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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond Publisher Comments In this "artful, informative, and delightful" (William H. McNeill, New York Review of Books) book, Jared Diamond convincingly argues that geographical and environmental factors shaped the modern world. Societies that had had a head start in food... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created by Charles C. Mann Staff Pick As fascinating as his bestseller 1491, Mann's 1493 recounts how the world was forever changed by a "Columbian Exchange," when plants, animals, commodities, and people crossed oceans for the first time. Entertaining and insightful, this scientific history... (read more) List Price $30.50 Your price: $16.00 Used - Hardcover
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The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World (Vintage) by Lewis Hyde Publisher Comments This 25th anniversary edition returns to the seminal argument originally proposed by Hyde that states that a work of art is essentially a gift and not a commodity.... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Transborder Lives: Indigenous Oaxacans in Mexico, California, and Oregon by Lynn Stephen Publisher Comments Lynn Stephen’s innovative ethnography follows indigenous Mexicans from two towns in the state of Oaxaca—the Mixtec community of San Agustín Atenango and the Zapotec community of Teotitlán del Valle—who periodically leave... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $18.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Tewa World: Space, Time, Being, and Becoming in a Pueblo Society by Alfonso Ortiz Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-186) and index.... (read more) List Price $17.50 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Gift: Imagination and the Erotic Life of Property by Lewis Hyde Publisher Comments Discusses the argument that a work of art is essentially a gift and not a commodity.... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal (P.S.) by Jared Diamond Publisher Comments The Development of an Extraordinary Species We human beings share 98 percent of our genes with chimpanzees. Yet humans are the dominant species on the planet -- having founded civilizations and religions, developed intricate and diverse forms of... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Sex at Dawn by Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jetha Staff Pick Sex at Dawn is nonfiction at its best. Writing across a range of disciplines, from anthropology to philosophy, the authors explore and challenge everything we thought we knew about human sexuality in this provocative and profound book.... (read more) List Price $25.99 Your price: $14.00 Used - Hardcover
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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies Publisher Comments Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Guns, Germs, and Steel is a brilliant work answering the question of why the peoples of certain continents succeeded in invading other continents and conquering or displacing their peoples. This edition includes a new... (read more) This Edition: SOLD OUT add to wish list |
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Devil and Commodity Fetishism in South America by Michael T Taussig Publisher Comments In this classic book, Taussig explores the social significance of the devil in the folklore of contemporary plantation workers and miners in South America. A new chapter for this anniversary edition features a discussion of Walter Benjamin and Georges... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Shadowed Lives: Undocumented Immigrants in American Society (Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology) by Leo R Chavez Publisher Comments One of the few case studies of undocumented immigrants available, this insightful anthropological analysis humanizes a group of people too often reduced to statistics and stereotypes. The hardships of Hispanic migration are conveyed in the immigrants... (read more) List Price $64.40 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Real Wealth of Nations: Creating a Caring Economics (Bk Currents) by Riane Eisler Publisher Comments Bestselling author Riane Eisler (The Chalice and the Blade, which has sold more than 500,000 copies sold) shows that at the root of all of society's big problems is the fact that we don?t value what matters. She then presents a radical reformulation of... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $8.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Hidden Dimension by Edward T Hall Publisher Comments An examination of various cultural concepts of space and how differences among them affect modern society. Introducing the science of "proxemics," Hall demonstrates how man's use of space can affect personal business relations, cross-cultural... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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In Search of the Old Ones (96 Edition) by David D. Roberts Publisher Comments The Anasazi, ancestors of the Pueblo people, inhabited the Southwest for at least 5,000 years. David Roberts' extensive interviews and back country travels create a richly detailed portrait of an enigmatic people.... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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English with an Accent: Language, Ideology, and Discrimination in the United States by Rosini Lippi Green Publisher Comments Scrutinizing American attitudes toward language, "English With an Accent" exposes the way in which language is used to maintain and perpetuate social structures and unequal power relations. Rosina Lippi-Green explores language prescription and... (read more) List Price $21.99 Your price: $15.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Bury Me Standing: The Gypsies and Their Journey by Isabel Fonseca Publisher Comments After the revolutions of 1989, Isabel Fonseca lived and traveled with the Gypsies of Bulgaria, Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, the former Yugoslavia, Romainia, and Albania listening to their stories and recording their attempts to become... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Homo Ludens by Johan Huizinga Publisher Comments In Homo Ludens, the classic evaluation of play that has become a “must-read” for those in game design, Dutch philosopher Johan Huizinga defines play as the central activity in flourishing societies. Like civilization, play requires structure... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $12.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Women and the Family in Rural Taiwan by Margery Wolf Publisher Comments Studies of Chinese society commonly emphasizze men's roles and functions, a not unreasonable approach to a society with patrilineal kinship structure. But this emphasis has left many important gaps in our knowledge of Chinese life. This study seeks to... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Friction: An Ethnography of Global Connection by Anna Lowenhau Tsing Publisher Comments "Friction is not only an engrossing display of ethnographic reports on the destruction of Kalimantan forests and local attempts to resist it. The book also proposes a highly original perspective of the global thrust of capital. Anna Tsing is at best when... (read more) List Price $39.50 Your price: $13.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World (CBC Massey Lectures) by Wade Davis Synopsis Every culture is a unique answer to a fundamental question: What does it mean to be human and alive? Anthropologist and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Wade Davis leads us on a thrilling journey to celebrate the wisdom of the worlds indigenous... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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