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African Origin of Civilization : Myth Or Reality (74 Edition)
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African Origin of Civilization : Myth Or Reality (74 Edition)
by Cheikh Anta Diop

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Now in its 30th printing, this classic presents historical, archaeological, and anthropological evidence to support the theory that ancient Egypt was a black civilization....
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Archaeological Theory : an Introduction (99 Edition)
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Archaeological Theory : an Introduction (99 Edition)
by Matthew Johnson

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This is a lively overview of the major ideas and concepts in archaeological theory....
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Lucy: The Beginnings of Humankind
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Lucy: The Beginnings of Humankind
by Donald Johanson

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When Donald Johanson found a partial skeleton, approximately 3.5 million years old, in a remote region of Ethiopia in 1974, a headline-making controversy was launched that continues on today....
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Race and the Enlightenment : a Reader (97 Edition)
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Race and the Enlightenment : a Reader (97 Edition)
by Emmanuel C. Eze

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Emmanuel Eze collects into one convenient and controversial volume the most important and influential writings on race that the European Enlightenment produced....
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Children and Politics of Culture (95 Edition)
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Children and Politics of Culture (95 Edition)
by Sharon Stephens

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The bodies and minds of children--and the very space of children--are under assault. This is the message we receive from daily news headlines about violence, sexual abuse, exploitation, and neglect of children, and from a proliferation of books in recent...
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Mother Nature : Maternal Instincts and How They Shape the Human Species (99 Edition)
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Mother Nature : Maternal Instincts and How They Shape the Human Species (99 Edition)
by Sarah Blaffer Hrdy

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Maternal instinct -- the all-consuming, utterly selfless love that mothers lavish on their children -- has long been assumed to be an innate, indeed defining element of a woman's nature. But is it? In this provocative, groundbreaking book, renowned...
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Anthropology 08/ 09 (31ST 08 Edition)
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Anthropology 08/ 09 (31ST 08 Edition)
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This Thirty-First Edition of ANNUAL EDITIONS: ANTHROPOLOGY provides convenient, inexpensive access to current articles selected from the best of the public press. Organizational features include: an annotated listing of selected World Wide Web sites; an...
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Like People You See in a Dream: First Contact in Six Papuan Societies
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Like People You See in a Dream: First Contact in Six Papuan Societies
by Edward Schieffelin

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This book is at once a detailed ethnographic and historical analysis of one of the final modern-day experiences of first-culture contact, a classic example of historical geography, and an extraordinary tale of exploration, imperialist arrogance, blood...
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The Cultural Nature of Human Development
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The Cultural Nature of Human Development
by Barbara Rogoff

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Three-year-old Kwara'ae children in Oceania act as caregivers of their younger siblings, but in the UK, it is an offense to leave a child under age 14 ears without adult supervision. In the Efe community in Zaire, infants routinely use machetes with...
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The Japanese Way
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The Japanese Way
by Noriko Takada

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For All Students Ideal for a variety of courses, this valuable handbook helps students understand how people of today's Japan think, do business, and act in their daily lives....
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Cognitive Theory of Cultural Meaning (97 Edition)
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Cognitive Theory of Cultural Meaning (97 Edition)
by Claudia Strauss

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Reviews a range of current psychological theories of cultural meaning....
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Cross-cultural Explorations : Activities in Culture and Psychology (2ND 08 Edition)
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Cross-cultural Explorations : Activities in Culture and Psychology (2ND 08 Edition)
by Susan Goldstein

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This student activities workbook provides students with experiences that facilitate their understanding and application of major concepts and principles in the study of culture and psychology. Featuring a wide range of engaging case studies, the workbook...
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Culture and Truth : the Remaking of Social Analysis With New Intro (93 Edition)
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Culture and Truth : the Remaking of Social Analysis With New Intro (93 Edition)
by Renato Rosaldo

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Exposing the inadequacies of old conceptions of static cultures and detached observers, the book argues instead for social science to acknowledge and celebrate diversity, narrative, emotion, and subjectivity....
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Fieldwork Under Fire
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Fieldwork Under Fire
by Carolyn Nordstrom

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"Required reading for anyone about to leave for the field. . . . A timely, deserving, and original contribution to a rapidly growing body of literature on the study of violence."--Jean-Paul Dumont, George Mason...
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Female Circumcision Controversy : an Anthropological Perspective (01 Edition)
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Female Circumcision Controversy : an Anthropological Perspective (01 Edition)
by Ellen Gruenbaum

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Informed by five years of fieldwork in Sudan, the author studies indigenous and "outsider" perspectives on the traditional practice of female genital cutting....
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Study of Ethnomusicology (Rev 06 Edition)
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Study of Ethnomusicology (Rev 06 Edition)
by Bruno Nettl

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A landmark in ethnomusicology, expanded and...
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Street Corner Society: The Social Structure of an Italian Slum
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Street Corner Society: The Social Structure of an Italian Slum
by William Foote Whyte

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Street Corner Society is one of a handful of works that can justifiably be called classics of sociological research. William Foote Whyte's account of the Italian American slum he called "Cornerville"—Boston's North End—has been the model for...
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When Bodies Remember : Experiences and Politics of Aids in South Africa (07 Edition)
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When Bodies Remember : Experiences and Politics of Aids in South Africa (07 Edition)
by Didier Fassin

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"Didier Fassin makes a compelling case against behaviorist approaches that dominate AIDS research. Using a vivid mosaic of public controversies and ethnographic vignettes, Fassin works through the controversial denials of South African President Thabo...
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Medicine Women, Curanderas, and Women Doctors (89 Edition)
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Medicine Women, Curanderas, and Women Doctors (89 Edition)
by Bobette Perrone

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The stories of ten women healers form the core of this provocative journey into cultural heaing methods utilized by women. In a truly grass-roots project, the authors take the reader along to listen to the voices of Native American medicine women...
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The Code of Kings: The Language of Seven Sacred Maya Temples and Tombs
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The Code of Kings: The Language of Seven Sacred Maya Temples and Tombs
by Linda Schele and Peter Mathews

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This unique and extraordinary guide to seven major sites of Maya civilization highlights the pioneering work of two great scholars of ancient America. For readers at every level -- from the casual tourist to the serious student -- The Code of Kings...
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