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Until Darwin, Science, Human Variety and the Origins of Race
Pickering & Chatto Publishers 2010; US$ 99.00This work fills a gap in recent studies on the history of race and science. Focusing on both the classification systems of human variety and the development of science as the arbiter of truth, Brown looks at the rise of the emerging sciences of life and society biology and sociology as well as the debate surrounding slavery and abolition. more...
I lettori di ossa (I blu) (Italian Edition)
Springer 2010; US$ 31.99"I lettori di ossa" racconta lo scontro tra scienza e politica nel dibattito sulla preistoria australiana e di altri Paesi dove la presenza dei popoli indigeni rende profondamente politica l?interpretazione del passato. Gli scienziati stanno ricostruendo la preistoria con l?uso di tecnologie sempre più avanzate mentre i popoli indigeni ne rivendicano... more...
Out of Africa I
Springer 2010; US$ 109.99For the first two thirds of our evolutionary history, we hominins were restricted to Africa. Dating from about two million years ago, hominin fossils first appear in Eurasia. This volume addresses many of the issues surrounding this initial hominin intercontinental dispersal. Why did hominins first leave Africa in the early Pleistocene and not earlier?... more...
The Anthropology of Health and Healing
AltaMira Press 2009; US$ 48.99The Anthropology of Health and Healing is the first text to take an integrative approach to the discipline of medical anthropology. In this book, Mari Womack champions a practice of medicine that includes the maintenance of health as well as treatment of illness, emphasizing the importance of lifestyle and the life cycle. more...
Written in Stone
Bellevue Literary Press 2010; US$ 17.95The epic quest for missing links and other myths about evolution. more...
Latin American Business Cultures
Palgrave Macmillan 2010; US$ 105.00How often has an American or European businessman been astonished to have his Mexican or Brazilian counterpart break off discussions without explanation and refuse to return his calls? This book helps non-Latin American businessmen or MBA students address the region. If you want to study or work in Latin America this is a must read. more...
Selling EthniCity
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2011; US$ 124.95Bringing together a multidisciplinary team of scholars, this book explores the importance of ethnicity and cultural economy in the post-Fordist city in the Americas. The work argues that cultural, political and economic elites make use of cultural and ethnic elements in city planning and architecture in order to construct a unique image of a particular... more...
The Aquatic Ape Hypothesis
Souvenir Press 2011; US$ 14.57Why do humans differ from other primates? What do those differences tell us about human evolution? Elaine Morgan gives a revolutionary hypothesis that explains our anatomic anomalies--why we walk on two legs, why we are covered in fat, why we can control our rate of breathing? The answers point to one conclusion: millions of years ago our ancestors... more...
The Descent of Woman
Souvenir Press 2011; US$ 13.11A pioneering work, the first to argue for the equal role of women in human evolution. On its first publication in 1972 it became a rallying-point for feminism and changed the terminology of anthropologists forever. It remains a key text in feminist history, as well as an extension to the author's Aquatic Ape Hypothesis, which is gaining more academic... more...
Contested Mediterranean Spaces
Berghahn Books 2011; US$ 120.00?It is well known that Charles Tilly left scholars of big structures, large processes, and huge comparisons a tall research agenda. It is less acknowledged that he also left political ethnographers an impressive and provocative set of tools. In the skilled hands of the contributors to this insightful volume, the ?Tilly toolbox? is put to good work... more...









