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Research in Economic Anthropology: Economic Development Integration and Morality in Asia and the Americas (Hardcover)

Explores economic development integration and morality in economic transactions in Asia and the America. This title includes chapters that look at underground gambling behavior in China in light of that country s economic boom and retail store... more

Research Methods for Anthropological Studies of Food and Nut: Food Health: Nutrition Technology and Public Health (Paperback)

Nutritional Anthropology and public health research and programming have employed similar methodologies for decades; many anthropologists are public health practitioners while many public health practitioners have been trained as medical or biological... more

Rivers and Mountains: A Historical Applied Anthropological and Linguistical Study of the Zaza People of Turkey Including an Introduction to Applied Cultural Anthropology (Paperback)

Little competent anthropological research has been done so far on the Zaza people one of the larger ethnic groups settling mostly in Eastern Anatolia. This study of their language and culture is an exception. The author has spent many years of research... more

Napa Bulletin: Anthropology and Fisheries Management in the United States: Methodology for Research (Paperback)

NAPA Bulletin is a peer reviewed occasional publication of the National Association for the Practice of Anthropology dedicated to the practical problem-solving and policy applications of anthropological knowledge and methods. Peer reviewed publication... more

Development Economics on Trial : The Anthropological Case for a Prosecution 9780521310963 Used / Pre-owned

Polly Hill s provocative book examines the disastrous gulf that separates development economics and economic anthropology. She explores this rift in terms of how each examine statistical data and other factors that leads her to conclude that economic... more

Pre-Owned Anthropological Demography: Toward a New Synthesis (Paperback) 0226431967 9780226431963

Although in its early years anthropology often used demographic research and showed interest in demographic issues anthropology and demography have more recently grown to distrust each other s guiding assumptions and methods. Demographers have stressed... more

Disasters Culture Politics: Chinese-Bulgarian Anthropological Contribution to the Study of Critical Situations (Hardcover)

The articles in the volume contribute to a relatively new domain of scholarly research â the ecological anthropology focusing especially on contemporary crises and disasters from different background: natural social technological etc. Based upon... more

The Socio-Economic Study Among The Shia Muslims In Mysore City (Paperback)

India has a diversified collection of religions and religious minorities living all together therefore it is a remarkable case study and consideration. This study is an anthropological and sociological research designed to describe the religious... more

Research in Economic Anthropology: Hidden Hands in the Market: Ethnographies of Fair Trade Ethical Consumption and Corporate Social Responsibility (Hardcover)

Engages with a range of alternative ethical perspectives and the initiatives to which they give rise. This book features case studies that covers a range of places commodities and initiatives including Fair Trade and organic production activism in... more

Research in Economic Anthropology: Current Problems of the World Economy and International Trade (Hardcover)

Current Problems of the World Economy and International Trade reveals the determinants of competitiveness and drivers of economic growth of individual countries provides useful applied advice on post-crisis recovery and the development of the world... more

Anthropology and Cultural History in Asi Caste Occupation and Politics on the Ganges: Passages of Resistance (Hardcover)

This intriguing anthropological study investigates how the boatmen of Banaras have repositioned themselves within the traditional social organization and used their privileged position on the river to contest upper-caste and state domination. Assa... more

Napa Bulletin: Applied Research and Practice from the Next Generation: The Napa Student Achievement Award-Winning Papers 2001 - 05 (Paperback)

NAPA Bulletin is a peer reviewed occasional publication of the National Association for the Practice of Anthropology dedicated to the practical problem-solving and policy applications of anthropological knowledge and methods. - peer reviewed... more

Culture Illness and Healing: Child Survival: Anthropological Perspectives on the Treatment and Maltreatment of Children (Hardcover)

of older children adults and the family unit as a whole. These moral evaluations are in turn influenced by such external contingencies as popula- tion demography social and economic factors subsistence strategies house- hold composition and by cultural... more

Routledge Focus on Anthropology Anthropology and Disaster in Japan: Cultural Contributions to Recovery after the 2011 Earthquake and Tsunami (Hardcover)

This book focuses on the 3.11 disaster in Japan involving a powerful earthquake and tsunami from an anthropological perspective. It critically reflects on the challenges of conducting anthropological research when encountering disaster at home and the... more

Pre-Owned Women in Africa : Studies in Social and Economic Change 9780804709064 Used

This collection of papers-all but one previously unpublished-presents the results of recent field research in the disciplines of history political science anthropology sociology and economics. The chief emphasis here is on change: on viewing African... more

Pre-Owned Women in Africa : Studies in Social and Economic Change 9780804710114

This collection of papers-all but one previously unpublished-presents the results of recent field research in the disciplines of history political science anthropology sociology and economics. The chief emphasis here is on change: on viewing African... more

Tourism Social Science: Tourism and Religion (Hardcover)

The interrelationship of religion and tourism has barely been touched upon in scholarly research. This book aims to present and analyze this relationship from sociological economic and anthropological perspectives. It identifies numerous contemporary... more

Pre-Owned Martha Brae s Two Histories : European Expansion and Caribbean Culture-Building in Jamaica 9780807854099

This work of cultural anthropology traces the Jamaican town of Martha Brae s European-Caribbean history and uncovers its hidden African-Caribbean history. The book is based on more than 30 years of anthropological fieldwork historical research and oral... more

Inside Ancient Kitchens : New Directions in the Study of Daily Meals and Feasts (Hardcover)

The anthropology of food is an area of research in which economic social and political dynamics interact in incredibly complex ways. Using archaeological case studies from around the globe Inside Ancient Kitchens presents new perspectives on the... more

Pre-Owned Making Capitalism : The Social and Cultural Construction of a South Korean Conglomerate 9780804725248

This pathbreaking work extends the boundaries of contemporary anthropological research by presenting in one cohesive meticulously researched work: an original theoretical perspective on the relationships between the cultural political and economic... more

Making Capitalism : The Social and Cultural Construction of a South Korean Conglomerate 9780804716093 Used / Pre-owned

This pathbreaking work extends the boundaries of contemporary anthropological research by presenting in one cohesive meticulously researched work: an original theoretical perspective on the relationships between the cultural political and economic... more