Grappling with societies and institutions in an era of socio-ecological crisis : journey of a radical anthropologist / Hans A. Baer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baer, Hans A., 1944- author.

Contributor:

Park-Choi Fund for Anthropology Studies.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Baer, Hans A., 1944-.

Baer, Hans A.

Human beings--Effect of environment on.

Human beings.

Human ecology.

Emigration and immigration--Social aspects.

Emigration and immigration.

Anthropology.

Physical Description:

ix, 269 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Lexington Books, [2021]

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I THE MAKING OF A RADICAL ANTHROPOLOGIST

1. Immigration and Naturalization: From Peru to the United States and Then to Australia

2. The 1960s and the Aircraft Industry Company: Being Politicized within the Bowels of the Corporation during the 1960s

3. Roman Catholicism: Leaving the Womb of Holy Mother the Church

4. The Corporatization of Academia: From the Bush Leagues to an Elite Australian University

pt. II STUDYING SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS

5. Studies in Religion: Ethnographic Research among the Levites of Utah and African American Spiritual Churches

6. Sociopolitical and Religious Life in East Germany: Observations of a Fulbright Scholar and Ethnographer

7. Complementary and Alternative Medicine in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia: Hanging Out with the "Quacks"

8. The Australian Climate Movement: Coming to Grips with the Ecological Crisis Down Under and Globally

9. Toward Democratic Eco-Socialism as an Alternative World System

10. Retirement: Refusing to Retire from Life.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-260) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Park-Choi Fund for Anthropology Studies.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781793637451

1793637458

OCLC:

1230520587

Publisher Number:

99989376477