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Sri Lanka
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 195.00In the past decade, Sri Lanka has been engulfed by political tragedy as successive governments have failed to settle the grievances of the Tamil minority in a way acceptable to the majority Sinhala population. The new Premadasa presidency faces huge economic and political problems with large sections of the island under the control of the Indian Peace-Keeping... more...
Anthropology, Politics, and the State
Cambridge University Press 2007; US$ 32.00A powerful analysis of how anthropology can help us to understand other people's politics. more...
Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Routledge 2002; US$ 63.00This Encyclopedia provides description and analysis of the terms, concepts and issues of social and cultural anthropology. International in authorship and coverage, this accessible work is fully indexed and cross-referenced. more...
Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Taylor and Francis 2011; US$ 65.00Written by leading scholars in the field, this comprehensive and readable resource gives anthropology students a unique guide to the ideas, arguments and history of the discipline. The fully revised and expanded second edition reflects major changes in anthropology in the past decade. more...
Conflict and Peacebuilding in Sri Lanka
Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 145.00The period between 2001 and 2006 saw the rise and fall of an internationally supported effort to bring a protracted violent conflict in Sri Lanka to a peaceful resolution. A ceasefire agreement, signed in February 2002, was followed by six rounds of peace talks, but growing political violence, disagreements over core issues and a fragmentation of... more...
Witchcraft, Sorcery, Rumors and Gossip
Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 26.00This book combines the study of witchcraft and sorcery with the study of rumours and gossip, and explains the role of rumour and gossip in the genesis of social and political violence. Examples are drawn from Africa, Europe, India, Papua New Guinea, Sri Lanka, and Indonesia. more...
After Kinship
Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 28.00Kinship has historically been central to the discipline of anthropology but what sort of future does it have? Janet Carsten gives an approachable and original view of the past, present, and future of kinship in anthropology, which will be of interest not just to anthropologists but to social scientists generally. more...
Histories of American Physical Anthropology in the Twentieth Century
Lexington Books 2009; US$ 34.99Histories of American Physical Anthropology in the Twentieth Century chronicles the history of physical anthropology_or, as it is now known, biological anthropology_from its professional origins in the late 1800 up to its modern transformation in the late 1900s. In this edited volume, 13 contributors trace the development of people, ideas, traditions,... more...
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