Physical anthropology & ethnography books

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Visualizing Theory: Selected Essays from V.A.R., 1990-1994

Visualizing Theory: Selected Essays from V.A.R., 1990-1994...

Author: Lucien Taylor
ISBN: 9780415908436
Format: Paperback
$94.99

A lavishly illustrated collection of provocative essays from the Visual Anthropology Review, with contributions...  Read More >>

Handbook of Hispanic Cultures in the United States

Handbook of Hispanic Cultures in the United States

Author: Francisco A. Lomeli ,  etc.
ISBN: 9781558851030
Format: Hardback
$264.00

This four-volume series is edited by noted scholars Nicolas Kanellos (University of House) and Claudio Esteva Fabregat...  Read More >>

The Color Line: Legacy for the Twenty-first Century

The Color Line: Legacy for the Twenty-first Century...

Author: John Hope Franklin
ISBN: 9780826209641
Format: Paperback
$39.47

This book began as three lectures given at the University of Missouri-Columbia in April 1992, coinciding with the...  Read More >>

Jewish Identities in the New Europe

Jewish Identities in the New Europe

Author: Jonathan Webber ,  Evyatar Friesel
ISBN: 9781874774150
Format: Paperback
$52.95

'Those who care about the future of the Jews and Judaism, whether it be in Europe or elsewhere, will find this a...  Read More >>

America's First Cuisines

America's First Cuisines

Author: Sophie D. Coe
ISBN: 9780292711594
Format: Paperback
$45.95

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Racial Equality in America

Racial Equality in America

Author: John Hope Franklin
ISBN: 9780826209139
Format: Hardback
$237.47

This is a limited edition (250) of two lectures on the color line in America, given by Hope. The first, delivered...  Read More >>

The Tribals of India

The Tribals of India

Author: Sunil Janah
ISBN: 9780195628623
Format: Hardback
$82.50

Using numerous photographs that record the author's 30-year sojourn in various tribal villages, this study documents...  Read More >>

Origins of Anatomically Modern Humans

Origins of Anatomically Modern Humans

Author: Doris V. Nitecki ,  Matthew H. Nitecki
ISBN: 9780306446757
Format: Hardback
$285.12

In this volume we analyze the anthropological and biological disagreements and the positions taken on the origins...  Read More >>

Prescription for Failure: Race Relations in the Age of Social Science

Prescription for Failure: Race Relations in the Age...

Author: Byron M. Roth
ISBN: 9781560001614
Format: Hardback
$145.07

As racial tensions ravage America's inner cities, Byron M. Roth argues that the time has come to reassess our public...  Read More >>

A Journey into the Philosophy of Alain Locke

A Journey into the Philosophy of Alain Locke

Author: Johnny Washington
ISBN: 9780313290473
Format: Hardback
$140.00

The work gives special attention to what Washington calls Destiny Studies, an approach which allows a people to...  Read More >>

Making Ethnic Choices: California's Punjabi Mexican Americans

Making Ethnic Choices: California's Punjabi Mexican...

Author: Karen Leonard
ISBN: 9781566392020
Format: Paperback
$81.71

Defines and changes perceptions of ethnic identity. This book invokes gender, generation, class, religion, language,...  Read More >>

The First Suburban Chinatown: The Remarking of Monterey Park, California

The First Suburban Chinatown: The Remarking of Monterey...

Author: Timothy P. Fong
ISBN: 9781566391238
Format: Hardback
$220.44

Monterey Park, California, only eight miles east of downtown Los Angeles, was dubbed by the media as the First...  Read More >>

Black Americans: Issues & Concerns

Black Americans: Issues & Concerns

Author: N N Rachveli ,  N.N. Rachveli
ISBN: 9781560721734
Format: Hardback
$171.60

This volume gathers articles of crucial concern to Black Americans. These issues include education, research funding...  Read More >>

Polish Americans

Polish Americans

Author: Ray Rist ,  Ray Rist
ISBN: 9781560001003
Format: Hardback
$105.47

Polish Americans examines the impact of post-communist changes in Poland and the presence of the third wave of immigrants...  Read More >>

Latin American Identity and Constructions of Difference

Latin American Identity and Constructions of Difference...

Author: Amaryll Chanady ,  Amaryll Beatrice Chanady
ISBN: 9780816624096
Format: Paperback
$45.95

Required reading for those interested in Latin American identity. Authors recognize difficulty of the pregnancy...  Read More >>

Violence, Resistance and Survival in the Americas: Native Americans and the Legacy of Conquest

Violence, Resistance and Survival in the Americas: Native...

Author: William B. Taylor ,  Franklin Pease
ISBN: 9781560982609
Format: Hardback
$110.00

This book documents a variety of roles played by Native Americans in the westernization of the Americas, revealing...  Read More >>

The Living Tree: Changing Meaning of Being Chinese Today

The Living Tree: Changing Meaning of Being Chinese Today...

Author: Wei-ming Tu
ISBN: 9780804721912
Format: Hardback
$81.95

What does it mean today to be Chinese? Whether in China or Chinatown, this question has many dimensions, which are...  Read More >>

Little Brazil: An Ethnography of Brazilian Immigrants in New York City

Little Brazil: An Ethnography of Brazilian Immigrants...

Author: Maxine L. Margolis
ISBN: 9780691000565
Format: Paperback
$110.00

Provides an account of the lives of New York's Brazilians. Showing that these immigrants belie American stereotypes,...  Read More >>

Sacred Encounters: Father De Smet and the Indians of the Rocky Mountain West

Sacred Encounters: Father De Smet and the Indians of...

Author: Jacqueline Peterson ,  Laura Peers
ISBN: 9780806125763
Format: Paperback
$40.70

This catalogue of the international Sacred Encounters exhibition displays the similarities and differences between...  Read More >>

Modern Human Genetics: A Centennial Tribute to J.B.S.Haldane - Proceedings of an International Conference Held in Calcutta, India, December 15-19, 1992

Modern Human Genetics: A Centennial Tribute to J.B.S.Haldane...

Author: Partha P. Majumder
ISBN: 9780306445729
Format: Hardback
$250.80

J.B.S. Haldane Centenary Lecture: J.B.S. Haldane (C.R. Rao). Population Genetics and Evolution: Haldane's Contribution...  Read More >>

Minority Group Influence: Agenda Setting, Formulation, and Public Policy

Minority Group Influence: Agenda Setting, Formulation,...

Author: Paula D. McClain
ISBN: 9780313290367
Format: Hardback
$140.00

Although there has been intense interest in racial minorities and public policy, most research has focused on the...  Read More >>

Racialized Boundaries: Race, Nation, Gender, Colour and Class and the Anti-Racist Struggle

Racialized Boundaries: Race, Nation, Gender, Colour...

Author: Floya Anthias ,  Nira Yuval-Davis
ISBN: 9780415103886
Format: Paperback
$96.99

Analyses ethnicity as a political, rather than a cultural phenomenon. Written and informed by the experiences of...  Read More >>

White Women, Race Matters: The Social Construction of Whiteness

White Women, Race Matters: The Social Construction of...

Author: Ruth Frankenburg
ISBN: 9780415105118
Format: Paperback
$98.99

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