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Showing off : the Geltung hypothesis

Title
Showing off : the Geltung hypothesis / Philip L. Wagner.
Author
Wagner, Philip L. (Philip Laurence), 1921-
Publication
Austin : University of Texas Press, 1996.

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Description
ix, 158 pages; 23 cm
Subject
  • Human geography
  • Attention-seeking
  • Prestige
  • Communication
  • Nature > Effect of human beings on
  • Genetic psychology
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-151) and index.
Contents
Introduction: The Geltung Hypothesis -- 1. Bodies Influence Bodies -- 2. Provocation Produces Results -- 3. Acts of Display -- 4. Show and Tell -- 5. Proverbial Geltung -- 6. Actions Speak Louder -- 7. Selective Impressions -- 8. Getting Around -- 9. Spread the Word -- 10. Working Together -- 11. Sources of Power -- 12. Limits of Force -- 13. Borrowed Energies -- 14. Conclusions.
ISBN
  • 029279102X (alk. paper)
  • 0292791038 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
95050184
OCLC
  • 33899091
  • ocm33899091
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries