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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
Bookseller reference : 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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JOHANSON DONALD; EDEY MAITLAND
Lucy: The Beginnings Of Mankind
Simon and Schuster Inc. New York: 1981. Hardcover with dustjacket. Good condition. There is a slight tear on the back. This major new book unfolds the extraordinary story of Johanson's discovery of "Lucy"---the oldest most complete best-preserved skeleton of any erect-walking human ever found. Includes an Index. ISBN: 0671250361. Simon and Schuster, Inc., New York: 1981 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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KOTTAK CONRAD PHILLIP
Anthropology: The Exploration Of Human Diversity
Random House New York: 1987. Hardcover no dustjacket. Good condition. ISBN: 0394352025. Random House, New York: 1987 hardcover
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BENEDICT RUTH
The Chrysanthemun And The Sword: Patterns Of Japanese Culture
New American Library New York: 1974. Softcover. Reading copy. Covers the view of life of the people of Japan and their many-faceted view of themselves. Here are the main outlines of Japanese society their curious system of practical ethics their ideas of good and evil and the structured disciplines that make the Japanese able to live according to their code. Includes an Index. ISBN: 0452007291. New American Library, New York: 1974 paperback
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LEVI STRAUSS CLAUDE
Look Listen Read
Basic Books New York: 1997. Softcover. Good condition. Over the course of a monumental career Claude Levi-Strauss has interwoven artistic materials and themes into his seminal analyses of the "savage mind." In this work the world's most famous anthropologist turns his attention entirely to the domain of aesthetics. In a series of brilliant but meticulous studies the author ranges widely across the domains of painting music literature and the plastic arts his fertile mind opening more general philosophical perspective. Includes an Index. ISBN: 0465068812. Basic Books, New York: 1997 paperback
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Spicer Edward H:
People of Pascua.
-University of Arizona Press 1988-. First edition. xlvi333 pages with index. Illustrated. Cloth. Fine in dustjacket -University of Arizona Press, 1988- hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1439 ISBN : 0816510695 9780816510696
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Orr Leslie C.:
Donors Devotees and Daughters of God. Temple Women in Medieval Tamilnadu
-Oxford University Press 2000-. South Asia Research series. First edition. xii305 pages with index. Cloth. Fine no dustjacket. Through the use of epigraphical evidence this text brings into focus the activities and identities of the temple women devadasis of medieval South India and suggests new ways of understanding the character of the temple woman and of the role of women in Indian religion and society. This book shows how the temple woman's economic autonomy independence and initiative allowed her to negotiate medieval temple politics and establish a role for herself with its own peculiar social and religious significance. -Oxford University Press, 2000- hardcover
Bookseller reference : 13267 ISBN : 0195099621 9780195099621
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Headley Stephen C.:
From Cosmogony to Exorcism in a Javanese Genesis.
-Oxford University Press 2000-. Oxford Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology. First edition. xiii250 pages with index. Illustrated. Cloth. Fine in fine dustjacket. In 1925 the influential Dutch anthropologist W.H. Rassers posed the question of the relationship of myth to ritual taking as his case study the Javanese myth of the birth of the man-eating demon Kala. The light shed by this myth and its re-enactment on the social morphology of Java was immediately the subject of debate among students of Javanese culture. In this text Stephen C. Headley translates and studies ritual and myth in their variant forms. He expands illuminatingly upon Rasser's general proposition that the movement from cosmogony to exorcism founds fundamental social forms within which values circulate in Javanese society. Richly detailed descriptions confirm the permanence of these networks of circulating values in modern-day Java and their persistence in the face of contemporary individualism. -Oxford University Press, 2000- hardcover
Bookseller reference : 12006 ISBN : 0198234236 9780198234234
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Forth Gregory:
Dualism and Hierarchy. Processes of Binary Combination in Keo Society
-Oxford University Press 2001-. Oxford Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology. First edition. xix341 pages with index. Illustrated. Cloth. Near fine in very good dustjacket. Society in the Keo region of the eastern Indonesian island of Flores reveals a pervasive pairing of villages clans and other groups. Apart from introducing a hitherto undescribed population this study deriving from fieldwork conducted by the author over a period of 15 years analyses a form of society that has occupied anthropologists since the inception of their discipline: morphological dualism or dual organization. Drawing on a notion of encompassment inspired by Dumont's theory of 'hierarchy' the author interprets dualistic social forms as products of a continuous process of combination and a tendency to create binary wholes through the partial assimilation of junior by senior partners. While Keo exemplifies a variant of a widespread eastern Indonesian pattern of binary classification and asymmetric marriage alliance the analysis shows how Keo morphological dualism cannot be reduced to the categories of a dual classification nor to unique or exclusive forms of reciprocity or functional complementarity. Exploring these issues through original ethnographic studies of numerous Keo domains and settlements the book is of critical relevance not just to dualism but to a variety of continuing concerns in contemporary social anthropology including the concept of 'descent' the social construction of inequality and connections between ritual practice especially animal sacrifice and social order. -Oxford University Press, 2001- hardcover
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Rival Laura M. & Whitehead Neil L. Editors:
Beyond the Visible and the Material. The Amerindianization of Society in the Work of Peter Riviere.
