Anthropology Books
Oxford University Press The Past in Perspective
Book SynopsisTrade Review"The Past in Perspective is one of the best textbooks on world prehistory. I appreciate the attention that Feder puts into discussing the differences between consensus views, as well as the debates that might overturn established ideas. The organization, writing, and balance between different topics are excellent; it is clear that Feder went through considerable pains to make it accessible."--Jason Nesbitt, Tulane University "The Past in Perspective is personable, contemporary, and conversational. Feder's engaging writing style, curated selection of case studies, and funny anecdotes spark students' curiosity. He makes a concerted effort to be relatable and to boil concepts down to the simplest level. The student-oriented pedagogy definitely aligns with the present shift toward active learning; it encourages students to be more thoughtful and critical."--Lindsay Der, University of British Columbia "The Past in Perspective provides one of the best comprehensive and in-depth overviews of world prehistory, while also providing rich examples illustrating major milestones in technology, society, and other developments."--Nicholas Jew, California State University, Los AngelesTable of ContentsPrefaceEncountering the PastProbing the PastAfrican RootsThe Human LineageThe First Humans: The Evolution of Homo sapiensExpanding Intellectual Horizons: Arts and Ideas in the Upper Paleolithic and Late Stone AgeExpanding Geographic Horizons: New WorldsAfter the Ice: The Food-Producing RevolutionRoots of Complexity: The Origins of CivilizationAn Explosion of Complexity: Mesopotamia, Africa, and EuropeThe Evolution of the StateAn Explosion of Complexity: The Indus Valley and ChinaAn Explosion of Complexity: MesoamericaAn Explosion of Complexity: South AmericaAn Explosion of Complexity: North AmericaEvolutionary Epilogue
£107.99
Oxford University Press The World of Myth
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£44.99
The University of Chicago Press Venda Childrens Songs A Study in
Book SynopsisThis text provides a detailed analysis of both the music and the cultural significance of children's songs among the Venda people of the northern Transvaal, South Africa. It examines topics such as role of melody in generating rhythm.
£76.00
The University of Chicago Press Thinking in Jewish Religion and Postmodernism
Book SynopsisThese essays explore the ways in which a Jewish - or, more particularly, Yiddish - idiom complicates the question of identity. The book is intended for students of critical theory, cultural studies and Jewish studies.
£80.00
The University of Chicago Press Civil Society the Political Imagination in
Book SynopsisThese essays explore the diverse, unexpected and controversial ways in which the idea of civil society has entered into populist politics and public debate throughout Africa. It shows how struggles over civil society reveal much about larger historical forces in the post-Cold War era.
£76.00
The University of Chicago Press They Make Themselves
Book SynopsisThis study describes the daily existence of the Baining people of Papua New Guinea, who present a challenge to anthropologists because of their apparent lack of a cultural or social structure; but Jane Fajans argues that the Baining define themselves by their own productive and reproductive work.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Ch. 1: The "Baining Problem" Ch. 2: The Ethnographic Setting Ch. 3: History Ch. 4: Kinship, Adoption, and the Production of Society Ch. 5: The Life Cycle and Socialization Ch. 6: Sentiments and Motivation in the Social Person Ch. 7: Death and Social Reproduction Ch. 8: Baining Dances Ch. 9: Ta Takmut Banas: The Asarai Dance Ch. 10: Atut Ch. 11: Anarchy as Structured Antistructure Appendix Glossary Bibliography Index
£80.00
The University of Chicago Press Irony in Action Anthropology Practice the Moral
Book SynopsisThis collection is based on the idea that irony now extends beyond its classification as a figure of speech and is increasingly recognized as one of the major modes of human experience. The essays cover the limits to irony's liberating qualities as well as irony's more positive dimensions.
