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Living Language
Wiley 2011; US$ 94.95Accessible and clearly written, Living Language: An Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology introduces readers to the study of language in real-life social contexts around the world through the contemporary theory and practice of linguistic anthropology. A highly accessible introduction to the study of language in real-life social contexts around... more...
Mobility and Migration in Indigenous Amazonia
Berghahn Books 2009; US$ 90.00Contrary to ingrained academic and public assumptions, wherein indigenous lowland South American societies are viewed as the product of historical emplacement and spatial stasis, there is widespread evidence to suggest that migration and displacement have been the norm, and not the exception. This original and thought-provoking collection of case studies... more...
Ethnobiology
Wiley 2011; US$ 94.95The single comprehensive treatment of the field, from the leading members of the Society of Ethnobiology The field of ethnobiology—the study of relationships between particular ethnic groups and their native plants and animals—has grown very rapidly in recent years, spawning numerous subfields. Ethnobiological research has produced a wide... more...
Anthropology, Development and Modernities
Routledge 1999; US$ 48.95This book provides a critical review of the varied interpretations of modernity and development supported by original case studies from the Netherlands, the former USSR, Tanzania, Sri Lanka and Guatemala. more...
Improvising Theory
University of Chicago Press 2008; US$ 20.00Scholars have long recognized that ethnographic method is bound up with the construction of theory in ways that are difficult to teach. The reason, Allaine Cerwonka and Liisa H. Malkki argue, is that ethnographic theorization is essentially improvisatory in nature, conducted in real time and in necessarily unpredictable social situations. In a unique... more...
The Psychology of Social and Cultural Diversity
Wiley 2011; US$ 110.95Promoting a scholarly understanding of the psychology of social and cultural diversity in the early stages of 21st century, this volume encourages an in-depth appreciation of the value in diversity while directly addressing social intervention and policy implications. Offers, for the very first time, an integrated approach to the issues raised by ... more...
India's New Capitalists
Palgrave Macmillan 2008; US$ 115.00In order to do business effectively in contemporary South Asia, it is necessary to understand the culture, the ethos, and the region's new trading communities. In tracing the modern-day evolution of business communities in India, this book uses social history to systematically document and understand India's new entrepreneurial groups. more...
The Dynamics of Hired Farm Labour
CABI 2002; US$ 120.00Hired seasonal labour forms a significant part of the agricultural workforce in many countries. This book focuses on labour used in agriculture in the US, Canada and Australia. The perpective is interdisciplinary, with contributions from economists, sociologists and anthropologists. more...
Anthropology Put to Work
Bloomsbury Publishing 2007; US$ 115.95How do anthropologists work today and how will they work in future? This volume shows that anthropology is put to work in diverse ways. Its goal is to help graduate students and early-career scholars accept the changes without feeling something essential to anthropology has been lost. more...
The Offensive Art
ABC-CLIO 2008; US$ 63.00The Offensive Art is an arch and sometimes caustic look at the art of political satire as practiced in democratic, monarchical, and authoritarian societies around the world over the past century-together with the efforts by governmental, religious, and corporate authorities to suppress it by censorship, intimidation, policy, and fatwa. Examples are... more...









