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Origins reconsidered :in search of what makes us human
by Richard Leakey  Book News Annotation Renowned paleonathropologist Leakey returns to his earlier work--especially his 1977 book Origins (also co-authored by science writer Lewin)--to poke holes in his previous beliefs, but more importantly to reassess how we became "human," and what...
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Sons of the Shaking Earth
by Eric Wolf Publisher Comments "Wolf drew on anthropology, archaeology, history, and geography to mold a magnificent, sweeping, and beautifully written synthesis. With style and deep personal engagement he unraveled the complexity of Mexico and Guatemala's past with its multiple...
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The Tomb of Tutankamen (National Geographic Adventure Classics)
by Howard Carter Publisher Comments Introduction by Anthony Brandt.<P>“ Feverishly we cleared away...the passage before the doorway, until we had only the clean sealed doorway before us.... We made a tiny breach in the top left hand corner to see what was beyond.<P>...
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Discoveries: Cleopatra (Discoveries)
by Edith Flamarion Publisher Comments Well-written, loaded with information, and with a rich assortment of illustrations, each Discoveries "RM" volume is a look at one facet of art, archaeology, music, history, philosophy, popular culture, science, or nature. These innovatively designed...
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Families as We Are: Conversations from Around the World
by Perdita Huston Publisher Comments A recent speech by Gary Bauer from the conservative Family Research Council decried the decline of traditional family values as "a moral earthquake in our society." But what are "traditional family values?" How are family values and the realities that...
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Discrimination with Reason?: The Policy of Reservations in the United States, India and Malaysia
by Devanesan Nesiah Publisher Comments This is a comparative examination of reservation policy in USA, India and Malaysia. It addresses issues relevant to scholars as well as policy makers. The author has held senior decision making positions in the Sri Lankan administration, retiring as...
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Faces of Anthropology: A Reader for the 21st Century
by Kevin Rafferty Publisher Comments This edition organizes its topics into ten sections for an overview of the entire focus of anthropology, including the traditional and recent approaches to anthropological study. The topics span the sub-fields of anthropology, fieldwork, subsistence and...
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On Being a Conceptual Animal
by Arthur H Niehoff Publisher Comments This collection of 24 essays illustrates how humans perceive the world using symbolic concepts. While scientists have long accepted humankind as an animal that stands upright and uses tools, we now know that humans also have a very special way of...
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Family Web: A Story of India (Sargeant Beef Mystery)
by Sarah Hobson Publisher Comments For Several Months Sarah Hobson lived in a small South Indian village with a family of twenty-six while researching a film. She observed and recorded their way of life, gaining the close confidence of the women. She reveals the hopes, ambitions and...
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Great Pyramid of Giza: History and Speculation
by James Bonwick Publisher Comments Classic exploration of the Great Pyramid's construction and objectives combines imagination, erudition. Physical form; when it was built, and by whom; roles as an astronomical observatory, source of inspiration for religious teachings, scientific and...
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You Owe Yourself a Drunk: An Ethnography of Urban Nomads
by James P Spradley Book News Annotation Reprint of the Little, Brown edition of 1970. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)...
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Mummy Congress
by Heather Pringle Synopsis In 1998, Heather Pringle visited the remote Chilean port of Arica for the World Congress on Mummy Studies. This book introduces us to the eccentric world of the researchers and academics who investigate such phenomena as the child mummies of the...
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The Social Ecology of Religion
by Vernon Reynolds Publisher Comments What effect does the Islamic attitude toward abortion have upon the family size and growth of Muslim populations? How do the Sukuma people of Tanzania react to the birth of an abnormal child, and why do their reactions differ so radically from those of...
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Venus on Wheels: Two Decades of Dialogue on Disability, Biography, and Being Female in America
by Gelya Frank Publisher Comments This interdisciplinary ethnography comes to terms with the life of Diane DeVries, a woman born without arms or legs, over the course of the author's twenty-year friendship with her....
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Mankind Evolving: The Evolution of the Human Species
by Theodosi Dobzhansky Publisher Comments The Silliman Lectures at Yale University have been responsible for many books which have greatly influenced the progress of scientific work in the twentieth century. One of the foremost scientists of our time, Theodosius Dobzhansky, recipient of the...
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In a Different Place: Pilgrimage, Gender, and Politics at a Greek Island Shrine (Princeton Modern Greek Studies)
by Jill Dubisch Publisher Comments In a Different Place offers a richly textured account of a modern pilgrimage, combining ethnographic detail, theory, and personal reflection. Visited by thousands of pilgrims yearly, the Church of the Madonna of the Annunciation on the Aegean island of...
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The No-Nonsense Guide to Indigenous Peoples
by Lotte Hughes Synopsis Indigenous peoples have long suffered from Exoticization. Outsiders elevate their beauty and difference but do not see beyond this to the problems they face. This title looks beyond the exotic images, tracing stories of indigenous peoples from their...
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The Piltdown Forgery
by J S Weiner Publisher Comments For decades the remains of fossils found in Piltdown, England were believed to come from a "missing link," a creature with a human cranium and an ape's jaw. Dr. Weiner shows how he discovered the truth about these remains, and went on to expose one of...
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Worker in the Cane: A Puerto Rican Life History
by Sidney W. Mintz Publisher Comments This is the absorbing story of Don Taso, a Puerto Rican sugar cane worker, and of his family and the village in which he lives. Told largely in his own words, it is a vivid account of the drastic changes taking place in Puerto Rico, as he sees them...
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The European and the Indian: Essays in the Ethnohistory of Colonial North America
by James Axtell Publisher Comments Drawing on a wide variety of source, Axtell explores the cultural adjustments that occurred when white Europeans met and attempted to 'civilize' the native Americans....
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