Social and cultural anthropology Books

The Nage people of the eastern Indonesian island of Flores refer to someone who begins something but is regularly distracted by other matters as "a dog pissing at the edge of a path." In this first comprehensive study of animal metaphors in a non-Western...

South African agriculture is characterized by growing labour unrest, evinced in recent years by high-profile strikes, but little is known about the sources and forms of day-to-day struggle. In Chiefs of the Plantation Lincoln Addison examines how labour...

What happens to people after an earthquake destroys their homes? What is daily life like under a humanitarian regime? Is aid a gift or is it a form of power? A House of One's Own explores these enduring questions as they unfold in a Salvadoran town in...

This book provides an original treatment of the concept of good and beauty in ancient Egypt. It seeks to examine the dimensions of nefer, the term used to describe the good and the beautiful, within the context of ordinary life. Because the book is...

Through a cultural analysis of the symbols of death - flesh, blood, bones, souls, time numbers, food and money - Chinese Death Rituals in Singapore throws light upon the Chinese perception of death and how they cope with its eventuality. In the seeming...

Geno-technology is a technology unlike any other, with significant implications for life in the 21st century. It directly affects us at a deeply personal level, it poses a threat to the boundaries which conventionally define selfhood, it generates...

This book focuses on the developments in research, national-historical narratives, and geographies of East Central Europe. It explores the emergence of specific discursive practices, architectures of ethnic identity, and the eventual juxtaposition during...

This book explores contemporary transformations of identities in a digitizing society across a range of domains of modern life. As digital technology and ICTs have come to pervade virtually all aspects of modern societies, the routine registration of...

This book explores how the often well-meaning routines and assumptions of a generous welfare state can reflect and even contribute to the stigmatisation of refugees and Muslims in Europe today. While the main cases are from Sweden, examples are included...

Since the 1990s there has been a dramatic increase in cultural flows and connections between the countries in the East Asian region. Nowhere is this more apparent than when looking at popular culture where uneven but multilateral exchanges of Japanese,...

This book investigates the complex and unpredictable temporalities of waste. Reflecting on waste in the context of sustainability, materiality, social practices, subjectivity and environmental challenges, the book covers a wide range of settings, from...

Provides basic information on successfully collecting, processing, analyzing, and describing skeletal human remains.Forensic Anthropology Training Manual serves as a practical reference tool and a framework for training in forensic anthropology.The first...

This NATO Double Jump Program, held at Erice, Italy, on NMR in the Life Sciences was supported in part by contributions from Oxford Research Sys­ tems, Philips International, Technicare Corporation, Varian Instruments, Sciemens...

In the writing of prefaces for works of this sort, most editors report being faced with similar challenges and have much in common in relating how these challenges are met. They acknowledge that their paramount ob­ jective is...

1. THE SEMIOTIC CHARACTER OF ABORIGINAL SIGN LANGUAGES In our culture, language, especially in its spoken manifestation, is the much vaunted hallmark of humanity, the diagnostic trait of man that has made possible the creation...

An Exposure, From Personal Observation, Of Female Prostitution In London, Leeds And Rochdale, And Especially In The City Of Glasgow (1843) is a book written by William Logan. The book provides a detailed and eye-opening account of the rampant practice of...

""An Essay on the Origin, Habits, Etc. of the African Race: Incidental to the Propriety of Having Nothing to Do with Negroes"" is a book written by John Jacobus Flournoy in 1835. The book is a controversial and racist essay that discusses the supposed...

""A Serious Fall In The Value Of Gold Ascertained, And Its Social Effects Set Forth"" is a book written by William Stanley Jevons in 1863. The book examines the economic impact of a significant drop in the value of gold, which was a major currency at the...

A Second Series Of The Manners And Customs Of The Ancient Egyptians V1 is a historical book written by John Gardner Wilkinson and published in 1841. The book provides a detailed account of the social, cultural, and religious practices of the ancient...

""A Revised and Enlarged Account of the Bobbili Zeminda"" is a historical book written by Ranga-Rao, Venkata Swetachalapati in 1907. The book is about the Bobbili Zeminda, which was a princely state in present-day Andhra Pradesh, India. The author...

One of the most puzzling lapses in accounts of the rise of the West following the decline of the Roman Empire is the casual way historians have dealt with Gutenberg's invention of printing

On November 17, 1901, Mexico City police raided a private party and arrested 41 men, half of whom were dressed as women. Clandestine transvestite balls were not unheard of at this time, and a raid would not normally gain national attention. However,...

Introduction ������ l'Atlas Ethnographique du Globe (1826) est un livre �����crit par Adrien Balbi. Il s'agit d'un ouvrage de r�����f�����rence en ethnographie qui pr�����sente une analyse d�����taill�����e des diff�����rentes cultures et peuples du...

Introduction ������ la Science Sociale (1891) est un livre �����crit par Herbert Spencer. Dans ce livre, l'auteur explore les fondements de la science sociale et examine les diff�����rentes th�����ories qui ont �����t����� d�����velopp�����es dans ce...

Indische Typen En Krijgstafereelen (1896) is een boek geschreven door Willem Adriaan van Rees. Het boek beschrijft het leven in Nederlands-Indi����� in de late 19e eeuw. Het bevat verhalen en afbeeldingen van verschillende inheemse bevolkingsgroepen,...

