From pdh@u.washington.eduThu Nov 10 08:22:28 1994 Date: Wed, 9 Nov 94 23:48:12 -0800 From: Preston Hardison Reply to: indknow@u.washington.edu To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: 2061 and Ethnomathematics There is a nice volume that I came across a few months back, which uses many examples from Chinese history, and a smattering of references from elsewhere. Crump, Thomas (1990). The Anthropology of Numbers. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 1. The ontology of number * 2. The cognitive foundations of numeracy * 3. Number and language * 4. Cosmology and ethnoscience * 5. Economy, society and politics * 6. Measurement, comparison and equivalence * 7. Time * 8. Money * 9. Music, poetry and dance * 10. Games and chance * 11. Art and architecture * 12. The ecology of number.