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  • Yellow Perils

    University of Hawai'i Press Yellow Perils

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisBased on archival material and interviews, the collection supplements and often challenges superficial journalistic accounts and top-down studies by economists and political scientists. Yellow Peril narratives, contributors find, constitute cultural vectors of multiple kinds of anxieties, spanning the cultural, racial, political, and economic.

    1 in stock

    £60.00

  • Across Species and Cultures

    University of Hawai'i Press Across Species and Cultures

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisOffers a critical, wide-ranging geographical and temporal look at the varieties of whale histories in the Pacific. The contributors, hailing from around the Pacific, present a wealth of fascinating stories while breaking new methodological ground in environmental history, women's history, animal studies, and Indigenous ontologies.

    1 in stock

    £51.00

  • Lotus Blossoms and Purple Clouds

    University of Hawai'i Press Lotus Blossoms and Purple Clouds

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisSoutheast China is a traditional stronghold of Buddhism, but little scholarly attention has been paid to this fact. Brian Nicholsâ pioneering book, centres on a large Buddhist monastery in Quanzhou and combines ethnographic detail with stimulating analysis to examine religion in post-Mao China.

    1 in stock

    £51.00

  • Zen Conquests

    University of Hawai'i Press Zen Conquests

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisPresents the first ethnography of Thien Vien Sung Phuc and its followers, and is also a compelling look at how the discourses of Buddhist Modernism were incorporated at a local level into this new space on the outskirts of Hanoi and how and why new constituencies of followers are drawn to Zen Buddhism in contemporary Vietnam.

    1 in stock

    £51.00

  • Kyoto Revisited

    University of Hawai'i Press Kyoto Revisited

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    Book SynopsisIn the wake of years of economic recession followed by the national promotion of cool Japan in popular culture and tourism of the twenty-first century, anthropologist Jennifer Prough sets out to examine how the Kyoto's history and culture have been mobilized to create heritage experiences for today's tourists.

    Out of stock

    £999.99

  • Infrastructure and the Remaking of Asia

    University of Hawai'i Press Infrastructure and the Remaking of Asia

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisOffers an understanding of how technological innovation, geopolitical ambitions, and social change converge and cross-fertilize through infrastructure projects in Asia. This volume illustrates the multifaceted connections between infrastructure and three global paradigm shifts: climate change, digitalization, and China's emergence as a superpower.

    1 in stock

    £22.36

  • Connecting the Kingdom

    University of Hawai'i Press Connecting the Kingdom

    4 in stock

    Book SynopsisOffers a wealth of insight into the emergence of the Hawaiian nation-state from sources mostly ignored by historians. By examining how early Hawaiian chiefs appropriated Western sailing technology to help build their island nation, Mills presents the fascinating history of sixty Hawaiian-owned schooners, brigs, barks, and peleleu canoes.

    4 in stock

    £22.36

  • UNIV OF HAWAII PR Haunted Modernities

    2 in stock

    Book SynopsisExplores how ‘history’ and ‘memory’ are not simply about the past but part of a forward-looking process that emerges from the social, political, and economic needs of the present, legitimized and validated through its associations with the past.

    2 in stock

    £52.50

  • UNIV OF HAWAII PR Haunted Modernities

    3 in stock

    Book SynopsisExplores how ‘history’ and ‘memory’ are not simply about the past but part of a forward-looking process that emerges from the social, political, and economic needs of the present, legitimized and validated through its associations with the past.

    3 in stock

    £22.36

  • UNIV OF HAWAII PR Mothers Darlings of the South Pacific

    1 in stock

    a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.

    1 in stock

    £23.96

  • University of Missouri Press A History of Missouri v. 4 1875 to 1919

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    Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis volume of A History of Missouri is a solid piece of scholarship. The coverage is sensible. Indeed, the book is what it purports to be, a thorough-going history of the Show-me State, and it exhibits a good feeling for the state and its people.... This volume should be widely used and will surely have lasting value.-Journal of Southern History; ""The fourth installation of the History of Missouri series provides a useful... synthesis of the state's annals from the Constitution of 1875 to the conclusion of the Great War. For students and scholars interested in obtaining an overview of the key themes, challenges, and solutions proffered by Missourians during these years, Lawrence O. Christensen and Gary R. Kremer's publication offers a well-written and well-researched addition to other anthologies.""-Illinois Historical Journal; ""A highly readable history of Missouri... that is enlivened with a wealth of anecdotal material and conveys a strong sense of the variety of life experiences in the state. By maintaining a reasonably tight focus on the economic modernization of the state and on the evolving political response to that historical process, [the authors] have fashioned a conceptual framework that lends a high degree of thematic unity to what is essentially the story of amazing transformation.""-Annals of Iowa

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    £999.99

  • Human Nature  Biology Culture and Environmental

    MP-NMX Uni of New Mexico Human Nature Biology Culture and Environmental

    1 in stock

    Book Synopsis

    1 in stock

    £19.76

  • Tourist as a Metaphor of the Social World

    CABI Publishing Tourist as a Metaphor of the Social World

    Book SynopsisThis book contains a selection of papers from the prestigious Research Committee on International Tourism presented at the World Congress of the International Sociological Association, Brisbane, Australia, July 2002. It provides a sociological and anthropological critique of existing tourism theory as well as some directions for its future development and research. While much of the present understanding of the tourist and tourism is grounded in metaphor (e.g. tourism as a sacred journey, tourism as play, the tourist as a child, etc.) such analogies need to be linked to transformations in tourism generating and receiving societies. Hence the focus on the tourist and everyday life, socio-psychological dimensions of the tourist experience, the tourist and conflicting expectations, and the tourist in a changing world.Table of Contents1: The Tourist as a Metaphor of the Social World, G M S Dann 2: The Ethnographic Tourist, N Graburn, University of California, USA 3: The Discursive Tourist, K Moore, Lincoln University, New Zealand 4: The Tourist Experience and Everyday Life, S McCabe, University of Derby, UK 5: The Home and the World: (Post) Touristic Spaces and Inauthenticy? T Jamal and S Hill, Texas A&M University, USA 6: Trusting Tourists: Tourism, Trust and the Social Order, L Kuhn, University of Western Sydney, Australia 7: The Tourist as a Social Fact, D Picard, Universite de la Reunion, France 8: Tourism as Metempsychosis and Metensomatosis: The Personae of Eternal Recurrence, A V Seaton, University of Luton, UK 9: Tourism: Enacting Modern Myths, C Hennig, Via dei Bibiena, Italy 10: A Love Affair with Elsewhere: Love as a Metaphor and Paradigm for Tourist Longing, J Lengkeek, Wageningen University and Research Centre, The Netherlands 11: Leading the Tourist by the Nose, G M S Dann and J K Steen Jacobsen, Institute of Transport Economics, Norway 12: Recentring the Self in Volunteer Tourism, S Wearing, University of Technology Sydney, Australia 13: Glastonbury: A Tourist Town for all Seasons, J Digance, Griffith University, Australia and C Cusack, University of Sydney, Australia 14: The Tourist as Peak Consumer, N Wang, University of Guangzhou, PR China 15: The Cinematic Tourist: Perception and Subjectivity, B Morkham, University of Melbourne, Australia and R Staiff, University of Western Sydney, Australia 16: The Cybertourist, B Prideaux, University of Queensland, Australia

    £86.94

  • Phantom Africa

    Seagull Books London Ltd Phantom Africa

    4 in stock

    Book Synopsis

    4 in stock

    £33.25

  • The Story of Mankind

    WW Norton & Co The Story of Mankind

    2 in stock

    Book SynopsisThe winner of the first John Newbery Medal, now updated by Robert Sullivan, remains a timeless classic for all ages.

    2 in stock

    £25.19

  • Story of Mankind Updated

    W. W. Norton & Company Story of Mankind Updated

    Book SynopsisThe winner of the first John Newbery Medal, now updated by Robert Sullivan, remains a timeless classic for all ages.Trade Review"Remains a marvel: a sparkling, erudite, idiosyncratic tour through the human experience..." -- The Wall Street Journal

    £34.19

  • Pecos Pueblo Revisited

    Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology,U.S. Pecos Pueblo Revisited

    2 in stock

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    2 in stock

    £53.51

  • Michael Rockefeller

    Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology,U.S. Michael Rockefeller

    2 in stock

    Book Synopsis

    2 in stock

    £26.96

  • Identity Culture and Politics in the Basque

    MP-NEV University of Nevada Identity Culture and Politics in the Basque

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisA comparative study of ethnic identity in Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Peru, the United States of America, and Uruguay that illustrates the effects of globalization on the daily lives of Basques living abroad, which reveals the complex universe of the dispersed Basques.

