Physical anthropology & ethnography books

Examines the concept of performance in ethnographic studies, focusing on the issues surrounding the performances...  Read More >>

Thandeka explores the politics of the white experience in America. Tracing the links between religion, class and...  Read More >>

Joseph L. Graves Jr traces the development of biological thought about human genetic diversity. He argues that racism...  Read More >>

Addressing the function of national identity in a modern society, two concepts of the origin of the nation are examined...  Read More >>

Essays that span the career of a prominent anthropologist and address the fundamental questions of the field.  Read More >>

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Skeletogenesis is the study of normal and abnormal skeletal development, and the processes regulating the development...  Read More >>

A study where the myth of the Noble Savage is an altogether different myth from the one defended or debunked by...  Read More >>

Looks at the reconstruction of memory and identity through diasporic narratives, through a focus on the Americas...  Read More >>

Looks at the reconstruction of memory and identity through diasporic narratives, through a focus on the Americas...  Read More >>

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This work traces Wisconsin's German population from the territorial days to the arrival of the intellectual ""49ers"",...  Read More >>

A Gathering of Native American Prayers, Rituals, and Traditions. People of the Circle, People of the Four Directions...  Read More >>

A collection of mini-ethnographies which takes a problem-based learning approach, focusing on contextual learning...  Read More >>

Decades have passed since our original theories of racial identity development were formed, bringing with them changes...  Read More >>

Between the 1870s and the 1930s competing European powers carved out and consolidated colonies in Melanesia, the...  Read More >>

""Political clientelism"" is a term used to characterise the contemporary relationships between political elites...  Read More >>

Drawing on conversations and experiences shared with Koriak women living on the northeastern Kamchatka peninsula,...  Read More >>

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Revealing a deep familiarity with the lives of the urban poor in Villa Paraiso, a stigmatised and destitute shantytown...  Read More >>

This is the first ever study of the little known anwal community of indo-tibetan border, which has been confined...  Read More >>

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Asian American Ethnicity and Communication provides a guide to what is known about Asian American communication...  Read More >>

This collection represents Michael Rosen's encounter with an 'ethnography of the center'-the study of cultural orders...  Read More >>