Anthropology

Dare to question everything you thought you knew about history's most influential figures.

In May 1914, workers walked off their jobs at Atlantas Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills, launching a lengthy strike that was at the heart of the American Federation of Labors first major attempt to organize southern workers in over a decade.

This edited volume highlights the growing recognition of the need for a more comprehensive understanding of language shaped by local contexts.

L'homme redoute l'ignorance, cette absence de sens qui provoque l'angoisse du vide.

This book offers a comprehensive exploration of the intertwined cultural, historical, and geopolitical landscape of Ladakh and Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) - two regions separated by the Line of Control (LoC) yet bound by deep-rooted connections.

Why are we so obsessed with a group of archaic humans who disappeared 40,000 years ago?

Human rights law and the legal protection of women from violence are still fairly new concepts.

Le reel se derobe a mesure que l'Homme cherche a le saisir.

This edited volume highlights the growing recognition of the need for a more comprehensive understanding of language shaped by local contexts.

Illuminating a hidden and fascinating chapter in the history of globalization, Paul Gootenberg chronicles the rise of one of the most spectacular and now illegal Latin American exports: cocaine.

In 1982, Harvard-trained ethnobotanist Wade Davis traveled into the Haitian countryside to research reports of zombies the infamous living dead of Haitian folklore.

According to Islamic tradition, God has at least ninety-nine names.

For Native Americans, religious freedom has been an elusive goal.

Auteur, co-auteur et directeur de plus d'une vingtaine d'ouvrages et de plusieurs centaines d'articles ou chapitres, Jean Copans est une figure incontournable des etudes africaines et de l'anthropologie en France, et au-dela.

Drawing on extensive research into archaic Amerindian communities, this book presents a revolutionary thesis: Tupinamba cannibalism was not primarily about absorbing the qualities of the consumed enemy but rather served as a sacred pathway toward constructing an eternal, incorruptible body.

In the heart of Washington, D.

Smitten by a love of hot peppers, journalist Richard Schweid traveled to the capital of the U.

Que significa cuidar en una comunidad maya de la region central de Quintana Roo?

The Honeymoon Havens Atlas will guide you through an exploration that surpasses ordinary travel guides.

Drawing on extensive research into archaic Amerindian communities, this book presents a revolutionary thesis: Tupinamba cannibalism was not primarily about absorbing the qualities of the consumed enemy but rather served as a sacred pathway toward constructing an eternal, incorruptible body.

Since the 1950s, anthropologist Sidney W.

For Native Americans, religious freedom has been an elusive goal.

In the heart of Washington, D.

Smitten by a love of hot peppers, journalist Richard Schweid traveled to the capital of the U.

In 1982, Harvard-trained ethnobotanist Wade Davis traveled into the Haitian countryside to research reports of zombies the infamous living dead of Haitian folklore.

Illuminating a hidden and fascinating chapter in the history of globalization, Paul Gootenberg chronicles the rise of one of the most spectacular and now illegal Latin American exports: cocaine.

Since the 1950s, anthropologist Sidney W.

This book offers a comprehensive exploration of the intertwined cultural, historical, and geopolitical landscape of Ladakh and Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) - two regions separated by the Line of Control (LoC) yet bound by deep-rooted connections.

Human rights law and the legal protection of women from violence are still fairly new concepts.

"e;An outstanding contribution to psychological anthropology.

Samatha (shamatha) meditation is the classical Buddhist practice of training the mind toward calm, stable, and vividly clear attention.

This book seeks to foreground mobile theatre as an integral part of the modern Assamese public sphere and public culture.

Contributing scholars engaging with Southern African contexts challenge hegemonic climate paradigms.

Contributing scholars engaging with Southern African contexts challenge hegemonic climate paradigms.

This book offers a critical realist analysis of police stop and search practices in England, examining the underlying mechanisms that drive both intended and unintended outcomes.

Kane explores the role of religious identity in Boston in the years 1900-1920, arguing that Catholicism was a central integrating force among different class and ethnic groups.

This book offers a critical realist analysis of police stop and search practices in England, examining the underlying mechanisms that drive both intended and unintended outcomes.

This book explores the potential of relational research as a creative and participatory endeavor to produce knowledge.

Kane explores the role of religious identity in Boston in the years 1900-1920, arguing that Catholicism was a central integrating force among different class and ethnic groups.

Building on the best-selling tradition of previous editions, The World of Myth, Fourth Edition, offers a uniquely comprehensive collection of myths from numerous cultures around the globe.

This book explores the potential of relational research as a creative and participatory endeavor to produce knowledge.

Now in its second edition, this book offers an accessible reference and strategy for the practical application of cross- cultural competence (3C) for leaders operating across complex operational environments, including the armed forces and government.

The United States at the turn of the twentieth century cultivated a passion for big.

The book develops a novel approach to understanding social situations as emergent, empirical phenomena.

The book develops a novel approach to understanding social situations as emergent, empirical phenomena.