£80.00
The University of Chicago Press Under Construction
Book SynopsisIn the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, security became the paramount concern of virtually everyone involved in governing the United States. This title describes the human activities, emotions, relationships, and decisions that shaped the way Americans experienced homeland security.Trade Review"Under Construction is extraordinarily well written, original, timely, and its subject matter is extremely important. Fosher's demonstration of the usefulness of an ethnographic approach to the topic is truly valuable - practitioners, planners, and policy makers especially need to read this book." - Anna Simons, author of The Company They Keep: Life Inside the U.S. Army Special Forces"
£80.00
The University of Chicago Press The Politics of Pure Science
Book SynopsisThis work examines the place of science in American politics and society. Dispelling the myth of scientific purity and detachment, Daniel S. Greenberg documents the political processes that underpinned government funding of science from the 1940s to the 1970s.
£76.00
The University of Chicago Press The Politics of Pure Science New Ed Paper
Book SynopsisThis work examines the place of science in American politics and society. Dispelling the myth of scientific purity and detachment, Daniel S. Greenberg documents the political processes that underpinned government funding of science from the 1940s to the 1970s.
£31.15
The University of Chicago Press In the Shadow of Marriage Gender Justice in an
Book SynopsisA comparison between the traditional customary legal system and the colonial common law of courts and magistrates in Botswana. This study shows how the structure of both legal institutions is based on power and gender relations which heavily favour males, and which block women's access to law.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface 1: Academic Narratives: Models and Methods in the Search for Meanings 2: The Gendered Dynamics of Households: Managing Resources, Procreation, and Marriage 3: Diverging Families: Social Stratification, Procreation, and Marriage 4: Pregnancy and Marriage: The World of Negotiation and Dispute 5: The Gendered World of Marriage: Claims of Desertion and Neglect 6: Untying the Knot: Public Dissolution and Division of Property 7: Final Partings: Institutional Encounters and the Shifting Boundaries of Law 8: Reconfiguring Law: A Differentiating Perspective App. A: Procreative Relationships and Marriage in Three Families App. B: Text for Teko Mere's Hearing App. C: Text for Nyana Segethsho's Hearing App. D: Text for the Kgosidintsis' Hearing App. E: Text for the Makokas' Hearing App. F: Text for Mmathari's and Tshotego's Hearing Notes References Index
£81.00
The University of Chicago Press In the Shadow of Marriage Gender and Justice in
Book SynopsisA comparison between the traditional customary legal system and the colonial common law of courts and magistrates in Botswana. This study shows how the structure of both legal institutions is based on power and gender relations which heavily favour males, and which block women's access to law.
£37.39
University of Chicago Press In the Arms of Africa The Life of Colin Turnbull
Book SynopsisColin Turnbull made a name for himself with The Forest People, his study of African Pygmies. His second book ignited a swirl of controversy within anthropology and tainted his reputation. This biography charts the rise and fall of Colin Turnbull, from his Scottish family to his travels in Africa.
£33.18
University of Chicago Press Zouk World Music in the West Indies
Book SynopsisThis book--complete with a compact disc and numerous illustrations and musical examples--provides a thorough introduction to the sound, lyrics, choreography, and social milieu of zouk music.Table of ContentsList of the Musical Excerpts on the Compact Disc Acknowledgments Introduction Technical Notes 1: Zouk and the Isles of the Caribees 2: "Zouk-la Se Sel Medikaman Nou Ni" 3: On Zouk and Family Resemblance: Biguine, Compas Direct, and Cadence-Lypso 4: Biguine: Popular Music of Guadeloupe (1940-1960) Edouard Benoit 5: "Toujou Sou Konpa": Issues of Change and Interchange in Haitian Popular Dance Music Gage Averill 6: Cadence: The Dominican Experience Gregory Rabess 7: Three Constructions of Zouk: An Interpretation 8: Zouk in the Eighties 9: Zouk and the Local Music industries 10: Zouk as a World Music in the Lesser Antilles A gallery of photographs follows page Appendixes Discography Notes References Index
£82.03
The University of Chicago Press The Corn Wolf
Book SynopsisCollecting a decade of work from iconic anthropologist and writer Michael Taussig, The Corn Wolf pinpoints a moment of intellectual development for the master stylist, exemplifying the nervous system approach to writing and truth that has characterized his trajectory. Pressured by the permanent state of emergency that imbues our times, this approach marries storytelling with theory, thickening spiraling analysis with ethnography and putting the study of so-called primitive societies back on the anthropological agenda as a way of better understanding the sacred in everyday life. The leading figure of these projects is the corn wolf, whom Wittgenstein used in his fierce polemic on Frazer's Golden Bough. For just as the corn wolf slips through the magic of language in fields of danger and disaster, so we are emboldened to take on the widespread culture of academic-or what he deems agribusiness-writing, which strips ethnography from its capacity to surprise and connect with other worlds
£80.00
University of Chicago Press Hunting the Ethical State The Benkadi Movement
Book SynopsisIn 1990s the Ivoirian police failed to control the situation, so a group of poor, politically marginalized, and mostly Muslim men took on the role of the people's protectors as part of a movement they called Benkadi. This title reveals how dozos worked beyond the divisions to derive their new roles as enforcers of security.
