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What Is Anthropology?
by Thomas Hylland Eriksen  Book News Annotation Eriksen (social anthropology, U. of Oslo) aims to engage students and others who have never studied anthropology before. He explores the field's key issues, drawing examples from current affairs as well as anthropological studies. The first section...
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Where Men Hide
by James B. Twitchell Publisher Comments If you ask men if they spend any time hiding, they usually look at you as if you're nuts. 'What, me hide?' But if you ask women whether men hide, they immediately know what you mean. Where Men Hide is a spirited tour of the dark and often dirty places...
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Anthropological Theory : an Introductory History (3RD 04 - Old Edition)
by R. Jon Mcgee Publisher Comments A comprehensive and accessible survey of the history of theory in anthropology, this anthology of classic and contemporary readings contains in-depth commentary in introductions and notes to help guide students through excerpts of seminal anthropological...
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Rethinking Anthropology
by E. R. Leach Publisher Comments This book presents a collection of brilliant and provocative essays from Edmund Leach, one of the most original voices in the social anthropological tradition....
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Frauds Myths & Mysteries Science & 5TH Edition
by Kenneth L Feder Publisher Comments Ancient astronauts? Atlantis? Psychic archaeology? Pharaoh's curses? Committed to the scientific investigation of human antiquity, this indispensable supplementary text uses interesting archaeological hoaxes, myths, and mysteries to show how we can truly...
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University of Cambridge Oriental Publications #63: Sorrow and Joy Among Muslim Women: The Pukhtuns of Northern Pakistan
by Amineh Ahmed Publisher Comments Study of the lives, thoughts and gham-khadi (funerals-weddings) ceremonies of Pukhtun women, especially of the elite....
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Publishing in Africa: One Man's Perspective
by Henry Chakava Publisher Comments This book brings together multidisciplinary research on the historical, linguistic, anthropological and religious dimensions of ethnicity in Madagascar. The majority of Madagascans are born, live and die within their narrowly defined ethnic groups, and...
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Exploits and Anecdotes of the Scottish Gypsies
by William Chambers Publisher Comments With traits of their origin, character and manners. These pages are full of curious anecdotes of the Scottish gypsies, told in a very entertaining fashion. The anecdotes fully display the gypsies' singular propensities, when excited by lawless passions...
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A'Aisa's Gifts: A Study of Magic and the Self (Stories in Melanesian Anthropology)
by Michele Stephen Publisher Comments Filled with insight, provocative in its conclusions, "A'aisa's Gifts" is a groundbreaking ethnography of the Mekeo of Papua New Guinea and a valuable contribution to anthropological theory. Based on twenty years' fieldwork, this richly detailed study of...
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Essays on the Anthropology of Reason (96 Edition)
by Paul Rabinow Publisher Comments This collection of essays explains and encourages new reflection on Paul Rabinow's pioneering project to anthropologize the West. His goal is to exoticize the Western constitution of reality, emphasize those domains most taken for granted as universal...
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Rice As Self : Japanese Identities Through Time (93 Edition)
by Emiko Ohnuki-tierney Publisher Comments Are we what we eat? What does food reveal about how we live and how we think of ourselves in relation to others? Why do people have a strong attachment to their own cuisine and an aversion to the foodways of others? In this engaging account of the...
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The Taste of Ethnographic Things: The Senses in Anthropology (Contemporary Ethnography Series)
by Paul Stoller Publisher Comments "An ingeniously constructed springboard for a criticism of anthropology."--...
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Intimate Colonialism: Head, Heart, and Body in West African Development Work (Writing Lives: Ethnographic Narratives)
by Laurie L Charles Publisher Comments 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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Floods, Famines, and Emperors El Nino and the Fate of Civilizations
by Brian M Fagan Publisher Comments In 1997 and early 1998, one of the most powerful El Niños ever recorded disrupted weather patterns all over the world. Europe suffered through a record freeze as the American West was hit with massive floods and snowstorms; in the western Pacific...
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Incas and Their Ancestors : the Archaeology of Peru (Rev 01 Edition)
by Michael E. Moseley Publisher Comments In 1532, when Pizarro conquered Peru, the Inca realm was one of the largest empires on earth, graced by gold masterpieces, towns with great palaces and temples, and an impressive network of roads. But this glittering culture only obscured the rich and...
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Masons, Tricksters and Cartographers: Comparative Studies in the Sociology of Scientific and Indigenous Knowledge
by David Turnbull Synopsis Science and technology have created many of the problems besetting us at the turn of the century, yet, paradoxically, we cannot address them without their assistance. This beautifully illustrated book takes a fresh approach to resolving the problems of...
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New Directions in Anthropology and Environment: Intersections: Intersections
by Carole L Crumley Publisher Comments Crumley has brought together top scholars from across anthropology in a benchmark volume that displays the range of exciting new work on the complex relationship between humans and the environment. Designed for classroom use in and beyond anthropology...
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Anthropology / With CD (10TH 03 - Old Edition)
by William A. Haviland Publisher Comments This book offers a comprehensive and balanced presentation on views of human culture, evolution, and prehistory. Haviland presents the principles and processes of anthropology, both physical and cultural, including ethnology, linguistics, and prehistoric...
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Darwinism, War and History : the Debate Over the Biology of War From the ""Origin of Species"" To the First World War (94 Edition)
by Paul Crook Publisher Comments This book challenges the received view that Darwinism generated essentially aggressive and warlike social values and pugnacious images of humankind. Paul Crook reconstructs the influential discourse of "peace biology," whose liberal vision was of a...
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Cultural Anthropology (3RD 05 - Old Edition)
by Barbara D. Miller Synopsis ----STUDENT EDITION---- The first mainstream book to truly integrate coverage of race, class, gender, ethnicity, and age continues to win high praise. One user writes, "“ Miller's text offers clarity and an attention to diversity and inequality in...
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