Physical anthropology & ethnography books

A passionate, intelligent commentary. This book is an invigorating look at the implications of difference and diversity...  Read More >>

Thomas Csordas's analysis of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal, part of the contemporary cultural and media phenomenon...  Read More >>

Ethnic Attachments in Sri Lanka examines the uses of ethnic identity in Sri Lankan society from the early medieval...  Read More >>

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Repudiating the fallacy of welfare state dependency, the contributors to these studies seek to reveal the true impact...  Read More >>

""Personal Knowledge and Beyond"" seeks to foster a cross-disciplinary rethinking of ethnography's possibilities...  Read More >>

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Repudiating the fallacy of welfare state dependency, the contributors to these studies seek to reveal the true impact...  Read More >>

Is mental illness a relatively recent phenomenon, or has it been with us throughout evolution? Employing the principles...  Read More >>

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Eighteen papers on archaeology and tribal societies, derived from a Symposium held at the Annual Meetings of the...  Read More >>

The Bali Aga are a large ethnic minority of indigenous people that live in the central highlands of Bali. In this...  Read More >>

Eighteen papers on archaeology and tribal societies, derived from a Symposium held at the Annual Meetings of the...  Read More >>

This title brings together authors writing on diverse themes of Eastern European exile. It defines the experiential...  Read More >>

In this qualitative study, Mexican American women were interviewed and their life histories examined using an ethnographic...  Read More >>

For over 25 years, Abu-Rabi'a has been engaged with the educational system among the desert-dwellers in the Negev,...  Read More >>

Over the last decade, advances in neural stem cell research have raised the hope that one day cellular therapy will...  Read More >>

The first study to focus on how popular representations of the forced relocation and internment of nearly 120,000...  Read More >>

In this moving sequel to The Lost World of the Kalahari van der Post records everything he has learned of the life...  Read More >>

Laurens van der Post was fascinated and appalled at the fate of this remarkable people. His fascinating attempt...  Read More >>

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In The Anthropology of Politics: A Reader in Ethnography, Theory and Critique, editor Joan Vincent offers her readers...  Read More >>

Founded during the Gold Rush years, the Chinese community of San Francisco became the largest and most vibrant Chinatown...  Read More >>

Work done within the area of political anthropology has been instrumental in exploring some of the most significant...  Read More >>