Anthropology

This collection draws insights from an interdisciplinary group of scholars who specialize in diverse methods ranging from ethnography, archival res...

The first comprehensive biography of the father of modern anthropology' An intellectual biography that briskly and brilliantly assesses the great,...

In 1979, a Kekchi Maya Indian accidentally discovered the entrance to Naj Tunich, a deep cave in the Maya Mountains of El Peten, Guatemala. One of ...

This is the first ever volume to compile sociolinguistic and historical information on lesser-known, and relatively ignored, native varieties of En...

This book is the result of an international conference organized by the Commission on Urban Anthropology, the Commission on Human Rights of the Int...

The Sociology of Development Handbook gathers essays that reflect the range of debates in development sociology and in the interdisciplinary study ...

In 2000, the U.S. passed a major aid package that was going to help Colombia do it all: cut drug trafficking, defeat leftist guerrillas, support pe...

The city has killed most of your ancestors, and it's probably killing you, too - this book tells you why. Imagine you are a hunter-gatherer some 1...

Every encounter begins with a greeting. Be it a quick Hello! or the somewhat longer and gracious Sula manchwanta galunga omugobe! shaking hands or ...

A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK 'Full of delightful nuggets' Guardian online 'Entertaining, informative and philosphical ... An essential read' All Ab...

Life began about four billion years ago on our planet. Like an old patchwork quilt, evolution stitched the human being together from parts of an...

How better than to mark the 150th anniversary of Darwin''s book on human evolution than by challenging his theory with an updated version which ins...