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...Borrini-Feyerabend: Sharing Power: A Global Guide to Collaborative Management of Natural Resources. Paperback
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  • Sharing Power: A Global Guide to Collaborative Management of Natural Resources. Paperback
  • By Grazia Borrini-Feyerabend
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Adam: Time. Paperback
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  • Time. Paperback
  • by Barbara Adam
  • vi, 184 pages. 2004, 2006. Barbara Adams explores the changing ways in which time has been understood and how this knowledge is embedded in cultural practices. Placing the concept of time in historical context, she poses key questions concerning the human quest to understand and control time

Aldridge: Religion in the Contemporary World: A Sociological Introduction. Paperback
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  • Religion in the Contemporary World: A Sociological Introduction. Paperback
  • by Alan Aldridge
  • vii, 232 pages. 2000, reprint 2003. He examines the resurgence of fundamentalism in Christianity, Judaism and Islam and also explores the reasons why conservative movements such as the Mormons recruit so successfully.

Allen: Poverty and Development into the 21st Century. Paperback
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  • Poverty and Development into the 21st Century. Paperback
  • Edited by Tim Allen and Alan Thomas
  • xii, 572 pages, illustrated. 2000

Amit: Realizing Community. Concepts, social relationships and sentiments. Hardback
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  • Realizing Community. Concepts, social relationships and sentiments. Hardback
  • Edited by: Vered Amit
  • 192 pages. 2002. 'Community' is so overused both in everyday language as well as in scholarly work that it could easily be dismissed as a truism. This book returns a timely and concerted anthropological gaze to community as part of a broader consideration of contemporary circumstances of social affiliation and solidarity

Anderson: Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism. Revised edition. Paperback
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  • Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism. 2nd edition. Paperback
  • Benedict Anderson. xv, 240 pages, with bibliography and index. Revised edition, 2006

Angrosino: Doing Cultural Anthropology. Projects for Ethnographic Data Collection, Second Edition
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  • Doing Cultural Anthropology. Projects for Ethnographic Data Collection, Second Edition
  • Michael V. Angrosino
  • 190 pages. 2007. As a practical bridge between the classroom and the field, this offers an impressive range of insightful, focused vignettes about cultural research that will jumpstart students’ thinking about the practice of anthropology. Reflecting the contributions of nearly 24 practicing social scientists, each clearly written chapter of Doing Cultural Anthropology covers the fundamentals of a different data-collection technique.

Angrosino: The Culture of the Sacred. Exploring the Anthropology of Religion
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  • Culture of the Sacred. Exploring the Anthropology of Religion
  • Michael V. Angrosino
  • 246 pages. 2004

Ansell: Children, Youth and Development. Paperback
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  • Children, Youth and Development. Paperback
  • by Nicola Ansell
  • 304 pages, 82 illustrations, 14 tables. 2005. Throughout the developing world, experiences of childhood are extremely diverse, both between places and between children in particular places, from the international level through to the different treatment of a boy and a girl within the same household.

Appadurai: Appadurai: Globalization. Paperback

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  • Globalization. Paperback
  • Edited by Arjun Appadurai. 344 pages, 33 photographs, 1 map, 2 figures. 2001. While including discussions about what globalisation is and whether it is a meaningful term, the volume focuses in particular on the way that changing sites-local, regional, diasporic-are the scenes of emergent forms of sovereignty in which matters of style, sensibility, and ethos articulate new legalities and new kinds of violence.

Appadurai: Fear of Small Numbers. Paperback

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  • Fear of Small Numbers: An Essay on the Geography of Anger. Paperback
  • Edited by Arjun Appadurai
  • 112 pages. 2006. The period since 1989 has been marked by the global endorsement of open markets, the free flow of finance capital and liberal ideas of constitutional rule, and the active expansion of human rights. Why then has there been a proliferation of violence, of ethnic cleansing on the one hand and extreme forms of political violence against civilian populations on the other?

