Social & cultural anthropology books

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Cultural Selection

Cultural Selection

Author: Tim Lewens (University of Cambridge)
ISBN: 9781009539067
Format: Hardback
$129.35

This Element argues that cultural selection is not necessary for the explanation of cultural adaptation; it shows...  Read More >>

So Long a Saga: Four Centuries of Badaga Social Histor

So Long a Saga: Four Centuries of Badaga Social Histor...

Author: Paul Hockings
ISBN: 9789350980187
Format: Hardback
$100.50

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Ancestral Future

Ancestral Future

Author: Ailton Krenak ,  Alex Brostoff
ISBN: 9781509560738
Format: Paperback
$26.95

In response to the damage caused by centuries of colonial ravaging and the current ecological, political and social...  Read More >>

Sexualised Governmentalities: Critical Perspectives on Homosexism

Sexualised Governmentalities: Critical Perspectives...

Author: Angelos Bollas
ISBN: 9783031570087
Format: Paperback
$118.77

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Constructing the Divine: Religion and World View of a Naga Tribe in North-East India

Constructing the Divine: Religion and World View of...

Author: G. Kanato Chophy
ISBN: 9781032653976
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This book chronicles the transition of the Sumi tribe in the North-East Indian state of Nagaland from the period...  Read More >>

Marriage, Love, Caste and Kinship Support: Lived Experiences of the Urban Poor in India

Marriage, Love, Caste and Kinship Support: Lived Experiences...

Author: Shalini Grover
ISBN: 9781032652849
Format: Paperback
$83.99

The book helps to understand the marital experiences of people most of whom belong to the Scheduled Caste. The author...  Read More >>

Cultural Encounters in India: The Local Co-workers of Tranquebar Mission, 18th to 19th Centuries

Cultural Encounters in India: The Local Co-workers of...

Author: Heike Liebau
ISBN: 9781032652863
Format: Paperback
$83.99

The book is an English translation of an award winning German book. The history of social and religious encounter...  Read More >>

La chance: Uncertainty, Knowledge Production and Gameplay among University Graduates in Bamako, Mali

La chance: Uncertainty, Knowledge Production and Gameplay...

Author: Susann Ludwig
ISBN: 9783837669893
Format: Paperback
$90.95

Providing an explorative experience to the reader, this study accounts for the elusiveness of la chance in the Bamako...  Read More >>

Ancestral Future

Ancestral Future

Author: Ailton Krenak ,  Alex Brostoff
ISBN: 9781509560721
Format: Hardback
$82.95

In response to the damage caused by centuries of colonial ravaging and the current ecological, political and social...  Read More >>

Forever Familias: Race, Gender, and Indigeneity in Peruvian Mormonism

Forever Familias: Race, Gender, and Indigeneity in Peruvian...

Author: Jason Palmer
ISBN: 9780252045851
Format: Hardback
$271.00

Peruvian members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints face the dilemma of embracing their faith while...  Read More >>

Border History from a Borneo Longhouse: The Search for a Life that is Very Good

Border History from a Borneo Longhouse: The Search for...

Author: Valerie Mashman
ISBN: 9789463723459
Format: Hardback
$345.84

A headman of a remote Kelabit longhouse in Borneo is wrestling with recent changes caused by logging and roadbuilding....  Read More >>

Whoosh Goes the Market: Algorithms, Automation, and Alienation

Whoosh Goes the Market: Algorithms, Automation, and...

Author: Daniel Scott Souleles
ISBN: 9780226833774
Format: Hardback
$190.95

A vivid, fast-paced inside look at financial markets, the people who work on them, and how technology is changing...  Read More >>

Embedding Subversion and Gender Identity – The Grammar and Use of ′Ulti′, the Secret Language of the Koti Community in Bengal

Embedding Subversion and Gender Identity – The Grammar...

Author: Enakshi Nandi
ISBN: 9788195639250
Format: Hardback
$65.95

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The Sound of Difference: Race, Class and the Politics of 'Diversity' in Classical Music

The Sound of Difference: Race, Class and the Politics...

Author: Kristina Kolbe
ISBN: 9781526165497
Format: Hardback
$194.99

The sound of difference examines how diversity work takes shape in a cultural sector deeply implicated in hierarchies...  Read More >>

Are We Learning from Accidents?: A quandary, a question and a way forward

Are We Learning from Accidents?: A quandary, a question...

Author: Nippin Anand
ISBN: 9781738560301
Format: Paperback
$92.37

Book review 'This brilliant book combines deeply personal insights...  Read More >>

Banker to the Third World: U. S. Portfolio Investment in Latin America, 1900-1986

Banker to the Third World: U. S. Portfolio Investment...

Author: Barbara Stallings
ISBN: 9780520413955
Format: Hardback
$250.80

By the end of 1985, Latin Americans owed their foreign creditors $368 billion. That was nearly $1,000 for every...  Read More >>

Circumstantial Deliveries

Circumstantial Deliveries

Author: Rodney Needham
ISBN: 9780520414105
Format: Hardback
$250.80

"This simulating book gathers five lectures that ask questions of the broadest general intellectual interest: What...  Read More >>

Conviviality in Burgaz: Living, Loving and Fighting on a Diverse Island of Istanbul

Conviviality in Burgaz: Living, Loving and Fighting...

Author: Deniz N. Duru
ISBN: 9783031523366
Format: Paperback
$131.97

This open access book tells stories of conviviality, solidarity, and everyday management of conflicts and tensions,...  Read More >>

Low-Paid EU Migrant Workers: The House, The Street, The Town

Low-Paid EU Migrant Workers: The House, The Street,...

Author: Catherine Barnard (University of Cambridge) ,  Fiona Costello (University of Cambridge)
ISBN: 9781529229561
Format: Hardback
$185.00

This unique research paints a vivid picture of migrant workers' experiences during the turbulent times of Brexit...  Read More >>

Jump Up: Seasonal Celebrations from the World's Deep Traditions

Jump Up: Seasonal Celebrations from the World's Deep...

Author: Luisah Teish
ISBN: 9781642505764
Format: Paperback
$50.13

Laced with myth, folklore, and poetry, Jump Up celebrates life, enlivens the spirit, and strengthens the bonds of...  Read More >>

The Korean Welfare State: Social Investment in an Aging Society

The Korean Welfare State: Social Investment in an Aging...

Author: Kyungbae Chung (, President of the Korean Socio-Economic Society) ,  Neil Gilbert (, Milton and Gertrude Chernin Chair in Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley)
ISBN: 9780197644928
Format: Hardback
$170.95

This book examines the evolution of the Korean welfare state over the last several decades and the challenges it...  Read More >>

The War on the Social Factory: The Struggle for Community Safety in the Silicon Valley

The War on the Social Factory: The Struggle for Community...

Author: Annie Paradise
ISBN: 9780810146648
Format: Paperback
$92.40

Maps families’ struggles to reclaim their households and their communities - to create a social infrastructure for...  Read More >>

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