Anthropology - Soc Sci

First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

This lively text offers a unique, holistic approach to human diversity for undergraduate courses in anthropology, medicine, human ecology, general education, and other fields that investigate the link between biology and culture...

Tracing the development of some of the earliest and key civilizations in history, Early Civilisations of the Old World explains how particular forms of social structure and cultural interaction developed from before the Neolithic period...

Tracing the development of some of the earliest and key civilizations in history, Early Civilisations of the Old World explains how particular forms of social structure and cultural interaction developed from before the Neolithic period...

Through a richly detailed examination of the practices of spinning yarn from the fleece of llamas and alpacas, this title explores the relationships that herders have maintained with their herd animals in the Andes..

Through a richly detailed examination of the practices of spinning yarn from the fleece of llamas and alpacas, this title explores the relationships that herders have maintained with their herd animals in the Andes..

This study gives an up-to-date view of three East African societies: Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, each culturally heterogeneous and fragmented and each in the throes of rapid organizational and structural change...

Eco-Warriors was the first in-depth look at the people, actions, history and philosophies behind the "radical" environmental movement, updated in a new edition...

Introducing the reader to the gods and their worshippers and to the ways in which they were related, this book focuses on the ever-present link between the human and the divine in Ancient Egypt. The book also examines the impact of Egyptian religion..

Constituting a measured but devastating critique of Lévi-Strauss's work on kinship systems, this book deals with prescriptive forms of social classification and had far-reaching implications for anthropological theory...

Constituting a measured but devastating critique of Lévi-Strauss's work on kinship systems, this book deals with prescriptive forms of social classification and had far-reaching implications for anthropological theory...

An illuminating introduction to the methods and problems of social anthropology, this book draws on a wide range of illustrations, including Raymond Firth's own experiences in New Zealand, Malaya and the Solomon Islands...