Anthropology
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World Writing: Poetics, Ethics, Globalization (Cultural Spaces)
by Mary (edt) Gallagher  Publisher Comments Much has been said about the relationship between globalization and culture and the political implications of that relationship. There has been little effort made, however, to investigate the effect of globalization on poetics or on the ethical moment of...
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The Cultural Values of Europe
by Hans (edt) Joas Publisher Comments In this age of globalization and dissolving borders of national identity, questions about the nature of cultural values and symbolic structures abound, especially for newly integrated communities of political and social power like the European Union. In...
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A Guide to Colonial Sources on Burma: Ethnic & Minority Histories of Burma in the India Office Records, British Library
by Mandy Sadan Synopsis The purpose of this guide is to provide a general introduction to sources in the IOR for the study of minority histories of Burma...
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Defending the Land: Sovereignty and Forest Life in James Bay Cree Society (Cultural Survival Studies in Ethnicity and Change)
by Ronald Niezen Publisher Comments The titles in the Cultural Survival Studies in Ethnicity and Change series, edited by David Maybury-Lewis and Theodore Macdonald, Jr. of Cultural Survival, Inc., Harvard University, focus on key issues affecting indigenous and ethnic groups worldwide...
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Ballroom: Culture and Costume in Competitive Dance (Dress, Body, Culture)
by Jonathan S. Marion Publisher Comments Competitive ballroom is much more than a style of dance. Rather, it is a continually evolving and increasingly global social and cultural arena of fashion, performance, art, sport, gender, and more. Ballroom explores the intersection of dance cultures...
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The Gibbons of Khao Yai: Seasonal Variation in Behavior and Ecology (Primate Field Studies)
by Thad Q. Bartlett Publisher Comments Part of Prentice Hall's Primate Field Studies series. This field study is intended to introduce students to the habitat, behavior and social organization, of the Gibbons of Khao Yai....
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Violence and Activism at the Border: Gender, Fear, and Everyday Life in Ciudad Juarez
by Kathleen Staudt Publisher Comments Between 1993 and 2003, more than 370 girls and women were murdered and their often-mutilated bodies dumped outside Ciudad Juarez in Chihuahua, Mexico. The murders have continued at a rate of approximately thirty per year, yet law enforcement officials...
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Kitchenspace: Women, Fiestas, and Everyday Life in Central Mexico (Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American and L)
by Maria Elisa Christie Publisher Comments Throughout the world, the kitchen is the heart of family and community life. Yet, while everyone has a story to tell about their grandmother's kitchen, the myriad activities that go on in this usually female world are often devalued, and little scholarly...
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Polygamy: A Cross-Cultural Analysis
by Miriam Koktvedgaard Zeitzen Publisher Comments Forms of plural marriage, or polygamy, are practiced within most of the world's cultures and religions. The amazing variation, versatility and adaptability of polygamy underscore that it is not just an exotic non-Western practice, but also exists in...
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Shamanism and the Origins of States: Spirit, Power, and Gender in East Asia
by Sarah Nelson Publisher Comments Sarah Milledge Nelson explores a bold thesis that the development of states in East Asia—China, Japan, Korea—was an outgrowth of the leadership in smaller communities guided by shamans....
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Polygamy: A Cross-Cultural Analysis
by Miriam Koktvedgaard Zeitzen Publisher Comments Forms of plural marriage, or polygamy, are practiced within most of the world's cultures and religions. The amazing variation, versatility and adaptability of polygamy underscore that it is not just an exotic non-Western practice, but also exists in...
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House of Rain: Tracking a Vanished Civilization Across the American Southwest
by Craig Childs Publisher Comments In this landmark work on the Anasazi tribes of the Southwest, naturalist Craig Childs dives head on into the mysteries of this vanished people. The various tribes that made up the Anasazi people converged on Chaco Canyon (New Mexico) during the 11th...
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The Chumash World at European Contact: Power, Trade, and Feasting Among Complex Hunter-Gatherers
by Lynn H. Gamble Publisher Comments When Spanish explorers and missionaries came onto Southern California's shores in 1769, they encountered the large towns and villages of the Chumash, a people who at that time were among the most advanced hunter-gatherer societies in the world. The...
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The Comfort of Things
by Daniel Miller Publisher Comments The diversity of contemporary London is extraordinary, and begs to be better understood. Never before have so many people from such diverse backgrounds been free to mix and not to mix in close proximity to each other. But increasingly people's lives take...
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How the Barbarian Invasions Shaped the Modern World: The Vikings, Vandals, Huns, Mongols, Goths, and Tartars Who Razed the Old World and Formed the Ne
by Thomas Craughwell Publisher Comments Compelling stories and unforgettable characters More than 800 years have past since the last barbarian horde slaughtered and plundered its way across Asia and Europe, yet civilized folks are still fascinated by tales of these half-naked, bloodthirsty...
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Archaeology : Theories, Methods and Practice (5TH 08 Edition)
by Renfrew Publisher Comments "Sets the new standard for excellence in this field."—Antiquity This best-selling textbook on what archaeologists do and how they do it has now been completely revised. Structured according to the key questions that archaeologists ask themselves, it...
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Prehistory: The Making of the Human Mind (Modern Library Chronicles)
by Colin Renfrew Publisher Comments In Prehistory, the award-winning archaeologist and renowned scholar Colin Renfrew covers human existence before the advent of written records–which is to say, the overwhelming majority of our time here on earth. But Renfrew also opens up to...
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Fragmented Lives, Assembled Parts: Culture, Capitalism, and Conquest at the U.S.-Mexico Border
by Alejandro Lugo Publisher Comments Established in 1659 as Mision de Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe de los Mansos del Paso del Norte, Ciudad Juarez is the oldest colonial settlement on the U.S.-Mexico border-and one of the largest industrialized border cities in the world. Since the days of...
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Man the Hunted Expanded Edition
by Donna Hart Publisher Comments Man the Hunted argues that primates, including the earliest members of the human family, have evolved as the prey of any number of predators, including wild cats and dogs, hyenas, snakes, crocodiles, and even birds. The authors’ studies of...
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Strange Fruit: Why Both Sides Are Wrong in the Race Debate
by Kenan Malik Synopsis The debate about race is back - and with a vengeance. In the past scientific ideas of race reflected political ideas of inferiority and superiority, whereas today it reflects contemporary notions of diversity. Malik challenges both sides of the race...
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