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Inventing the new Negro Inventing the new Negro Daphne Mary Lamothe "It is no coincidence, Daphne Lamothe writes, that so many black writers and intellectuals of the first half of the twentieth century either trained formally as ethnographers or worked as amateur col… OL11869518W
The promise of progress The promise of progress Daniel Noah Moses "A detailed presentation of Lewis Henry Morgan's life from his early work with the Iroquois to his defense of American capitalism to his strange posthumous career among international leftists up to M… OL13721165W
Chelovek iz Legendi (A Man of Living Legend) Chelovek iz Legendi (A Man of Living Legend) V. A. Pogadaev A collection of 8 articles on the occasion of 150th Anniversary of N.N. Miklouho-Maclay, the famous Russian anthropologist and athnortapher OL15381055W
The overnight socialite The overnight socialite Bridie Clark In this retelling of the classic Pygmalion, Lucy Ellis dreams of making it as a fashion designer but toils away on a Garment District assembly line. Man-about-town and bored anthropologist Wyatt Haye… OL15539198W
Savaging the Civilized ; Verrier Elwin, His Tribals and India Savaging the Civilized ; Verrier Elwin, His Tribals and India Ramachandra Guha "Verrier Elwin (1902-1964) was unquestionably the most colorful and influential non-official Englishman to live and work in twentieth-century India. A prolific writer, Elwin's ethnographic studies an… OL1723786W
Bones of the Lost (Temperance Brennan #16) Bones of the Lost (Temperance Brennan #16) Kathy Reichs "The latest from Kathy Reichs finds Tempe Brennan investigating the connections between a long-dead business man, the smuggling of mummified dogs from Peru, and the death of a teenage girl killed in … OL17538404W
The Strange Case Of The Mad Professor A True Tale Of Endangered Species Illegal Drugs And Attempted… The Strange Case Of The Mad Professor A True Tale Of Endangered Species Illegal Drugs And Attempted… Peter Kobel It was one of the biggest scandals in New York University history. Professor John Buettner-Janusch, chair of the Anthropology Department, was convicted of manufacturing LSD and Quaaludes in his campu… OL17577182W
Out in the field Out in the field Ellen Lewin,William L. Leap Out in Public addresses, and engages us in, the new and exciting directions in the emerging field of lesbian/gay anthropology. The authors offer a deep conversation about the meaning of sexuality, su… OL18292424W
Margaret Mead Margaret Mead Joan T. Mark Traces the life and work of the noted woman anthropologist whose studies of primitive cultures established her as an authority in her field. OL1877803W
Go and come back Go and come back Joan Abelove Alicia, a young tribeswoman living in a village in the Amazonian jungle of Peru, tells about the two American women anthropologists who arrive to study her people's way of life. OL19222887W
White Eskimo White Eskimo Stephen R. Bown "While Amundsen, Franklin, and Peary were first to explore the furthest geographical reaches of the Polar North, Knud Rasmussen was the first to explore its culture and its soul. Part Danish, part In… OL20012548W
Cold War Anthropology Cold War Anthropology David H. Price In a wide-ranging and in-depth study of the recent history of anthropology, David Price offers a provocative account of the ways anthropology has been influenced by U.S. imperial projects around the … OL20241067W
Body and bread Body and bread Nan Cuba A bereft anthropologist assembles the artifacts of her family's history and her brother's suicide, hoping to discover herself within them. OL20891439W
Recapitulations Recapitulations Vincent Crapanzano 392 pages ; 21 cm OL21090600W
Less than angels Less than angels Barbara Pym Catherine Oliphant is a writer and lives with handsome anthropologist Tom Mallow. Their relationship runs into trouble when he begins a romance with student Deirdre Swann, so Catherine turns her atte… OL22125395W
El quinto códice Maya El quinto códice Maya Tom Isbell Scott Daggart, un antropólogo estadounidense especializado en la cultura maya y profesor de la universidad de Chicago, se encuentra pasando el verano en el Yucatán, en las inmediaciones de Playa del … OL24529627W
Margaret Mead Margaret Mead Rafael Tilton A biography of the woman whose studies of primitive cultures established her as one of the world's most acclaimed anthropologists. OL3513235W
The Leakeys The Leakeys Lisa Ann Lambert Highlights the accomplishments of the family of paleoarchaeologists which made important fossil discoveries in Africa. OL4317654W
The Algebraist The Algebraist Iain M. Banks It is 4034 AD. Humanity has made it to the stars. Fassin Taak, a Slow Seer at the Court of the Nasqueron Dwellers, will be fortunate if he makes it to the end of the year. The Nasqueron Dwellers i… OL8368450W
The Salvation of La Purísima The Salvation of La Purísima T. M. Spooner In this debut novel, T.M. Spooner convincingly portrays the often perilous journey north for Mexican migrants. The novel is narrated by anthropology student Paul Westin who is drawn to Mexico by one … OL8682434W
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