£81.00
The University of Chicago Press Anthropology and Global Counterinsurgency
Book SynopsisGlobal events of the early twenty-first century have placed stress on the relationship among anthropology, governance, and war. This title includes the essays that consider how anthropologists can, should, and do respond to military overtures, and articulate anthropological perspectives on global war and power relations.Trade Review"This extensive compendium of critical ideas, information, and narrative accounts makes for an absorbing reading experience. Beyond its cogency for present debates, it might well serve as a historical marker for future researchers, likely to become as important as an expression of a certain epoch of anthropological relevance to events as Reinventing Anthropology has been in the context of the 1960s." - George Marcus, University of California, Irvine"
£81.00
University of Chicago Press Leisure Settings Bourgeois Culture Medicine the
Book SynopsisExploring the links between class identity and vacationing, the text looks at the popularity of France's health resorts in the 19th century. It shows how spas were promoted as an ordered equivalent to the busy lives of the bourgeoisie, and this premier vacation made and was made by the bourgeoisie.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1: Baths and Curing in the Old Regime 2: Producing Leisure: Economics, Class Formation, and the Sejour for Sale 3: Respectability Emplaced 4: Medicine and the Rhythming of Bourgeois Rest 5: Social Benefits of Spa Consumption Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index
£76.00
The University of Chicago Press Cultural Producers in Perilous States Editing
Book SynopsisA collection of ten interviews explore how producers of documentary media - filmmakers, journalists, and artists - located in societies considered marginal to the high-tech global centres respond to local and international audiences in creating their works.
£43.93
The University of Chicago Press Connected Engagements with Media at Centurys End
Book SynopsisThe evolution of media continues to generate new avenues for cultural criticism, political activism and self-reflection. This book, part of the Late Editions series, explores both the new pathways being forged through media and the predicaments of those still struggling to find their way.Table of ContentsIntroduction to the Volume and Reintroduction to the Series George E. Marcus 1: The Electronic Vernacular Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett 2: A Torn Page, Ghosts on the Computer Screen, Words, Images, Labyrinths: Exploring the Frontiers of Cyberspace Ron Burnett 3: Framed, or How the Internet Set Me Up Christopher Pound 4: A Tale of an Electronic Community Mazyar Lotfalian 5: Computing for Tibet: Virtual Politics in the Post-Cold War Era Meg McLagan 6: Knowing Each Other through AIDS Video: A Dialogue between AIDS Activist Videomakers Juanita Mohammed, Alexandra Juhasz. 7: Representing "Bhopal" Kim Laughlin 8: Horizons of Interactivity: Making the News at Time Warner Kim Laughlin, John Monberg. 9: Rewriting New York City Joe Austin 10: Shades of Twilight: Anna Deavere Smith and Twilight: Los Angeles 1992 Dorinne Kondo 11: Producing and Mediating Science as a Worldview in Postwar America: Two Interviews Fred Myers, Rayna Rapp. 12: DEBI Does Democracy: Recollecting Democratic Voter Education in the Electronic Media Prior to the South African Elections Ruth Elizabeth Teer-Tomaselli Appendix: Selected Excerpts from the Collective Editorial Meeting, 30 April 1994 Contributors Index
£98.80
Routledge Material Cultures CoPublicati
Book SynopsisA collection of case studies which move from the domestic sphere to the global arena, this work includes examinations of the soundscape produced by home radios, catalogue shopping, the role of paper in the workplace, and the relation between the production and consumption of Coca-Cola in Trinidad.
