEW YORK  COMPRISING DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF THE MINERALS HITHERTO FOUND IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK  AND NOTICES OF THEIR USES IN THE ARTS AND AGRICULTURE  BY LEWIS C  BECK  M  D  PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY AND NATURAL HISTORY IN RUTGERS COLLEGE  NEW JERSEY PALAEONTOLOGY OF NEW YORK  VOLUME I  CONTAINING DESCRIPTIONS OF THE ORGANIC REMAINS OF THE LOWER DIVISIONS OF THE NEW YORK SYSTEM   EQUIVALENT OF THE LOWER SILURIAN ROCKS OF EUROPE   BY JAMES HALL PALAEONTOLOGY OF NEW YORK  VOLUME II  CONTAINING DESCRIPTIONS OF THE ORGANIC REMAINS OF THE LOWER MIDDLE DIVISION OF THE NEW YORK SYSTEM   EQUIVALENT IN PART TO THE MIDDLE SILURIAN ROCKS OF EUROPE   BY JAMES HALL GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NEW YORK  PALAEONTOLOGY  VOLUME III  CONTAINING DESCRIPTIONS AND FIGURES OF THE ORGANIC REMAINS OF THE LOWER HELDERBERG GROUP AND THE ORISKANY SANDSTONE  1855 1859  BY JAMES HALL  PART I  TEXT GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NEW YORK  PALAEONTOLOGY  VOLUME III  CONTAINING DESCRIPTIONS AND FIGURES OF THE ORGANIC REMAINS OF THE LOWER HELDERBERG GROUP AND THE ORISKANY SANDSTONE  1855 1859  BY JAMES HALL  PART II  PLATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NEW YORK  PALAEONTOLOGY  VOLUME IV  PART I  CONTAINING DESCRIPTIONS AND FIGURES OF THE FOSSIL BRACHIOPODA OF THE UPPER HELDERBERG  HAMILTON  PORTAGE AND CHEMUNG GROUPS  1862 1866  BY JAMES HALL GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK  PALAEONTOLOGY  VOL  V  PART I  LAMELLIBRANCHIATA I  TEXT AND PLATES  CONTAINING DESCRIPTIONS AND FIGURES OF THE MONOMYARIA OF THE UPPER HELDERBERG  HAMILTON AND CHEMUNG GROUPS  BY JAMES HALL  STATE GEOLOGIST GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK  PALAEONTOLOGY  VOL  V  PART I  LAMELLIBRANCHIATA II  TEXT AND PLATES  CONTAINING DESCRIPTIONS AND FIGURES OF THE DIMYARIA OF THE UPPER HELDERBERG  HAMILTON  PORTAGE AND CHEMUNG GROUPS  BY JAMES HALL  STATE GEOLOGIST GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK  PALAEONTOLOGY  VOL  V  PART II  TEXT  CONTAINING DESCRIPTIONS OF THE GASTEROPODA  PTEROPODA AND CEPHALOPODA OF THE UPPER HELDERBERG  HAMILTON  PORTAGE AND CHEMUNG GROUPS  BY JAMES HALL  STATE GEOLOGIST GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK  PALAEONTOLOGY  VOL  V  PART II  PLATES  CONTAINING FIGURES OF THE GASTEROPODA  PTEROPODA AND CEPHALOPODA OF THE UPPER HELDERBERG  HAMILTON  PORTAGE AND CHEMUNG GROUPS  BY JAMES HALL  STATE GEOLOGIST GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK  PALAEONTOLOGY  VOL  VI  CORALS AND BRYOZOA  TEXT AND PLATES  CONTAINING DESCRIPTIONS AND FIGURES OF SPECIES FROM THE LOWER HELDERBERG  