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  • The Gift of a Bride

    A Tale of Anthropology, Matrimony and Murder

    by Serena Nanda, Joan Gregg ...
    This ethnographically based murder mystery is set within New York City's Indian community. A young Indian woman's arranged marriage brings her to the city to join her husband shortly after her wedding. The plot unfolds as the couple copes with joint family living, sexual and financial issues, and hostile neighbors. Central to the mystery are the cultural conflicts affecting both men and women ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

  • Cultural Anthropology

    by Serena Nanda, Richard L. Warms ...
    Cultural Anthropology integrates critical thinking, explores rich ethnographies, and prompts students to think creatively about today’s culture and society. Authors Serena Nanda and Richard L. Warms show how historical studies and anthropological techniques can help readers reflect on the nature, structure, and meaning of human societies. Updates to the Thirteenth Edition include a new chapter on ... Read more

    $87.29 USD

  • COVID-19: Social Inequalities and Human Possibilities

    by J. Michael Ryan, Serena Nanda ...
    Series series The COVID-19 Pandemic Series
    COVID-19: Social Inequalities and Human Possibilities examines the unequal impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on individuals, communities, and countries, a fact seldom acknowledged and often suppressed or invisible. Taking a global approach, this book demonstrates how the impact of the pandemic has differed as a result of social inequalities, such as economic development, social class, race and ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • Culture Counts

    A Concise Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

    by Serena Nanda, Richard L. Warms ...
    Now with SAGE Publishing!Culture Counts is a concise introduction to anthropology that illustrates why culture matters in our understanding of humanity and the world around us. Serena Nanda and Richard L. Warms draw students in with engaging ethnographic stories and a conversational writing style that encourages them to interact cross-culturally, solve problems, and effect positive change. The ... Read more

    $87.29 USD

  • Assisted Dying

    An Ethnographic Murder Mystery on Florida's Gold Coast

    by Serena Nanda, Joan Gregg ...
    Assisted Dying is an ethnographically based murder mystery that uses the unexplained deaths of elderly people on Florida's Gold Coast as a way of examining American cultural values. Diversity, immigration and the American Dream, aging, retirement, death, and dying are just some of the issues that are illuminated. Cultural anthropologist Julie Norman is drawn deeper into the mystery when her aunt ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • 40 Perfect New York Days

    Walks and Rambles in and Around the City

    by Joan Gregg ...
    Celebrate New York's legendary diversity of places, people, and things to do in a series of upbeat and offbeat day trips. 40 Perfect New York Days: Walks and Rambles In and Around the City is your knowledgeable, trustworthy companion in and around the city.City University professors, life-long New Yorkers, and enthusiastic walkers, authors Joan Gregg, Beth Pacheco, and Serena Nanda know every nook ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

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  • Ethnicity, Inc.

    by John L. Comaroff, Jean Comaroff ...
    Series series Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning
    In Ethnicity, Inc. anthropologists John L. and Jean Comaroff analyze a new moment in the history of human identity: its rampant commodification. Through a wide-ranging exploration of the changing relationship between culture and the market, they address a pressing question: Wherein lies the future of ethnicity?Their account begins in South Africa, with the incorporation of an ethno-business in ... Read more

    $20.89 USD

  • Factfulness

    Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World--and Why Things Are Better Than You Think

    by Hans Rosling, Anna Rosling Rönnlund, Ola Rosling ...
    INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**“One of the most important books I’ve ever read—an indispensable guide to thinking clearly about the world.” – Bill Gates“Hans Rosling tells the story of ‘the secret silent miracle of human progress’ as only he can. But Factfulness does much more than that. It also explains why progress is so often secret and silent and teaches readers how to see it clearly.” ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • I Shall Not Want

    A Clare Fergusson and Russ Van Alstyne Mystery

    by Julia Spencer-Fleming ...
    Series Book 6 - Fergusson/Van Alstyne Mysteries
    I Shall Not Want is the sixth in Julia Spencer-Fleming's New York Times bestselling series—the strongest in the Russ Van Alstyne and Clare Fergusson novels—is a great entry into this beloved series.In the searing conclusion to All Mortal Flesh, Police Chief Russ Van Alstyne’s precarious balance between duty and desire was broken by his wife’s tragic death. Now, Russ and Episcopal priest Clare ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Protecting Indigenous Knowledge and Heritage:

    A Global Challenge

    by Marie Battiste, James (Sa'Ke'j) Youngblood Henderson ...
    Series series Purich's Aboriginal Issues Series
    Whether the approximately 500 million Indigenous peoples of the world live in Canada, the United States, Australia, India, Peru, or Russia, they have faced a similar fate at the hands of colonizing powers. That fate has included assaults on their language and culture, commercialization of their art, and use of their plant knowledge in the development of medicine, all without consent, ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Rethinking Who We Are

    Critical Reflections on Human Diversity in Canada

    by Paul U. Angelini ...
    Rethinking Who We Are takes a non-conventional approach to understanding human difference in Canada. Contributors to this volume critically re-examine Canadian identity by rethinking who we are and what we are becoming by scrutinizing the “totality” of difference. Included are analyses on the macro differences among Canadians, such as the disparities produced from unequal treatment under Canadian ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Stories of Culture and Place

    An Introduction to Anthropology, Second Edition

    by Michael G. Kenny, Kirsten Smillie ...
    Stories of Culture and Place makes use of one of anthropology's most enduring elements—storytelling—to introduce students to the excitement of the discipline. The authors invite students to think of anthropology as a series of stories that emerge from cultural encounters in particular times and places. References to classic and contemporary ethnographic examples—from Coming of Age in Samoa to ... Read more

    $43.99 USD