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Pre-Owned Controlling Anger: The Anthropology of Gisu Violence (Paperback) by Suzette Heald

Controlling Anger examines the dilemmas facing rural people who live within the broader context of political instability. Following Uganda s independence from Britain in 1962 the Bagisu men of Southeastern Uganda developed a reputation for extreme... more

Palgrave Studies in Literary Anthropology: Cosmopolitanism from the Global South: Caribbean Spiritual Repatriation to Ethiopia (Paperback)

1: Introduction: Cosmopolitan Sensibilities and Outernational Imaginaries.- 2: Word-Sound-Power.- 3: Ambiguities of Belonging.- 4: Narratives of Community: His Majesty s People .- 5: Making a Living.- 6: Family and Kinship: the Rastafari Yard.- 7:... more

Pre-Owned Humanity: An Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (Paperback) 1111301522 9781111301521

Using engaging stories and clear writing CENGAGE ADVANTAGE BOOKS: HUMANITY: AN INTRODUCTION TO CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY Ninth Edition introduces cultural anthropology within a solid framework centered on globalization and culture change. Peoples and... more

Pre-Owned Being Changed by Cross-Cultural Encounters: The Anthropology of Extraordinary Experience (Paperback) 1551110407 9781551110400

Anthropologists of recent generations have always expressed enormous sympathy with non-rational modes of thought with the supernatural experiences of people around the world. What they have rarely in their scholarly writing admitted to doing is giving... more

Pre-Owned Anthropology of Globalization 9780631222330

ver the last decade globalization has captured the public and academic imagination. The term globalization describes a condition in which the rapid flow of capital people goods images and ideologies across national boundaries continuously draws more of... more

Through Navajo Eyes: An Exploration in Film Communication and Anthropology 0253360161 (Paperback - Used)

Originally published in 1972 this pioneering book has become a classic in visual anthropology. Worth and Adair set out to answer the question What would happen if someone from a culture that makes and uses motion pictures taught people who have never... more

American Indian Studies: A Praying People (Paperback)

This is the first book-length history of the «remnants» of the Massachusett and Wampanoag tribes documenting their struggle to survive devastating epidemics and Puritan colonization. Morrison incorporates insights from anthropology and organization... more

People and Nature : An Introduction to Human Ecological Relations 9781405105729 Used / Pre-owned

Provides a lively and thoughtful introduction to ecological anthropology by examining the evolving relations between human communities and nature. Written by a noted anthropologist geographer and environmental scientist. CONDITION – USED: Books sold... more

Pre-Owned Canada s First Nations : A History of Founding Peoples from Earliest Times (Paperback) 019541358X 9780195413588

Canada s First Nations is a comprehensive history of Canada s original inhabitants. Using an interdisciplinary approach that combines techniques from history anthropology archaeology biology sociology and political science the story of the more than 50... more

The Miskitu People of Awastara 9780292702813 Used / Pre-owned

Utilizing ideas from recent interpretive anthropology and a vivid writing style Dennis describes food habits language health practices religious beliefs and storytelling inviting the reader to experience life in Awastara along with him. CONDITION –... 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 Barbara... more

Canada s First Nations: A History of Founding Peoples from Earliest Times (Paperback)

Canada s First Nations uses an interdisciplinary approach--drawing on research in archaeology anthropology biology sociology political science and history--to give an account of Canada s past. Olive Dickason s widely acclaimed history of Canada s... more

Pre-Owned People and Nature: An Introduction to Human Ecological Relations (Paperback 9781118877470) by Emilio F. Moran

9781118877470. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Paperback. Edition: 2. Language: English. Primers in Anthropology. Intended for college/higher education audience. Now updated and expanded People and Nature is a lively accessible introduction to environmental... more

Health By the People : Sociology of Medical Lore (Hardcover)

Folk medical knowledge is a well-explored topic in the anthropology of India; in this book however it has not been viewed as an appendage to folk religion or as the exotic system of one village nor as a diluted version of the ancient medical classics... more

Pre-Owned First-Time: The Historical Vision of an Afro-American People (Paperback) 0801829852 9780801829857

A classic of historical anthropology First-Time traces the shape of historical thought among peoples who had previously been denied any history at all. The top half of each page presents a direct transcript of oral histories told by living Saramakas... more

Pre-Owned Defending the Land: Sovereignty and Forest Life in James Bay Cree Society (Part of the Cultural Survival Studies in Ethnicity and Change S (Paperback) 020527580X 9780205275809

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

Ethnography of Political Violence: Iraq at a Distance: What Anthropologists Can Teach Us about the War (Paperback)

The Iraq War has cost innumerable lives caused vast material destruction and inflicted suffering on millions of people. Iraq at a Distance: What Anthropology Can Teach Us About the War focuses on the plight of the Iraqi people caught since 2003 in the... more

Mortuary Archaeology and Cemetery Archaeology (Hardcover)

Archaeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of objects and architecture that surrounds people. It is often considered a branch of socio-cultural anthropology but also draws from biological geological and environmental... more

Alcohol Drinking Drunkenness: (Dis)Orderly Spaces (Paperback)

