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HILL Polly
Rural Hausa: A Village and a Setting
Cambridge University Press 1972. hbk 368pp remains of pencillings now erased throughout title page clipped in order to remove prev. owner's name dj shelf worn and price clipped now in protective sleeve good working copy Cambridge University Press, 1972 unknown
Bookseller reference : Nig12 ISBN : 0521082420 9780521082426
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GEISS Paul Georg
Pre-Tsarist and Tsarist Central Asia
Routledge Curzon 2003. hbk 336pp no dj as issued decorated laminated boards excellent as new Routledge Curzon, 2003 hardcover
Bookseller reference : Ru289 ISBN : 0415311772 9780415311779
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CASSIDY Rebecca
Sport of Kings: Kinship Class and Thoroughbred Breeding in Newmarket
Cambridge University Press 2002 . hbk 198pp no dj as issued excellent as new Cambridge University Press 2002 unknown
Bookseller reference : Hor32 ISBN : 0521808774 9780521808774
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Balikci Asen
The Netsilik Eskimo
Waveland Press 1989 VERY GOOD revised edition 2nd printing. Some wear to covers no creases highlighting of some text otherwise clean. 5.5" x 8.5" 276 pages illustrated with many photos and drawings bibliography index foreword by Margaret Mead. This excellent ethnographic study of the Netsilik Inuit explores the Netsilik's great freedom in sexual matters for adults and children and includes premarital and extra-marital sexual relations. In the Netsilik culture murder could be committed in 2 ways: physically or supernaturally. Soft Cover. Waveland Press paperback
Bookseller reference : 007224 ISBN : 0881334359 9780881334357
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Murphy Robert E
Cultural and Social Anthropology: An Overture
Lebanon Indiana U.S.A.: Prentice Hall 1989. Underlining then clean then hi-lighting. Looks beautiful from the outside. ISBN: 0131952730. Trade Paperback. Good. ETHNOLOGY SOCIAL SCIENCE. Prentice Hall paperback
Bookseller reference : 44360 ISBN : 0131952730 9780131952737
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Bloch Maurice
From Blessing to Violence : History and Ideology in the Circumcision Ritual of the Merina of Madagascar
New York: Cambridge University Press 1996. Very Good in softcover. 23 by 16 cm. 214 pages. Pictorial cover. Trade size. Slight lean to spine. Bright clean. ISBN: 0521314046. Non-fiction History Anthropology Madagascar. Catalogs: Non-Fiction History. Cambridge University Press paperback
Bookseller reference : 9000A81 ISBN : 0521314046 9780521314046
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Peoples James; Bailey Garrick
Humanity : An Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Fifth Edition
Belmont California: Wadsworth Thompson Learning 2000. Near Fine in softcover. 26 by 21 cm. 392 pages. Pictorial cover. Contains many color illustrattions from photogaphs. Light wear to corners only. Bright clean. ISBN: 0534514553. ETHNOLOGY SOCIAL SCIENCE Non-fiction Text Texts. Catalogs: Non-Fiction Texts. Wadsworth Thompson Learning paperback
Bookseller reference : 8500A20 ISBN : 0534514553 9780534514556
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Shachtman Tom
Rumspringa : To Be or Not To Be Amish
New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux 2006. Near Fine in hardcover in Near Fine dustjacket. 24 by 17 cm. 286 pages. Stated first edition. This book is '.a fascinating look at a little-known Amish coming-of-age ritual the rumspringa - the period of 'running around' that begins for Amish youth at age sixteen.' Pictorial dustjacket. Small bump along top edge of cover. Original price stickers on dustjacket. Brightclean. ISBN: 086547687X. First Edition. Non-fiction Amish Culture America Religion. Catalogs: Non-Fiction Religion. Farrar, Straus & Giroux hardcover
Bookseller reference : 14000A104 ISBN : 086547687X 9780865476875
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Armstrong Pat; Pederson Ann; Grant Karen; Amaratunga Carol; Bernier Jocelyne; Willson Kay
Exposing Privatization : Women and Health Care Reform in Canada
Aurora Ontario: Garamond Press 2001. Near Fine in softcover. 23 by 16 cm. 310 pages. 'This book exposes the many faces of health care privatization and its impact on women.' Trade size. Pictorial cover. Small bend near bottom of front cover. Original price sticker on back cover. Bright clean. ISBN: 1551930374. WOMEN HEALTH SERVICES CARE REFORM Non-fiction Medical Canada Canadian. Catalogs: Non-Fiction Medicine Health Women. Garamond Press paperback
Bookseller reference : 14000A134 ISBN : 1551930374 9781551930374
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Isaacson Rupert
The Healing Land: The Bushmen and the Kalahari Desert
New York N.Y.: Grove Press 2003 Close to as new. Light rubs. Inscribed By Author on the Title Page. First American. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Grove Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 008690 ISBN : 0802117392 9780802117397
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Man and His Life the World Over
