Altamira Press: 384 books
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Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2001
This new volume from the Society for Economic Anthropology examines the unique contributions of anthropologists to general economic theory. Editor Jean Ensminger and other contributors challenge our understanding of human economies in the expanding global systems of interaction, with models and analyses...
Economic Development
An Anthropological Approach
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2002
Economic development is an important focus of anthropological work in rural and urban communities around the world, and in this volume the contributors offer expert analyses on the theory and practice of development. Chapters cover the key topics of market systems, agricultural knowledge, modernization,...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2006
The second edition of Archaeological Ethics is an invitation to an ongoing and lively discussion on ethics. In addition to topics such as looting, reburial and repatriation, relations with native peoples, and professional conduct, Vitelli and Colwell-Chanthaphonh have responded to current events and...
Indigenous Education and Empowerment
International Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2006
Indigenous people have often been confronted with education systems that ignore their cultural and historical perspectives. Largely unsuccessful projects of assimilation have been the predominant outcome of indigenous communities' encounters with state schools, as many indigenous students fail to...
by Bahati M. Kuumba
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2001
Do men and women experience participation in social movements differently? Are gender roles reproduced or undermined during a struggle for liberation? In this brief text examining gender roles in social movements, M. Bahati Kuumba shows how liberation struggles are viewed through women's eyes and...
Ethnographies of Archaeological Practice
Cultural Encounters, Material Transformations
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2006
Ethnographic perspectives are often used by archaeologists to study cultures both past and present - but what happens when the ethnographic gaze is turned back onto archaeological practices themselves? That is the question posed by this book, challenging conventional ideas about the relationship between...
Women According to Men
The World of Tudor-Stuart Women
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2000
What was it like to be a woman when England was ruled by a queen, but women had almost no legal power? When marriage cost women their property rights? When the ideal woman was rarely seen and never heard in public? In other words, what was it like to be a woman in England between 1525 and 1675? Suzanne...
by Kristin Sobolik
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2003
Inclusion of botanical and zoological remains in archaeological analysis has dramatically increased since the advent of the New Archaeology. Yet most archaeologists have a limited knowledge of what archaeobiologists do and how their work can improve archaeological research and interpretation. In this...
by Brian Leigh Molyneaux, James M. Collins
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2003
Two longtime fieldworkers offer mentors' advice on finding and mapping archaeological sites. They outline the logic behind field surveying and the various designs used for survey projects. Recognizing that logistical issues—like schedule, budget, and equipment—are equally important to complete...
Religion and Public Life in the Pacific Northwest
The None Zone
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2004
When asked their religious identification, more people answer 'none' in the Pacific Northwest than in any other region of the United States. But this does not mean that the region's religious institutions are without power or that Northwesterners who do attend no place of worship are without spiritual...
Hidden Circles in the Web
Feminist Wicca, Occult Knowledge, and Process Thought
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2008
As one of the fastest growing Pagan traditions, Feminist Wicca appeals to many through its emphasis on the deep interconnectedness of life and its focus on the woman's religious experience. In Hidden Circles in the Web, scholar and practitioner Constance Wise explores Feminist Wicca through the lens...
Preparing the Next Generation of Oral Historians
An Anthology of Oral History Education
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2006
Preparing the Next Generation of Oral Historians is an invaluable resource to educators seeking to bring history alive for students at all levels. The anthology opens with chapters on the fundamentals of oral history and its place in the classroom, but its heart lies in nearly two dozen insightful...
Religion and the New Immigrants
Continuities and Adaptations in Immigrant Congregations
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2000
New immigrants_those arriving since the Immigration Reform Act of 1965_have forever altered American culture and have been profoundly altered in turn. Although the religious congregations they form are often a nexus of their negotiation between the old and new, they have received little scholarly...
Every Living Thing
Daily Use of Animals in Ancient Israel
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 1999
The agricultural world of Old Testament Israel swarmed with animals—birds, insects, fish, pack animals, pets, animals for hunting, and domesticated herds of sheep, goats, and cattle. Using information from the Bible, Ancient Near Eastern documents, anthropology, and archaeology, Borowski synthesizes...