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  • Us Against Themby Donald R. Kinder; Cindy D. Kam

    University of Chicago Press 2010; US$ 25.00

    Ethnocentrism—our tendency to partition the human world into in-groups and out-groups—pervades societies around the world. Surprisingly, though, few scholars have explored its role in political life. Donald Kinder and Cindy Kam fill this gap with Us Against Them , their definitive explanation of how ethnocentrism shapes American public... more...

  • Rivers and Resilienceby Heather Goodall; Allison Cadzow

    University of NSW Press 2009; US$ 36.00

    Rivers and Resilience traces the history of Aboriginal people along Sydney’s Georges River from the early periods of British and Irish settlement to the present. It offers a dramatically new approach to Aboriginal history in an urban setting in Australia. Leading historians investigate the continuities and changes experienced by Aboriginal communities... more...

  • Listening to Countryby Ros Moriarty

    Allen & Unwin 2010; US$ 22.72

    The moving and personal story of one woman's journey into the remote and rugged Tanami Desert with the matriarchs of her husband's family. more...

  • After the Cultby Holger Jebens

    Berghahn Books 2010; US$ 29.95

    In many parts of the world the "white man" is perceived to be an instigator of globalization and an embodiment of modernity. However, so far anthropologists have paid little attention to the actual heterogeneity and complexity of "whiteness" in specific ethnographic contexts. This study examines cultural perceptions of other and self as expressed in... more...

  • Charred Lullabiesby E. Valentine Daniel

    Princeton University Press 1996; US$ 37.50

    How does an ethnographer write about violence? How can he make sense of violent acts, for himself and for his readers, without compromising its sheer excess and its meaning-defying core? How can he remain a scholarly observer when the country of his birth is engulfed by terror? These are some of the questions that engage Valentine Daniel in this exploration... more...

  • Ethnicity, Authority and Power in Central Asiaby Robert L. Canfield; Gabriele Rasuly-Paleczek

    Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 148.00

    The peoples of Greater Central Asia ? not only Inner Asian states of Soviet Union but also those who share similar heritages in adjacent countries like Afghanistan and Pakistan, Iran, and the Chinese province of Xinjiang ? have been drawn into more direct and immediate contact since the Soviet collapse. Infrastructural improvements, and the race by... more...

  • Manthropologyby Peter McAllister

    St. Martin's Press 2010; US$ 14.99

    Manthropology is the first of its kind. Spanning continents and centuries, it is an in-depth look into the history and science of manliness. From speed and strength, to beauty and sex appeal, to bravado and wit, it examines how man today compares to his masculine ancestors. Peter McAllister set out to rebut the claim that man today is suffering... more...

  • Reading Rock Artby Grace Rajnovich; Wayne Yerxa

    Dundurn 2002; US$ 21.95

    More than 400 rock paintings adorn the Canadian Shield from Quebec to Saskatchewan, the legacy of the Algonkian-speaking Cree and Ojibwa. more...

  • The Rope of Mokaby Andrew Strathern

    Cambridge University Press 1971; US$ 34.00

    In the Mount Hagen area of central New Guinea, warfare has been replaced since the arrival of the Europeans by a vigorous development of moka. more...

  • The Economic Status of Australian Aboriginesby Jon C. Altman; John Nieuwenhuysen

    Cambridge University Press 1979; US$ 46.00

    This book provides a survey of studies so far made on various aspects of current Aboriginal economic life in different environments in Australia. more...