Odhams 1948 "The story of man as he lives today : His home his work his beliefs and how he spends his leisure described and illustrated with photographs." Clean solid copy. First Edition. Cloth. Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Odhams hardcover
Bookseller reference : 025555
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Milford H. Wolpoff
Paleoanthropology
Random House 1980-06. Hardcover. Good. Hard cover with average shelf/handling/edge wear. NO dust jacket. Minor highlighting on inside pages. Good binding. Fast shipping! Random House hardcover
Bookseller reference : 101507WOLPOFF0234 ISBN : 0394321979 9780394321974
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Reader John
Man on Earth
Austin Texas U.S.A.: Univ of Texas Pr 1988. Hardback. Fine/Very Good. Univ of Texas Pr hardcover
Bookseller reference : 324043 ISBN : 029275101X 9780292751019
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Fabrega Horacio Jr
Evolution of Sickness and Healing
Univ of California Pr 1999. Trade Paperback. Fine. Univ of California Pr paperback
Bookseller reference : 323981 ISBN : 0520219538 9780520219533
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Laderman Carol
Taming the Wind of Desire: Psychology Medicine and Aesthetics in Malay Shamanistic Performance
Univ of California Pr 1993. ink mark bottom edge . Trade Paperback. Very Good. Univ of California Pr paperback
Bookseller reference : 323942 ISBN : 0520082583 9780520082588
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Hill Jonathan
History Power and Identity: Ethnogenesis in the Americas 1492-1992
Univ of Iowa Pr 1996. Trade Paperback. Fine. Univ of Iowa Pr paperback
Bookseller reference : 323928 ISBN : 0877455473 9780877455479
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Helman Cecil
Culture Health and Illness
Wright 1990. Second Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Wright paperback
Bookseller reference : 323896 ISBN : 0723619913 9780723619918
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Devita Philip R
The Humbled Anthropologist: Tales from the Pacific
Belmont California U.S.A.: Wadsworth Pub Co 1990. bumped corners. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Wadsworth Pub Co paperback
Bookseller reference : 323899 ISBN : 0534125700 9780534125707
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Fagan Brian M
The Great Journey: The Peopling of Ancient America
United Kingdom: Thames & Hudson 1987. A clean copy. Price clipped from dust jacket. . Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Thames & Hudson hardcover
Bookseller reference : 6351 ISBN : 0500050457 9780500050453
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Dollimore Jonathan
Death Desire and Loss in Western Culture
New York: Routledge 1998. Bar code sticker on lower cover. Hardback. Very Good/Lightly Rubbed. Routledge hardcover
Bookseller reference : 323667 ISBN : 0415921740 9780415921749
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WAGNER Roy A.
Symbols that Stand for Themselves
University of Chicago Press 1989. pbk 157pp ISBN: 0226869296 prev owner�s blind stamp on title page otherwise excellent clean tight almost as new University of Chicago Press, 1989 paperback
Bookseller reference : An638 ISBN : 0226869296 9780226869292
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SCHEFFLER Harold W.
Filiation and Affiliation
Westview Press 2001 . pbk 202pp ISBN: 0813337615 excellent as new Westview Press, 2001, paperback
Bookseller reference : An645 ISBN : 0813337615 9780813337616
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Tambiah S. J
WORLD CONQUEROR & WORLD RENOUNCER - A STUDY OF BUDDHISM AND POLITY IN THAILAND AGAINST A HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
Cambridge University Press 1976. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover Hardcover: Orange cloth binding with title on spine in gold. Endpapers are slightly foxed. Page edges have 2 soil spots. This book conveys the historical background necessary for full understanding between Buddhism and historical institution of kingship. Nice tight binding. Jacket: Minor edgewear. Slightly oxidized. Illustrated front cover. Very interesting copy in protective mylar. . ISBN: 0521211409. Cambridge University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : INVENT024882I ISBN : 0521211409 9780521211406
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HANSON F. Allan
Meaning in Culture International library of Anthropology
Routledge and Kegan Paul 1975 . hbk 127pp ISBN: 0710081324 lacks dj prev owner�s inscn on inside front board fine cloth boards occasional remains of erased pencillings otherwise a very good clean tight text Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1975, hardcover
Bookseller reference : An641 ISBN : 0710081324 9780710081322
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Edwards Carolyn P
Ngecha: A Kenyan Village in a Time of Rapid Social Change
Lincoln Nebraska U.S.A.: Univ of Nebraska Pr 2004. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. Univ of Nebraska Pr hardcover
Bookseller reference : 323526 ISBN : 0803248091 9780803248090
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MARSDEN George M.
