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Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Education and Identity in Rural France: The Politics of Schooling Book 98 (Hardcover)

Drawing on an ethnographic study of a remote community in the Auvergne Dr. Reed-Danahay challenges conventional views about the operation of the French school system. She shows how parents subvert and resist the ideological messages of the teachers... more

Cultural Anthropology Handbook: A Basic Introduction (Hardcover - Used) 0070675309 9780070675308

This handbook provides a solid introduction to cultural anthropology. The author conveys a number of complex issues and ideas in cultural anthropology briefly and clearly without becoming enmeshed in excessive ethnographic detail and esoteric... more

Pre-Owned Thinking Like an Anthropologist: A Practical Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (Paperback) 0073195804 9780073195803

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Pre-Owned Cultural Anthropology 9780205711208

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Pre-Owned Handbook of Methods in Cultural Anthropology (Paperback) 0742504328 9780742504325

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Pre-Owned Cultural Anthropology 9780534214388 /

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The Gift of a Bride : A Tale of Anthropology Matrimony and Murder 9780759111509 Used / Pre-owned

This ethnographically based murder mystery set in an Indian immigrant community in New York City uses the main principles of cultural anthropology and ethnographic method to explore a wide range of cultural conflicts. Central themes of gender... more

Pre-Owned Pathways of Memory and Power : Ethnography and History among an Andean People 9780299153144 Used

Pathways of Memory and Power crosses the disciplinary boundary where anthropology and history meet exploring the cultural frontier of the colonial and postcolonial Andes. Thomas A. Abercrombie uses his fieldwork in the Aymara community of Santa... more

Core Concepts in Cultural Anthropology 9780073530987 Used / Pre-owned

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Pre-Owned Participant Observation: A Guide for Fieldworkers (Paperback) 0759100454 9780759100459

Participant Observation is a central and defining method of research in cultural anthropology as well as a common feature of qualitative research in other disciplines--sociology education health sciences. The authors provide the basic guide to the... more

Pre-Owned Defending the Land: Sovereignty and Forest Life in James Bay Cree Society (Paperback) 0205651089 9780205651085

Suitable for both introductory anthropology and upper-division courses in cultural anthropology The campaign of the Cree people to protect their forest culture from the impact of hydro-electric development in northern Quebec has been... more

Pre-Owned Yanomamo - Yanomamö (Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology) (Paperback) 0155053272

The Yanomamo of Venezuela and Brazil are a truly remarkable people and one of the few sovereign tribal societies left on earth. This classic ethnography based on the authors extensive fieldwork includes a brief discussion of events and changes that... more

Cultural Anthropology : A Contemporary Perspective 9780030475825 Used / Pre-owned

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Trubner s Oriental Racial Synthesis in Hindu Culture (Paperback)

This is Volume XI out of eleven that form a collection on India its History Economy and Society. First published in 1928 based on a series of lectures the author has dealt with the subject from the viewpoint of social and cultural anthropology. The... more

Middletown in Transition: A Study in Cultural Conflicts (Paperback - Used) 0156595516 9780156595513

The two classic studies of Middletown were pioneering works that examined the daily life of a typical small American city -- in actuality Muncie Indiana -- using the approach of social anthropology. The initial volume was published in the mid-1920s... more

The Lunda-Ndembu : Style Change and Social Transformation in South Central Africa 9780299171544 Used / Pre-owned

Bridging history and anthropology this richly documented account of the Lunda-Ndembu people of northwestern Zambia has at its center the paradox of continuity and change. To legitimate and justify innovations to their cultural identity and practice... more

Pre-Owned Mexican-Americans of South Texas (Case Study in Cultural Anthropology) (Paperback) 0030462002 9780030462009

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Emerald Points: Cultural Rhythmics: Applied Anthropology and Global Development from Latin America (Hardcover)

Presenting an anthropological tool for decision makers and academics who deal with the well-known limitations of linear models of development Cultural Rhythmics proposes future design strategies useful for business community leaders political... more

Pre-Owned Quantification in Cultural Anthropology : An Introduction to Research Design 9780804709415 /

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Pre-Owned Cultural Anthropology: The Human Challenge [With CDROM] (Paperback) 0534624871 9780534624873

Explore the most fascinating creative dangerous and complex species alive today: you and your neighbors in the global village. With compelling photos engaging examples and select studies by anthropologists in far-flung places the authors of CULTURAL... more

The Dobe Ju/ Hoansi (Paperback) by Richard B Lee

9780155063334. New condition. Trade paperback. 3rd ed. Language: English. Pages: 272. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 272 p. Contains: Illustrations. Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology. This classic bestselling study of the !Kung San... more

New Directions in Anthropology: Tourism Magic and Modernity: Cultivating the Human Garden (Hardcover)

Drawing from extended fieldwork in La Réunion in the Indian Ocean the author suggests an innovative re-reading of different concepts of magic that emerge in the global cultural economics of tourism. Following the making and unmaking of the tropical... more

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Pre-Owned Cultural Anthropology : Appreciating Cultural Diversity 9780078116988

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Routledge Studies in Cultural History Rituality and Social (Dis)Order: The Historical Anthropology of Popular Carnival in Europe (Paperback)

Carnival has been described as one of the foundational elements of European culture bearing an emblematic and iconic status as the festive phenomenon par excellence. Its origins are partly obscure but its stratified and complex history rich symbolic... more

Conformity and Conflict : Readings in Cultural Anthropology 9780205449705 Used / Pre-owned

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Pre-Owned Mirror for Humanity : A Concise Introduction to Cultural Anthropology 9780073531045

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Pre-Owned Cultural Anthropology: Tribes States and the Global System (Hardcover) 1559340177 9781559340175

This book introduces basic concepts of cultural anthropology by comparing cultures of increasing scale and focusing on specific universal issues. Scale is used as the organizing principle in order to provide a basis for comparision. Instead of... more

Pre-Owned Culture Counts: A Concise Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (Paperback) 1285738519 9781285738512

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Classic Readings in Cultural Anthropology 9781285738505 Used / Pre-owned

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Readings in Cultural Anthropology and the Contemporary World: Critical Perspectives (Paperback)

Readings in Cultural Anthropology and the Contemporary World: Critical Perspectives provides students with a carefully curated selection of articles that address the principal issues inclusive in the history of the discipline including globalization... more

Social Anthropology and Human Origins (Hardcover)

The study of human origins is one of the most fascinating branches of anthropology. Yet it has rarely been considered by social or cultural anthropologists who represent the largest subfield of the discipline. In this powerful study Alan Barnard... more

Wiley Blackwell Companions to Anthropology: A Companion to Cultural Resource Management (Hardcover)

A Companion to Cultural Resource Management is an essential guide to those wishing to gain a deeper understanding of CRM and heritage management. Expert contributors share their knowledge and illustrate CRM s practice and scope as well as the core... more

Pre-Owned The Tapestry of Culture : An Introduction to Cultural Anthropology 9780759111394

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Pre-Owned Conformity and Conflict: Readings in Cultural Anthropology (Paperback) 0205593283 9780205593286

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The Development of Cognitive Anthropology 9780521459761 Used / Pre-owned

In an historical account of the growth and development of the field of cognitive anthropology Roy D Andrade examines how cultural knowledge is organised within and between human minds. He begins by examining the research carried out during the l950s... more

Pre-Owned Cultural Anthropology: A Perspective on the Human Condition (Paperback) 0199009724 9780199009725

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Pre-Owned Applied Anthropology : An Introduction 9780897898331

This useful volume has proved to be the best survey of applied anthropology. The third edition contains current views of the development process including local knowledge collaborative research participatory rural appraisal cultural action social... more