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Natures Past
The Environment and Human History
Edited by Paolo Squatriti
A global examination of how human communities have interacted with different kinds of natural environments through their cultural, social and economic activities
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Shugendo
Essays on the Structure of Japanese Folk Religion
Volume: 32
Miyake Hitoshi
A comprehensive work on Japanese asceticism and folk religion.
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Paper 2007 $26.00 Available Add Paper for "Shugendo" to Cart
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Breaking Ground
Pioneering Women Archaeologists
Getzel M. Cohen and Martha Sharp Joukowsky, Editors
Biographies of twelve often-overlooked woman archaeologists
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Breaking Ground
Pioneering Women Archaeologists
Getzel M. Cohen and Martha Sharp Joukowsky, Editors
Biographies of twelve often-overlooked woman archaeologists
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Breaking Ground
Pioneering Women Archaeologists
Getzel M. Cohen and Martha Sharp Joukowsky, Editors
Biographies of twelve often-overlooked woman archaeologists
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Paper 2006 $38.95 Available Add Paper for "Breaking Ground" to Cart
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Fragments of Development
Nation, Gender, and the Space of Modernity
Suzanne Bergeron
Offers an account of the construction of the national economy as an object of development policy
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Fragments of Development
Nation, Gender, and the Space of Modernity
Suzanne Bergeron
Offers an account of the construction of the national economy as an object of development policy
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Cattle Bring Us to Our Enemies
Turkana Ecology, Politics, and Raiding in a Disequilibrium System
J. Terrence McCabe
An in-depth look at the ecology, history, and politics of land use among the Turkana pastoral people in Northern Kenya
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Cattle Bring Us to Our Enemies
Turkana Ecology, Politics, and Raiding in a Disequilibrium System
J. Terrence McCabe
An in-depth look at the ecology, history, and politics of land use among the Turkana pastoral people in Northern Kenya
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The Jesuit and the Incas
The Extraordinary Life of Padre Blas Valera, S.J.
Sabine Hyland
The story of the life and untimely death of a persecuted priest in colonial Peru and the controversy over mysterious, recently discovered documents about him
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Slaves to Fashion
Poverty and Abuse in the New Sweatshops
Robert J. S. Ross
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Slaves to Fashion
Poverty and Abuse in the New Sweatshops
Robert J. S. Ross
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The Troubles in Ballybogoin
Memory and Identity in Northern Ireland
William F. Kelleher, Jr.
A fascinating exploration of how social memory serves to hinder communication and foster disorder in Northern Ireland
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The Troubles in Ballybogoin
Memory and Identity in Northern Ireland
William F. Kelleher, Jr.
A fascinating exploration of how social memory serves to hinder communication and foster disorder in Northern Ireland
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Managing Motherhood, Managing Risk
Fertility and Danger in West Central Tanzania
Denise Roth Allen
An investigation of the consequences resulting from fertility-related development interventions in Tanzania
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Managing Motherhood, Managing Risk
Fertility and Danger in West Central Tanzania
Denise Roth Allen
An investigation of the consequences resulting from fertility-related development interventions in Tanzania
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The Xavánte in Transition
Health, Ecology, and Bioanthropology in Central Brazil
Carlos E. A. Coimbra, Jr., Nancy M. Flowers, Francisco M. Salzano, and Ricardo V. Santos
Illuminates the experience of a small-scale culture with large-scale change
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The Xavánte in Transition
Health, Ecology, and Bioanthropology in Central Brazil
Carlos E. A. Coimbra, Jr., Nancy M. Flowers, Francisco M. Salzano, and Ricardo V. Santos
Illuminates the experience of a small-scale culture with large-scale change
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Paper 2004 $43.95 Available Add Paper for "The Xavante in Transition" to Cart
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Preference Pollution
How Markets Create the Desires We Dislike
David George
Explores the failure of markets to shape desirable preferences
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Preference Pollution
How Markets Create the Desires We Dislike
David George
Explores the failure of markets to shape desirable preferences
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Paper 2004 $30.95 Available Add Paper for "Preference Pollution" to Cart
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Remembering to Live
Illness at the Intersection of Anxiety and Knowledge in Rural Indonesia
M. Cameron Hay
An ethnographic exploration of health, illness, and healing among a poor, rural Indonesian people
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Remembering to Live
Illness at the Intersection of Anxiety and Knowledge in Rural Indonesia
M. Cameron Hay
An ethnographic exploration of health, illness, and healing among a poor, rural Indonesian people
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Altruistically Inclined?
