Social and cultural anthropology

This book aims to provide the first comprehensive, multi year, systematic, quantitative assessment in the behavioral sciences of how well being changes over time in a small scale rural society of Indigenous People in the Global South.

This book brings together diverse perspectives from a range of geographic settings and feature contributions from some of the key thinkers in the field.

A pesar de que en la actualidad es comun que las personas aplacen la decision de tener hijos despues de los 40 anos, esta no es la unica razon por la que se debe evaluar un tratamiento de preservacion de la fertilidad.

First published in 1992, Revitalizing European Rituals explores why revitalization of celebrations is taking place in communities throughout Europe.

This book presents an anthology of nutrition articles containing advice, information, and tips for achieving optimal health.

This book presents an anthology of nutrition articles containing advice, information, and tips for achieving optimal health.

Problem Society is an essential introduction to the many facets of divided societies.

Fair Trade Enclaves tells the story of exploitation and inequality in the production of Fair Trade bananas.

First published in 1992, Revitalizing European Rituals explores why revitalization of celebrations is taking place in communities throughout Europe.

El món dels pastors és un món singular.

*; Introduces key ideas in linguistics and semiotics to reveal how magic works*; Reveals how to apply effective communication techniques to your magical practice*; Includes case studies of magical schools, such as Hermetic magic, sigil magic, Thelema, the Church of Satan, Chaos Magic, and the Temple of SetIn this illuminating and deeply informative guide, practicing magician Toby Chappell takes readers on a journey into the heart of what it means to transform reality by exploring what magic is.

Stopp mit dem Diät-Jo-Jo: für mehr körperliche und seelische GesundheitLeidest du unter emotionalen Essanfällen oder Essdruck und lehnst deinen Körper ab?

Explore the Enigma of the Arcane PathsDiscover a world where shadows dance with the light, revealing truths long hidden and paths less traveled.

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.

An ';engrossing, unputdownable' (Amanda Montell, New York Times bestselling author) pop history that explains why the eccentric doomsday beliefs of our Puritan founders are still driving American culture today, contextualizes the current rise in far-right extremism as a natural result of our latent indoctrination, and proposes that the United States is the largest cult of all.

In Squatter Life, sociologist Javier Auyero and anthropologist Sofia Servian detail the diverse and often precarious strategies that Argentina's urban poor rely on to survive.

Of all species, human beings are uniquely capable of coordinating on long-term, large-scale cooperative projects with unfamiliar and genetically unrelated others.

In The Future of Futurity, Purnima Mankekar and Akhil Gupta examine the lives and experiences of call center agents in India's business process outsourcing (BPO) industry, who live in Bengaluru and work for customers in the Global North.

This book focuses on Greenlandic oral history and how to better understand people, their cultural remains, and their landscape through their own stories.

This study demonstrates the significance of using contemporary art in scholarly debates about cultural aspects of skin, in particular "e;whiteness"e; as a phenomenon that is both overly visible and invisible.

Agotamiento físico y mental, dificultades para dormir, dolor constante, fallas en la memoria, tránsito intestinal irregular, angustia y la lista sigue.

Why should we study language?

During the past decade, a significant amount of research has been conducted on phytopharmaceuticals.

Current research has given us a more complete understanding of how the chemicals in foods and herbs interact with natural and synthetic drugs.

Nutritional management is an integral part of the management for virtually all gastrointestinal diseases.

Detailed Review of Nutritional Therapies Used to Combat Elderly Health IssuesThe combination of the aging baby-boomer generation and their increased longevity has been fortunately met with increased research and greater understanding of health promotion and disease prevention in the elderly.

Since its first appearance in 1925, Elizabethan Life in Town and Country (1961) has securely established itself both for the general reader and the student as an accepted authority for the social history of the age.

Why should we study language?

This handbook of nutrition and diet provides information on food nutrients and their functions; food safety and distribution; food composition, consumption and utilization; adequacy of diet; and the nutritional management of diseases and disorders.

Consumers look to health professionals for guidance on how to integrate complementary and alternative (CAM) therapies into their lifestyles, yet most health care professionals are trained only in conventional practices.

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.

Truffles are hypogeous ectomycorrhizal ascomycetous edible mushrooms distributed worldwide in terrestrial ecosystems, including deserts, as non-timber forest products.

El autor reunió en dos años más de 600 objetos etnográficos, 250 muestras botánicas, más de 3 mil fotografías etnográficas, así como importantes datos en lengua huasteca.

While the science of yogurt is nearly as old as the origin of mankind, there have been rapid changes in yogurt development since the turn of the 19th century, fueled by continuing developments in biological sciences.