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The Trobrianders of Papua New Guinea by Annette B Weiner Publisher Comments This re-examination of the Trobrianders of Papua New Guinea, the people described in Malinowski's classic ethnographic work of the early 20th century, provides a balanced view of the society from a male and female perspective, including coverage of new... (read more) List Price $54.95 Your price: $12.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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Yanomamo 5TH Edition Case Studies in Cultural An by Napoleon A Chagnon Publisher Comments Based on the author's extensive fieldwork, this classic ethnography, now in its fifth edition, focuses on the Yanomamo. These truly remarkable South American people are one of the few primitive sovereign tribal societies left on earth. This new edition... (read more) List Price $55.65 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Dobe Ju Hoansi 2ND Edition by Richard B Lee Publisher Comments This classic, bestselling study of the !Kung San, foragers of the Dobe area of the Kalahari Desert describes a people's reactions to the forces of modernization, detailing relatively recent changes to !Kung rituals, beliefs, social structure, marriage... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Through the Eye of the Needle: A Maori Elder Remembers (Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology) by Mary Kathari Duffie Publisher Comments This is a unique ethnography that follows in the tradition of the highly successful book by Marjorie Shostak (NISA: THE LIFE AND WORDS OF A !KUNG WOMAN.) Here, the voice of Heeni, a relative of the current Maori Queen, eloquently chronicles the history... (read more) List Price $67.50 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Starting from Quirpini: The Travels and Places of a Bolivian People by Stuart Alexander Rockefeller Synopsis The people of Quirpini, a rural community in the Bolivian Andes, are in constant motion. They visit each other's houses, work in their fields, go to nearby towns for school, market, or official transactions, and travel to Buenos Aires for wage labor. In... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $16.95 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Jaguar and the Priest: An Ethnography of Tzeltal Souls (Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies) by Pedro Pitarch Publisher Comments In contrast to western notions of the soul as the essence or most native part of a human being, the Tzeltal-speaking Indians of Chiapas, Mexico, regard the soul first and foremost as an Other. Made up of beings that personify the antithesis of their... (read more) Your price: $55.00 New - Hardcover
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A Kwakiutl Village and School by Harry F. Wolcott Publisher Comments This book is a reprint of a now classic text dealing with Wolcott's dissertation topic on the study of a Kwakiutl Indian village and the one-room school he taught at Village Island in the Alert Bay region of British Columbia. Within the book, Wolcott's... (read more) List Price $31.95 Your price: $30.75 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Reversed Gaze: An African Ethnography of American Anthropology by Mwenda Ntarangwi Publisher Comments Deftly illustrating how life circumstances can influence ethnographic fieldwork, Mwenda Ntarangwi focuses on his experiences as a Kenyan anthropology student and professional anthropologist practicing in the United States and Africa. Whereas... (read more) Your price: $20.00 New - Trade Paper
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Hunter-gatherers: an Interdisciplinary Perspective by Catherine Panter-brick Publisher Comments Analyses of the ecology, biology and society of past and present-day hunter-gatherers are at the core of this interdisciplinary volume. Since the seminal work of Man the Hunter in 1968, new research in these three areas has become increasingly... (read more) List Price $119.50 Your price: $60.00 Used - Hardcover
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Hawaiian Fishermen by Edward W Glazier Publisher Comments Understand the cultural aspects of fishing in Hawaii with HAWAIIAN FISHERMAN! At a time of renewed national interest in the health of the world's oceans and its resources, this case study will show you what small boat fishing in Hawaii is, how it affects... (read more) List Price $56.95 Your price: $14.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Grand Valley Dani: Peaceful Warriors (Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology) by Karl Heider Publisher Comments This case study examines an isolated tribe in Indonesia, West New Guinea, when tribe members were still using stone axes, bows, arrows and spears, up to more present times spanning 34 years (1961-1995). The author's long engagement with the Dani results... (read more) List Price $56.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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After the Coup: An Ethnographic Reframing of Guatemala 1954 by Timothy J Smith Publisher Comments This exceptional collection revisits the aftermath of the 1954 coup that ousted the democratically elected Guatemalan president Jacobo Arbenz. Contributors frame the impact of 1954 not only in terms of the liberal reforms and coffee revolutions of... (read more) Your price: $22.00 New - Trade Paper
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Reproducing Race: An Ethnography of Pregnancy as a Site of Racialization by Khiara M Bridges Publisher Comments Reproducing Race, an ethnography of pregnancy and birth at a large New York City public hospital, explores the role of race in the medical setting. Khiara M. Bridges investigates how race--commonly seen as biological in the medical world--is socially... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Trade Paper
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Warrior Merchants: Textiles, Trade, & Territory in South India by Mattison Mines Publisher Comments The standard image of Indian society emphasizes its largely agrarian economy and parochial outlook, yet this image ignores the major economic and political role of commerce and artisan production. This book presents a study of one of the most important... (read more) Your price: $12.50 Used - Hardcover
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Visionary Vine Hallucinogenic Healing In by Marlene Dob De Rios List Price $17.50 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Hano: A Tewa Indian Community in Arizona by Edward P Dozier Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The bamboo fire :field work with the New Guinea Wape by William E Mitchell Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Tiwi of North Australia (Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology) by Charles Willia Hart List Price $47.85 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Aleuts: Survivors of the Bering Land Bridge by William S Laughlin List Price $26.50 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Shire Ethnography #8: Betel Chewing Equipment of East New Guinea by Harry Beran List Price $12.00 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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