Editore: Columbia University Press, 1972
ISBN 10: 0231032285 ISBN 13: 9780231032285
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Editore: Columbia University Press, 1972
ISBN 10: 0231032285 ISBN 13: 9780231032285
Da: Better World Books: West, Reno, NV, U.S.A.
Condizione: Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
Editore: Columbia University Press, 1972
ISBN 10: 0231032285 ISBN 13: 9780231032285
Da: Better World Books: West, Reno, NV, U.S.A.
Condizione: Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
Editore: Columbia University Press, 1972
ISBN 10: 0231032285 ISBN 13: 9780231032285
Da: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Condizione: Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
Editore: Columbia University Press, 1972
ISBN 10: 0231032285 ISBN 13: 9780231032285
Da: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.82.
Editore: Columbia University Press, 1972
ISBN 10: 0231032285 ISBN 13: 9780231032285
Da: Webster's Bookstore Cafe, Inc., State College, PA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good dj. Probable book club edition. Light wear. Else clean and tight in G+ DJ.
Editore: Columbia University Press, 1972
ISBN 10: 0231032285 ISBN 13: 9780231032285
Da: Webster's Bookstore Cafe, Inc., State College, PA, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good+. First Edition. A very good copy of the first printing in the original dust jacket (a tad scuffed).
Editore: Columbia University Press, 1972
ISBN 10: 0231032285 ISBN 13: 9780231032285
Da: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.
Membro dell'associazione: IOBA
Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good+. Rubbing to jacket.
Editore: Columbia University Press, 1972
ISBN 10: 0231032285 ISBN 13: 9780231032285
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. First Edition. Minor shelf wear to binding. Light wear & soiling on edges of text block. Text and images unmarked. Dj lightly scuffed, scratched, toned with small tears in a mylar cover.
Editore: Columbia University Press, 1972
ISBN 10: 0231032285 ISBN 13: 9780231032285
Da: Anybook.com, Lincoln, Regno Unito
Condizione: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition.
Editore: Columbia University Press, 1972
ISBN 10: 0231032285 ISBN 13: 9780231032285
Da: Anybook.com, Lincoln, Regno Unito
Condizione: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition.
Editore: Columbia University Press, 1972
ISBN 10: 0231032285 ISBN 13: 9780231032285
Da: Epilonian Books, Manhattan Beach, CA, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. Columbia University Press, 1972, Hardcover, 185 pp. First Edition. In very good condition/ NO dust jacket. Grey cloth covered boards with blue lettering on spine. Light bumping and scuffing to edges of covers. Binding tight. A 3 page review of the book by Gloria Levitas, Dept of Anthropology, Queens College, CUNY is pasted on to the front paste-down. Previous owner's name in ink on front free end paper. Otherwise pages are clean and unmarked. NOT Ex-Library. NO remainder marks. [Excerpts from review by Gloria Levitas] In his introduction to The Human Imperative, Dr. Alexander Allan, a cultural anthropologist with a thorough grounding in Darwinian principles of evolution, characterizes his book as "a defense of man agains strict biological determinism. . . a defense of anthropology against the claim that it is anti-Darwinian and anti-scientific." An eloquent and well-reasoned critique of the three leading spokesmen for biological determinism - Robert Audrey, Konrad Lorenz and Desmond Morris - this informative volume offers a badly needed antidote to the kind of thinking that would replace political and economic reforms with drugs or genetic controls. By offering simple answers to complex problems, Ardrey, Lorenz, and Morris have bemused, bewildered, and often convinced sociologically naive audiences that human behavior can best be understood as the product of instinct or of rigid biological programs. As the star of biological determinism has risen, its bright light has dazzled and blinded readers to the diversity of human cultures, the openness of human behavior and to the inadequacy of reductionist theories that presume to explain this diversity in terms of a single cause. Dr. Alland points out, moreover, that if human nature is to blame for warfare and violence and for the exploitation of one group of men by another, then human institutions and the men who make them cannot be responsible. From this it follows that political action, and social and economic reforms are useless. We must either accept our "evil" nature or expend our energies on altering genetic patterns and hormonal systems rather than human institutions. The true nature of human adaptation that produces the environments to which it then must adapt is successfully obscured by such thinking. . . In the final, brilliant chapter of The Human Imperative. Dr. Alland presents his own view of man - derived from extensive comparative knowledge of human cultures - together with a brief summary of current theory in anthropology The research indicates that man is a relatively open kind of animal with potentials for both aggressive and cooperative behavior. The degree to which either of these potentials is developed depends largely on the nature of society. And the nature of society in turn is a product of historical, cultural, and environmental forces. Neither ape nor angel, man inhabits an environment that is largely the result of his own behavior and beliefs. It is man who is responsible for his institutions and it is he who must learn how to direct his talents towards greater knowledge and understanding of the nature laws to which is culture is a response. As Dr. Alland points out, "the cultural possibilities are infinite. Whether or not man will come to terms with himself and his environment remains to be seen.".