The Behavioral Sciences, Evolutionary Theory, and the Origins of Reciprocity
Alexander J. Field
An exploration of the role of altruism in the discipline of economics
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Altruistically Inclined?
The Behavioral Sciences, Evolutionary Theory, and the Origins of Reciprocity
Alexander J. Field
An exploration of the role of altruism in the discipline of economics
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Social Science Knowledge and Economic Development
An Institutional Design Perspective
Vernon W. Ruttan
Synthesizes various strands of social science research and thought, including evolution of thought about development in anthropology, sociology, political science, and growth economics
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Sensual Relations
Engaging the Senses in Culture and Social Theory
David Howes
Offers a full-bodied approach to the study of culture in which each sense serves as a potent register of meaning
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Sensual Relations
Engaging the Senses in Culture and Social Theory
David Howes
Offers a full-bodied approach to the study of culture in which each sense serves as a potent register of meaning
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Sensual Relations
Engaging the Senses in Culture and Social Theory
David Howes
Offers a full-bodied approach to the study of culture in which each sense serves as a potent register of meaning
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16. Cover image for 'Population and Progress in a Yoruba Town'
Population and Progress in a Yoruba Town
Elisha P. Renne
Argues that progress and fertility cannot be expected to follow a universal trajectory
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Our Sisters' Promised Land
Women, Politics, and Israeli-Palestinian Coexistence
Ayala Emmett
A groundbreaking study of the role of women as political actors—and peacemakers—in the Middle East
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Our Sisters' Promised Land
Women, Politics, and Israeli-Palestinian Coexistence
Ayala Emmett
A groundbreaking study of the role of women as political actors--and peacemakers--in the Middle East
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At the Risk of Being Heard
Identity, Indigenous Rights, and Postcolonial States
Bartholomew Dean and Jerome M. Levi, Editors
An analysis of indigenous rights and the challenges confronting indigenous peoples in the twenty-first century
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Paper 2003 $36.95 Available Add Paper for "At the Risk of Being Heard" to Cart
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Secrecy and Cultural Reality
Utopian Ideologies of the New Guinea Men's House
Gilbert Herdt
A compelling study of male ritual secrecy and its impact on the cultures of Melanesia and Papua New Guinea
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Secrecy and Cultural Reality
Utopian Ideologies of the New Guinea Men's House
Gilbert Herdt
A compelling study of male ritual secrecy and its impact on the cultures of Melanesia and Papua New Guinea
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Paper 2003 $33.95 Available Add Paper for "Secrecy and Cultural Reality" to Cart
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Worldly Provincialism
German Anthropology in the Age of Empire
H. Glenn Penny and Matti Bunzl, Editors
Illustrates the impact of imperialism on German scholars in the fields of anthropology and ethnology
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Worldly Provincialism
German Anthropology in the Age of Empire
H. Glenn Penny and Matti Bunzl, Editors
Illustrates the impact of imperialism on German scholars in the fields of anthropology and ethnology
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Carrots, Sticks, and Ethnic Conflict
Rethinking Development Assistance
Milton J. Esman and Ronald J. Herring, Editors
Investigates whether international development assistance helps or aggravates ethnic strife
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Carrots, Sticks, and Ethnic Conflict
Rethinking Development Assistance
Milton J. Esman and Ronald J. Herring, Editors
Investigates whether international development assistance helps or aggravates ethnic strife
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Legalizing Moves
Salvadoran Immigrants' Struggle for U.S. Residency
Susan Bibler Coutin
Examines the transnational implications of immigrants' legalization efforts
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Paper 2003 $28.95 Available Add Paper for "Legalizing Moves" to Cart
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Rethinking Sustainability
Power, Knowledge, and Institutions
Jonathan Harris, Editor
Provides important guideposts toward a more complete theory of sustainable human and economic development
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Rethinking Sustainability
Power, Knowledge, and Institutions
Jonathan Harris, Editor
Provides important guideposts toward a more complete theory of sustainable human and economic development
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Conceiving Cultures
Reproducing People and Places on Nuakata, Papua New Guinea
Shelley Mallett
Makes explicit anthropology's implicit project to understand the self by way of the other
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On the Banks of the Ganga
When Wastewater Meets a Sacred River
Kelly D. Alley
Explores the collision of sacred purity with environmental pollution of the river Ganga (Ganges)
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Paper 2002 $37.95 Available Add Paper for "On the Banks of the Ganga" to Cart
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