    1 in stock

    £34.36

  • Expected Miracles  Surgeons at Work

    Temple University Press,U.S. Expected Miracles Surgeons at Work

    Book SynopsisExplores the world of surgeons from their own perspective how they perceive themselves, their work, colleagues, and communities. This book uses the central metaphor of the surgical 'miracle' by illuminating the drama of the operating room, where surgeons and patients alike expect heroic performance.Trade Review"Joan Cassell's book is fair-minded and unsparing. A meticulous dissection of The Surgeon by an observer whose gaze is as sharp and precise as a scalpel. For me there was a shock of recognition on every page." --Richard Selzer, M.D., Yale Medical School (retired), and author of Mortal Lessons: Notes on the Art of Surgery and Letters to a Young Doctor "The most explicit account I have read about what surgeons do; what their experiences are like; what they are like; what they think about their successes and failures; and what an astonishing variety of experiences of being a surgeon there are. Written with great clarity and considerable grace... I hope this book will become assigned reading for surgeons, surgical residents, medical students with interest in surgery, surgical nurses and technicians, and anyone who has to undergo a surgical procedure. A fine achievement." --Arthur Kleinman, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University "Joan Cassell gives us valuable insight into the mores, the high professional standards--as well as the lapse in and abuse of these standards--and the 'esprit de corps' of the 'fellowship of surgeons.' And she demonstrates that... this sub-profession does indeed form a Fellowship whose culture it is important for every prospective patient to understand." --James W. Fernandez, Professor of Anthropology, University of ChicagoTable of ContentsCast of Characters Preface: Some Words for Social Scientists Acknowledgments Introduction: The Surgical "Miracle" 1. The Art, Craft, and Science of Miracles The Good Surgeon: Colleagues' Evaluations Looking Upward from the Table: A Patient's-Eye View Caring and Healing Can a Bad Person Be a Good Surgeon? 2. The Temperament of Surgeons "Be Ballsy: Do It!" Surgery as Ritual Drama The Price: The "Paranoia" of Surgeons The Price for Patients 3. The Fellowship of Surgeons The Fellowship Informal Learning during Training The Morality Play 4. Costing Out Miracles: The Business of Surgery Three Surgeons in Private Practice An Exemplary Surgeon in a Prepaid Health Plan "Full-Time" Men 5. A Day with a Compassionate Young Surgeon The Day The Burden 6. Let's Go for It! 7. Deadly Surgical Sins Vices of Excess Generative Sins Defects, or Character Flaws Deficiencies Judging Sins 8. It's No Fun Anymore Fun and War Games No Fun "The Disenchantment of the World" The Bureaucratization of Charisma The Erosion of Charisma Horror Stories: The Patient as Enemy 9. Expected Miracles What of Patients? Expecting Miracles Coda: The Research Process Beginnings Access Refused Entree Sample and Methods Notes Glossary Bibliography Index

    £25.19

  • Ethnicity and the American Cemetery

    MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin Ethnicity and the American Cemetery

    1 in stock

    Book Synopsis

    1 in stock

    £28.46

  • Embattled Bodies Embattled Places

    Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection Embattled Bodies Embattled Places

    1 in stock

    Book Synopsis

    1 in stock

    £46.71

  • Making Value Making Meaning

    Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection Making Value Making Meaning

    1 in stock

    Book Synopsis

    1 in stock

    £53.51

  • Smoke Flames and the Human Body in Mesoamerican

    Harvard University Press Smoke Flames and the Human Body in Mesoamerican

    2 in stock

    Book Synopsis

    2 in stock

    £53.51

  • Towards a New Ethnohistory  CommunityEngaged

    MP-MTB University of Manitoba Press Towards a New Ethnohistory CommunityEngaged

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisEngages respectfully in cross-cultural dialogue and interdisciplinary methods to co-create with Indigenous people a new, decolonized ethnohistory. This New Ethnohistory reflects Indigenous ways of knowing and is a direct response to critiques of scholars who have for too long foisted their own research agendas onto Indigenous communities.

    1 in stock

    £25.56

  • Social Perspectives on Emotions v 1 Social

    Emerald Publishing Limited Social Perspectives on Emotions v 1 Social

    Book SynopsisAims to illustrate how social organization and private, emotional experience are different phases of the social process. This title shows the steps by which emotional experience is shaped by social structural process and how these processes are changed by individuals' emotional experience.

    £83.99

  • Katutura A Place Where We Stay

    Ohio University Press Katutura A Place Where We Stay

    Book SynopsisKatutura, located in Namibia’s major urban center and capital, Windhoek, was a township created by apartheid, and administered in the past by the most rigid machinery of the apartheid era. Namibia became a sovereign state in 1990, and Katutura reflects many of the changes that have taken place.

    £18.89

  • Witchcraft Dialogues  Anthropological and

    Ohio University Press Witchcraft Dialogues Anthropological and

    Book SynopsisWitchcraft Dialogues analyzes the complex manner in which human beings construct, experience, and think about the “occult.”

    £25.19

  • Gongs and Pop Songs  Sounding Minangkabau in

    MJ - Ohio University Press Gongs and Pop Songs Sounding Minangkabau in

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisScholarship on the musical traditions of Indonesia has long focused on practices from Java and Bali, including famed gamelan traditions, at the expense of the wide diversity of other musical forms within the archipelago.Trade Review“[Fraser’s] book is a valuable text for those who wish to understand how musical practices can express identities, how and why musical styles change, and the methodologies for experiencing the musics of the communities we study.” * Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia *“Fraser discusses the aesthetics and system of ideal musical styles employed by talempong players, the history of the talempong, and, most compellingly, the newer styles of practice, including repertoires that incorporate popular music genres from around the world. The author’s discussion of institutionalization, professionalization, and monetization of Minangkau arts in general and talempong styles specifically gives this book broader relevance.…SUMMING UP: Recommended.” * CHOICE *“Novel and creative—a highly original account of the history and significance of Minangkabau music.”“This book tells the fascinating story of the transformation of a traditional gong ensemble to a pop genre in Indonesia’s West Sumatra province. Readers are given a glimpse of the musical styles and culture politics that permeate the changing constructs of Minangkabau identity since the 1960s.”Table of Contents* List of Illustrations* Preface and Acknowledgments* Technical Notes*1. Ethnicity, Gongs, and Pop Songs*2. Talempong and Community*3. Institutionalizing Minangkabau Arts*4. Reforming Talempong*5. Talempong in the Marketplace*6. Multiple Ways of Sounding Minangkabau* Notes* Glossary* References* Discography* Interviews by the Author* Online Resources* Audio Examples* Video Examples* Web Figures* Web Map* Index

    1 in stock

    £23.39

  • The 1946 and 1953 Yale University Excavations in

    Yale University Press The 1946 and 1953 Yale University Excavations in

    3 in stock

    Book SynopsisIn 1946 and 1953, Irving "Ben" Rouse led archaeological excavations at prehistoric to protohistoric sites on the island of Trinidad. This book presents an analysis of these excavations - until now unpublished.

    3 in stock

    £61.75

  • Remembering Archaeological Fieldwork in Mexico

    The University of Michigan Press Remembering Archaeological Fieldwork in Mexico

    Book SynopsisHalf a century ago, when archaeologist Jeffrey Parsons began fieldwork in Mexico and Peru, he could not know that many of the sites he studied were on the brink of destruction. In this book, he offers readers a chance to see archaeological sites that were hundreds or thousands of years old and have since vanished or been irrevocably altered.

    £72.95

  • Health and Illness Images of Difference Picturing

    Reaktion Books Health and Illness Images of Difference Picturing

    2 in stock

    Book SynopsisOurs is a culture riddled with preoccupations about health and disease. This study demonstrates how images of beauty and ugliness have constructed a visual history which records the artificial boundaries that continue to divide 'healthy' bodies from ones that are ill.

    2 in stock

    £17.05

  • Data  Now Bigger and Better

    Prickly Paradigm Press, LLC Data Now Bigger and Better

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisBrings together researchers whose work is deeply informed by the conceptual frameworks of anthropology-frameworks that are comparative as well as field-based. This book also provide analytical provocations that can help reframe some of the most important shifts in technology and society in the first half of the twenty-first century.

