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  1. Political Organisation (1994 Video)

    Subject
    Anthropology; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Out OF Distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 1999 sale: £12.75 (+VAT inc. p&p)

    Profiles the four major forms of political organisation: bands, tribes, chiefdoms and states.

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  2. Family and Household (1994 Video)

    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Out OF Distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 1999 sale: £12.75 (+VAT inc. p&p)

    Looks at the concepts of family and household from a cross-cultural perspective and examines the basic functions performed by the family and household units.

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  3. Arctic Tundra (1973 Film)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The habitat of the northern coast of Canada, 350 miles inside the Arctic circle. Shows plant and bird life in the tundra in early summer.

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  4. Biology of an Earwig (1968 Film)

    Director
    Claude Caussanel
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The behaviour of the sand earwig ‘Labidura riparia’ commonly found on the coast; preying, mating dance, nest-digging, care of the eggs by the female, hatching, life of the young in the nest, growth,...

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  5. Language and Communication (1994 Video)

    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Out OF Distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 1999 sale: £12.75 (+VAT inc. p&p)

    Covers kinesics (body language), the biological basis of language, the structure of language, the interrelationship of language and thought, and the social context of language uses.

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  6. Patterns of Subsistence: The Food Producers (1994 Video)

    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Out OF Distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 1999 sale: £12.75 (+VAT inc. p&p)

    Examines the emergence of societies that were based on the cultivation of plants as a method of food production, leading to the concept of land ownership.

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  7. Age, Common Interest and Stratification (1994 Video)

    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Out OF Distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 1999 sale: £12.75 (+VAT inc. p&p)

    Cross-cultural examples illustrate and explain the specific functions of types of age groups, various common-interest associations, and different forms of social stratificaton.

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  8. Social Control (1994 Video)

    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Out OF Distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 1999 sale: £12.75 (+VAT inc. p&p)

    Demonstrates the diverse forms of systems designed to maintain order within a society, from the religious traditions of Amish communities in Pennsylvania to the mediatory methods of dispute settlements among...

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  9. Sex and Marriage (1994 Video)

    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Out OF Distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 1999 sale: £12.75 (+VAT inc. p&p)

    In many cultures marriage is not just a pact between man and woman for sexual access and procreation. Customs are unique within societies and are often related to the economy.

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  10. Days of Destruction (Western Islands) (1973 Video)

    Director
    Asgeir Long
    Subject
    Geology
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocasette. VHS. col. 28 min.

    A record of the volcanic eruption on the island of Heimaey, off the south coast of Iceland, in 1973, the impact on the local town and economy, and the measures taken to counter this impact.

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