£91.31
The University of Chicago Press High Art Down Home An Economic Ethnography of a
Book SynopsisA comprehensive description of an avant-garde centre, this text seeks to explore the tensions and difficulties artists, collectors, dealers and curators experience in an atmosphere where aesthetic ambitions compete with economic exigencies.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface 1: Introduction 2: The Rise of the Modern Art Market 3: The St. Louis Metropolitan Area 4: Artists 5: Dealers 6: Collectors 7: Conclusion App. 1: Glossary of Art Speech App. 2: A Note on Art and Craft App. 3: Art as Investment App. 4: The Influence of the Japanese on Auction Prices App. 5: Statistical Comparisons among the Largest Metropolitan Areas App. 6: Art in America and Local Gallery Guide Listings App. 7: Secondary Skills Necessary for a Professional Artist App. 8: Gender and Teaching Positions Notes References Index
£80.00
University of Chicago Press Cornhusk Bags of the Plateau Indians
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£55.10
The University of Chicago Press May It Fill Your Soul
Book SynopsisThis ethnography documents and interprets the history of folk music, song and dance in Bulgaria over a 70-year period of dramatic change. It aims to contribute to ethnomusicological theory and method, and provide a better understanding of Slavic folklore and Eastern European anthropology.
£43.00
University of Chicago Press Sinners and Citizens Bestiality and
Book SynopsisJens Rydstrom explores the history of homosexuality and bestiality in Sweden to consider why these sexual practices have been so closely linked in virtually all Western Societies. Based on diaries, medical records and court reports, this work reveals the changing notion of deviant behaviour.
£999.99
The University of Chicago Press Culture Enchantment
Book SynopsisShows that students of culture today operate in social and intellectual circumstances similar to those of 17th century natural philosophers. Just as Newton was drawn to alchemy, scholars today are fascinated by ghostly and mercurial agents thought to account for the meanings of cultural entities.
£80.00
The University of Chicago Press Natural Histories of Discourse
Book SynopsisThis collection of ethnographies demonstrates that the divide between fleeting discursive practice and formed text is a constructed one, and that the constructional process reveals culture. The cultural processes of entextualization and contextualization are examined.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments The Natural History of Discourse Michael Silverstein, Greg Urban. 1: Entextualization, Replication, and Power Greg Urban 2: Text from Talk in Tzotzil John B. Haviland 3: The Secret Life of Texts Michael Silverstein 4: "Self"-Centering Narratives Vincent Crapanzano 5: Shadow Conversations: The Indeterminacy of Participant Roles Judith T. Irvine 6: Exorcism and the Description of Participant Roles William F. Hanks 7: Socialization to Text: Structure and Contradiction in Schooled Literacy James Collins 8: Recontextualization as Socialization: Text and Pragmatics in the Law School Classroom Elizabeth Mertz 9: The Construction of an LD Student: A Case Study in the Politics of Representation Hugh Mehan 10: National Spirit or the Breath of Nature? The Expropriation of Folk Positivism in the Discourse of Greek Nationalism Michael Herzfeld 11: Transformations of the Word in the Production of Mexican Festival Drama Richard Bauman Codafication [sic] Greg Urban, Michael Silverstein. List of Contributors Index
£113.97
University of Chicago Press The Smoking Book
Book SynopsisThe Smoking Book is built on the foundation of two questions: how does it feel to smoke, and what does smoking mean? Lesley Stern muses on these questions through intersecting stories and essays.
