"Assault on Paradise" is a highly readable, instructive, and entertaining ethnography for use as a supplement in introductory anthropology courses. The text chronicles the rapid social and economic change in Arembepe, a Brazilian coastal fishing village, where the author has conducted anthropological fieldwork from 1962 to the present. This revision brings the research up to da...(展开全部)

The Fifth Edition of Assault on Paradise continues to offer an in-depth exploration of Arembepe, Brazil, through the lens of cultural change and environmental activism. Combining the pioneering ethnographic research of Conrad Kottak with fresh insights from co-author Richard Pace, this seminal ethnographic study provides a comprehensive view of Arembepe's evolution over the pas...(展开全部)

康拉德•科塔克(Conrad Kottak) (生于1942年10月6日，美国佐治亚州亚特兰大)是一位美国人类学家。科塔克从事田野工作的地点遍及世界各地，包括巴西（1962年起）、马达加斯加（1966年起）与美国。他的主要研究兴趣，在于地方文化如何被整合（以及抗拒整合）进入较大的体系中。这项兴趣将他早年对非洲与马达加斯加的生态与国家形成的研究，连结到最近关于全球化变迁、国家与国际文化，以及大众传播媒体的研究。他目前是密歇根大学的人类学教授，他从1968年起在该校任教。他相信许多美国的传说故事，例如星舰奇航记、星际大战与感恩节的故事，已发展成一种神话，有朝一日可与希腊神话、罗马神话相提并论，或者是现在的一些故事被认为是神话。 科塔克因其学术工作成就，获颁多项殊荣：1992年他荣获密歇根大学文学、科学与艺术学院的杰出教学奖。1999年，美国人类学会颁给科...(展开全部)

康拉德•科塔克(Conrad Kottak) (生于1942年10月6日，美国佐治亚州亚特兰大)是一位美国人类学家。科塔克从事田野工作的地点遍及世界各地，包括巴西（1962年起）、马达加斯加（1966年起）与美国。他的主要研究兴趣，在于地方文化如何被整合（以及抗拒整合）进入较大的体系中。这项兴趣将他早年对非洲与马达加斯加的生态与国家形成的研究，连结到最近关于全球化变迁、国家与国际文化，以及大众传播媒体的研究。他目前是密歇根大学的人类学教授，他从1968年起在该校任教。他相信许多美国的传说故事，例如星舰奇航记、星际大战与感恩节的故事，已发展成一种神话，有朝一日可与希腊神话、罗马神话相提并论，或者是现在的一些故事被认为是神话。 科塔克因其学术工作成就，获颁多项殊荣：1992年他荣获密歇根大学文学、科学与艺术学院的杰出教学奖。1999年，美国人类学会颁给科...(展开全部)

A number of years ago, Douglas Harper moved to northern New York to teach in a small college. Upon his arrival there his department chairman noted his eight-year-old Saab and said, "You'll be meeting Willie." Haper spent the next years establishing not only a working relationship but a friendship with Willie. In "Working Knowledge," he introduces us to Willie, a mechanic and ja...(展开全部)

A number of years ago, Douglas Harper moved to northern New York to teach in a small college. Upon his arrival there his department chairman noted his eight-year-old Saab and said, "You'll be meeting Willie." Haper spent the next years establishing not only a working relationship but a friendship with Willie. In "Working Knowledge," he introduces us to Willie, a mechanic and ja...(展开全部)

Today scientific, technological and cultural knowledge is shared worldwide. The extent to which globalized knowledge also existed in the past is an open question and, moreover, a question that is important for understanding present processes of globalization. This book, the first volume of the series "Studies" of the "Max Planck Research Library for the History and Development ...(展开全部)

Today scientific, technological and cultural knowledge is shared worldwide. The extent to which globalized knowledge also existed in the past is an open question and, moreover, a question that is important for understanding present processes of globalization. This book, the first volume of the series "Studies" of the "Max Planck Research Library for the History and Development ...(展开全部)