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1	Ancient Society more books like this by Lewis Henry Morgan add to wishlist In this text, Victorian intellectual Lewis Henry Morgan defines three major stages in the cultural and social evolution of mankind. In his introduction, Robin Fox reviews Morgan's thesis in the light of what we have learned in the 20th century. see all copies from $2.96! new only from $27.39! \| first editions \| SVS
2	African Political Systems more books like this by Fortes add to wishlist This work, which involved the collaboration of leading figures in the field of social anthropology, undertakes the comparative study of African political systems, as an example of the wider field of the study of political institutions in traditional societies in general. The book is based upon file studies of eight African societies - the Zulu, ... see all copies from $5.00! new only from $20.70! \| SVS
3	Peer Polity Interaction and Socio-Political Change more books like this by Colin Renfrew, John F Cherry add to wishlist Thirteen leading archaeologists have contributed to this innovative study of the socio-political processes - notably imitation, competition, warfare, and the exchange of material goods and information - that can be observed within early complex societies, particularly those just emerging into statehood. The common aim is to explain the remarkable ... see all copies from $23.61! new only from $23.61! \| SVS
4	Pathways of Power: Building an Anthropology of the Modern World more books like this by Eric R Wolf, Sydel Silverman, Aram Yengoyan (Foreword by) add to wishlist This collection of 28 essays by renowned anthropologist Eric R. Wolf is a legacy of some of his most original work, with an insightful foreword by Aram Yengoyan. Of the essays, six have never been published and two have not appeared in English until now. Shortly before his death, Wolf prepared introductions to each section and individual pieces, ... see all copies from $2.72! new only from $3.98! \| SVS
5	Anthropologists in the Public Sphere: Speaking Out on War, Peace, and American Power more books like this by Roberto J Gonzalez (Editor) add to wishlist Anthropologists have a long tradition of prescient diagnoses of world events. Possessing a knowledge of culture, society, and history not always shared by the media's talking heads, anthropologists have played a crucial role in educating the general reader on the public debates from World War I to the second Gulf War. This anthology collects over ... see all copies from $9.40! new only from $20.91! \| SVS
6	The Political Landscape: Constellations of Authority in Early Complex Polities more books like this by Adam T Smith add to wishlist Shifting through the archaeological, epigraphic and artistic remains of early complex societies, this far-reaching work attempts to explain the links between spatial organization and politics from an anthropological point of view. see all copies from $12.04! new only from $18.60! \| first editions
7	Symbols Conflict Identit: Essays in Political Anthropology more books like this by Zdzisaw Mach add to wishlist see all copies from $6.51! new only from $36.04!
8	Border Theory: The Limits of Cultural Politics more books like this by Scott Michaelsen (Editor), John E Johnson, J.D, David E Johnson (Editor) add to wishlist Challenging the prevailing assumption that border studies occurs refers only to the border between Mexico and the United States, the authors gathered in this volume examine the multiple borders that define the United States and the Americas, including the Mason-Dixon line, the U.S.-Canadian border, the shifting boundaries of urban diasporas, and ... see all copies from $29.50! new only from $99.00!
9	Political Anthropology: An Introduction, Second Edition more books like this by Ted C Lewellen add to wishlist This book offers a comprehensive overview of political anthropology, including its history, its major research findings, and its theoretical concerns both past and present. The second edition has been significantly updated and expanded, with extensive changes in many chapters, three additional chapters, and a new conclusion. It serves as a basic ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $17.00!
10	States of Imagination- CL more books like this by Thomas Blom Hansen (Editor), Finn Stepputat (Editor), Thomas Blomhansen (Editor) add to wishlist The state has recently been rediscovered as an object of inquiry in a broad range of disciplines. New methodological and theoretical approaches have shed light on the meanings and practices that, for good and for bad, turn the state into the great enframer of our lives. States of Imagination draws together the best of this recent critical thinking ... see all copies from $19.94! new only from $19.94!
11 view cover	Ancient society, or Researches in the lines of human progress from savagery through barbarism to civilization more books like this by Lewis Henry Morgan add to wishlist This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark ... see all copies from $5.00! new only from $16.59! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Tradition and Contract: The Problem of Social Order more books like this by Elizabeth Colson add to wishlist see all copies from $25.00! new only from $25.16! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Anthropology, Politics, and the State: Democracy and Violence in South Asia more books like this by Jonathan Spencer add to wishlist In recent years anthropology has rediscovered its interest in politics. Building on the findings of this research, this book offers a new way of analysing the relationship between culture and politics, with special attention to democracy, nationalism, the state and political violence. Beginning with scenes from an unruly early 1980s election ... see all copies from $5.00! new only from $19.95! \| first editions
14 view cover	Medical Anthropology and the World System: Second Edition more books like this by Hans A Baer, Merrill Singer, Ida Susser add to wishlist This is the first textbook on medical anthropology that examines the global diversity of health systems. see all copies from $15.38! new only from $40.10!