£35.37
University of Chicago Press Java Man How Two Geologists Changed Our
Book SynopsisThis is the inside story of how one discovery - a human skull found on the island of Java - by two geologists shock the foundations of science. By uncovering new evidence they were able to date Java mans remains at 1.7 million years, which pushed back the time when humans migrated out of Africa.
£30.95
The University of Chicago Press Imagining Monsters Miscreations of the Self in
Book SynopsisIn 1726, an illiterate woman from Surrey named Mary Toft announced that she had given birth to 17 rabbits. This study recreates the story of this incident and shows how it illuminates 18th-century beliefs about the power of imagination and the problems of personal identity.
£113.87
The University of Chicago Press Primitive Passions
Book SynopsisLinking literature, art, psychology and cultural studies, this work investigates Westerners' attraction to primitive cultures. Torgovnick explores the stories of Jung, Dinesen, O'Keefe and Lawrence and the ways they use the primitive as a medium for soul searching and personal fulfilment.Table of ContentsIntroduction Pt. I: Men Ch. 1: "What an Ecstasy It Would Have Been!": Gide and Jung in Africa Ch. 2: "Something Stood Still in My Soul": D. H. Lawrence in New Mexico Pt. II: Women Ch. 3: Loving Africa: Memoirs by European Women Ch. 4: Dian Fossey Among the Animals Ch. 5: "The Bones and the Blue": Georgia O'Keeffe and the Female Primitive Pt. III: Trends and Movements Ch. 6: New American Indian/New American White Ch. 7: Of Drums and Men Ch. 8: Medicine Wheels and Spirituality: Primitivism in the New Age Ch. 9: Piercings Conclusion Notes Bibliography Acknowledgments Index
£31.05
The University of Chicago Press Science and an African Logic
Book SynopsisDoes two and two equal four? Ask someone and they should answer yes. An equation such as this seems the very definition of certainty, but is it? Helen Verran describes how she went from the conclusion that logic and maths are culturally relative, to a new understanding of all generalizing logic.
£80.00
The University of Chicago Press Ashes of Immortality
Book SynopsisThis work attempts to see the satis - the Hindu custom of women sacrificing themselves on the funeral pyres of their husbands - through Hindu eyes, providing an experiential and psychoanalytic account of ritual self-sacrifice and self-mutilation in South Asia.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Funereal Prelude A Burning in Bali A Question of Words Immortality: Time Reckoned The Truth about Women Speech as Instrument Sexual Colorings Living Satis Blue as Blood Trial by Fire Fire and the Fault of Karma Handprint, Dagger, and Lemon Mutilation and Voluntary Death Rhetoric of Protest Suicide Dizzying Heights of Violence The Trammels of Resentment A Rite of Exorcism The Offering of the Self The Fruits of One's Acts The Corporality of the Dead Death in the Telling Rite and Belief A Sati on the Shore of the Ganges (Stavorinus) A Sati in Surat (Durlabh Ram) The Dream as Proof The Transmission of the Deadly Vow Love in the Extreme Under the Spell of Sacrifice The Goddess's Body Sati Divine, Earthly Satis Cult and Apotheosis Shekhavati, an Endangered Region Belief and Mystification True and False Traditions Cross-Examination of a District The Rite, the Law, and the Custom Ritual and How to Use It A Sati in Poona Shared Passions Menstruation and the Final Oblation The Seasonal Fault A Foreword in Retrospect Notes Glossary Bibliography Index
£76.00
The University of Chicago Press Journeys with Flies
Book SynopsisFrom 1973 to 1994, anthropologist Edwin Wilmsen lived and worked among the Zhu, Mbanduru and Tswana people of the Kalahari desert in southern Africa. Combining biography, poetry and anthropology, Wilmsen portrays the intense realities of life in the Kalahari.
