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Ishi and Kroeber in the Wilderness of Modern AmericaWhen Ishi, "e;the last wild Indian,"e; came out of hiding in August 1911, he was        quickly whisked away by train to San Francisco to meet Alfred Kroeber, one of the        fathers of American anthropology. When Kroeber and Ishi came face to face, it was a        momentous event, not...

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This is a second, revised edition of Kupperman's introduction to Asian philosophy via its canonical texts. Kupperman ranges from the Upanishads to the Bhagavad Gita through Confucius to Zen Buddhism, walking students through the texts, conveying the vitality and appeal of the works, and explaining their philosophical roots. Kupperman has made...