Halpern, Joel
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Publication Yugoslavia - Around the World Program - American Geographical Society(1956) Halpern, Joel; Kerewsky-Halpern, BarbaraYugoslavia (with Barbara Kerewsky-Halpern), American Geographical Society, Nelson Doubleday Inc, New York, 65 pages, 24 Photos by JMHPublication Along Alaska's Shore: A Visit to the Coastal Eskimos of Seward Peninsula(1950-07-01) Halpern, JoelPublication Professional and Personal Perspectives on Long Term Research(1992-04-01) Halpern, Joel; Kerewsky-Halpern, BarbaraOn the leveI of personal relationships, there is, perhaps, no need to pose the question that is the title of this paper. The long and ongoing research experience has been tremendously enriching for the investigators and our now adult children, who first arrived in the viIlage as toddlers and infant. From what our vilIage friends convey, satisfactions with this enduring relationship have been a two-way process. But beyond personal affect, what is the intellectual value of long-term study of a single community? Over thirty years ago the opportunity to document European village Life, in this case a village in Serbia, presented itself as a challenging academic endeavor. From the perspective of Anglo-American scholarship at that lime, the only significant works on Balkan peasant society were Sanders' pioneering Balkan Village, and the writings of Moseley on the structure of the zadruga. Their researches were based on pre-war investigations and were important statements for earlier points in time. Apart from our analyses of wide-ranging sociocultural, economic and demographic changes over time, the ongoing nature of our work as it continues to evolve over several decades in the village of OraBac in Sumadija affords simultaneous appreciations for dynamics of transformation discerned on a human scale.Publication Population Statistics and Associated Data(1961-03-01) Halpern, JoelPublication The Zadruga: An Anglo-American View(1966) Halpern, JoelThis paper concentrates on the South Slav extended family as viewed by observers writing in English, principally British and American. Specifically included are the writings of nineteenth century travelers and, in the twentieth century, the observations of ethnographers, sociologists and anthropologists. These are compared to analyses made by Slavic scholars. Most of the material is from Yugoslavia, and data from Bulgaria is also included.Publication Introduction(1993) Halpern, JoelThis issue presents American and West European anthropological perspectives on recent events prior to the outbreak of war in former Yugoslavia. Included are articles by anthropologists from Croatia and Serbia which deal directly with the war and its impact on their respective societies. The first group of essays should be understood as background to armed struggle involving violent death, destruction, and bereavement and those tragedies still in the making. The horrors associated with these events in this Balkan setting are unparalleled in Europe since World War Two. They do not have precise parallels elsewhere but bring to mind the sufferings of former communist states. As in late-1970s Cambodia and today in the Caucasus and Central Asia issues of conflicting national identities have been paramount. Religious and national conflicts also have parallels in non-communist areas. Events in Cyprus and Lebanon, in Liberia, Angola, Somalia and the Southern Sudan, as well as in Sri Lanka and Kashmir, are some examples. In sum, the conflicts in ex-Yugoslavia are part of a late 20th century world-wide trend. These instances, although far from identical, involve military conflicts over control of territories inhabited by conflicting national groups. Such conflicts inflict severe privation on civilian populations assumed to be part of the arena of conflict. In some cases creation of a nation state is the proximate cause, in others, as in ex-Yugoslavia, conflicts occur within and between recognized national entities. This series of essays, while having important analogues to events elsewhere, is not primarily intended to be comparative but focuses on the Balkan case.Publication Connections on Death, Destruction and the Future - An American Perspect1ve on the Former Yugoslavia(1995-12-07) Halpern, JoelIn making connections to explain and evaluate the causes and consequences of violence in the former Yugoslavia it seems useful to explore varying temporal perceptions and the relative uses of power. These alternate perspectives range from the highly political linear time bound year frame of American intervention as presented to the U. S. Congress by the Clinton Administration to the unbounded liminal temporal categories of the combatants linked to medieval battles and ancestral graves. In proceeding to evaluate these categories and examine their impact on current historical process I feel it is first necessary to examine our points of departure.Publication YUGOSLAVIA the SOCIETY(1969) Halpern, JoelThis annotated area guide presents a judicious evaluation of those writing which are particularly relevant to the contemporary political, socioeconomic, and intellectual life of Southeastern Europe. Specifically, the focus is on the lands and peoples of Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania and Yugoslavia. YUGOSLAVIA the SOCIETY by Joel M. Halpern (with the exception of section F) Overview 2644-2664 Rural Life and Problems 2665-2675 Urban Life and Problems 2676-2683 Family, Women, Youth 2684-2701 Special Aspects 2702-2706 Psychology 2707-2718Publication Laos and America: A Retrospective View(1964-04-01) Halpern, JoelPublication Migrants of the Mountains: The Cultural Ecology of the Blue Miao (Hmong Njua) of Thailand [Book Review](1978-06-01) Halpern, Joel