Hunters, Seamen, and Entrepreneurs
Hunters, Seamen, and Entrepreneurs

Author: Michael K. Orbach

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2023-11-10

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13: 0520376269

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1977.

Hunters, Seamen, and Entrepreneurs
Hunters, Seamen, and Entrepreneurs

Author: Michael K. Orbach

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2022-09-23

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13: 0520376250

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1977.

Historical Dictionary of the U.S. Maritime Industry
Historical Dictionary of the U.S. Maritime Industry

Author: Kenneth J. Blume

Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 613

ISBN-13: 0810856344

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

In the Historical Dictionary of the U.S. Maritime Industry, author Kenneth J. Blume provides a convenient survey of this important industry from the colonial period to the present day: from sail to steam to nuclear power. This concise new reference work captures the key features of overseas, coastal, lake, and river shipping and industry. An introduction provides an overview of the industry while the dictionary itself contains more than four hundred cross-referenced entries on ships, shipping companies, famous personalities, and major ports. A number of appendixes, including statistics on foreign trade, maritime disasters, famous ships, and major ports, supplement the dictionary, and a comprehensive bibliography leads the researcher to further sources.

Woman, Marriage and Family
Woman, Marriage and Family

Author: Man Singh Das

Publisher: M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd.

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 142

ISBN-13: 9788185880785

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The book discusses about various issues related to women's adjustment, role commitment, satisfaction, decision-making, etc, in marital relations. In general, the book is a good source material for those who are doing research in the related field.

Coastal Economies, Cultural Accounts
Coastal Economies, Cultural Accounts

Author: Gísli Pálsson

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9780719043864

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Palsson (social anthropology, U. of Iceland) examines how indigenous producers and anthropologists portray the interaction between people and the environment in the fishing industry. He finds that, through history, different cultural models reflect different social relations, which in turn reflect changes in the resources, technology, and organization of the industry. Of interest to anthropologists and human ecologists. Distributed by St. Martin's Press. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Participant Observation
Participant Observation

Author: James P. Spradley

Publisher: Waveland Press

Published: 2016-02-17

Total Pages: 207

ISBN-13: 1478633247

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Spradley should be read by anyone who wants to gain a true understanding of the process of participant observation. This text is a follow-up to his ethnographic research handbook, The Ethnographic Interview, and guides readers through the technique of participant observation to research ethnography and culture. Spradley shows how to analyze collected data and to write an ethnography. The appendices include research questions and writing tasks.

Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology

Author: Dr Alan Barnard

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2002-09-11

Total Pages: 696

ISBN-13: 1134450907

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This is the only encyclopedia of social and cultural anthropology to cover fully the many important areas of overlap between anthropology and related disciplines. This work also covers key terms, ideas and people, thus eliminating the need to refer to other books for specific definitions or biographies. Special features include: * over 230 substantial entries on every major idea, individual and sub-discipline of social and cultural anthropology * over 100 international contributors * a glossary of more than 600 key terms and ideas.

Marine Conservation Agreements
Marine Conservation Agreements

Author: Howard Schiffman

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2008-03-31

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 904742395X

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Reservations and veto mechanisms found in marine conservation agreements have contributed to the decline of living ocean resources. This book chronicles their use in the history of key marine conservation and management regimes and examines the evolving legal framework that informs, and potentially limits, their use.