A natural history of human emotions.0802118046 A natural history of human emotions  This article or section may be confusing or unclear for some readers.Please [improve the article] or discuss this issue on the talk page. . Walton, Stuart. Grove Press 2004 410 pages $25.00 Hardcover BF531 With Darwin's The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (1872) as his catalyst catalyst, substance that can cause a change in the rate of a chemical reaction without itself being consumed in the reaction; the changing of the reaction rate by use of a catalyst is called catalysis. , the British author of Out of It: A Cultural History of Intoxication intoxication, condition of body tissue affected by a poisonous substance. Poisonous materials, or toxins, are to be found in heavy metals such as lead and mercury, in drugs, in chemicals such as alcohol and carbon tetrachloride, in gases such as carbon monoxide, and surveys how science, philosophy, and literature treat emotions. Interesting examples illustrate how apparently universal emotions from fear to happiness are expressed in culturally-conditioned ways. Walton also traces changing norms about which emotions are acceptable to express in public. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland Portland, town, England Portland, town (1991 pop. 12,945), Dorset, S England. It is on the Isle of Portland, a small rocky peninsula. Portland stone has been used in St. Paul's Cathedral and other important London buildings. Lobsters and crabs are harvested. , OR) |
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