Anthropology
New Releases
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Lost and Found
The Adoption Experience 3rd Edition Betty Jean Lifton Explores the obstacles and issues that adoptees, orphans, and foster children face when they have been separated from a parent or denied the right to know their origins 5.5 x 8.5. 344 pgs. 2009
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When Women Have Wings
Feminism and Development in Medellín, Colombia Donna F. Murdock A vivid and detailed ethnographic account of the problems of professionalization and feminism in a community center project in one of Medellín, Colombia's most embattled working class districts 6 x 9. 272 pgs. 9 B&W photographs, 1 table. 2008
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Anthropometric Standards An Interactive Nutritional Reference of Body Size and Body Composition for Children and Adults 2nd Edition A. Roberto Frisancho Compiles the largest database of material on anthropometric standards from National Health Examination surveys 8.5 x 11. 352 pgs. 118 tables, 63 graphs, 31 figures. 2008
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Kyongju Things Assembling Place Robert Oppenheim A historical ethnography of place amidst objects in the contemporary city of Kyongju, South Korea 6 x 9. 296 pgs. 15 B&W photographs, 9 line drawings. 2008
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Contesting the Commons Privatizing Pastoral Lands in Kenya Carolyn K. Lesorogol Examines the highly disputed idea of privatizing communal land through one Samburu community 6 x 9. 264 pgs. 14 figures, 15 tables, 1 map. 2008
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Best Sellers
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Cage of Freedom Tamil Identity and the Ethnic Fetish in Malaysia Andrew C. Willford An ethnographic look at rituals across class and status among Malyasian Tamils 6 x 9. 360 pgs. 28 B&W photographs. 2006
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Documents Artifacts of Modern Knowledge Edited by Annelise Riles Reflects on the new challenges to humanistic social science in a world in which the subjects of research increasingly share the professional passions and problems of the researcher 6 x 9. 256 pgs. 2006
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Historical Metaphors and Mythical Realities Structure in the Early History of the Sandwich Islands Kingdom Marshall D. Sahlins Hawaiian culture as it met foreign traders and settlers is the context for Sahlins's structuralist methodology of historical interpretation 6 x 9. 96 pgs. 1 figure, 2 photographs. 1981
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Islam and the Prayer Economy History and Authority in a Malian Town Benjamin F. Soares A close look at the changing terms of exchange between gifts and blessings 6 x 9. 320 pgs. 10 B&W photographs, 2 illustrations and maps. 2005
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Managing Motherhood, Managing Risk Fertility and Danger in West Central Tanzania Denise Roth Allen An investigation of the consequences resulting from fertility-related development interventions in Tanzania 6 x 9. 328 pgs. 2 drawings, 28 tables, 1 map. 2002
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Slaves to Fashion Poverty and Abuse in the New Sweatshops Robert J. S. Ross A provocative and accessible history and study of the sweatshop and a major contribution to the debate over its rebirth 6 x 9. 408 pgs. 17 drawings, 13 B&W photographs, 20 tables. 2004
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Slayers and Their Vampires A Cultural History of Killing the Dead Bruce A. McClelland The first book to explore the origins of the vampire slayer 6 x 9. 280 pgs. 2 maps, 4 B&W photographs, 2 illustrations. 2006
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Award-Winning Books
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Altruistically Inclined? The Behavioral Sciences, Evolutionary Theory, and the Origins of Reciprocity Alexander J. Field Winner: 2003 Alpha Sigma Nu National Book Award in the Social Sciences 6 x 9. 392 pgs. 2 drawings, 2 tables. 2002
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Cattle Bring Us to Our Enemies Turkana Ecology, Politics, and Raiding in a Disequilibrium System J. Terrence McCabe Winner: 2005 The Anthropology and the Environment Section of the American Anthropological Association's 2005 Julian Steward Award 6 x 9. 320 pgs. 25 tables, 12 maps. 2004
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Invitations to Love Literacy, Love Letters, and Social Change in Nepal Laura M. Ahearn Honorable Mention: 2002 Edward Sapir Book Prize of the Society for Linguistic Anthropology, American Anthropological Association 6 x 9. 312 pgs. 31 photographs, 12 tables. 2001
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The Network Inside Out Annelise Riles Winner: American Society of International Law's 2001 Certificate of Merit 6 x 9. 272 pgs. 3 drawings, 5 photographs, 10 tables, 3 maps. 2000
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