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1	Nutrition and Physical Degeneration more books like this by Weston A Price add to wishlist First published in 1939, this seminal book startled the worlds of science and nutrition with its documented evidence of primitive populations encountering civilisation, adopting modern diets, and finding that their health worsened. It remains the basic book in this area and is essential reading for those concerned with food and health. see all copies from $20.48! new only from $32.98!
2	The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State more books like this by Friedrich Engels add to wishlist This work has an introduction from Ichele Barratt, one of Britain's leading feminist writers, who discusses the relevance for the modern feminist novement of Engle's conclusions about the family. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.66! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Escape from Evil more books like this by Ernest Becker add to wishlist see all copies from $3.98! new only from $10.75! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Sex and temperament in three primitive societies more books like this by Margaret Mead add to wishlist This precursor to Mead's illuminating work, Male & Female, Sex & Temperament lays the groundwork for her lifelong study of gender differences. Focusing on three distinctly different tribes from New Guinea, Mead advances the theory that many so-called masculine and feminine characteristics are not based on fundamental sex differences, but reflect ... see all copies from $2.35! new only from $9.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Ancient law its connection with the early history of society, and its relation to modern ideas more books like this by Sir Henry Sumner Maine add to wishlist Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. see all copies from $2.10! new only from $27.24! \| first editions \| SVS
6	We, the Tikopia more books like this by Raymond William Firth add to wishlist see all copies from $3.75! first editions
7	Kings and Councillors: An Essay in the Comparative Anatomy of Human Society more books like this by Arthur Hocart, Edward E. Evans-Pritchard add to wishlist see all copies from $7.65! new only from $21.95! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Primitive Man as Philosopher more books like this by Paul Radin add to wishlist Primitive Man as Philosopher by Paul Radin, Ph. D. Research Fellow of Yale University and sometime Lecturer in Ethnology in Cambridge University editor of Crashing Thunder, the Autobiography of an American Indian with a foreword by John Dewcy Professor of Philosophy in Columbia University New York and London D, Appleton and Company 1927 COPYRIGHT, ... see all copies from $5.00! new only from $10.75! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Daughter of the Fifth Moon more books like this by Lynn Armistead McKee add to wishlist Centuries ago in what is now the Caribbean, a young woman loses all she loves when her peaceful seaside village is attacked by savages. Now Nyna is surrounded by strange people who will never accept her. Frightened and weak, she knows that Joog is her only true friend. And his love is the only thing that can save her. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $99.00! \| first editions
10	Customs & Cultures: Anthropology for Christian Missions more books like this by Eugene A Nida add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $162.51! \| first editions \| SVS
11	Black mischief more books like this by Evelyn Waugh add to wishlist We are Progress and the New Age. Nothing can stand in our way. When Oxford-educated Emperor Seth succeeds to the throne of the African state of Azania, he has a tough job on his hands. His subjects are ill-informed and unruly, and corruption, double-dealing and bloodshed are rife. However, with the aid of Minister of Modernization, Basil Seal, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.24! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12	In Search of the Primitive more books like this by Stanley Diamond, Irving Louis Horowitz add to wishlist Anthropology is a kind of debate between human possibilities -- a dialectical movement between the anthropologist as a modern man and the primitive peoples he studies. This brilliant, tough-minded book contains chapters ranging from encounters in the field to essays on the nature of law, schizophrenia and civilization, and the evolution of the ... see all copies from $14.99! new only from $27.37! \| first editions \| SVS
13	The origin of the family, private property and the state, in the light of the researches of Lewis H. Morgan more books like this by Friedrich Engels add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Ancient Law more books like this by Sir Henry James Sumner Maine add to wishlist Best known as a history of progress, Ancient Law is the enduring work of the 19th-century legal historian Henry Sumner Maine. Even those who have never read Ancient Law may find Maine's famous phrase "from status to contract" familiar. His narrative spans the ancient world, in which individuals were tightly bound by status to traditional groups, ... see all copies from $2.49! new only from $9.95! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Facing Mount Kenya more books like this by Jomo Kenyatta add to wishlist see all copies from $4.25! new only from $12.39! \| signed copies
16 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
17	Man's Rise to Civilization more books like this by Peter Farb add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $27.44! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Crime and Custom in Savage Society more books like this by Bronislaw Malinowski add to wishlist This volume discusses aspects of small scale societies, including the study of the mental processes, as well as indigenous economics and law. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $30.61! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Law of Primitive Man: A Study in Comparative Legal Dynamics more books like this by E Adamson Hoebel add to wishlist A classic work in the anthropology of law, this book offered one of the first ambitiously conceived analyses of the fundamental rights and duties that are treated as law among non-literate peoples (labelled "primitive" at the time of the original publication). The heart of the book is a description and analysis of the law of five societies: the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.00! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Man, God and Immortality: Thoughts on Human Progress more books like this by Sir James George Frazer add to wishlist An expert in myth and religion, the author spent over a quarter-century assembling this study of the cults, rites, and myths of antiquity. Frazer's definitions of "magic," "religion," and "science" were useful to his successors in social anthropology, and his explications of ancient legends influenced generations of writers and poets. see all copies from $8.49! new only from $27.08! \| first editions \| SVS
21	Man's rise to civilization as shown by the Indians of North America from primeval times to the coming of the industrial state more books like this by Peter Farb add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.95! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Jag's New Friend more books like this by LeAnn Rimes, Richard Bernal (Illustrator) add to wishlist The spunky little jaguar returns in this brand-new adventure, written by the country music performer with her husband, in which Jag learns a lesson about loyalty, trust, and true friendship. Full color. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.12! \| first editions
23	The Social Bond, an Investigation Into the Bases of Law-Abidingness, Vol. I: Antecedents of the Social Bond, the Phylogeny of Sociality more books like this by Werner Stark add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.98! \| first editions
24	Good Company: A Study of Nyakyusa Age-Villages more books like this by Monica Wilson add to wishlist A study of a village system in Southern Tanganyika which is thought to be unique. Each village consists, not of a group of kinspeople, as in most primitive societies, but of an age-set--a group of contemporaries--together with their spouses and young children. The book is concerned with the structure of these villages and the values expressed in ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $24.65! \| first editions
25 view cover	Dark Rapture: The Sex-Life of the African Negro more books like this by Felix Bryk add to wishlist CONTENTSCritique of Sexual AnthropologyAfrican RaimentsAfrican JewelryAfrican CoiffureAfrican CosmeticsAfrican AnatomyAfrican HygieneAfrican CapitalismAfrican Pre-marital RelationsAfrican Free MasonryAfrican CourtshipAfrican Art of LoveAfrican MensesAfrican ObstetricsAfrican PediatricsAfrican ProstitutionAfrican Married LifeAfrican ... see all copies from $10.00! new only from $18.50! \| first editions \| SVS

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