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by Richard B Lee  Publisher Comments This classic, bestselling study of the !Kung San, foragers of the Dobe area of the Kalahari Desert describes a people's reactions to the forces of modernization, detailing relatively recent changes to !Kung rituals, beliefs, social structure, marriage... (read more)  List Price $25.00 Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies 
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by Stephan Goodwin Publisher Comments This scholarly yet accessible book explores the social anthropology of Malta within the context of regional cultural exchange between the Maltese and their neighbors. Contributors to Malta's rich cultural development have been the Phoenicians... (read more) Your price $59.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Margaret Mead Publisher Comments Chapter OneIntroductionThese letters from the field are one record, a very personal record, of what it has meant to be a practicing anthropologist over the last fifty years.Field work is only one aspect of any anthropologist's experience and the... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price $2.25 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Margaret Mead Publisher Comments Chapter OneIntroductionIn each age there is a series of pressing questions which must be asked and answered. On the correctness of the questions depends the survival of those who ask; on the quality of the answers depends the quality of the life those... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price $2.88 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by John Taylor Publisher Comments This book explores the far-reaching implications of Eleanor Rosch's seminal work on categorization and prototype theory, extending the application of prototype theory from lexical semantics to morphology, syntax, and phonology. Providing a clear and... (read more) Your price $45.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Anthony Aveni Publisher Comments In this wide-ranging, intriguing journey across centuries, Aveni traces the modern calendar's roots back to Greek pastoral poetry and prehistoric African bone markings, then compares Western, Chinese, Maya, Inca and tribal time systems. He also fathoms... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price $11.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Takie S Lebra Synopsis Every chapters offers insights into one aspect or other of contemporary Japanese life. Newly included are discussions on such topics as dinner entertainment, skiing cross-culturally, male chauvinism as a manifestation of love in marriage, and domestic... (read more) List Price $19.00 Your price $4.40 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Sandra S Shields Publisher Comments On the wild river that divides Namibia from Angola, members of the Himba tribe herd cattle as they have done for hundreds of years. But the world of the Himba sits in the shadow of third-world development and the inevitability of change that threatens... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price $4.33 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by E A Wallis Budge Publisher Comments 9 of the most interesting and important Egyptian legends in hieroglyphic texts with literal translations on facing pages. Included are The Legend of the Creation, The Legend of the Destruction of Mankind, The Legend of Isis and Osiris, and more, enhanced... (read more) Your price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by David B Kronenfeld Publisher Comments Meaning seems to shift from context to context; how do we know when someone says "grab a chair" that an ottoman or orange crate will do, but when someone says "let's buy a chair," they won't? Somehow, in spite of this slipperiness, we usually understand... (read more) List Price $65.00 Your price $5.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Robert J Meier Publisher Comments From the 3.5 million-year-old Lucy-one of our most famous early ancestors-to the rise of Homo sapiens and the spread of our species throughout the globe, this guide explores everything curious readers want to know about prehistory.... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price $9.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Desmond Morris Publisher Comments Twenty-five years after it first caused a splash in the scientific and literary worlds, Intimate Behavior is still one of the best chronicles of human intimacy. With a masterful and entertaining eye, Desmond Morris, bestselling author of The Naked Ape... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price $8.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Ana Mari Bacigalupo Publisher Comments The first comprehensive study on Mapuche shamans' gendered practices, Shamans of the Foye Tree offers new perspectives on this crucial intersection of spiritual, social, and political power.... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price $18.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Desley Deacon Publisher Comments List of Illustrations and MapsPrefacePrologue: Strength to Forget the PastPart One: Looking Forward1. The Young Adventuress2. Travels of the Mind3. The Experimental LifePart Two: We Secessionists...4. The Voyage Out5. New Science6. New Woman7. New... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price $10.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by John Monaghan Publisher Comments In this book, John Monaghan explores the culture of the Mixtecs, today one of the largest Native American groups in Mexico. Focusing on the community of Santiago Nuyoo, in the mountainous Mixteca Alta region, he describes Nuyooteco marriage practices... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price $14.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Samuel M Wilson Publisher Comments An outbreak of a disease known as the “black vomit” prevents the English from strengthening their hold in “The New World” in the eighteenth century, with huge repercussions; the untimely death of an emperor prevents Chinese and... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price $7.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Miriam Kahn Book News Annotation These 17 illustrated essays describe the connections between objects, people and cultural identity. Although the objects are constantly changing, whether from exposure to new materials or technical expertise or wrought by their owners' coming to a new... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price $18.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Richard B Lee Publisher Comments At the time of the original publication of this book, Richard B. Lee was Professor of Anthropology at the University of Toronto and Irven DeVore was Professor of Anthropology at Harvard University. <P>This book is the product of a number of years... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price $11.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Jack Cuozzo Publisher Comments In 1979, New Jersey orthodontist Jack Cuozzo was granted access to the world's most famous Neanderthal skeletons in Germany, France, and Israel. His interest in the mysterious remains began as mere curiosity about these ancient creatures. His findings... (read more) List Price $13.99 Your price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Rudolf Lip Steiner Publisher Comments Today we hear much about holistic medicine and its integration of body, mind, and spirit. According to Steiner, true healing is impossible unless it includes every dimension of a human being -- both visible and invisible. <BR>To meet inner frailty... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price $12.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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