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Rapid Assessment Process: An Introduction by James Beebe 9780759100121
Booksplease Price: £55.94A newer edition of this book is available at the following address: https://rowman.com/ISBN/9780759123212 Rapid Assessment Process (RAP) has gone under many names but invariably uses the... -
Excavation by David L. Carmichael 9780759100190
Booksplease Price: £40.94Excavation is traditionally considered the heart of the archaeological enterprise. But it is an activity transformed over the past two decades of increasingly contract-based work. Carmichael and... -
Unhealthy Health Policy: A Critical Anthropological Examination by Arachu Castro 9780759105119
Booksplease Price: £56.12This new collection turns a critical anthropological eye on the nature of health policy internationally. The authors reveal that in light of prevailing social inequalities, health policies may intend... -
Labor in Cross-Cultural Perspective by E. Paul Durrenberger 9780759105829
Booksplease Price: £113.41This excellent new volume in the series from the Society for Economic Anthropology focuses on the role of labor in contrasting world economies. The contributors offer a diverse collection of case... -
Spiritual Transformation and Healing: Anthropological, Theological, Neuroscientific, and Clinical Perspectives by Joan D. Koss-Chioino 9780759108660
Booksplease Price: £113.41Joan D. Koss-Chioino and Philip Hefner's new volume is unique in exploring the meaning of spiritual transformation and healing with new research from a scientific perspective. An interdisciplinary... -
Studying Youth Gangs by James F. Short, Jr. 9780759109384
Booksplease Price: £112.43In this absorbing new collection, Short and Hughes and their distinguished coauthors investigate why and how we study youth gangs. Over the last half-century of research by criminologists,... -
Beyond Relativism: Comparability in Cultural Anthropology by Robert C. Hunt 9780759110793
Booksplease Price: £103.11Can elements of one culture-kinship relations, for example-be profitably compared to similar elements in other cultures? According to much anthropological thinking of recent decades, the answer is... -
The World's Scavengers: Salvaging for Sustainable Consumption and Production by Martin Medina 9780759109407
Booksplease Price: £113.41Medina tells us that up to 2% of the urban population in developing countries survives by salvaging materials from waste for recycling, which represents up to 64 million scavengers in the world today... -
California Maritime Archaeology: A San Clemente Island Perspective by L. Mark Raab 9780759113169
Booksplease Price: £103.41San Clemente Island is a microcosm of California coastal archaeology from prehistoric through historic times-not only because of the extensiveness of its archaeological remains but because those... -
Financial Resource Development and Management by Cinnamon Catlin-Legutko 9780759113367
Booksplease Price: £45.75Small museums must adopt policies of financial responsibility and stability if they are to last. Through an organized commitment to transparency and accountability, small museums can achieve sound... -
Death by Theory: A Tale of Mystery and Archaeological Theory by Adrian Praetzellis 9780759119574
Booksplease Price: £86.43A European Neolithic burial. A large stone Venus. Nothing unusual except that it was found on an island in the Pacific Northwest. Archaeologist Hannah Green and her shovelbum nephew find themselves... -
Voices of Foreign Brides: The Roots and Development of Multiculturalism in Korea by Choong Soon Kim 9780759120358
Booksplease Price: £90.57Since the early 1990s, there has been a critical shortage of marriageable women in farming and fishing villages in Korea. This shortage, which has become a major social problem, resulted from a mass... -
Ancestors and Elites: Emergent Complexity and Ritual Practices in the Casas Grandes Polity by Gordon F. M. Rakita 9780759111288
Booksplease Price: £76.51Ancestors and Elites examines prehispanic ritual behaviors characteristic of the Casas Grandes region of Chihuahua, Mexico. Gordon Rakita analyzes the archaeological data from the site with respect... -
Anthropologists in Arms: The Ethics of Military Anthropology by George R. Lucas 9780759112124
Booksplease Price: £103.11Anthropologists in Arms looks at the moral and ethical debates surrounding the recent development of "military anthropology"-particularly the practice of embedding anthropologists with combat troops... -
Legal Perspectives on Cultural Resources by Jennifer R. Richman 9780759104488
Booksplease Price: £44.31Today's archaeologists and law practitioners must have an increased awareness of legal issues pertaining to historic preservation and cultural resource management (CRM). Archaeological sites and... -
A Cognitive Theory of Magic by Jesper Sorensen 9780759110373
Booksplease Price: £113.11Magic is a universal phenomenon. Everywhere we look people perform ritual actions in which desirable qualities are transferred by means of physical contact and objects or persons are manipulated by... -
The World We Want: New Dimensions in Philanthropy and Social Change by Peter Karoff 9780759110489
Booksplease Price: £37.81In The World We Want, Peter Karoff presents a collective vision of an ideal world. By sharing his experiences and through conversations with more than forty social entrepreneurs, activists, nonprofit... -
Resisting Racism and Xenophobia: Global Perspectives on Race, Gender, and Human Rights by Faye V. Harrison 9780759104822
Booksplease Price: £43.33Faye V. Harrison's collection of essays focuses on the intersections between race, gender, sexuality, class, and nationality that exert a huge influence on human rights conflicts around the world... -
Leaders of Color in Higher Education: Unrecognized Triumphs in Harsh Institutions by Leonard A. Valverde 9780759105423
Booksplease Price: £44.31This comprehensive study of leaders of color in higher education is a must-read for anyone wishing to understand and/or navigate a career path through the dangerous waters of white-controlled, status... -
Women in the Modern World: Their Education and Their Dilemmas by Mirra Komarovsky 9780759107274
Booksplease Price: £113.41In Women in the Modern World, noted feminist and sociologist Mirra Komarovsky begins with a consideration of biology. Reflecting on these now-familiar arguments that the natural biological... -