Appadurai: Modernity at Large: Cultural Dimensions of Globalization. Paperback
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  • Modernity at Large: Cultural Dimensions of Globalization. Paperback
  • by Arjun Appadurai
  • xi, 229 pages. 1996

Appadurai: The Social Life of Things. Paperback
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  • Social Life of Things. Commodities in Cultural Perspective. Paperback
  • Edited by Arjun Appadurai
  • 352 pages. 1988

Appadurai: Worship and Conflict under Colonial Rule: A South Indian Case. Paperback
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  • Worship and Conflict under Colonial Rule: A South Indian Case. Paperback
  • by Arjun  Appadurai
  • 276 pages, 2007

Aragon: Fields of the Lord. Animism, Christian Minorities, and State Development in Indonesia. Paperback
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  • Fields of the Lord. Animism, Christian Minorities, and State Development in Indonesia. Paperback
  • by Lorraine V. Aragon
  • xii, 383 pages, illustrated. 2000

Arguedas: Yawar Fiesta. Paperback
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  • Yawar Fiesta. Paperback
  • José María Arguedas
  • 200 pages. 2002. The social relations between Indians, mestizos, and whites in the Peruvian highland town of Puquio in the early twentieth century. Each group’s reaction to the national government’s attempt to suppress the traditional Indian-style bullfight reflects their attitude toward social change more generally.

Asad: On Suicide Bombing. Cloth
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  • On Suicide Bombing. Cloth
  • By Talal Asad. 144 pages. 2007. For many non-Muslims, "the suicide bomber" quickly became the icon of "an Islamic culture of death", a conceptual leap that struck Asad as problematic. Is there a "religiously-motivated terrorism?" If so, how does it differ from other cruelties? What makes its motivation "religious"?

Ashforth: Madumo. A Man Bewitched. Paperback
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  • Madumo. A Man Bewitched. Paperback
  • Adam Ashforth
  • 262 pages. 2005. This true story of witchcraft and friendship is set against the turbulent backdrop of contemporary Soweto. Adam Ashworth finds his friend Madumo in dire circumstances: his family has accused him of using witchcraft to kill his mother.

Barley: Grave Matters. Encounters with Death around the World
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  • Grave Matters. Encounters with Death around the World
    Nigel Barley
    240 pages. 1995.     Grave Matters reveals that after death the body may be preserved or obliterated, transformed into furniture, or eaten.  For some, the road to death is enlightening, for others it is ghastly. Not one to slight death’s sting, Barley agrees with Aristotle that humor is also a key distinguishing feature of humanity.

Askew, Wilk: The Anthropology of Media: A Reader. Paperback
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  • Anthropology of Media: A Reader. Paperback
  • edited by Kelly Askew and Richard R. Wilk. 432 pages. 2002

Atkinson, Delamont, a.o.: Handbook Ethnography. Paperback
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  • Handbook Ethnography. Paperback
  • Paul Atkinson, Sara Delamont, Amanda Jane Coffey, John Lofland, Lyn Lofland
  • 528 pages. 2007. The volume is organized into three sections. The first systematically locates ethnography firmly in its relevant historical and intellectual contexts. The roots of ethnography are pinpointed and the pattern of its development is demonstrated.

Azoy: Buzkashi. Game and Power in Afghanistan, Second, updated, Edition
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  • Buzkashi. Game and Power in Afghanistan, Second, updated, Edition
    G. Whitney Azoy
  • 160 pages. 2003. Not only the first full-scale anthropological examination of a single sport, but also a beautifully written case study about a place and a people that have been largely ignored in the social science literature. Buzkashi, perhaps the wildest game in the world and a vivid feature of Afghan life, entails the aggressive struggle of hundreds of horsemen over a mutilated calf carcass.

