Books - "anthropology"
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Why We Disagree About Human Nature
Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 214pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2018
KEYWORDS: popular science philosophy anthropology evolution human nature behaviour behavior
The Anthropology of Christianity
Super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine & covers, unpaginated prelims + 373pp, VG+ (light creasing & curling to cover edges, light fading to spine, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. owner's ink stamp to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Duke University Press 2007
KEYWORDS: anthropology religion religious Christian Christianity ethnology culture history historical ethnography
The Maya
IN SLIPCASE, super octavo, purple buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus/decoration to spine & front board, illus title page, xxxi + 297pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in slipcase, VG+ (light bruising & chafing)
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2003
KEYWORDS: folio society ancient history cultures civilisations civilizations Maya Mayan Norman Hammond anthropology
The Power of the Image: Essays on Representation and Sexuality
Super octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1985
KEYWORDS: representation sexuality essays annette kuhn feminism anthropology society
Symbols, Public and Private
Ex-library, octavo softcover (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1975
KEYWORDS: symbols symbolism anthropology theory
Holy Writ as Oral Lit: The Bible as Folklore
Tidy ex-library, octavo softcover (VG) minor underlining to text; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 1999
KEYWORDS: religion religious history bible biblical folklore criticism anthropology
Incans Aztecs Mayans (Fifth Edition)
Octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Sonlight Curriculum 2002
KEYWORDS: ancient civilisations civilizations incan aztec mayan history anthropology
The World of the American Indian
Square imperial octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: National Geographic Society 1974
KEYWORDS: national geographic American Indians culture anthropology history
The Indians of the Great Plains
Quarto hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Orbis Publishing 1982
KEYWORDS: native American Indians great plains history anthropology culture civilisations civilizations
The Palm at the End of the Mind: Relatedness, Religiousity, and the Real
SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR TO VINCENT O'SULLIVAN. Super 8vo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Duke University Press 2009
KEYWORDS: Michael Jackson anthropology religion religious social history
The Ethnomusicologist
Super 8vo, pp. xxviii + 400; orange buckram bds, spine & front board lettered in green; photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev owner's stamp in black ink to top & bottom pg edge & front pastedown).
PUBLISHER: The Kent State University Press 1982
KEYWORDS: music musicology ethnomusicology research theory anthropology history social
Weavers of Song: Polynesian Music and Dance
Super 8vo, pp. x + 543; black heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt; photos, illus.; disc to rear; VG moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev owner's stamp in black ink to top & bottom pg edge, ffep & tp).
PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 1999
KEYWORDS: Pacific Islands Polynesia Polynesian music dance arts ethnomusicology anthropology social history custom culture
Oceanic Music Encounters: The Print Resource and the Human Resource
Essays in Honour of Mervyn McLean
4to, pp. xii + 137; illus. light card covers; photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges).
PUBLISHER: University of Auckland 2007
KEYWORDS: anthropology music musicology Meryn McLean New Zealand musician essay
Theorizing Visual Studies: Writing through Discipline
Super 8vo, pp. xv + 302; illus. light card covers; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges).
PUBLISHER: Routledge 2013
KEYWORDS: visual cultural studies art history anthropology criticism critical theory essays
The Kafirs Illustrated: A Facsimile Reprint of the Original 1849 Edition of Hand-coloured Lithographs
Elephant folio, green leather boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, unpaginated prelims, frontispiece, 133pp, illus/plates - plates counted & all present, VG+ (light to moderate bruising to spine & board extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: A A Balkema 1974
KEYWORDS: facsimile reprints George French G F Angas Africa African Amazulu Amaponda Amakosa tribes history anthropology art travel Kafir
Honour and Shame: The Values of Mediterranean Society
Super octavo, red light card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, 266pp, VG (light creasing/curling & moderate to heavy fading & soiling to spine & covers/edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & inside covers, prev. owner's name in ink to top of half title page)
PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press 1974
KEYWORDS: social anthropology sociology history Mediterranean philosophy
Placing the Dead: Tombs, Ancestral Villages, and Kinship Organization in Madagascar
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xi + 241pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to boadr & spine edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (moderate rubbing & creasing to edges with chipping/closed tearing also, minor tanning & staining to spine, light soiling & moderate discolouration)
PUBLISHER: Seminar Press 1971
KEYWORDS: first editions anthropology history culture Madagascar villages Merina society
Valley of the Spirits: The Upper Skagit Indians of Western Washington
FIRST EDITION, octavo, grey/teal cloth boards, brown lettering to spine, xiii + 267pp, illus, VG+ light bruising & discolouration to spine extrems, sl foxing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate fading to spine & edges with light tanning also)
PUBLISHER: University of Washington Press 1974
KEYWORDS: first editions native American Indians tribes Skagit Washington history anthropology
Women and Society: An Anthropological Reader
Octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, (11pp) + iv + 329pp, VG (moderate bruising to extrems, moderate fading to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Eden Press Women's Publications 1979
KEYWORDS: gender sex women anthropology theory culture sociology social sciences
The Politics of Truth: Essays in Critical Anthropology
Octavo, maroon buckram boards, black lettering to spine, xii + 298pp, VG+ (light bruising & fading to spine & board extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & moderate peeling to spine & edges, sl discolouration to spine, light to moderate chafing & discolouration)
PUBLISHER: South Asian Publishers 1981
KEYWORDS: essays literature anthropology social sciences