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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
by Jared Diamond
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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)

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1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
by Charles C. Mann
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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)

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The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World (Vintage)
The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World (Vintage)
by Lewis Hyde
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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)

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Transborder Lives: Indigenous Oaxacans in Mexico, California, and Oregon
Transborder Lives: Indigenous Oaxacans in Mexico, California, and Oregon
by Lynn Stephen
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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)

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The Tewa World: Space, Time, Being, and Becoming in a Pueblo Society
The Tewa World: Space, Time, Being, and Becoming in a Pueblo Society
by Alfonso Ortiz
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-186) and index.... (read more)

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The Gift: Imagination and the Erotic Life of Property
The Gift: Imagination and the Erotic Life of Property
by Lewis Hyde
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Discusses the argument that a work of art is essentially a gift and not a commodity.... (read more)

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The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal (P.S.)
The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal (P.S.)
by Jared Diamond
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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)

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Sex at Dawn
Sex at Dawn
by Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jetha
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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)

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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
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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)

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Devil and Commodity Fetishism in South America
Devil and Commodity Fetishism in South America
by Michael T Taussig
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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)

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Shadowed Lives: Undocumented Immigrants in American Society (Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology)
Shadowed Lives: Undocumented Immigrants in American Society (Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology)
by Leo R Chavez
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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)

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The Real Wealth of Nations: Creating a Caring Economics (Bk Currents)
The Real Wealth of Nations: Creating a Caring Economics (Bk Currents)
by Riane Eisler
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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)

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The Hidden Dimension
The Hidden Dimension
by Edward T Hall
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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)

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In Search of the Old Ones (96 Edition)
In Search of the Old Ones (96 Edition)
by David D. Roberts
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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)

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English with an Accent: Language, Ideology, and Discrimination in the United States
English with an Accent: Language, Ideology, and Discrimination in the United States
by Rosini Lippi Green
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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)

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Bury Me Standing: The Gypsies and Their Journey
Bury Me Standing: The Gypsies and Their Journey
by Isabel Fonseca
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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)

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Homo Ludens
Homo Ludens
by Johan Huizinga
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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)

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Women and the Family in Rural Taiwan
Women and the Family in Rural Taiwan
by Margery Wolf
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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)

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Friction: An Ethnography of Global Connection
Friction: An Ethnography of Global Connection
by Anna Lowenhau Tsing
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"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)

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The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World (CBC Massey Lectures)
The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World (CBC Massey Lectures)
by Wade Davis
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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)

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