UPPER HELDERBERG AND HAMILTON GROUPS  BY JAMES HALL  STATE GEOLOGIST AND PALAEONTOLOGIST  ASSISTED BY GEORGE B  SIMPSON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK  PALAEONTOLOGY  VOL  VII  TEXT AND PLATES  CONTAINING DESCRIPTIONS OF THE TRILOBITES AND OTHER CRUSTACEA OF THE ORISKANY  UPPER HELDERBERG  HAMILTON  PORTAGE  CHEMUNG AND CATSKILL GROUPS  BY JAMES HALL  STATE GEOLOGIST AND PALAEONTOLOGIST  ASSISTED BY JOHN M  CLARKE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK  PALAEONTOLOGY  VOLUME VIII  AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF THE GENERA OF PALAEOZOIC BRACHIOPODA  PART I  BY JAMES HALL  STATE GEOLOGIST AND PALAEONTOLOGIST  ASSISTED BY JOHN M  CLARKE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK  PALAEONTOLOGY  VOLUME VIII  AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF THE GENERA OF PALAEOZOIC BRACHIOPODA  PART II  BY JAMES HALL  STATE GEOLOGIST AND PALAEONTOLOGIST  ASSISTED BY JOHN M  CLARKE ZOOLOGY OF NEW YORK  OR THE NEW YORK FAUNA  COMPRISING DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL THE ANIMALS HITHERTO OBSERVED WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK  WITH BRIEF NOTICES OF THOSE OCCASIONALLY FOUND NEAR ITS BORDERS  AND ACCOMPANIED BY APPROPRIATE ILLUSTRATIONS  BY JAMES E  DE KAY  PART I  MAMMALIA ZOOLOGY OF NEW YORK  OR THE NEW YORK FAUNA  COMPRISING DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL THE ANIMALS HITHERTO OBSERVED WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK  WITH BRIEF NOTICES OF THOSE OCCASIONALLY FOUND NEAR ITS BORDERS  AND ACCOMPANIED BY APPROPRIATE ILLUSTRATIONS  BY JAMES E  DE KAY   PART I  REPTILES   FISHES   PLATES ZOOLOGY OF NEW YORK  OR THE NEW YORK FAUNA  COMPRISING DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL THE ANIMALS HITHERTO OBSERVED WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK  WITH BRIEF NOTICES OF THOSE OCCASIONALLY FOUND NEAR ITS BORDERS  AND ACCOMPANIED BY APPROPRIATE ILLUSTRATIONS  BY JAMES E  DE KAY  PART II  BIRDS ZOOLOGY OF NEW YORK  OR THE NEW YORK FAUNA  COMPRISING DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL THE ANIMALS HITHERTO OBSERVED WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK  WITH BRIEF NOTICES OF THOSE OCCASIONALLY FOUND NEAR ITS BORDERS  AND ACCOMPANIED BY APPROPRIATE ILLUSTRATIONS  BY JAMES E  DE KAY  PART III  REPTILES AND AMPHIBIA ZOOLOGY OF NEW YORK  OF THE NEW YORK FAUNA  COMPRISING DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL THE ANIMALS HITHERTO OBSERVED WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK  WITH BRIEF NOTICES OF THOSE OCCASIONALLY FOUND NEAR ITS BORDERS  AND ACCOMPANIED BY APPROPRIATE ILLUSTRATIONS  BY JAMES E  DE KAY  PART V  MOLLUSCA

