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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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Paper 2006 $41.95 Available Add Paper for "Natures Past" to Cart
2. Cover image for 'The Jesuit and the Incas'
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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Paper 2004 $29.95 Available Add Paper for "The Jesuit and the Incas" 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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Hardcover 2003 $90.00 Available Add Hardcover for "Worldly Provincialism" 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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Hardcover 2003 $90.00 Available Add Hardcover for "Worldly Provincialism" to Cart
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"A Truthful Impression of the Country"
British and American Travel Writing in China, 1880-1949
Nicholas R. Clifford
An examination of the writings of travelers to China in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
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Hardcover 2001 $80.00 Out of Stock Add Hardcover for ""A Truthful Impression of the Country"" to Cart
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Colonial Subjects
Essays on the Practical History of Anthropology
Peter Pels and Oscar Salemink, Editors
Probes the relationship between the conditions of colonial "modernization" and the methods of anthropological knowledge
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Paper 2000 $39.95 Available Add Paper for "Colonial Subjects" to Cart
6. Cover image for 'The Rope of God'
The Rope of God
James T. Siegel
An ethnography of Aceh, Indonesia, by a master anthropologist
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Paper 2000 $36.95 Available Add Paper for "The Rope of God" to Cart
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Colonialism Experienced
Vietnamese Writings on Colonialism, 1900-1931
Truong Buu Lam
Documenting a shifting worldview in late-colonial Vietnam
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Paper 2000 $33.95 Available Add Paper for "Colonialism Experienced" to Cart
8. Cover image for 'Measuring Mamma's Milk'
Measuring Mamma's Milk
Fascism and the Medicalization of Maternity in Italy
Elizabeth Dixon Whitaker
Shows how fascist biological politics continue to govern the flow of mother's milk in Italy today
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Hardcover 2000 $90.00 Available Add Hardcover for "Measuring Mamma's Milk" to Cart
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Laws of the Postcolonial
Eve Darian-Smith and Peter Fitzpatrick, Editors
Essays reveal the central part played by law in constituting the West as the antithesis of various 'others'
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Hardcover 1999 $85.00 Available Add Hardcover for "Laws of the Postcolonial" to Cart
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Gendered Missions
Women and Men in Missionary Discourse and Practice
Mary Taylor Huber and Nancy C. Lutkehaus, Editors
Explores the roles and expectations of women and men in Christian missionary experience
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Hardcover 1999 $93.00 Available Add Hardcover for "Gendered Missions" to Cart
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Culture and Economy
The Shaping of Capitalism in Eastern Asia
Timothy Brook and Hy Van Luong, Editors
Shows how rapid expansion of capitalism in Eastern Asia constitutes a challenge to Western social theory
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Paper 1999 $31.95 Available Add Paper for "Culture and Economy" to Cart
12. Cover image for 'Marx Went Away--But Karl Stayed Behind'
Marx Went Away--But Karl Stayed Behind
Caroline Humphrey
Updates a classic work on rural society in Siberia
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Paper 1999 $44.95 Available Add Paper for "Marx Went Away--But Karl Stayed Behind" to Cart
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Marx Went Away--But Karl Stayed Behind
Caroline Humphrey
Updates a classic work on rural society in Siberia
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Paper 1999 $44.95 Available Add Paper for "Marx Went Away--But Karl Stayed Behind" to Cart
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From Culture to Ethnicity to Conflict
An Anthropological Perspective on Ethnic Conflict
Jack David Eller
A responsible guide to understanding ethnic conflict, with five major case studies
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Paper 1999 $31.95 Available Add Paper for "From Culture to Ethnicity to Conflict" to Cart
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Imports and Immigrants
Near Eastern Contacts with Iron Age Crete
Gail L. Hoffman
A reassessment of artistic relationships between ancient Greece and other regions of the Aegean basin
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Hardcover 1998 $93.00 Available Add Hardcover for "Imports and Immigrants" to Cart
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Cultures of Scholarship
S. C. Humphreys, Editor
Reveals and challenges the barriers to a truly international scholarship
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Paper 1998 $38.95 Available Add Paper for "Cultures of Scholarship" to Cart
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The Allure of the Foreign
Imported Goods in Postcolonial Latin America
Benjamin Orlove, Editor
A rich analysis of the internal social factors that drive the demand for foreign goods
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Hardcover 1997 $83.00 Out of Stock Add Hardcover for "The Allure of the Foreign" to Cart
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Nation Making
Emergent Identities in Postcolonial Melanesia
Robert J. Foster, Editor
Examines the process of nation making in Fiji, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu
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Paper 1997 $37.95 Available Add Paper for "Nation Making" to Cart
18. Cover image for 'The Parish behind God's Back'
The Parish behind God's Back
The Changing Culture of Rural Barbados
George Gmelch and Sharon Bohn Gmelch
A fresh and detailed account of everyday culture on one Caribbean island.
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Paper 1997 $35.95 Available Add Paper for "The Parish behind God's Back" to Cart
19. Cover image for 'The Historic Turn in the Human Sciences'
The Historic Turn in the Human Sciences
Terrence J. McDonald, Editor
Eleven essays that probe the historical project in a wide range of disciplines
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Paper 1996 $39.95 Available Add Paper for "The Historic Turn in the Human Sciences" to Cart
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Out of Time
History and Evolution in Anthropological Discourse
Second Edition
Nicholas Thomas
A lucid theoretical reflection on the intersection of anthropology and history
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Paper 1996 $29.95 Available Add Paper for "Out of Time" to Cart
21. Cover image for 'Shamanism, History, and the State'
Shamanism, History, and the State
Nicholas Thomas and Caroline Humphrey, Editors
Nine case studies of shamanic practice in widely different cultures
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Paper 1996 $30.95 Available Add Paper for "Shamanism, History, and the State" to Cart
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Papuan Borderlands
Huli, Duna, and Ipili Perspectives on the Papua New Guinea Highlands
Aletta Biersack, Editor
Explores cultural contacts along a border zone in a region of increasing international importance
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Hardcover 1996 $95.00 Available Add Hardcover for "Papuan Borderlands" to Cart
23. Cover image for 'Capitalism and Confrontation in Sumatra's Plantation Belt, 1870-1979'
Capitalism and Confrontation in Sumatra's Plantation Belt, 1870-1979
Second Edition
Ann Laura Stoler
Explores the relations of power and production that structured the course of plantation agriculture and the lives of those drawn into its field of force
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Paper 1995 $33.95 Available Add Paper for "Capitalism and Confrontation in Sumatra's Plantation Belt, 1870-1979" to Cart
24. Cover image for 'The Wages of Conquest'
The Wages of Conquest
The Mexican Aristocracy in the Context of Western Aristocracies
Hugo G. Nutini
A thorough account of the development of Western aristocracies as a unitary system
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Hardcover 1995 $95.00 Available Add Hardcover for "The Wages of Conquest" to Cart
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The Hollow Crown
Ethnohistory of an Indian Kingdom
Second Edition
Nicholas B. Dirks
A groundbreaking work that challenged conventional wisdom and set the standard for the study of Indian society
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Paper 1993 $43.95 Available Add Paper for "The Hollow Crown" to Cart
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