Anthropology

For Readers Of H Is For Hawk And The Frozen Thames, The Ghost Orchard Is Award-winning Author Helen Humphreys’ Fascinating Journey Into The Secret History...

A Leading Authority In Gender Studies Profiles American Males Between The Ages Of Sixteen And Twenty-six, Offering Insight Into Their Belief Systems, Relati...

Proponent Of Charles Darwin's Theory Of Evolution Discusses How The Idea Has Been Distorted And The Correct Way To Think About Evolution, And Examines Chall...

Combining great learning, interpretative originality, analytical sensitivity, and a charismatic prose style, Clifford Geertz has produced a lasting body of...

In Jared Diamond’s follow-up to the Pulitzer-Prize winning Guns, Germs and Steel, the author explores how climate change, the population explosion and po...

A revelatory look at our national power grid--how it developed, its current flaws, and how it must be completely reimagined for our fast-approaching energy...

In April 1982, ethnobotanist Wade Davis arrived in Haiti to investigate two documented cases of zombis — people who had reappeared in Haitian society yea...

women And Men Live In Different Worlds...made Of Different Words. spending Nearly Four Years On The new York Times Bestseller List, Including Eight Months...

Human Evolution and Prehistory, second Canadian Edition, offers a straightforward, balanced presentation on views of human evolution, adaptation, and prehis...

this Is A Fascinating Analysis Of The Meaning Of Rice As A Symbol Of Personal And Particularly Of Social Identity In Japanese Culture.--robert N. Bellah o...

During World War II, French villagers offered safe harbor to countless strangers—mostly children—as they fled for their lives. The same place offers re...

Ann Mcelroy And Patricia K. Townsend ; [with Contributions By Pamela L. Erickson And Others]. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 325-357) And Index....

The entry for kvetchn (the verbal form) in Uriel Weinreich's Modern English-Yiddish Yiddish-English Dictionary reads simply: press, squeeze, pinch; strain...

Mourning the death of loved ones and recovering from their loss are universal human experiences, yet the grieving process is as different between cultures a...

"This textbook, aimed at advanced undergraduates and postgraduates in paleoanthropology courses, tackles a rather difficult task—that of presenting the s...

Offering students an overview of the anthropological findings in religion that have amassed in the last 100 years, this sourcebook presents articles wri...

For us to perceive any of the worlds that exist beside our own, not only do we have to covet them but we need to have sufficient energy to seize them. In ...

Whether Enemy Or Ally, Demon Or God, The Source Of Satisfaction Or The Root Of All Earthly Troubles, The Penis Has Forced Humanity To Wrestle With Its Endur...

Asking And Listening Is The First Book To Trace The Changing Ways In Which Human Beings Have Learned To Look At The Others Beyond The Gate With Their Strang...

While today's business world is dominated by technology and data analysis, award-winning financial journalist and anthropology PhD Gillian Tett advocates th...

Examines the development and impact of capitalist culture From its roots more than 500 years ago to the present day, capitalism expanded from Western...

UNDERSTANDING HUMANS: INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY AND ARCHAEOLOGY shows students how anthropologists and archaeologists go about their work as the...

Since the 1980s, tattooing has emerged anew in the United States as a widely appealing cultural, artistic, and social form. In Bodies of Inscription Margo D...

Poland's history from the thirteenth century to modern times overshadows a 1981 dispute between Janko Buk, the leader of a group of militant farmers, and Sz...

Written by some of the top archaeologists in the country, this collection of 25 articles covers the entire range of archaeological methods as well as issues...

An astonishing work of cutting-edge science and cultural history that radically reframes how we understand the vagina—and consequently, how we understand...

Design for the Real World has, since its first appearance twenty-five years ago, become a classic. Translated into twenty-three languages, it is one of the...

An Exhilarating History Of Humankind, Chronicling Thousands Of Years Of Trial And Error--but Mostly Error--in The Rise Of Civilization Modern Humans Have Co...

An ideal core text for introductory courses, Medical Anthropology: A Biocultural Approach, Second Edition, offers an accessible and contemporary overview of...

Diane Ackerman's lusciously written grand tour of the realm of the senses includes conversations with an iceberg in Antarctica and a professional nose in ...

Ever since its emergence in colonial-era Cuba, Afro-Cuban Santería (or Lucumí) has displayed a complex dynamic of continuity and change in its institution...

This unusual and ambitious book will be welcomed by all who wish to understand exactly what anthropology is and what anthropologists do. It summarizes, com...

"This is an angry and a hopeful book, and, like everything Dr. Farmer has written, it has both passion and authority. Pathologies of Power is an eloquent ...

From the Stone Age to the Space Age—an entertaining journey through our own story that asks not just how we got here, but also, where are we going? In thi...

A survey of the past 300 years of theorizing on myth, this book takes into account the work of such prominent thinkers as Albert Camus, Claude Lévi-Strau...

Poland's History From The Thirteenth Century To Modern Times Overshadows A 1981 Dispute Between Janko Buk, The Leader Of A Group Of Militant Farmers, And Sz...

In his most widely appealing book yet, one of today's leading authors of popular anthropology looks at the intriguing history and peculiar nature of money...

a New York Times Bestseller That Has Changed The Way Readers View The Ecology Of Eating, This Revolutionary Book By Award Winner Michael Pollan Asks The Se...

Why Did Eurasians Conquer, Displace, Or Decimate Native Americans, Australians, And Africans, Instead Of The Reverse? In This Groundbreaking Book, Evolution...

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

Like the heroic land that is its subject, James Michener's POLAND teems with vivid events and unforgettble characters. In the sweeping span of eight tumul...

Why The Modern World Forgot How To Sleep Why Is Sleep Frustrating For So Many People? While Human History Presents A Vast Diversity Of Sleeping Styles, Toda...

An Extraordinary Book That Explores How The Earth Itself Has Shaped The Western Imagination And How, As A Result, Our Interaction With The Environment Is Fa...

This is a fascinating 2008 study of the Vietnamese experience and memory of the Vietnam War through the lens of popular imaginings about the wandering souls...

The Value of Life is an exploration of the actual and perceived importance of biological diversity for human beings and society. Stephen R. Kellert identif...