    1 in stock

    £11.78

  • Acting for Others Relational Transformations in

    HAU Acting for Others Relational Transformations in

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisFor the Ankave of Papua New Guinea, men, unlike women, do not reach adulthood and become fathers simply by growing up and reproducing. What fathers and by extension, men actually are is a result of a series of relational transformations, operated in and by rituals in which men and women both perform complementary actions in separate spaces. Acting for Others is a tour de force in Melanesian ethnography, gender studies, and theories of ritual. Based on years of fieldwork conducted by the author and her husband and co-ethnographer, this book's double view of the Ankave ritual cycle from women in the village and from the men in the forest is novel, provocative, and one of the most incisive analyses of the emergence of ideas of gender in Papua New Guinea since Marilyn Strathern's The Gender of the Gift. At the heart of Pascale Bonnem re's argument is the idea that it is possible for genders to act for and upon one another, and to do so almost paradoxically, by limiting action through the o

    1 in stock

    £26.50

  • Elgar Encyclopedia of Political Anthropology

    Edward Elgar Publishing Elgar Encyclopedia of Political Anthropology

    Book SynopsisThis Encylopedia explores the anthropological underpinnings of politics. Featuring biographical entries that reconstruct the life-works of key theorists from across the globe alongside topical entries on a range of issues in political anthropology, it poses the question: what does it mean to be human in contemporary times?

    £327.75

  • The Anthropology of Climate Change

    John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Anthropology of Climate Change

    Book SynopsisThis timely anthology brings together for the first time the most important ancient, medieval, Enlightenment, and modern scholarship for a complete anthropological evaluation of the relationship between culture and climate change. Brings together for the first time the most important classical works and contemporary scholarship for a complete historical anthropological evaluation of the relationship between culture and climate change Covers the historic and prehistoric records of human impact from and response to prior periods of climate change, including the impact and response to climate change at the local level Discusses the impact on global debates about climate change from North-South post-colonial histories and the social dimensions of the science of climate change. Includes coverage of topics such as environmental determinism, climatic events as social catalysts, climatic disasters and societal collapse, and ethno-meteorology Trade Review"...a timely contribution to the discourse in anthropology for understanding the various impacts of global climate change from multiple perspectives and contexts...the pairing of relevant and related works under specific thematic areas is useful for class reading assignments and encouraging focused comparative debates." - Sandra Moore, for Anthropology Book Forum, Anthropology News“I believe that Dove’s book would serve as an excellent supplementary textbook for subjects on the anthropology of climate change because of its historical orientation.” (The Australian Journal of Anthropology, 6 April 2015) “…strengthened by Dove’s excellent introduction, in which he outlines key themes and situates each work Dove has assembled a collection that demonstrates how anthropology can enhance our understanding of the relationship between climate and society.’ (Anthem EnviroExperts Review, 1 October 2014) Table of ContentsAcknowledgments to Sources viii About the Editor x Preface xi Acknowledgments xiv Introduction: The Anthropology of Climate Change Six Millennia of Study of the Relationship between Climate and Society 1Michael R. Dove Part I Continuities 37Climate Theory 1 Airs, Waters, Places 41Hippocrates 2 On the Laws in Their Relation to the Nature of the Climate 47Charles de Secondat Montesquieu Beyond the Greco-Roman Tradition 3 The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History 55Ibn Khaldûn 4 The Jungle and the Aroma of Meats: An Ecological Theme in Hindu Medicine 67Francis Zimmermann Ethno-climatology Copyrighted Material 5 Concerning Weather Signs 83Theophrastus 6 Gruff Boreas, Deadly Calms: A Medical Perspective on Winds and the Victorians 87Vladimir Jankoviæ Part II Societal and Environmental Change 103Environmental Determinism 7 Nature, Rise, and Spread of Civilization 107Friedrich Ratzel 8 Environment and Culture in the Amazon Basin: An Appraisal of the Theory of Environmental Determinism 115Betty J. Meggers Climate Change and Societal Collapse 9 Management for Extinction in Norse Greenland 131Thomas H. McGovern 10 What Drives Societal Collapse? 151Harvey Weiss and Raymond Bradley Climatic Events as Social Crucibles 11 Natural Disaster and Political Crisis in a Polynesian Society: An Exploration of Operational Research 157James Spillius 12 Drought as a “Revelatory Crisis”: An Exploration of Shifting Entitlements and Hierarchies in the Kalahari, Botswana 168Jacqueline S. Solway Part III Vulnerability and Control 187Culture and Control of Climate 13 Rain-Shrines of the Plateau Tonga of Northern Rhodesia 191Elizabeth Colson 14 El Niño, Early Peruvian Civilization, and Human Agency: Some Thoughts from the Lurin Valley 201Richard L. Burger Climatic Disasters and Social Marginalization 15 Katrina: The Disaster and its Doubles 217Nancy Scheper-Hughes 16 “Nature”, “Culture” and Disasters: Floods and Gender in Bangladesh 223Rosalind Shaw Part IV Knowledge and its Circulation 235Emic Views of Climatic Perturbation/Disaster 17 Typhoons on Yap 239David M. Schneider 18 The Politics of Place: Inhabiting and Defending Glacier Hazard Zones in Peru’s Cordillera Blanca 247Mark Carey Co-production of Knowledge in Climatic and Social Histories 19 Melting Glaciers and Emerging Histories in the Saint Elias Mountains 261Julie Cruikshank 20 The Making and Unmaking of Rains and Reigns 276Todd Sanders “Friction” in the Global Circulation of Climate Knowledge 21 Transnational Locals: Brazilian Experiences of the Climate Regime 301Myanna Lahsen 22 Channeling Globality: The 1997–98 El Niño Climate Event in Peru 315Kenneth Broad and Ben Orlove Index 335

    £49.35

  • The Anthropology of Climate Change

    John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Anthropology of Climate Change

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisThis timely anthology brings together for the first time the most important ancient, medieval, Enlightenment, and modern scholarship for a complete anthropological evaluation of the relationship between culture and climate change. Brings together for the first time the most important classical works and contemporary scholarship for a complete historical anthropological evaluation of the relationship between culture and climate change Covers the historic and prehistoric records of human impact from and response to prior periods of climate change, including the impact and response to climate change at the local level Discusses the impact on global debates about climate change from North-South post-colonial histories and the social dimensions of the science of climate change. Includes coverage of topics such as environmental determinism, climatic events as social catalysts, climatic disasters and societal collapse, and ethno-meteorology Trade ReviewI believe that Dove s book would serve as an excellent supplementary textbook for subjects on the anthropology of climate change because of its historical orientation. (The Australian Journal of Anthropology, 6 April 2015) strengthened by Dove s excellent introduction, in which he outlines key themes and situates each work Dove has assembled a collection that demonstrates how anthropology can enhance our understanding of the relationship between climate and society. (Anthem EnviroExperts Review, 1 October 2014)Table of ContentsAcknowledgments to Sources viii About the Editor x Preface xi Acknowledgments xiv Introduction: The Anthropology of Climate Change Six Millennia of Study of the Relationship between Climate and Society 1 Michael R. Dove Part I Continuities 37 Climate Theory 1 Airs, Waters, Places 41 Hippocrates 2 On the Laws in Their Relation to the Nature of the Climate 47 Charles de Secondat Montesquieu Beyond the Greco-Roman Tradition 3 The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History 55 Ibn Khaldûn 4 The Jungle and the Aroma of Meats: An Ecological Theme in Hindu Medicine 67 Francis Zimmermann Ethno-climatology 5 Concerning Weather Signs 83 Theophrastus 6 Gruff Boreas, Deadly Calms: A Medical Perspective on Winds and the Victorians 87 Vladimir Jankoviæ Part II Societal and Environmental Change 103 Environmental Determinism 7 Nature, Rise, and Spread of Civilization 107 Friedrich Ratzel 8 Environment and Culture in the Amazon Basin: An Appraisal of the Theory of Environmental Determinism 115 Betty J. Meggers Climate Change and Societal Collapse 9 Management for Extinction in Norse Greenland 131 Thomas H. McGovern 10 What Drives Societal Collapse? 151 Harvey Weiss and Raymond Bradley Climatic Events as Social Crucibles 11 Natural Disaster and Political Crisis in a Polynesian Society: An Exploration of Operational Research 157 James Spillius 12 Drought as a “Revelatory Crisis”: An Exploration of Shifting Entitlements and Hierarchies in the Kalahari, Botswana 168 Jacqueline S. Solway Part III Vulnerability and Control 187 Culture and Control of Climate 13 Rain-Shrines of the Plateau Tonga of Northern Rhodesia 191 Elizabeth Colson 14 El Niño, Early Peruvian Civilization, and Human Agency: Some Thoughts from the Lurin Valley 201 Richard L. Burger Climatic Disasters and Social Marginalization 15 Katrina: The Disaster and its Doubles 217 Nancy Scheper-Hughes 16 “Nature”, “Culture” and Disasters: Floods and Gender in Bangladesh 223 Rosalind Shaw Part IV Knowledge and its Circulation 235 Emic Views of Climatic Perturbation/Disaster 17 Typhoons on Yap 239 David M. Schneider 18 The Politics of Place: Inhabiting and Defending Glacier Hazard Zones in Peru’s Cordillera Blanca 247 Mark Carey Co-production of Knowledge in Climatic and Social Histories 19 Melting Glaciers and Emerging Histories in the Saint Elias Mountains 261 Julie Cruikshank 20 The Making and Unmaking of Rains and Reigns 276 Todd Sanders “Friction” in the Global Circulation of Climate Knowledge 21 Transnational Locals: Brazilian Experiences of the Climate Regime 301 Myanna Lahsen 22 Channeling Globality: The 1997–98 El Niño Climate Event in Peru 315 Kenneth Broad and Ben Orlove Index 335

