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A Short History of Humanity: How Migration Made Us Who We Are
An international bestseller, covering 2 million years of human history in 250 pages, which proves that migration has always been essential to our survival. Humanity has often found itself on...
Songs At the River's Edge: Stories From a Bangladeshi Village
Part autobiography, part travelogue, part anthropological study, this is an account of a Western woman living in a Muslim Bangladeshi village for 18 months. On an anthropological level, it demonstrates...
I am Uluru: A Family's Story
"I am Uluru: A Family's Story" gives a glimpse into the hitherto untold story of the family entrusted as traditional owners and custodians of arguably Australia's most iconic landmark -...
The Civilizing Process: Sociogenetic and Psychogenetic Investigations
The Civilizing Process stands out as Norbert Elias' greatest work, tracing the "civilizing" of manners and personality in Western Europe since the late Middle Ages by demonstrating how the formation...
Arguments about Aborigines: Australia and the Evolution of Social
In the debates which followed the publication of Darwin's book on the origin of species, Australian Aborigines were used as the ideal exemplars of early human forms by European scholars...
Football, Violence and Social Identity
As the 1994 World Cup competition in the USA will again demonstrate soccer is one of the most popular participant and spectator sports around the world. The fortunes of teams...
The Social Paradox: Autonomy, Connection, and Why We Need Both to Find
A Next Big Idea Club Must Read of February 2025 "Von Hippel presents a radically new way to understand why human happiness has diminished. What's more, he offers superlative advice...
The Powerless Poor: A Comprehensive Guide To Poverty In Australia
$30.00 AUD
Author: P.J. HollingworthBinding: HardbackPublished: Stockland Press Pty Ltd, 1972Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThe book The Powerless Poor: A Comprehensive Guide To Poverty In Australia presents...
The Ruins Of Time: Four And A Half Centuries Of Conquest And Discovery Among The Maya
$15.00 AUD
Author: David AdamsonBinding: HardbackPublished: BCA, 1975Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis historical account chronicles the intricate saga of the Maya civilization, tracing four and a half centuries of...
Australian Dreaming: 40,000 Years Of Aboriginal History
$30.00 AUD
Author: Jennifer IsaacsBinding: HardbackPublished: Lansdowne Press, Sydney, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling historical account, Australian Dreaming: 40,000 Years Of Aboriginal History, chronicles the rich and enduring...
White Man Got No Dreaming: Essays 1938-1973
$300.00 AUD
Author: W. E. H. StannerBinding: HardbackPublished: Australian National University Press, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis collection, White Man Got No Dreaming: Essays 1938-1973, presents a...
Australian Aboriginal Languages
$20.00 AUD
Author: Barry J. BlakeBinding: PaperbackPublished: ANGUS & ROBERTSON PUBLISHERS, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image, some foxing on blockBarry J. Blake's Australian...
Form In Indigenous Art: Schematisation In The Art Of Aboriginal Australia And Prehistoric Europe
$75.00 AUD
Author: Peter J. UckoBinding: HardbackPublished: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, Gerald Duckworth and Company Ltd, Humanities Press Inc., 1977Condition:Book: FairJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Mild...
‘So Much That Is New’: Baldwin Spencer 1860–1929: A Biography
$50.00 AUD
Author: D. J. Mulvaney And J. H. CalabyBinding: HardbackPublished: Melbourne University Press , 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Light wear to DJ. Minor denting...
Aboriginal History: Volume 6 (1-2 )
$25.00 AUD
Author: Barwick, Diane & Urry, James (eds.)Binding: PaperbackPublished: Aboriginal History, Dept of Pacific & Southeast Asian History, Canberra, 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown...
Footprints on Malekula: a memoir of Bernard Deacon
$250.00 AUD
Author: Margaret GardinerBinding: HardbackPublished: The Salamander Press, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsFootprints on Malekula presents a compelling biographical memoir that honors the life and work...
I, The Aboriginal
$15.00 AUD
Author: Douglas LockwoodBinding: PaperbackPublished: Rigby / Seal Books, 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling non-fiction work chronicles the extraordinary...
Health Business
$15.00 AUD
Author: Pam Nathan; Dick Leichleitner JapanangkaBinding: PaperbackPublished: Heinemann Educational Australia, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis insightful non-fiction work presents a critical...
The Self-Made Anthropologist: A Life Of A P Elkin
$30.00 AUD
Author: Tigger WiseBinding: PaperbackPublished: George Allen & Unwin, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Minor stains on prelims. This compelling biography, The...
Tylor
$30.00 AUD
Author: Dr. R. R. MarettBinding: HardbackPublished: Chapman and Hall, 1936Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Worn and faded DJ....
Man, Land & Myth: In North Australia The Gunwinggu People
$100.00 AUD
Author: Ronald M. Berndt And Catherine H. BerndtBinding: HardbackPublished: Ure Smith, Sydney, 1970Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis anthropological study, Man, Land...
Religion In Aboriginal Australia: An Anthology
$80.00 AUD
Author: Max Charlesworth, Howard Morphy, Diane Bell And Kenneth MaddockBinding: HardbackPublished: University of Queensland Press, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsReligion In Aboriginal Australia: An Anthology presents a...
The Death And Rebirth Of The Seneca
$12.00 AUD
Author: Anthony F. C. WallaceBinding: PaperbackPublished: Vintage Books, A Division of Random House, 1972Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis seminal work of...
Dark Emu: Aboriginal Australia And The Birth Of Agriculture
$12.00 AUD
Author: Bruce PascoeBinding: PaperbackPublished: Magabala Books, 2018Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis groundbreaking work, Dark Emu, challenges conventional understandings of pre-colonial Aboriginal...
