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The Chalice and the Blade: Our History, Our Future
The Chalice and the Blade: Our History, Our Future
by Riane Eisler
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The legacy ofthe sacred feminine The Chalice and the Blade tells a new story of our cultural origins. It showsthat warfare and the war of the sexes are neither divinely nor biologicallyordained. It provides verification that a better future is possible... (read more)

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The Trobrianders of Papua New Guinea
The Trobrianders of Papua New Guinea
by Annette B. Weiner
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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)

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Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life
Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life
by Daniel C Dennett
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In a book that is both groundbreaking and accessible, Daniel C. Dennett, whom Chet Raymo of The Boston Globe calls "one of the most provocative thinkers on the planet," focuses his unerringly logical mind on the theory of natural selection, showing how... (read more)

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Cultural Nature of Human Development (03 Edition)
Cultural Nature of Human Development (03 Edition)
by Barbara Rogoff
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Three-year-old Kwara'ae children in Oceania act as caregivers of their younger siblings, but in the UK, it is an offense to leave a child under age 14 ears without adult supervision. In the Efe community in Zaire, infants routinely use machetes with... (read more)

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The Predicament of Culture: Twentieth-Century Ethnography, Literature, and Art
The Predicament of Culture: Twentieth-Century Ethnography, Literature, and Art
by James Clifford
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The Predicament of Culture is a critical ethnography of the West in its changing relations with other societies. Analyzing cultural practices such as anthropology, travel writing, collecting, and museum displays of tribal art, Clifford shows... (read more)

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Notes on Love in a Tamil Family (90 Edition)
Notes on Love in a Tamil Family (90 Edition)
by Margaret Trawick
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"Very important for South Indian Studies, the work marks a break with the dominant interpretive traditions that have been stagnant for some time now."--Stephen A... (read more)

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The Culture of Fear: Why Americans Are Afraid of the Wrong Things: Crime, Drugs, Minorities, Teen Moms, Killer Kids, Mutant Microbes, Plane
The Culture of Fear: Why Americans Are Afraid of the Wrong Things: Crime, Drugs, Minorities, Teen Moms, Killer Kids, Mutant Microbes, Plane
by Barry Glassner
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In the age of 9/11, the Iraq War, financial collapse, and Amber Alerts, our society is defined by fear. So its not surprising that three out of four Americans say they feel more fearful today then they did twenty years ago. But are we living in... (read more)

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Tsukiji: The Fish Market at the Center of the World
Tsukiji: The Fish Market at the Center of the World
by Theodore C. Bestor
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"Bestor's vivid and meticulous study of Tokyo's seafood market is at once perhaps the best description we have of a modern, large-scale commodity bazaar, an important contribution to comparative economics, and a powerful analysis of the everyday workings... (read more)

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Harukos World
Harukos World
by Gail Lee Bernstein
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In Japan as in the United States, family farming is on the wane, increasingly rejected by the younger generation in favor of more promising economic pursuits and more sophisticated comforts. Yet for centuries past, the village and the family farm have... (read more)

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No Bone Unturned: Inside the World of a Top Forensic Scientist and His Work on America's Most Notorious Crimes and Disasters
No Bone Unturned: Inside the World of a Top Forensic Scientist and His Work on America's Most Notorious Crimes and Disasters
by Jeff Benedict
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A curator for the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, Doug Owsley painstakingly rebuilds skeletons, helping to identify them and determine their cause of death. He has worked on several notorious cases -- from mass graves uncovered in Croatia to the... (read more)

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The Use and Abuse of Biology: An Anthropological Critique of Sociobiology
The Use and Abuse of Biology: An Anthropological Critique of Sociobiology
by Marshall Da Sahlins
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A criticism of sociobiology by one of the world's foremost anthropologists... (read more)

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Asylums : Essays on the Social Situation of Mental Patients and Other Inmates (61 Edition)
Asylums : Essays on the Social Situation of Mental Patients and Other Inmates (61 Edition)
by Erving Goffman
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Asylums is an analysis of life in "total institutions"--closed worlds like prisons, army camps, boarding schools, nursing homes and mental hospitals. It focuses on the relationship between the inmate and the institution, how the setting affects... (read more)

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African Origin of Civilization : Myth Or Reality (74 Edition)
African Origin of Civilization : Myth Or Reality (74 Edition)
by Cheikh Anta Diop
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Now in its 30th printing, this classic presents historical, archaeological, and anthropological evidence to support the theory that ancient Egypt was a black civilization.... (read more)

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English Is Broken Here (95 Edition)
English Is Broken Here (95 Edition)
by Coco Fusco
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Essays, performance scripts, and interviews by one of America's emerging art critics.... (read more)

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Like People You See in a Dream : First Contact in Six Papuan Societies (91 Edition)
Like People You See in a Dream : First Contact in Six Papuan Societies (91 Edition)
by Edward L. Schieffelin
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This book is at once a detailed ethnographic and historical analysis of one of the final modern-day experiences of first-culture contact, a classic example of historical geography, and an extraordinary tale of exploration, imperialist arrogance, blood... (read more)

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Culture and Truth : the Remaking of Social Analysis With New Intro (93 Edition)
Culture and Truth : the Remaking of Social Analysis With New Intro (93 Edition)
by Renato Rosaldo
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Exposing the inadequacies of old conceptions of static cultures and detached observers, the book argues instead for social science to acknowledge and celebrate diversity, narrative, emotion, and subjectivity.... (read more)

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Introducing Cultural Anthropology (5TH 12 Edition)
Introducing Cultural Anthropology (5TH 12 Edition)
by Roberta Lenkeit
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Introducing Cultural Anthropology, a short yet comprehensive anchor text, is an approachable, full-color introduction to cultural anthropology. This edition continues to provide students with the opportunity to explore anthropology's relevance to their... (read more)

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Darkness in El Dorado: How Scientists and Journalists Devastated the Amazon
Darkness in El Dorado: How Scientists and Journalists Devastated the Amazon
by Patrick Tierney
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Thought to be the last "virgin" people, the Yanomami were considered the most savage and warlike tribe on earth, as well as one of the most remote, secreted in the jungles and highlands of the Venezuelan and Brazilian rainforest. Preeminent... (read more)

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Humanity (9TH 12 Edition)
Humanity (9TH 12 Edition)
by James Peoples
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Using engaging stories and clear writing, CENGAGE ADVANTAGE BOOKS: HUMANITY: AN INTRODUCTION TO CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY, Ninth Edition, introduces cultural anthropology within a solid framework centered on globalization and culture change. Peoples and... (read more)

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Ten Theories of Human Nature
Ten Theories of Human Nature
by Leslie Stevenson
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'With over a quarter of a million copies sold since 1974, Seven Theories of Human Nature was a remarkably popular introduction to key points of Western thought. Now completely revised, taking into account the most recent scholarship, and expanded to... (read more)

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