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$12.50
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The Chrysanthemum and The Sword: Patterns of Japanese Culture


BENEDICT, RUTH

Octavo softcover (tatty); 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 cost

PUBLISHER: Meridian/NAL 1974

KEYWORDS: japan culture anthropology

$25.00
xxzbc150072

Indians, Missionaries, and Merchants: The Legacy of Colonial Encounters on the California Frontiers


LIGHTFOOT, KENT G.

Super octavo softcover (VG+); front cover corner clipped, 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 cost

PUBLISHER: Regents of University of California 2006

KEYWORDS: Anthropology archaeology California colonialism frontier America

$35.00
xxzbc150073

A Millennium of Cultural Contact


PATERSON, ALISTAIR

Super octavo softcover (VG+); front cover corner clipped, 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 cost

PUBLISHER: Left Coast 2011

KEYWORDS: Anthropology archaeology history European colonisation contact

$22.50
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Civilizations


FERNANDEZ-ARMESTO, FELIPE

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Macmillan 2000

KEYWORDS: history culture anthropology

$70.00
1y58/29

The Cult of the Goddess Pattini


OBEYESEKERE, GANANATH

Tidy ex-library, imperial octavo, orange buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvii + 629pp, illus, VG+ (usual library markings/stamps, light bruising & scuffing to extrems) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press 1984

KEYWORDS: religion anthropology illustrated Buddhism Pattini antiquity ancient history sociology

$50.00
1y58/31

Hinduism in Great Britain: The Perpetuation of Religion in an Alien Cultural Milieu


BURGHART, RICHARD (Ed)

Tidy ex-library, black heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, viii + 290pp, VG+ (usual library markings/stamps, light bruising to extrems, spine sl cocked) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & soiling to edges, light chafing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Tavistock Publications 1987

KEYWORDS: Hinduism Britain England history culture social science sociology anthropology

$30.00
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Formations of Ritual: Colonial and Anthropological Discourses on the Sinhala Yaktovil


SCOTT, DAVID

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 cost

PUBLISHER: University of Minnesota Press 1994

KEYWORDS: ritual anthropology Sri Lanka ethnography culture

$50.00
1y58/50

Plants of the Canoe People: An Ethnobotanical Voyage Through Polynesia


WHISTLER, W. ARTHUR

Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine, illus title page, ix + 241pp, illus, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: National Tropical Botanical Garden 2009

KEYWORDS: botany Polynesia exploration illustrated anthropology plants

$200.00
1y59/4

Two Years Among New Guinea Cannibals: A Naturalist's Sojourn Among the Aborigines of Unexplored New Guinea


PRATT, A. E. & PRATT, HENRY

FIRST EDITION, FOLDING MAP TO REAR, octavo, blue buckram boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 359pp, illus, folding map to rear, VG- (light bruising to extrems, moderate discolouration to spine & board edges, moderate mould staining to rear board & rear gutters, ligth tanning & foxing to page egdes, moderate staining to eps, moderate tanning & foxing to folding map with some tape repairs, moderate water staining to terminals, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, owner's name in ink to fep, moderate foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Seeley & Co 1906

KEYWORDS: first edition exploration anthropology New Guinea travel culture history illustrated

$75.00
1y59/6

Ti.E Varane: Stories About People of Courage From Solomon Islands


CARTER, GEORGE G. & KENILOREA, PETER (Fore)

Octavo, illus light card covers, brown lettering to covers, unpaginated prelims + 169pp, illus, VG (moderate creasing to rear cover, moderate tanning & soiling to covers, light foxing & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: G. G. Carter/Unichurch Publishing 1981

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Solomon Islands religion Christianity exploration anthropology pioneers history

$35.00
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Rural China on the Eve of Revolution: Sichuan Fieldnotes, 1949-1950


SKINNER, G. WILLIAM

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 cost

PUBLISHER: University of Washington Press 2017

KEYWORDS: anthropology China society history

$14.00
xxzcl151113

From Ritual To Theatre: The Human Seriousness of Play


TURNER, VICTOR

PENCIL ANNOTATIONS, 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 cost

PUBLISHER: PAJ Publications 1982

KEYWORDS: theatre essays anthropology art acting music drama

$10.00
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Islands of Men: Inside Melanesia


SIMPSON, COLIN

Super octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (scruffy); 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 cost

PUBLISHER: Angus & Robertson 1955

KEYWORDS: melanesia papua new guinea anthropology

$14.00
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The Social Construction of American Realism


KAPLAN, AMY

Super octavo softcover (VG some underlining in ink); 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 cost

PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press 1992

KEYWORDS: america anthropology culture realism

$12.50
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The Simple Life: Plain Living and High Thinking in American Culture


SHI, DAVID E.

Super octavo 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 will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1985

KEYWORDS: simple life homesteading culture anthropology

$42.50
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Cannibals: The Discovery and Representation of the Cannibal from Columbus to Jules Verne


LESTRINGANT, FRANK

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 cost

PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1997

KEYWORDS: cannibals cannibalism history anthropology

$10.00
xxzdh151510

Cultural Studies & Cultural Value


FROW, JOHN

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1995

KEYWORDS: culture anthropology

$30.00
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Quetzalcoatl and the Irony of Empire: Myths and Prophecies in the Aztec Tradition


CARRASCO, DAVID

Tidy ex library, 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 cost

PUBLISHER: The University of Chicago Press 1982

KEYWORDS: Aztec mythology tradition culture history anthropology

$17.50
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Victor Turner and the Construction of Cultural Criticism: Between Literature and Anthropology


ASHLEY, KATHLEEN M. (ed)

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Indiana University Press 1990

KEYWORDS: culture anthropology

$20.00
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The Semiotics of Passions: From States of Affairs to States of Feelings


GREIMAS, ALGIRDAS JULIEN & FONTANILLE, JACQUES

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 cost

PUBLISHER: University of Minnesota Press 1993

KEYWORDS: anthropology psychology philosophy sociology

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