MEAD MARGARET
Culture And Commitment: A Study Of The Generation Gap
Doubleday Garden City: 1970. Hardcover no dustjacket. Good condition. Doubleday, Garden City: 1970 hardcover
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WISEMAN FREDERICK MATTHEW
The Voice Of The Dawn: An Autohistory Of The Abenaki Nation
University Press of New England Hanover: 2001. Softcover. Brand new book. An experienced Native voice tells the story of Abenaki culture and history. "My story is a sash woven of many strands of language. The first strand is the remembered wisdom of the Abenaki community. The second strand is our history and that of our relatives written down by European Native American and Euroamerican observers. The third strand is what our Mother the Earth has revealed to us through the studies and writings of those who delve in her the archaeologists and paleoecologists. The fourth strand is my own family history and its stories. The fifth strand is of course that which has come to me alone stories which I create with my own beliefs and visions." So begins the first book about Abenaki history and culture written from the inside. Frederick Matthew Wiseman's extensive research and personal engagement breathe life into Voice of the Dawn making it truly unique. Colin Calloway Chair of Native American Studies at Dartmouth College writes "Going beyond all previous works on the Abenakis Wiseman draws on family and community knowledge in a way that none of those authors could speaks from an avowedly Abenaki perspective and addresses aspects and issues ignored in other works. Moreover no one that I know of has done as much work in locating and regathering items of Western Abenaki material culture. The quality and quantity of illustrations alone make this an attractive book as well as a valuable visual record of change and persistence over time. As someone personally and pivotally involved in the Abenaki renaissance Wiseman brings the story up to date without closing it." "Readers looking for extensive and subtle discussions of prehistoric artifacts in the region will find this to be a useful addition to their libraries. Wiseman's use of some oral histories native philosophy personal reflection and quotations for native scholars and tribal historians is refreshing and long overdue." �Vermont History "Wiseman's book offers the reader a well-told story of natural and human history but it is his discussion of the connection of all this history to commonplace aspects of modern life that is particularly compelling. Wiseman confronts the reader with the connections among history land and the conditions of modern Abenaki communities and challenges the reader to think about these connections . . . Wiseman's The Voice of the Dawn is essential reading for a student of regional history or archaelogy and is likely to challenge its readers' way of thinking."�Historical New Hampshire "It is hard to imagine someone more qualified to undertake this project than Wiseman. An Abenaki raised in Vermont and an academic trained in archeology he is able to provide both an insider's view of Abenaki life and a scholarly assessment of the archeological and ethnohistorical record. Moreover since 1988 he has participated in Abenaki politics and activism making him one of the few writers qualified to describe the Vermont tribe's political resurgence."�Paradoxa 15 "Fred Wiseman writes a deeply personal narrative that informs and satisfies the reader; through sheer scholarship and sense of pride in his Abenaki heritage Wiseman contributes a timely work that should be read by all individuals who value history which truly defines New England."�Jeff Benay Chair Governor's Advisory Commission on Native American Affairs State of Vermont "This book is a 'must read' for anyone who is at all interested in the Abenakis of what is now called Vermont. To understand any people one must have an insider's view and this is one such. Wisemen's discussion of contemporary Abenaki affairs is especially valuable and he has been careful to represent as fairly as he can different points of view. Highly recommended."�William A. Haviland Emeritus Professor of Anthropology University of Vermont Trained as an archaeologist/ecologist Frederick Matthew Wiseman was principal Research Scientist at MIT's Center for Materials Research in Archaeology and Ethnology and author of scholarly publications on Maya and Paleo-Indian paleoethnobiology. Now devoted to Abenaki culture and history he teaches at Johnson State College and is an Abenaki Tribal Council member and director of the Abenaki Tribal Museum and Cultural Center in Vermont. "Wiseman's synthesis of widely accepted archaeology with an innovative interpretive scheme centered on the Wabanaki is welcome and convincing."�Choice University Press of New England, Hanover: 2001 paperback
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CHAGNON NAPOLEON A
Yanomamo: The Fierce People