15 view cover	Game Without End: State Terror and the Politics of Justice more books like this by Jaime Malamud-Goti, Libbet Crandon-Malamud (Foreword by) add to wishlist An insider's honest assessment of Argentina's human rights trials see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.87! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	The Evolution of the Polynesian Chiefdoms more books like this by Patrick Vinton Kirch add to wishlist This is the first study from an archaeological perspective of the elaborate system of chiefdoms found in the islands of Polynesia. While the growth and development of complex social and political systems in this region have long interested anthropologists and ethnographers, only recently have the islands' rich sources of archaeological data been ... see all copies from $3.24! new only from $53.50! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	The Anthropology of the State: A Reader more books like this by Aradhana Sharma (Editor), Akhil Gupta (Editor) add to wishlist This innovative reader brings together classic theoretical texts and cutting-edge ethnographic analyses of specific state institutions, practices, and processes and outlines an anthropological framework for rethinking future study of 'the state'. It focuses on the institutions, spaces, ideas, practices, and representations that constitute the ... see all copies from $36.01! new only from $47.07! \| SVS
18 view cover	Power and Its Disguises - Second Edition: Anthropological Perspectives on Politics more books like this by John Gledhill add to wishlist Shows how the study of the micro-dynamics of power in everyday life, coupled with sensitivity to interactions between local and global processes, offers critical insights into such issues as state terror and ethnic violence, the emancipatory potential of social movements and the politics of rights, gender and culture. see all copies from $18.26! new only from $31.00! \| SVS
19	Ranking and Resistance: A Precolonial Cameroonian Polity in Regional Perspective more books like this by Richard G Dillon add to wishlist Based upon extended anthropological fieldwork and ethnohistorical reconstruction, this is a study of the precolonical political system of an acephalous society in West Africa. The Meta' are a sedentary farming people living in what is now the Republic of Cameroon. In the precolonial era, the Meta' had created a polity that was remarkable for its ... see all copies from $2.30! new only from $3.85! \| first editions
20 view cover	The Anthropology of Politics more books like this by Joan Vincent (Editor) add to wishlist Political anthropology has long been among the most vibrant subdisciplines within anthropology, and work done in this area has been instrumental in exploring some of the most significant issues of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, including (post)colonialism, development and underdevelopment, identity politics, nationalism ... see all copies from $22.80! new only from $44.97! \| SVS
21 view cover	The Management of Conflict: Interpretations and Interests in Comparative Perspective more books like this by Marc H Ross add to wishlist This text offers a cross-cultural approach to conflict management. It identifies key features of constructive conflict management societies and evaluates three strategies of conflict management showing how each succeeds or fails, for example, the hostility in Northern Ireland. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.91! \| first editions
22 view cover	World in Disorder1994-1995 more books like this by Sheldon Smith add to wishlist This revised edition offers a non-polemic and pragmatic multidisciplinary perspective called the "theory of blocked transitions". This theory works to answer the question "Why have some societies been successful in going through transitions, while others have been "blocked in"? see all copies from $2.83! new only from $70.64! \| signed copies \| first editions
23 view cover	Acting in Concert: Music, Community, and Political Action more books like this by Mark Mattern add to wishlist This account of politics and popular music develops the concept of "acting in concert," a metaphor for community based political action that is communicated in and around music. Through detailed case studies, the text explores how communities use popular music to understand democratic processes. see all copies from $9.65! new only from $13.95! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	State Formation: Anthropological Perspectives more books like this by Christian Krohn-Hansen (Editor), Knut G Nustad (Editor) add to wishlist What is the 'state' and how can we best study it? This book investigates new ways of analysing the state. The contributors argue that the state is not a fixed and definite object. Our perceptions of it are constantly changing, and differ from person to person. What is your idea of the state if you are a refugee? Or if you are living in post ... see all copies from $12.76! new only from $29.92! \| SVS
25	At the Dawn of Tyranny more books like this by Eli Sagan add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.85! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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