| Description |
x, 179 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Themes in the social sciences |
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Themes in the social sciences.
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| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: List of tables and figures -- Preface -- 1. Evolution and communication -- 2. Intellectuals in pre-literate societies? -- 3. Literacy, criticism and the growth of knowledge -- 4. Literacy and classification: on turning the tables -- 5. What's in a list? -- 6. Following a formula -- 7. The recipe, the prescription and the experiment -- 8. The Grand Dichotomy reconsidered -- Notes to the text -- References -- List of abbreviations -- Index |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 168-173 |
| Subject |
Cognition.
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Ethnophilosophy.
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Ethnopsychology.
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Literacy.
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| LC no. |
77006835 |
| ISBN |
0521217261 |
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0521292425 |
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