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The Trobrianders of Papua New Guinea
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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...
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Yanomamo 5TH Edition Case Studies in Cultural An
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Yanomamo 5TH Edition Case Studies in Cultural An
by Napoleon A Chagnon

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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...
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Dobe Ju Hoansi 2ND Edition
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Dobe Ju Hoansi 2ND Edition
by Richard B Lee

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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...
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The Cheyennes: Indians of the Great Plains (Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology)
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The Cheyennes: Indians of the Great Plains (Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology)
by Edward Adams Hoebel

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Intimate Colonialism: Head, Heart, and Body in West African Development Work (Writing Lives: Ethnographic Narratives)
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Intimate Colonialism: Head, Heart, and Body in West African Development Work (Writing Lives: Ethnographic Narratives)
by Laurie L Charles

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A lyrical, autoethnographic study of a woman's Peace Corps tour, showing the personal, intimate side of development work and the lasting impressions on both the worker and the community....
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Hunter-gatherers: an Interdisciplinary Perspective
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Hunter-gatherers: an Interdisciplinary Perspective
by Catherine Panter-brick

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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...
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Huron
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Huron
by Bruce G. Trigger

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This remarkable reconstruction of the sedentary, agricultural, but warlike life of the Huron underscores the importance of studying Huron life, since the Huron were wiped out by other Iroquoians in the 17th Century....
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Demography of the Dobe !Kung, 2e (Evolutionary Foundations of Human Behavior)
by Nancy Howell

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Howell (sociology, University of Toronto) reports on observations of a small group of people in the Kalahari region in the 1960s, asking whether this group can be considered an example of the hunting and gathering way of life of prehistoric times...
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Arguments with Ethnography Comparative a: Comparative Approaches to History, Politics and Religion (London School of Economics Monographs on Social Anthropology)
by Ioan M Lewis

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Arguments with Ethnography presents a major critique of the globalization of the culture principle in anthropology. The study contends that the subjective anthropology promoted through post-modernism represents an extreme development of long established,...
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Himalayan Herders
by Naomi Hawes Bishop

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Himalayan Herders is the first general case study about Sherpa people in the Yolmo region of Nepal (which helps to place the more familiar Sherpa of the Solu-Khumbu region (Mt. Everest) in comparative context). This study provides an ethnographic...
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Cheyennes
by E Adamson Hoebel

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This case study traces the Cheyenne Indians from their first contact with the French explorer LaSalle in 1680. The book then follows their exodus from Minnesota under pressure from the Sioux, Cel, and Ojibwa; their attempt to gain a foothold in eastern...
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Yanomamo 4TH Edition Case Studies in Cultural
by Napoleon A Chagnon

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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...
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Gopalpur a South Indian Village
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Gopalpur a South Indian Village
by Alan R Beals



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The Swazi: A South African Kingdom (Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology)
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The Swazi: A South African Kingdom (Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology)
by Hilda Kuper



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Dinka of the Sudan
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Dinka of the Sudan
by Francis Mading Deng



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Lakota of the Rosebud: A Contemporary Adaptation, 1981 (Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology)
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Lakota of the Rosebud: A Contemporary Adaptation, 1981 (Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology)
by Elizabeth Grobsmith



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Bunyoro: An African Kingdom
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Bunyoro: An African Kingdom
by John Beattie



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Tiwi of North Australia 3RD Edition
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Tiwi of North Australia 3RD Edition
by Charles Willia Hart



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Pueblo Indians of North America
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Pueblo Indians of North America
by Edward P Dozier



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Ulitha :a Micronesian design for living
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Ulitha :a Micronesian design for living
by William Arman Lessa



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