Download or read book NATURAL HISTORY OF NEW YORK AGRICULTURE FLORA GEOLOGY MINERALOGY PALAEONTOLOGY ZOOLOGY Uniformly bound by Warner Boynton Binders Albany N Y some volumes are stamped on covers Volumes I IV AGRICULTURE OF NEW YORK COMPRISING AN ACCOUNT OF THE CLASSIFICATION COMPOSITION AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE SOILS AND ROCKS AND THE NATURAL WATERS OF THE DIFFERENT GEOLOGICAL FORMATIONS TOGETHER WITH A CONDENSED VIEW OF THE CLIMATE AND THE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS OF THE STATE BY EBENEZER EMMONS M D VOLUME I VOLUME IV Volume V AGRICULTURE OF NEW YORK COMPRISING AN ACCOUNT OF THE CLASSIFICATION COMPOSITION AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE SOILS AND ROCKS AND OF THE CLIMATE AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS OF THE STATE TOGETHER WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF THE MORE COMMON AND INJURIOUS SPECIES OF INSECTS BY E EMMONS M D VOLUME V A FLORA OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COMPRISING FULL DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL THE INDIGENOUS AND NATURALIZED PLANTS HITHERTO DISCOVERED IN THE STATE WITH REMARKS ON THEIR ECONOMICAL AND MEDICINAL PROPERTIES BY JOHN TORREY M D F L S VOL I VOL II GEOLOGY OF NEW YORK PART I COMPRISING THE GEOLOGY OF THE FIRST GEOLOGICAL DISTRICT BY WILLIAM W MATHER PROFESSOR OF NATURAL HISTORY IN THE OHIO UNIVERSITY GEOLOGY OF NEW YORK PART II COMPRISING THE SURVEY OF THE SECOND GEOLOGICAL DISTRICT BY EBENEZER EMMONS M D PROFESSOR OF NATURAL HISTORY IN WILLIAMS COLLEGE GEOLOGY OF NEW YORK PART III COMPRISING THE SURVEY OF THE THIRD GEOLOGICAL DISTRICT BY LARDNER VANUXEM GEOLOGY OF NEW YORK PART IV COMPRISING THE SURVEY OF THE FOURTH GEOLOGICAL DISTRICT BY JAMES HALL MINERALOGY OF NEW YORK COMPRISING DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF THE MINERALS HITHERTO FOUND IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND NOTICES OF THEIR USES IN THE ARTS AND AGRICULTURE BY LEWIS C BECK M D PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY AND NATURAL HISTORY IN RUTGERS COLLEGE NEW JERSEY PALAEONTOLOGY OF NEW YORK VOLUME I CONTAINING DESCRIPTIONS OF THE ORGANIC REMAINS OF THE LOWER DIVISIONS OF THE NEW YORK SYSTEM EQUIVALENT OF THE LOWER SILURIAN ROCKS OF EUROPE BY JAMES HALL PALAEONTOLOGY OF NEW YORK VOLUME II CONTAINING DESCRIPTIONS OF THE ORGANIC REMAINS OF THE LOWER MIDDLE DIVISION OF THE NEW YORK SYSTEM EQUIVALENT IN PART TO THE MIDDLE SILURIAN ROCKS OF EUROPE BY JAMES HALL GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NEW YORK PALAEONTOLOGY VOLUME III CONTAINING DESCRIPTIONS AND FIGURES OF THE ORGANIC REMAINS OF THE LOWER HELDERBERG GROUP AND THE ORISKANY SANDSTONE 1855 1859 BY JAMES HALL PART I TEXT GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NEW YORK PALAEONTOLOGY VOLUME III CONTAINING DESCRIPTIONS AND FIGURES OF THE ORGANIC REMAINS OF THE LOWER HELDERBERG GROUP AND THE ORISKANY SANDSTONE 1855 1859 BY JAMES HALL PART II PLATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NEW YORK PALAEONTOLOGY VOLUME IV PART I CONTAINING DESCRIPTIONS AND FIGURES OF THE FOSSIL BRACHIOPODA OF THE UPPER HELDERBERG HAMILTON PORTAGE AND CHEMUNG GROUPS 1862 1866 BY JAMES HALL GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK PALAEONTOLOGY VOL V PART I LAMELLIBRANCHIATA I TEXT AND PLATES CONTAINING DESCRIPTIONS AND FIGURES OF THE MONOMYARIA OF THE UPPER HELDERBERG HAMILTON AND CHEMUNG GROUPS BY JAMES HALL STATE GEOLOGIST GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK PALAEONTOLOGY VOL V PART I LAMELLIBRANCHIATA II TEXT AND PLATES CONTAINING DESCRIPTIONS AND FIGURES OF THE DIMYARIA OF THE UPPER HELDERBERG HAMILTON PORTAGE AND CHEMUNG