Wildbird Dreaming: Aboriginal Art From The Central Deserts Of Australia
$50.00 AUD
Author: Nadine Amadio and Richard KimberBinding: HardbackPublished: Greenhouse Publications, 1988Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Light fading to DJ. Minor denting to spine of board. Some tanning...
The Horn Book: Studies In Erotic Folklore And Bibliography
$40.00 AUD
Author: G. LegmanBinding: HardbackPublished: University Books, 1966Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Wear, fading and some chipping and rips...
Growing Up The Country: The Pitjantjatjara Struggle For Their Land
$15.00 AUD
Author: Phillip Toyne & Daniel VachonBinding: PaperbackPublished: McPhee Gribble / Penguin Books, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThe compelling historical...
The Sexual Life Of Savages In North-Western Melanesia
$15.00 AUD
Author: Bronislaw MalinowskiBinding: PaperbackPublished: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Binding cracking. All pages intact.This seminal work of anthropology presents a...
Australian Aboriginal Concepts
$30.00 AUD
Author: L. R. HiattBinding: PaperbackPublished: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, Canberra, 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAustralian Aboriginal Concepts, edited...
Outcasts In White Australia
$12.00 AUD
Author: C.D. RowleyBinding: PaperbackPublished: Pelican Book, 1973Condition:Book: AcceptableJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Reading copy with markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Minimal markings in grey lead. Name penned on...
The Aboriginal Tasmanians
$20.00 AUD
Author: Lyndall RyanBinding: PaperbackPublished: University of Queensland Press, 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis seminal historical work The Aboriginal Tasmanians meticulously chronicles...
Woman's Role In Aboriginal Society
$12.00 AUD
Author: Fay GaleBinding: PaperbackPublished: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWoman's Role In Aboriginal Society by Fay Gale...
The Wisdom Of Bones: In Search Of Human Origins
$12.00 AUD
Author: Alan Walker & Pat ShipmanBinding: PaperbackPublished: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1996Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling work, The Wisdom Of Bones:...
Structure And Function In Primitive Society: Essays And Addresses
$15.00 AUD
Author: A. R. Radcliffe-BrownBinding: PaperbackPublished: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis seminal work in social anthropology presents a...
Metaphors Of Interpretation: Essays In Honour Of W.E.H. Stanner
$12.00 AUD
Author: Diane E. Barwick, Jeremy Beckett, Marie ReayBinding: PaperbackPublished: Australian National University Press A Division of Pergamon Press Australia Pty Ltd.Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition...
Settle Down Country: Pmere Arlaltyewele
$40.00 AUD
Author: Pam Nathan, Dick Leichtner JapanangkaBinding: PaperbackPublished: Kibble Books, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis work presents a profound examination...
The Elementary Forms Of The Religious Life
$12.00 AUD
Author: Emile DurkheimBinding: PaperbackPublished: George Allen & Unwin, 1976Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis seminal work in sociology presents a profound analysis...
Primitive Art
$12.00 AUD
Author: Franz BoasBinding: PaperbackPublished: DOVER PUBLICATIONS, INC., 1955Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis seminal work, Primitive Art, presents a groundbreaking anthropological examination...
When The Wattles Bloom Again: The Life And Times Of William Barak, Last Chief Of The Yarra Yarra Tribe
$50.00 AUD
Author: Shirley W. WienckeBinding: PaperbackPublished: The Author, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling biography, When The Wattles Bloom Again: The Life...
The Ethnography Of Malinowski: The Trobriand Islands 1915-18
$12.00 AUD
Author: Michael W. YoungBinding: PaperbackPublished: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis scholarly work chronicles the foundational ethnographic research...
Love Songs Of Arnhem Land
$40.00 AUD
Author: Ronald M. BerndtBinding: HardbackPublished: University of Chicago Press, 1976Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis scholarly work presents a profound anthropological study of indigenous Australian culture, focusing on...
Aboriginal Men Of High Degree
$35.00 AUD
Author: A. P. ElkinBinding: HardbackPublished: University of Queensland Press, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerThis anthropological study Aboriginal Men Of High Degree presents a comprehensive examination...
The Aboriginal Economy In Town And Country
$45.00 AUD
Author: E.K. FiskBinding: HardbackPublished: George Allen & Unwin; Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerE.K. Fisk's seminal work, The Aboriginal Economy In...
A Hundred Years War: The Wiradjuri People And The State
$120.00 AUD
Author: Peter ReadBinding: HardbackPublished: Australian National University Press, 1988Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsA compelling historical account, A Hundred Years War chronicles the...
Flesh And Blood: A History Of The Cannibal Complex
$35.00 AUD
Author: Reay TannahillBinding: HardbackPublished: Hamish Hamilton, 1975Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis compelling historical account chronicles the multifaceted phenomenon of cannibalism across various cultures and eras. It uncovers...
Your Land Is Our Land: Aboriginal Land Rights
$25.00 AUD
Author: Kenneth MaddockBinding: PaperbackPublished: Penguin Books, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageYour Land Is Our Land: Aboriginal Land Rights by Kenneth Maddock...
The Second Ring Of Power
$20.00 AUD
Author: Carlos CastanedaBinding: HardbackPublished: Simon & Schuster, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Dj spine lightly faded. Light tanning to top of block. Binding cracking....
The Land Of The Kulin: Discovering The Lost Landscape And The First People Of Port Phillip
$25.00 AUD
Author: Gary PreslandBinding: PaperbackPublished: McPhee Gribble / Penguin Books, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling historical account chronicles the ancient landscape...