£34.41
The University of Chicago Press Of Body Brush Grand Sacrifice as Text
Book SynopsisThe Qianlong emperor, who dominated religious and political life in China, was ruled by elaborate ritual prescriptions, which determined his dress and behaviour, and how he performed the yearly Grand Sacrifices. This text analyzes how ritualizing power was shared by the throne and the literati.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Prologue: Clothing, Carrying, and Codifying Abbreviations Introduction Pt. 1: Ruling Boundaries 1: Signifying Emperorship: Of Portraits and Princes 2: Method, Monarchy, and Ritual Pt. 2: Text: Editing the Ritual Corpus 3: Classifying Li: Time and Agency 4: Writing the Ritualist Metaphysics: Self and World Pt. 3: Performance: The Ritualizing Body Inscribes 5: Sacrificial Spaces: Contextualizing the City 6: Cosmic Preparation: Orders of Knowledge 7: Filial Ceremony: Centering 8: The Politics of Boundary: Inscription and Incorporation Notes Glossary of Chinese Characters References Index
£80.00
University of Illinois Press Fanti Kinship and the Analysis of Kinship
Book SynopsisAn authoritative analysis of kinship terminologiesTrade Review"The author applies evolved, forceful analytical methods to the Fanti and the book would seem set to become a standard text for anthropologists who seek a commanding introduction to what vigorous kinship analysis looks like at the beginning of the 21st century."--Anthropos“Kronenfeld’s mastery of Fanti kinship, including social, linguistic, and semantic aspects, is of the very highest quality. He has a wide and masterful knowledge of the details of the research he discusses. He exhibits total integrity in presenting data as well as objective criteria for its interpretation. The outcome is one of the richest descriptions and theoretical interpretations of how kinship terminology and behavior actually operate in society.”--A. Kimball Romney, research professor, School of Social Sciences, University of California, Irvine"David Kronenfeld's Fanti Kinship and the Analysis of Kinship Terminologies is a ground-breaking and important addition to the anthropological literature on kinship systems, a formal analysis both of kinship terminologies and of social structures more generally, as well as an in-depth treatment of a particular ethnographic case. This book raises all the necessary questions about the nature and the goals of different versions of kinship theory and formal analysis, and at every turn it brings to bear Kronenfeld's splendid field ethnography. It should be an excellent textbook for new students; Kronenfeld makes it clear that formal analysis is relevant to the real issues of social and even political life."--F. K. Lehman (F. K. L. Chit Hlaing), professor of anthropology, linguistics, and cognitive science, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignTable of ContentsList of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xiii Introduction 1PART 1 1. Fanti Kinship: The Structure of Terminology and Behavior 15 2. A Formal Analysis of Fanti Kinship Terminology (Ghana) 31 3. Particularistic or Universalistic Analyses of Fanti Kinterminology: The Alternative Goals of Terminological Analysis 53 4. Fanti Kinship Behavior: What a Fanti Needs to Know to Treat a Kinsman Correctly 71PART II 5. Context in the Late 1970s: Schneider, Needham, Scheffler, and Keesing 109 6. Morgan vs. Dorsey on the Omaha Cross-Parallel Contrast: Theoretical Implications 153 7. Comparison with Tax's Theoretic Approach (1980) 177 8. Krober vs. Radcliffe-Brown on Kinship Behavior: The Fanti Test Case 181PART III 9. The Uses of Formal Analysis re Cognitive and Social Issues 205 10. Computer Analysis of Skewed Kinship Terminologies 227 11. Using Sydney H. Gould's Formalization of Kinterminologies: Social Information, Skewing, and Structural Types 255PART IV 12. Sibling Typology: Beyond Nerlove and Romney 281 13. Fanti Kinship: Language, Inheritance, and Kin Groups 301 14. Some Observations Concerning Usage (1969) 319 Notes 325 References 349 Credits 361 Index 363
£79.00
Indiana University Press CongoParis Transnational Traders on the Margins
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPreliminary Table of Contents:Introduction1. Traders, Trade Networks, and Research Methods2. Resisting Exclusion and Reacting to disorder3. Commodities, Commercialization, and the Structuring of Identity4. Contesting Boundaries: The Defiant Search for Success5. The Organization of the Trade: The Importance of Personal Ties6. To Surve and Shine: Two Oppositional Cultures7. Conclusion: The Wider Context
