General
There are 4028 books in this aisle.
Browse the aisle by Title | by Author | by Price
See recently arrived used books in this aisle.
 New: $24.95 Trade Paper 
add to wish list |
|
Primitive Man
by Edward Clodd  Publisher Comments 1909. As a Congregationalist, Clodd became friendly with many of the more liberal leaders of religious thought and was a noted writer on Evolution studies. Contents: The Place of Man in the Earth's Life-History; The Place of Man in the Earth's Time...
|
||||||
New: $30.75 Trade Paper
add to wish list |
|
The African Religions of Brazil: Toward a Sociology of the Interpenetration of Civilizations (Johns Hopkins Studies in Atlantic History & Culture)
by Roger Bastide Publisher Comments Written by one of France's most brilliant and creative anthropologists, The African Religions of Brazil is regarded as a classic in Afro-American studies. First published in France in 1960, the book represents a singular effort to develop a theory of the...
|
||||||
New: $24.95 Trade Paper
add to wish list |
|
States of Imagination
by Thomas Blom (edt) Hansen Publisher Comments "This outstanding volume contains an excellent introductory discussion of current trends of thinking and research on the state. The first-rate articles by a mix of well- and less-known scholars are sophisticated, nuanced, and accessible."--George Marcus,...
|
||||||
New: $78.75 Hardcover List Price $80.00
add to wish list |
|
Traveling Cultures and Plants
by Andrea, Ph.d. (edt) Pieroni Publisher Comments The tremendous increase in migrations and diasporas of human groups in the last decades are not only bringing along challenging issues for society, especially related to the economic and political management of multiculturalism and culturally effective...
|
||||||
New: $83.25 Trade Paper
add to wish list |
|
Oxford Studies in Anthropological Linguistics #6: Creating Context in Andean Cultures
by Rosaleen Howard-malverde Publisher Comments A major concern in current anthropological thinking is that the method of recording or translating into writing a society's cultural expressions--dance, rituals, pottery, the social use of space, et al--cannot help but fundamentally alter the meaning of...
|
||||||
Used: $27.00 Trade Paper List Price $35.00
add to wish list |
|
Extinct Humans (00 Edition)
by Ian Tattersall Publisher Comments Scientists have long envisioned the human "family tree" as a straight-line progression from the apelike australopithecines to the enigmatic Homo habilis to the famous Neanderthals, culminating in us, Homo sapiens. But this model is unlike the...
|
||||||
New: $31.20 Trade Paper List Price $53.50
add to wish list |
|
Adventures in the Aporetic: Anthropological Alterities
by G. V Loewen Publisher Comments This book attempts, through a series of interpretive discussions, to confront a number of well-known perplexities in their structural form of disjunctive moments, of interpretive contexts of 'this is' and 'this is not.'...
|
||||||
Used: $33.00 Trade Paper List Price $43.00
add to wish list |
|
Race in North America : Origins and Evolution of a Worldview (3RD 07 Edition)
by Audrey Smedley Publisher Comments In a sweeping work that traces the idea of race for more than three centuries, Audrey Smedley shows that “race” is a cultural invention that began to appear around the turn of the eighteenth century. In its origin, race was not a product of...
|
||||||
Used: $33.00 Trade Paper List Price $40.65
add to wish list |
|
Essence of Anthropology - Study Guide (07 Edition)
by Gullette Publisher Comments The Study Guide for The Essence of Anthropology includes chapter outlines, learning objectives and key terms intended to guide students in their reading of the chapter material. Each chapter also includes practice tests consisting of multiple choice...
|
||||||
Used: $8.00 Trade Paper List Price $15.95
add to wish list |
|
Policies, Plans, and People
by Judith Justice Publisher Comments Judith Justice uses an interdisciplinary approach to show how anthropologists and planners can combine their expertise to make health care programs culturally compatible with the populations they serve....
|
||||||
New: $30.95 Trade Paper
add to wish list |
|
Magic and Religion
by Andrew Lang Publisher Comments 1901. While best known for his translations of classical literature and as a collector of folk and fairy tales, Lang also wrote poetry, biographies, histories, novels, literary criticisms and even children's books. Lang was one of the first to apply...
|
||||||
Used: $7.95 Trade Paper List Price $25.00
add to wish list |
|
Reliving the Past: The Worlds of Social History
by Olivier Zunz Publisher Comments Five historians uncover the ties between people's daily routines and the all-encompassing framework of their lives. They trace the processes of social construction in Western Europe, the United States, Latin America, Africa, and China, discussing both...
|
||||||
New: $23.95 Trade Paper
add to wish list |
|
Threatening Anthropology
by David H. Price Publisher Comments "An enthralling expedition into the heart of academic darkness. David H. Price brilliantly confirms that there are no depths to which policemen and professors will not sink."--Alexander Cockburn, coeditor of "CounterPunch "and columnist for "The Nation"...
|
||||||
Used: $7.95 Trade Paper List Price $9.95
add to wish list |
|
The Wizard of the Upper Amazon
by F Bruce Lamb Publisher Comments Wizard of the Upper Amazon is an extraordinary document of the life among a tribe of South American Indians at the beginning of the 20th century. For many readers, the most compelling sections of the book will be the descriptions of the use of...
|
||||||
New: $50.75 Trade Paper
add to wish list |
|
Tribal Heritage: A Study of the Santals
by W. J. Culshaw Publisher Comments Short description: A pioneering anthropological study of the Santal people who live in the area north-east of the mouth of the Ganges....
|
||||||
New: $25.25 Trade Paper
add to wish list |
|
The Idea of Culture (Blackwell Manifestos)
by Terry Eagleton Publisher Comments Terry Eagleton's book, in this vital new series from Blackwell, focuses on discriminating different meanings of culture, as a way of introducing to the general reader the contemporary debates around it....
|
||||||
Used: $7.95 Trade Paper List Price $14.95
add to wish list |
|
The Teacup Ministry and Other Stories: Subtle Boundaries of Class
by Rhoda H Halperin Publisher Comments This is a can't-put-it-down book. . . . The lives of the people touch you, compel you to go on reading. For many it will open a window of understanding; for others it will give validity to a way of life. --Judith E. Marti, Associate Professor of...
|
||||||
New: $42.25 Trade Paper List Price $44.50
add to wish list |
|
Migration Happens: Reasons, Effects and Opportunities of Migration in the South Pacific
by Katarina (edt) Ferro Publisher Comments Migration happens. Migration is a global phenomenon that did not just emerge in the 21st century. It is perceived by many as a constant source of problems and threats. This notion is propagated by politicians, among others, who use migrants for to...
|
||||||
Used: $57.00 Trade Paper List Price $70.95
add to wish list |
|
Introducing Cultural Anthropology (3RD 07 Edition)
by Roberta Edwards Lenkeit Publisher Comments This shorter, but comprehensive and academically sound, anchor text is an approachable, full-color introduction to cultural anthropology. This edition continues to give students the opportunity to explore anthropology's relevance to their own lives...
|
||||||
New: $64.00 Hardcover List Price $90.00
add to wish list |
|
The Power of Perspective; Social Ontology and Agency on Ambrym Island, Vanuatu.
by Knut Mikjel Rio Book News Annotation Asking the venerable question of how people create social orders and meanings around themselves, Rio (social anthropology, U. of Bergen) seeks answers in his insight from fieldwork on the South Pacific island 1995-96 and 1999-2000. His topics include...
|
||||||