    1 in stock

    £95.90

  • A Companion to Dental Anthropology

    John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Companion to Dental Anthropology

    2 in stock

    Book SynopsisCompanion to Dental Anthropology presents a collection of original readings addressing all aspects and sub-disciplines of the field of dental anthropology from its origins and evolution through to the latest scientific research.Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors viii Foreword xv Acknowledgments xviii Part I Context 1 1 Introduction to Dental Anthropology 3Joel D. Irish and G. Richard Scott 2 A Brief History of Dental Anthropology 7G. Richard Scott Part II Dental Evolution 19 3 Origins and Functions of Teeth: From “Toothed” Worms to Mammals 21Peter S. Ungar 4 The Teeth of Prosimians, Monkeys, and Apes 37Frank P. Cuozzo 5 The Hominins 1: Australopithecines and Their Ancestors 52Lucas K. Delezene 6 The Hominins 2: The Genus Homo 67Maria MartinÓn‐Torres and José María BermÚdez de Castro Part III The Human Dentition 85 7 Terms and Terminology Used in Dental Anthropology 87Joel D. Irish 8 Anatomy of Individual Teeth and Tooth Classes 94Loren R. Lease 9 The Masticatory System and Its Function 108Peter W. Lucas Part IV Dental Growth and Development 121 10 An Overview of Dental Genetics 123Toby Hughes, Grant Townsend, and Michelle Bockmann 11 Odontogenesis 142Edward F. Harris 12 Tooth Eruption and Timing 159Helen M. Liversidge 13 Tooth Classes, Field Concepts, and Symmetry 172Grant Townsend, Alan Brook, Robin Yong, and Toby Hughes Part V Dental Histology from the Inside Out 189 14 The Pulp Cavity and Its Contents 191Scott S. Legge and Anna M. Hardin 15 Dentine and Cementum Structure and Properties 204Nancy Tang, Adeline Le Cabec, and Daniel Antoine 16 Enamel Structure and Properties 223Daniel Antoine and Simon Hillson Part VI Dental Morphometric Variation in Populations 245 17 Identifying and Recording Key Morphological (Nonmetric) Crown and Root Traits 247G. Richard Scott, Christopher Maier and Kelly Heim 18 Assessing Dental Nonmetric Variation among Populations 265Joel D. Irish 19 Measurement of Tooth Size (Odontometrics) 287Brian E. Hemphill 20 Assessing Odontometric Variation among Populations 311Brian E. Hemphill Part VII Dental Morphometric Variation in Individuals 337 21 Forensic Odontology 339Heather J.H. Edgar and Anna L.M. Rautman 22 Estimating Age, Sex, and Individual ID from Teeth 362Christopher W. Schmidt 23 Indicators of Idiosyncratic Behavior in the Dentition 377Christopher M. Stojanowski, Kent M. Johnson, Kathleen S. Paul, and Charisse L. Carver 24 Dentition, Behavior, and Diet Determination 396Kristin L. Krueger Part VIII Dental Health and Disease 413 25 Crown Wear: Identification and Categorization 415Scott E. Burnett 26 Caries: The Ancient Scourge 433Daniel H. Temple 27 Dental Stress Indicators from Micro‐ to Macroscopic 450Debbie Guatelli‐Steinberg 28 A Host of Other Dental Diseases and Disorders 465Greg C. Nelson Part IX The Future of Dental Anthropology 485 29 New Directions in Dental Development Research 487John P. Hunter and Debbie Guatelli‐Steinberg 30 Chemical and Isotopic Analyses of Dental Tissues 499Louise T. Humphrey 31 Non‐Invasive Imaging Techniques 514José Braga Index 528

    2 in stock

    £146.30

  • A Companion to Medical Anthropology

    John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Companion to Medical Anthropology

    Book SynopsisA Companion to Medical Anthropology examines the current issues, controversies, and state of the field in medical anthropology today.Trade Review“It will be of use to undergraduates and postgraduates, as well as proving worthwhile to academics seeking accessible summaries of areas outside their specialism.”—Journal of the Royal Anthropological InstituteTable of ContentsSynopsis of Contents viii List of Figures xix List of Tables xx Notes on Contributors xxi Acknowledgments – Personal xxxii Acknowledgments – Sources xxxiii Introduction 1 Part I Theories, Applications, and Methods 7 1 Medical Anthropology in Disciplinary Context: Definitional Struggles and Key Debates (or Answering the Cri Du Coeur) 9 Elisa J. Sobo 2 Critical Biocultural Approaches in Medical Anthropology 29 Tom Leatherman and Alan H. Goodman 3 Applied Medical Anthropology: Praxis, Pragmatics, Politics, and Promises 49 Robert T. Trotter, II 4 Research Design and Methods in Medical Anthropology 69 Clarence C. Gravlee 5 Medical Anthropology and Public Policy 93 Merrill Eisenberg Part II Contexts and Conditions 117 6 Culture and the Stress Process 119 William W. Dressler 7 Global Health 135 Craig R. Janes and Kitty K. Corbett 8 Syndemics in Global Health 159 Merrill Singer, D. Ann Herring, Judith Littleton, and Melanie Rock 9 The Ecology of Disease and Health 181 Patricia K. Townsend 10 The Medical Anthropology of Water 197 Linda M. Whiteford and Cecilia Vindrola Padros 11 Political Violence, War and Medical Anthropology 219 Barbara Rylko-Bauer and Merrill Singer Part III Health and Behavior 251 12 Humans in a World of Microbes: The Anthropology of Infectious Disease 253 Peter J. Brown, George J. Armelagos, and Kenneth C. Maes 13 Sexuality, Medical Anthropology, and Public Health 271 Pamela I. Erickson 14 Situating Birth in the Anthropology of Reproduction 289 Carolyn Sargent and Lauren Gulbas 15 Nutrition and Health 305 David A. Himmelgreen, Nancy Romero Daza and Charlotte A. Noble 16 Anthropologies of Cancer and Risk, Uncertainty and Disruption 323 Lenore Manderson 17 Generation RX: Anthropological Research on Pharmaceutical Enhancement, Lifestyle Regulation, Self-Medication and Recreational Drug Use 339 Gilbert Quintero and Mark Nichter 18 Anthropology and the Study of Illicit Drug Use 357 J. Bryan Page Part IV Healthwork: Care, Treatment, and Communication 379 19 Ethnomedicine 381 Marsha B. Quinlan 20 Medical Pluralism: An Evolving and Contested Concept in Medical Anthropology 405 Hans A. Baer 21 Biotechnologies of Care 425 Julie Park and Ruth Fitzgerald 22 Social Interaction and Technology: Cultural Competency and the Universality of Good Manners 443 Kathryn Coe, Gail Barker, and Craig Palmer 23 Biocommunicability 459 Charles L. Briggs 24 Anthropology at the End of Life 477 Ron Barrett Part V The Road Ahead 491 25 Operationalizing a Right to Health: Theorizing a National Health System as a "Commons" 493 Sandy Smith-Nonini and Beverly Bell 26 As the Future Explodes into the Present: Emergent Issues and the Tomorrow of Medical Anthropology 515 Merrill Singer and Pamela I. Erickson Index 533

