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Rise of Civilization in East Asia : the Archaeology of China, Korea and Japan (93 Edition)
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Rise of Civilization in East Asia : the Archaeology of China, Korea and Japan (93 Edition)
by Gina L. Barnes

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A history of the developments which culminated in the emergence of the region as a coherent entity with a shared religion, state philosophy, and bureaucratic structure in the eighth century. This is the second edition of the title originally published in...
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Core Concepts in Cultural Anthropology (3RD 07 Edition)
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Core Concepts in Cultural Anthropology (3RD 07 Edition)
by Robert Lavenda

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This very concise, accurate introduction to the basic ideas and practices of contemporary cultural anthropology is designed to address the needs of anthropology professors who make extensive use of ethnographies and other supplementary readings in their...
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No Aging in India : Alzheimer's, the Bad Family, and Other Modern Things (98 Edition)
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No Aging in India : Alzheimer's, the Bad Family, and Other Modern Things (98 Edition)
by Lawrence Cohen

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This is an award-winning comparative ethnography of growing...
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Human Adaptive Strategies : Ecology, Culture, and Politics (3RD 05 Edition)
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Human Adaptive Strategies : Ecology, Culture, and Politics (3RD 05 Edition)
by Daniel Bates

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Sexual Nature, Sexual Culture (95 Edition)
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Sexual Nature, Sexual Culture (95 Edition)
by Paul R. Abramson

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In this multidisciplinary study of human sexuality, an international team of scholars looks at the influences of nature and nurture, biology and culture, and sex and gender in the sexual experiences of humans and other primates. Using as its center the...
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Human Natures : Genes, Cultures, and the Human Prospect (00 Edition)
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Human Natures : Genes, Cultures, and the Human Prospect (00 Edition)
by Paul R. Ehrlich

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Why do we behave the way we do? Biologist Paul Ehrlich suggests that although people share a common genetic code, these genes "do not shout commands at us . . . at the very most, they whisper suggestions." He argues that human nature is not so much the...
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Investigating Culture : Experiential Introduction To Anthropology (04 Edition)
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Investigating Culture : Experiential Introduction To Anthropology (04 Edition)
by Carol Delaney

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Investigating Culture: An Experiential Introduction to Anthropology offers an innovative approach to understanding culture as a constructed phenomenon open to investigation of its implicit premises and explicit forms....
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Religion and Culture (2ND 08 Edition)
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Religion and Culture (2ND 08 Edition)
by Raymond Scupin

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This book is an easy-to-read resource focusing on the interrelationship of religious traditions and particular cultural contexts, including the political economy. It demonstrates the connection between social structure, class, caste, gender, ethnicity...
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Human Adaptability an Introduction To Ecolo 3RD Edition
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Human Adaptability an Introduction To Ecolo 3RD Edition
by Emilio F Moran

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Designed to help students understand the multiple levels at which human populations respond to their surroundings, this essential text offers the most complete discussion of environmental, physiological, behavioral, and cultural adaptive strategies...
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The Rituals of Dinner: Visser, Margaret
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The Rituals of Dinner: Visser, Margaret
by Margaret Visser

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With an acute eye and an irrepressible wit, Margaret Visser takes a fascinating look at the way we eat our meals. From the ancient Greeks to modern yuppies, from cannibalism and the taking of the Eucharist to formal dinners and picnics, she thoroughly...
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How Much is Enough?: The Consumer Society and the Future of the Earth (Worldwatch Environmental Alert Series)
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How Much is Enough?: The Consumer Society and the Future of the Earth (Worldwatch Environmental Alert Series)
by Alan Durning

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Consuming goods and services has become a central goal of life in industrial lands the world over. In this book, Alan Durning of the Worldwatch Institute explores the roots of the consumer society, exposes the toll that our appetites have taken on the...
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Essentials of Physical Anthropology (6TH 06 - Old Edition)
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Essentials of Physical Anthropology (6TH 06 - Old Edition)
by Robert Jurmain

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This mainstream, four-color physical anthropology text is the best selling text in the brief physical anthropology market. The text presents a balanced, thorough introduction to the field of physical anthropology that also reflects the current state of...
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Human Bone Manual (05 Edition)
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Human Bone Manual (05 Edition)
by Tim White

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Building on the success of their previous book, White and Folkens' The Human Bone Manual is intended for use outisde the laboratory and classroom, by professional forensic scientists, anthropologists and researchers. The compact volume includes all the...
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Introduction To Physical Anthropology (11TH 08 Edition)
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Introduction To Physical Anthropology (11TH 08 Edition)
by Robert Jurmain

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Jurmain's best-selling text provides you with the course content you need to help you pass your biological/physical anthropology course. Through clear discussions that move from 'description' to interpretation, compelling visual content, cutting-edge...
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History of Archaeological Thought (2ND 07 Edition)
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History of Archaeological Thought (2ND 07 Edition)
by Bruce G. Trigger

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Examining the history of archaeology from medieval times to the present, this book places the development of archaeological thought and theory within a broad social and intellectual framework. The successive but interacting trends apparent in...
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Social Life of Things : Commodities in Cultural Perspective (86 Edition)
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Social Life of Things : Commodities in Cultural Perspective (86 Edition)
by Arjun (ed.) Appadurai

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The contributors to this volume examine how things are sold and traded in a variety of social and cultural settings, both present and past. Bridging the disciplines of social history, cultural anthropology, and economics, the volume marks a major step in...
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Native Cultures of the Pacific Islands
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Native Cultures of the Pacific Islands
by Douglas L Oliver

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This abridgment of Oliver's Oceania: The Native Cultures of Australia and the Pacific Islands is intended for college-level courses on precontact anthropology, history, economy, and politics of the Pacific, excluding Australia....
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Woman, Culture, and Society
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Woman, Culture, and Society
by M Z Rosaldo

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Sixteen women anthropologists analyze the place of women in human societies, treating as problematic certain questions and observations that in the past have been ignored or taken for granted, and consulting the anthropological record for data and...
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Geisha
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Geisha
by Liza Dalby

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"Liza Dalby knows more about the subject than I'll ever know, and she writes about it with grace and eloquence."--Arthur Golden, author of "Memoirs of a...
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Culture, Health and Illness (5TH 07 Edition)
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Culture, Health and Illness (5TH 07 Edition)
by Cecil G. Helman

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This book examines the role of cultural and social factors in our health, illness and medical care....
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