Fundamentalism and American Culture New Edition
Oxford University Press 2006. pbk 351pp illustr ISBN: 0195300475 prev owner�s blind stamping on title page but book remained unad excellent clean tight text as new Oxford University Press, 2006, paperback
Bookseller reference : RS197 ISBN : 0195300475 9780195300475
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Margaret Mead
Male and Female
Victor Gollancz 1950 Third impression of the "Study of the sexes in a changing world" by trail blazing anthropologist. Reading copy as the covers are worn and faded. Interior is solid and clean apart from some browning to the end papers. Cloth. Fair. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Victor Gollancz hardcover
Bookseller reference : 024046
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KORN Francis
Elementary Structures Reconsidered: Levi-Strauss on Kinship
University of California Press 1973. hbk 168pp ISBN: 0520024761 prev owner�s inscrn on inside front boards no djs as issued fine cloth boards excellent clean tight text University of California Press, 1973, hardcover
Bookseller reference : An627 ISBN : 0520024761 9780520024762
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Antweiler Christoph
Urbane Rationalit�t
Reimer 2000. Hardback. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Reimer hardcover
Bookseller reference : 323405 ISBN : 3496026928 9783496026921
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Behrends Andrea
Drahtseilakte.: Frauen aus Nordghana zwischen Bildung Beruf und gesellschaftlichen Konventionen
Frankfurt: Brandes Apsel Verlag Gm 2002. Trade Paperback. Fine. Brandes + Apsel Verlag Gm paperback
Bookseller reference : 323403 ISBN : 3860993097 9783860993095
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GEISS Paul Georg
Pre-Tsarist and Tsarist Central Asia
Routledge Curzon 2003. hbk 336pp ISBN: 0415311772 no dj as issued decorated laminated boards excellent as new Routledge Curzon, 2003 hardcover
Bookseller reference : Ru273 ISBN : 0415311772 9780415311779
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TELBAN Borut
Dancing Through Time: A Sepik Cosmology Oxford Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology
Oxford at the Clarendon Press 1998. hbk xvii270pp ISBN: 0198233760 dj sl shelf worn now in protective sleeve text is excellent as new Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1998, unknown
Bookseller reference : An624 ISBN : 0198233760 9780198233763
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Ajurnarmat Autumn 1978
Inuit Cultural Institute 1978. Softcover. 123 pp. "The Hunting and Trapping Lifestlye". Small ink stamp on rear endpaper and on one of the photo pages. Light shelfwear. . Very Good. 4to. Inuit Cultural Institute paperback
Bookseller reference : 010575
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Reed Danahay Deborah E. editor
Auto/Ethnography: Rewriting the Self and the Social Explorations in Anthropology
New York NY U.S.A: Berg 1997. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. In departing from the traditional stance taken by anthropologists who study "others" ethnographically this book explores forms of self-inscription on the part of both the ethnographer and the "others" who are studied; informed by developments in postmodernism postcolonialism and feminism this is an original contibution to the dialogue across disciplinary boundaries; the chapters build upon recent reconsiderations of the uses and meaning of personal narrative to examine the ways in which selves and social forms are culturally constituted through biographical genres; contributors include in addition to the editor Kay Warren David Kideckel Birgitta Swensson Henk Driessen Alexandra Jaffe Michael Herzfeld Pnina Motzafi-Haller and Caroline Brettell laminated black paper-covered boards with slight shelfwear otherwise a bright clean tight copy Berg hardcover
Bookseller reference : 002049 ISBN : 1859739709 9781859739709
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Eber Christine
Women & Alcohol in a Highland Maya Town: Water of Hope Water of Sorrow
Austin Texas U.S.A.: Univ of Texas Pr 1995. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Univ of Texas Pr paperback
Bookseller reference : 323331 ISBN : 0292720904 9780292720909
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Hopkins Nicholas S.; Mehanna Sohair R.; El Haggar Salah
People and Pollution: Cultural Constructions and Social Action in Egypt
Amer Univ in Cairo Pr 2001. Hardback. Fine/Very Good. Amer Univ in Cairo Pr hardcover
Bookseller reference : 323308 ISBN : 9774245725 9789774245725
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Mendonsa Eugene L
Continuity and Change in a West African Society: Globalization's Impact on the Sisala of Ghana
Durham North Carolina U.S.A.: Carolina Academic Pr 2001. Trade Paperback. Fine. Carolina Academic Pr paperback
Bookseller reference : 323301 ISBN : 0890896372 9780890896372
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Whitehouse Harvey
The Debated Mind: Evolutionary Psychology Versus Ethnography
