Sökning: "Subsistence"

Visar resultat 21 - 25 av 90 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Subsistence.

1. 21. Gift and Exchange in the Reciprocal Regime of the Miskito on the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua, 20th Century

   Författare :Christopher Kindblad; Sociologi; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; analogic code; digital code; tragedy of the commons; egalitarian norms; entrepreneurship; symbolic transformations; long-term gift; short-term exchange; reciprocal regime; Tasbapauni; Nicaragua; Miskito; paradox; Sociology; Social and economic history; Sociologi; Ekonomisk och social historia; Miskito; Social anthropology ethnography;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation is a historical-comparative analysis of a conflict that has developed in the economic system of the Miskito in the 20th century, concerning the use of common property resources. The study is based on empirical material collected in a Miskito/Creole village on the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua in the 1990s. LÄS MER

3. 22. Malthusian Progress

   Författare :Jacob Weisdorf; Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social Mobility; Preventive Checks; Positive Checks; Industrial Revolution; French Revolution; Mortality; Longevity; Malthusian Model; Fertility; Industrious Revolution ; Economic Growth;

   Sammanfattning : Some scholars maintain that pre-industrial England was held in a Malthusian ‘trap’, and that this trap prevented the sustained growth of real wages until as late as 1800. Opponents to this view argue that the structural transformations occurring in preindustrial England – urbanization, labour reallocation between sectors, and human capital investments – are features of development that are incompatible with the idea of Malthusian stagnation. LÄS MER

4. 23. Från Döudden till Varghalsen : en studie av kontinuitet och förändring inom ett fångstsamhälle i övre Norrlands inland, 5200 f.Kr. - 400 e.Kr

   Författare :Ingela Bergman; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Hunter-gatherer; Lappland; northern Sweden; Late Mesolithic; Neolithic; Bronze Age; early Iron Age; settlement sites; hunting pits; seasonal mobility; logistically organized; settlement patterns; spatial analysis; Jägare samlare-- Sverige -- Lappland; Bosättningar-- Sverige -- Lappland; Arjeplog;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis is an investigation of a prehistoric hunter-gatherer society in Arjeplog, Lappland, northern Sweden, with regard to changes in the subsistence strategies and social organization. Chronologically, the archeological record dates from 5200 BC to 400 AD. LÄS MER

5. 24. Environmental Pesticide Exposure and Neurobehavioral Effects among Children of Nicaraguan Agricultural Workers

   Författare :Teresa Rodríguez; Catharina Wesseling; Ingvar Lundberg; Berna van Wendel de Joode; Ingvar Bergdahl; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :pesticides; organophosphates; pyrethroids; children; cognitive function; behavioral outcomes; neurodevelopment; Occupational and Environmental Medicine; Arbets- och miljömedicin; Epidemiologi; Epidemiology;

   Sammanfattning : Background: Children exposed to pesticides are susceptible for neurodevelopmental disruption. Data from developing countries are scarce.Aim: Assessing long-term and recent pesticide exposure in Nicaraguan children in relation to parental pesticide use and examining potential associated neurobehavioral effects. LÄS MER

7. 25. Catch and effort from a recreational trolling fishery in a large lake

   Författare :Anders Andersson; John Piccolo; Larry Greenberg; Ian Cowx; Karlstads universitet; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Angler survey; atlantic salmon; brown trout; complemented survey; Lake Vänern; recreational fisheries; fisheries management; recall bias; Biology; Biologi;

   Sammanfattning : Over recent decades recreational fisheries have grown substantially throughout the world. Despite this increase, catches from recreational fisheries have often been ignored in fisheries management, although this is now being remedied. LÄS MER