Physical anthropology & ethnography books

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Consuming Grief: Compassionate Cannibalism in an Amazonian Society

Consuming Grief: Compassionate Cannibalism in an Amazonian...

Author: Beth A. Conklin
ISBN: 9780292712362
Format: Paperback
$41.95

Explores Wari' conceptions of person, body, and spirit, as well as indigenous understandings of memory and emotion,...  Read More >>

The Internet: An Ethnographic Approach

The Internet: An Ethnographic Approach

Author: Daniel Miller ,  Don Slater
ISBN: 9781859733899
Format: Paperback
$73.99

This book provides an examination of internet culture and consumption.  Read More >>

Ulster and North America: Transatlantic Perspectives on the Scotch-Irish

Ulster and North America: Transatlantic Perspectives...

Author: H.Tyler Blethen ,  Curtis W. Wood
ISBN: 9780817311353
Format: Paperback
$92.40

The 11 essays in this volume, originally presented at meetings of the Ulster-American Heritage Symposium by scholars...  Read More >>

Dresden: Paradoxes of Memory in History

Dresden: Paradoxes of Memory in History

Author: Elizabeth A. Ten Dyke
ISBN: 9780415270366
Format: Hardback
$305.00

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Transgenics in Endocrinology. Contemporary Endocrinology.

Transgenics in Endocrinology. Contemporary Endocrinology....

Author: Martin Matzuk, M.D. ,  Chester W Brown, M.D., Ph.D.
ISBN: 9786610820832
Format: Electronic book text
$950.40

Transgenic mouse technology, including embryonic stem cell and gene knockout techniques, has revolutionized the...  Read More >>

The Politics of Social Science Research: Race, Ethnicity and Social Change

The Politics of Social Science Research: Race, Ethnicity...

Author: P. Ratcliffe
ISBN: 9780333722473
Format: Hardback
$369.60

This book addresses some of the key questions facing contemporary social scientists. It does so by focusing on international...  Read More >>

Primate Origins of Human Cognition and Behavior

Primate Origins of Human Cognition and Behavior

Author: Tetsuro Matsuzawa ,  Robert M. Seyfarth
ISBN: 9784431702900
Format: Hardback
$578.16

Publication of Primate Origins of Human Cognition and Behavior under the editorship of Tetsuro Matsuzawa reaffirms...  Read More >>

When the Hands Are Many: Community Organization and Social Change in Rural Haiti

When the Hands Are Many: Community Organization and...

Author: Jennie M. Smith
ISBN: 9780801486739
Format: Paperback
$61.75

In an ethnography that challenges standard approaches to understanding the poor and disempowered, Jennie M. Smith's...  Read More >>

Coloring the Nation: Race & Et

Coloring the Nation: Race & Et

Author: David Howard
ISBN: 9781555879983
Format: Paperback
$33.95

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When the Hands Are Many: Community Organization and Social Change in Rural Haiti

When the Hands Are Many: Community Organization and...

Author: Jennie M. Smith
ISBN: 9780801437977
Format: Hardback
$191.40

In an ethnography that challenges standard approaches to understanding the poor and disempowered, Jennie M. Smith's...  Read More >>

Rethinking 'Mixed Race'

Rethinking 'Mixed Race'

Author: David Parker ,  Miri Song
ISBN: 9780745315676
Format: Paperback
$81.84

Exploring the complexities of mixed race in Britain and the USA, Rethinking 'Mixed Race' offers a broader and more...  Read More >>

Witchcraft, Power and Politics: Exploring the Occult in the South African Lowveld

Witchcraft, Power and Politics: Exploring the Occult...

Author: Isak Niehaus ,  Eliazaar Mohlala
ISBN: 9780745315584
Format: Paperback
$58.95

A fascinating study of witchcraft in contemporary South Africa  Read More >>

Rethinking 'Mixed Race'

Rethinking 'Mixed Race'

Author: David Parker ,  Miri Song
ISBN: 9780745315720
Format: Hardback
$264.00

Exploring the complexities of mixed race in Britain and the USA, Rethinking 'Mixed Race' offers a broader and more...  Read More >>

Witchcraft, Power and Politics: Exploring the Occult in the South African Lowveld

Witchcraft, Power and Politics: Exploring the Occult...

Author: Isak Niehaus ,  Eliazaar Mohlala
ISBN: 9780745315638
Format: Hardback
$234.96

A fascinating study of witchcraft in contemporary South Africa  Read More >>

The Death of Character: Moral Education in an Age Without Good or Evil

The Death of Character: Moral Education in an Age Without...

Author: James Hunter
ISBN: 9780465031771
Format: Paperback
$29.99

James Hunter has a talent for writing important books...With The Death of Character he has done it again.--Wilfred...  Read More >>

The New Peoples: Being and Becoming Metis in North America

The New Peoples: Being and Becoming Metis in North America...

Author: Jacquelyn Peterson ,  Jennifer S. H. Brown
ISBN: 9780873514088
Format: Paperback
$52.67

This is the first major work to explore in a North American context the dimensions and meanings of a process fundamental...  Read More >>

Colouring the Nation: Race and Ethnicity in the Dominican Republic

Colouring the Nation: Race and Ethnicity in the Dominican...

Author: Professor David Howard
ISBN: 9781902669113
Format: Paperback
$51.72

Academic work assessing the importance of rare and ethics identity in the history and development of the Dominican...  Read More >>

Neuro-Informatics and Neural Modelling. Handbook of Biological Physics, Volume 4

Neuro-Informatics and Neural Modelling. Handbook of...

Author: F Moss ,  S Gielen
ISBN: 9786611038717
Format: Electronic book text
$1948.32

How do sensory neurons transmit information about environmental stimuli to the central nervous system? How do networks...  Read More >>

Festive Papua: The Story of the Great Dance in Papua New Guinea

Festive Papua: The Story of the Great Dance in Papua...

Author: Andre Dupeyrat ,  Erik De Mauny
ISBN: 9781589760349
Format: Paperback
$34.19

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Ethnocultural Factors in Substance Abuse Treatment

Ethnocultural Factors in Substance Abuse Treatment

Author: Shulamith Lala Ashenberg Straussner (New York University, United States) ,  Ann A. Abbott
ISBN: 9781572306301
Format: Hardback
$258.00

This volume presents a culturally informed framework for understanding and treating substance abuse problems.  Read More >>

Cis Dideen Kat – When the Plumes Rise: The Way of the Lake Babine Nation

Cis Dideen Kat – When the Plumes Rise: The Way of the...

Author: Jo-Anne Fiske ,  Betty Patrick
ISBN: 9780774808125
Format: Paperback
$94.91

This book, the first to be written about the Lake Babine Nation in north-central British Columbia, examines its...  Read More >>

French Canadians in Michigan

French Canadians in Michigan

Author: John P. DuLong
ISBN: 9780870135828
Format: Paperback
$34.19

This title explores the history and influence of the early French Canadians in Michigan, as well as the successive...  Read More >>

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