£12.50
MIT Press Ltd Inequality
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£18.90
Yale University Press The Tainos Rise Decline of the People Who
Book SynopsisA noted archaeologist and anthropologist tells the story of the Tainos of the northern Caribbean islands, from their ancestry on the South American continent to their rapid decline after contact with the Spanish explorers.Trade Review"A model of clarity and lightly worn erudition, and it contains the best and most straightforward description of the four Columbus voyages and their implications for the Amerindians I have seen. . . . Columbus had found large, permanent villages of Tainos Indians in Hispaniola and Puerto Rico, each governed by a chief or cacique, and each containing an average of two thousand people. Rouse vividly describes their everyday life."—Kenneth Maxwell, New York Times Book Review"[A] masterpiece of the cultural/historical approach . . . informative and accessible . . . Highly recommended for a general audience and anyone interested in the [Columbus] quincentenary."—William S. Dancey, Library Journal"Rouse gives a vivid account of the origins, archaeology and history of these island people. . . . Building impressive 'ballcourts,' and worshiping deities called zemis, Taino culture bequeathed us many words and ideas that shaped European perceptions of the Americas. From them we derive our knowledge of cassava, pineapple, sweet potato and tobacco. This is a timely and comprehensive account of the first indigenous Americans to have greeted the European 'discoverers.'"—Nick Saunders, New Scientist"A welcome addition to the literature on the Caribbean region, this book is clearly and authoritatively presented by the noted anthropologist and archaeologist Irving Rouse. . . . A detailed survey of the region's cultural developments, it will be useful to both the archaeologist studying pre-literate societies, and the historian or anthropologist tracing the development of indigenous peoples following contact with the Spanish. The substantial bibliography will also be helpful to researchers."—British Bulletin of Publications on Latin America and the Caribbean"The Tainos is an historically important book. It is the culmination of half a century of research on a region whose archaeological complexity is compounded by the complexity of its political, social and linguistic diversity. . . . This book explicitly attempts to construct an understanding of the long history of those Native American populations which felt the first blows of European socio-economic expansion into the New World."—James A. Delle, Bulletin of the History of Archaeology"The best and most complete book on the Tainos by a scholar who has studied their culture all over the Greater Antilles for half a century."—Ricardo E. Alegría"We are fortunate indeed to have at last the authoritative and up-to-date account of the Taino Indians from the acknowledged dean of Taino scholars. And just in time so that we may remember them too during this Quincentennial year."—Kirkpatrick Sale"In view of the quincentenary of the voyages of Columbus this is a timely book. It is also a significant one, for it is the first major revision of Caribbean archaeology in English since 1935. No other American archaeologist is better suited to write such an encompassing volume."—David R. Watters
£21.38
Little, Brown Spark Untrue
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Archaeology
Book SynopsisArchaeology: The Science of the Human provides students with a thorough understanding of what archaeology is, how it operates, and familiarizes them with fundamental archaeological concepts and methods.Table of ContentsPart I What is Archaeology?; 1 The Science of Archaeology; 2 Background of Archaeology; 3 The Development of Contemporary Archaeology; Part II Obtaining Information about the Past; 4 The Archaeological Record; 5 Conducting Fieldwork; 6 Classification and Analysis of Artifacts; 7 Determining Time; 8 Bioarchaeology: Human Remains; Part III Interpreting the Past; 9 Environment and Adaptation; 10 Understanding Past Settlement and Subsistence; 11 Interpreting Past Cultural Systems; 12 Understanding Change; Part IV Public Archaeology; 13 Cultural Resource Management; 14 Archaeology in Today’s World
£999.99
Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc The Naked Ape
