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Linguistic Survey Of Australia
$50.00 AUD
Author: A. CapellBinding: PaperbackPublished: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, 1963Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis scholarly work, Linguistic Survey Of Australia, presents a comprehensive examination of the diverse...
The Myth Of The Bagre
$220.00 AUD
Author: Jack GoodyBinding: HardbackPublished: OXFORD AT THE CLARENDON PRESS, 1972Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis academic work in anthropology chronicles the intricate...
Helland Paradise
$20.00 AUD
Author: Peter ClarkeBinding: HardbackPublished: Viking, 1986Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsNorfolk and Pitcairn are two island specks in the South Pacific separated by over 3700 miles but joined...
The Dreamtime: Australian Aboriginal Myths
$20.00 AUD
Author: Ainslie Roberts And Charles P. MountfordBinding: HardbackPublished: RIGBY LIMITED, 1970Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThe Dreamtime: Australian Aboriginal Myths presents a profound collection of ancient narratives, offering...
Pioneer Aboriginal Mission: The Work Of Wesleyan Missionary John Smithies In The Swan River Colony 1840-1855
$25.00 AUD
Author: William Mcnair & Hilary RumleyBinding: PaperbackPublished: University of Western Australia Press, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imagePioneer Aboriginal Mission: The Work...
The Native Tribes Of Central Australia
$40.00 AUD
Author: Baldwin Spencer, M.A. And F. J. GillenBinding: PaperbackPublished: Dover Publications, Inc., 1968Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Fold-out map intact. The...
Divinity And Experience: The Religion Of The Dinka
$40.00 AUD
Author: Godfrey LienhardtBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1976Condition:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Creased pages. Divinity And Experience: The Religion Of The Dinka...
The World Of The First Australians: An Introduction To The Traditional Life Of The Australian Aborigines
$40.00 AUD
Author: Ronald M. Berndt And Catherine H. BerndtBinding: HardbackPublished: Ure Smith, Sydney, 1964Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerThe World Of The First...
South From Granada
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Author: Gerald BrenanBinding: HardbackPublished: Hamish Hamilton/ Readers Union., 1958Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerThis evocative memoir, South From Granada, chronicles Gerald Brenan's immersive years in a...
Kinship And The Social Order: The Legacy Of Lewis Henry Morgan
$15.00 AUD
Author: Meyer FortesBinding: HardbackPublished: Routledge, 1969Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis scholarly work critically examines the enduring influence of Lewis Henry Morgan's foundational theories...
Anthropology And Myth: Lectures 1951-1982
$70.00 AUD
Author: Claude Lévi-StraussBinding: HardbackPublished: Basil Blackwell, 1987Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis academic collection presents the foundational theories of structural anthropology through a series of illuminating lectures. It...
Journeys Through Dreamtime: Oceanian Myth
$15.00 AUD
Author: Time-Life Books EditorsBinding: HardbackPublished: Time-Life Books., 1999Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: Previous owner-
The Myth Of Hiawatha, And Other Oral Legends, Mythologic And Allegoric, Of The North American Indians
$20.00 AUD
Author: Henry R. Schoolcraft, Ll. D.Binding: HardbackPublished: Kraus Reprint Co., 1971Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis seminal work presents a comprehensive...
Women In The Field: Anthropological Experiences
$20.00 AUD
Author: Peggy GoldeBinding: HardbackPublished: Aldine Publishing Company, Chicago, 1970Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling collection, Women In The Field: Anthropological Experiences, chronicles the...
Tikopia Ritual And Belief
$20.00 AUD
Author: Raymond FirthBinding: HardbackPublished: BEACON PRESS, BOSTON, 1967Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsRaymond Firth's Tikopia Ritual And Belief presents a foundational ethnographic study of the remote Polynesian island of Tikopia,...
The People In Between: The Pitjantjatjara People Of Ernabella
$30.00 AUD
Author: Winifred M. HilliardBinding: HardbackPublished: HODDER AND STOUGHTON, 1968Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis compelling non-fiction work chronicles the rich...
The Biggest Estate On Earth: How Aborigines Made Australia
$40.00 AUD
Author: Bill GammageBinding: HardbackPublished: Allen & Unwin Sydney, 2012Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: minor wear to external dust cover; signed on inside cover by previous owner; significant underlining...
Logs In The Current Of The Sea: Neil Lifuka's Story of Kioa And The Vaitupu Colonists
$30.00 AUD
Author: Klaus-Friedrich KochBinding: HardbackPublished: Australian National University Press, 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: slight mildew on top spine; dust cover worn and torn; external plastic cover...
Our Cultural Heritage
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Author: John BigelowBinding: PaperbackPublished: The Australian Academy of the Humanities, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageOur Cultural Heritage presents a comprehensive examination...
Day of Shining Red
Anthropologists, in studying other cultures, are often tempted to offer their own explanations of strange customs when they feel that the people involved have not given a good enough reason...
Cultural Models in Language and Thought
The papers in this volume, a multidisciplinary collaboration of anthropologists, linguists, and psychologists, explore the ways in which cultural knowledge is organized and used in everyday language and understanding. Employing...
Childbirth and Authoritative Knowledge: Cross-Cultural Perspectives
This benchmark collection of cross-cultural essays on reproduction and childbirth extends and enriches the work of Brigitte Jordan, who helped generate and define the field of the anthropology of birth....
The Invention of Primitive Society: Transformations of an Illusion
Both a critical history of anthropological theory and methods and a challenging essay in the sociology of science, The Invention of Primitive Society shows how anthropologists have tried to define...
