Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Human Universals is a book by Donald Brown, an American professor of anthropology who worked at the University of California, Santa Barbara. It was published by McGraw Hill in 1991. Brown says human universals, "comprise those features of culture, society, language, behavior, and psyche for which there are no known exception."
Cyclopedia of Universal History (16 volumes, 1895) Notable events of the nineteenth century. Great deeds of men and nations and the progress of the world, in a series of short studies (1896) History of the World, Comprising Evolution of Mankind and Story of All Races (4 volumes, 1894) The Ridpath Library of Universal Literature (25 volumes, 1898)
Reviews are to occur over a four-and-a-half-year period (42 countries per year). Accordingly, the 193 countries that are members of the United Nations shall normally all have such a Review between 2012 and 2016; The order of review will be similar to the 1st cycle; The length of each Review will be extended from three to three-and-a-half hours;
A cultural universal (also called an anthropological universal or human universal) is an element, pattern, trait, or institution that is common to all known human cultures worldwide. Taken together, the whole body of cultural universals is known as the human condition .
The Million Book Project was a 501(c)(3) charity organization with various scanning centers throughout the world. By December 2007, more than 1.5 million books had been scanned, in 20 languages: 970,000 in Chinese; 360,000 in English; 50,000 in Telugu; and 40,000 in Arabic. [2]
A number of notable people have considered themselves Unitarians, Universalists, and following the merger of these denominations in the United States and Canada in 1961, Unitarian Universalists. Additionally, there are persons who, because of their writings or reputation, are considered to have held Unitarian or Universalist beliefs.
Europe and the People Without History is a book by anthropologist Eric Wolf. First published in 1982, it focuses on the expansion of European societies in the modern era . "Europe and the people without history" is history written on a global scale, tracing the connections between communities, regions, peoples and nations that are usually ...
The World Almanac Infopedia: A Visual Encyclopedia for Students. World Almanac. 1990. [157] The World Book Encyclopedia. World Book, Inc. 1917–. [158] World Wide Encyclopedia. Books, Inc., 1967. [156] The Young Children's Encyclopedia. Encyclopædia Britannica. 1970–. [159] Young People's Illustrated Encyclopedia. Children's Press, 1972. [156]