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WW Norton & Co The Human Age The World Shaped by Us
Book SynopsisAs Diane Ackerman writes in her brilliant new book, The Human Age, our relationship with nature has changed radically, irreversibly, but by no means all for the bad. Our new epoch is laced with invention. Our mistakes are legion, but our talent is immeasurable.Trade Review"An ode to the planet we’ve created for ourselves… Rarely grim, and the overwhelming spirit is one of relentless optimism." -- Nathanial Rich - New York Times"[Ackerman] raises the bar for her peers…her penetrating insight is a joy to behold." -- Publishers Weekly, Starred review"Ackerman has established herself over the last quarter of a century as one of our most adventurous, charismatic, and engrossing public science writers…she has demonstrated a rare versatility, a contagious curiosity, and a gift for painting quick, memorable tableaus drawn from research across a panoply of disciplines. The Human Age displays all of these alluring qualities…The Human Age is a dazzling achievement: immensely readable, lively, polymathic, audacious." -- Rob Nixon - New York Times Book Review"Diane Ackerman’s vivid writing, inexhaustible stock of insights, and unquenchable optimism have established her as a national treasure, and as one of our great authors. You’re now about to become addicted to Diane Ackerman." -- Jared Diamond, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Guns, Germs, and Steel and The World Until Yesterday"In this amazingly illuminating book, Diane Ackerman explains our future with her typically intoxicating blend of scholarship, wisdom, grace and humor." -- Siddhartha Mukherjee, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Emperor of All Maladies"Diane Ackerman writes with brilliance, zest, and high style. In a difficult time, we need to hear this voice of human affirmation. It's important. It matters. I read The Human Age and thought, Yes! This is the way to look ahead." -- Jonathan Weiner, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Beak of the Finch and Long for this World"The Human Age allows us to consider whether or not we will accept destruction or restoration as our legacy. I cannot imagine a richer text of image and insight, rendered with grace, intelligence and stamina." -- Terry Tempest Williams, author of When Women Were Birds"With this stirringly vivid, darkbright manifesto, Diane Ackerman summons us to the wager of sheer possibility: life against death, delight still (if only just barely) trouncing despair." -- Lawrence Weschler, author of Everything that Rises, Pulitzer Prize finalist"A book to dip around in—skimming some parts and perusing others with care—as your interest guides you, enjoying Ackerman’s profound sense of mind play as you go." -- Ben Dickinson - Elle"A hard look at the impact that humans have had on Earth… thought provoking." -- Kyle Anderson - Entertainment Weekly"Fascinating… Ackerman offers a cross-cultural tour of human ingenuity … Her words invite us to feel the hope she feels." -- Barbara J. King - Washington Post"Part immersion memoir and part journalism… The Human Age is also many parts poetry." -- Beth Kephart - Chicago Tribune"[A] thought-provoking analysis of our connection to the earth… A lens that magnifies and clarifies the fascinating, far-reaching effects humans have had on our planet and ourselves." -- Lee E. Cart - Shelf Awareness"Ackerman is a gorgeous writer and perceptive observer. Here she writes with great empathy about the human plight." -- Kate Tuttle - Boston Globe"A humdinger of a book… Ackerman is optimistic, even exhilarated, and frequently giddy about the future of humanity." -- Jon Christensen - San Francisco Chronicle"Exquisite and startling." -- Tim Flannery - Harper's Magazine
£20.89
W. W. Norton & Company The Gift
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£14.36
W. W. Norton & Company Laboratory Manual and Workbook for Biological
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£65.00
The Perseus Books Group Catching Fire How Cooking Made Us Human
Book SynopsisA startling new theory that the invention of cooking led to the creation of the human species
£21.52
LUP - University of Michigan Press The City Connection
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£30.23
The University of Michigan Press From Primitive to Postcolonial in Melanesia and
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