Anthropology - Soc Sci

The ritual of rainmaking is one of half a dozen Japanese folk practices and festivals described in this book...

When originally published this was the first comprehensive account in English of the history of Japanese whaling, showing how it has given rise to a particular culture. The volume discusses what happens when that culture is threatened. At the same time as explaining the work organization of those in..

When originally published this was the first comprehensive account in English of the history of Japanese whaling, showing how it has given rise to a particular culture. The volume discusses what happens when that culture is threatened. At the same time as explaining the work organization of those in..

This book examines the contexts of identity and ethnicity, through a detailed study of a little-known group in Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles, with an intriguing history...

This book examines the contexts of identity and ethnicity, through a detailed study of a little-known group in Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles, with an intriguing history...

Originally published in 1930, this volume documents the years 1746-1757 from the perspective of an Irish slave-dealer travelling between the coast of Africa and America...

Originally published in 1908, Two American Women Journey Through East and South Africa desribes a trip made by two American women to Uganda and the Transvaal in the hopes of inspiring other Americans to do the same...

Originally published in 1908, Two American Women Journey Through East and South Africa desribes a trip made by two American women to Uganda and the Transvaal in the hopes of inspiring other Americans to do the same...

This provocative selection of the late Darrell A Posey's work concentrates on the dispersal and threatened extinction of the famous Brazilian indigenous people, the Kayap'o...

First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

Presents multiple viewpoints on the Kennewick Man case, a lightning rod for conflict between archaeologists and Native Americans over the control of indigenous remains...

Kids on YouTube goes beyond the hype about “digital youth”, using fine-grained ethnographic studies to describe the collaborative social networks kids use to negotiate identities and develop digital literacy...