Rediscovering Birth
In her new book, REDISCOVERING BIRTH, Sheila Kitzinger explores the universal experience of pregnancy and childbirth and looks closely at feelings and behaviour in pregnancy, the physical and spiritual experience...
Emerging from the Chrysalis
Now reissued in an expanded edition, this unique book offers the first full-length treatment of women's initiation rites in five cultures. Asserting the critical importance of such rites in a...
Yanomamo
$12.00 AUD
The book titled Yanomamo by the author Napoleon A. Chagnon. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
Samoan Planters: Tradition and Economic Development in Polynesia
Vignettes of villagers enliven this exploration into how traditional customs and values influence economic development among Samoan planters. Emphasis on research design and fieldwork combines with an intimate portrayal of...
Roles and Rituals for Hindu Women
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The interest currently being expressed in women and religions has thrown down an important challenge: the need to see women not merely as the passive victims of an oppressive ideology...
Blood, Bread and Roses: How Menstruation Created the World
A feminist poet's mythographic account of the origins of human culture in menstrual rites. Why do women wear lipstick, eye makeup, and earrings? Grahn says the answers lie in the...
Malinowski in Mexico: Economics of a Mexican Market System
The book titled Malinowski in Mexico: Economics of a Mexican Market System by the author Bronislaw Malinowski. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this...
Religion in Context: Cults and Charisma
Religious power assumes many strikingly different forms, which are often regarded both by believers and by students of religion as unique, unrelated, and even mutually exclusive. In this book, however,...
Historical Anthropology of the Family
This historical anthropology of the family represents a new departure in family studies. Over the past ten years or so, the social scientific sociological analysis of the family has undergone...
After Tylor: British Social Anthropology, 1888-1951
This is a comprehensive exploration of the intellectual transition that gave rise to modern British social anthropology. The author emphasizes the interplay of ethnographic data and anthropological theory, offering a...
The Domestication of the Human Species
In the exciting book Peter J. Wilson takes domestication as the starting point for his continued inquiry into human evolution. Wilson argues that settling down into a built environment was...
The Straight Path: A Story of Healing and Transformation in Fiji
Anthropologist/clincial psychologist Katz spent two years on a remote Fijian island in his search for the moral, psychological, and spiritual wisdom known as the Straight Path, an ancient healing tradition...
Secondhand Sociology, Philosophy & Feminism Bargain Book Box DSH1054
$120.00 AUD
Secondhand Sociology, Philosophy & Feminism Bargain Book Box This intellectually stimulating collection of nineteen books explores the intersections of sociology, philosophy, and medical ethics, with a strong emphasis on feminist...
Secondhand Anthropology & Sociology Bargain Book Box DSH1058
$120.00 AUD
Secondhand Anthropology & Sociology Bargain Book Box This profound collection of twenty-one volumes delves deep into the structures of human society, culture, and thought. Featuring a definitive set of works...
Secondhand Anthropology & Sociology Bargain Book Box DSH1053
$120.00 AUD
Secondhand Anthropology & Sociology Bargain Book Box This intellectual treasury contains nineteen volumes dedicated to the study of human society, culture, and political thought. The collection offers a deep dive...
Aboriginal Tribes Of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, And Proper Names
$500.00 AUD
Author: Norman B. TindaleBinding: HardbackPublished: Australian National University Press, 1974Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: 4 maps in slipcase. This seminal anthropological work, Aboriginal Tribes Of Australia: Their...
Crossing Cultures: Conflict, Migration And Convergence; The Proceedings Of The 32Nd International Congress In The History Of Art
$250.00 AUD
Author: Professor Jaynie AndersonBinding: HardbackPublished: The Miegunyah Press, 2009Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis academic work presents a profound analysis of cultural dynamics across various societies. It chronicles the intricate...
BRIGHT LIGHTS BIG CITY
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Accompanying a London Weekend Television series, this book traces the history of popular entertainment in London from the end of the 19th century to the present day. From the Victorian...
Managing Existence in Naples: Morality, Action and Structure
Neapolitan scholar Italo Pardo has produced a thoughtful and original account of the moral life of Naples, where the ethics of family and neighborhood exist in tension with the constraints...
Origins Of Western Desert Art: Tjukurrtjanu
$250.00 AUD
Author: Judith Ryan And Philip BattyBinding: PaperbackPublished: National Gallery of Victoria, Museum Victoria, Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd, 2011Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown...
Kunga: Law Women From The Desert
$60.00 AUD
Author: BARBARA et al (Essays) GLOWCZEWSKIBinding: HardbackPublished: SKIRA, 2012Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: signed by previous owner on inside front and back covers; minor fraying of external...
Early Highland Peoples Of Anatolia
$20.00 AUD
Author: Seton LloydBinding: PaperbackPublished: Thames and Hudson, 1967Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageEarly Highland Peoples Of Anatolia presents a comprehensive archaeological and...
Male And Female: A Study Of The Sexes In A Changing World
$12.00 AUD
Author: Margaret MeadBinding: HardbackPublished: VICTOR GOLLANCZ LTD, 1950Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis seminal work in anthropology presents a profound analysis of gender roles and their cultural construction across diverse...
Reader's Digest Journeys Into The Past: Life Among The Incas
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Author: Andrew Kerr-JarrettBinding: HardbackPublished: READER'S DIGEST, 1999Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis historical account chronicles the vibrant civilization of the Incas, transporting readers...