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Power, Practice, and Inequality
by James G. Carrier & Don Kalb
<p>Rising social, political and economic inequality in many countries, and rising protest against it, has seen the restoration of the concept of 'class' to a prominent place in contemporary anthropological debates. A timely intervention in these
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Anthropologies of Unemployment
New Perspectives on Work and Its Absence
by Jong Bum Kwon & Carrie M. Lane
<p><em>Anthropologies of Unemployment</em> offers accessible, theoretically innovative, and ethnographically rich examinations of unemployment in rural and urban regions across North and South America, Europe, Africa, and Asia. The diversity of ...
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Anthropologists in the SecurityScape
Ethics, Practice, and Professional Identity
by Robert Albro, George Marcus, Laura A McNamara & others
<p>As the military and intelligence communities re-tool for the 21st century, the long and contentious debate about the role of social scientists in national security environments is dividing the disciplines with renewed passion. Yet, research ...
ISBN: 9781315434797
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Anthropologists Inside Organisations
South Asian Case Studies
by Devi Sridhar
<p><strong>Anthropologists Inside Organisations: South Asian Case Studies</strong> responds to a shift in anthropology over the past decade towards working with and studying organisations. This book brings together seven fresh case studies on ...
ISBN: 9789352801640
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What Does It Mean to Be Human?
by Robert H. Lavenda
A unique alternative to more traditional, encyclopedic introductory texts, Anthropology: What Does It Mean to Be Human?, Fourth Edition, takes a question-oriented approach that incorporates cutting-edge theory and new ways of looking at ...
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An Introduction to the Study of Man and Civilization
by Edward B. Tylor
<p>While the various departments of the science of Man are extremely multifarious, ranging from body to mind, from language to music, from fire — making to morals, they are all matters to whose nature and history every well informed person ought
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by Paul Topinard
<p>Anthropology, of all branches of natural science, was the last to be developed; nevertheless it is one which now lays claim to hold the first place in the attention of the scientific world. For fifteen years this science, whose title even was
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by Little Green Apples Publishing, LLC ™
<p>Anthropology is the scientific study of humans, their existence and relationship with one another over time. Our Anthropology Study Brief provides a concise, conceptual overview of this interesting subject matter, including its various fields
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Comprehensive Reviews
by Robert L. Rubinstein
ISBN: 9789400920316
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Responding to the Other
by Bernhard Leistle
<p>Alterity or otherness is a central notion in cultural anthropology and philosophy, as well as in other disciplines. While anthropology, with its aim of understanding cultural difference, tends to take otherness as a fact, there have been ...
ISBN: 9781317205890
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From Aesthetics to Creativity
by Stephanie Bunn
<p>Organised around the theme of beauty, this innovative collection offers insight into the development of anthropological thinking on art, aesthetics and creativity in recent years. The volume incorporates current work on perception and ...
ISBN: 9781317400547
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Culture, Morality and Politics in a Globalised World
by Emma Crewe & Richard Axelby
<p>In recent decades international development has grown into a world-shaping industry. But how do aid agencies work and what do they achieve? How does aid appear to the adults and children who receive it? And why has there been so little ...
ISBN: 9781139793735
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Anthropology And Development In North Africa And The Middle East
by Muneera Salem-Murdock
<p>This book documents the function of social science analyses in the identification and evaluation of development programs in the Middle Eastern and North African countries. It demonstrates that anthropology and social sciences have a good deal
ISBN: 9780429713613
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by Stephen Gudeman
<p>Comparative and critical, Anthropology and Economy offers a uniquely cross-cultural view of economy. Using examples from market and non-market situations, the book shows how economies are built on five increasingly abstract spheres, from the ...
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Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Study of Health and Disease
by C. Janes, R. Stall & S.M. Gifford
<p>Over the past two decades increasing interest has emerged in the contribu tions that the social sciences might make to the epidemiological study of patterns of health and disease. Several reasons can be cited for this increasing interest. ...
ISBN: 9789400937239
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by Abraham Edel
<p>This book presents the results of an experiment in interdisciplinary collaboration to clarify theories of morality and anthropology and philosophy, showing how each may be enriched by borrowing from the other. Pooling the resources and ...
ISBN: 9781351531573
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A Critical Introduction
by Mark Goodale
<p><strong>An introduction to the anthropology of law that explores the connections between law, politics, and technology.</strong></p> <p>From legal responsibility for genocide to rectifying past injuries to indigenous people, the anthropology
ISBN: 9781479836857
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Anthropology and New Testament Theology
by Benjamin E. Reynolds & Dr Jason Maston
<p>This volume considers the New Testament in the light of anthropological study, in particular the current trend towards theological anthropology. The book begins with three essays that survey the context in which the New Testament was written,
ISBN: 9780567680228
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by Pat Holden & Jenny Littlewood
<p>Nursing has been described as the most ‘natural’ female occupation of all, embodying the so-called feminine ideals of tenderness and caring. Yet these ideals are juxtaposed with images of nurses as sex objects, or as ruthlessly efficient ...
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Anthropology And Primary Health Care
by Jeannine Coreil
<p>This book covers the major theoretical perspectives, content areas, and methodologic approaches that presently characterize the field of anthropology and primary health care. It is of great value to physicians, epidemiologists, program ...
ISBN: 9780429714825
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