-Oxford University Press 2001-. First edition. xix301 pages with index. Illustrated. Cloth. Fine in fine dustjacket. This volume explores the legacy of Peter Riviere retired Professor of Social Anthropology University of Oxford in the development of the anthropology of Amazonia. An international group of leading specialists contributes to the substantial and growing body of Amazonian ethnography discussing topics which include kinship and genealogy the village as a unit of ethnographic observation and analysis the human body in political and social processes and gender relationships as aspects of political cosmological thinking. -Oxford University Press, 2001- hardcover
Bookseller reference : 11741 ISBN : 0199244758 9780199244751
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Sathar Zeba Ayesha & Phillips James F. Editors:
Fertility Transition in South Asia
-Oxford University Press 2001-. International Studies in Demography. First edition. xiv434 pages with index. Cloth. Fine in fine dustjacket. This compendium of 19 chapters written by South Asia scholars and international authorities in the field of population provides an overview of a range of issues surrounding fertility change in South Asia since 1990. In the first section of the book the latest levels and trends in fertility in individual countries are covered. The quality of data is compared and discussed with the aim of clarifying fertility trends in the region as a whole. The section provides an authoritative data source for those interested in pursuing demographic analyses for South Asia as it enters the 21st-century. The second section presents explanations for the contrasting onset pace and differentials in fertility declines experienced by countries in the region. Authors examine a range of alternative explanatory factors emphasizing issues such as the causal role of gender systems son preference linguistic and regional boundaries and development levels. -Oxford University Press, 2001- hardcover
Bookseller reference : 13170 ISBN : 0199241856 9780199241859
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Goldman Laurence:
The Culture of Coincidence. Accident and Absolute Liability in Huli.
-Clarendon Press 1993-. First edition. xvi443 pages with index. Cloth. Fine in dustjacket. In this study Laurence Goldman examines the ground between law linguistics and anthropology to provide a full-length ethnography on the grammar and pragmatics of the rarely acknolwedged or researched topic of accident. He challenges two long-standing preconceptions about tribal society - that there is absolute liability for deaths and that indigenous theories of misfortune lack concepts of pure accident or coincidence. Utilizing transcript case data from the Huli people of Papua New Guinea Dr. Goldman explores the linguistic encoding of intentionality causality responsibility and control to show how actors dispute in volitional murder or non-volitional coincidence idioms. He examines causativization case marking adverbs why-questions and verb choice to reveal how intentions and not just consequences are an inevitable focus of all conflict talk. He also examines the notion of "state of mind" in terms of Hull ideas of desire motive purpose and reason. Dr Goldman concludes that with regard to the concept of accident Western and non-Western juristic ideologies exhibit startling similarities; his study has implications for the way we describe the world views of other cultures. -Clarendon Press, 1993- hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1579 ISBN : 019827873x 9780198278733
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Telban Borut:
Dancing Through Time. A Sepik Cosmology.
-Clarendon Press 1998-. Oxford Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology. First edition. xvii270 pages with index. Illustrated. Cloth. Fine in dustjacket. Dancing through Time presents a rich and incisive analysis of person time and identity among the Karawari speakers of Ambonwari village in the East Sepik Province Papua New Guinea through the examination of everyday practices language social institutions kinship myths spirit-things rituals and dances. In addition to its descriptive value the book offers a fresh theoretical approach to the study of Melanesian cultures. -Clarendon Press, 1998- hardcover
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Jones Gavin W. et al Editor:
The Continuing Demographic Transition
-Clarendon Press 29 Jan 1998-. First edition. xi453 pages with index. Cloth. Fine in very good dustjacket. From the perspective of human society one of the most significant occurrences of the twentieth century has been the demographic transition --- the movement from tragic and wastefully high death and birth rates to low rates in many countries. Many other countries however are still at only the early or intermediate stages of this process. In these countries means need to be found to accelerate the transition. This book brings new evidence to bear on aspects of the demographic trasition with contributions from leading demographers anthropologists sociologists and historians. The book ranges widely over the history and current experience of both developed and developing countries with particular emphasis on Asia and Africa. The new field of anthropological demography is strongly represented with contributions challenging much conventional wisdom. -Clarendon Press (29 Jan 1998)- hardcover
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Cruikshank Julie:
The Social Life of Stories. Narrative and Knowledge in the Yukon Territory.
