Cultural and Social Anthropology Courses

Field Notes: A Guided Journal for Doing Anthropology

Luis A. Vivanco

9780190642198
Spiral Bound
December 2016

A field journal for cultural anthropology and fieldwork courses, integrating learning, guidance, and exercises into one book

Writing in Anthropology: A Brief Guide

Shan-Estelle Brown

9780199381319
Paperback
November 2016

The ideal pocket-sized manual for undergraduate anthropology students who want to improve their writing

Haunted: An Ethnography of the Hollywood and Hong Kong Media Industries

Sylvia J. Martin

9780190464462
Paperback
September 2016

Issues of Globalization: Case Studies in Contemporary Anthropology

Examines how media professionals handle the uncertainties and risks of media production in a globalizing world

Making Sense of Language: Readings in Culture and Communication

Third Edition

Susan D. Blum

9780190456986
Paperback
September 2016

A wide-ranging and pedagogically rich collection of readings for linguistic anthropology courses, at an exceptionally affordable price

Becoming Legal: Immigration Law and Mixed-Status Families

Ruth Gomberg-Muñoz

9780190276010
Paperback
June 2016

The only ethnography to examine family-based legalization from the perspective of families who undertake it

The Native World-System: An Ethnography of Bolivian Aymara Traders in the Global Economy

Nico Tassi

9780190255220
Paperback
March 2016

Issues of Globalization: Case Studies in Contemporary Anthropology

A nuanced ethnography of the Bolivian Aymara trading system--one of the most up-and-coming forms of indigenous entrepreneurship on the American continent

City of Flowers: An Ethnography of Social and Economic Change in Costa Rica's Central Valley

Susan E. Mannon

9780190464431
Paperback
March 2016

Issues of Globalization: Case Studies in Contemporary Anthropology

An engaging, timely ethnographic study that explores how individuals and households give meaning and shape to social and economic change in Costa Rica

The Gender, Culture, and Power Reader

Dorothy L. Hodgson

9780190201777
Paperback
October 2015

Introduces students to contemporary debates and perspectives in the study of gender, culture, and power through short and engaging articles

Sacred Rice: An Ethnography of Identity, Environment, and Development in Rural West Africa

Joanna Davidson

9780199358687
Paperback
August 2015

Issues of Globalization: Case Studies in Contemporary Anthropology

An ethnography of identity, environment, and development in rural West Africa

Race in the 21st Century: Ethnographic Approaches

Second Edition

John Hartigan, Jr.

9780199374373
Paperback
July 2014

Takes an explicitly ethnographic approach to the study of race, while also guiding students through ongoing debates about genetics and race

Discovering Qualitative Methods: Ethnography, Interviews, Documents, and Images

Third Edition

Carol A. B. Warren and Tracy Xavia Karner

9780199349623
Paperback
May 2014

A rigorous but student-friendly and affordable introduction to qualitative research methods

Amazon Town: A Study of Human Life in the Tropics

Anniversary Edition

Charles Wagley, Conrad Kottak, and Richard Pace

9780199335251
Paperback
November 2013

The classic ethnography of the Amazon, now updated and revised for today's students

Gangsters Without Borders: An Ethnography of a Salvadoran Street Gang

T.W. Ward

9780199859061
Paperback
June 2012

Issues of Globalization: Case Studies in Contemporary Anthropology

A riveting ethnography on Salvadoran street gangs in Los Angeles

Listen, Here is a Story: Ethnographic Life Narratives from Aka and Ngandu Women of the Congo Basin

Bonnie L. Hewlett

9780199764235
Paperback
May 2012

Issues of Globalization: Case Studies in Contemporary Anthropology

An ethnography on the lives of the foraging Aka and the farming Ngandu of the Central African Republic that explores women's roles in contemporary Africa.

Semantic Analysis: A Practical Introduction

Second Edition

Cliff Goddard

9780199560288
Paperback
September 2011

Race in an Era of Change: A Reader

Heather Dalmage and Barbara Katz Rothman

9780199752102
Paperback
September 2010

A cutting-edge, wide-ranging, and affordable collection of articles on race in the United States today

Cuban Color in Tourism and La Lucha: An Ethnography of Racial Meanings

L. Kaifa Roland

9780199739660
Paperback
September 2010

Issues of Globalization: Case Studies in Contemporary Anthropology

A brief, engaging ethnography on race and tourism in modern socialist Cuba that engages concepts of belonging and identity

Labor and Legality: An Ethnography of a Mexican Immigrant Network

Ruth Gomberg-Muñoz

9780199739387
Paperback
August 2010

Issues of Globalization: Case Studies in Contemporary Anthropology

A brief, engaging ethnography on undocumented Mexican workers in America that engages contemporary debates on immigration policy

Primates in Perspective

Second Edition

Christina Campbell, Agustin Fuentes, Katherine MacKinnon...

9780195390438
Paperback
April 2010

The most comprehensive and current text on primates by the leading researchers in the field

City Lights: Urban-Suburban Life in the Global Society

Third Edition

E. Barbara Phillips

9780195325034
Paperback
November 2009

The most interdisciplinary urban studies book on the market