Physical anthropology & ethnography books

A feminist and performance studies-oriented ethnography of the on- and offstage lives of a group of traveling artists...  Read More >>

Examines the effects of transnational migration on non-working class women whose husbands work in Taiwan and send...  Read More >>

Photographs and text create a moving, intimate portrait of a community in the southern highlands of Ecuador.  Read More >>

This excellent, well-written study blends traditional anthropology with history to give us a unique look into the...  Read More >>

This is a powerful cross-disciplinary approach to the topic of the power of knowledge and the resonance of tradition...  Read More >>

White on White/Black on Black is a unique contribution to the philosophy of race. The text explores how 14 philosophers,...  Read More >>

This guide to the social, cultural, and linguistic variation within Louisiana's French-speaking region presents...  Read More >>

The port city of Liverpool, England, is home to one of the oldest Black communities in Britain. This title analyzes...  Read More >>

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White on White/Black on Black is a unique contribution to the philosophy of race. The text explores how 14 philosophers,...  Read More >>

Deals with two central questions relating to the Chinese community in Malaysia.  Read More >>

This volume comprises the autobiographical works of three men who had a special realtionship with the Indian jungles...  Read More >>

This is the story of the amazing and uncommon life of George Bent, a Halfbreed born to a prominent white trader...  Read More >>

An introduction to contemporary biological (physical) anthropology, this work presents coverage of the major components...  Read More >>

The author traces the intriguing story of this secret exchange. Drawing upon restricted archival records and interviews...  Read More >>

'The Peoples of Las Vegas' profiles the ethnic groups that make up their city's population. It looks into the ethnic...  Read More >>

'The Peoples of Las Vegas' profiles the ethnic groups that make up their city's population. It looks into the ethnic...  Read More >>

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Offers students a concise, provocative introduction to the often-overlooked, yet ever-salient body of philosophical...  Read More >>

According to an early 1990s study, 95 per cent of what college students know about Native Americans was acquired...  Read More >>

Wengle documents what fieldworking ethnographers undergo; what kind of data ethnographers generate, what kind of...  Read More >>

The story of the people of the Wanjinas and their unbroken living cosmology of Lalai - The Dreaming. The power of...  Read More >>

Preface; Introduction; 1. THE BIOLOGY OF HUMAN VARIATION; 1.1. Background of a Belief; 1.2. Adaptive Traits: Clines;...  Read More >>

Tells the harrowing story of the life of Rene Baker, who, at the age of four was forcibly removed from her mother...  Read More >>