The hand : how its use shapes the brain, language, and human culture / Frank R. Wilson.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Pantheon Books, [1998]Copyright date: ©1998Edition: First editionDescription: xiv, 397 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0679412492
- 9780679412496
- 612.91
- QP334. W53 1998
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 368-378) and index.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.-- PROLOGUE.-- 1. DAWN.-- 2. THE HAND-THOUGHT-LANGUAGE NEXUS.-- 3. THE ARM WE BROUGHT DOWN FROM THE TREES.-- 4. PUPPET LESSONS FROM ALEXANDRIA AND DUSSELDORF.-- 5. HAND, EYE, AND SKY.-- 6. THE GRIP OF THE PAST.-- 7. THE TWENTY-FOUR-KARAT THUMB.-- 8. THE RIGHT HAND KNOWS WHAT THE LEFT HAND JUST DID.-- 9. BAD BOYS, POLYLITHS, AND THE HETEROTECHNIC REVOLUTION.-- 10. THE ARTICULATE HAND.-- 11. IN TUNE AND EVOLVING PRESTISSIMO.-- 12. LUCY TO LULU TO ROSE.-- 13. TOUGH, TENDER, AND TENACIOUS.-- 14. HIDDEN IN THE HAND.-- 15. HEAD FOR THE HANDS.-- EPILOGUE.-- APPENDIX.-- NOTES.-- BIBLIOGRAPHY.-- PERMISSIONS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.--INDEX
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