Physical anthropology & ethnography books

A startling argument . . . provocative . . . absorbing. -- The Boston Globe Ambitious . . . arresting . . . celebrates...  Read More >>

Lequel est arrive en premier: l esclavage des Noirs ou les prejuges visant la couleur de la peau ? Ces derniers...  Read More >>

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General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1908 Original Publisher: G.W. Jacobs  Read More >>

This sweeping study by a noted anthropologist examines the relationship of the indigenous Kuna of Panama with writing...  Read More >>

In its assessment of the current 'state of play' of ethnographic practice in social anthropology, this volume explores...  Read More >>

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and...  Read More >>

The authors explain how the whole dendritic arborization contributes to the generation of various output discharges...  Read More >>

What does it mean to be Zulu today? Is this different from what it has meant in the past?  Read More >>

Mosaic in southern California is one of the largest and most innovative multiethnic congregations in America. This...  Read More >>

Why do people at certain historical moments choose to define themselves in terms of their ethnicity? What concrete...  Read More >>

Since publication of the first edition, huge developments have taken place in sensory biology research and new insights...  Read More >>

Introduces physical anthropology, the science of human biological evolution and variation. Divided into four parts,...  Read More >>

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and...  Read More >>

Investigates the radically different worlds of work and leisure in identically designed casinos in the United States...  Read More >>

Investigates the radically different worlds of work and leisure in identically designed casinos in the United States...  Read More >>

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An atlas of the macaque brain. It focuses on three-dimensional...  Read More >>

In this pathbreaking book, one of Britain’s most eloquent and original thinkers writes about the head, what happens...  Read More >>

A case study of the development and reception of genomics in the Netherlands.  Read More >>

An ethnography of genomics, a global scientific enterprise, as it is understood and practiced in the Netherlands....  Read More >>

In a world filled with diverse cultures and countries, how is it possible that different people are at vastly different...  Read More >>

Provocative book with the perspective of evolution of man and his relations with the lowest animals. Drummond has...  Read More >>