Books - "anthropology"
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Hunters of the Great North
Octavo, blue buckram boards, white lettering to spine & front board, white polar bear illus to front board, deckled page edges to base of page block, frontispiece, 288pp, 2x folding maps to rear, illus/photos, VG (sl rubbing & bruising to extrems, moderate fading to spine, light chafing to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps, light tanning & foxing to prelims, occasional minor cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: George G Harrap & Co 1923
KEYWORDS: exploration north pole arctic hunting hunters anthropology Vilhjalmur Stefansson
Peasant Life in China: A Field Study of Country Life in the Yangtze Valley
Octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxvi + 300pp + 16pp to rear, illus, VG (moderate staining to spine & boards, light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning & chafing/soiling)
PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1980
KEYWORDS: China Chinese history anthropology Dr Hsiao-Tung Fei poverty peasants
Science and Civilisation in China (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, gilt lettering to spines, frontispieces, vol 1- xxxviii + 318pp, vol 2- xxii + (2) + 696pp, illus, folding maps to rear of vol 1, VG+ (sl bruising & & tanning to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to ffep of vol 1, prev. owner's sm inscription in ink to ffep of vol 2, occasional light foxing throughout) in d/w, VG (vol 1 in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, corners of front flaps clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges- some tidy tape repairs, light tanning to spines, minor chafing & soiling, light foxing to flaps)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1954-62
KEYWORDS: China Chinese history geography science philosophy anthropology
The Human Zoo
US FIRST EDITION, 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: McGraw-Hill Book Company 1969
KEYWORDS: Desmond Morris US first editions anthropology humans
The Sambia: Ritual and Gender in New Guinea
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: Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1986
KEYWORDS: anthropology gender rituals Sambia culture
Fevers, Feuds and Diamonds: Ebola and the Ravages of History
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: Picador / Farrar Straus and Giroux 2021
KEYWORDS: West Africa Ebola viruses virus breakouts disease Sierra Leone Liberia Guinea autobiography Paul Farmer anthropology
The Story of V: Opening Pandora's Box
Octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xi + 322pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2003
KEYWORDS: female genitalia genitals vaginas art history anthropology
Speaking in Queer Tongues: Globalization and Gay Language
REVIEW COPY, octavo, illus light card wrappers, white & pink lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 288pp, VG+ (sl creasing to cover edges, sl chafing to covers, sm ink stamp to base of page block, sl soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: University of Illinois 2004
KEYWORDS: gay lesbian studies anthropology language linguistics identity community lgbtq
One and a Half Pacific Islands / Teuana ao Teiterana n aba n Te Betebeke : Stories the Banaban People Tell of Themselves / I-Banaba aika a Karakin oin Rongorongoia
Ex-library, super octavo, illus stiffened light card wrappers, black & pink lettering to spine, frontispiece, 264pp, illus, VG (usual library markings, minor scuffing & tanning/soiling to spine & cover edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to inside front cover, minor cracking to title page gutter, tape reinforcement to front & rear gutters)
PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 2005
KEYWORDS: pacific islands Banaban people anthropology culture Kiribati Fiji
The Origin of the Polynesians
Quarto, clear plastic wrappers, illus front page, 36pp (possibly mis-bound/out of sequence), illus/photos, VG+ (light soiling to front plastic wrapper, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear, minor dar stain to base of page block, prev. owner's name verso of title page)
PUBLISHER: Not Stated
KEYWORDS: Polynesia Polynesians culture anthropology heritage history
The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn From Traditional Societies?
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: Penguin 2013
KEYWORDS: anthropology philosophy culture history Jared Diamond
Manga Reva: The Forgotten Islands
Paperback (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: Mutual Publishing 1986
KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Robert Lee Eskridge Hawaii Hawai'i anthropology
The New Imperial Order: Indigenous Responses to Globalization
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: Zed Books / Huia Publishers 2005
KEYWORDS: globalization globalisation indigenous people anthropology cultural culture
Pacific: An Ocean of Wonders
Oblong quarto hardcover (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: David Bateman Ltd. 2019
KEYWORDS: Pacific islands ocean human geography history anthropology
Sangoma
Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-, small tear to d/w at base of spine); 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: Frederick Muller 1962
KEYWORDS: Travel anthropology Zulus documentary filmmaking Zululand South Africa tribal communities African wildlife Zulu
At Home in the World
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: HarperPerennial / HarperCollins 1995
KEYWORDS: Aboriginal philosophy ethnography Warlpiri Australia anthropology
White Man's Dreaming: Killalpaninna Mission 1866-1915
Super 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1994
KEYWORDS: Aboriginal Australian colonial history missionaries religion anthropology Killalpaninna mission Diyari
Before California: An Archaeologist Looks at Our Earliest Inhabitants
Super 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: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2003
KEYWORDS: ancient history antiquity California archeology archaeology anthropology
The Night Country: Refelctions of a Bone-Hunting Man
Super 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: Garnstone Press 1974
KEYWORDS: anthropology autobiography memoir autobiographies Loren Eiseley
African Elite: The Big Men of a Small Town
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: Columbia University Press 1971
KEYWORDS: Teso Gondo Uganda anthropology sociology multi-ethnic groups politics