Sinews of Survival

Author: Betty Kobayashi Issenman
Publisher: UBC Press
ISBN: 0774841893
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 290

Book Description
Betty Issenman examines all aspects of winter and summer Inuit clothing, going back 4000 years, with particular emphasis on northern Canadian Inuit. She also describes the kinds of material and tools used to make the clothing. The focus is on on Inuit clothing as protection, identity, and culture bearer, roles it has played for thousands of years. No other book brings together contemporary and historical material from the circumpolar worlds with original research. Sinews of Survival is a fascinating study of Inuit clothing, past and present. It includes over 200 illustrations of various kinds of clothing. The voices of the Inuit are heard throughout the text in quotations from consultations and the literature. By describing one component of Inuit society, the author opens a pathway to understanding the culture as a whole.

Sinews For Survival - a Report on the Management of Natural Resources

Author: Great Britain. Department of the Environment
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Languages : en
Pages : 50

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Sinews for Survival

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Languages : en
Pages : 74

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Sinews for Survival

Author: Ralph Bruce Verney
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ISBN: 9780117505117
Category : Natural resources
Languages : en
Pages : 74

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Primitive Living, Self-Sufficiency, and Survival Skills

Author: Thomas J. Elpel
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493083058
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 209

Book Description
In Primitive Living, Self-Sufficiency, and Survival Skills, author Thomas J. Elpel shows how to discover nature by using it with the same techniques employed by the first people to wander the earth. Illustrated with over 350 photographs, he thoroughly describes every aspect of how to: ·Stay warm and comfortable even without a blanket ·Start a fire using friction ·Make bows and bone arrowheads ·Butcher a deer, tan the hide, and make soft buckskin clothing ·Identify edible plants of the Rocky Mountains ·Cook in the wild without a pan ·Make birch bark canisters, willow baskets, and primitive pottery ·Create and use simple stone knives Primitive Living, Self-Sufficiency, and Survival Skills includes dozens of skills and techniques that anyone can learn to meet the needs of clothing, shelter, fire, and water. It is a must read for any serious outdoorsperson.

Sinews for Survival: a Report on the Management of Natural Resources: a Study of Public Opinion Undertaken in Connection with the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, Stockholm, June 1972

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This I Believe

Author: Ernst Friedrich Schumacher
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 228

Book Description
Years after his death, the ideas of E.F. Schumacher still resonate through the environmental movement. With deep spiritual vision and rejection of Western materialism and economic exploitation, Schumacher saw the need to give societies, communities and individuals practical tools for change. He is best known for his book Small is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered, which became an international best-seller. Both activist and philosopher, his concerns included economics, energy, farming, industry and the inner life of human beings. He was for many years Chief Economist to the Coal Board, and latterly Chairman of the Soil Association; he also originated the concept of intermediate technology. His enduring influence has been recognised by the setting up in 1992 of Schumacher College, an international college for ecological and spiritual values, and the Schumacher Society, which was established in 1977.

Survival Skills of Native California

Author: Paul Campbell
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
ISBN: 9780879059217
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 466

Book Description
Author Paul Campbell reveals the knowledge he has spent 20 years learning and reproducing from California natives. Included are sections on the basic skills of survival, the tools of gathering and food preparation, and the implements of household and personal necessity, as well as the arts of hunting and fishing. Sample topics include: shelter; greens, beans, flowers and other vegetables; meat preparation; how to make and shoot an Indian bow.--From publisher description.

The Pulse Classic

Author: Shuhe Wang
Publisher: Blue Poppy Enterprises, Inc.
ISBN: 9780936185750
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 408

Book Description
The Mai Jing or Pulse Classic was written in the late Han dynasty by Wang Shu-he. It is the first book in the Chinese medical literature entirely devoted tp pulse diagnosis. As such, it is the undeniable and necessary foundation text for anyone seriously interested in understanding the rationale for and method of reading the pulse in Chinese medicine. Although not an easy read, this book is a mine of valuable information for those wishing to go more deeply into a study of the pulse.

Christian Ethics in Secular Worlds

Author: Robin Gill
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 9780567082763
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 192

Book Description
A challenging book examining issues such as biotechnology, AIDS and nuclear weapons and demonstrating that Christian ethics has something important and distinctive to contribute to secular worlds.