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Author: Menzies Art BrandsBinding: PaperbackPublished: Deutscher~Menzies (Menzies Art Brands Pty Ltd), 2008Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Slipcase: WornPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA catalogue from the Deutscher-Menzies Australian &...

Author: John HemmingBinding: HardbackPublished: Harvard University Press, 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Sun faded spine, chips and tears to DJ.John Hemming's "Red...

Author: John Gabriel StedmanBinding: HardbackPublished: The Folio Society, 1963Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCaptain John Stedman's "Expedition To Surinam" is a compelling historical account and travelogue detailing his...

Author: Hugh Rule, Stuart GoodmanBinding: PaperbackPublished: William Collins, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis collection presents a captivating array of traditional Aboriginal Dreamtime stories, as recounted...

'Harpy is a tonic; a tongue-in-cheek manual for dealing with Spanish Inquisition-style questioning about saying pass to procreation and building an enriching life beyond the nuclear family' - VOGUE 'Harpy...

'Harpy is a tonic; a tongue-in-cheek manual for dealing with Spanish Inquisition-style questioning about saying pass to procreation and building an enriching life beyond the nuclear family' - VOGUE 'Harpy...

Many accounts of tourism have adopted an almost paradigmatic visual model of the gaze. This collection presents an expanded notion of spectatorship with a more dynamic sense of embodied and...

The hidden truth about the French way of life: it's all about seduction--its rules, its pleasures, its secrets France is a seductive country, seductive in its elegance, its beauty, its...

This work is about human origins. It draws on all the latest knowledge from anthropology and archaeology, via genetics and evolution, to psychology and medicine. It tackles issues such as...

Long regarded as a classic, "The Tourist" is an examination of the phenomenon of tourism through a social theory lens that encompasses discussions of authenticity, high and low culture, and...

Urban gambling, linked to poverty, crime and corruption, was once considered a blight on US cities. Gambling then followed the exodus of Americans into the suburbs after World War II...

One of the government's former behavioural scientists reveals how you can do what you want, whilst everybody tries to influence you into doing what they want. Influence makes you think...

In Rabelais's tale, the giant prince Gargantua is a vast and inescapable cluster of qualities and activities; his violence, greed and incontinence are incomparable. In the old giant's size, ubiquity,...

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...

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: 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: 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

This work reviews in detail the relations between mining and indigenous peoples in diverse national, political, and cultural settings. With case studies from five nations and covering gold, uranium, diamonds,...

Author: H. H. FinlaysonBinding: HardbackPublished: Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1943Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: DamagedPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThis book details the experiences and observations within Australia's Red Centre. It provides...

If the end of exoticism is one of the characteristics of our time, and if classical anthropology based its study of alterity on this exotic distance from the other, is...

Known as an 'anthropologist of everyday life, ' Margaret Visser has, in five award-winning books, uncovered and illuminated the intriguing and unexpected meanings of everyday objects and habits. Now she...

This interdisciplinary book explores the affective dimensions of becoming a parent, traversing the life-cycle journey of pregnancy, childbirth, and early parenting. Bringing together researchers from sociology, history, feminist studies, cultural...