Anthropology

ISBN: 9781598745429
Published by : Left Coast Press
Commodity branding did not emerge with contemporary global capitalism. In fact, the authors of this volume show that the cultural history of branding stretches back to the beginnings of urban life in the ancient Near East and Egypt, and can be ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780971242760
Published by : Percheron Press/Eliot Werner Publications
Series: Foundations of Sociology
In this book Allan Horwitz views mental illness within a sociological framework of deviance and social control and evaluates communal and individualistic styles of therapeutic control. His new prologue updates the work in the context of significan... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781842173909
Published by : Oxbow Books
Animals in complex human societies are often both meal and symbol, related to everyday practice and ritual. People in such societies may be characterized as having unequal access to such resources, or else the meaning of animals may differ for... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780979227639
Published by : Stone Age Institute Press
Series: STONE AGE INSTITUTE PUBLICATION SERIES
Volume: 4
The Human Brain Evolving: Paleoneurological Studies in Honor of Ralph L. Holloway presents a range of important studies focusing on human brain evolution. Based upon a Stone Age Institute conference held at Indiana University, Bloomington, this... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780714125572
Published by : British Museum Company Ltd.
Series: Artistic Traditions in World Cultures
Believed to be one of the earliest textiles, felt has been made by the nomadic peoples of Central Asia for over 2,500 years and the craft still thrives today as an integral part of their culture. Valued for both its functional and decorative qu... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780979773112
Published by : Eliot Werner Publications
This is the first single book to document the evolution in human thinking from a belief in supernaturalism to a belief in naturalism. The author shows how the ideas that people have held through the centuries about the world have developed from... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780979773129
Published by : Eliot Werner Publications
This is the first single book to document the evolution in human thinking from a belief in supernaturalism to a belief in naturalism. The author shows how the ideas that people have held through the centuries about the world have developed from... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781842179789
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Childhood in the Past
Volume: 1
The violence and neglect suffered by children today is a common subject of media attention and much political hand-wringing, not just in Britain but in other parts of the western world. As yet, however, there has been no attempt to explore this... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9789088900464
Published by : Sidestone Press
'No, but we are different. Tonpa Sherab treated men and women in the same way, he passed on his teachings to both men and women and that is why we nuns are on equal footing with the monks, quite unlike the Buddhists.'



The Bön ... .... Learn More