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  • Investigating Culture

    John Wiley and Sons Ltd Investigating Culture

    Book SynopsisThe third edition of Investigating Culture: An Experiential Introduction to Anthropology, the highly praised innovative approach to introducing aspects of cultural anthropology to students, features a series of revisions, updates, and new material. Offers a refreshing alternative to introductory anthropology texts by challenging students to think in new ways and apply cultural learnings to their own lives Chapters explore key anthropological concepts of human culture including: language, the body, food, and time, and provide an array of cultural examples in which to examine them Incorporates new material reflecting the authors' research in Malawi, New England, and Spain Takes account of the latest information on such topical concerns as nuclear waste, sports injuries, the World Trade Center memorial, the food pyramid, fashion trends, and electronic media Includes student exercises, selected reading and additional suggested readiTable of ContentsAcknowledgments xi 1 Disorientation and Orientation 1 Introduction; how culture provides orientation in the world; what is culture and how do anthropologists investigate it? Learning to think anthropologically. Exercises 24 Reading: Laura Bohannan, “Shakespeare in the Bush” 27 2 Spatial Locations 33 How do we situate or locate ourselves in space? Are notions of space “universal” or are they shaped by culture? This chapter explores these questions from macro to micro contexts, including discussion of maps, nations, segregation, public spaces, invisible spaces, and that space that is no place: cyberspace. Exercises 65 Reading: Sue Bridwell Beckham, “The American Front Porch: Women’s Liminal Space” 67 3 All We Have Is Time 79 Time is another major way we orient ourselves. What does it mean to be on time, out of time, or in time? This chapter discusses different cultural notions of time, the development of measuring time and clocks, the construction of the Western calendar and its rootedness in a sacred worldview, and birthdays and other markers of time. Exercises 109 Reading: Ellen Goodman, “Time Is for Savoring” 111 4 Language: We Are What We Speak 113 Is language quintessentially human or do some other animals possess it? Communication versus language. Writing. The symbolic function and metaphor: Different languages, different worlds? The social function: What information do you obtain from a person’s speech? How are race, class, and gender inflected in language? Exercises 145 Reading: Ursula LeGuin, “She Unnames Them” 148 Reading: Alan Dundes, “Seeing Is Believing” 149 5 Relatives and Relations 155 Notions of kinship and kinship theory: To whom are we related and how? Is there any truth to the idea that “blood is thicker than water”? What constitutes a family? This chapter also discusses different meanings of friendship, romantic relationships, and parent–child relationships. Exercises 185 Reading: A. M. Hocart, “Kinship Systems” 188 6 Our Bodies, Our Selves 193 Are we our bodies or do we have bodies? Different concepts of the body, the gendered body, the physical body, the social body. Techniques and modifications of the body. Tattoos. Body parts and organ transplants. Traffic in body parts. Body image, advertisements, and eating disorders. Bodies before and after death. Exercises 227 Reading: Horace Miner, “Body Ritual among the Nacirema” 230 Reading: Deborah Kaspin, “Women Who Breed Like Rabbits and Other Mythical Beasts: The Cultural Context of Family Planning in Malawi” 233 7 Food for Thought 239 What constitutes food? What makes a meal? What does it mean to say that “food is love”? Relation of food to the environment. Fast food, slow food, genetically modified food (“Frankenfood”). Food and sex. Food and civility. Food and religion. Cooking. Exercises 277 Reading: Jill Dubisch, “You Are What You Eat: Religious Aspects of the Health Food Movement” 279 8 Clothing Matters 289 Clothing does more than cover the body; it is also a cultural index of age, gender, occupation, and class. Is it then true that “clothes make the man”? Haute couture, sweat shops, clothing, and the economy. Exercises 330 Reading: Julio Ramón Ribeyro, “Alienation (An Instructive Story with a Footnote)” 333 9 VIPs: Very Important People, Places, and Performances 341 Certain people, places, events, and cultural practices become iconic; they embody cultural myths or epitomize cultural values. Why are certain people described as “larger than life”? Why are certain places sites of pilgrimage or reverence? The global circulation of such icons. Exercises 382 Reading: Clifford Geertz, “The Impact of the Concept of Culture on the Concept of Man” 385 Index 397

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  • The Handbook of Intercultural Discourse and

    John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Handbook of Intercultural Discourse and

    Book SynopsisThe Handbook of Intercultural Discourse and Communication contains contributions from established scholars and up-and-coming researchers from a range of disciplines to survey the theoretical perspectives and applied work in this burgeoning area of linguistics.Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors vii Preface xv Introduction xvii Part I Background 1 1 Intercultural Communication: An Overview 3 Ingrid Piller 2 Perspectives on Intercultural Discourse and Communication 19 Leila Monaghan 3 Cultures and Languages in Contact: Towards a Typology 37 John Edwards Part II Theoretical Perspectives 61 4 Interactional Sociolinguistics: Perspectives on Intercultural Communication 63 John J. Gumperz and Jenny Cook-Gumperz 5 Ethnography of Speaking 77 Scott F. Kiesling 6 Critical Approaches to Intercultural Discourse and Communication 90 Ryuko Kubota 7 Postmodernism and Intercultural Discourse: World Englishes 110 Suresh Canagarajah Part III Interactional Discourse Features 133 8 Turn-Taking and Intercultural Discourse and Communication 135 Deborah Tannen 9 Silence 158 Ikuko Nakane 10 Indirectness 180 Michael Lempert 11 Politeness in Intercultural Discourse and Communication 205 Janet Holmes Part IV Intercultural Discourse Sites 229 12 Anglo–Arab Intercultural Communication 231 Eirlys E. Davies and Abdelali Bentahila 13 Japan/Anglo-American Cross-Cultural Communication 252 Steven Brown, Brenda Hayashi, and Kikue Yamamoto 14 “Those Venezuelans are so easy-going!” National Stereotypes and Self-Representations in Discourse about the Other 272 Lars Fant 15 “Face,” Stereotyping, and Claims of Power: The Greeks and Turks in Interaction 292 Maria Sifianou and Arýn Bayraktaroðlu 16 Intercultural Communication and Vocational Language Learning in South Africa: Law and Healthcare 313 Russell H. Kaschula and Pamela Maseko 17 Indigenous–Mestizo Interaction in Mexico 337 Rocío Fuentes Part V Interactional Domains 365 18 Translation and Intercultural Communication: Bridges and Barriers 367 Eirlys E. Davies 19 Cultural Differences in Business Communication 389 John Hooker 20 Intercultural Communication in the Law 408 Diana Eades 21 Medicine 430 Claudia V. Angelelli 22 Intercultural Discourse and Communication in Education 449 Amanda J. Godley 23 Religion as a Domain of Intercultural Discourse 482 Jonathan M. Watt Index 496

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  • A Companion to Forensic Anthropology

    John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Companion to Forensic Anthropology

