Social science / Anthropology

Out of It: A Cultural History of Intoxication

by Stuart Walton

“Who will ever relate the whole history of narcotica? It is almost the history of ‘culture,’ of our

so-called higher culture.”

—Friedrich Nietzsche, 1882

With Nietzsche’s question as his objective,...

The Collapse of the Common Good: How America's Lawsuit Culture Undermines Our Freedom

by Philip K. Howard

In pursuit of fairness at any cost, we have created a society paralyzed by legal fear: Doctors are paranoid and principals powerless. Little league coaches, scared of liability, stop volunteering. Schools and...

The Bone Woman: A Forensic Anthropologist's Search for Truth in Rwanda, Bosnia, and Kosovo

by Clea Koff

In the spring of 1994, Rwanda was the scene of the first acts since World War II to be legally defined as genocide. Two years later, Clea Koff, a twenty-three-year-old forensic anthropologist analyzing prehistoric...

Those Who Forget the Past: The Question of Anti-Semitism

by Ron Rosenbaum & Cynthia Ozick

Something has changed.

After the horrors of World War II, people everywhere believed that it could never happen again, but today the evidence is unmistakable that anti-Semitism is dramatically on the rise once...

Dreaming with the Wheel: How to Interpret Your Dreams Using the Medicine Wheel

by Sun Bear, Wabun Wind & Shawnodese

A Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader.

Dancing with the Wheel

by Sun Bear, Wabun Wind & Crysalis Mulligan

The Native American philosophy behind the vision of the Medicine Wheel is that all things and beings on the earth are related and, therefore, must be in harmony for the earth to be balanced. Dancing with the...

Black Dawn, Bright Day: Indian Prophecies for the Millennium That Reveal the Fate of the Earth

by Sun Bear & Wabun Wind

A Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader.

Cannabis and the Soma Solution

by Chris Bennett

Seeking to identify the plant origins of the early sacramental beverages Soma and Haoma, this study draws a connection between the psychoactive properties of these drinks and the widespread use of cannabis among Indo-Europeans...

Holding Yawulyu: White Culture and Black Women's Law

by Zohl de de Ishtar

This deeply moving, historical account of indigenous culture—specifically, the elder women of Wirrimanu—offers profound insight into white culture's impact on indigenous women's Yawulyu (law) and an analysis...

Inua: Spirit World of the Bering Sea Eskimo

by William W. Fitzhugh & Susan A. Kaplan

Drawing primarily from the collection of Edward Nelson, Fitzhugh reconstructs and describes the spiritual practices and mythology of the Eskimo people living along the lowland regions of western Alaska. This...

Haida Culture in Custody

by Mary Lee Stearns

An examination of the culture of the Haidas, a tribe of indigenous people living on the northwestern coast of Canada, in the context of external political forces, which include the Canadian federal government....

Sacha Runa: Ethnicity and Adaptation of Ecuadorian Jungle Quichua

by Jr., Norman E. Whitten

This book describes the culture of the Canelos Quichua, as drawn from the indigenous people living in Puyo, Ecuador, and how they adapt to the country's anti-native policy. This digital edition was derived from...

Running with the Kenyans: Passion, Adventure, and the Secrets of the Fastest People on Earth

by Adharanand Finn

“Completely satisfying, as well-paced and exhilarating as a good run.”—The Boston Globe

Whether running is your recreation or your religion, Adharanand Finn’s incredible journey to the elite training...

World Poverty for Dummies

by Lindsay Rae, Ashley Clements & Sarah Marland

Created especially for the Australian customer!

Uncover the global building blocks of poverty

Ending world poverty is possible -- and you can help. With World Poverty For Dummies, you find out about the building...

The Mind and the Market: Capitalism in Western Thought

by Jerry Z. Muller

Capitalism has never been a subject for economists alone. Philosophers, politicians, poets and social scientists have debated the cultural, moral, and political effects of capitalism for centuries, and their...

The Unconquered: In Search of the Amazon's Last Uncontacted Tribes

by Scott Wallace

THE UNCONQUERED TELLS THE EXTRAORDINARY TRUE STORY OF A JOURNEY INTO THE DEEPEST RECESSES OF THE AMAZON TO TRACK ONE OF THE PLANET’S LAST UNCONTACTED IN DIGENOUS TRIBES.

Even today there remain tribes in...

Anthropology for Dummies

by Cameron M. Smith & Evan T. Davies PhD

Covers the latest competing theories in the field

Get a handle on the fundamentals of biological and cultural anthropology

When did the first civilizations arise? How many human languages exist? The answers are...

The Living Maya: Ancient Wisdom in the Era of 2012

by Robert Phd Sitler, Patricio Balona & Gaspar Pedro Gonzalez

Author Robert Sitler’s immersion in Mayan culture began with a transformative spiritual experience more than three decades ago in the ruins of Palenque, Mexico. Led by a local to a nearby Mayan village, Sitler...

No Shame in My Game: The Working Poor in the Inner City

by Katherine S. Newman

"Powerful and poignant.... Newman's message is clear and timely." --The Philadelphia Inquirer

In No Shame in My Game, Harvard anthropologist Katherine Newman gives voice to a population for whom work, family,...

Kids: How Biology and Culture Shape the Way We Raise Young Children

by Meredith Small

To what extent do our parenting practices help or hinder our children? As parents, how much influence do we have over what kind of people our children will grow up to be? In the follow-up to her critically acclaimed...