-University of Nebraska Press 1998-. xxi211 pages with index. Cloth. Fine in dustjacket. In this theoretically sophisticated study of indigenous oral narratives Julie Cruikshank moves beyond the text to explore the social significance of storytelling. Circumpolar Native peoples today experience strikingly different and often competing systems of narrative and knowledge. These systems include traditional oral stories; the authoritative literate voice of the modern state; and the narrative forms used by academic disciplines to represent them to outsiders. Pressured by other systems of narrative and truth how do Native peoples use their stories and find them still meaningful in the late twentieth century Why does storytelling continue to thrive What can anthropologists learn from the structure and performance of indigenous narratives to become better academic storytellers themselvesCruikshank addresses these questions by deftly blending the stories gathered from her own fieldwork with interdisciplinary theoretical perspectives on dialogue and storytelling including the insights of Walter Benjamin Mikhail Bakhtin and Harold Innis. Her analysis reveals the many ways in which the artistry and structure of storytelling mediate between social action and local knowledge in indigenous northern communities. Julie Cruikshank is a professor of anthropology at the University of British Columbia. She is the author of "Life Lived Like a Story: Life Stories of Three Yukon Native Elders" Nebraska 1990 winner of the 1992 MacDonald Prize. -University of Nebraska Press, 1998- hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3335 ISBN : 0803214901 9780803214903
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Lewis Gilbert:
A Failure of Treatment
-Oxford University Press 2000-. Oxford Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology. First edition. xxi269 pages with index. Illustrated. Cloth. Fine in fine dustjacket. This book is a study of a serious illness in a New Guinea village. It records the failure of local treatments and Western medicine and of a communal ritual to bring a spirit to heal a man; it also shows how cultural beliefs and assumptions may influence events. The author an anthropologist and medical doctor focuses on how those closely involved maintained their hope and beliefs and how they faced the realization of failure. -Oxford University Press, 2000- hardcover
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Castle Gregory:
Modernism and the Celtic Revival.
-Cambridge University Press 2001-. First edition. viii312 pages with index. Cloth. Fine in dustjacket. Gregory Castle examines the impact of anthropology on the work of Irish Revivalists such as W. B. Yeats John M. Synge and James Joyce. Castle argues that anthropology enabled Irish Revivalists to confront and combat British imperialism even as these Irish writers remained ambivalently dependent on the cultural and political discourses they sought to undermine. Castle shows how Irish Modernists employed textual and rhetorical strategies first developed in anthropology to translate reassemble and edit oral and folk-cultural material. In doing so he claims they confronted and undermined inherited notions of identity which Ireland often a site of ethnographic curiosity throughout the nineteenth century had been subject to. Drawing on a wide range of post-colonial theory this book should be of interest to scholars in Irish studies post-colonial studies and Modernism. -Cambridge University Press, 2001- hardcover
Bookseller reference : 10899 ISBN : 052179319x 9780521793193
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RODEE MARIAN & OSTLER JAMES; MOUCHETTE MICHAEL PHOTOGRAPHY
The Fetish Carvers Of Zuni
The Maxwell Museum of Anthropology Albuquerque and The Pueblo of Zuni Arts and Crafts Zuni: 1990. Softcover. Good condition. Describes the history of the fetish carvings of the Zuni people in New Mexico from prehistoric time to the present. Illustrated with numerous illustrations of their work. Includes an Index. ISBN: 0912535059. The Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, Albuquerque and The Pueblo of Zuni Arts and Crafts, Zuni: 1990 paperback
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ROGERS SUSAN CAROL
Shaping Modern Times In Rural France: The Transformation And Reproduction Of An Aveyronnais Community
Princeton University Press Princeton: 1991. Softcover. Good condition. There is some underlining. Challenging the notion that modernization is a homogenizing process Susan Rogers contents that in the course of large-scale transformations communities often reproduce and strengthen distinctive cultural and social features. To make this argument she focuses on the French farming community of "Ste Foy" during a period of rapid change 1945-1975. Using ethnographic field data and archival material that she coollected as a "participant-observer" she finds an intriguing puzzle: an allegedly archaic social form the ostal has become increasingly common in the community. Includes an Index. ISBN: 0691028583. Princeton University Press, Princeton: 1991 paperback
Bookseller reference : 28954X1 ISBN : 0691028583 9780691028583
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WOLPOFF MILFORD H
Paleoanthropology