    Book SynopsisA Companion to Forensic Anthropology explores the latest theoretical and methodological work in the field, and includes thorough and up-to-date bibliographies. A wide range of international experts provide a comprehensive assessment of the field of forensic anthropology.Trade Review“In summary, Dirkmaat’s volume would seem to succeed in its stated goal of providing a timely and thorough supplement to generalized textbooks of forensic anthropology.” Journal Forensic Sciences "There are of course a number of excellent chapters from some of the big hitters in the discipline and it is not surprising that the volume is perhaps on firmest ground in areas such as Forensic Osteology,Skeletal Trauma Analysis and Forensic Taphonomy." (Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015)Table of ContentsList of Illustrations ix List of Tables xvi Notes on Contributors xvii About This Book xxix Acknowledgments xxxv Part I Introduction and Brief History of Forensic Anthropology 1 1 Forensic Anthropology: Embracing the New Paradigm 3Dennis C. Dirkmaat and Luis L. Cabo Part II Recovery of Human Remains from Outdoor Contexts 41 Introduction to Part II 43Dennis C. Dirkmaat 2 Documenting Context at the Outdoor Crime Scene: Why Bother? 48Dennis C. Dirkmaat 3 Determining the Forensic Significance of Skeletal Remains 66John J. Schultz 4 The Application of Ground-Penetrating Radar for Forensic Grave Detection 85John J. Schultz 5 Crime Scene Perspective: Collecting Evidence in the Context of the Criminal Incident 101Michael J. Hochrein 6 The Role of Forensic Anthropology in the Recovery and Interpretation of the Fatal-Fire Victim 113Dennis C. Dirkmaat, Gregory O. Olson, Alexandra R. Klales, and Sara Getz 7 Forensic Anthropology at the Mass Fatality Incident ( Commercial Airliner) Crash Scene 136Dennis C. Dirkmaat 8 Mass Graves and Human Rights: Latest Developments, Methods, and Lessons Learned 157Hugh H. Tuller 9 Archaeology, Mass Graves, and Resolving Commingling Issues through Spatial Analysis 175Luis L. Cabo, Dennis C. Dirkmaat, James M. Adovasio, and Vicente C. Rozas Part III Developments in Forensic Osteology 197 Introduction to Part III 199Luis L. Cabo 10 Developments in Forensic Anthropology: Age-at-Death Estimation 202Heather M. Garvin, Nicholas V. Passalacqua, Natalie M. Uhl, Desina R. Gipson, Rebecca S. Overbury, and Luis L. Cabo 11 Skeletal Age Estimation: Where We are and Where We Should Go 224George R. Milner and Jesper L. Boldsen 12 Adult Sex Determination: Methods and Application 239Heather M. Garvin 13 Sexual Dimorphism: Interpreting Sex Markers 248Luis L. Cabo, Ciarán P. Brewster, and Juan Luengo Azpiazu 14 Morphoscopic Traits and the Assessment of Ancestry 287Joseph T. Hefner, Stephen D. Ousley, and Dennis C. Dirkmaat 15 Fordisc 3 and Statistical Methods for Estimating Sex and Ancestry 311Stephen D. Ousley and Richard L. Jantz 16 Estimating Stature 330Stephen D. Ousley Part IV Developments in Human Skeletal Trauma Analysis 335 Introduction to Part IV 337Dennis C. Dirkmaat 17 Interpreting Traumatic Injury to Bone in Medicolegal Investigations 340Steven A. Symes, Ericka N. L ’ Abbé, Erin N. Chapman, Ivana Wolff, and Dennis C. Dirkmaat 18 The Biomechanics of Gunshot Trauma to Bone: Research Considerations within the Present Judicial Climate 390Hugh E. Berryman, Alicja K. Lanfear, and Natalie R. Shirley 19 Developments in Skeletal Trauma: Blunt-Force Trauma 400Nicholas V. Passalacqua and Todd W. Fenton Part V Advances in Human Identification 413 Introduction to Part V 415Dennis C. Dirkmaat 20 Advances in the Anthropological Analysis of Cremated Remains 418Traci L. Van Deest, Michael W. Warren, and Katelyn L. Bolhofner 21 Human Identification Using Skull–Photo Superimposition and Forensic Image Comparison 432Norman J. Sauer, Amy R. Michael, and Todd W. Fenton 22 DNA Analysis and the Classic Goal of Forensic Anthropology 447Luis L. Cabo 23 DNA Identification and Forensic Anthropology: Developments in DNA Collection, Analysis, and Technology 462David Boyer Part VI Forensic Taphonomy 471 Introduction to Part VI 473Dennis C. Dirkmaat and Nicholas V. Passalacqua 24 Current Research in Forensic Taphonomy 477Marcella H. Sorg, William D. Haglund, and Jamie A. Wren 25 The Use of Taphonomy in Forensic Anthropology: Past Trends and Future Prospects 499Mark O. Beary and R. Lee Lyman Part VII Forensic Anthropology Beyond Academia 529 Introduction to Part VII 531Dennis C. Dirkmaat 26 Forensic Anthropologists in Medical Examiner ’ s and Coroner ’ s Offices: A History 534Hugh E. Berryman and Alicja K. Lanfear 27 Forensic Anthropology at the New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner 549Christopher W. Rainwater, Christian Crowder, Kristen M. Hartnett, Jeannette S. Fridie, Benjamin J. Figura, Jennifer Godbold, Scott C. Warnasch, and Bradley J. Adams 28 The Many Hats of a Recovery Leader: Perspectives on Planning and Executing Worldwide Forensic Investigations and Recoveries at the JPAC Central Identification Laboratory 567Paul D. Emanovsky and William R. Belcher Part VIII Forensic Anthropology Outside North America 593 Introduction to Part VIII 595Dennis C. Dirkmaat 29 European Perspectives and the Role of the Forensic Archaeologist in the UK 598Nicholas Márquez-Grant, Stephen Litherland, and Julie Roberts 30 The Establishment and Advancement of Forensic Anthropology in South Africa 626Ericka N. L ’ Abbé and Maryna Steyn 31 The Application of Forensic Anthropology to the Investigation of Cases of Political Violence 639Luis Fondebrider Part IX Ethics, Overview, and the Future of Forensic Anthropology 649 Introduction to Part IX 651Dennis C. Dirkmaat 32 The Pervasiveness of Daubert 654Stephen D. Ousley and R. Eric Hollinger 33 Ethics in Forensic Anthropology 666Diane L. France 34 An “Outsider” Look at Forensic Anthropology 683James M. Adovasio Index 690

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  • A Companion to Paleopathology

    John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Companion to Paleopathology

    Book SynopsisA Companion to Paleopathology offers a broad overview of the field that has evolved over the last few decades into an exploration of disease processes in the human skeleton.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations xi List of Tables xvii Notes on Contributors xix Acknowledgements xxviii 1 Introduction: The Scope of Paleopathology 1Anne L. Grauer Part I Approaches, Perspectives and Issues 15 2 Ethics and Issues in the Use of Human Skeletal Remains in Paleopathology 17Patricia M. Lambert 3 Evolutionary Thought in Paleopathology and the Rise of the Biocultural Approach 34Molly K. Zuckerman, Bethany L. Turner, and George J. Armelagos 4 The Bioarchaeological Approach to Paleopathology 58Michele R. Buzon 5 The Molecular Biological Approach in Paleopathology 76James H. Gosman 6 The Ecological Approach: Understanding Past Diet and the Relationship Between Diet and Disease 97M. Anne Katzenberg 7 An Epidemiological Approach to Paleopathology 114Jesper L. Boldsen and George R. Milner 8 The Promise, the Problems, and the Future of DNA Analysis in Paleopathology Studies 133Mark Spigelman, Dong Hoon Shin, and Gila Kahila Bar Gal 9 The Analysis and Interpretation of Mummifi ed Remains 152Michael R. Zimmerman 10 The Study of Parasites Through Time: Archaeoparasitology and Paleoparasitology 170Katharina Dittmar, Adauto Araújo, and Karl J. Reinhard 11 More Than Just Mad Cows: Exploring Human–Animal Relationships Through Animal Paleopathology 191Beth Upex and Keith Dobney 12 How Does The History of Paleopathology Predict its Future? 214Mary Lucas Powell and Della Collins Cook Part II Methods and Techniques of Inquiry 225 13 A Knowledge of Bone at the Cellular (Histological) Level is Essential to Paleopathology 227Bruce D. Ragsdale and Larisa M. Lehmer 14 Differential Diagnosis and Issues in Disease Classifi cation 250Donald J. Ortner 15 Estimating Age and Sex from the Skeleton, a Paleopathological Perspective 268George R. Milner and Jesper L. Boldsen 16 The Relationship Between Paleopathology and the Clinical Sciences 285Simon Mays 17 Integrating Historical Sources with Paleopathology 310Piers D. Mitchell 18 Fundamentals of Paleoimaging Techniques: Bridging the Gap Between Physicists and Paleopathologists 324Johann Wanek, Christina Papageorgopoulou, and Frank Rühli 19 Data and Data Analysis Issues in Paleopathology 339Ann L.W. Stodder Part III Diseases of the Past: Current Understandings and Controversies 357 20 Trauma 359Margaret A. Judd and Rebecca Redfern 21 Developmental Disorders in the Skeleton 380Ethne Barnes 22 Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases 401Tomasz Koz³owski and Henryk W. Witas 23 Tumors: Problems of Differential Diagnosis in Paleopathology 420Don Brothwell 24 Re-Emerging Infections: Developments in Bioarchaeological Contributions to Understanding Tuberculosis Today 434Charlotte Roberts 25 Leprosy (Hansen’s disease) 458Niels Lynnerup and Jesper Boldsen 26 Treponematosis: Past, Present, and Future 472Della Collins Cook and Mary Lucas Powell 27 Nonspecifi c Infection in Paleopathology: Interpreting Periosteal Reactions 492Darlene A. Weston 28 Joint Disease 513Tony Waldron 29 Bioarchaeology's Holy Grail: The Reconstruction of Activity 531Robert Jurmain, Francisca Alves Cardoso, Charlotte Henderson, and Sébastien Villotte 30 Oral Health in Past Populations: Context, Concepts and Controversies 553John R. Lukacs Index 582

