Social and cultural anthropology

This book addresses the complex question of how and why languages have spread across the globe: why do we find large language families distributed over a wide area in some regions, while elsewhere we find clusters of very small families or language isolates?

This classic book, first published in 1992 and again in 2003, has inspired three generations of childbearing people, birth activists and researchers, and birth practitioners-midwives, doulas, nurses, and obstetricians-to take a fresh look at the "e;standard procedures"e; that are routinely used to "e;manage"e; American childbirth.

Originally published in 1992, this Asian-authored book presents a cultural description and interpretation of American high school adolescent life and ethos, based on anthropological fieldwork in a semi-rural school and its surrounding community in Oregon.

This volume represents an interdisciplinary approach to an understanding of the chemistry, physiology, and medical significance of the vitamin riboflavin.

À travers l’exploration du monde méconnu de l’indianophilie, ce livre propose une réflexion sur les formes contemporaines de la culture et de l’identité.

Drawing from ethnographic examples found throughout the world, this revised and updated text offers an introduction to what anthropologists know or think about religion, how they have studied it, and how they have interpreted or explained it since the late nineteenth century.

A History of Ghana (1958) uses both European archives and considerable research among African traditional histories to examine the history of the Gold Coast and Ghana.

Demonology - the intellectual study of demons and their powers - contributed to the prosecution of thousands of witches.

When the colonial slave trade, and then slavery itself, were abolished early in the 19th century, the British empire brazenly set up a new system of trade using Indian rather than African laborers.

Focusing on the lives of first- and second-generation British Pakistani young adult men and those approaching middle age who offend or have offended and the experiences of their fathers bringing them up in a de-industrialised city, this book examines the influence of social relations on their moves toward and away from crime, particularly the impact of father-son relationships.

Obesity is a global pandemic rising beyond the status of a lifestyle disorder, and its consequences include impaired metabolism, energy disruption, and abdominal fat deposition and storage.

This book explores varieties of spiritual movements and alternative experiments for generation of beauty, dignity and dialogues, in a world where the rise of the religious in politics and the public sphere is often accompanied by violence.

Paradise in Ashes is a deeply engaged and moving account of the violence and repression that defined the murderous Guatemalan civil war of the 1980s.

Gaming the language of addiction treatmentScripting Addiction takes readers into the highly ritualized world of mainstream American addiction treatment.

This detailed and comprehensive overview of meat-free diets introduces readers to their long history in human cultures and analyzes some of the important questions and issues surrounding their practice in today's world.

If you only have 30 seconds, there is time using this book to bone upon how to eat well.

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In the United States, people living in low-income neighborhoods frequently do not have access to affordable healthy food venues, such as supermarkets.

Was haben die Oberflächenspannung des Wassers, die biologische Zellmembran, die Bildung gesellschaftlicher Gruppen und die psychologische Grenze zwischen Ich und Du gemeinsam?

Melanesia has been the research focus of some of anthropologys legendary names.

This richly illustrated book presents in detail the sanctuaries built during the reign of Antiochus I of Commagene (ca.

Quick, easy, low-calorie, family-friendly dinner recipes developed by a weight loss blogger and author of the Lose Weight by Eating series.

A year-long collection of spells and rituals for harnessing the magical power of each day from the author of the Encyclopedia of 5000 Spells.

Genocide and Victimology examines genocide in its diverse features, from different yet connected perspectives, to offer an interdisciplinary, victimological imagination of genocide.

This book explores how small businesses respond to the law.

This encyclopedia provides detailed information about the historical, cultural, social, religious, economic, and scientific significance of gold, across the globe and throughout history.

The Romance of Democracy gives a unique insider perspective on contemporary Mexico by examining the meaning of democracy in the lives of working-class residents in Mexico City today.

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This book critically interrogates 'wellbeing', a concept that is exploding in popularity across the globe.

Rice and Beans is a book about the paradox of local and global.

Recognizing the importance of good nutrition for physical and mental status, theDepartment of Defense asked the Institute of Medicine to guide the design of thenutritional composition of a ration for soldiers on short-term, high-stress missions.

Nature offers us spices, which are a significant part of healthy and nutritious foods.

Willem Assies died in 2010 at the age of 55.

Every weekday, the wildly popular Tom Joyner Morning Show reaches more than eight million radio listeners.

The use of different foods, herbs, and spices to treat or prevent disease has been recorded for thousands of years.

This book presents a unique overview of significant disparities in health, which exist within complex and multifaceted contexts across different regions.

Cybercartography in a Reconciliation Community: Engaging Intersecting Perspectives, Volume Eight gathers perspectives on issues related to reconciliation-primarily in a residential / boarding school context-and demonstrates the unifying power of Cybercartography by identifying intersections among different knowledge perspectives.

The Brazilian Society of Nutrition, through the present public- ation, brings to the attention of the world scientific community the works presented at the XI INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF NUTRITION which, promoted by this Society and under the sponsorship of the Interna- tional Union of Nutritional Science, was held in the city of Rio de Janeiro from August 27th to September lst, 1978.

Preterm infants grow poorly after birth and very commonly develop ex utero growth restriction (EUGR).

This first of two volumes presents groundbreaking information on sleep apnea in children and youths.

This book takes a transdisciplinary approach and considers multisectoral actions, integrating health, agriculture and environmental sector issues to comprehensively explore the topic of sustainable diets.

Monuments as Cultural and Critical Objects explores monuments as political, psychical, social, and mystical objects.

The methodological needs of environmental studies are unique in the breadth of research questions that can be posed, calling for a textbook that covers a broad swath of approaches to conducting research with potentially many different kinds of evidence.