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Public Entrepreneurs: Agents for Change in American Government
by Mark Schneider  Publisher Comments Seizing opportunities, inventing new products, transforming markets--entrepreneurs are an important and well-documented part of the private sector landscape. Do they have counterparts in the public sphere? The authors argue that they do, and test their...
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Racism, Gender Identities and Young Children
by Paul Connolly Publisher Comments This book offers a fascinating yet disturbing account of the significance of racism in the lives of young children and shows how they make sense of experiences with their understanding of race, gender and sexuality....
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The Gift
by Publisher Comments When first published, The Gift served as nothing less than an onslaught on contemporary political theory. This edition confirms the continuing relevance of Mauss's highly original perspective....
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Interpreting Japanese Society
by Joy Hendry Publisher Comments First published in 1986 Interpreting Japanese Society became something of a classic in its field. In this newly updated edition, the value of anthropological in understanding this ancient and complex nation are clearly demonstrated....
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Modern Greek Lessons
by James D. Faubion Publisher Comments Through a blend of lively detail and elegant narration, James Faubion immerses us in the cosmopolitan intellectual life of Athens, a centerless city of multiplicities and fragmentations, a city on the 'margins of Europe' recovering from the repressive...
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The Phantom Gringo Boat: Shamanic Discourse and Development in Panama
by Stephanie, C. Kane Publisher Comments As in the myth of a phantom gringo boat receding into the mist, elusive promises of participatory democracy and a semiautonomous forest reserve have spurred the Emberá Indians of Panama to leave their dispersed settlements in the Darién forests and...
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Modern Day Vikings
by Christina, Johansson Robinowitz Synopsis Many people think of Sweden as a compilation of four stereotypes: sex, suicide, socialism and spirits which is unfair and just plain incorrect. This book traces many of Sweden's cultural traits back to its Viking heritage, while also examining the famous...
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Comparative Primate Socioecology
by P. C. Lee Publisher Comments Draws together exciting new and controversial findings from field research on a wide variety of primates including humans....
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Our Inner Ape
by Frans, De Waal Publisher Comments From a scientist and writer E.O. Wilson has called "the world authority on primate social behavior" comes a fascinating look at the most provocative aspects of human nature through our two closest cousins in the ape family....
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Complete Idiot's Guide to Lost Civilizations
by Donald, D. Ryan Publisher Comments Separating fact from fiction, this work shows the reader where to find the civilizations that have vanished or exist with only slight clues left among ruins. As well as stories of lost civilizations, it presents news on the latest and most exciting...
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Separation and Reunion in Modern China
by Charles Stafford Publisher Comments Rituals concerning separation and reunion and their impact on Chinese and Taiwanese society and culture....
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The Material Life of Human Beings
by Publisher Comments Through a broad range of examples, the author demonstrates how theories of behaviour and communication have too often ignored the fundamental importance of objects in human life....
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Modern Greek Lessons
by James D. Faubion Publisher Comments Through a blend of lively detail and elegant narration, James Faubion immerses us in the cosmopolitan intellectual life of Athens, a centerless city of multiplicities and fragmentations, a city on the 'margins of Europe' recovering from the repressive...
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Signifying Identities
by Anthony P. Cohen Publisher Comments "Signifying Identities" examines the ways in which relations between national, ethnic, religious and gender groups are underpinned by each group's perceptions of their distinctive identities and of the nature of the boundaries which divide them...
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Grasping the Changing World
by Vaclav Hubinger Publisher Comments As various societies merge increasingly into one global society and consequently have to address crises of identity, purpose and interest, so must social anthropology update its methodology as it is applied to the comparison and understanding of...
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Complete Idiot's Guide to Lost Civilizations
by Donald, D. Ryan Publisher Comments Separating fact from fiction, this work shows the reader where to find the civilizations that have vanished or exist with only slight clues left among ruins. As well as stories of lost civilizations, it presents news on the latest and most exciting...
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An Anthropologist in Japan
by Joy Hendry Publisher Comments An Anthropologist in Japan is a highly personal narrative which provides unique insights into many elements of Japanese life....
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Chinese Professionals and the Republican State
by Xiaoqun Xu Publisher Comments Xu examines an important phase of China's modernization - the rise of professional associations in Republican China....
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Taking It Like a Man: White Masculinity, Masochism, and Contemporary American Culture
by David Savran Publisher Comments From the Beat poets' incarnation of the 'white Negro' through Iron John and the Men's Movement to the paranoid masculinity of Timothy McVeigh, white men in this country have increasingly imagined themselves as victims. In Taking It Like a Man, David...
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Voices of Modernity
by Richard Bauman Publisher Comments Discusses how new ways of thinking about language have uncovered previously 'legitimated' linguistic and social inequalities....
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