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  • Diasporas in Dialogue

    John Wiley and Sons Ltd Diasporas in Dialogue

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    Book SynopsisDiasporas in Dialogue is an indispensable guide for those leading or participating in dialogue processes, especially in ethnically diverse communities. The text offers both a theoretical and practical framework for dialogue, providing insight into the needs, assets and challenges of working in this capacity. The first book to offer structured processes for dialogue with refugee communities - demonstrates how diaspora communities can be engaged in dialogue that heals, reconciles and builds peace Relates the story of the Portland Diaspora Dialogue Project, a remarkable collaboration between university researchers and African community activists committed to helping newly arrived refugees Written accessibly to provide practitioners, academics, and community members with a simple and cogent account of how, step by step, the process of healing communities and re-building can begin Published at a critical time in the face of the worldwide rTrade ReviewFeeling overwhelmed by the scale and complexity of global problems, such as war, genocide and the growing tide of refugees? Do not give up hope. Here is a simple and accessible account of how, step by step, the process of healing communities and re-building a better world can begin. When refugees reach a new home it is not the end of their journey. They bring with them not only gratitude for refuge, but also the wounds of war and old enmities. This book shows how diaspora communities can be engaged in dialogue that heals, reconciles and builds peace. - Di Bretherton, Adjunct Professsor, The University of Queensland The multiple authors of this book modestly call it a “manual.” It is indeed a manual – guiding readers in a series of detailed, well-organized and accessible chapters through the logic and methodology of intercommunal dialogue. But it is much more than this. It tells the story of the Diaspora Dialogue Project between 2007 and 2012, based in Portland and a remarkable collaboration between university researchers and students and African community activists committed to helping recently arrived refugees, mainly from the Great Lakes region of Africa, in their resettlement. These are refugees fleeing mass violence and genocide, and not surprisingly they bring with them the identity-based, national and tribal, enmities that were the cause of their plight. Victims and perpetrators, sometime both at once, they now find themselves in a strange land as refugees sharing the same space and most of the same challenges of their new lives. The Dialogue aimed to bring these individuals, bearing their scars and wounds and traumas, together to build trust despite the violence of their shared history. Readers will learn about dialogue structure and process but, more than manual, also about the theories – of culture, identity, transitions, and power – that underlie any dialogue of this sort that hopes to succeed. - Kevin Avruch, Dean, Henry Hart Rice Professor of Conflict Resolution, Professor of Anthropology, School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University As a former refugee from a traumatized war torn country of Somalia, I can deeply identify myself with the three stages (ending, transition and beginning) through which new arrivals undergo during their settlement in their new countries.This book offers very creative and insightful models of dialogue, reconciliation and social healing for African Diaposra from conflict zones and it can also be applied to other migrants from similar experience. - Dr. Yusuf Sheikh Omar, Global Advisor for Global Reconciliation, Australia Dr. Tint and the entire DDP team deliver an indispensable guide for those seeking to lead or participate effectively in dialogue processes, especially in ethnically diverse communities. This text comes at a critical time, as the need for deeper and persistent dialogue efforts are required to manage the challenges posed by mass displacement, refugee movements and immigration". - Dr. Susan S. Raines, Editor, Conflict Resolution Quarterly, Professor of Conflict Management, Kennesaw State University Diasporas in Dialogue is a comprehensive guide for helping new arrivals, and those who receive them, find ways to build resilience and thriving relations. It offers helpful frameworks and practical tools that will be useful in many newcomer-receiving contexts. I recommend it with enthusiasm. - Michelle LeBaron B.A. J.D. M.A., Professor and Dispute Resolution Scholar Allard School of Law, the University of British Columbia I congratulate and applaud the work of Dr. Tint and the DDP team. For close to 40 years, I have had the good fortune of working closely with refugee newcomers in their struggles to rebuild their lives here in America. The book offers many valuable tools for dialogue, insights and perspectives for newcomers in their journeys of peace and reconciliation. I recommend this book highly to anyone involved with refugee resettlement processes. - Salah Ansary, Regional Director, Refugee Resettlement Services, Lutheran Community Services Northwest This useful combination of theory and practice offers a valuable resource at a time when the movement of people is at a peak across the globe, and people are facing increasing divides in their own and others' societies. The authors’ willingness to share their insight and experience gives us the opportunity to learn more and to apply their very practical wisdom in our own contexts as we work to build peace amongst individuals, families, communities and societies. - Jonathan Dudding, Institute of Cultural Affairs, UK Life is a challenge as well as a lesson always, but it is beautiful to see the bonding of different cultures, values, and norms for a peaceful cohabitation. The work in this book is a great contribution to building a peaceful global village. - Higiro Issa, President, Rwanda Centre for Council, Kigali, RwandaTable of ContentsAbout the Authors vii About the Partners xi Foreword by Paula Green xiii Foreword by Mette Brogden xvi Preface xviii Acknowledgments xxii 01 Diaspora Stories: Endings 1Marie Abijuru and Rukia Mohammed 02 Diaspora Populations 6Barbara Tint, Caroline Sarkis, Sa’eed Mohamed Haji, Vincent Chirimwami, and Carmina Rinker Lass 03 The Transition Framework 23Diana Bianco, Barbara Tint, and Roland Clarke 04 Recruitment 40Daniel Amine, Barbara Tint, and Mindy Johnston 05 Cultural Considerations 48Caroline Sarkis, Barbara Tint, Gloria Ngezaho, Roland Clarke, and Mindy Johnston 06 Dialogue 62Barbara Tint, Julie Koehler, Mary Lind, Vincent Chirimwami, Roland Clarke, and Mindy Johnston 07 Evaluation 131Mary Lind and Barbara Tint 08 Implications for Policy 169Roland Clarke and Djimet Dogo 09 Diaspora Stories: New Beginnings 172Rukia Mohammed and Marie Abijuru 10 Closing Reflections 176Djimet Dogo and Barbara Tint Bibliography 184 Index 194

