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 | House of Lim, The: A Study of a Chinese FamilyHouse of Lim, The: A Study of a Chinese FamilyOn Sale |
 | Primate Anthology, The: Essays on Primate Behavior, Ecology and Conservation from Natural HistoryOffers a multi-disciplinary and cross-disciplinary perspective. this anthology offers a collection of 33 readings on primate behavior, ecology, and conservation — originally published in Natural History Magazine.On Sale |
 | The Nomadic AlternativeLooks at the ethnography and history of nomadic societies in East Africa, the Near East, Iran, and Central Eurasia, and discusses nomadic social organization, political relations, and the future of nomadsOn Sale |
 | Tales of the Field on Writing EthnographyTales of the Field offers an informal, readable, and lighthearted treatment of the rhetorical devices used to present the result of fieldwork. Though Van Maanen argues ultimately for the validity of revealing the self while representing a culture, he...On Sale |
 | Mexico Profundo: Reclaiming a CivilizationThis translation of a major work in Mexican anthropology argues that Mesoamerican civilization is an ongoing and undeniable force in contemporary Mexican life. Within the Mexico profundo there exists an enormous body of accumulated knowledge, as well...On Sale |
 | The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down; A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two CulturesWinner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction, this brilliantly reported and beautifully crafted book explores the clash between a medical center in California and a Laotian refugee family over their care of a child--and the lack of...On Sale |
 | Inalienable Possessions: The Paradox of Keeping-While-GivingInalienable Possessions: The Paradox of Keeping-While-GivingOn Sale |
 | Conversion to Christianity - Historical and Anthropological Perspectives on a Great TransformationConversion to Christianity - Historical and Anthropological Perspectives on a Great TransformationOn Sale |
 | Envisioning Power - Ideologies of Dominance and CrisisWith the originality and energy that have marked his earlier works, Eric Wolf now explores the historical relationship of ideas, power, and culture. Responding to anthropology's long reliance on a concept of culture that takes little account of power,...On Sale |
 | The Social Life of Things: Commodities in Cultural PerspectiveThe contributors to this volume examine how things are sold and traded in a variety of social and cultural settings, both present and past. Bridging the disciplines of social history, cultural anthropology, and economics, the volume marks a major step...On Sale |
 | The Architecture of Memory: A Jewish-Muslim Household in Colonial Algeria, 1937–1962Recalling the way they lived in a single Algerian house that was occupied by several families, Jewish and Muslim, in the generation before the independence of Algeria, Joelle Bahloul's informants build up a multivocal micro-history of a way of life which...On Sale |
 | At Home in the Street: Street Children of Northeast BrazilThrough innovative fieldwork and ethnographic writing, Hecht lays bare the received truths about the lives of Brazilian street children. This book changes the terms of the debate, asking not why there are so many homeless children in Brazil but why -...On Sale |
 | A Critique of Postcolonial Reason: Toward a History of the Vanishing PresentA Critique of Postcolonial Reason: Toward a History of the Vanishing PresentOn Sale |
 | Angela's Ashes'When I look back on my childhood I wonder how I managed to survive at all. It was, of course, a miserable childhood: the happy childhood is hardly worth your while. Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood, and worse...On Sale |
 | Rice As Self : Japanese Identities Through TimeAre we what we eat? What does food reveal about how we live and how we think of ourselves in relation to others? Why do people have a strong attachment to their own cuisine and an aversion to the foodways of others? In this engaging account of the crucial...On Sale |
 | Star & Other KoreanThe short story is a genre that Korean writers have made their own, reflecting a long literary tradition in which the short story is the major form of fiction writing. Collected in this volume are eight stories by leading contemporary writers of Korea...On Sale |
 | Works and Lives : The Anthropologist As Author'America's most renowned cultural anthropologist...analyzes the literary forms of several anthropologist notables.'-Richard A. Scweder, The New York Times Book ReviewOn Sale |
 | Ethnography at the Edge : Crime, Deviance, and Field ResearchEthnography at the Edge : Crime, Deviance, and Field ResearchOn Sale |
 | Refiguring Anthropology : First Principles of Probability and StatisticsRefiguring Anthropology : First Principles of Probability and StatisticsOn Sale |
 | First Fieldwork : The Misadventures of an AnthropologistFirst Fieldwork : The Misadventures of an AnthropologistOn Sale |
