Civilization
A civilization (or civilisation) is any complex society characterized by urban development, social stratification, a form of government, and symbolic systems of communication (such as writing).Civilizations are intimately associated with and often further defined by other socio-politico-economic characteristics, such as centralization, the domestication of both humans and other organisms, specialization of labour, culturally-ingrained ideologies of progress and supremacism, monumental architecture, taxation, societal dependence upon farming and expansionism.Historically, "a civilization" has often been understood as a larger and "more advanced" culture, in implied contrast to smaller, supposedly primitive cultures. In this broad sense, a civilization contrasts with non-centralized tribal societies, including …
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PICES: North Pacific Marine Science Organization · 17 April 2024 English
All names and claims expressed in this book of abstracts are solely those of the authors and do not represent those of the PICES Organization, nor those of their affiliated …
importance to the construction of ecological civilization, and actively promoted the reconstruction of …
UMP: University of Manitoba Press · 12 April 2024 English
"The Honourable John Norquay is a magnificent book. Friesen meticulously documents Norquay's many accomplishments, larger-than-life character, and charisma. He paints a picture of a negotiator and orator who ably uses …
possessed the keys to what Anderson saw as “civilization,” including talent sufficient to take on roles …
UMP: University of Manitoba Press · 7 April 2024 English
“Inspiring, healing, and future-facing, this long overdue book gives us valuable new insights into the histories and identities of Métis people.”
volatile males splintered between the chasms of civilization and savagery.12 These should be old stereotypes …
UAP: University of Alberta Press · 2 April 2024 English
Indigenous Legalities, Pipeline Viscosities examines the relationship between the Wet’suwet’en and hydrocarbon pipeline development, showing how colonial governments and corporations seek to control Indigenous claims and how the Wet'suwet'en resist. …
preserve a planet similar to that on which civilization developed and to which life on Earth is adapted …
CHRC: Canadian Human Rights Commission · 28 March 2024 English
Submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on the occasion of its consideration of Canada’s 21st – 23rd Periodic Reports Human Rights Canadian Human Rights Commission Submission …
by application was introduced in the Gradual Civilization Act of 1857 and was based on the presumption …
AUP: Athabasca University Press · 26 March 2024 English
The story of Cape Breton presents an opportunity to reflect on how industrialization and deindustrialization have shaped human experiences. Contributors capture the vital elements of a region on the rural …
Willis, 63– 90. Ottawa: Canadian Museum of Civilization and University of Ottawa Press, 2017. Lane Jonah …
UOP: University of Ottawa Press · 26 March 2024 English
Cette étude retrace l'histoire des membres de l'Église presbytérienne Mackay qui ont servi pendant la Première Guerre mondiale, de leurs familles restées au pays et de l'Église qui a réagi …
the British Empire as the apogee of Christian civilization bringing peace and progress to the world. They … represented the apogee of progress and Christian civilization, and that the Empire was, in the words of historian …
Saskatchewan Environmental Society · 20 March 2024 English
To summarize, the Saskatchewan Environmental Society fully supports the proposed Clean Electricity Regulations in the context of the current climate emergency. [...] Without the implementation of the draft Clean Electricity …
emergency now threatens the very future of human civilization. Deep and rapid reductions in greenhouse gas …
Wilson Center Canada · 18 March 2024 English
” support for oil pipelines, liberalization of gun laws and protecting the values of “Western civilization”—the votes it gained may have been a harbinger of a new immigration politics in Canada.5 Recent …
gun laws and protecting the values of “Western civilization”—the votes it gained may have been a harbinger …
EAC: Centre d'action écologique · 14 March 2024 English
The novel is at its best when describing the particularities of Maja Lunde’s The History of Bees is the first of the Oslo-based beekeeping and the history of bee science. …
stories and often end on a cliffhanger. human civilization as we know it. These days, you can find cli-fi …