Holt Rinehart and Winston New York: 1968. Softcover. reading copy. Yanomamo culture in its major focus reverses the meanings of "good" and "desirable" as phrased in the ideal postulates of the Judaic-Christian tradition. A high capacity for rage a quick flash point and a willingness to use violence to obtain one's ends are considered desirable traits. This is the study of a fierce people who engage in chronic warfare. Includes photographs. ISBN: 0030710707. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York: 1968 paperback
Référence libraire : 49567X1 ISBN : 0030710707 9780030710704
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COTLOW LEWIS
The Twilight Of The Primitive
The Macmillan Company New York: 1974. Hardcover with dustjacket. Good condition. There are is slight wear to dustjacket. Gift inscription signed by author. The primitive peoples of Africa the Arctic New Guinea and the Upper Amazon are now an "endangered species" their age-old cultures victims of encroaching "civilization." A distinguished explorer revisits the people he had long known and loved. Includes an Index. The Macmillan Company, New York: 1974 hardcover
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MACLEAN CHARLES
The Wolf Children
Hill and Wang New York: 1978. Hardcover with dustjacket. Good condition. Accounts of children reared by wolves bears leopards and other wiild beasts have always intrigued man. Hill and Wang, New York: 1978 hardcover
Référence libraire : 25172X3
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DAVIS WADE
One River: Explorations And Discoveries In The Amazon Rain Forest
Touchstone Book New York: 1997. Softcover. Good condition. ISBN: 0684834960. Touchstone Book, New York: 1997 paperback
Référence libraire : 50394X1 ISBN : 0684834960 9780684834962
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WEAVER THOMAS; DOUGLAS WHITE EDITORS
The Anthropology Of Urban Environments Monograph Number 11
The Society for Applied Anthropology Boulder: 1972. Softcover. Good condition. The Society for Applied Anthropology, Boulder: 1972 paperback
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BEATTIE JOHN
Other Cultures: Aims Methods And Achievements In Social Anthropology
The Free Press New York: 1968. Softcover. Reading copy. Notes and undelining on pages. The Free Press, New York: 1968 paperback
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MEAD MARGARET
Culture And Commitment: A Study Of The Generation Gap
Doubleday Garden City: 1970. Hardcover no dustjacket. Reading copy. Dustjacket is worn and stained. Doubleday, Garden City: 1970 hardcover
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TURNBULL COLIN M
The Forest People: A Study Of The Pygmies Of The Congo
Simon & Schuster New York: 1961. Softcover. reading copy. Pages are discolored. A study of the Bambuti Pygmies of the Congo by a young anthropologist who lived among the Bambuti for three years not as a clinical observer from the outside world but as a friend learning their customs and sharing their daily life. In this celebrated account he describes their hunting parties and nomadic camps their love affairs and ancient ceremonies - the molimo in which the Pygmies praise the forest as provider protector and deity; the elima in which the young girls come of age; and the nkumbi circumcision rites in which the villagers of the surrounding non-Pygmy tribes attempt to assert their authority over the Pygmies whose forest home they dare not enter. Includes an Index. ISBN: 0671201530. Simon & Schuster, New York: 1961 paperback
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MEAD MARGARET
From The South Seas. Studies Of Adolescence & Sex In Primitive Societies Coming Of Age In Samoa Growing Up In New Guinea Sex And Temperament
William Morrow and Company Inc. New York: 1939. Hardcover no dustjacket. reading copy. William Morrow and Company, Inc. New York: 1939 hardcover
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GEERTZ CLIFFORD
Negara: The Theatre State In Nineteenth-century Bali
Princeton University Press Princeton: 1980. Softcover. Good condition. ISBN: 0691007780. Princeton University Press, Princeton: 1980 paperback
Référence libraire : 48948X1 ISBN : 0691007780 9780691007786
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KROEBER THEODORA
Ishi In Two Worlds: A Biography Of The Last Wild Indian In North America
University of California Press Berkeley: 1971. Softcover. Reading copy. The biography of the last stone age American Indian who stumbled into civilization in California nearly a century ago. ISBN: 0520006755. University of California Press, Berkeley: 1971 paperback
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ARDREY ROBERT; ARDREY BERDINE DRAWINGS
The Territorial Imperative: A Personal Inquiry Into The Animal Origins Of Property And Nations