Il libro ""Il Problema Dei Riformatorj: Appunti (1894)"" di Ugo Conti ����� una raccolta di appunti sull'argomento della riforma sociale. L'autore esplora il tema della riforma in vari aspetti, tra cui l'educazione, la politica e l'economia. Il libro...

Il libro ""Il Miglioramento: Morale E Civile Degl' Italiani E Delle Nazioni In Universale"" scritto da Giovanni Lebano nel 1861, ����� un'opera che si concentra sull'importanza del miglioramento morale e civile degli italiani e delle nazioni in generale...

Il Giudizio Criminale Dal Punto Di Vista Dell' Esempio Studio (1893) di Emanuele Carnevale ����� un testo che si concentra sullo studio dell'esempio nel giudizio penale. L'autore affronta il tema della valutazione delle prove e delle testimonianze nel...

Het Prisma Vlaemsche Zeden is een boek geschreven door Emmanuel Van Driessche en uitgegeven in 1855. Het boek is een verzameling van verhalen en anekdotes die de Vlaamse zeden en gewoonten van die tijd beschrijven. Het bevat onder andere verhalen over...

Het boek ""Het Haagsche Leven In De Tweede Helft Der Zeventiende Eeuw"" is geschreven door G. H. Betz en gepubliceerd in 1900. Het beschrijft het leven in Den Haag tijdens de tweede helft van de zeventiende eeuw. Het boek behandelt verschillende aspecten...

Das Buch ""Herkunft und Urgeschichte der Arier"" von Ludwig Wilser wurde erstmals 1899 ver������ffentlicht und besch�����ftigt sich mit der Herkunft und Geschichte der Arier. Wilser untersucht in dem Werk die Urspr�����nge der Arier und ihre Verbreitung...

""Harzbilder: Sitten Und Gebrauche Aus Dem Harzgebirge"" ist ein Buch von Heinrich Prohle, das im Jahr 1855 ver������ffentlicht wurde. Es handelt sich um eine Sammlung von Geschichten und Anekdoten �����ber die Sitten und Br�����uche der Menschen im...

El libro ""Estudio Filol������gico De Los Idiomas De Los Antiguos Ingas Del Peru"" fue escrito por Agust������n Matienzo en 1895. En esta obra, el autor realiza un estudio filol������gico de los idiomas que hablaban los antiguos incas del Per������...

""Essays und Studien zur Sprachgeschichte und Volkskunde V2 (1893)"" ist eine Sammlung von Aufs�����tzen und Studien des deutschen Sprachwissenschaftlers Gustav Meyer. Der Band enth�����lt Beitr�����ge zu verschiedenen Themen der Sprachgeschichte und...

""Espa�����a en el �����frica Septentrional"" es un libro escrito por Saturnino Gim�����nez en 1885. En �����l, el autor explora la historia de la presencia espa�����ola en el norte de �����frica, desde la conquista de Ceuta en 1415 hasta la Guerra de...

Este libro titulado ""Espa�����a en 1492 Conferencia: y los lenguajes hablados por los ind������genas del norte y centro de Am�����rica (1893)"" escrito por Daniel L������pez, es una obra que aborda la llegada de los espa�����oles a Am�����rica en el...

""����Es �����ngel?"" es una novela original de costumbres cubanas en dos vol������menes escrita por Eduardo Ezponda en 1877. La historia sigue a �����ngel, un joven cubano que se ve envuelto en una serie de situaciones que ponen a prueba su car�����cter...

Az Erd�����ly F������ld�����nek Ritkas�����gai (1853) Kov�����ri L�����szl������ �����ltal ������rt k������nyv, amely az erd�����lyi f������ldrajzi �����s term�����szeti ritkas�����gokr������l sz������l. A k������nyv r�����szletesen bemutatja az...

Ensayo sobre la Am�����rica Precolombina es un libro escrito por Narciso Sentenach y Cabanas en 1898. Este ensayo ofrece una visi������n completa y detallada sobre la historia, la cultura y la sociedad de los pueblos precolombinos que habitaron...

""El Consejo de Familia en Espa�����a"" es un libro escrito por Secundino Coderch Manau en 1893. En �����l se aborda el tema del consejo de familia, una instituci������n jur������dica que tiene como objetivo proteger los intereses de los menores y de las...

El libro ""El Alzamiento De Vizcaya En 1872 Y El Convenio De Amorevieta (1872)"" escrito por Aristides de Artinano, es una obra que relata los sucesos ocurridos en Vizcaya durante el a�����o 1872. En este periodo, se produjo un levantamiento popular en...

El libro ""El �����ltimo Suplicio de las Libertades Catalanas"" (1858) escrito por Jos����� Hern�����ndez del Mas, es una obra hist������rica que relata la represi������n y la opresi������n a la que fue sometida Catalu�����a durante el siglo XIX. En este...

Das Buch ""Ein Vorblick Auf Das Jahr 2000 Oder Ein Tag In Einer Strafanstalt Des XXI Jahrhunderts"" wurde im Jahr 1891 von Johannes Neckeben ver������ffentlicht. Es handelt sich um eine dystopische Erz�����hlung, die in einer Strafanstalt im 21...