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Human Nature in Rural Tuscany: An Early Modern History (Italian & Italian American Studies)

By Gregory Hanlon

Book information

Year
2007
ISBN
140397764X, 9781403977649
Open Library ID
OL22754988M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1121256 bytes)
Edition
First Edition
Pages
232\233
Topic
History
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Melding evolutionary theory and both animal and human ethology together with close, descriptive historical research on a typical Tuscan village in the seventeenth century, Hanlon explains the good reasons individuals had for behaving in ways that now seem strange to us. This fascinating study springs from the conviction that the building blocks of human life are universal: hierarchy and political participation; co-operation and competition, reproduction, invention, and adaptation. The author argues, however, that individual emotions, thought processes, and social predicaments are always set in specific times and places.

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