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Strum, Shirley C.

 
9780226777559: Primate Encounters: Models of Science, Gender, and Society

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A provocative collective reflection on primatology and its relations to broader cultural, historical, and social issues, Primate Encounters brings together both scientists and those who study them to investigate precisely what kind of science primatology is.


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Shirley C. Strum is a professor of anthropology at the University of California, San Diego. She is coeditor ofThe New Physical Anthropology, Natural Connections: Perspectives in Community-Based Conservation, andAlmost Human: A Journey into the World of Baboons. Strum has studied olive baboons in Kenya since 1972 and is director of the Uaso Ngiro Baboon Project.

Linda Marie Fedigan is professor and Canada Research Chair in Primatology and Bioanthropology at the University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. She is also the past Executive Editor of the American Journal of Primatology and a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

Dal risvolto di copertina interno

Primate Encounters is both the history of a science and a reflection on what science is, bringing together scientists and those who study them for a profound discussion of primatology and its role in our culture at large.

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9780226777542: Primate Encounters: Models of Science, Gender, and Society

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ISBN 10:  0226777545 ISBN 13:  9780226777542
Casa editrice: Univ of Chicago Pr, 2000
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