Keeping Together in Time: Dance and Drill in Human History McNeill William H.Paperback
Keeping Together in Time: Dance and Drill in Human History McNeill William H.Paperback Could something as simple and seemingly natural as falling into step have marked us for evolutionary success? As…
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Keeping Together in Time: Dance and Drill in Human History McNeill William H.Paperback
Could something as simple and seemingly natural as falling into step have marked us for evolutionary success? As he has done for historical phenomena as diverse as warfare, plague, and the pursuit of power, William H. In Keeping Together in Time one of the most widely read and respected historians in America pursues the possibility that coordinated rhythmic movement--and the shared feelings it evokes--has been a powerful force in holding human groups together.
From the records of distant and ancient peoples to the latest findings of the life sciences, he discovers evidence that rhythmic movement has played a profound role in creating and sustaining human communities. McNeill brings a dazzling breadth and depth of knowledge to his study of dance and drill in human history. The behavior of chimpanzees, festival village dances, the close-order drill of early modern Europe, the ecstatic
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