The Shape-Shifter's Wife
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World weary, despondent and widowed, Angelica, an anthropology professor from the University of San...
The Attraction of Religion: A New Evolutionary Psychology of Religion
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The Nature and Development of Mathematics: Cross Disciplinary Perspectives on Cognition, Learning and Culture
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From an infant's first grasp of quantity to Einstein's theory of relativity, the human experience of...
Statistical Methods for the Social Sciences
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The book presents an introduction to statistical methods for students majoring in social science...
Political Street Art: Communication, Culture and Resistance in Latin America
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Recent global events, including the 'Arab Spring' uprisings, Occupy movements and anti-austerity...
The Paradoxes of Aid Work: Passionate Professionals
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This book explores what attracts people to aidwork and to what extent the promises of aidwork are...
Culture and Conservation: Beyond Anthropocentrism
Helen Kopnina and Eleanor Shoreman-Ouimet
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Today, there is growing interest in conservation and anthropologists have an important role to play...
Eastern Orthodox Christianity: The Essential Texts
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Two leading academic scholars offer the first comprehensive source reader on the Eastern Orthodox...
From Field to Factory: Community Structure and Industrialization in West Bengal
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From Field to Factory explores the impact of a modern factory on a Bengal agricultural village and...
Natural Histories: Extraordinary Rare Book Selections from the American Museum of Natural History Library
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For the first time, "Natural Histories" allows readers a privileged glimpse of seldom seen, fully...