Physical anthropology & ethnography books

For undergraduate courses is primatolgy and biological anthropology.   The field of primatology has grown to become...  Read More >>

This series provides the chemical physics field with a forum for critical, authoritative evaluations of advances...  Read More >>

The combinatorial interactions of the homeodomain protein Pit-1 with transcription factors such as C/EBPalpha and...  Read More >>

In this lively and readable introduction, renowned anthropologist Ian Tattersall thoroughly examines both fossil...  Read More >>

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A social and iconographic history of a West African sculptural form  Read More >>

A study on fiddling in the Fulbe, Hausa, and Dagbamba cultures of West Africa. This book not only explains the history...  Read More >>

Fiddling has had a lengthy history in Africa which has long been ignored. This work aims to correct this oversight...  Read More >>

Obesity is a significant health problem in Australia and other developed countries and acculturation is one of the...  Read More >>

The Andean nation of Ecuador derives much of its revenue from petroleum that is extracted from its vast Upper Amazonian...  Read More >>

Presents an illustrated history of Australia's oldest synagogue and its congregation. Written by its emeritus rabbi,...  Read More >>

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Traces how the maritime Southeast Asia tribal societies that prospered under the """"Age of Commerce"""" lost their...  Read More >>

Examines how and why American colonial rule transformed social and spatial relations across the Cordillera, creating...  Read More >>

This volume presents a truly integrated methodological and biocultural approach to the expanding discipline of human...  Read More >>

An ethnography that juxtaposes the context of post-war reconstruction at home, shaped by a fragile institutional...  Read More >>

An ethnography that juxtaposes the context of post-war reconstruction at home, shaped by a fragile institutional...  Read More >>

Suitable for students of ethnicity and ethnic relations, this book draws on specific examples to demonstrate the...  Read More >>

13 papers from the BABAO conference in 2006.  Read More >>

Offers a the history of Native peoples, presenting the glory, endurance, and renewal of the life ways of Plains...  Read More >>

Argues that the most elementary form of religious life in many Western societies and other societies around the...  Read More >>

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Offers a the history of Native peoples, presenting the glory, endurance, and renewal of the life ways of Plains...  Read More >>

Exploring the early-twentieth-century development of the ""folkloric arts"" - particularly music, dance, and drama...  Read More >>