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Home: A Very Short Introduction by Michael Allen Fox
RRP: $18.88$13.55Thoughts and feelings about home traditionally provided people of all cultures with a firm sense of where they belonged, and why. But with the world rapidly changing, many of our basic notions are becoming problematic. Both internationally and within... -
The Myth of Race: The Troubling Persistence of an Unscientific Idea by Robert Wald Sussman
RRP: $41.90$34.69Biological races do not exist-and never have. This view is shared by all scientists who study variation in human populations. Yet racial prejudice and intolerance based on the myth of race remain deeply ingrained in Western society. In his powerful... -
Doing Anthropological Research: A Practical Guide by Natalie Konopinski 9780415697552 [USED COPY]
RRP: $77.68$10.31Doing Anthropological Research provides a practical toolkit for carrying out research. It works through the process chapter by chapter, from the planning and proposal stage to methodologies, secondary research, ethnographic fieldwork, ethical concerns,... -
Doing Anthropological Research: A Practical Guide by Natalie Konopinski 9780415697552
RRP: $77.68$68.31Doing Anthropological Research provides a practical toolkit for carrying out research. It works through the process chapter by chapter, from the planning and proposal stage to methodologies, secondary research, ethnographic fieldwork, ethical concerns,... -
The Cabaret of Plants: Botany and the Imagination Richard Mabey 9781861979582
RRP: $23.08$17.16In The Cabaret of Plants, Mabey explores the plant species which have challenged our imaginations, awoken our wonder, and upturned our ideas about history, science, beauty and belief. Picked from every walk of life, they encompass crops, weeds,... -
Migration Studies and Colonialism Lucy Mayblin 9781509542949
RRP: $35.68$31.96The history of migration is deeply entangled with colonialism. To this day, colonial logics continue to shape the dynamics of migration as well as the responses of states to those arriving at their borders. And yet migration studies has been surprisingly... -
Correspondences by Ingold
RRP: $33.58$30.26We inhabit a world of more than humans. For life to flourish, we must listen to the calls this world makes on us, and respond with care, sensitivity and judgement. That is what it means to correspond, to join our lives with those of the beings, matters... -
My Life in Fragments by Zygmunt Bauman
RRP: $42.00$37.17Zygmunt Bauman was one of the great social thinkers of our time: inventor of the idea of liquid modernity, he transformed our way of thinking about the social conditions shaping our lives today. His own life was shaped by the great social forces that... -
The Oxford Handbook of Anglo-Saxon Archaeology by Helena Hamerow
$91.29Since the early 20th century the scholarly study of Anglo-Saxon texts has been augmented by systematic excavation and analysis of physical evidence--settlements, cemeteries, artefacts, environmental data, and standing buildings. This evidence has... -
Polygamy: A Cross-Cultural Analysis Miriam Koktvedgaard Zeitzen 9781845202217
RRP: $79.78$70.10Forms of plural marriage, or polygamy, are practiced within most of the world's cultures and religions. The amazing variation, versatility and adaptability of polygamy underscore that it is not just an exotic non-Western practice, but also exists in... -
Folkbiology by Douglas L. Medin 9780262631921
$112.01The term "folkbiology" refers to people's everyday understanding of the biological world-how they perceive, categorize, and reason about living kinds. The study of folkbiology not only sheds light on human nature, it may ultimately help us make... -
Asian America Pawan Dhingra 9781509534296
RRP: $41.98$37.99Asian Americans are the fastest growing minority population in the country. Moreover, they provide a unique lens on the wider experiences of immigrants and minorities in the United States, both historically and today. Pawan Dhingra and Robyn Magalit... -
Noise: The Political Economy of Music by Jacques Attali 9780816612871
RRP: $37.78$33.39"Noise is a model of cultural historiography. . . . In its general theoretical argument on the relations of culture to economy, but also in its specialized concentration, Noise has much that is of importance to critical theory today." SubStance"For... -
Before Boas: The Genesis of Ethnography and Ethnology in the German Enlightenment by Han F. Vermeulen
RRP: $67.20$61.34The history of anthropology has been written from multiple viewpoints, often from perspectives of gender, nationality, theory, or politics. Before Boas delves deeper into issues concerning anthropology's academic origins to present a groundbreaking study... -
Beauty Bias: Discrimination and Social Power by Ms. Bonnie Berry 9780275990121
$137.61Society has always been fixated on looks and celebrities, but how we look has deep ramifications for ordinary people too. In this book, Bonnie Berry explains how social inequality pertains to prejudice and discrimination against people based on their... -
The Hidden Dimension by Edward T. Hall
RRP: $29.38$19.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385084765Author Edward T. HallFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing GroupPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing... -
Sociology: Introductory Readings Anthony Giddens (London School of Economics and Political Science) 9781509549139
RRP: $41.98$37.99The fourth edition of this best-selling introductory reader has been thoroughly revised and updated to offer a stimulating and wide-ranging set of readings for anyone who wishes to engage with the scope of sociological thought and practice today. The... -
Making: Anthropology, Archaeology, Art and Architecture by Tim Ingold
RRP: $83.98$73.63Making creates knowledge, builds environments and transforms lives. Anthropology, archaeology, art and architecture are all ways of making, and all are dedicated to exploring the conditions and potentials of human life. In this exciting book, Tim Ingold... -
Prehistoric Flintwork by Chris Butler 9780752433400
RRP: $63.00$47.10Flint was a vitally important resource for prehistoric societies who put it to a diverse range of uses. Chris Butler has created a concise guide to recognising and categorising British prehistoric flintwork. The author begins by looking at the different... -
A Reader in the Anthropology of Religion Michael Lambek (University of Toronto) 9781405136143
RRP: $77.60$70.37A Reader in the Anthropology of Religion is a collection of some of the most significant classic and contemporary writings in the field. Updated in its second edition, this volume examines numerous aspects of religion in a diversity of cultures and... -