Alfred A. Knopf New York:1980. Hardcover no dustjacket. Fair condition. Details the work that has been done in the field of Paleoanthropology with accents on Primates Evolution Hominids etc. ISBN: 0394321979. Alfred A. Knopf, New York:1980 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 26193X1 ISBN : 0394321979 9780394321974
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HANNERZ ULF
Exploring The City: Inquiries Towards An Urban Anthropology
Columbia University Press New York: 1980. Softcover. Good condition. A bold first attempt to provide just such a coherent and unified theoretical understanding of urbanism. Includes an Index. ISBN: 0231083769. Columbia University Press, New York: 1980 paperback
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ROEDIGER VIRGINIA MORE
Ceremonial Costumes Of The Pueblo Indians: Their Evolution Fabrication And Significance In The Prayer Drama
University of California Press California: 1991. Softcover. Good condition. Cover has slight chips. After a brief survey of the history location and life of the Pueblo peoples Roediger embarks on a thorough analysis of the materials used in the Pueblo costumes. University of California Press, California: 1991 paperback
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FRAZER JAMES GEORGE AND GASTER THEODOR H. EDITOR & FOREWORD
The New Golden Bough: A New Abridgment Of The Classic Work
Criterion Books New York: 1959. Softcover. Reading copy. Pages are discolored. Front cover is torn. 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 paperback
Bookseller reference : 20778X1
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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: 1961. Hardcover no dustjacket. Good condition. Scroched spine. The biography of the last stone age American Indian who stumbled into civilization in California nearly a century ago. University of California Press, Berkeley: 1961 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 21090X1
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OTTENHEIMER MARTIN
Forbidden Relatives: The American Myth Of Cousin Marriage
University of Illinois Press Chicago: 1996. Softcover. Good condition. This book challenges the belief-widely held in the U.S.-that legislation against marriage between first cousins is based on a biological risk to offspring. In fact its author maintains the U.S. prohibition against such unions originated largely because of the belief that it would promote more rapid assimilation of immigrants. Includes an Index. ISBN: 0252065409. University of Illinois Press, Chicago: 1996 paperback
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LEAKEY RICHARD E
The Making Of Mankind
E. P. Dutton New York: 1981. Hardcover with dustjacket. reading copy but there is a tear to the dustjacket. In this wide-ranging sequel to his best-selling bookOrigins Richard Leakey surveys what has been happening in the various fields concerned with human prehistory. Includes an Index. ISBN: 0525150552. E. P. Dutton, New York: 1981 hardcover
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BETTELHEIM BRUNO
Symbolic Wounds: Puberty Rites And The Envious Male
Thames & Hudson London: 1955. Hardcover with dustjacket. Fair condition. Dustjacket has slight chips and tears. Initiation rites and particularly circumcisions have been viewed by both anthropologists and psychoanalysts as imposed primarily by the elders on the young. Includes an Index. Thames & Hudson, London: 1955 hardcover
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ROSALDO RENATO
Ilongot Headhunting 1883-1974: A Study In Society And History
Standford University Press California: 1980. Softcover. Good condition. Cover has chips and tears. Pen marks on pages. Name of the previous owner appears on the inside cover. A unique blend of ethnography ethnohistory historiography and personal reflection.Rosaldo's text is not just decorated but genuinely advanced by thoughtful perfectly placed ethnographic photographs." James A Boon. Includes an Index. ISBN: 0804712840. Standford University Press, California: 1980 paperback
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WILSON SAMUEL M
The Emperor's Giraffe And Other Stories Of Cultures In Contact
Westview Press Boulder: 1999. Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition. Focusing on individuals caught by chance in pivotal times and places Wilson explores the ways in which seemingly small decisions made during the initial "contact period" betwen two cultures have had a huge impact on the course of history. Many of the stories illustrate that despite thousands of years of isolation the states and empires of the Old World were remarkably similar in structure and organization to those of the Americas. Includes an Index. ISBN: 081333585X. Westview Press, Boulder: 1999 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 26316X1 ISBN : 081333585X 9780813335858
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STANFORD CRAIG B
The Hunting Apes: Meat Eating And The Origins Of Human Behavior
Princeton University Press Princeton: 1999. Hardcover with dustjacket. Good condition. Shows the remarkable role that meat has played in hunting and gathering societies. The author proposes that perhaps because it provides a highly concentrated source of protein-essential for the development and health of the brain- meat is craved by primates. Includes an Index. ISBN: 0691011605. Princeton University Press, Princeton: 1999 hardcover
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MEAD MARGARET
An Anthropologist At Work Writings Of Ruth Benedict
