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Synopsis
Elizabeth Marshall Thomas was nineteen when her father took his family to live among the Bushmen of the Kalahari. Fifty years later, after a life of writing and study, Thomas returns to her experiences with the Bushmen, one of the last hunter-gatherer societies on earth, and discovers among them an essential link to the origins of all human society.
Humans lived for 1,500 centuries as roving clans, adapting daily to changes in environment and food supply, living for the most part like their animal ancestors. Those origins are not so easily abandoned, Thomas suggests, and our modern society has plenty still to learn from the Bushmen. Through her vivid, empathic account, Thomas reveals a template for the lives and societies of all humankind.Les informations fournies dans la section « Synopsis » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.
À propos de l'auteur
Elizabeth Marshall Thomas is the author of seven books, nonfiction and fiction --among them The Hidden Life of Dogs, The Harmless People, and Reindeer Moon. She's written for The New Yorker, National Geographic, and The Atlantic, and lives in New Hampshire.
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The Old Way: A Story of the First People
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St Martin's Press, 2007
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Paperback. Etat : Good. This will be one of the most important books of the millennium. -Sy Montgomery, The Good Good Pig One of our most influential anthropologists reevaluates her long and illustrious career by returning to her roots and the roots of life as we know it. When Elizabeth Marshall Thomas first arrived in Africa to live among the Kalahari San, or bushmen, it was 1950, she was nineteen years old, and these last surviving hunter gatherers were living as humans had lived for 15,000 centuries. Thomas wound up writing about their world in a seminal work, The Harmless People (1959). It has never gone out of print. Back then, this was uncharted territory and little was known about our human origins. Today, our beginnings are better understood. And after a lifetime of interest in the bushmen, Thomas has come to see that their lifestyle reveals great, hidden truths about human evolution. In The Old Way, Marshall Thomas shows how the skills and customs of the hunter-gatherer share much in common with the survival tactics of our animal predecessors. And since it is knowledge, not objects, that endure over time, Thomas vividly brings us to see how linked we are to our origins in the animal kingdom. The Old Way is a rare and remarkable achievement, sure to stir up controversy, and worthy of celebration. A deeply felt, deeply observed masterpiece that transforms the way we look at our own world. -Sarah Blaffer Hardy. N° de réf. du vendeur CIN031242728XG
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The Old Way: A Story of the First People
Edité par
St Martin's Press, 2007
ISBN 10 : 031242728X
ISBN 13 : 9780312427283
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Vendeur : World of Books Inc, Montgomery, IL, Etats-Unis
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Paperback. Etat : Good. This will be one of the most important books of the millennium. -Sy Montgomery, The Good Good Pig One of our most influential anthropologists reevaluates her long and illustrious career by returning to her roots and the roots of life as we know it. When Elizabeth Marshall Thomas first arrived in Africa to live among the Kalahari San, or bushmen, it was 1950, she was nineteen years old, and these last surviving hunter gatherers were living as humans had lived for 15,000 centuries. Thomas wound up writing about their world in a seminal work, The Harmless People (1959). It has never gone out of print. Back then, this was uncharted territory and little was known about our human origins. Today, our beginnings are better understood. And after a lifetime of interest in the bushmen, Thomas has come to see that their lifestyle reveals great, hidden truths about human evolution. In The Old Way, Marshall Thomas shows how the skills and customs of the hunter-gatherer share much in common with the survival tactics of our animal predecessors. And since it is knowledge, not objects, that endure over time, Thomas vividly brings us to see how linked we are to our origins in the animal kingdom. The Old Way is a rare and remarkable achievement, sure to stir up controversy, and worthy of celebration. A deeply felt, deeply observed masterpiece that transforms the way we look at our own world. -Sarah Blaffer Hardy. N° de réf. du vendeur CIN031242728XG
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