While disciplines such as anthropology sociology politics social policy and the health and medical sciences have a tradition of exploring the centrality of alcohol drinking and drunkenness to people s lives geographers have only previously addressed... more

The Native Races [of The Pacific States] (Hardcover)

In The Native Races of the Pacific States Bancroft provides a comprehensive study of the cultures languages and customs of the native peoples of the Pacific states. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in anthropology ethnology or the history... 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 the... more

Pre-Owned Our Elders Teach Us: Maya-Kaqchikel Historical Perspectives (Paperback) 081731119X 9780817311193

In this rich and dynamic work David Carey Jr. provides a new perspective on contemporary Guatemalan history by allowing the indigenous peoples to speak for themselves. Combining the methodologies of anthropology and history Carey uses both oral... more

Latin American Landscapes: Bountiful Deserts : Sustaining Indigenous Worlds in Northern New Spain (Paperback)

Set in the arid lands of northwestern Mexico this book foregrounds the knowledge of Indigenous peoples who harvested the desert as bountiful in its material resources and sacred spaces. Author Cynthia Radding uses the tools of history anthropology... more

Pre-Owned Gray Areas: Ethnographic Encounters with Nursing Home Culture (Paperback) 1930618301 9781930618305

This volume features ten scholars from anthropology nursing sociology gerontology human geography and other disciplines who provide ethnographic case studies exploring critical care decision-making models of care for people with Alzheimer s disease the... more

Pre-Owned Kinship and Marriage among the Nuer 9780198278474

Sir Edward Evans-Pritchard s writings on the Nuer of southern Sudan have made them one of the most famous peoples in ethnographic literature. When his writings were first published a half a century ago they created a new agenda for social anthropology... more

The Accidental Slaveowner (Paperback)

What does one contested account of an enslaved woman tell us about our difficult racial past? Part history part anthropology and part detective story The Accidental Slaveowner traces from the 1850s to the present day how different groups of people have... more

Studies in Public and Applied Anthropology: Applications of Anthropology: Professional Anthropology in the Twenty-First Century (Hardcover)

At the beginning of the twenty-first century the demand for anthropological approaches understandings and methodologies outside academic departments is shifting and changing. Through a series of fascinating case studies of anthropologists experiences... more

Control: A Book About People with an Excessive Need to Control Other People or Things and About People Who Allow Themselves to Be Controlleld by Other People and Things (Paperback)

CONTROL is all around us - between husbands and wives boyfriends and girlfriends parents and children teachers and students and bosses and employees. Even though LaMont Prospect earned a Bachelor s Degree in English a Master s Degree in Social Work and... more

Coleccion Arte Arquitectura AA MUSAC: Arquitectura Con la Gente Por la Gente Para la Gente/Architecture With The People By The People For The People (Paperback)

This monograph second in the collection featuring artists and architects who maintain a critical view of the contemporary world is devoted to the distinguished Hungarian architect living and working in Paris Yona Friedman. Yona Friedman s work spans... more

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Description The unfinished wood peg doll is made of wood material lightweight and practical safe and creative which can serve for a long time. They can be used as teen s DIY playthings. This is a very simple practical and portable DIY material that... more

Uninhabited Combat Aerial Vehicles: Airpower by the People for the People but Not with the People (Paperback)

When US Air Force Capt Scott O Grady s F-16 was shot down over Bosnia in June 1995 Americans watched anxiously as aircraft and helicopters searched for the missing pilot. When O Grady was retrieved safely from a Balkan forest television networks cut to... more

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Native Peoples A to Z Native Peoples A to Z (Volume Six): A Reference Guide to Native Peoples of the Western Hemisphere Book 6 (Hardcover)

The Native Peoples of the Americas flourished in the Western Hemisphere for thousands of years prior to contact with Europeans. These Native Peoples were the original stewards of the land. They handed down their languages knowledge and traditions which... more

People Pleasing : A Self-help Book on How to Care Less About What Will People Say (Steps to Break Free From People Pleasing) (Paperback)

Many people spend years putting aside their own wants and needs in order to please the people in their life and avoid conflict. Although there will always be situations where diplomacy is important you cannot define your life through other people.... more

Native Peoples A to Z Native Peoples A to Z (Volume Three): A Reference Guide to Native Peoples of the Western Hemisphere Book 3 (Hardcover)

The Native Peoples of the Americas flourished in the Western Hemisphere for thousands of years prior to contact with Europeans. These Native Peoples were the original stewards of the land. They handed down their languages knowledge and traditions which... more

Archiv fur Anthropologie / Organ der Deutschen Gesellschaft fur Anthropologie Ethnologie und Urgeschichte. Volume n.s. 15 1916-1917 (1917) [Leatherbound]

Leatherbound edition. Language: German Volume: n.s. v.15 1916-1917 Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Reprinted from 1917 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr d... more

Wiley Blackwell Companions to Anthropology: A Companion to Cognitive Anthropology (Hardcover)

A Companion to Cognitive Anthropology offers a comprehensive overview of the development of cognitive anthropology from its inception to the present day and presents recent findings in the areas of theory methodology and field research in twenty-nine... more