Anthropology

In a classic indictment of American individualism and isolationism, Philip Slater analyzes the great ills of modern society-violence, competitiveness, inequ...

for Ten Years, Jeremy Narby Explored The Amazonian Rain Forests, The Libraries Of Europe, And Some Of The World's Most Arcane Scientific Journals, Followin...

An Incisive Follow-up To The New York Times Bestseller White Fragility Asserting That It Is White Progressives Who Are Responsible For Inflicting The Most D...

This Work Focuses On Such Subjects As John Wayne And Howard Hughes, Growing Up A Girl In California, Ruminating On The Nature Of Good And Evil In A Death Va...

Step aside Hygge. Lagom is the new Scandi lifestyle trend taking the world by storm. This delightfully illustrated book gives you the lowdown on this transf...

An Eloquent, Important Plea For A Total Rethinking Of Our Relationship To The Animal World. Mason Analyzes The West's 'dominionist' Worldview, Which Exalts ...

Concise, inexpensive, and accessible, CLASSIC READINGS IN CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY, Second Edition, provides an excellent introduction to the field of anthro...

“The bard of biological weapons capturesthe drama of the front lines.”-Richard Danzig, former secretary of the navyThe first major bioterror event in the U...

1. Evolution, Classification, And Nomenclature -- 2. The Geologic Time Frame -- 3. Primate Evolution: Late Cretaceous To Late Miocene -- 4. The Australopith...

This exciting new text teases out the common core of the cultural anthropological way of thinking, makes it explicit in a set of eleven questions, and use...

one Of The Most Famous And Influential Books Of Its (or Any) Time, The Origin Of Species Is, Surprisingly, Little Read. True Enough, Most People Know What...

From The Bestselling Author Of Waking Up And The End Of Faith, An Adaptation Of His Wildly Popular, Often Controversial Podcast Civilization Rests On A Seri...

The ninth edition of Applying Anthropology: An Introductory Reader is a collection of articles that provide compelling examples of applied research in cultu...

An epic adventure that began with one simple question: Why does my foot hurt? Isolated by Mexico's deadly Copper Canyons, the blissful Tarahumara Indians ...

Beginning in the late '60s, hundreds of thousands of Westerners descended upon India, disciples of a cultural revolution that proclaimed that the magic and ...

Emily Martin traces Americans' changing ideas about health and immunity since the 1940s. She explores the implications of our emphasis on 'flexibility' in c...

Development : Theory And Reality -- Instituting The Development Project -- The Development Project : International Framework -- Globalizing Developments -- ...

This new edition provides a comprehensive overview to the field of paleontology—the study of human evolution by analyzing fossil remains. It includes the ...

how Do Imperceptibly Small Differences In The Environment Change One's Behavior? What Is The Anatomy Of A Bad Mood? Does Stress Shrink Our Brains? What Do...

*A SCOTSMAN TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR* Stranded at Schiphol airport, Ben Coates called up a friendly Dutch girl he'd met some months earlier. He stayed for d...

Between the late 1970s and the mid-1980s, the people of Guatemala were subjected to a state-sponsored campaign of political violence and repression designe...

Explores A Range Of Modern Cultural Phenomenon, Including Internet Pornography, Tribute Bands, Baseball Rivalries, And Reality Television.Categories: Litera...

In 1906 in turn-of-the century Boston, a small, esoteric book about tea was written with the intention of being read aloud in the famous salon of Isabella ...

Discusses the origin of the week, the observance of the Sabbath, and the development of the weekend, describes weekend behavior, and examines the modern pre...

This classic on shamanism pioneered the modern shamanic renaissance. It is the foremost resource and reference on shamanism. Now, with a new introduction a...

A new edition of the highly acclaimed book Multiculturalism and "The Politics of Recognition," this paperback brings together an even wider range of leadin...

Brought up on stories and myths of the Kalahari Bushmen, Rupert Isaacson journeys to the dry vast grassland — which stretches across South Africa, Botswan...

Widely praised as "impressive" (The Washington Post Book World), "ambitious" (The Wall Street Journal), and "alluring" (Los Angeles Times), Dancing in the ...

Is there a method to our madness when it comes to shopping? Hailed by the San Francisco Chronicle as "a Sherlock Holmes for retailers," author and research...

Just in case you want to exercise your inner Gauguin, Troost here presents about a hundred reasons why you should stay in the 'burbs. He spent two years on...

Tom Boellstorff Conducted More Than Two Years Of Fieldwork In Second Life, Living Among And Observing Its Residents. He Conducted His Research In Exactly Th...

the New York Times Bestseller That’s Changing America’s Diet Is Now Perfect For Younger Readers “what’s For Dinner?” Seemed Like A Simple Questio...

Brilliant range is a book about Dutch soccer that's not really about Dutch socer. It's more about an enigmatic way of thinking peculiar to a people whose l...

This Book Takes The Reader Around The Globe And Through The Centuries To Discover How Different Cultures Have Sought To Combat And Treat Physical Pain. With...

"Belcher’s volume contains a much needed and extremely well-integrated overview and discussion of a vast inter-related West African culture complex that ...

Combining richly detailed empirical research on transnational connections with bold and imaginative theoretical argument, this innovative study offers fres...

By Chief Tuiavii And Erich Scheurmann ; Adapted And Translated Into English By Peter C. Cavelti. Translation Of: Der Papalagi : Die Reden Des Süedseehäeup...

First published in 1932, The Indians of Canada remains the most comprehensive works available on Canada's Indians. Part one includes chapters on languages, ...

At 30 Years Old, Outwardly Thriving But Unfulfilled Inside, Howes Began A Personal Journey To Find Inner Peace And To Uncover The Many Masks That Men, Both ...

The shocking treatise that was a bestselling international media sensation upon its 2007 publication in France now makes its eagerly anticipated English-lan...

Overview: Most Of Us Take For Granted The Features Of Our Modern Society, From Air Travel And Telecommunications To Literacy And Obesity. Yet For Nearly All...

This is the book that accompanied the television series Millennium, also by Maybury-Lewis. He argues that tribal peoples have not tried (& failed) to be...

Originally published in 1978, this classic exploration of humanity’s complex relationship with and understanding of wolves returns with a new afterword b...

Deep In The Mountainous Jungle Of Malaysia The Aboriginal Sng'oi Exist On The Edge Of Extinction, Though Their Way Of Living May Ultimately Be The Kind Of E...

Addressing Important And Timely Topics, Including Global Climate Change And The #metoo Movement, Through The Lens Of Cultural Anthropology Is A Fresh And Co...

Robin Wiszowaty Relates How She Left Her Suburban Illinois Home To Travel To Kenya To Join An Impoverished Maasai Community, And Describes The Poverty, Drou...

In the final book of his astonishing career, Carl Sagan brilliantly examines the burning questions of our lives, our world, and the universe around us. Th...

Ronald Wright. Previously Published Under Title: A Short History Of Progress. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.Categories: History WorldCiviliz...