Editore: Columbia University Press, 1972
ISBN 10: 0231032285 ISBN 13: 9780231032285
Prima edizione
Condizione: Very Good. First edition copy. . Good dust jacket. From the collection of John Gach (1946-2009), a bibliophile and a nationally known bookseller who specialized in rare books devoted to the human sciences.
Editore: Columbia University Press, 1972
ISBN 10: 0231032285 ISBN 13: 9780231032285
Da: Robinson Street Books, IOBA, Binghamton, NY, U.S.A.
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Editore: Columbia University Press, 1972., New York:, 1972
ISBN 10: 0231032285 ISBN 13: 9780231032285
Da: Jeff Weber Rare Books, Montreux, VAUD, Svizzera
Prima edizione
First edition. 8vo. viii, 185 pp. Bibliog., index. Gray cloth, dust jacket. Ownership rubber stamp of M. W. Strickberger. FINE. ISBN: 0231032285.
Editore: Columbia University Press, 1972
ISBN 10: 0231032285 ISBN 13: 9780231032285
Da: Storm Mountain Books, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Collectible; Good. [ASSOCIATION COPY] 1972 Columbia U. Press Hardback in Dustjacket. FROM THE ESTATE OF ROBERT S McNAMARA (w/ ownership sig. of his daughter). Very good overall condition; NOT EX-LIBRARY. (1st shelf).
Editore: Columbia University Press, 1972
ISBN 10: 0231032285 ISBN 13: 9780231032285
Da: booksXpress, Bayonne, NJ, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: new. This item is printed on demand.
Editore: Columbia University Press, 1972
ISBN 10: 0231032285 ISBN 13: 9780231032285
Da: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.
Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
Editore: Columbia Univ Pr, 1972
ISBN 10: 0231032285 ISBN 13: 9780231032285
Da: Revaluation Books, Exeter, Regno Unito
Hardcover. Condizione: Brand New. (later pr) edition. 185 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.75 inches. In Stock.
Editore: Columbia University Press, 1972
ISBN 10: 0231032285 ISBN 13: 9780231032285
Da: Iridium_Books, DH, SE, Spagna
Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 0231032285.
Editore: Columbia University Press, 1972
ISBN 10: 0231032285 ISBN 13: 9780231032285
Da: Kennys Bookshop and Art Galleries Ltd., Galway, GY, Irlanda
Condizione: New. An anthropologist rebuts recent simplistics descriptions of human behavior which rest on anologies with lower animals. Num Pages: 185 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408. . 1972. Hardback. . . . .
Editore: Columbia University Press, 1972
ISBN 10: 0231032285 ISBN 13: 9780231032285
Da: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.
Condizione: New.
Editore: Columbia University Press, 1972
ISBN 10: 0231032285 ISBN 13: 9780231032285
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Condizione: New.
Editore: Columbia University Press, 1972
ISBN 10: 0231032285 ISBN 13: 9780231032285
Da: GreatBookPricesUK, Castle Donington, DERBY, Regno Unito
Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
Editore: COLUMBIA UNIV PR, 1972
ISBN 10: 0231032285 ISBN 13: 9780231032285
Da: moluna, Greven, Germania
Condizione: New. Über den AutorAlexander AllandKlappentextAn anthropologist rebuts recent simplistics descriptions of human behavior which rest on anologies with lower animals.
Editore: Columbia University Press, 1972
ISBN 10: 0231032285 ISBN 13: 9780231032285
Da: Kennys Bookstore, Olney, MD, U.S.A.
Condizione: New. An anthropologist rebuts recent simplistics descriptions of human behavior which rest on anologies with lower animals. Num Pages: 185 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408. . 1972. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
Editore: Columbia University Press, New York, 1972
ISBN 10: 0231032285 ISBN 13: 9780231032285
Da: AussieBookSeller, Truganina, VIC, Australia
Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. An anthropologist rebuts recent simplistics descriptions of human behavior which rest on anologies with lower animals. An anthropologist rebuts recent simplistics descriptions of human behavior which rest on anologies with lower animals. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.