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  • Expanding American Anthropology, 1945-1980

    A Generation Reflects

    by Mary Elmendorf, John L Landgraf, Harry F Wolcott, Dwight B Heath, Marjorie M Schweitzer, Willis E Sibley, Thomas Weaver, Jim Weil, Herbert S. Lewis, Susan R. Trencher, J. Anthony Paredes, William O. Beeman, Robert Knox Dentan, Norman E. Whitten Jr., Shepard Krech III, Dr. Robert B Textor, Ph.D, Dr. Walter Rochs Goldschmidt, Ph.D, Dr. Dell Hymes, Ph.D, Dr. Nathalie F.S. Woodbury, Ph.D, Dr. Paul L. Doughty ...
    Expanding American Anthropology, 1945–1980: A Generation Reflects takes an inside look at American anthropology’s participation in the enormous expansion of the social sciences after World War II. During this time the discipline of anthropology itself came of age, expanding into diverse subfields, frequently on the initiative of individual practitioners. The Association of Senior Anthropologists ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Values and Valuables

    From the Sacred to the Symbolic

    by Maurice Godelier, James A. Egan, Françoise Dussart, Colin Danby, Georgia L. Fox, Mahir Saul, Beth E. Notar, Lynne Milgram, Kathleen Pickering, David Mushinski, Eric J. Arnould, Carolyn Folkman Curasi, Linda L. Price, Jim Weil, Brian Moeran, Melanie Rock ...
    Series series Society for Economic Anthropology Monograph Series
    In this exciting new volume from the Society for Economic Anthropology, Cynthia Werner and Duran Bell bring together a group of distinguished anthropologists and economists to discuss the complex ways in which different cultures imbue material objects with symbolic qualities whose value cannot be reduced to material or monetary equivalents. Objects with sacred or symbolic qualities are valued ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

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  • Our Daily Bread

    Wages, Workers, and the Political Economy of the American West

    by Geoff Mann ...
    Series series Cultural Studies of the United States
    A wage is more than a simple fee in exchange for labor, argues Geoff Mann. Beyond being a quantitative reflection of productivity or bargaining power, a wage is a political arena in which working people’s identity, culture, and politics are negotiated and developed. In Our Daily Bread, Mann examines struggles over wages to reveal ways in which the wage becomes a critical component in the making of ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Anthropological Theory for the Twenty-First Century

    A Critical Approach

    by A. Lynn Bolles, Ruth Gomberg-Muñoz, Bernard C. Perley, Keri Vacanti Brondo ...
    Anthropological Theory for the Twenty-First Century presents a critical approach to the study of anthropological theory for the next generation of aspiring anthropologists. Through a carefully curated selection of readings, this collection reflects the diversity of scholars who have long contributed to the development of anthropological theory, incorporating writings by scholars of color, non ... Read more

    $34.99 USD

  • Gendered Spaces

    by Daphne Spain ...
    In hundreds of businesses, secretaries — usually women — do clerical work in “open floor” settings while managers — usually men — work and make decisions behind closed doors. According to Daphne Spain, this arrangement is but one example of the ways in which physical segregation has reinforced women’s inequality. In this important new book, Spain shows how the physical and symbolic barriers that ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • Through Feminist Eyes

    Essays on Canadian Women’s History

    by Joan Sangster ...
    Through Feminist Eyes gathers in one volume the most incisive and insightful essays written to date by the distinguished Canadian historian Joan Sangster. To the original essays, Sangster has added reflective introductory discussions that situate her earlier work in the context of developing theory and debate. Sangster has also supplied an introduction to the collection in which she reflects on ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • The Future of Whiteness

    by Linda Martín Alcoff ...
    White identity is in ferment. White, European Americans living in the United States will soon share an unprecedented experience of slipping below 50% of the population. The impending demographic shifts are already felt in most urban centers and the effect is a national backlash of hyper-mobilized political, and sometimes violent, activism with a stated aim that is simultaneously vague and deadly ... Read more

    $22.00 USD

  • Governing the Commons

    The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action

    by Elinor Ostrom ...
    Series series Canto Classics
    The governance of natural resources used by many individuals in common is an issue of increasing concern to policy analysts. Both state control and privatization of resources have been advocated, but neither the state nor the market have been uniformly successful in solving common pool resource problems. After critiquing the foundations of policy analysis as applied to natural resources, Elinor ... Read more

    $21.39 USD

  • Ethnography

    A Way of Seeing

    by Harry F. Wolcott ...
    One of anthropology's leading writers on ethnographic methods, Harry Wolcott discusses the fundamental nature of ethnographic studies. Tracing its development from its disciplinary origins in sociology and anthropology, he points out what is distinctive about ethnography and what it means to conduct research in the ethnographic tradition. In this engaging and thought-provoking book, Wolcott ... Read more

    $46.99 USD

  • Ethics and Business

    An Introduction

    by Kevin Gibson ...
    Series series Cambridge Applied Ethics
    In this lively undergraduate textbook, Kevin Gibson explores the relationship between ethics and the world of business, and how we can serve the interests of both. He builds a philosophical groundwork that can be applied to a wide range of issues in ethics and business, and shows readers how to assess dilemmas critically and work to resolve them on a principled basis. Using case studies drawn from ... Read more

    $36.09 USD

  • What Is Curriculum Theory?

    by William F. Pinar ...
    Series series Studies in Curriculum Theory Series
    This primer for prospective and practicing teachers asks students to question the historical present and their relation to it, and in so doing, reflect on their own understandings of what it means to teach, to study, to educate, and to become educated in the present moment in the places we inhabit.Not only the implementation of objectives to be assessed by standardized tests, curriculum is ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Sources and Methods in Indigenous Studies

    Edited by Chris Andersen, Jean M. O'Brien ...
    Series series Routledge Guides to Using Historical Sources
    Sources and Methods in Indigenous Studies is a synthesis of changes and innovations in methodologies in Indigenous Studies, focusing on sources over a broad chronological and geographical range. Written by a group of highly respected Indigenous Studies scholars from across an array of disciplines, this collection offers insight into the methodological approaches contributors take to research, and ... Read more

    $61.99 USD