Dell Publishing New York: April 1968. Softcover. reading copy. An intensive study of man's evolutionary nature and its profound implications. Includes an Index. "Ardrey has made a remarkably thorough survey of what we know about territory in animals and has boldly faced its possible implications for human behavior. . . . He has dramatized - but after all he is a dramatist and what better subject could he have than life itself His facts as far as I can see are accurate. And where he ventures opinions they are plainly labeled such." -Marston Bates Professor Of Zoology University Of Michigan. Dell Publishing, New York: April 1968 paperback
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VAN LAWICK GOODALL BARONESS JANE
My Friends: The Wild Chimpanzees
The National Geographic Society Washington D.C. :1967. Hardcover with dustjacklet. Good condition. This remarkable charming book tells of the drama and the humor the challenges and the rewards of the author's years of exhaustive research. The National Geographic Society, Washington D.C. :1967 hardcover
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MEAD MARGARET
Growing Up In New Guinea: A Comparative Study In Primitive Education
New American Library New York: 1953. Softcover. reading copy. A classic study of adolescence and sex in a primitive society. It is a book which grew out of a field trip Dr. Mead made to the South Pacific more than thirty years ago. At that time on the Island of Manus she was able to observe a community uninfluenced by the world of the twentieth century. Her enlightening and perspective analysis of the family life of these people-their attitudes toward sex marriage the raising of children and the supernatural-is not only fascinating in itself but is made doubly so by the intriguing parallels which Dr. Mead draws with modern life. Includes an Index. New American Library, New York: 1953 paperback
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VAN LAWICK GOODALL BARONESS JANE
My Friends: The Wild Chimpanzees
The National Geographic Society Washington D.C. :1967. Hardcover with dustjacket. Good condition. This remarkable charming book tells of the drama and the humor the challenges and the rewards of the author's years of exhaustive research. The National Geographic Society, Washington D.C. :1967 hardcover
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MEAD MARGARET
Culture And Commitment: A Study Of The Generation Gap
Doubleday Garden City: 1970. Hardcover no dustjacket. Reading copy. Doubleday, Garden City: 1970 hardcover
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MEAD MARGARET
Sex And Temperament In Three Primitive Societies
Dell Publishing Company New York: 1968. Softcover. Reading copy. Page discoloration. According to the author masculine and feminine behavior is conditioned by the attitude of our society not by our sex. Her conclusions are based on her studies of the lives of three primitive peoples and as a result she challenges our traditional concepts of the differences between men and women. Includes an Index. Dell Publishing Company, New York: 1968 paperback
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LEAF MURRAY J
Frontiers Of Anthropology: An Introduction To Anthropological Thinking
D. Van Nostrand Company New York: 1974. Softcover. Good condition. ISBN: 0442247206. D. Van Nostrand Company, New York: 1974 paperback
Référence libraire : 45097X1 ISBN : 0442247206 9780442247201
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MORRIS DESMOND
The Human Zoo
McGraw-Hill Book Company New York: 1978. Hardcover with dustjacket. Good condition. Argues that many of the social instabilities we face are largely a product of the artificial impersonal confines of our urban surroundings. Indeed our behavior often startlingly resembles that of captive animals and our "developed" and "urbane" environment seems not so much a concrete jungle as it does a human zoo. McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York: 1978 hardcover
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KROEBER A. L.; WATERMAN T. T
Source Book In Anthropology
Harcourt Brace & Company New York: 1931. Hardcover no dustjacket. Good condition considering its age. Covers the History of Anthropology Evolution Heredity and Race. Prerhistory Subsistence and Material Culture. Social Culture Aesthetic and Religious Culture and the Dynamics of Culture. Includes an Index. Harcourt Brace & Company, New York: 1931 hardcover
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SERVICE ELMAN R
Profiles In Ethnology
Harper & Row New York: 1971. Softcover. reading copy. Binding is breaking pages are bent back cover is bent. Underlining on some pages. Covers the Arunta of Australia the Yhagan of South America the Andaman Islanders the Copper Eskimo the Reindeer Tungus of Siberia the Cheyenne of the North American Plains the Upper Nile River The Navaho of the American Southwest and the Jivaro of South America. Includes an Index. ISBN: 0060459115. Harper & Row, New York: 1971 paperback
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MACLEAN CHARLES
The Wolf Children
Hill and Wang New York: 1978. Hardcover with dustjacket. Good condition. Dustjacket is torn bottom front. Accounts of children reared by wolves bears leopards and other wiild beasts have always intrigued man. Hill and Wang, New York: 1978 hardcover