GROUPS BY JAMES HALL STATE GEOLOGIST GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK PALAEONTOLOGY VOL V PART II TEXT CONTAINING DESCRIPTIONS OF THE GASTEROPODA PTEROPODA AND CEPHALOPODA OF THE UPPER HELDERBERG HAMILTON PORTAGE AND CHEMUNG GROUPS BY JAMES HALL STATE GEOLOGIST GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK PALAEONTOLOGY VOL V PART II PLATES CONTAINING FIGURES OF THE GASTEROPODA PTEROPODA AND CEPHALOPODA OF THE UPPER HELDERBERG HAMILTON PORTAGE AND CHEMUNG GROUPS BY JAMES HALL STATE GEOLOGIST GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK PALAEONTOLOGY VOL VI CORALS AND BRYOZOA TEXT AND PLATES CONTAINING DESCRIPTIONS AND FIGURES OF SPECIES FROM THE LOWER HELDERBERG UPPER HELDERBERG AND HAMILTON GROUPS BY JAMES HALL STATE GEOLOGIST AND PALAEONTOLOGIST ASSISTED BY GEORGE B SIMPSON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK PALAEONTOLOGY VOL VII TEXT AND PLATES CONTAINING DESCRIPTIONS OF THE TRILOBITES AND OTHER CRUSTACEA OF THE ORISKANY UPPER HELDERBERG HAMILTON PORTAGE CHEMUNG AND CATSKILL GROUPS BY JAMES HALL STATE GEOLOGIST AND PALAEONTOLOGIST ASSISTED BY JOHN M CLARKE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK PALAEONTOLOGY VOLUME VIII AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF THE GENERA OF PALAEOZOIC BRACHIOPODA PART I BY JAMES HALL STATE GEOLOGIST AND PALAEONTOLOGIST ASSISTED BY JOHN M CLARKE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK PALAEONTOLOGY VOLUME VIII AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF THE GENERA OF PALAEOZOIC BRACHIOPODA PART II BY JAMES HALL STATE GEOLOGIST AND PALAEONTOLOGIST ASSISTED BY JOHN M CLARKE ZOOLOGY OF NEW YORK OR THE NEW YORK FAUNA COMPRISING DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL THE ANIMALS HITHERTO OBSERVED WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITH BRIEF NOTICES OF THOSE OCCASIONALLY FOUND NEAR ITS BORDERS AND ACCOMPANIED BY APPROPRIATE ILLUSTRATIONS BY JAMES E DE KAY PART I MAMMALIA ZOOLOGY OF NEW YORK OR THE NEW YORK FAUNA COMPRISING DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL THE ANIMALS HITHERTO OBSERVED WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITH BRIEF NOTICES OF THOSE OCCASIONALLY FOUND NEAR ITS BORDERS AND ACCOMPANIED BY APPROPRIATE ILLUSTRATIONS BY JAMES E DE KAY PART I REPTILES FISHES PLATES ZOOLOGY OF NEW YORK OR THE NEW YORK FAUNA COMPRISING DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL THE ANIMALS HITHERTO OBSERVED WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITH BRIEF NOTICES OF THOSE OCCASIONALLY FOUND NEAR ITS BORDERS AND ACCOMPANIED BY APPROPRIATE ILLUSTRATIONS BY JAMES E DE KAY PART II BIRDS ZOOLOGY OF NEW YORK OR THE NEW YORK FAUNA COMPRISING DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL THE ANIMALS HITHERTO OBSERVED WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITH BRIEF NOTICES OF THOSE OCCASIONALLY FOUND NEAR ITS BORDERS AND ACCOMPANIED BY APPROPRIATE ILLUSTRATIONS BY JAMES E DE KAY PART III REPTILES AND AMPHIBIA ZOOLOGY OF NEW YORK OF THE NEW YORK FAUNA COMPRISING DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL THE ANIMALS HITHERTO OBSERVED WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITH BRIEF NOTICES OF THOSE OCCASIONALLY FOUND NEAR ITS BORDERS AND ACCOMPANIED BY APPROPRIATE ILLUSTRATIONS BY JAMES E DE KAY PART V MOLLUSCA written by EBENEZER (1799-1863)| TORREY EMMONS (JOHN (1796-1873)| MATHER, WILLIAM WILLIAMS (1804-1859)| HALL, JAMES (1811-1898)| VANUXEM, LARDNER (1792-1848)| BECK, LEWIS CALEB (1798-1853)| DE KAY, JAMES ELLSWORTH) and published by . 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Book Dictionary Catalog of the Research Libraries of the New York Public Library  1911 1971

