How to Read Ethnography

By Huon Wardle, Paloma Gay y Blasco

How to Read Ethnography is an invaluable guide to approaching anthropological texts. Laying bare the central conventions of ethnographic writing, it helps students to develop...

Published October 5th 2006 by Routledge.

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The Kalmyks

By Elza-Bair Mataskovna Gouchinova

The Kalmyks are in a unique position among the peoples of Europe in several respects, most conspicuously as being the only Buddhist people group in...

Published June 26th 2006 by Routledge.

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Inclusion and Exclusion in the Global Arena

By Max Kirsch

This collection of essays addresses the inclusion and exclusion of peoples, populations and regions in an era of global economic and social integration. Although many...

Published June 23rd 2006 by Routledge.

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East of Anthropology

By Arjun Appadurai

Published June 1st 2006 by Routledge.

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Social Information Transmission and Human Biology

Edited by Jonathan C. Wells, Simon Strickland, Kevin Laland

Recent research has emphasized that socially transmitted information may affect both the gene pool and the phenotypes of individuals and populations, and that an improved...

Published May 22nd 2006 by CRC Press.

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The Nature of Difference

Science, Society and Human Biology (PBK)

Edited by George Ellison, Alan H. Goodman

Unprecedented advances in genetics and biotechnology have brought profound new insights into human biological variation. These present challenges and opportunities for understanding the origins of...

Published April 19th 2006 by CRC Press.

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Mainstreaming Midwives

The Politics of Change

Edited by Robbie Davis-Floyd, Christine Barbara Johnson

Providing insights into midwifery, a team of reputable contributors describe the development of nurse- and direct-entry midwifery in the United States, including the creation of...

Published March 28th 2006 by Routledge.

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Collective Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Identity-Based Movement of Plain Indigenous in Taiwan

By Jolan Hsieh

This book examines, through in-depth interviews, questionnaires, field observations, and analysis of governmental and United Nations documents, the perspectives of those directly involved in the...

Published March 21st 2006 by Routledge.

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Nature, Ritual, and Society in Japan's Ryukyu Islands

By Arne Røkkum

Despite their small area, the southern islands of Japan can be seen as stepping stones towards a more nuanced view of cultural osmosis between Japan...

Published March 10th 2006 by Routledge.

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Negotiating Claims

The Emergence of Indigenous Land Claim Negotiation Policies in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States

By Christa Scholtz

Why do governments choose to negotiate indigenous land claims rather than resolve claims through some other means? In this book Scholtz explores why a government would...

Published February 3rd 2006 by Routledge.

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