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Houses in the Rainforest: Ethnicity and the Inequality Among
by Roy Richard Grinker
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This is the first ethnographic study of the farmers and foragers of northeastern Zaire since Colin Turnbull's classic works of the 1960s. Roy Richard Grinker lived for nearly two years among the Lese farmers and their long-term partners, the Efe (Pygmies)... ( read more)
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The quest for human beauty :an illustrated history
by Julian Robinson
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An extensive, prodigiously illustrated -- in full color and sepia -- and often playful compendium of the disparate notions of human beauty throughout history and cultures. The Quest for Human Beauty illuminates how and why, for thousands of years, men... ( read more)
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O brave new words! :Native American loanwords in current English
by Charles Cutler
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A study of the incorporation of Native American words into the
English vocabulary. Traces the European settlers' acquisition of
Indian words for animals, plants, and foods, and examines the rate of
loanword borrowing and fluctuations in that rate... ( read more)
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Law and Economic Organization: A Comparative Study of Preindustrial Societies
by Katherine S. Newman
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This book will interest anthropologists and other readers concerned with the operation and development of legal institutions.... ( read more)
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Egypt Game Book: Egypt in the Time of the Pharaohs
by Berenice Schneiter
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What is inside a pyramid? Why did the Egyptians worship cats? Where did the obelisk in the Place de la Concorde in Paris come from? How can you tell apart the portraits of the pharaohs? What role did the Sphinx play in Egyptian life? What was a festival... ( read more)
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Little Money Street: In Search of Gypsies and Their Music in the South of France (Vintage Departures)
by Fernanda Eberstadt
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In 1998, Fernanda Eberstadt, her husband, and their two small children moved from New York to an area outside Perpignan, France — a city with one of the largest Gypsy populations in Western Europe. Here she found a jealously guarded culture, a... ( read more)
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Fieldworker & the Field Problems & Chall
by Mysore Nar Srinivas
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This is a paperback of a 1979 hardback which broke new ground in social investigation. There have, since, been other books on the experience of fieldwork, but this remains a much cited work. The eighteen essays in the volume describe the experiences of... ( read more)
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Anthropology for Dummies (For Dummies)
by Cameron M Smith
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Anthropology For Dummies covers all of the subfields of anthropology, from forensics and archaeology to linguistics and culture. It also provides an easy-to-understand introduction to the field of anthropology.... ( read more)
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In Search of the True Gypsy: From Enlightenment to Final Solution
by Wim Willems
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The reader of European history who goes searching for Gypsies will only find them in footnotes. Today we still know little about how Gypsies have worked and lived through the centuries; we are guilty of the same ignorance towards non-sedentary groups in... ( read more)
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Discoveries: Human Origins (Discoveries)
by Herbert Thomas
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The most basic question of existence--where did Homo sapiens come from?--remains one of the most intriguing. With an emphasis on fascinating new research, this enlightening, authoritative, and easy-to-read book describes more than 2,000 years of thinking... ( read more)
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Chronicle of the Pharaohs: The Reign-By-Reign Record of the Rulers and Dynasties of Ancient Egypt
by Peter A Clayton
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"An entertaining overview of an extraordinarily diverse ancient civilization."—Biblical Archaeology Review Here are all the rulers and dynasties of Egypt presented in chronological order, from Narmer, who first united the lands along the Nile, to... ( read more)
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Global Ethnography: Forces, Connections, & Imaginations
by Michael Burawoy
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This collection is an original approach to link the everyday lives of people and the issues of globalization. Each of the nine multi-locational ethnographies examine the way the global is experienced as supranational forces, as transnational connections,... ( read more)
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Understanding Witchcraft & Sorcery in Southeast Asia
by C W Watson
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Ten papers from a September 1989 symposium, Manipulation of Mystical
Agency and Explanations of Personal Misfortune, held in Kent,
England, and an introduction to the collection. Anthropologists
describe the witches and sorcerers they have met in... ( read more)
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Structuring Diversity: Ethnographic Perspectives on the New Immigration
by Louise Lamphere
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Through ethnographic research, sociologists and anthropologists explore the interaction of America's newcomers with established residents in six cities. Their analysis highlights the importance of class and power as immigrants interact in the workplace... ( read more)
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Familia: Migration and Adaptation in Baja and Alta California, 1800-1975
by Robert R Alvarez
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Anthropologists, historians, and sociologists will find here a striking challenge to accepted explanations of the northward movement of migrants from Mexico into the United States. Alvarez investigates the life histories of pioneer migrants and their... ( read more)
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Exploring Ancient Native America: An Archaeological Guide
by David H Thomas
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The archaeological remnants of the first Americans tell a story of advanced civilization and culture. From the Pueblo dwellings of the Southwest to the buffalo jumps of the Great Plains to the coastal villages of the Northwest, the author combines the... ( read more)
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The Fateful Hoaxing of Margaret Mead: A Historical Analysis of Her Samoan Research
by Derek Freeman
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For most of the twentieth century, Margaret Mead’s renowned book Coming of Age in Samoa has validated an antievolutionary anthropological paradigm that assumes that culture is the overwhelming determinant of human behavior. Her account of female... ( read more)
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Mountain People
by Colin Turnbull
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In 'The Mountain People', Colin M. Turnbull, the celebrated author of the classic 'The Forest People', describes the dehumanization of the Ik, African tribesmen who in less than three generations have deteriorated from being once-prosperous hunters to... ( read more)
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Working in America (American Experience)
by Catherine Reef
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Eyewitness History is an interdisciplinary and multicultural series that reveals how significant events were seen and interpreted by people from all levels of society. Excerpts from primary sources -- memoirs, diaries, letters, newspapers, speeches... ( read more)
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Lives of Dust and Water: An Anthropology of Change and Resistance in Northwestern Mexico
by Maria L Cruz-torres
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Along the coast of northwestern Mexico the new global economy has imposed terrible burdens on many sectors of the population and once self-reliant, rural populations have been driven to wage and subsistence labor in order to survive. This book eloquently... ( read more)
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