THE PHILOSOPHICAL ROOTS OF ANTHROPOLOGY
Stanford, California: CSLI Publications, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Original black cloth binding, with silver titles. Issued without a dust jacket. A fine copy. More
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EPHRAIM GEORGE SQUIER AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGY
Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. "Although Squier is best known today for the classic book he coauthored with Edwin H. Davis, Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley, Terry A. Barnhart shows..... More
ONE DISCIPLINE, FOUR WAYS: British, German, French, and American Anthropology
Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Original blue cloth binding, with silver titles. Issued without a dust jacket. A fine copy. More
SOCIETY AND KNOWLEDGE: The Growth of Human Traditions
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1956. First edition. Hardcover. World Perspectives, Volume Six. Small octavo. Original gray cloth binding, with white and black stamping. Internally crisp and clean. The dust jacket is lightly edgeworn..... More
ROUTES: Travel and Translation in the Late Twentieth Century
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Clifford meditates on our relentlessly moving world in this collection of anthropological essays, travel writing, and miscellanea. Numerous textual figures. Octavo. Original blue cloth binding, with..... More
INVISIBLE GENEALOGIES: A History of American Anthropology
Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. "...offers an alternative, compelling vision of the development of anthropology in North America, one that emphasizes continuity rather than discontinuity from legendary founder Franz..... More
STUDIES IN SHAMANISM: Based on Papers read at the Symposium on Shamanism held at Abo on the 6th-8th of September, 1962
Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell, 1967. Trade paperback. Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis I. Octavo. Original printed paper wrappers. Partially unopened. A crisp and clean copy. More
MALINOWSKI BETWEEN TWO WORLDS: The Polish Roots of an Anthropological Tradition
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 261 p. with a frontispiece and 11 plates. Octavo. Original brown cloth binding, with gilt titles. A crisp, unread copy. Some very light edgewear to the dust..... More
JUNIPER FUSE: Upper Paleolithic Imagination & the Construction of the Underworld
Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. "This book envisions and examines some of the origins and developments of imagination recorded in cave wall imagery (for the most part in southwestern France) during..... More
ANTHROPOLOGY AT WAR: World War I and the Science of Race in Germany
Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Original glossy boards; issued without a dust jacket. A crisp, unread copy. More
ON SYMBOLS IN ANTHROPOLOGY: Essays in Honor of Harry Hoijer 1980
Malibu, California: Published for the UCLA Department of Anthropology by Undena Publications, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Original yellow cloth-covered boards over a brown leatherette spine, with gilt titles. Issued without a dust jacket. A...... More
SACRIFICE: Its Nature and Function
Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. The first edition in English, translated from the French by W.D. Halls. This essay is described by E.E. Evans-Pritchard in his foreword as..... More
RELIGIOUS TEXTS OF THE ORAL TRADITION FROM WESTERN NEW-GUINEA (Irian Jaya)
Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1975 and 1978. Trade paperback. Part A: The Origin and Sources of Life [and] Part B: The Threat to Life and Its Defence Against "Natural" and "Supernatural" Phenomena. ISBN 9004043918, 9004056947. Octavo..... More
ANTHROPOLOGY AND GLOBAL COUNTERINSURGENCY
Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2010. Trade paperback. Octavo. Original paper wrappers. A fine copy. More
ANTHROPOLOGY AND GLOBAL COUNTERINSURGENCY
Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Original black cloth binding, with silver titles. Issued without a dust jacket. The top corners are lightly bumped; else a crisp, unread..... More
THE NATURE OF CULTURE
Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 1965. Hardcover. Third impression. "Carefully selected and edited, these famous essays unfold the lifework of one of the most distinguished living anthropologists." Octavo. Original green cloth binding..... More
AN INTRODUCTION TO THEORY IN ANTHROPOLOGY
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Original black cloth binding, with silver titles. Issued without a dust jacket. A crisp, unread copy, with some mild edgewear to the boards. Near fine. More
TRANSLATION AND ETHNOGRAPHY: The Anthropological Challenge of Intercultural Understanding
Tucson, Arizona: The University of Arizona Press, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. "This book illustrates the translation process in less-common contexts: cultural, religious, even the translation of pain. Its original contributions seek to trace human understanding..... More
ANTHROPOLOGY IN THEORY: Issues in Epistemology
Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. "...identifies crucial conceptual signposts for the continued resurgence of the discipline and new theoretical directions." Octavo. Original glossy boards; issued without a dust jacket. Mild bump to..... More
THE TENDER CARNIVORE AND THE SACRED GAME
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. One of the most influential books by the American environmentalist and author best known for introducing the "Pleistocene paradigm" to deep ecology. Drawings by Fons van..... More
THE POWER OF THE BETWEEN: An Anthropological Odyssey
Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Original tan cloth binding, with gilt titles. Issued without a dust jacket. Near fine. More
LETHAL SPEECH: Daribi Myth as Symbolic Obviation
Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. "In this account of the narrative traditions of the Daribi people of Chimbu Province, Papua New Guinea, Roy Wagner presents and interprets an impressive body..... More
THE DEVELOPMENT OF MARRIAGE AND KINSHIP, Edited by Rodney Needham
Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 1974. Trade paperback. Octavo. Original paper wrappers. A crisp and clean copy. More
THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT
Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Original tan cloth binding, with blue titles. Issued without a dust jacket. A fine, unread copy. More
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