Understanding Islamic Law: From Classical to Contemporary by Hisham M. Ramadan 9780759109902
Booksplease Price: £103.11Understanding Islamic law is crucial not only for Muslims, but for non-Muslims who work with Muslims in legal contexts as well as for anyone wanting to understand the role of Islam in the world today... -
A Kwakiutl Village and School by Harry F. Wolcott 9780759105256
Booksplease Price: £44.31This book is a reprint of a now classic text dealing with Wolcott's dissertation topic on the study of a Kwakiutl Indian village and the one-room school he taught at Village Island in the Alert Bay... -
Introduction to Eastern Thought by Marietta Stepaniants 9780742504349
Booksplease Price: £51.20Marietta Stepaniants' introductory text allows a distinctively Eastern way of thinking to come forth. Four interpretive essays open the book showing how Indian, Chinese and Islamic traditions... -
His Religion and Hers by Charlotte Perkins Gilman 9780759103870
Booksplease Price: £43.76Charlotte Perkins Gilman's His Religion and Hers is a brave critique of organized religion and the consequences that a male-constructed religion has on everyday life. She suggests that through the... -
Dilemmas of Masculinity: A Study of College Youth by Mirra Komarovsky 9780759107304
Booksplease Price: £44.76In Dilemmas of Masculinity, noted sociologist Mirra Komarovsky turns her attention to the consequences of feminism among women on the lives of men. As she'd documented in Women in the Modern World,... -
African Herders: Emergence of Pastoral Traditions by Andrew B. Smith 9780759107489
Booksplease Price: £51.20Scholars have long acknowledged a gap in the archaeological literature on African herder societies. Utilizing almost 40 years' work, Andrew Smith presents a detailed portrait of modern herdsmen and... -
The Politics of Historic Districts: A Primer for Grassroots Preservation by Bill Schmickle 9780759107557
Booksplease Price: £86.43The worst thing in politics is to be right and to lose. This how-to guide will give citizens who are fighting to designate a local historic district the political know-how to win the support of... -
George Herbert Mead and Human Conduct by Herbert Blumer 9780759104679
Booksplease Price: £113.11In this posthumous volume, renowned sociologist Herbert Blumer analyzes George Herbert MeadOs position in the study of human conduct. Engaged with MeadOs work for over half a century, Blumer explored... -
Indigenous Intellectual Property Rights: Legal Obstacles and Innovative Solutions by Mary Riley 9780759104853
Booksplease Price: £112.43Riley and her group of expert contributors supply a unique set of worldwide case studies and policy analyses as guidance for indigenous communities and their partners, in attempting to protect their... -
Questioning Gypsy Identity: Ethnic Narratives in Britain and America by Brian A. Belton 9780759105324
Booksplease Price: £103.11Brian Belton's powerfully original book examines Gypsy lives against the framework of social theories that illustrate how identity arises out of the cultural complexity of individual biographies,... -
How Students Understand the Past: From Theory to Practice by Elaine M. Davis 9780759100428
Booksplease Price: £113.11History and archaeology education is highly valued among modern societies that seek to educate their youth about the past. Yet these areas have been_for the most part_slow to employ the latest... -
Violence and Mental Health in Everyday Life: Prevention and Intervention Strategies for Children and Adolescents by Daniel J. Flannery 9780759104921
Booksplease Price: £38.41Clinical psychologist Daniel J. Flannery reveals the impact of violence and victimization in the lives of children and adolescents from a developmental perspective. He explores how young people... -
Asian Americans: From Racial Category to Multiple Identities by Juanita Tamayo Lott 9780761991731
Booksplease Price: £40.79Does race matter? Having witnessed the civil rights movement and changes in immigration laws, we continue to ask ourselves this complex question. In the United States, racial status and identity has... -
Behavioral Anthropology: Toward an Integrated Science of Human Behavior by Theodore D. Graves 9780759105720
Booksplease Price: £113.41Behavioral Anthropology is a unique introduction, combining an intellectual biography with an explanation of methodological principles. Each chapter deals with a specific methodological issue, such... -
Fat and Blood: and How to Make Them by S. Weir Mitchell 9780759106758
Booksplease Price: £27.58This volume presents one of Mitchell's touchstone texts of neurasthenia-cultural critique as medical diagnosis. Fat and Blood was a best seller in its time and went through multiple printings and... -
Immigrant Faiths: Transforming Religious Life in America by Karen Isaksen Leonard 9780759108172
Booksplease Price: £44.31Recent immigration is changing American religion. No longer only a Protestant, Christian, or even Judeo-Christian nation, the United States is increasingly home to religious traditions from Asia,... -
The Recurring Dark Ages: Ecological Stress, Climate Changes, and System Transformation by Sing C. Chew 9780759104525
Booksplease Price: £51.20In this modern era of global environmental crisis, Sing Chew provides a convincing analysis of the recurring human and environmental crises identified as Dark Ages. In this, his second of a... -
Introduction to Pagan Studies by Barbara Jane Davy 9780759108189
Booksplease Price: £103.11Pagan Studies is maturing and moving beyond the context of new religious movements to situate itself in within of the study of world religions. Introduction to Pagan Studies is the first and only... -
Presenting the Past by Larry J. Zimmerman 9780759100251
Booksplease Price: £40.94Using the right media, archeologists can and must educate and excite the people who need their information. Larry Zimmerman's earnestly engaging guide to reporting archaeological findings argues that... -
Narratives of Mexican American Women: Emergent Identities of the Second Generation by Alma M. Garcia 9780759101814
Booksplease Price: £113.11Alma Garc'a offers a bold new interpretation of identity formation for second generation immigrants in America. The narratives of Mexican American women in higher education reveal their journeys of...