Anthropology - Soc Sci

The volume presents cogent arguments and methods for the study of change, in a range of essays by experts from the humanities, social and natural sciences, and archaeology...

Beautifully illustrated and featuring articles from many of Asch's friends, colleagues, and collaborators as well as an important interview with Asch himself, this is an idea introduction to his work...

Touched by Thunder is a memoir and a multilayered narrative of indigenous experience by the honored artist, performer, and scholar Waylon Gary White Deer...

This unique study of Turkmen women and their folk songs looks at religion, ritual and family as seen through the eyes of the women and their songs...

The book examines the significance of the tribal factor in certain general contexts and discusses some of the particular backgrounds to contemporary transition in East Africa. Development of the concept of the tribe are also considered...

First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

The book examines a vast array of transformations that have taken place over the past decades. It puts forward the idea of "cohabitations", which aims at inscribing the mutual influences arising from the existence of distinct social processes not only side by side but in their mutual influences and ..

This fascinating and in-depth study provides one of the first book length studies on 'transnationalism from above'. The author focuses on the lives of corporate expatriates in Indonesia and discusses findings that relate to expatriate communities worldwide, providing a nuanced analysis of current tr..

This fascinating and in-depth study provides one of the first book length studies on 'transnationalism from above'. The author focuses on the lives of corporate expatriates in Indonesia and discusses findings that relate to expatriate communities worldwide, providing a nuanced analysis of current tr..

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

Recent research in Africa has shown a wide range of political systems, from small societies of wandering hunters to large states of several million people. In between are many societies in which a central government is lacking...