Endangered Languages Evangelia Adamou 9780262548700
RRP: $33.58$22.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262548700Author Evangelia AdamouFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd -
What Should I Do With My Life? by Po Bronson
RRP: $27.28$19.09Are you looking for the right path in 2021? This book tackles the question that most of us face at some point in our lives: 'what should I do with my life?', and provides illuminating answers. ... -
The Dynamics of Clanship Among the Tallensi: Being the First Part of an Analysis of the Social Structure of a Trans-Volta Tribe by Meyer Fortes 9781138591950
RRP: $69.28$61.24Originally published in 1945, this book analyses Tale social structure at the level of corporate group organization. Tale culture is discussed primarily as the content of social relations and not in its own right. Customs, beliefs, conventional usages,... -
The Women of the United Arab Emirates Linda Soffan 9781138696181
RRP: $77.68$68.31First published in 1980, this book looks at the factors which influenced the position held by women in the United Arab Emirates in the second half of the 20th century. It argues that Islamic Law has granted women rights and privileges in the spheres of... -
Anthropology: A Beginner's Guide by Joy Hendry
RRP: $20.98$13.46In this illuminating tour of humanity, Joy Hendry and Simon Underdown reveal the origins of our species, and the fabric of human society, through the discipline of anthropology. Via fascinating case studies and discoveries, they unravel our understanding... -
Where Are We Now: The Epidemic as Politics by Giorgio Agamben 9781912475353
RRP: $33.58$27.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912475353Author Giorgio AgambenFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint ERISPublisher ERISDimensions(mm) 220mm * 138mm * 11mm -
The Gift: The Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societies by Marcel Mauss 9780415267496
RRP: $31.48$28.52In this, his most famous work, Marcel Mauss presented to the world a book which revolutionized our understanding of some of the basic structures of society. By identifying the complex web of exchange and obligation involved in the act of giving, Mauss... -
The Constitution of Society: Outline of the Theory of Structuration Anthony Giddens (London School of Economics and Political Science) 9780745600079
RRP: $39.88$36.27Anthony Giddens has been in the forefront of developments in social theory for the past decade. In The Constitution of Society he outlines the distinctive position he has evolved during that period and offers a full statement of a major new perspective... -
Ortner's Identification of Pathological Conditions in Human Skeletal Remains by Jane E. Buikstra 9780128097380
RRP: $182.68$168.90Ortner's Identification of Pathological Conditions in Human Skeletal Remains, Third Edition, provides an integrated and comprehensive treatment of the pathological conditions that affect the human skeleton. As ancient skeletal remains can reveal a... -
Black Resistance to British Policing by Adam Elliott-Cooper
RRP: $31.48$23.00As police racism unsettles Britain's tolerant self-image, Black resistance to British policing details the activism that made movements like Black Lives Matter possible. Elliott-Cooper analyses racism beyond prejudice and the interpersonal - arguing that... -
Critique of Everyday Life, Vol. 1: Introduction by Henri Lefebvre 9781844671915
$50.02Henri Lefebvre's magnum opus: a monumental exploration of contemporary society.Henri Lefebvre's three-volume Critique of Everyday Life is perhaps the richest, most prescient work by one of the twentieth century's greatest philosophers. Written at the... -
Being Alive: Essays on Movement, Knowledge and Description by Tim Ingold
RRP: $77.68$69.15Anthropology is a disciplined inquiry into the conditions and potentials of human life. Generations of theorists, however, have expunged life from their accounts, treating it as the mere output of patterns, codes, structures or systems variously defined... -
Cognition in the Wild by Edwin Hutchins 9780262581462
$112.01Edwin Hutchins combines his background as an anthropologist and an open ocean racing sailor and navigator in this account of how anthropological methods can be combined with cognitive theory to produce a new reading of cognitive science. His theoretical... -
Material Methods: Researching and Thinking with Things by Sophie Woodward 9781473969407
RRP: $79.78$65.27Material Methods brings together resources for researchers investigating both the material, as well as the social world through material objects we design, buy, make, exchange and collect. It covers the whole research process, from theoretical... -
Direct Action: An Ethnography by David Graeber 9781904859796
RRP: $46.20$31.42Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904859796Author David GraeberFormat PaperbackPage Count 568Imprint AK PressPublisher AK PressWeight(grams) 878g -
Peripheral Visions: Learning along the Way by Mary Catherine Bateson 9780060926304
RRP: $39.88$28.06Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060926304Author Mary Catherine BatesonFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint HarperPerennialPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc -
The Grid: The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future by Gretchen Bakke
RRP: $27.28$26.04Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632865687Author Gretchen BakkeFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Bloomsbury USAPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing PlcWeight(grams) 398g -
Homo Britannicus: The Incredible Story of Human Life in Britain by Chris Stringer
RRP: $23.08$16.32Chris Stringer's Homo Britannicus is the epic history of life in Britain, from man's very first footsteps through to the present day. When did the first people arrive here? What did they look like? How did they survive? Who were the Neanderthals? Chris... -
The Field of Cultural Production: Essays on Art and Literature Pierre Bourdieu (College de France) 9780745609874
RRP: $37.78$33.68The Field of Cultural Production brings together Bourdieu's most important writings on art, literature and aesthetics. Bourdieu develops a highly original approach to the study of literary and artistic works, addressing many of the key issues that have... -
Entanglement: The Secret Lives of Hair by Emma Tarlo
RRP: $23.08$16.32Winner of the Victor Turner Prize for Ethnographic Writing 2017 Journeying around the globe, through past and present, Emma Tarlo unravels the intriguing story of human hair and what it tells us about ourselves and society. When it's not attached...