Oxford United Kingdom: Berg Pub Ltd 2001. Trade Paperback. Fine. Berg Pub Ltd paperback
Bookseller reference : 323263 ISBN : 1859734324 9781859734322
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Mead Margaret
Ruth Benedict: A Humanist In Anthropology
Columbia Univ Pr 2005. Trade Paperback. Fine. Columbia Univ Pr paperback
Bookseller reference : 323228 ISBN : 0231134916 9780231134910
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Burch Ernest S. Jr
Alliance and Conflict: The World System of the Inupiaq Eskimos
University of Calgary 2005. Softcover. 383 pp. The book ".combines a richly descriptive study of inter-societal relations in early 19th century Northwest Alaska with a bold theoretical treatise on the structure of the world system as it might have been in ancient times." Bright clean copy. . Very Good. 8vo. University of Calgary paperback
Bookseller reference : 010508 ISBN : 0803262388 9780803262386
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Lancaster William
The Rwala Bedouin Today 2nd Ed
Waveland 1997. Softcover. 203 pp. 2nd ed. ".Rwala social organisation and the way in which the Rwala manipulate their social environment to cope with changing conditions." Some occasional ink underlining small scribble on bottom edge. . 8vo. Waveland paperback
Bookseller reference : 010444 ISBN : 0881339431 9780881339437
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Gold Debra L
The Bioarchaeology Of Virginia Burial Mounds
Univ of Alabama Pr 2004. Trade Paperback. Fine. Univ of Alabama Pr paperback
Bookseller reference : 323003 ISBN : 0817351442 9780817351441
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Sabo George III
Visions and Revisions: Ethnohistoric Perspectives on Southern Cultures
Athens Georgia U.S.A.: Univ of Georgia Pr 1987. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Univ of Georgia Pr paperback
Bookseller reference : 322958 ISBN : 0820309125 9780820309125
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Rosemary Kingsland
A Saint Among Savages
Collins 1980 "The place is the Amazon jungle of Eastern Ecuador the people are the Auca Indians - possibly the most dangerous tribe in the world - and the astonishing fact is how Rachel Saint could have lived for twenty years among them a lone white woman in a savage environment." Jacket is clipped and has one small repaired tear. Unmarked interior. Near very good copy overall. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Collins hardcover
Bookseller reference : 022816
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Pierre Dominique Gaisseau
The Sacred Forest
Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1954 "The Fetishist and magic rites of the Toma" in French Guinea. An account of a French expedition to investigate in 1953. Library sticker on inside front cover otherwise a good solid copy. Cloth. Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Weidenfeld and Nicolson hardcover
Bookseller reference : 006618
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J Z Young
An Introduction to the Study of Man
Oxford University Press 1979 "In the belief that biology provides a useful framework to help man understand himself this highly acclaimed study traces the far-ranging factors controlling human activity from their biochemical basis to the highest levels of consciousness." Near very good copy - tight and clean. Soft Cover. Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" Tall. Oxford University Press paperback
Bookseller reference : 009941
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O G S Crawford
Man and His Past
The Scientific Book Club Forties hardback edition in good jacket on the impact of the past on mankind biologically and anthropologically as evidenced by archeology. Cloth. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. The Scientific Book Club hardcover
Bookseller reference : 002701
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James G Frazer A Study in the History of Oriental Religion
Adonis
Watts & Co 1932 No. 30 in the Thinker's Library series. A reprint of Book 1 of Part IV of The Golden Bough. First Thus. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Watts & Co hardcover
Bookseller reference : 008386
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Edward Clodd
The Childhood of Religions
Henry S King & Co 1875 "Embracing a simple account of the birth and growth of myths and legends." An attempt to reconcile the then recent advances in scientific knowledge with religious belief. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Henry S King & Co hardcover
Bookseller reference : 003435
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Lucy Mair
An Introduction to Social Anthropology
Clarendon Press 1970 Textbook about the discipline "concerned primarily with the analysis of societies of simple technology. These are regarded as comprising systems and processes that are essentially comparable - kinship politics economics and religion.". Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Clarendon Press paperback
Bookseller reference : 013577
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