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MEAD MARGARET; BOAS FRANZ FOREWORD BY
Coming Of Age In Samoa: A Psychological Study Of Primitive Youth For Western Civilization
American Museum of Natural History New York: 1973. Softcover. Reading copy. A record of the famous anthropologist's first field trip. According to Margaret Mead this book was "the first piece of work by a serious professional anthropologist written for the educated layman. American Museum of Natural History, New York: 1973 paperback
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WILLIAMS STEPHEN GUION; CARPENTER EDMUND INTRODUCTION
In The Middle - Qitinganituk: The Eskimo Today
David R. Godine Boston: 1983. Softcover. reading copy. A timely and original photographic portrayal of the Inuit people living in Northern Quebec and caught between two words. The Inuit are the last hunting culture on the North American continent a people struggling to maintain their traditions in the face of sometime confusing progress Stephen Williams' fifty-six duotone photographs convey the barren beauty of the Inuit villages where snowmobiles and power lines appear like harbingers of inevitable change. His spare and sensitive text is combined with excerpts from conversations withe Inuit both in English and in Inuit syllabics. ISBN: 0879234644. David R. Godine, Boston: 1983 paperback
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COCKBURN AIDAN; COCKBURN EVE & REYMAN THEODORE A. EDITORS
Mummies Disease & Ancient Cultures
Cambridge University Press Cambridge: 1998. Hardcover no dustjacket. Brand new book. Presents the story of mummiication as a practice worldwide. Mummies have been found on every continent some deliberately preserved as with the ancient Egyptians using a variety of complex techniques others accidentally by dry baking heat intense cold and ice or by tanning in peat bogs. Includes an Index. ISBN: 0521580609. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge: 1998 hardcover
Référence libraire : 43036X1 ISBN : 0521580609 9780521580601
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MORRIS DESMOND
The Human Zoo
McGraw-Hill Book Company New York: 1978. Hardcover with dustjacket. Good condition. Argues that many of the social instabilities we face are largely a product of the artificial impersonal confines of our urban surroundings. Indeed our behavior often startlingly resembles that of captive animals and our "developed" and "urbane" environment seems not so much a concrete jungle as it does a human zoo. McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York: 1978 hardcover
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BERNAL IGNACIO
The Mexican National Museum Of Anthropology
Ediciones Lara Yucatan: 1970. Softcover. Good condition. Ediciones Lara, Yucatan: 1970 paperback
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LEE RICHARD B. & DALY RICHARD EDITORS
The Cambridge Encyclopedia Of Hunters And Gatherers
Cambridge University Press Cambridge: 2000. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. Hunting and gathering peoples including Kalahari Bushmen Australian aborigines Eskimos and Pygmies are the subject of endless appeal. This illustrated reference volume is the first devoted exclusively to hunting and gathering peoples that is both accessible to the nonspecialist and written by leading scholars. It is a state-of-the-art summary of knowledge on the subject covering an extraordinary range of materials: case studies of over fifty of the world's hunter-gatherers the archaeological background religion and world view music and art questions of gender health and nutrition and contemporary rights. The contents of the book is as follows: Foreword Beatrice Medicine; Introduction: foragers and others Richard B. Lee and Richard Daly; Part I. Ethnographies: I.I North America; Introduction Harvey A. Feit; Archaeology Aubrey Cannon; Blackfoot/Plains Alice B. Kehoe; James Bay Cree Harvey A. Feit; Slavey Dene Michael Asch and Shirleen Smith; Innu Jos Mailhot; Caribou Inuit Ernest S. Burch Jr and Yvon Csonka; Inupiat Rosita Worl; Timbisha Shoshone Catherine S. Fowler; Witsuwite'en and Gitxsan Richard Daly; I.II South America; Introduction Laura M. Rival; Archaeology Anna C. Roosevelt; Ach Kim Hill and A. Magdalena Hurtado; Cuiva Bernard Arcand; Huaorani Laura M. Rival; Siriono William Bale; Toba Gaston Gordillo; Yamana Hernan J. Vidal; I.III North Eurasia; Introduction Victor A. Shnirelman and Bruce Grant; Archaeology Victor A. Shnirelman; Ainu Tom G. Svensson; Chuckhi and Yupik Peter P. Schweitzer; Evenki David G. Anderson; Itenm'i Victor A. Shnirelman; Iukagir Anton M. Ivanov; Ket Evgeniia A. Alekseenko; Khanti Evdokiia A. Nemysova Dennis Bartels and Alice Bartels; Nia Nganasan Andrei V. Golovnev; Nivkh Bruce Grant; I.IV Africa; Introduction Robert K. Hitchcock; Archaeology Peter Robertshaw; Aka Pygmies Serge Bahuchet; /Gui and//Gana Jiro Tanaka and Kazuyoshi Sugawara; Hadza Bwire Kaare and James Woodburn; Ju'hoansi