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1	Culture Sketches: Case Studies in Anthropology more books like this by Holly Peters-Golden add to wishlist Ideal for any Cultural Anthropology course, this brief and inexpensive collection of ethnographic case studies introduces students to fifteen cultures and exposes them to ethnography without overwhelming them with excessive reading material. Each sketch, or chapter, was selected for its relevance to students and for its ability to reflect the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.00!
2	Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life more books like this by Professor Herman Melville add to wishlist Once the most popular of Melville's works, TYPEE is the story of a Yankee sailor who enters a Pacific paradise, but it is also an adventure tale, an autobiographical account of the author's stay in Polynesia, and an examination of good and evil, sensuality, and exotic rituals. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.95! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Fieldwork more books like this by Mischa Berlinski add to wishlist When his girlfriend takes a job as a schoolteacher in northern Thailand, Mischa Berlinski goes along for the ride, working as little as possible for one of Thailand's English-language newspapers. One evening a fellow expatriate tips him off to a story. A charismatic American anthropologist, Martiya van der Leun, has been found dead - a suicide - ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Walkabout more books like this by James Vance Marshall add to wishlist Mary and her young brother Peter are the only survivors of an aircrash in the middle of the Australian desert. Facing death from exhaustion and starvation, they meet an aboriginal boy who helps them to survive, and guides them along their long journey. But a terrible misunderstanding results in a tragedy that neither Mary nor Peter will ever ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.00! \| first editions
5	Typee more books like this by Herman Melville add to wishlist Once the most popular of Melville's works, TYPEE is the story of a Yankee sailor who enters a Pacific paradise, but it is also an adventure tale, an autobiographical account of the author's stay in Polynesia, and an examination of good and evil, sensuality, and exotic rituals. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Original Instructions: Indigenous Teachings for a Sustainable Future more books like this by Melissa K Nelson (Editor) add to wishlist Original Instructions presents the ancient teachings for sustainable living that are safeguarded and maintained by indigenous peoples. With contributions from John Mohawk, Winona LaDuke, Chief Oren Lyons, and others, these voices tell us how to live with a light footprint--in gratitude and with reverence for community and all creation. see all copies from $8.96! new only from $11.21! \| SVS
7	Wild: An Elemental Journey more books like this by Jay Griffiths add to wishlist Griffiths describes an extraordinary journey through wildernesses of earth, ice, water, and fire--a stunning exploration of all that is untamed and unnamed, including the unchartered wilderness of the mind. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.74! \| first editions
8	Seeing Anthropology: Cultural Anthropology Through Film more books like this by Karl G. Heider add to wishlist Seeing Anthropologycontinues to be the only cultural anthropology text available that allows for easy integration of ethnographic films into the introductory cultural anthropology course. Visual anthropologists and contributors, Pamela Blakely and Thomas Blakely, professors who have taught many classes with each edition of this textbook and its ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.29! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Returning to the Teachings: Exploring Aboriginal Justice more books like this by Rupert Ross add to wishlist see all copies from $9.89! new only from $15.92! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Carpentaria more books like this by Alexis Wright add to wishlist Carpentaria is Alexis Wright's second novel, an epic set in the Gulf country of north-western Queensland. The novel's portrait of life in the precariously settled coastal town of Desperance centres on the powerful Phantom family, leader of the Westend Pricklebush people, and its battles with old Joseph Midnight's renegade Eastend mob on the one ... see all copies from $4.90! new only from $4.90! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Moonlight Downs: An Emily Tempest Investigation more books like this by Adrian Hyland add to wishlist Set against the backdrop of Central Australia, this novel follows Emily Tempest, a half-aboriginal woman who returns to her hometown Moonlight Downs after years away. Within hours of her arrival, an old friend is murdered. The police suspect rogue aborigine, but Emily starts asking questions. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.04! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Enduring Spirit more books like this by Phil Borges (Photographer), Isabel Allende (Introduction by) add to wishlist Renowned photographer Phil Borges's collection of 80 hand-toned portraits of indigenous and tribal peoples around the world is a quietly beautiful testament to the strength and inherent dignity of the human spirit. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $70.75! \| signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	Dream Jungle more books like this by Jessica Hagedorn add to wishlist In the 1970s, a young man named Zamora returns home from Yale to the Philippines and discovers an ancient cave-dwelling tribe in the explosive Mindanao region--and is suspected of falsifying his findings on behalf of the repressive government, which wants the area under surveillance. Zamora's story expands to include his relationship with his cook ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.86! