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It is hard to overstate just how unusual Europe was towards the end of the age of the dinosaurs. It was a dynamic island arc whose individual landmasses were made...

This groundbreaking volume provides a dramatic investigation of the dynamics of reproduction. In an unusually broad spectrum of essays, a distinguished group of international feminist scholars and activists explores the...

Introducing Levi-Strauss is a guide to the work of the great French anthropologist Claude Levi- Strauss (1908-2009). The book brilliantly traces the development and influence of Levis-Strauss' thought, from his...

War is one of the greatest human evils. It has ruined livelihoods, provoked unspeakable atrocities and left countless millions dead. It has caused economic chaos and widespread deprivation. And the...

For almost five million years, humans have been locked in a relationship with morality, inventing and reinventing the concepts of 'Good' and 'Evil', and weaving them into our cities, laws...

Author: Pam Nathan And Dick Leichtleitner JapanangkaBinding: PaperbackPublished: Kibble Books, 1983Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis non-fiction work, "Settle Down Country;...

Author: Lis HarrisBinding: PaperbackPublished: Collier Books, 1986Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Small cut on FEP. This non-fiction work offers an intimate...

Author: Desmond CollinsBinding: HardbackPublished: Book Club Associates, London, 1976Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Marks from dog earred pages.This anthropological...

Author: Judith WrightBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press, 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Cloth/board in good conditionCondition remarks: No markings. Judith Wright's "The Cry For The Dead" is a poignant...

Author: A.P. ElkinBinding: HardbackPublished: University of Queensland Press, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsAboriginal Men of High Degree" by A.P. Elkin is a seminal work in anthropology, offering...

Author: Winifred HilliardBinding: HardbackPublished: Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1968Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis anthropological study, "The People In Between:...

Author: Don WatsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Scribner, 2022Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling biography chronicles the life and work of anthropologist Neville White, detailing his profound engagement with the Yolngu...

Author: Sreten Bozic In Conjunction With Alan MarshallBinding: HardbackPublished: Gold Star Publications, 1972Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling collection presents a rich tapestry of Aboriginal Australian myths, meticulously...

Author: Noel RutherfordBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press, 1977Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: DJ has a slightly sun faded spine. Otherwise fine.This comprehensive volume chronicles the...

Author: John E. PfeifferBinding: HardbackPublished: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1969Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: DamagedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Tear to the front of the DJThis book presents a comprehensive account of...

Author: Donald ThomsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Currey O'Neil, 1983Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book offers a compelling account of the lives of indigenous children. It documents their unique...

Author: John CawteBinding: HardbackPublished: The University of Hawaii Press, 1974Condition:Book: AcceptableJacket: No dust jacketPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Reading copy with markings in grey lead. The book examines...

How might we think and talk about indigenous philosophy? Why has Aboriginal knowledge not been given the status of philosophical knowledge, but treated by whites rather as culture or history?...

Since the 1967 constitutional referendum, Australian governments have moved towards policies of indigenous self-determination. Obliged to be Difficult presents the central issue of self-determination as seen by Dr H. C....

This book presents an account of an intellectual breakthrough in the study of rural society and agriculture. Its ten chapters, selected for their originality and synthesis from the colloquia of...

An astounding and inspiring look at the science behind tribalism - and how we can learn to harness this powerful instinct to improve the world around us What do you...

The Sunday Times paperback bestseller and Waterstones Non-Fiction Book of the Month *Featuring a brand new chapter!* 'Never have the joys of exploring the churches and cathedrals of this country...

This is a documented narration of dramas played out from 1578 to 2000 in the Cape Horn area, Tierra del Fuego, by the native Yamana and Charles Darwin, explorers, sealers,...

As civilization expands, it encroaches on tribal ways of life and the customs of indigenous peoples begin to change. To celebrate these fast-disappearing traditions, nature photographer Art Wolfe has travelled...

Human life, and how we came to be, is one of the greatest scientific and philosophical questions of our time. This compact and accessible book presents a modern view of...

Situated at the intersection of natural science and philosophy, Our Genes explores historical practices, investigates current trends, and imagines future work in genetic research to answer persistent, political questions about...

Northeastern Central African Republic - a vast space bordering Chad, Darfur, and South Sudan - is a quintessential 'stateless' space, where the government has little presence and armed actors operate...

Why in some parts of the world do parents rarely play with their babies and never with toddlers? Why in some cultures are children not fully recognized as individuals until...

Hunter-gatherer lifestyles defined the origins of modern humans and for tens of thousands of years were the only form of subsistence our species knew. This changed with the advent of...

Presenting twenty-nine original chapters - each written by an expert in the field - this Handbook examines the history of kinship theory and the directions in which it has moved...

Nationalism in the Vernacular illuminates our understanding of the relationship between orality and nationalist politics. In doing so, it provides a new angle to the understanding of nationalism by looking...

This tiny archipelago of islands in the South Pacific has so far avoided republican overthrow and military coup, unlike its neighbour Fiji. What are its chances of surviving intact into...

Discussing in personal and cultural terms the values of reading, and examining what may be lost as society turns towards CD-ROM, hypertext and audio books, the critic Sven Birkerts, whose...

Author: W.E. HarneyBinding: HardbackPublished: Robert Hale, London, 1959Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionW. E. Harney spent over forty years living in Australia's Northern Territory, gaining a...

Author: A.W. ReedBinding: SoftbackPublished: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1980Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThe book compiles and explains the origins and meanings of place names...

Author: Ainslie Roberts And Melva Jean RobertsBinding: HardbackPublished: Rigby, 1975Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerThis book presents a collection of Australian Aboriginal myths. The narratives...

Author: Ainslie Roberts And Charles P. MountfordBinding: HardbackPublished: Rigby, 1969Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis volume presents a collection of Australian Aboriginal myths, offering profound insights...

Author: Hannah Rachel BellBinding: SoftbackPublished: Cambridge University Press, 2009Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: SignedThe artistic works of acclaimed author Tim Winton and Ngerinyin elder David Mowaljarlai connect with...

Author: Ainslie Roberts And Charles P. MountfordBinding: HardbackPublished: Rigby Limited, 1974Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThe book presents a collection of Australian Aboriginal myths. Ainslie...

Author: Ellen BadoneBinding: HardbackPublished: University of California Press, 1989Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book examines the intricate relationship between death, cultural worldview, and societal transformation within...

Author: Robert Gardner And Karl G. HeiderBinding: SoftbackPublished: Penguin Books, 1974Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThe book examines the intricate relationship between life and death within the...

From public executions to religious processions to political festivities, Toulouse's ceremonial life was remarkably rich in the decades prior to the French Revolution. In an engaging portrait that conveys this...

In New York and Baltimore, police cameras scan public areas twenty-four hours a day. Huge commercial databases track you finances and sell that information to anyone willing to pay. Host...

Details the Qld government's nearly 100 year stranglehold on Aboriginal people's lives and earnings. Lays bare its (mis)management, and its conditional offer of up to $4000 compensation, representing for some...

From the author of "Much Depends on Dinner" and "The Rituals of Dinner" comes a collection of essays in which Visser, a self-described "anthropologist of everyday life", analyzes the patterns...

Indigenous people comprise only 0.2% of Brazil's population, yet occupy a prominent role in the nation's consciousness. In her important and passionate new book, anthropologist Alcida Ramos explains this irony,...