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1	Like Lions They Fought: The Zulu War and the Last Black Empire in South Africa more books like this by Robert B Edgerton see all copies from $2.28! new only from $54.95! \| first editions
2	Warriors of the Rising Sun: A History of the Japanese Military more books like this by Robert B Edgerton Traces the Japanese militarys evolution from chivalrous soldiers to a brutal killers.. Warriors of the Rising Sun chronicles the Japanese militarys transformation from honorable knights of Bushido into men who massacred thousands during the Pacific War. Crucial in bringing about this change was Western rejection of Japan as an aspiring colonial ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.99! \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Fall of the Asante Empire: The Hundred-Year War for Africa's Gold Coast more books like this by Robert B Edgerton The story of the 100-year war from the Asante point of view, illuminating the story of an entire African civilization whose history has been almost completely effaced. It provides a corrective to the one-sided view of native African societies as weak targets for colonial oppression. see all copies from $5.70! new only from $13.97! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Hidden Heroism: Black Soldiers in America's Wars more books like this by Robert B Edgerton An accessible and well-informed tour through a little-known, important aspect of race in American history. In Hidden Heroism , Robert Edgerton investigates the history of Afro-American participation in American wars, from the French and Indian War to the present. He argues that blacks in American society have long-suffered from a "natural coward" ... see all copies from $4.47! new only from $11.62! \| SVS
5	The Himalayan Woman: A Study of Limbu Women in Marriage and Divorce more books like this by Robert B. Edgerton (Editor), Shirley Kurz Jones, L. L. Langness (Editor) see all copies from $1.99! first editions
6	Warrior Women: The Amazons of Dahomey and the Nature of War more books like this by Robert B Edgerton When looking for historical examples of women who have fought as soldiers, one can referwith disappointmentto the words of John Keegan, one of the worlds most well-known military historians: Women look to men to protect them from danger, and bitterly reproach them when they fail as defendersWomen do not fight.In this book, anthropologist and ... see all copies from $4.20! new only from $5.95! \| first editions
7	Sick Societies more books like this by Robert Edgerton Edgerton challenges the notion that primitive societies were happy and healthy before they were corrupted and oppressed by colonialism. He surveys a range of ethnographic writings, and shows that many of these so-called innocent societies were cruel, confused and misled. see all copies from $7.24! new only from $36.71! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Death or Glory: The Legacy of the Crimean War more books like this by Robert B Edgerton A social history of one of the most tragically botched military campaigns in modern European historyand the most immediate precedent to the American Civil War.. In 1853, the Crimean War began as an intensely romantic affair. Acts of astonishing bravery, many of them by doctors, women, and children, were commonplace. But so was callousness and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.05! \| first editions \| SVS
9	American Psychiatric Glossary more books like this by Jane Edgerton (Editor), Robert J Campbell (Editor) Most complete, concise compendium of psychiatric terminology available today, updated and keyed to the nomenclature in DSM-IV "TM" see all copies from $1.99!
10	Drunken comportment: a social explanation more books like this by Craig MacAndrew, Robert B. Edgerton When Aldine originally published this book in 1969, the emerging multidisciplinary field of alcohol studies was dominated by biology, chemistry, physiology, and other "hard sciences." As such, writes Dwight Heath in his new foreword, the work challenged the prevailing wisdom in the authors' use of historical, ethnographic, and cross-cultural data ... see all copies from $35.00! new only from $54.96! \| first editions
11	Hidden Heroism: Black Soldiers in America's Wars from Colonial Times to Today more books like this by Robert B Edgerton An accessible and well-informed tour through a little-known, important aspect of race in American history.. In Hidden Heroism , Robert Edgerton investigates the history of Afro-American participation in American wars, from the French and Indian War to the present. He argues that blacks in American society have long-suffered from a "natural coward ... see all copies from $2.36! new only from $72.34! \| first editions \| SVS
12	Mental retardation more books like this by Robert Edgerton The economic cost of retardation measures in the billions each year and the human cost is incalculable. However, many forms of retardation can now be prevented medically and much is now known about how to help the retarded lead more normal and satisfactory lives. In "Mental Retardation," Dr. Robert Edgerton provides an extraordinarily useful and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.00! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Africa's Armies: From Honor to Infamy more books like this by Robert B Edgerton The history of Africas armies, from the heroic units of the pre-colonial and colonial eras to the corrupt and inglorious forces of the years following independence. Africas Armies traces the military history of sub-Saharan Africa from the pre-colonial era to the present. Robert Edgerton begins this sweeping chronicle by describing the role of ... see all copies from $4.90! new only from $9.02! \| first editions \| SVS
14	Mau Mau: An African Crucible more books like this by Robert B Edgerton The Mau Mau rebellion in the 1950s was portrayed as the work of a primitive cult who exercised violence against white settlers in Kenya. Edgerton shows that in reality the Mau Mau were a national liberation army like many others that rose up against the British in the twilight of Empire. 8-page photo insert. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $99.00! \| first editions
15	The Cloak of Competence: Stigma in the Lives of the Mentally Retarded more books like this by Robert B Edgerton see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.62! \| SVS
16 view cover	The Cloak of Competence, Revised and Updated Edition more books like this by Robert B Edgerton This new edition brings up to date a classic study of the everyday lives of previously institutionalized people with mental retardation. For the first time, the author allowed these people to speak about their own lives, their fears, and their hopes. He focused on the role of stigma in their lives and their efforts to pass as normal, as well as ... see all copies from $4.97! new only from $26.34! \| SVS
17	Tetum Ghosts and Kin: Fieldwork in an Indonesian Community more books like this by Robert B. Edgerton (Editor), David B. Hicks, L. L. Langness (Editor) see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
18	Lives: An Anthropological Approach to Biography more books like this by Robert B. Edgerton, Gelya Frank, L. L. Langness see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
19	Methods and styles in the study of culture more books like this by Robert B. Edgerton, L. L. Langness see all copies from $1.99! first editions
20 view cover	Companion to Psychological Anthropology more books like this by Conerly Carole Casey (Editor), Robert B Edgerton (Editor) The late twentieth century witnessed a rapid acceleration of globalizing processes, resulting in dramatic changes to the ways in which individuals experience emerging or dissolving cultural communities. It is therefore a critical time to highlight the work of psychocultural anthropology with its focus on cultural, psychological, and social ... see all copies from $126.98! new only from $134.48! \| SVS
21	Language Planning, an Introduction more books like this by Robert B. Edgerton (Editor), Carol M. Eastman, L. L. Langness (Editor) see all copies from $1.99! new only from $97.76!
22	World View more books like this by Robert B. Edgerton (Editor), L. L. Langness (Editor), Michael Kearney see all copies from $3.40! first editions
23	The Individual in Cultural Adaptation: A Study of Four East African Peoples, more books like this by Robert B Edgerton see all copies from $9.15! first editions
24	Aspects of Language and Culture more books like this by Robert B. Edgerton (Editor), Carol M. Eastman, L. L. Langness (Editor) see all copies from $1.99! new only from $97.76!
25	Deviance, a cross-cultural perspective more books like this by Robert B Edgerton see all copies from $1.99!

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