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Animism: Respecting the Living World more books like this by Graham Harvey add to wishlist Graham Harvey explores current and past animistic beliefs and practices of Native Americans, Maori, Aboriginal Australians, and eco-pagans. He considers the varieties of animism found in these cultures as well as their shared desire to live respectfully within larger natural communities. Drawing on his extensive casework, Harvey also considers the ... see all copies from $6.98! new only from $6.98! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Victims of Progress more books like this by John H. Bodley add to wishlist This compelling account of the effect of technology and development on indigenous peoples throughout the world examines major issues of intervention: social engineering, economic development, self-determination, health and disease, and ecocide. "Victims of Progress" provides a provocative context in which to think about civilization and its costs. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $25.00! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	A Land of Ghosts: The Braided Lives of People and the Forest in Far Western Amazonia more books like this by David G Campbell, M.D add to wishlist For thirty years, David G. Campbell has explored the Amazon, an enchanting terrain of forest and river that is home to the greatest diversity of plants and animals to have ever existed anywhere at any time in the four-billion-year history of life on Earth. With great artistic flair, Campbell describes a journey up the Rio Moa, a remote tributary ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Native Wisdom for White Minds: Daily Reflections Inspired by the Native Peoples of the World more books like this by Anne Wilson Schaef, Ph.D. add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.52! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	American Indian Law in a Nutshell more books like this by William C Canby add to wishlist This guide provides a reliable resource on American Indian law. This authoritative text covers the essentials of this complex body of law with emphasis on the governmental policies underlying it. It includes chapters on Indian gaming and Alaska native law, but does not include specialized problems of Oklahoma and New York Indians, urban Indians, ... see all copies from $3.00! new only from $33.00! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Conservation Refugees: The Hundred-Year Conflict Between Global Conservation and Native Peoples more books like this by Mark Dowie add to wishlist Since 1900, more than 108,000 officially protected conservation areas have been established worldwide, largely at the urging of five international conservation organizations. About half of these areas were occupied or regularly used by indigenous peoples. Millions who had been living sustainably on their land for generations were displaced in the ... see all copies from $19.52! new only from $19.52! \| SVS
20 view cover	On Land and Sea: Native American Uses of Biological Resources in the West Indies more books like this by Lee A Newsom, Elizabeth S Wing add to wishlist Provides a storehouse of information on the cultural ecology of the Caribbean and illuminates the process of colonization of island systems anywhere in the world. It should be valuable to archaeologists, anthropologists, botanists, ecologists, Caribbeanists and Latin American historians. see all copies from $2.93! new only from $4.98! \| first editions
21 view cover	Conservation Is Our Government Now: The Politics of Ecology in Papua New Guinea more books like this by Paige West add to wishlist A significant contribution to political ecology, "Conservation Is Our Government Now" is an ethnographic examination of the history and social effects of conservation and development efforts in Papua New Guinea. Drawing on extensive fieldwork conducted over a period of seven years, Paige West focuses on the Crater Mountain Wildlife Management Area ... see all copies from $14.45! new only from $23.95! \| SVS
22 view cover	Indigenous Peoples, Ethnic Groups, and the State more books like this by David Maybury-Lewis add to wishlist Designed for introductory courses in Cultural Anthropology as well as sources in development and area studies courses. Modernization and ethnic conflict; the impact of development on the Orang Asli in Malaysia; Guarani agrofestry-1997 will kick-off this brand new cultural anthropology series with studies of the above three topics by leading ... see all copies* from $1.99! new only from $14.50! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Patent to Kill more books like this by April Christofferson add to wishlist Dr. Jake Skully has been tapped by his employer, a biotechnology company, to be part of a group attempting to take DNA samples from a small Brazilian tribe who are the sole possessors of a gene that may be able to cure blindness. Although Jake's own blind son might benefit from the gene therapy, he is sufficiently disturbed by his company's ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.18! \| signed copies \| first editions
24 view cover	The King of America more books like this by Samantha Gillison add to wishlist Stephen Hesse, a privileged young man alienated from his fabulously wealthy but negligent father, goes on an anthropology expedition to New Guinea. Suffering from the loss of his true love and unable to forget his father's ill-usage, Stephen feels at home in the tropics as he never has anywhere else. But his insistence on taking out a boat with a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
25 view cover	Pagans in the Promised Land: Decoding the Doctrine of Christian Discovery more books like this by Steven T Newcomb add to wishlist Pagans in the Promised Land makes a unique challenge to U.S. federal Indian law and policy, attacking the presumption that American Indian nations are legitimately subject to the plenary power of the United States. Steve Newcomb puts forth a startling theory that U.S. federal Indian law and policy are premised on Old Testament narratives of the ... see all copies from $2.24! new only from $9.99! \| SVS

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