Equinox Books New York: 1973. Softcover. Fair condition. Cover has clight chips and scratches. An Anthropologist at Work is both the history of a new approach to anthropology and biography of a brilliant sensitive and elusive woman. Equinox Books, New York: 1973 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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EVANS PRITCHARD E. E
Witchcraft Oracles And Magic Among The Azande
Clarendon Press Oxford 1976. Softcover. Good condition. Based on anthropological researches carried out in the southern Sudan in the 1920's. Includes an Index. ISBN: 0198740298. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1976 paperback
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VAN DER POST LAURENS
The Lost World Of The Kalahari
William Morrow and Company New York: 1958. Hardcover no dustjacket. Reading copy. This is the story of a journey in a great wasteland and a search for some pure remnant of the unique and almost vanquished First People of the author's native land the Bushmen of Africa. William Morrow and Company, New York: 1958 hardcover
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CROCKER WILLIAM H.; WAGLEY CHARLES FOREWORD
The Canela eastern Timbira I: An Ethnographic Introduction
Smithsonian Institution Press Washington: 1990. Softcover. Good condition. This monograph is about the Canela Indians of the municipio of Barra do Corda in the state of Maranhao Brazil and also about the neighboring Apanyekra who are culturally very similar and are used here for comparisons. The Canela are also known as the Ramkoamekra-Canela or the Eastern Timbira. These names were given to them in the monograph "The Eastern Timbira" by Brazil's great ethnologist Curt Nimuendaju 1946. The present monograph referred to herein as the "Canela Introduction" is a product of 64 months of fieldwork over a period of 22 years. It is the first volume of several in a potential series. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington: 1990 paperback
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BOAS FRANZ
Primitive Art
Dover Publications New York: 1955. Softcover. Good condition. Presents a definitive analysis of the fundamental traits of primitive art covering the formal element in art representative art symbolism style literature and the dance. Includes a detailed 115-page study of the art of the North Pacific Coast of North America. Includes an Index. ISBN: 0486200256. Dover Publications, New York: 1955 paperback
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MORRIS DESMOND
The Human Zoo: A Zoologist's Classic Study Of The Urban Animal
Kondansha International New York: 1996. Softcover. 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 startingly resembles that of captive animals and our "developed" and "urbane" environment seems not so much a concrete jungle as it does a human zoo. ISBN: 1568361041. Kondansha International, New York: 1996 paperback
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ISAAC GLYNN; LEAKEY RICHARD E. F. INTRODUCTION
Human Ancestors
W. H. Freeman San Francisco: 1979. Softcover. Good condition. Reprints of articles appearing in Scientific American. Includes: "Tools and Human Evolution" by Sherwood L. Washburn "The Early Relatives of Man" and "Ramapithecus" by Elwyn L. Simons "The Evolution of the Hand" and "The Antiquity of Human Walking" by John Napier "The Hominids of East Turkana" by Alan Walker and Richard E. F. Leakey "The Casts of Fossil Hominid Brains" by Ralph L. Holloway "Homo Erectus" by William W. Howells "Stone Tools and Human Behavior" by Sally R. and Louis R. Binford "The Functions of Paleolithic Flint Tools" by Lawrence H. Keeley and "The Food-Sharing Behavior of Protohuman Hominids" by Glynn Isaac. Includes an Index. ISBN: 071671101X. W. H. Freeman, San Francisco: 1979 paperback
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FITZHUGH WILLIAM W.; CROWELL ARON
Crossroads Of Continents: Cultures Of Siberia And Alaska
Smithsonian Institution Press Washington: 1988. Softcover. Very good condition. 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
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LINTON RALPH; LINTON ADELIN ABRIDGED BY
The Tree Of Culture
Vintage Books New York: 1961. Softcover. Good condition. The story of man from the dawn of pre-history to the beginnings of the modern era - a brilliant history of how societies begin with common roots grow into separate organisms yet continue rerooting growing interrelating until like the banyan tree they become an entire forest that remains a single tree. Includes an index. Vintage Books, New York: 1961 paperback
Bookseller reference : 14332X2
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MORRIS DESMOND
The Naked Ape: A Zoologist's Study Of The Human Animal
McGraw-Hill Book Company New York: 1967. Hardcover no dustjacket. Good condition. As this distinguished zoologist has put it the naked ape - man - "spends a great deal of time examining his higher motives and an equal amount of time studiously ignoring his fundamental ones." The author makes us acutely aware that the traits we exhibit - sexually at play and at war - are striking evidence of our close relationship with the animal world. McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York: 1967 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 17101X1
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