Transfer Transformation Ideas & Material

Transfer Transformation Ideas & Material

Buch | Softcover
308 Seiten
2000
Texas A & M University Press (Verlag)
978-1-58544-079-5 (ISBN)
24,85 inkl. MwSt
In a process called diffusion, people of any one culture may copy from those of another rather than constantly "reinventing" ideas and technologies. They copy things as diverse as pots, plants, plans, books, and automobiles; the techniques for constructing or replicating such artifacts; institutions, whether ecclesiastical, managerial, ceremonial, military, or economic; and ideas or complexes of ideas, including religious beliefs and political ideologies. In the process they transform these things, sometimes beyond recognition. How important, then, are these diffusion processes in determining the overall shape of cultures? Under what conditions do they operate? When will they be resisted? This volume offers exciting multidisciplinary perspectives on the questions of diffusionism and its critiques. Well-known scholars from the fields of geography, anthropology, and sociology consider the spread and modification of ideas and material culture over space and time.

Peter J. Hugill is associate professor of geography and D. Bruce Dickson is associate professor of anthropology at Texas A&M University.

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Verlagsort College Station
Sprache englisch
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Geowissenschaften Geografie / Kartografie
Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie Volkskunde
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 1-58544-079-5 / 1585440795
ISBN-13 978-1-58544-079-5 / 9781585440795
Zustand Neuware
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