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  • Buried

    Archaeology, frontier conflict and the Queensland Native Mounted Police

    by Heather Burke, Lynley A. Wallis, Bryce Barker ...
    Series series Tom Austen Brown Studies in Australasian Archaeology
    Conflict between Aboriginal Peoples and others (primarily Europeans) on the frontiers of Australian colonial settlement through the second half of the 19th century remains a contentious and confronting topic. In particular, the nature of the frontier experience for Aboriginal Peoples is still largely unknown, despite work on the part of historians to document the extent of frontier violence, the ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD

  • Meaning and Ideology in Historical Archaeology

    Style, Social Identity, and Capitalism in an Australian Town

    by Heather Burke ...
    Series series Contributions To Global Historical Archaeology
    Focusing on the city of Armidale during the period 1830 to 1930, this book investigates the relationship between the development of capitalism in a particular region (New England, Australia) and the expression of ideology within architectural style. The author analyzes how style encodes meaning and how it relates to the social contexts and relationships within capitalism, which in turn are related ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • Kennewick Man

    Perspectives on the Ancient One

    Edited by Heather Burke, Claire E Smith, Dorothy Lippert, Joe E Watkins, Larry J Zimmerman ...
    Kennewick Man, known as the Ancient One to Native Americans, has been the lightning rod for conflict between archaeologists and indigenous peoples in the United States. A decade-long legal case pitted scientists against Native American communities and highlighted the shortcomings of the Native American Graves and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), designed to protect Native remains. In this volume, we ... Read more

    $83.99 CAD

  • Archaeology to Delight and Instruct

    Active Learning in the University Classroom

    Edited by Heather Burke, Claire E Smith ...
    This book presents novel and interesting ways of teaching archaeological concepts and processes to college and university students. Seeking alternatives to the formal lecture format, the various contributions seek better ways of communicating the complexities of human behavior and of engaging students in active learning about the past. This collection of imaginative exercises designed by 20 master ... Read more

    $89.31 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Someday Comes

    by Heather Burke ...
    Narrated by Highlights for Children ...
    Series series Read With Highlight

    Unabridged

    6 min

    Maisie loves gymnastics but her fear of heights prevents her from mastering the balance beam. ... Read more

    $3.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    by John Borrows ...
    Canada's Indigenous Constitution reflects on the nature and sources of law in Canada, beginning with the conviction that the Canadian legal system has helped to engender the high level of wealth and security enjoyed by people across the country. However, longstanding disputes about the origins, legitimacy, and applicability of certain aspects of the legal system have led John Borrows to argue that ... Read more

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  • Uncommon Ground: Rethinking the Human Place in Nature

    Rethinking the Human Place in Nature

    Edited by William Cronon ...
    A controversial, timely reassessment of the environmentalist agenda by outstanding historians, scientists, and critics.In a lead essay that powerfully states the broad argument of the book, William Cronon writes that the environmentalist goal of wilderness preservation is conceptually and politically wrongheaded. Among the ironies and entanglements resulting from this goal are the sale of nature ... Read more

    $25.99 CAD

  • Skull Wars

    Kennewick Man, Archaeology, And The Battle For Native American Identity

    by David Hurst Thomas ...
    The 1996 discovery, near Kennewick, Washington, of a 9,000-year-old Caucasoid skeleton brought more to the surface than bones. The explosive controversy and resulting lawsuit also raised a far more fundamental question: Who owns history? Many Indians see archeologists as desecrators of tribal rites and traditions; archeologists see their livelihoods and science threatened by the 1990 Federal ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Sick Societies

    by Robert B. Edgerton ...
    Author and scholar Robert Edgerton challenges the notion that primitive societies were happy and healthy before they were corrupted and oppressed by colonialism. He surveys a range of ethnographic writings, and shows that many of these so-called innocent societies were cruel, confused, and misled. ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Stories of Culture and Place

    An Introduction to Anthropology, Second Edition

    by Michael G. Kenny, Kirsten Smillie ...
    Stories of Culture and Place makes use of one of anthropology's most enduring elements—storytelling—to introduce students to the excitement of the discipline. The authors invite students to think of anthropology as a series of stories that emerge from cultural encounters in particular times and places. References to classic and contemporary ethnographic examples—from Coming of Age in Samoa to ... Read more

    $38.99 CAD

  • The Haida Gwaii Lesson

    A Strategic Playbook for Indigenous Sovereignty

    by Mark Dowie ...
    In The Haida Gwaii Lesson, former University of California journalism professor and Mother Jones editor Mark Dowie shares the story of the Haida people, relating their struggle for sovereignty and title over their ancient homeland as a strategic playbook for other indigenous peoples.For over 10,000 years, the Haida people thrived on a rugged and fecund archipelago south of Alaska, which they ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Archaeology: The Key Concepts

    Edited by Colin Renfrew, Paul Bahn ...
    Series series Routledge Key Guides
    From two of the best-known archaeological writers in the trade, this outstanding resource provides a thorough survey of the key ideas in archaeology, and how they impact on archaeological thinking and method.Clearly written, and easy to follow, Archaeology: The Key Concepts collates entries written specifically by field specialists, and each entry offers a definition of the term, its origins and ... Read more

    $59.99 CAD