Physical anthropology & ethnography books

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Grandmotherhood: The Evolutionary Significance of the Second Half of Female Life

Grandmotherhood: The Evolutionary Significance of the...

Author: Chris Knight ,  Camilla Power
ISBN: 9780813571416
Format: Paperback
$93.50

Darwinian theory holds that a successful life is measured in terms of reproduction. Yet a woman's lifespan can greatly...  Read More >>

Puerto Rican Diaspora: Historical Perspectives

Puerto Rican Diaspora: Historical Perspectives

Author: Carmen Whalen ,  Victor Vasquez
ISBN: 9781592134137
Format: Paperback
$71.15

Illuminates the historical richness and geographical diversity of the Puerto Rican experience.  Read More >>

Ethnography for Marketers: A Guide to Consumer Immersion

Ethnography for Marketers: A Guide to Consumer Immersion...

Author: Hy Mariampolski
ISBN: 9780761969471
Format: Paperback
$369.00

Provides a step-by-step guide for planning and executing consumer studies that lead to innovations in products,...  Read More >>

Memory and World War II: An Ethnographic Approach

Memory and World War II: An Ethnographic Approach

Author: Francesca Cappelletto
ISBN: 9781845202057
Format: Paperback
$69.99

Considers the connections between memory and violence in the wake of World War II. Covering a range of European...  Read More >>

Border Identifications: Narratives of Religion, Gender, and Class on the U.S.-Mexico Border

Border Identifications: Narratives of Religion, Gender,...

Author: Pablo Vila
ISBN: 9780292705838
Format: Paperback
$47.95

Continues the exploration of identities the author began in Crossing Borders, Reinforcing Borders by looking at...  Read More >>

Wasáse: Indigenous Pathways of Action and Freedom

Wasáse: Indigenous Pathways of Action and Freedom

Author: Taiaiake Alfred
ISBN: 9781551116372
Format: Paperback
$67.99

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The Construction and Representation of Race and Ethnicity in the Caribbean and the World

The Construction and Representation of Race and Ethnicity...

Author: Mervyn C. Alleyne
ISBN: 9789766401795
Format: Paperback
$81.40

The definition and evolution of the categories of race and ethnicity have long been topics of debate among historians...  Read More >>

Lords of Creation: The Origins of Sacred Maya Kingship

Lords of Creation: The Origins of Sacred Maya Kingship...

Author: Virginia M. Fields ,  Dorie Reents-Budet
ISBN: 9781857593860
Format: Hardback
$158.40

Offers a unique perspective on Matyan culture, focusing on kings and their relationship with their people as well...  Read More >>

The Performance of Emotion Among Paxtun Women

The Performance of Emotion Among Paxtun Women

Author: Grima
ISBN: 9780195978810
Format: Hardback
$33.95

Among the Paxtun women of Afghanistan and Pakistan, articulating one's despondency (gham) is part of a ritual which...  Read More >>

Memory and World War II: An Ethnographic Approach

Memory and World War II: An Ethnographic Approach

Author: Francesca Cappelletto
ISBN: 9781845202040
Format: Hardback
$240.00

Considers the connections between memory and violence in the wake of World War II. This book covers a range of European...  Read More >>

Migration and Vodou

Migration and Vodou

Author: Karen E. Richman
ISBN: 9780813028354
Format: Hardback
$171.60

An insight in the innovative ways a community of Haitian migrants in South Florida has maintained religious traditions...  Read More >>

Language, Ethnic Identity and the State

Language, Ethnic Identity and the State

Author: William Safran ,  J.A. Laponce
ISBN: 9780415371223
Format: Hardback
$305.00

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Fierce Gods: Inequality, Ritual, and the Politics of Dignity in a South Indian Village

Fierce Gods: Inequality, Ritual, and the Politics of...

Author: Diane P. Mines
ISBN: 9780253217653
Format: Paperback
$41.95

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Iran's Diverse Peoples: A Reference Sourcebook

Iran's Diverse Peoples: A Reference Sourcebook

Author: Massoume Price
ISBN: 9781576079935
Format: Hardback
$114.00

Spanning a 5,000-year period, this is the first work to document the origins, evolution, and current status of...  Read More >>

New Jersey Dreaming: Capital, Culture, and the Class of '58

New Jersey Dreaming: Capital, Culture, and the Class...

Author: Sherry B. Ortner
ISBN: 9780822335986
Format: Paperback
$45.95

Famed anthropologist Ortner tracks down representative classmates from her mostly Jewish Newark, NJ high school...  Read More >>

Authentic Indians: Episodes of Encounter from the Late-Nineteenth-Century Northwest Coast

Authentic Indians: Episodes of Encounter from the Late-Nineteenth-Century...

Author: Paige Raibmon
ISBN: 9780822335474
Format: Paperback
$43.95

Analyzes cultural adaptation among aboriginal people in the Pacific Northwest, tracing the colonial origins and...  Read More >>

Authentic Indians: Episodes of Encounter from the Late-Nineteenth-Century Northwest Coast

Authentic Indians: Episodes of Encounter from the Late-Nineteenth-Century...

Author: Paige Raibmon
ISBN: 9780822335351
Format: Hardback
$161.95

Analyzes cultural adaptation among aboriginal people in the Pacific Northwest, tracing the colonial origins and...  Read More >>

Lost in the Bush

Lost in the Bush

Author: Torney Kim
ISBN: 9781920731359
Format: Paperback
$68.51

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The Vitality of Karamojong Religion: Dying Tradition or Living Faith?

The Vitality of Karamojong Religion: Dying Tradition...

Author: Ben Knighton ,  Dr. Afe Adogame
ISBN: 9780754603832
Format: Hardback
$189.00

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Language of the Geckos and Other Stories

Language of the Geckos and Other Stories

Author: Gary Yong Ki Pak
ISBN: 9780295985275
Format: Paperback
$35.95

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A Forgetful Nation: On Immigration and Cultural Identity in the United States

A Forgetful Nation: On Immigration and Cultural Identity...

Author: Ali Behdad
ISBN: 9780822336198
Format: Paperback
$39.95

Takes on an idea central to American national mythology that the US is 'a nation of immigrants', open-armed and...  Read More >>

A Forgetful Nation: On Immigration and Cultural Identity in the United States

A Forgetful Nation: On Immigration and Cultural Identity...

Author: Ali Behdad
ISBN: 9780822336068
Format: Hardback
$211.07

Takes on an idea central to American national mythology that the US is 'a nation of immigrants', open-armed and...  Read More >>

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