ISBN:
140397764X
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9781403977649
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xii, 218 p., [12] p. of plates)
,
ill
Edition:
1st ed
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2008 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Italian and Italian American studies
Parallel Title:
Print version Human Nature in Rural Tuscany : An Early Modern History
DDC:
306.09045509032
Keywords:
Human beings Animal nature
;
Sociology, Rural History 17th century
;
Human beings ; Animal nature
;
Sociology, Rural ; Italy ; Tuscany ; History ; 17th century
;
Tuscany (Italy) ; Social conditions ; 17th century
;
Electronic books
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Tuscany (Italy) Social conditions 17th century
Abstract:
Melding evolutionary theory and both animal and human ethology together with descriptive historical research on a typical Tuscan village in the Seventeenth century, this title explains the good reasons individuals had for behaving in ways that now seem strange to us
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Measures and Values; Introduction; 1 Governance; 2 Cooperation; 3 Competition; 4 Reproduction; 5 Invention; Notes; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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