Tribe : on homecoming and belonging /
Decades before the American Revolution, Benjamin Franklin lamented that English settlers were constantly fleeing over to the Indians-but Indians almost never did the same. Tribal society has been exerting an almost gravitational pull on Westerners for hundreds of years, and the reason lies deep in o...
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| Format: | CD Audio Book |
| Language: | English |
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[New York] :
Hachette Audio,
[2016]
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| Edition: | Unabridged. |
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| Summary: | Decades before the American Revolution, Benjamin Franklin lamented that English settlers were constantly fleeing over to the Indians-but Indians almost never did the same. Tribal society has been exerting an almost gravitational pull on Westerners for hundreds of years, and the reason lies deep in our evolutionary past as a communal species. The most recent example of that attraction is combat veterans who come home to find themselves missing the incredibly intimate bonds of platoon life. The loss of closeness that comes at the end of deployment may explain the high rates of post-traumatic stress disorder suffered by military veterans today. |
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| Item Description: | Title from web page. "Includes a PDF of supplemental material"--Container. |
| Physical Description: | 3 audio discs (180 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time: | 03:00:00 |
| Production Credits: | Produced by Cheryl Smith ; directed by David Rapkin ; recorded byu Ryan Lysy. |
| ISBN: | 9781478936879 1478936878 |