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The Resource In the spirit of the earth : rethinking history and time, Calvin Luther Martin

In the spirit of the earth : rethinking history and time, Calvin Luther Martin

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Summary
"This meditation by an award-winning historian calls for a new way of looking at the natural world and our place in it, while boldly challenging the assumptions that underlie the way we teach and think about both history and time. Calvin Luther Martin's In the Spirit of the Earth is a provocative account of how the hunter-gatherer image of nature was lost--with devastating consequences for the environment and the human spirit. Book jacket."--Jacket
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
x, 157 pages
Contents
  • "An inhuman company of elder things" Once We Were Shape-Shifters
  • "Creation of a margin" Succumbing to Fear
  • "Time was the god" The Invention of History
  • "I am inside you, have no fear" The Illusion of Self-Nonself
  • "We have come to where history ends" Breaking History's Hammerlock on Our Imagination
  • Between the Lines Bibliographical Essay and Epilogue
Isbn
9780801843587
Instance
Label
In the spirit of the earth : rethinking history and time
Title
In the spirit of the earth
Title remainder
rethinking history and time
Statement of responsibility
Calvin Luther Martin
Creator
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
"This meditation by an award-winning historian calls for a new way of looking at the natural world and our place in it, while boldly challenging the assumptions that underlie the way we teach and think about both history and time. Calvin Luther Martin's In the Spirit of the Earth is a provocative account of how the hunter-gatherer image of nature was lost--with devastating consequences for the environment and the human spirit. Book jacket."--Jacket
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Martin, Calvin
Index
index present
LC call number
GN388
LC item number
.M37 1992
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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  • Hunting and gathering societies
  • Human evolution
  • Human ecology
  • Human ecology
  • Human evolution
  • Hunting and gathering societies
  • Écologie humaine
  • Évolution sociale
  • Évolutionnisme
  • Chasseurs-cueilleurs
  • Wildbeuter
  • Sozialer Wandel
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In the spirit of the earth : rethinking history and time, Calvin Luther Martin
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • "An inhuman company of elder things" Once We Were Shape-Shifters
  • "Creation of a margin" Succumbing to Fear
  • "Time was the god" The Invention of History
  • "I am inside you, have no fear" The Illusion of Self-Nonself
  • "We have come to where history ends" Breaking History's Hammerlock on Our Imagination
  • Between the Lines Bibliographical Essay and Epilogue
Dimensions
23 cm
Extent
x, 157 pages
Isbn
9780801843587
Lccn
91038384
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • (OCoLC)24845394
  • (OCoLC)ocm24845394
Label
In the spirit of the earth : rethinking history and time, Calvin Luther Martin
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • "An inhuman company of elder things" Once We Were Shape-Shifters
  • "Creation of a margin" Succumbing to Fear
  • "Time was the god" The Invention of History
  • "I am inside you, have no fear" The Illusion of Self-Nonself
  • "We have come to where history ends" Breaking History's Hammerlock on Our Imagination
  • Between the Lines Bibliographical Essay and Epilogue
Dimensions
23 cm
Extent
x, 157 pages
Isbn
9780801843587
Lccn
91038384
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • (OCoLC)24845394
  • (OCoLC)ocm24845394

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