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Al - Shamahi Ella
The Handshake A Gripping History
The Handshake A Gripping History
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Description: It's a little book of wonder it's fantastic Chris Evans A fabulously sparky wide - ranging and horizon - broadening little study joyously unboring Sunday Times Friends do it strangers do it and so do chimpanzees - and it's not just deeply embedded in our history and culture it may even be written in our DN a. The humble handshake it turns out has a rich and surprising history. So let's join palaeoanthropologist Ella Al - Shamahi as she embarks on a funny and fascinating voyage of discovery - from the handshake's origins (at least seven million years ago) all the way to its sudden disappearance in March 2020. Drawing on new research anthropological insights and first - hand experience she'll reveal how this most friendly of gestures has played a role in everything from meetings with uncontacted tribes to political assassinations - and what it tells us about the enduring power of human contact. Because the story of the handshake is far from over.
Title: The Handshake A Gripping History
Author(s): Al - Shamahi Ella
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
Barcode: 9781788167819
Pages: 176 Pages
Publication Date: 11/2/2021
Category: Social & Cultural Anthropology, Ethnography
Description: It's a little book of wonder it's fantastic Chris Evans A fabulously sparky wide - ranging and horizon - broadening little study joyously unboring Sunday Times Friends do it strangers do it and so do chimpanzees - and it's not just deeply embedded in our history and culture it may even be written in our DN a. The humble handshake it turns out has a rich and surprising history. So let's join palaeoanthropologist Ella Al - Shamahi as she embarks on a funny and fascinating voyage of discovery - from the handshake's origins (at least seven million years ago) all the way to its sudden disappearance in March 2020. Drawing on new research anthropological insights and first - hand experience she'll reveal how this most friendly of gestures has played a role in everything from meetings with uncontacted tribes to political assassinations - and what it tells us about the enduring power of human contact. Because the story of the handshake is far from over.
Title: The Handshake A Gripping History
Author(s): Al - Shamahi Ella
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
Barcode: 9781788167819
Pages: 176 Pages
Publication Date: 11/2/2021
Category: Social & Cultural Anthropology, Ethnography