Anthropology & Sociology
Global approaches to the study of human society and culture, covering hunter-gatherers, state formation, ethnography, physical and cultural anthropology.
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Language and Social Structure in Urban France [Hardback]
Mari C. Jones (Editor); David Hornsby (Editor)
$89.50ISBN: 9781907975417
Published by : Legenda
Series: Legenda Main Series
The coming together of linguistics and sociology in the 1960’s, most notably via the work of William Labov, marked a revolution in the study of language and provided a paradigm for the understanding of variation and change. ... .... Learn More -
Kalila & Dimna: Fables of Conflict and Intrigue [Paperback]
Ramsay Wood (Author)
$17.95ISBN: 9780956708106
Published by : Medina Publishing
Kalila and Dimna or The Panchatantra (also known in Europe since 1483 as The Fables of Bidpai) is a multi-layered, inter-connected and variable arrangement of animal stories, with one story leading into another, sometimes three or... .... Learn More -
Rainforest Foraging and Farming in Island Southeast Asia: the Archaeology of the Niah Caves, Sarawak [Hardback]
G. Barker (Editor)
$124.00ISBN: 9781902937540
Published by : McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research
Series: MCDONALD INSTITUTE MONOGRAPHS
The cathedral-like Niah Caves of Sarawak (Borneo) have iconic status in the archaeology of Southeast Asia, because the excavations by Tom and Barbara Harrisson in the 1950s and 1960s revealed the longest sequence of human occupation in the regi... .... Learn More -
The Social Lives of Figurines: Recontextualizing the Third Millennium BC Terracotta Figurines from Harappa (Pakistan) [Hardback]
Sharri R. Clark (Author)
Regular Price: $40.00
Special Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9781842174555
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: AMERICAN SCHOOL OF PREHISTORIC RESEARCH MONOGRAPH
After more than 80 years of research, the Indus Civilization (ca. 2600–1900 BC) remains largely enigmatic. In this geographically extensive civilization, which still has no known monumental art and undeciphered texts, the la... .... Learn More -
Global Ancestors: Understanding the Shared Humanity of our Ancestors [Paperback]
Rebecca Redfern (Editor); Jelena Bekvalac (Editor); Heather Bonney (Editor); Margaret Clegg (Editor)
Regular Price: $60.00
Special Price: $45.00
ISBN: 9781842175330
Published by : Oxbow Books
Global Ancestors is a collection of papers which reflect on modern museological responses to the often complex and emotive relationship that people have with the ancestors and objects which they created. Set out in three broad the... .... Learn More -
Engendering objects: Dynamics of Barkcloth and Gender among the Maisin of Papua New Guinea [Paperback]
Anna-Karina Hermkens (Author)
$70.00ISBN: 9789088901454
Published by : Sidestone Press
Engendering objects explores social and cultural dynamics among Maisin people in Collingwood Bay (Papua New Guinea) through the lens of material culture. Focusing upon the visually stimulating decorated barkcloths that are used as... .... Learn More -
Rural Capitalist Development in The Jordan Valley: The case of Deir Alla - The Rise and Demise of Social Groups [Paperback]
Mohamed F. Tarawneh (Author)
$65.00ISBN: 9789088900891
Published by : Sidestone Press
The case of Deir Alla is a social and economic case study of developing Third World agriculture. The study is based upon historical sources, contemporary public information with statistics, and field work in the Jordanian village ... .... Learn More -
Our Work: Modern Jobs – Ancient Origins [Paperback]
Jack Green (Editor); Emily Teeter (Editor)
$24.95ISBN: 9781885923998
Published by : Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
Series: Oriental Institute Museum Publications
Volume: 36
Our Work: Modern Jobs – Ancient Origins is the catalog for a photo-based exhibit that reveals that many modern professions originated in the ancient Middle East. Artifacts from the Oriental Institute Museum were paire... .... Learn More -
A Meeting of East and West: Days Gone By, Volume 2 [Hardback]
Christine Wu Ramsay (Author)
$92.00ISBN: 9781921394751
Published by : Macmillan Art Publishing
In Days Gone By, Volume 2: A Meeting of East and West, Christine Wu Ramsay continues the personal story of her life in an ever-widening world – as East meets West. The story is told with warmth, insight and her characteristi... .... Learn More -
Personality Coherence and Incoherence: A Perspective on Anxiety and Depression [Hardback]
Malgorzata Fajkowska (Author)
$85.00ISBN: 9780979773143
Published by : Eliot Werner Publications
From the Foreword . . .
“In this detailed and thought-provoking book, Małgorzata Fajkowska
provides a novel perspective on personality and its expressions in anxiety
and depression. Her theory is well fo... .... Learn More