Megan Biesele and Kxao Royal-/o//oo; Mbuti Mitsuo Ichikawa; Mikea Robert L. Kelly Jean-Fran�ois Rabedimy and Lin Poyer; Okiek Corinne A. Kratz; Tyua Robert K. Hitchcock; I.V South Asia; Introduction Nurit Bird-David; Archaeology Kathleen Morrison; Andaman Islanders Vishvajit Pandya; Birhor Ashim K. Adhikary; Chenchu Mark Turin; Nayaka Nurit Bird-David; Paliyan Peter M. Gardner; Hill Pandaram Brian Morris; Winniyala-aetto Wiveca Stegeborn; I.VI SouthEast Asia; Introduction Kirk Endicott; Archaeology Peter Bellwood; Agta P. Bion Griffin and Marcus B. Griffin; Batak James F. Eder; Batek Kirk Endicott; Dulong Encheng Song and Chen Shen; Jahai Cornelia M. I. Van Der Sluys; Western Penan J. Peter Brosius I.VII Australia; Introduction Nicolas Peterson; Archaeology M. A. Smith; Arrente John Morton; Cape York peoples David F. Martin; Kimberley peoples Sandy Toussaint; Ngarrindjeri Robert Tonkinson; Pintupi Fred R. Myers; Tiwi Jane C. Goodale; Torres Strait Islanders Jeremy Beckett; Warlpiri Fran�oise Dussart; Yolngu Ian Keen; Part II. Special Topic Essays: II.I Hunter-gatherers History and Social Theory; Images of hunters and gatherers in European social thought Alan Barnard; Archaeology and evolution of hunters and gatherers Andrew B. Smith; Hunter-gatherers and the mythology of the market John Gowdy; On the social relations of the hunter-gatherer band Tim Ingold; II.II Facets of hunter-gatherer life in cross cultural perspective; Gender relations in hunter-gatherer societies Karen L. Endicott; Ecological / cosmological knowledge and land management among hunter-gatherers Catherine S. Fowler and Nancy J. Turner; From totemism to shamanism: hunter-gatherer contributions to world mythology and spirituality Mathias Guenther; From primitive to pop: foraging and post-foraging hunter-gatherer music Victor Barac; Traditional and modern visual art of hunting and gathering peoples Howard Morphy; Hunter-gatherers and human health S. Boyd Eaton Stanley B. Eaton III; II.III Hunter-gatherers in a global world; The Tasaday controversy Gerald D. Berreman; Hunter-gatherers and the colonial encounter John H. Bodley; Hunter-gatherer peoples and nation-states David S. Trigger; Indigenous peoples' rights and the struggle for survival Robert K. Hitchcock; Indigenous peoples' organizations and advocacy groups; Index. "This is the most voluminous source available on modern hunter-gatherer societies with many excellent and readily accessible contributions." -Thomas Widlok Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute ISBN: 052157109X. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge: 2000 hardcover
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FRAZER JAMES GEORGE; GASTER THEODOR H. EDITOR & FOREWORD
The New Golden Bough: A New Abridgement Of The Classic Work
Criterion Books New York: 1959. Hardcover with dustjacket. Good clean reading copy but dustjacket is worn. A pioneer study in magic and religion that links the primitive concepts and modes of thought to the many institutions and folk customs they underlie. Includes an Index. Criterion Books, New York: 1959 hardcover
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SOUSTELLE JACQUES
La Vida Cotidiana De Los Aztecas En Visperas De La Conquista
Fondo de Cultura Economica Mexico: 1984. Hardcover with dustjacket. Good condition. La aparicion de este libro reimpreso varias veces constituyo un nuevo aporte en los estudios del pasado indigena de Mexico. Senala en efecto una de esas grandes sintesis que las disciplinas de la cultura exigen cada cierto tiempo para revisar conclusiones y verificar supuestos. Traduccion de Carlos Villegas. Titul original: La vie quotidienne des Azteques a la veille. ISBN: 9681606361. Fondo de Cultura Economica, Mexico: 1984 hardcover
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LEWIS OSCAR
Pedro Martinez: A Mexican Peasant And His Family
Secker & Warburg London: 1964. Hardcover with dustjacket. Good condition. Both an anthropological study and a detailed accurate report on the lives of Mexican peasants. Secker & Warburg, London: 1964 hardcover
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MONTAGU ASHLEY
Man: His First Million Years - A Brief Introduction To Anthropology - Newly Revised
New American Library New York: 1962. Softcover. Reading copy. What are the distinctive characteristics of races and cultures Why do patterns of sex and marriage vary How did language religion and the arts develop Here is a lucid and balanced introduction to the science of anthropology cultural and physical which shows where man came from and the direction in which he is heading. Includes an Index. New American Library, New York: 1962 paperback
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TRAPROCK WALTER E
The Cruise Of The Kawa: Wanderings In The South Seas
G. P. Putnam's Sons New York: 1921. Hardcover no dustjacket. reading copy. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York: 1921 hardcover
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WINSTONE HVF H. V.
