Physical anthropology & ethnography books

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Ethnic Identity: Problems and Prospects for the Twenty-first Century

Ethnic Identity: Problems and Prospects for the Twenty-first...

Author: Lola Romanucci-Ross ,  George A. De Vos
ISBN: 9780759109728
Format: Hardback
$176.95

Examines ethnic identities in countries around the globe, including Africa, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Italy, Japan,...  Read More >>

Just a Dog: Animal Cruelty, Self, and Society

Just a Dog: Animal Cruelty, Self, and Society

Author: Arnold Arluke
ISBN: 9781592134724
Format: Paperback
$68.51

Argues that animal cruelty must be understood in terms of social relationships, as actively used by social groups...  Read More >>

There Goes the Hood: Views of Gentrification from the Ground Up

There Goes the Hood: Views of Gentrification from the...

Author: Lance Freeman
ISBN: 9781592134373
Format: Paperback
$76.43

Analyzes the experience of gentrification for residents of two predominantly black New York City neighbourhoods....  Read More >>

Just a Dog: Animal Cruelty, Self, and Society

Just a Dog: Animal Cruelty, Self, and Society

Author: Arnold Arluke
ISBN: 9781592134717
Format: Hardback
$234.96

Argues that animal cruelty must be understood in terms of social relationships, as actively used by social groups...  Read More >>

Mayors and Schools: Minority Voices and Democratic Tensions in Urban Education

Mayors and Schools: Minority Voices and Democratic Tensions...

Author: Stefanie Chambers
ISBN: 9781592134694
Format: Paperback
$65.87

Analyzes the trend toward mayoral control of urban schools, using Chicago and Cleveland as case studies. The author...  Read More >>

Institutional Ethnography as Practice

Institutional Ethnography as Practice

Author: Dorothy E. Smith ,  Marie L. Campbell
ISBN: 9780742546776
Format: Paperback
$60.95

In this edited collection, institutional ethnographers draw on their field research experiences to address different...  Read More >>

Mayors and Schools: Minority Voices and Democratic Tensions in Urban Education

Mayors and Schools: Minority Voices and Democratic Tensions...

Author: Stefanie Chambers
ISBN: 9781592134687
Format: Hardback
$186.12

Analyzes the trend toward mayoral control of urban schools, using Chicago and Cleveland as case studies. The author...  Read More >>

Institutional Ethnography as Practice

Institutional Ethnography as Practice

Author: Dorothy E. Smith ,  Marie L. Campbell
ISBN: 9780742546769
Format: Hardback
$163.95

In this edited collection, institutional ethnographers draw on their field research experiences to address different...  Read More >>

The Vietnamese American 1.5 Generation: Stories of War, Revolution, Flight and New Beginnings

The Vietnamese American 1.5 Generation: Stories of War,...

Author: Sucheng Chan
ISBN: 9781592135011
Format: Paperback
$76.43

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MEDICAL REVOLUTIONARIES: The Enslaved Healers of Eighteenth-Century Saint Domingue

MEDICAL REVOLUTIONARIES: The Enslaved Healers of Eighteenth-Century...

Author: Karol K. Weaver
ISBN: 9780252073212
Format: Paperback
$49.99

Herbalists, diviners, nurses, midwives, and veterinary practitioners flourished in the medical world of eighteenth-century...  Read More >>

Race and the Foundations of Knowledge: Cultural Amnesia in the Academy

Race and the Foundations of Knowledge: Cultural Amnesia...

Author: Joseph Young ,  Jana Evans Braziel
ISBN: 9780252030123
Format: Hardback
$132.00

Demonstrates the longstanding, multifarious, and major role that race has played in the formation of knowledge....  Read More >>

The Vietnamese American 1.5 Generation: Stories of War, Revolution, Flight and New Beginnings

The Vietnamese American 1.5 Generation: Stories of War,...

Author: Sucheng Chan
ISBN: 9781592135004
Format: Hardback
$194.04

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Wari Matters: Ethnographic Explorations of Money in the Mande World

Wari Matters: Ethnographic Explorations of Money in...

Author: Stephen Wooten
ISBN: 9783825890452
Format: Paperback
$131.87

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Animal Feet and Legs

Animal Feet and Legs

Author: Jonatha A Brown ,  Susan Nations
ISBN: 9780836868654
Format: Paperback
$15.71

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Negotiating the Sacred: Blasphemy and Sacrilege in a Multicultural Society

Negotiating the Sacred: Blasphemy and Sacrilege in a...

Author: E. Coleman ,  K. White
ISBN: 9781920942472
Format: Paperback
$68.01

This cross-disciplinary exploration of the role of the sacred, blasphemy and sacrilege in a multicultural society...  Read More >>

Critical Inuit Studies: An Anthology of Contemporary Arctic Ethnography

Critical Inuit Studies: An Anthology of Contemporary...

Author: Pamela Stern ,  Lisa Stevenson
ISBN: 9780803293489
Format: Paperback
$57.25

Offers an overview of the state of Inuit studies. This volume includes topics such as the development of a circumpolar...  Read More >>

Conservation Is Our Government Now: The Politics of Ecology in Papua New Guinea

Conservation Is Our Government Now: The Politics of...

Author: Paige West
ISBN: 9780822337492
Format: Paperback
$45.95

An ethnographic examination of the history and social effects of conservation and development efforts in Papua New...  Read More >>

Critical Inuit Studies: An Anthology of Contemporary Arctic Ethnography

Critical Inuit Studies: An Anthology of Contemporary...

Author: Pamela Stern ,  Lisa Stevenson
ISBN: 9780803243033
Format: Hardback
$127.75

Offers an overview of the state of Inuit studies. This work showcases the methodologies and interpretive perspectives,...  Read More >>

Conservation Is Our Government Now: The Politics of Ecology in Papua New Guinea

Conservation Is Our Government Now: The Politics of...

Author: Paige West
ISBN: 9780822337126
Format: Hardback
$170.95

An ethnographic examination of the history and social effects of conservation and development efforts in Papua New...  Read More >>

Warring Souls: Youth, Media, and Martyrdom in Post-Revolution Iran

Warring Souls: Youth, Media, and Martyrdom in Post-Revolution...

Author: Roxanne Varzi
ISBN: 9780822337096
Format: Hardback
$161.95

An eloquent ethnographic account of the beliefs and experiences of young, middle-class, urban Iranians who have...  Read More >>

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