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Becoming Human : Evolution and Human Uniqueness (98 Edition)
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Becoming Human : Evolution and Human Uniqueness (98 Edition)
by Ian Tattersall

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Offering wisdom gleaned from fossil remains, primate behavior, prehistoric art, and archaeology, Tattersall presents a stunning picture of human evolution....
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Modern Japan Through Its Weddings
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Modern Japan Through Its Weddings
by Walter Edwards

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Japanese weddings have become thoroughly commercial affairs, with the vast majority now conducted at specialized establishments that offer, at great cost, lavish services for the Shinto ceremony and the ensuring reception. The postwar expansion of the...
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Cows, Pigs, Wars, and Witches : the Riddles of Culture (74 Edition)
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Cows, Pigs, Wars, and Witches : the Riddles of Culture (74 Edition)
by Marvin Harris

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This book challenges those who argue that we can change the world by changing the way people think. Harris shows that no matter how bizarre a people's behavior may seem, it always stems from concrete social and economic conditions....
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Charred Lullabies : Chapters in an Anthropography of Violence (96 Edition)
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Charred Lullabies : Chapters in an Anthropography of Violence (96 Edition)
by E. Valentine Daniel

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How does an ethnographer write about violence? How can he make sense of violent acts, for himself and for his readers, without compromising its sheer excess and its meaning-defying core? How can he remain a scholarly observer when the country of his...
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Applied Anthropology Reader (02 Edition)
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Applied Anthropology Reader (02 Edition)
by James H. Mcdonald

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This new reader offers a collection of articles focusing on practicing anthropology at a time when readers are increasingly looking for ways to apply their anthropology degrees to their professional lives. This book gives a broad overview of the applied...
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Trading Crowd (98 Edition)
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Trading Crowd (98 Edition)
by Ellen Hertz

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An anthropological study of the Shanghai stock exchange....
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Introducing Anthropology: an Integrated Approach (4TH 08 Edition)
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Introducing Anthropology: an Integrated Approach (4TH 08 Edition)
by Michael A. Park

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Michael Alan Park's well-paced explanations and inviting tone make Introducing Anthropology a pleasure to read. As the breadth and complexity of the field of anthropology has increased, most texts for introductory-level, general anthropology courses have...
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Health Care Systems Around the World (97 Edition)
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Health Care Systems Around the World (97 Edition)
by William R. Lassey

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This book provides a multidisciplinary examination of health care systems in a variety of countries. Major concepts, perspectives, and issues are introduced, defined, and used as the basis for analysis. Thirteen countries are described and analyzed in...
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Rise and Fall of Culture History (97 Edition)
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Rise and Fall of Culture History (97 Edition)
by R. Lee Lyman

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This volume presents an insightful critical analysis of the culture history approach to Americanist anthropology. Reasons for the acceptance and incorporation of important concepts, as well as the paradigm's strengths and weaknesses, are discussed in...
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Life and Death on MT. Everest : Sherpas and Himalayan Mountaineering (99 Edition)
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Life and Death on MT. Everest : Sherpas and Himalayan Mountaineering (99 Edition)
by Sherry B. Ortner

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The Sherpas were dead, two more victims of an attempt to scale Mt. Everest. Members of a French climbing expedition, sensitive perhaps about leaving the bodies where they could not be recovered, rolled them off a steep mountain face. One body, however...
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Women and Men in World Cultures
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Women and Men in World Cultures
by Laura F. Klein

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Laura F. Klein is currently a Professor and Chair of the Department of Anthropology at Pacific Lutheran University. She received her Ph.D. in anthropology from New York University in 1975. She has done extensive fieldwork and ethnohistorical study with...
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Understanding Human Evolution (5TH 05 Edition)
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Understanding Human Evolution (5TH 05 Edition)
by Frank E. Poirier

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Never HIGHLIGHT a Book Again! Virtually all testable terms, concepts, persons, places, and events are included. Cram101 Textbook Outlines gives all of the outlines, highlights, notes for your textbook with optional online practice tests. Only Cram101...
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Crusoe's Footprints: Cultural Studies in Britain and America
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Crusoe's Footprints: Cultural Studies in Britain and America
by Patrick Brantlinger

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"Cultural Studies" has emerged in Britain and America higher education as a movement that challenges the traditional humanities and social science disciplines. Influenced by the New Left, feminism, and poststructualist literary theory, cultural studies...
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Twisted Histories, Altered Contexts: Representing the Chambri in the World System
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Twisted Histories, Altered Contexts: Representing the Chambri in the World System
by Deborah Gewertz

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Deborah Gewertz and Frederick Errington have worked as anthropologists in Papua New Guinea for nearly two decades. In this, their second joint study of the Chambri, they consider the way those in a small-scale society, peripheral to the major centers of...
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Cultural Anthropology / With CD-rom (11TH 04 - Old Edition)
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Cultural Anthropology / With CD-rom (11TH 04 - Old Edition)
by Carol Ember

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This comprehensive volume reflects recent anthropological research and controversial developments, while integrating features in each chapter to spark and maintain reader interest. A focus on applied anthropology discusses the history and types in the...
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Anthropological Theory : Introductory History (4TH 08 Edition)
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Anthropological Theory : Introductory History (4TH 08 Edition)
by R. Jon Mcgee

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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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Anthropological Theory : an Introductory History (3RD 04 - Old Edition)
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Anthropological Theory : an Introductory History (3RD 04 - Old Edition)
by R. Jon Mcgee

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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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Frauds Myths & Mysteries Science & 5TH Edition
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Frauds Myths & Mysteries Science & 5TH Edition
by Kenneth L Feder

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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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Cultural Anthropology - Text Only (9TH 02 - Old Edition)
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Cultural Anthropology - Text Only (9TH 02 - Old Edition)
by Conrad P. Kottak

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This careful revision of one of the best-selling Cultural Anthropology texts available now features dramatically revised coverage of kinship, families, and descent in Chapter 15, expanded coverage of ethnographic techniques in Chapter 2, new material on...
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Traces of the Past PB (Contemporary Issues in Museum Cultures)
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Traces of the Past PB (Contemporary Issues in Museum Cultures)
by Joseph B Lambert

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Where Stonehenge’s giant bluestones come from? Was the fall of the Roman Empire hastened by lead poisoning? How did amber get from the Baltic to Belize? In exploring these and other historical enigmas, Joseph Lambert expertly details the rich...
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