Search Results: Anthropology / Anthro: Contemporary from Bookmarc's

New York, New York, USA: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1986. BZ6 - A trade paperback book in very good- condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in monochrome illustrated white wraps with very minor overall shelf wear with a very light crease on the spine. A book that examines the phenomenon of urban legends, oral accounts of improbable events that never happened quite "that way" to all those people but are told as true (often atributed to a friend of a firend) and embellished with local detail. Bibliography, indexed, 240p.. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 5.25"x8.25".

Garden City, New York, USA: Natural History Press, 1967. CB2 - A tight, clean, sound copy with minor overall shelf wear with the dust jacket endflaps glued to the front and back fixed endpapers plus there are the usual library stamps, label, and pocket on the bottom outside paper edges, the copyright page, and the back free endpaper plus there is some very light soiling on the outside paper edges. The dust jacket shows minor overall shelf wear with the front and back endflaps glued to the fixed endpapers plus it is clipped on the front endflap plus there is a library label on the spine plus it is still in the original library mylar sleeve. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 6"x8.5". Ex-Library.

Garden City, New York, USA: Natural History Press/Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1970. CB5 - An unread, tight, clean, sound copy in black cloth covered boards with gold lettering and a graphic on the spine and gold lettering on the front with very minor overall shelf wear with some very light yellowing on the outside paper edges. This is an American Museum of Natural History Special Members' edition. From the author's knowledge of societies throughout the world, she explains how the young adult generation of the late 1960s differs from those in the past and why an unprecedented generation gap must be acknowledged by old and young in order to facilitate communication. . Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 5.75"x8.5".

New York, New York, USA: Columbia University Press, 1975. CF1 - A tight, clean, sound copy in color illustrated brown and white wraps with minor overall shelf wear with some light overall rubbing of the covers that is heavier along the edges plus there is some light yellowing and scattered light staining on the back cover plus there is some light yellowing on the outside paper edges. A book that provides an anthropological perspective on the roles and status of women. The authors examine women in a range of societies, including gathering, societies, horticultural societies, agricultural, societies pastoral societies, and industrial societies. There are case studies illustrating each society type and each us examined to provide insight into the universals of gender, especially in the examination of sex-linked traits of aggression, dependency, intelligence, and bonding. References, indexed, 432p.. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Austin, TX, U.S.A.: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, Incorporated, 1962. CG3 - A trade paperback book in good condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in black and white photo illustrated yellow wraps with minor overall shelf wear plus there is some very, very light edge wear around the covers' edges plus there is some sunning on the spine plus there is some light overall rubbing plus there is a small (about 0.25") closed tear on the back cover on the top edge plus there is some very light yellowing on the outside paper edges plus there is the original owner's address label on the inside surface of the front cover. This is a title in the publisher's Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology series. An anthropological case study of a rural village in India. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Recommended reading, glossary, 100p.. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Pacific Palisades, California, USA: Goodyear Publishing Company, Inc., 1973. CH5 - DJ is mylar protected. DJ has label on the spine, wrinkling and crease on some edges and corners, light discoloration and shelf wear otherwise very good. Book has chipping and wear on the spine edges and some edges and corners, light stain on the page edges, label stain on the top and bottom of the loose endpapers and lightly on the front and back, library stamping on the front loose endpaper and title page, cardholder adhered and marked out label on the back loose endpaper, light musty smell, and light shelf wear otherwise very good. This is a title in the publisher's Goodyear Regional Anthropology series. A book that descripes and interprets the major countours in the complex and interesting history and culture of the peoples of Indonesia. It provides an introductory survey of Indonesia that is a mixture of history and anthropology from prehistoric times on. The author examines the area's prehistory, tribal or… Read More

Chicago, Ilinois, USA: University of Chicago Press, 1994. BC2 - A hard cover first edition withdrawn ex-library book in good+ condition with no dust jacket. No additional printings are indicated on the copyright page. A tight, clean, sound copy in light brown cloth covered boards with red lettering on the spine with very minor overall shelf wear mainly in the form of some patches of light fading (about 0.5"x1.25") on the front and back boards from a library label plus there are the usual library stamps and pocket on the front free endpaper, half title page, title page, and back fixed endpaper. An ethnological study of the Gusii Women of East Africa. Bibliography, 391p. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.