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  • Forensic Anthropology

    John Wiley & Sons Inc Forensic Anthropology

    Book SynopsisProvides comprehensive coverage of everything that students and practitioners need to know about working in the field of forensic anthropology Forensic anthropology has been plagued by questions of scientific validity and rigor despite its acceptance as a section in the American Academy of Forensic Sciences nearly half a century ago. Critics have viewed it as a laboratory-based applied subfield of biological anthropology, and characterised it as emphasising methodology over theory. This book shows that these views are not only antiquated, but inadequate and inaccurate. Forensic Anthropology: Theoretical Framework and Scientific Basis introduces readers to all of the theoretical and scientific foundations of forensic anthropology beginning with how it was influenced by the early theoretical approaches of Tyler, Morgan, Spencer and Darwin. It instructs on how modern forensic science relies on an interdisciplinary approach with research being conducted in Table of ContentsAbout the Editors xv Notes on contributors xvii Foreword xxiii Series preface xxv Acknowledgments xxvii 1 The theoretical and scientific foundations of forensic anthropology 1 C. Clifford Boyd Jr and Donna C. Boyd 1.1 Introduction 1 1.2 A selective history of theory in forensic anthropology 2 1.3 A modern perspective on forensic anthropology theory 5 1.3.1 Three forms of logical reasoning 8 1.3.2 Theory building in forensic anthropology: Linking logic and theory 10 1.4 Forensic anthropology theory and modern practice 12 1.5 Final comments 15 References 15 Part 1 Bias and objectivity in forensic anthropology theory and practice 19 2 Subjective with a capital S? Issues of objectivity in forensic anthropology 21 Allysha Powanda Winburn 2.1 Introduction 21 2.2 Objectivity subjectivity and forensic anthropological theory 22 2.3 Subjectivity in science 24 2.3.1 Subjectivity in forensic anthropology 24 2.3.2 Effects of bias on forensic anthropology 25 2.3.3 Subjective science is not bad science 26 2.4 Mitigated objectivity: A path forward… 27 2.4.1 Constraining subjectivity and bias 28 2.4.2 The continuing process of constraint 33 2.5 Conclusion 34 References 34 3 Navigating cognitive bias in forensic anthropology 39 Michael W. Warren Amanda N. Friend and Michala K. Stock 3.1 Introduction 39 3.2 Types of cognitive bias 40 3.3 Research versus applied science 41 3.4 Recommended solutions to mitigate confirmation bias 43 3.5 Challenges unique to forensic anthropology 44 3.5.1 Anthropologists work in a variety of professional contexts 44 3.5.2 The uniqueness of the forensic anthropology testing sample 45 3.5.3 Multiple tests to reach a single conclusion 45 3.6 An example of how bias affects procedures 46 3.7 Workable solutions 49 3.8 Summary 49 References 50 4 Theoretically interesting: Different perspectives of the application of theory to forensic anthropology practice and research 53 Soren Blau 4.1 Introduction 53 4.2 Practising in context 56 4.3 Ethical considerations for the development of theory 58 4.4 Can theories be applied universally? 59 4.5 Conclusion 59 Acknowledgements 61 References 61 Part 2 The theory and science behind biological profile and personal identification 65 5 From Blumenbach to Howells: The slow painful emergence of theory through forensic race estimation 67 Stephen Ousley Richard L. Jantz and Joseph T. Hefner 5.1 Introduction 67 5.2 Race as a concept and theory 68 5.2.1 Evolution rather than race explains human biological variation 70 5.2.2 Human variation is continuous 72 5.2.3 Human biological variation involves many traits that typically vary independently 73 5.2.4 Genetic variation within so‐called races is much greater than the variation among them 74 5.2.5 There is no way to consistently classify human beings by race 75 5.3 Anthropology and race 79 5.4 Forensic anthropology and race 85 5.5 Race and the future 90 Acknowledgments 92 References 92 6 The application of theory in skeletal age estimation 99 Natalie R. Langley and Beatrix Dudzik 6.1 Introduction 99 6.2 Skeletal age 101 6.3 Historical context 101 6.4 Forensic anthropology and evolutionary biology 102 6.5 Potential solutions to the problem of age estimation 105 6.6 Final comments 107 References 109 7 Theory and histological methods 113 Christian M. Crowder Deborrah C. Pinto Janna M. Andronowski and Victoria M. Dominguez 7.1 Introduction 113 7.2 Foundational theory in bone biology 114 7.3 Interpretive theory in bone biology 115 7.3.1 Form and function 115 7.3.2 The mechanostat and Utah paradigm 116 7.3.3 Exploring the effectors of the mechanostat 117 7.4 Methodological theory in bone biology 119 7.4.1 Histological age estimation 120 7.4.2 Determining human versus nonhuman bone 121 7.5 Conclusions 122 References 123 8 Forensic applications of isotope landscapes (“isoscapes”): A tool for predicting region‐of‐origin in forensic anthropology cases 127 Lesley A. Chesson Brett J. Tipple James R. Ehleringer Todd Park and Eric J. Bartelink 8.1 Introduction 127 8.2 What are isotopes? 128 8.3 Why do isotope compositions of human tissues differ? 129 8.3.1 Hydrogen and oxygen isotopes 130 8.3.2 Strontium isotopes 130 8.3.3 Carbon nitrogen and sulfur isotopes 132 8.4 How do we interpret isotope data collected for forensic human identification? 133 8.4.1 Oxygen isotopes in drinking water and hair keratin 134 8.4.2 Oxygen isotopes in drinking water and skeletal bioapatite 137 8.4.3 Strontium isotopes of local bedrock and skeletal remains 138 8.5 Examples of the application of isotope analysis to unidentified remains 139 8.5.1 Jane Doe from Salt Lake County 139 8.5.2 Mandible from Siskiyou County 141 8.6 What are the future applications of isotope analysis? 144 Acknowledgments 144 References 145 Part 3 Scientific foundation for interpretations of antemortem perimortem and postmortem processes 149 9 The anatomical basis for fracture repair: Recognition of the healing continuum and its forensic applications to investigations of pediatric and elderly abuse 151 Donna C. Boyd 9.1 Introduction: Diagnosing pediatric and elderly non‐accidental injury 151 9.2 Theoretical basis for fracture healing and TSI estimation 153 9.3 Anatomical basis for fracture healing 154 9.3.1 Bone growth and development 155 9.3.2 Fracture healing 157 9.4 Factors affecting the rate of bone healing 162 9.4.1 The biological profile (age sex ancestry) 162 9.4.2 Type location cause severity and number of injuries 163 9.4.3 Injury treatment and local biomechanical factors 164 9.4.4 Systemic and other factors 165 9.5 Fracture healing stages and dating systems 166 9.6 A new model for fracture repair 174 9.7 Expanding and refining TSI estimation through the Antemortem Fracture Archive 181 9.8 Theory and the future of TSI estimation 184 References 184 Appendix A 195 Major fracture repair stages and TSI estimations 195 10 Theoretical foundation of child abuse 201 Jennifer C. Love and Miriam E. Soto Martinez 10.1 Introduction 201 10.2 Case study 201 10.3 Anthropologists and child abuse 202 10.4 Foundational theory 203 10.5 Interpretive theory 204 10.5.1 Bone biomechanics 205 10.5.2 Motor skill development 207 10.6 Methodological theory 207 10.7 Conclusion 209 References 209 11 Bone trauma analysis in a forensic setting: Theoretical basis and a practical approach for evaluation 213 Hugh E. Berryman John F. Berryman and Tiffany B. Saul 11.1 Introduction 213 11.2 Theory 214 11.2.1 Foundational theory 215 11.2.2 Interpretive theory 216 11.2.3 Methodological theory 217 11.3 Fundamental principles in bone fracture interpretation 218 11.4 A practical approach to bone trauma evaluation and hypothesis building 226 11.5 Conclusion 232 References 232 12 Thinking outside the box: Theory and innovation in sharp trauma analysis 235 John A. Williams and Ronald W. Davis 12.1 Introduction 235 12.2 Transfer of evidence 235 12.3 Theory connections 236 12.4 The human skeleton as transfer evidence 237 12.5 A primer on saws and dismemberment 238 12.6 Geographic information system 240 12.7 Applications of GIS in forensic anthropology and human osteology 241 12.8 GIS: innovation in cut mark striation interpretation 242 12.9 Locard and the twenty‐first century: It’s all a matter of scale 247 References 248 13 The forensic anthropologist as broker for cross‐disciplinary taphonomic research related to estimating the postmortem interval in medicolegal death investigations 251 Daniel J. 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A test using the Narmada fossil from central India.- The Modern Scene.- The Toba supervolcanic eruption: Tephra-fall deposits in India and paleoanthropological implications.- The emergence of modern human behavior in South Asia: A review of the current evidence and discussion of its possible implications.- Genetic evidence on modern human dispersals in South Asia: Y chromosome and mitochondriaTrade ReviewFrom the reviews: "The volume is divided into four sections following a Preface, a List of Contributors, and a stunning introductory essay by the editors … . congratulations to Drs. Petraglia and Allchin for organizing a successful conference and serving as generous hosts to its participants. I intend to use this volume in a seminar I offer to undergraduate and graduate students at my university, ‘Paleoanthropology of South Asia.’ What a pleasure it will be to introduce this remarkable volume to them and to my colleagues." Kenneth A. R. Kennedy, Journal of Mammalian Evolution, Issue 15, 2008 "It is unusually good, informative and cohesive for a conference proceedings. Given the exhaustive references and sound conclusions of the many high quality chapters, this book rightfully shall become indispensable to the small, hardy band of specialists in the biohistory of South Asia." Robert S. Corruccini, International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, Vol. 18, 2008 “The most important contribution this volume makes is that the South Asian paleoanthropological and cultural evidence is highlighted through a relatively new and well-known international publishing series. It also introduces diverse lines of research to be pursued and will hopefully encourage and stimulate new methodological approaches and fresh interpretations of human evolutionary scenarios in a unique region of Asia.” Parth R. Chauhan, PaleoAnthropology 2010Table of Contents1. Human Evolution and Culture Change in the Indian Subcontinent Michael D. Petraglia and Bridget Allchin Part I. Setting Foundations 2. Afro-Eurasian Mammalian Fauna and Early Hominin Dispersals Alan Turner and Hannah J. O’Regan 3. 'Resource-Rich, Stone Poor': Early Hominin Land Use in Large River Systems of Northern India and Pakistan Robin Dennell 4. Toward Developing a Basin Model for Paleolithic Settlement of the Indian Subcontinent: Geodynamics, Monsoon Dynamics, Habitat Diversity and Dispersal Routes. Ravi Korisettar 5. The Acheulean of Peninsular India with Special Reference to the Hunsgi and Baichbal Valleys of the Lower Deccan K. Paddayya 6. Changing Trends in the Study of a Paleolithic Site in India: A Century of Research at Attirampakkam Shanti Pappu 7. Was Homo heidelbergensis in South Asia? A test using the Narmada fossil from Central India Sheela Athreya Part II. The Modern Scene 8. The Toba Supervolcanic Eruption: Tephra-Fall Deposits in India and Paleoanthropological Implications Sacha C. Jones 9. 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