Physical anthropology & ethnography books

In the last decade, we have witnessed a striking maturation of our understanding of how neurons in the spinal cord...  Read More >>

Examining the visual culture of the ""classic"" African and Jewish diasporas, this book addresses different aspects...  Read More >>

Challenges perspectives on race that rely upon oft-repeated claims that race is culturally constructed and, hence,...  Read More >>

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A narrative through time of how race was lived in rural Australia by both black subjects and white subjects  Read More >>

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Elilal, exile, is the condition of thousands of Mayas who have fled their homelands in Guatemala to escape repression...  Read More >>

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""This rich and complex book is often moving, frequently thought-provoking.""--  Read More >>

In a series of seven brief books, the editors and authors of the Ethnographer's Tookit take you through the multiple,...  Read More >>

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In this text, Shelby Steele argues that a second betrayal of black freedom in the United States emerged from the...  Read More >>

This text considers the proper anthropological grounds for questions about cultures in the Americas, and in coming...  Read More >>

Cultural and national identity have changed dramatically in New Zealand during the latter part of the twentieth...  Read More >>

Struggling with Development is a study of the complex relationships among international development, hunger, and...  Read More >>

Starting from an ethnographic appraisal of the place of religious practices, and thereby returning to an approach...  Read More >>

This Reader provides a critical overview of the historical development and contemporary forms of racist ideas and...  Read More >>

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These essays explore the complex world of grandmothers in Native America, where, although often impoverished and...  Read More >>

This text shows how strands of racial thinking and behaviour have become institutionalized and are crucial for maintaining...  Read More >>

In a detailed description of how people use models of time in their daily lives, Kevin Birth explores cultural ideas...  Read More >>

Constructing the Field is a timely contribution to a highly topical debate. Accessible and comprehensive, it will...  Read More >>

""This is not ... the nomination of a justice of the peace to some small county in some small state. This involves...  Read More >>

Presents the complex history of ethnicity in the cotton culture of central Texas. This title, spanning the period...  Read More >>