Books - "anthropology"
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The Anti-Witch
Super octavo, white glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, xix + 115pp, illus, VG+ (light curling & tanning to spine & cover edges, light chafing to covers, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's insightful inscription regarding contents of book to half title page)
PUBLISHER: HAU Books 2015
KEYWORDS: anthropology spirituality ethnography concepts Jeanne Favret-Saada
Noonkombah: Whose Land, Whose Law
Tidy ex-library, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Fremantle Arts Centre Press 1989
KEYWORDS: Australia Australian Aboriginal culture anthropology
Other Tribes, Other Scribes
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1982
KEYWORDS: anthropology histories history culture ethnology philosophy symbolism
On Human Geography
Very tidy ex-library, 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: Basil Blackwell 1986
KEYWORDS: human geography anthropology R J Johnston
Homo Hierarchicus: The Caste System and its Implications
Ex-library, 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: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1970
KEYWORDS: anthropology social science caste systems sociology
The Chatham Islands: Their Plants, Birds and People
FIRST EDITION, octavo, grey cloth boards, black lettering to spine, ix + 177pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading to board edges, sl fading to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ex-libris plate to ffep, sl foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges- minor archival tape repairs, light soiling & foxing)
PUBLISHER: Simpson and Williams 1952
KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand Chatham Islands rural nature natural history people nature plants wildlife botany anthropology
Environment, Subsistence and System: The Ecology of Small-Scale Social Formations
Very tidy ex-library, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 324pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, light discolouration to spine & board edges, light tanning to eps) in d/w, VG+ (price clipped, light creasing to edges, sl tanning to rear & flaps, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1982
KEYWORDS: human ecology environment theory social science sociology anthropology anthropo-geography
The Social Conquest of Earth
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: Liveright Publishing 2012
KEYWORDS: anthropology social evolution philosophy human
Plantation Societies, Race Relations, and the South: The Regimentation of Populations
Ex-library. First edition. Super 8vo, pp. xvi + 407; brown buckram boards, spine lettered in gilt; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; library markings to spine, eps, ht & tp verso); in d/w, VG (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning).
PUBLISHER: Duke University Press 1975
KEYWORDS: Edgar T Thompson plantation society race relations social history anthropology sociology first edition
Shell Bed to Shell Midden
Imp. 8vo, pp. x + 189; illus. heavy light card covers; illus. eps, frontis., photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to prelims & terminal; prev bookseller's stamp in purple & black ink to ht).
PUBLISHER: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies 1982
KEYWORDS: anthropology diet shellfish 20th century Australia Australian aboriginal aboriginies
From Fiji to the Cannibal Islands
FIRST EDITION, NEEDS REBINDING, super octavo hardcover (G-) very tatty copy; 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 Bell & Sons 1907
KEYWORDS: anthropology Beatrice Grimshaw Fiji travel exploration expeditions history historical travel writing literature first editions
Written in Blood: The Story of the Haitian People 1492-1995
Super 8vo, pp. xii + 869; illus. light card covers; photos, illus.; VG (moderate creasing, scuffing & soiling to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling to prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in black ink to tp; highlighting throughout).
PUBLISHER: University Press of America 2005
KEYWORDS: Haiti Haitian orthography history anthropology Robert Debs Nancy Gordon Heinl
Refocusing Ethnographic Museums through Oceanic Lenses
Super 8vo, pp. xii + 299; illus. light card covers; photos, illus.; VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; sl soiling to pg edges; sl soiling to prelims & terminals; prev bookseller's stickers to rear cover).
PUBLISHER: Otago University Press 2020
KEYWORDS: Philipp Schorch ethnographic museums oceanic oceania New Zealand heritage cutural anthropology
Same-Sex Cultures and Sexualities: An Anthropological Reader
Imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, ix + 310pp, VG+ (light creasing & curling to cover edges, sl chafing to covers)
PUBLISHER: Blackwell Publishing 2005
KEYWORDS: lgbtq sexuality sexual orientation gay same-sex relationships culture cultures anthropology lesbian homosexuals
Sexual Knowledge, Sexual Science: The History of Attitudes to Sexuality
Octavo, illus light card covers, white & teal lettering to spine, xiii + 408pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, light soiling to page edges, occasional pencil markings to margins)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1994
KEYWORDS: history sex sexuality sexology customs anthropology social science
Irregular Connections: A History of Anthropology and Sexuality
Super octavo, illus light card covers, black & white lettering to spine, xiv + 419pp, Near FINE (sl soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: University of Nebraska Press 2004
KEYWORDS: anthropology sexuality sexual orientation lgbtq
The Early Writings of Bronislaw Malinowski
Very tidy ex-library, super octavo, grey heavy boards, black lettering to spine, xv + 324pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, jacket tidily affixed to boards) in d/w, VG+ (in plastic cover- tidily affixed to boards, top corner of rear flap clipped, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1993
KEYWORDS: Bronislaw Malinowski literature literary anthologies anthropology
Mankind and Mother Earth: A Narrative History of the World
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: Oxford University Press 1976
KEYWORDS: human history Arthur Toynbee anthropology
The Technology of a Modern Stone Age People in New Guinea
Super 8vo, pp. 60; light card covers, spine & front cover lettered in black; frontis., xvi plates to rear, illus.; VG- (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; prev ownership stamp in black ink to front cover; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to prelims & terminals; heavy water damage to plates to rear, many stuck together; light cracking to rear gutter).
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1964
KEYWORDS: Beatrice Blackwood anthropology New Guinea population social conditions tools history
The Future Eaters: An Ecological History of the Australian Lands and People
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: Reed New Holland 2005
KEYWORDS: anthropology Australia Australian ecology history