Physical anthropology & ethnography books

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Cree Narrative: Expressing the Personal Meanings of Events

Cree Narrative: Expressing the Personal Meanings of...

Author: Richard J. Preston ,  Richard J. Preston
ISBN: 9780773523623
Format: Paperback
$79.07

A vivid account of the values and world view of an indigenous society.  Read More >>

Semiotics of Peasants in Transition: Slovene Villagers and Their Ethnic Relatives in America

Semiotics of Peasants in Transition: Slovene Villagers...

Author: Irene Portis-Winner
ISBN: 9780822328278
Format: Hardback
$146.95

Offers a new way of doing ethnography, based on an analysis of interaction between immigrants from a small village...  Read More >>

Familiar Medicine: Everyday Health Knowledge and Practice in Today's Vietnam

Familiar Medicine: Everyday Health Knowledge and Practice...

Author: David Craig
ISBN: 9780824824747
Format: Hardback
$150.48

This text examines the ways in which people of the Red River Delta make sense of their bodies, illness and medicine....  Read More >>

Hanging Out in the Virtual Pub: Masculinities and Relationships Online

Hanging Out in the Virtual Pub: Masculinities and Relationships...

Author: Lori Kendall
ISBN: 9780520230385
Format: Paperback
$52.95

Examines how men and women negotiate their gender roles on an online forum the author calls BlueSky. This title...  Read More >>

Ethnography and Schools: Qualitative Approaches to the Study of Education

Ethnography and Schools: Qualitative Approaches to the...

Author: Yali Zou ,  Enrique T. Trueba
ISBN: 9780742517363
Format: Hardback
$174.95

A study of both traditional and new approaches to the study of schools and their communities. The book emphasizes...  Read More >>

Islanders and Mainlanders: Prehistoric Context for the Southern California Coast and Channel Islands

Islanders and Mainlanders: Prehistoric Context for the...

Author: Jeffrey H Altschul ,  Donn R Grenda
ISBN: 9781879442924
Format: Paperback
$50.03

The southern California coast has been a favored place to live for nearly 12,000 years. Dotted with marshes, estuaries,...  Read More >>

Bones and the Man: Studies in Honour of Don Brothwell

Bones and the Man: Studies in Honour of Don Brothwell...

Author: Keith M. Dobney ,  Terry O'Connor
ISBN: 9781842170601
Format: Hardback
$184.80

A volume of papers presented in honour of the eminent archaeologist and palaeopathologist, Don Brothwell. The eclectic...  Read More >>

Significant Others

Significant Others

Author: Craig Stanford
ISBN: 9780465081721
Format: Paperback
$29.99

What the family connection between apes and humans really means  Read More >>

Cybertypes: Race, Ethnicity, and Identity on the Internet

Cybertypes: Race, Ethnicity, and Identity on the Internet...

Author: Lisa Nakamura
ISBN: 9780415938365
Format: Hardback
$305.00

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Race, Nature and Culture: An Anthropological Perspective

Race, Nature and Culture: An Anthropological Perspective...

Author: Peter Wade
ISBN: 9780745314549
Format: Paperback
$41.95

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Race, Nature and Culture: An Anthropological Perspective

Race, Nature and Culture: An Anthropological Perspective...

Author: Peter Wade
ISBN: 9780745314594
Format: Hardback
$253.44

Takes the study of race beyond Western notions of the individual  Read More >>

Debates and Developments in Ethonographic Methodology

Debates and Developments in Ethonographic Methodology...

Author: Geoffrey Walford
ISBN: 9780762308934
Format: Hardback
$329.95

Volume 6 of this series draws together chapters presenting diverse views on developments in ethnographic methodology....  Read More >>

Ethnography and Schools: Qualitative Approaches to the Study of Education

Ethnography and Schools: Qualitative Approaches to the...

Author: Yali Zou ,  Enrique T. Trueba
ISBN: 9780742517370
Format: Paperback
$99.99

A study of both traditional and new approaches to the study of schools and their communities. The book emphasizes...  Read More >>

Cybertypes: Race, Ethnicity, and Identity on the Internet

Cybertypes: Race, Ethnicity, and Identity on the Internet...

Author: Lisa Nakamura
ISBN: 9780415938372
Format: Paperback
$79.99

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Lines in the Water: Nature and Culture at Lake Titicaca

Lines in the Water: Nature and Culture at Lake Titicaca...

Author: Ben Orlove
ISBN: 9780520229594
Format: Paperback
$52.95

Takes us to the remote indigenous villages on the shore of Lake Titicaca, high in the Peruvian Andes. This title...  Read More >>

Whose Ears Are These?

Whose Ears Are These?

Author: Peg Hall
ISBN: 9781282141599
Format: Electronic book text
$133.37

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Whose Eyes Are These?

Whose Eyes Are These?

Author: Peg Hall
ISBN: 9781282141605
Format: Electronic book text
$133.37

Examines a variety of animal eyes, noting how they look different and function in different ways. Animals shown...  Read More >>

Whose Nose Is This?

Whose Nose Is This?

Author: Peg Hall
ISBN: 9781282141643
Format: Electronic book text
$133.37

Examines a variety of animal noses, noting how they look different and function in different ways. Animals shown...  Read More >>

Resilient Spirits: Disadvantaged Students Making it at an Elite University

Resilient Spirits: Disadvantaged Students Making it...

Author: Latty Lee Goodwin
ISBN: 9780415933841
Format: Hardback
$305.00

This study explores the identity construction of socioeconomically and educationally disadvantaged students who...  Read More >>

Japanese American Celebration and Conflict: A History of Ethnic Identity and Festival, 1934-1990

Japanese American Celebration and Conflict: A History...

Author: Lon Kurashige
ISBN: 9780520227439
Format: Paperback
$52.95

Do racial minorities in the United States assimilate to American values and institutions, or do they retain ethnic...  Read More >>

On Barbarian Identity

On Barbarian Identity

Author: Andrew Gillett ,  Andrew Gillett
ISBN: 9782503511689
Format: Hardback
$229.68

The authors of this publication explore new ways to understand barbarians in the early Middle Ages, and to analyse...  Read More >>

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