Azuela: The Underdogs. Paperback
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  • Underdogs. Paperback
  • Mariano Azuela, translation and introduction by Frederick H. Fornoff
  • xi, 140 pages. 2002. The Underdogs tells the story of a courageous Indian farmer who almost unwittingly rises to a generalship in Pancho Villa’s rebel army during the Mexican Revolution of 1910

Banks, Morphy: Rethinking Visual Anthropology. Paperback
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  • Rethinking Visual Anthropology. Paperback
  • Editors Marcus Banks and Howard Morphy
  • 1999

Barfield: The Dictionary of Anthropology. Paperback
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  • Dictionary of Anthropology. Paperback
  • edited by Thomas J. Barfield. xiii, 626 pages. 1997

Barnard: Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology. Paperback
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  • Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology. Paperback
  • edited by Alan Barnard andJonathan Spencer
  • xxiv, 658 pages, name index, glossary, peoples places index, bibliographical appendix, 5 line drawings. 2007. This is one of those few privileged works that may actually redefine a field. Situating current debates in the context of the historical development of anthropology ... it charts a contemporary discourse that is vibrant, sophisticated and unexpectedly coherent

Barnard: History and Theory in Anthropology. Paperback
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  • History and Theory in Anthropology. Paperback
  • by Alan Barnard. 255 pages, 12 figures, 9 tables, index, bibliography. 2000

Barthes: Mythologies. Paperback
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  • Mythologies. Paperback
  • by Roland Barthes
  • 159 pages. 1973. Mythologies finds Barthes revealing the fashioned systems of ideas that make it possible, for example, for 'Einstein's brain' to stand for, be the myth of, 'a genius so lacking in magic that one speaks about his thought as a functional labor analogous to the mechanical making of sausages.

Bayly: The Birth of the Modern World, 1780-1914. Global Connections and Comparisons. Paperback
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  • Birth of the Modern World, 1780-1914. Global Connections and Comparisons. Paperback
  • C. A. Bayly. 568 pages, 12 maps, 57halftones. 2004. A thematic history of the world from 1780, the pivotal year of the revolutionary age, to the outbreak of World War I in 1914. It brings together historical data and arguments from different societies in order to show how interconnected the world was, even before the onset of modern globalization.

Beatty: Varieties of Javanese Religion. An Anthropological Account. Paperback
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  • Varieties of Javanese Religion. An Anthropological Account. Paperback
  • by Andrew Beatty
  • 272 pages, glossary, map of East Java, index. 1999, reprint 2005

Beck Kehoe: Humans: An Introduction to Four-Field Anthropology. Paperback
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  • Humans: An Introduction to Four-Field Anthropology. Paperback
  • Alice Beck Kehoe
  • 244 pages, illustrated. 1998. A concise, introductory textbook for use on four-field, cultural or social anthropology courses. Encompassing anthropology and its major subfields, the author covers the basic concepts of linguistics, archaeology, physical and cultural anthropology, with a minimal use of technical terms

Beck Kehoe: Shamans and Religion. An Anthropological Exploration in Critical Thinking. Paperback
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  • Shamans and Religion. An Anthropological Exploration in Critical Thinking. Paperback.
  • Alice Beck Kehoe
  • 125 pages. 2000

Bell: Ritual Theory, Ritual Practice. Paperback
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  • Ritual Theory, Ritual Practice. Paperback
  • by Catherine Bell. x, 270 pages. 1992

Bell: Ritual. Perspectives and Dimensions. Paperback
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  • Ritual: Perspectives and Dimensions. Paperback
  • by Catherine Bell. xv, 351 pages. 1997
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Benton: Law and Colonial Cultures: Legal Regimes in World History, 1400–1900. Paperback
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  • Law and Colonial Cultures: Legal Regimes in World History, 1400–1900. Paperback
  • by Lauren Benton
  • 300 pages. 2002. Focusing on colonial legal politics and the interrelation of local and indigenous cultural contests and institutional change, the book uses case studies to trace a shift in plural legal orders - from the multicentric law of early empires to the state-centered law of the colonial and postcolonial world.