Download or read book Dictionary Catalog of the Research Libraries of the New York Public Library 1911 1971 written by New York Public Library. Research Libraries and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Fabulous Fossils

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  • Author : Donald G. Mikulic
  • Publisher : University of State of New York
  • Release : 2007
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 260 pages

Download or read book Fabulous Fossils written by Donald G. Mikulic and published by University of State of New York. This book was released on 2007 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Fabulous Fossils is a timely and significant contribution to the history of science and evolutionary paleontology. It details humanity's interest and developing understanding of trilobites from the recovery of these fossils at 15,000 year-old Paleolithic sites, to the 18th century appreciation that they were arthropod fossils. This volume elaborates on the development of modern trilobite research in Australia and a number of American, European, and Asian countries"--Publisher's description.

Book Science and Hebrew Tradition

Download or read book Science and Hebrew Tradition written by Thomas Henry Huxley and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Order Out of Chaos

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  • Author : Ilya Prigogine
  • Publisher : Verso Books
  • Release : 2018-01-23
  • ISBN : 1786631024
  • Pages : 385 pages

Download or read book Order Out of Chaos written by Ilya Prigogine and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2018-01-23 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pioneering book that shows how the two great themes of classic science, order and chaos, are being reconciled in a new and unexpected synthesis Order Out of Chaos is a sweeping critique of the discordant landscape of modern scientific knowledge. In this landmark book, Nobel Laureate Ilya Prigogine and acclaimed philosopher Isabelle Stengers offer an exciting and accessible account of the philosophical implications of thermodynamics. Prigogine and Stengers bring contradictory philosophies of time and chance into a novel and ambitious synthesis. Since its first publication in France in 1978, this book has sparked debate among physicists, philosophers, literary critics and historians.

Book Before Religion

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  • Author : Brent Nongbri
  • Publisher : Yale University Press
  • Release : 2013-01-22
  • ISBN : 0300154178
  • Pages : 315 pages

Download or read book Before Religion written by Brent Nongbri and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2013-01-22 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examining a wide array of ancient writings, Brent Nongbri dispels the commonly held idea that there is such a thing as ancient religion. Nongbri shows how misleading it is to speak as though religion was a concept native to pre-modern cultures.

Book The Anatomy of Fascism

Download or read book The Anatomy of Fascism written by Robert O. Paxton and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2011-12-01 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fascism was the major political invention of the twentieth century and the source of much of its pain. How can we try to comprehend its allure and its horror? Is it a philosophy, a movement, an aesthetic experience? What makes states and nations become fascist? Acclaimed historian Robert O. Paxton shows that in order to understand fascism we must look at it in action - at what it did, as much as what it said it was about. He explores its falsehoods and common threads; the social and political base that allowed it to prosper; its leaders and internal struggles; how it manifested itself differently in each country - France, Britain, the low countries, Eastern Europe, even Latin America as well as Italy and Germany; how fascists viewed the Holocaust; and, finally, whether fascism is still possible in today's world. Offering a bold new interpretation of the fascist phenomenon, this groundbreaking book will overturn our understanding of twentieth-century history.

Book Marx and Alienation

Download or read book Marx and Alienation written by Sean Sayers and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-07-12 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The concepts of alienation and its overcoming are central to Marx's thought. They underpin his critique of capitalism and his vision of future society. Marx's ideas are explained in rigorous and clear terms. They are situated in the context of the Hegelian ideas that inspired them and put into dialogue with contemporary debates.

Book The Progress of This Storm

Download or read book The Progress of This Storm written by Andreas Malm and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2020-02-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An attack on the idea that nature and society are impossible to distinguish from each other In a world careening towards climate chaos, nature is dead. It can no longer be separated from society. Everything is a blur of hybrids, where humans possess no exceptional agency to set them apart from dead matter. But is it really so? In this blistering polemic and theoretical manifesto, Andreas Malm develops a counterargument: in a warming world, nature comes roaring back, and it is more important than ever to distinguish between the natural and the social. Only with a unique agency attributed to humans can resistance become conceivable.

Book Toward an Anthropological Theory of Value

Download or read book Toward an Anthropological Theory of Value written by D. Graeber and published by Springer. This book was released on 2001-12-13 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now a widely cited classic, this innovative book is the first comprehensive synthesis of economic, political, and cultural theories of value. David Graeber reexamines a century of anthropological thought about value and exchange, in large measure to find a way out of ongoing quandaries in current social theory, which have become critical at the present moment of ideological collapse in the face of Neoliberalism. Rooted in an engaged, dynamic realism, Graeber argues that projects of cultural comparison are in a sense necessarily revolutionary projects: He attempts to synthesize the best insights of Karl Marx and Marcel Mauss, arguing that these figures represent two extreme, but ultimately complementary, possibilities in the shape such a project might take. Graeber breathes new life into the classic anthropological texts on exchange, value, and economy. He rethinks the cases of Iroquois wampum, Pacific kula exchanges, and the Kwakiutl potlatch within the flow of world historical processes, and recasts value as a model of human meaning-making, which far exceeds rationalist/reductive economist paradigms.

Book More Auspicious Shores

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  • Author : Caree A. Banton
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Release : 2019-05-09
  • ISBN : 1108429637
  • Pages : 385 pages

Download or read book More Auspicious Shores written by Caree A. Banton and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-05-09 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers a thorough examination of Afro-Barbadian migration to Liberia during the mid- to late nineteenth century.