Uncovering The Ancient World
Constable London: 1985. Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition. Dustjacket has clipped inside courner. ISBN: 0094647208. Constable, London: 1985 hardcover
Référence libraire : 40745X1 ISBN : 0094647208 9780094647206
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HOFFMAN MALVINA
Heads And Tails
Charles Scribner's Sons New York: 1936. Hardcover no dustjacket. Good condition. There is a signed letter by the author affixed to one of the rear pages of the book. Here is the story of how The Hall of Man at the Field Museum in Chicago came into being. As the author has written this book "describes my adentures and experiences of "head-hunting" in the near and far corners of the earth - and how the hundred racial types in the "Hall of Man" of the Field Museum in Chicago were selected and modelled on the road." Includes an Index. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York: 1936 hardcover
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HERRING ADAM
Art And Writing In The Maya Cities A. D. 600-800: A Poetics Of Line
Cambridge University Press Cambridge: 2005. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. Examines an important aspect of the visual cultures of the ancient Maya in southern Mexico Guatemala Belize and Honduras. During a critical period of cultural evolution artistic production changed significantly as calligraphy became an increasingly important formal element in Maya aesthetics and was used extensively in monumental building sculptural programs and small-scale utilitarian objects. Adam Herring's study analyzes art works visual programs and cultural sites of memory providing an anthropologically-informed description of ancient Maya culture vision and artistic practice. An inquiry into the contexts and perceptions of the ancient Maya city his book melds epigraphic and iconographic methodologies with the critical tradition of art-historical interpretation. The contents of the book is as follows: 1. Yuknoom's stare the beholder's share; 2. Gesture and speech; 3. In the realm of the senses; 4. Piedras Negras: capital city canted landscape; Epilogue: signatures of sociability. Winner of the 2006 Vasari Award. Includes an Index. "The volume has an extensive bibliography and excellent illustrations." - Choice ISBN: 0521842468. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge: 2005 hardcover
Référence libraire : 41238X1 ISBN : 0521842468 9780521842464
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VAN LAWICK GOODALL BARONESS JANE
My Friends: The Wild Chimpanzees
The National Geographic Society Washington D.C. :1967. Hardcover no dustjacket. Good condition. This remarkable charming book tells of the drama and the humor the challenges and the rewards of the author's years of exhaustive research. The National Geographic Society, Washington D.C. :1967 hardcover
Référence libraire : 21241X2
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SALZMANN ZDENEK & SCHEUFLER VLADIMIR
Komarov: A Czech Farming Village
Holt Rinehart & Winston New York: 1974. Softcover. Good condition. The study starts with an historical overview of the changing situation of the Czech peasant and continues with constant attention throughout to the time dimension. Much of what is described of course is part of a traditional pattern that has been greatly changed since World War II and the subsequent collectivization of lands and agricultural production. The authors give ua a sense of these changes by constantly moving back and forth among the present the immediate past and the more distant past as well as providing one chapter on the socialist cooperative. ISBN: 0030862906. Holt, Rinehart & Winston, New York: 1974 paperback
Référence libraire : 39081X1 ISBN : 0030862906 9780030862908
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MEAD MARGARET
Anthropology: A Human Science Selected Papers 1939-1960
Van Nostrand Reinhold Company New York: 1964. Softcover. Fair condition. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York: 1964 paperback
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MATTHEWS WASHINGTON; PUTNAM F. W. INTRODUCTORY NOTE
Memoirs Of The American Museum Of Natural History. Volume Vi. Publications Of The Hyde Southwestern Expedition - The Night Chant A Navaho Ceremony: May 1902
The American Museum of Natural History New York: 1902. Softcover. Good condition considering its age but the front cover has some small chips missing and one corner is slightly creased. The back paper cover is missing. According to the author "During nearly eight years' residence in the Navaho country in New Mexico and Arizona I witnessed many celebrations in whole or in part of the Night Chant - the ceremony described in the following pages - and I received instructions in its observances myths prayers and songs from its priests whom I have employed to come to me and instruct me often for periods of a month or more at a time. The data obtained were largely studied and arranged while I was absent from the Navaho country. I first witnessed the naakhai a rite of the last night of the ceremony and the elaboration of the material collected has occupied much of my spare time for this period of 21 years." Includes an Index. The American Museum of Natural History, New York: 1902 paperback
