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Festival Elephants and the Myth of Global Poverty (09 Edition)
by Glynn Cochrane  Synopsis This supplemental text for cultural and applied anthropology courses offers a critical look at the compelling issue of global aid. The author draws on his many years as a development anthropologist to show how the "Festival Elephants" of development aid...
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Texture of Industry (94 Edition)
by Robert B. Gordon Publisher Comments While historians have given ample attention to stories of entrepreneurship, invention, and labor conflict, they have told us little about actual work-places and how people worked. Workers seldom wrote about their daily employment. However, they did leave...
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Child Soldiers in Africa (Ethnography of Political Violence)
by Alcinda Honwana Publisher Comments In "Child Soldiers in Africa" Alcinda Honwana brings her firsthand experience with child soldiers in Angola and Mozambique to shed light on how children are recruited, what they encounter, and how they come to terms with what they have done....
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New Media: The Key Concepts (Key Concepts)
by Nicholas Gane Publisher Comments Digital media are rapidly changing the world in which we live. Global communications, mobile interfaces and Internet cultures are re-configuring our everyday lives and experiences. To understand these changes, a new theoretical imagination is...
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The San BLS Kuna of Panama: Strategies of and for Indigenous Autonomy
by Sara G. Ross Publisher Comments Indigenous autonomy is a highly prevalent issue within contemporary Latin American society as indigenous groups and movements from countries across the region become increasingly vocal in their demand for autonomy. Autonomy in these cases is being sought...
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It's in the Bag: What Purses Reveal---And Conceal
by Winifred Gallagher Publisher Comments The time is perfect for a short, smart purse book. The "good bag" has nudged out shoes, jeans, and jewelry as the must–have fashion possession. Despite price hikes –– $1,445 for a Prada bowler bag that once cost $940 –– the...
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Neanderthal : Neanderthal Man and the Story of Human Origins (99 Edition)
by Paul Jordan Publisher Comments Was Neanderthalman our direct ancestor, or was he perhaps a more alien figure genetically very different?...
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Ethnographic Interview (79 Edition)
by James P. Spradley Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 236-243) and index....
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Ye Heart of a Man: The Domestic Life of Men in Colonial New England
by Lisa Wilson Publisher Comments In this unique investigation of the everyday lives of men in colonial Massachusetts and Connecticut, Lisa Wilson brings to life the domestic world of pre-Revolutionary New England. She finds that colonial men spent most of their time in a multigendered...
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Long Arc of Justice : Lesbian and Gay Marriage, Equality, and Rights (05 Edition)
by Richard D. Mohr Synopsis Engaging the whole spectrum of public-policy issues affecting gays and lesbians from a humanistic and philosophical approach, Richard Mohr uses the tools of his trade to assess the logic and ethics of gay rights. Focusing on ideas and values, Mohr's...
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Envisioning Power: Ideologies of Dominance and Crisis
by Eric R Wolf Publisher Comments "The book reconceptualizes power and explores factors that allow it to take on extreme forms. The three case studies are simply superb, each the most profound and most interesting I have seen on each of these examples of power in excess."--Robert B...
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Interpreting Everyday Culture (Arnold Publication)
by Fran Martin Publisher Comments This is the first book to introduce comprehensively to younger undergraduates cultural approaches to everyday life. It is a lively, accessible book that prompts its readers to take a fresh, critical look at the familiar yet strangely intriguing terrain...
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Asia--Local Studies/Global Themes #14: After the Massacre: Commemoration & Consolation in Ha My
by Heonik Kwon Publisher Comments "The scholarship that went into this work is excellent in every respect. The writing and organization are very strong; the text is theoretically informed and persuasively argued. Moreover, the study is chock-full of information on a wide array of...
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The Enigma of the Gift
by Maurice Godelier Publisher Comments When we think of giving gifts, we think of exchanging objects that carry with them economic or symbolic value. But is every valuable thing a potentially exchangeable item, whose value can be transferred? In The Enigma of the Gift, the distinguished...
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Getting Wet: Adventures in the Japanese Bath
by Eric Talmadge Publisher Comments Getting Wet is a joyful, first-person plunge into Japan's bathing culture--joining the millions of Japanese who not only bathe everyday, but find it a must to traverse the country on a search for the perfect bathing experience. From bathing "theme parks"...
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Ginseng and Aspirin : Health Care Alternatives for Aging Chinese in New York (00 Edition)
by Zibin Guo Publisher Comments Navigating the maze of modern American health care is rarely easy; those who enter it are confronted with a dizzying array of specialists, practitioners, and clinics from which to choose, and are forced to make decisions regarding drugs and treatments...
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Museums, Anthropology and Imperial Exchange (05 Edition)
by Amiria Henare Publisher Comments Amiria Henare explores the study of material culture in the development of anthropology and related fields....
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Archaeology
by David Hurst Thomas Publisher Comments This new edition by David Hurst Thomas and Robert L. Kelly pairs two of archaeology's most recognized names--with a combined 70 years of experience--for the first time. David Hurst Thomas of the American Museum of Natural History and Robert L. Kelly of...
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Discovering Anthropology (92 Edition)
by Daniel R. Gross Publisher Comments Discovering Anthropology introduces the subfields of anthropology (biological anthropology, archaeology, cultural anthropology, and linguistics) and examines both the theoretical and applied aspects of anthropology. The text focuses on how knowledge is...
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Devonshire Courtship, in Four Parts; To Which Is Added a Glossary (1869)
by Mary Palmer Synopsis DETOSSHIRE DIALECT. --What dost thee gook thee head vor look up, wot What art tozing over the book vor BET. Turning out the dogs ears. DEVONSHIRE COURTSHIP, IN FOUR PARTS. PREFACE. THE rapid sale of the last Edition of this Work having called for another...
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