Bernard: Research Methods in Anthropology: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches, Fourth Edition. Paperback
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  • Research Methods in Anthropology: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches. New, 4th edition. Paperback.
  • By H. Russell Bernard. 824 pages, references, index, glossary. 2006. Uitgever kan tijdelijk niet leveren

Black: No-nonsense Guide to International Development. Paperback
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  • No-nonsense Guide to International Development. Paperback
  • By Maggie Black. 152 pages, 15 charts and illustrations, 2007

Blank, Burau: Comparative Health Policy. Paperback 2nd edition
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  • Comparative Health Policy. Paperback
  • by Robert H. Blank and Viola Burau. 2nd edition, revised, updated, 2007

Blier: African Vodun. Art, Psychology and Power. Paperback
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  • African Vodun. Art, Psychology and Power. Paperback. By Suzanne Blier
  • 486 pages, 8 color plates, 161 illustrations, 4 maps. 1996. Beads, bones, rags, straw, leather, pottery, fur, feathers and blood—these are the raw materials of vodun artworks. The power of these images lies not only in their aesthetic, and counter-aesthetic, appeal but also in their psychological and emotional effect.

Blount: Language, Culture, and Society. A Book of Readings. second edition
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  • Language, Culture, and Society. A Book of Readings. second edition
  • by Blount. 608 pages

Booth, Colomb, Williams: The Craft of Research. 3rd edition. Paperback
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  • Craft of Research. Paperback.
  • Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Williams
  • xvii, 317 pages. 3rd edition 2008

Bowen: Religions in Practice: An Approach to the Anthropology of Religion. Paperback
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  • Religions in Practice: An Approach to the Anthropology of Religion. Paperback
  • by Jack R. Bowen. xvi, 269 pages. 2007

Bowie: The Anthropology of Religion. Second edition. Paperback
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  • Anthropology of Religion. An Introduction. Second edition. Paperback. By Fiona Bowie
  • xi, 332 pages, 16 illustrations. 2000, revised 2006

Breglia: Monumental Ambivalence: The Politics of Heritage. Paperback
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  • Monumental Ambivalence: The Politics of Heritage. Paperback
  • by Lisa Breglia
  • xii, 242 pages. 2006

Brenner: The Domestication of Desire. Women, Wealth, and Modernity in Java. Paperback
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  • Domestication of Desire. Women, Wealth, and  Modernity in Java. Paperback
  • Suzanne April Brenner
  • xiii, 301 pages. 1998. The author portrays the Javanese neighbourhood she discovered in the late 1980s - Laweyan had embraced modernization under Dutch colonial rule only to fend it off in the late 20th century. Brenner examines the making of the "unmodern", focusing on the importance of gender.

Brewer: Ethnography. Paperback
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  • Ethnography. Paperback
  • by  John D. Brewer
  • Post-modern critics attack the methodological status of ethnography and challenge its representations of reality. Others argue that globalization narrows its application as localism disappears. This text provides a defence of this method and establishes its relevance in the social sciences.

Bridge, Watson: The Blackwell City Reader. Paperback
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  • Blackwell City Reader. Paperback
  • edited by Gary Bridge and Sophie Watson. xiv, 579 pages. 2002

Brohman: Popular Development. Rethinking the Theory and Practice of Development. Paperback
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  • Popular Development. Rethinking the Theory and Practice of Development. Paperback
  • by John Brohman
  • 400 pages. 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, digital reprint 2005. This critical evaluation of development strategies examines development frameworks, and looks at their theoretical underpinnings and the results of their implementation in practice. It covers all the major regions, including Africa, Latin America and Asia.

Bromley: Cults, Religion, and Violence. Paperback
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  • Cults, Religion, and Violence. Paperback
  • Edited by David G. Bromley and J. Gordon Melton
  • 270 pages, 2002. This explores the question of when and why violence by and against new religious cults erupts and whether and how such dramatic conflicts can be foreseen, managed and averted.

Bryceson, Kay, Mooij: Disappearing Peasantries? Rural Labour in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Paperback
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  • Disappearing Peasantries? Rural Labour in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Paperback
  • edited by Deborah F. Bryceson, Christobal Kay and Jos Mooij
  • x, 333 pages. 2000, reprinted 2005. This text argues that the peasant transition process has reached a critical juncture. With: "Peasant Theories and Smallholder Policies: Past and Present"