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KROEBER THEODORA
Ishi In Two Worlds: A Biography Of The Last Wild Indian In North America
University of California Press Berkeley: 1971. Softcover. reading copy. The biography of the last stone age American Indian who stumbled into civilization in California nearly a century ago. ISBN: 0520006755. University of California Press, Berkeley: 1971 paperback
Référence libraire : 5402X3 ISBN : 0520006755 9780520006751
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HARALDSON SIXTEN; KALLGRD ANDERS
Ofolk Snofolk Och Nomader: Resor Ivarldens Obygder
Carlsson Bokforlag Stockholm: 1977. Hardcover no dustjacket. Good condition. Gift inscription signed by the authors. Text in Swedish. ISBN: 9172032685. Carlsson Bokforlag, Stockholm: 1977 hardcover
Référence libraire : 36591X1 ISBN : 9172032685 9789172032682
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REDFIELD ROBERT
The Primitive World And Its Transformations
Cornell University Press Ithaca: 1966. Softcover. Good condition. Cornell University Press, Ithaca: 1966 paperback
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COCKBURN AIDAN; COCKBURN EVE & REYMAN THEODORE A. EDITORS
Mummies Disease & Ancient Cultures
Cambridge University Press Cambridge:. Softcover. Brand new book. Presents the story of mummification as a practice worldwide. Mummies have been found on every continent some deliberately preserved as with the ancient Egyptians using a variety of complex techniques others accidentally by dry baking heat intense cold and ice or by tanning in peat bogs. ISBN: 0521589541. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge: paperback
Référence libraire : 33955X1 ISBN : 0521589541 9780521589543
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LUMHOLTZ CARL
Memoirs Of The American Museum Of Natural History. Volume III - Anthropology II - I. - Symbolism Of The Huichol Indians May 1900
The American Museum of Natural History New York: 1900. Softcover. Good condition considering its age but the covers have some small chips missing. According to the author "During the years 1890-98 I made three expeditions to Mexico under the auspices of the American Museum of Natural History New York spending altogether more than five years in researches among the natives of the northwestern portions of that country. Without here touching upon the general results obtained during these years I shall confine myself for the present to one tribe indigenous to the Sierra Madre the Huichols of whom little or nothing was known up to the time of my arrival among them in 1895.Some of the results of my studies of these people are presented on the following pages" Includes Indexes. The American Museum of Natural History, New York: 1900 paperback
Référence libraire : 34709X1
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MEAD MARGARET EDITOR
Cultural Patterns And Technical Change
New American Library New York: 1955. Softcover. Reading copy. An exciting voyage to distant lands where century old methods of ancient people give way to the most modern machines and techniques mankind has developed. Includes an Index. New American Library, New York: 1955 paperback
Référence libraire : 31679X1
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GEERTZ CLIFFORD
After The Fact: Two Countries Four Decades One Anthropologist
Harvard University Press Cambridge: 1995. Hardcover with dustjacket. Good condition. Anthropologist Clifford Geertz looks back on four decades of anthropology in a work that is part personal history part retrospective reflection on developments in the human sciences amid political social and cultural changes in the world. Includes an Index. ISBN: 0674008715. Harvard University Press, Cambridge: 1995 hardcover
Référence libraire : 31700X1 ISBN : 0674008715 9780674008717
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FITZHUGH WILLIAM W.; CROWELL ARON
Crossroads Of Continents: Cultures Of Siberia And Alaska
Smithsonian Institution Press Washington: 1988. Softcover. reading copy. Based on an exhibition organized by National Museum of Natural History and circulated by the Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition Service. Highly illustrated with photos of items included in the exhibit. ISBN: 0874744350. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington: 1988 paperback
Référence libraire : 11240X3 ISBN : 0874744350 9780874744354
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