Tribe : on homecoming and belonging / Sebastian Junger.
Tribe : on homecoming and belonging / Sebastian Junger.
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Publisher
New York, NY : Twelve, Hachette Book Group, 2016.
Call Numbers
G 2016/2443
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Language
English
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Physical content
xvii, 168 pages ; 20 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction -- The men and the dogs -- War makes you an animal -- In bitter safety I awake -- Calling home from Mars -- Postscript.
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Publisher
New York, NY : Twelve, Hachette Book Group, 2016.
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2016.
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Summary
"Draws on history, psychology, and anthropology to discuss how the tribal connection--the instinct to belong to small groups with a clear purpose and common understanding--can satisfy the human quest for meaning and belonging, "--NoveList.
"Decades before the American Revolution, Benjamin Franklin lamented that English settlers were constantly fleeing over to the Indians--but Indians almost never did the same. Tribal society has been exerting an almost gravitational pull on Westerners for hundreds of years, and the reason lies deep in our evolutionary past as a communal species. The...
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Full title
Tribe : on homecoming and belonging / Sebastian Junger.
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On homecoming and belonging
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [139]-168).
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©2016
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G 2016/2443
Record Identifier
74VKVd8NmgRZ
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVd8NmgRZ
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ISBN
1455566381 hardcover
9781455566389 hardcover
DDC
302.3
MMS ID
991024002616502626
