Exploring the complex kinship between mountains and human thought, traditions, and ways of being Since antiquity, mountains have captured the human imagination. The Mountain takes readers into higher realms, exploring the complex kinship between mountains and human thought, traditions, and ways of being. Told through the author's own journeys, ......
Capitalism has been linked to climate change, racism and slavery, wealth inequality, and the decline of democracy. At the same time, capitalism may have been instrumental in lifting hundreds of millions of people out of poverty, facilitating vast technological innovations, and improving standards of living across the globe. As climate change ......
Two of the world's leading scholars of the Aztec language and culture have translated Sahagun's monumental and encyclopedic study of native life in Mexico at the time of the Spanish Conquest. This immense undertaking is the first complete translation into any language of Sahagun's Nahuatl text, and represents one of the most distinguished ......
Cannibalism and Violence in the Prehistoric American Southwest
This study of prehistoric violence, homicide, and cannibalism explodes the myth that the Anasazi and other Southwest Indians were simple, peaceful farmers. Until quite recently, Southwest prehistory studies have largely missed or ignored evidence of violent competition. Christy and Jacqueline Turner's study of prehistoric violence, homicide, and ......
Explores ancient dialogue between desert farmers and the cosmos In this visually stunning volume, Polly Schaafsma, leading authority on pre-Hispanic Indian rock imagery and kiva murals of the greater American Southwest, provides an insightful journey into the petroglyphs and rock paintings of the Jornada Mogollon farmers in southern New Mexico's ......
The structures of Chaco Canyon, built by native peoples between AD 850 and 1130, are among the most compelling ancient monuments on earth. Recognized as a World Heritage Site, these magnificent ruins are consistently featured in scholarly books and popular media.
An intimate biography of Utah's foremost historian For nearly a century, the Mountain Meadows Massacre was one of the American West's most carefully managed silences. Then Juanita Brooks told the truth. Born into the founding families of Mormonism, Brooks was a devout believer, mother, schoolteacher, folklorist, and historian. From her kitchen ......
Inaugural volume in the new series Transregional Middle Easts Istanbul Unbound offers a timely and urgent rethinking of one of the world's most storied urban centers through an environmental lens. As Istanbul faces mounting ecological pressures--from the recently proclaimed "death" of the Marmara Sea to deforestation driven by ......
Inaugural volume in the new series Transregional Middle Easts Istanbul Unbound offers a timely and urgent rethinking of one of the world's most storied urban centers through an environmental lens. As Istanbul faces mounting ecological pressures-from the recently proclaimed "death" of the Marmara Sea to deforestation driven by ......
