Anthropology - Cultural & Social
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Death and the Idea of Mexico
$31.00 Add to cartDeath and the Idea of Mexico is the first social, cultural, and political history of death in a nation that has made death its tutelary sign. Examining the history of death and of the death sign from
- Series: Mit Press
- Author: Lomnitz, Claudio
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 584
- Publish Date: January 04 2008
- ISBN10: 1890951544
- Language: English
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Localism in the Mass Age
$34.00 Add to cartIn the United States the conventional left/right distinction has become increasingly irrelevant, if not harmful. The reigning political, cultural, and economic visions of both the Democrats and the Re… [more below]
- Author: Mitchell, Mark T.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: April 02 2018
- ISBN10: 1532614438
- Language: English
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The Kingdom of Speech
$19.99 Add to cartThe maestro storyteller and reporter provocatively argues that what we think we know about speech and human evolution is wrong.
“A whooping, joy-filled and hyperbolic raid on, of all things, the theo- Author: Wolfe, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: December 05 2017
- ISBN10: 0316404632
- Language: English
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At the Place of the Lobsters and Crabs: Indian People and Deer Isle, Maine, 1605-2005
$15.95 Add to cartFor thousands of years, native people lived, loved and labored on Deer Isle as well as the surrounding islands and peninsulas of east Penobscot Bay. Then, just over 400 years ago, their lives were dis
- Author: Haviland, William a.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: January 30 2018
- ISBN10: 1882190807
- Language: English
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Foxfire 8
$23.00 Add to cartFirst published in 1972, The Foxfire Book was a surprise bestseller that brought Appalachia’s philosophy of simple living to hundreds of thousands of readers. Whether you wanted to hunt game, bake the… [more below]
- Series: Foxfire (Paperback) #8
- Author: Foxfire Fund Inc
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 510
- Publish Date: March 20 1984
- ISBN10: 0385177410
- Language: English
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What a Mushroom Lives for: Matsutake and the Worlds They Make
$27.95 Add to cartHow the prized matsutake mushroom is remaking human communities in China–and providing new ways to understand human and more-than-human worlds
What a Mushroom Lives For pushes today’s mushroom renais- Author: Hathaway, Michael J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: April 26 2022
- ISBN10: 0691225885
- Language: English
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Peripheral Visions: Learning Along the Way
$18.99 Add to cartMary Catherine Bateson, author of Composing a Life, is our guide on a fascinating intellectual exploration of lifetime learning from experience and encountering the unfamiliar. Peripheral Visions beg
- Author: Bateson, Mary C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 27 2023
- ISBN10: 0060926309
- Language: English
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Economy Hall: The Hidden History of a Free Black Brotherhood
$34.95 Add to cartSelected by Kirkus for “Best of 2021: Our Favorite Nonfiction”
It is impossible to imagine New Orleans, and by extension American history, without the vibrant and singular Creole culture. In the face o
- Author: Shaik, Fatima
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: February 25 2021
- ISBN10: 0917860802
- Language: English
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Glass, Paper, Beans: Revolutions on the Nature and Value of Ordinary Things
$19.00 Add to cartOnce upon a time we knew the origins of things: what piece of earth the potato on our dinner plate came from, which well our water was dipped from, who cobbled our shoes, and whose cow provided the le… [more below]
- Author: Cohen, Leah Hager
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: August 17 1998
- ISBN10: 038549257X
- Language: English
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Awakenings: American Jewish Transformations in Identity, Leadership, and Belonging
$24.95 Read more“Strong debut . . . this nuanced portrait of the state of American Judaism proffers a cogent vision of how to revitalize the faith.” –Publisher’s Weekly
Why are religious organizations on the decline
- Author: Stanton, Rabbi Joshua
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: August 02 2022
- ISBN10: 1681150891
- Language: English
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Method and Madness: The Hidden Story of Israel’s Assaults on Gaza
$19.95 Add to cartIn the past five years Israel has mounted three major assaults on the 1.8 million Palestinians trapped behind its blockade of the Gaza Strip. Taken together, Operation Cast Lead (2008-9), Operation Pi
- Author: Finkelstein, Norman
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 238
- Publish Date: January 13 2015
- ISBN10: 1939293715
- Language: English
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American Nerd: The Story of My People
$16.00 Add to cart“One of the season’s most talked about cultural studies” (Los Angeles Times)–an incisive and irreverent appreciation of nerds that combines history, sociology, psychology, and memoir from noted journ… [more below]
- Author: Nugent, Benjamin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 02 2009
- ISBN10: 0743288025
- Language: English
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Life Is Not Useful
$14.95 Add to cartIndigenous leader and activist Ailton Krenak reminds us that we must awaken from the comatose senselessness we have been immersed in since the beginning of the modern colonial project, where order, pr
- Author: Krenak, Ailton
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: May 08 2023
- ISBN10: 150955405X
- Language: English
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Sixty Million Frenchmen Can’t Be Wrong: Why We Love France, But Not the French
$21.99 Read moreA historical and cultural guide revealing the French approach to land, food, privacy, language, and more and how globalization led France to become one of the unlikeliest influential countries in the
- Author: Nadeau, Jean
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 01 2003
- ISBN10: 1402200455
- Language: English
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Hate in the Homeland: The New Global Far Right
$21.95 Add to cartA startling look at the unexpected places where violent hate groups recruit young people
Hate crimes. Misinformation and conspiracy theories. Foiled white-supremacist plots. The signs of growing far-r- Author: Miller-Idriss, Cynthia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 11 2022
- ISBN10: 0691222940
- Language: English
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Hair Story: Untangling the Roots of Black Hair in America
$18.99 Add to cartTwo world wars, the Civil Rights movement, and a Jheri curl later, Blacks in America continue to have a complex and convoluted relationship with their hair. From the antebellum practice of shaving the
- Author: Byrd, Ayana
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: January 28 2014
- ISBN10: 1250046572
- Language: English
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The First Signs: Unlocking the Mysteries of the World’s Oldest Symbols
$19.99 Add to cart“If you love mysteries, you’ll love this book. Genevieve von Petzinger acts as guide and sleuth in this fascinating, accessible, and fast-paced exploration of Ice Age artists and the evocative cave pa… [more below]
- Author: Von Petzinger, Genevieve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: March 28 2017
- ISBN10: 1476785503
- Language: English
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Ritual: How Seemingly Senseless Acts Make Life Worth Living
$30.00 Read moreA pioneering anthropologist takes readers on a ‘fascinating, well-researched’ (Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE) journey through the rich tapestry of human ritual–showing how and why our most irrational behavio
- Author: Xygalatas, Dimitris
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 13, 2022
- ISBN10: 0316462403
- Language: English
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The Web of Meaning: Integrating Science and Traditional Wisdom to Find Our Place in the Universe
$24.99 Add to cart“A profound personal meditation on human existence and a tour-de-force weaving together of historic and contemporary thought on the deepest question of all: why are we here?”
— Gabor Mat? M.D. , a- Author: Lent, Jeremy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: May 10 2022
- ISBN10: 0865719799
- Language: English
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A History of the Yoruba People
$39.95 Add to cartA History of the Yoruba People is a comprehensive exploration of the founding and growth of one of the most influential groups in Africa. With a population of nearly 40 million spread across Western A
- Author: Akintoye, Stephen Adebanji
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 514
- Publish Date: August 01 2021
- ISBN10: 2359260065
- Language: English
