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RowReads1
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Berryfan
Mehso-so

It has some interesting material on the society created in a part of Madagascar by European pirates and Malagasy natives. The local population had a lot of mixture of which the pirates were the latest. However, it suffers from a lack of sources and flaws within them. However it reads like an incomplete essay and relies on a great deal of surmise. The author sets out a proposition which he is ultimately unable to sustain.

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Vivlio_Gnosi
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A really fascinating look at the development of societies across the globe and why certain areas ended up with certain staples while other areas remained primitive for decades.
It is a bit dry and academic so if you can get past those elements then you will have a nice perspective of human development.

#nonfiction #history #pulitzer

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Vivlio_Gnosi
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BookmarkTavern
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An absolutely delightful exploration of 10 endangered practices around the world, and the people working to keep the traditions alive.

This was marvelous! From a lace like pasta in Italy to a tree full of lovelorn letters in Germany, this was a wonderful read. I loved the focus on the people who are working to pass on these traditions, & and the variety of what humans want to protect. 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗

LeahBergen Stacked! 4mo
Chelsea.Poole Sounds great, stacked! 4mo
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AshleyHoss820
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The Anthropology class I took was a disaster, but this book was its saving grace. I actually enjoyed the readings and learned far more than I had expected. I encourage anyone to take an anthropology or sociology class if they can. I mentioned earlier that is it just so fascinating to know that you aren‘t all that different from someone from far away, yet you can learn new ways of existing as well. As we say with our boys, “Different, not less.”

Megabooks I fell in love with Cultural Anthropology in undergrad and ended up making it one of my minors. I don't use it much today, but I truly enjoyed studying it! 5mo
AshleyHoss820 @Megabooks Were I a younger woman when taking this course, I think I would have changed majors. I always wanted to go into forensic anthropology! It‘s such a feather in your cap and I love that you had that experience! ☺️🧡 5mo
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AshleyHoss820
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I‘m only giving this a so-so because some of her viewpoints were simply outdated. I did appreciate when she would call herself out for her negative attitude. She could have edited the book in her favor, but didn‘t. I loved learning about the cultural aspects of people living in West Africa. It is also so wonderful to see how connected and similar humans are and yet how we differ also, and not in a this-is-superior/inferior way, just different. ☺️

AshleyHoss820 By the way, Dettwyler was studying malnutrition in adolescents, which I think often led to her frustrations with the local people. There were some cultural differences in how adults perceive children which sometimes contributed (unwittingly) to the malnutrition. Sometimes, it was more a question of lack of access to necessary nutrients, which isn‘t much different than some areas in the United States. 5mo
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LiseWorks
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November 3rd #DaysDevotedTo Sandwich 🥪 😋 There is nothing like a good sandwich @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Awesome 😋 5mo
Eggs Thank you to JM 🥪 5mo
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Anna40
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My grandparents were peasants but sadly spoke little about their lives.I‘ve always been drawn to agriculture:I worked a season as grape picker in France&on a mountain hut in Austria milking cows but I always had a romanticized view of peasant life.I loved this book,which gets quite philosophical at times.Although I didn‘t learn about my own ancestors I have an idea what my grandparents lives could have been like& there‘s nothing romantic about it.

Bookwomble I love reading local history and social history that I have some connection to. Sounds like this one was meaningful for you. 😊 6mo
Anna40 @Bookwomble yes, vey meaningful. Really enjoyed it but it also made me sad that so much of my grandparents‘ life is a mystery to me. Anyway really enjoyed this one 6mo
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annamatopoetry
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Something something the Greeks were always doing shitty gender things.