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  • The Anthropology of Obesity in the United States

    by Anna Bellisari ...
    This volume examines the biocultural dimensions of obesity from an anthropological perspective in an effort to broaden understanding of a growing public health concern. The United States of America currently has the highest rates of obesity among developed countries, with an alarming rise in prevalence in recent decades which promises to affect the nation for years to come. Bellisari helps ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

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  • Saxons, Vikings, and Celts: The Genetic Roots of Britain and Ireland

    The Genetic Roots of Britain and Ireland

    by Bryan Sykes ...
    From the best-selling author of The Seven Daughters of Eve, an illuminating guide to the genetic history of the British Isles.One of the world's leading geneticists, Bryan Sykes has helped thousands find their ancestry in the British Isles. Saxons, Vikings, and Celts, which resulted from a systematic ten-year DNA survey of more than 10,000 volunteers, traces the true genetic makeup of the British ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

  • Exploring Personal Genomics

    by Joel T. Dudley, Konrad J. Karczewski ...
    Rapid advances in high-throughput genome sequencing technologies foreshadow a near-future in which millions of individuals will gain affordable access to their complete genome sequence. This promises to offer unprecedented insights into the fundamental biological nature of ourselves and our species: where we came from, how we begin our lives, how we develop and grow, how we interact with our ... Read more

    $66.59 USD

  • The Alzheimer Conundrum

    Entanglements of Dementia and Aging

    by Margaret Lock ...
    Because of rapidly aging populations, the number of people worldwide experiencing dementia is increasing and the projections are grim. Despite hundreds of millions of dollars invested in medical research, no effective treatment has been discovered for Alzheimer's disease, the most common form of dementia. The Alzheimer Conundrum exposes the predicaments embedded in current efforts to slow down or ... Read more

    $36.79 USD

  • Ethnolinguistics and Cultural Concepts

    Truth, Love, Hate and War

    by James W. Underhill ...
    'Ethnolinguistics' is the study of how language relates to culture and ethnicity. This book offers an original approach to ethnolinguistics, discussing how abstract concepts such as truth, love, hate and war are expressed across cultures and ethnicities. James W. Underhill seeks to situate these key cultural concepts within four languages (English, French, Czech and German). Not only do these ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • Sex, Love and DNA

    What Molecular Biology Teaches Us About Being Human

    by Peter Schattner ...
    Can 21st-century molecular biology answer age-old questions about the human experience? Can studying proteins and DNA help us understand how we make our choices in sex and love? How we communicate? Where our emotions come from? Or why we age and die?......... In this fascinating journey into the biology of cells, scientist and educator Peter Schattner explains how proteins and DNA affect our lives ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Studies in Siberian Ethnogenesis No. 2

    Edited by Henry Michael ...
    Series Book 2 - Heritage
    This collection of translations from articles by Russian scholars continues the valuable contribution to Western knowledge of the anthropology of the North which is being made under the sponsorship of the Arctic Institute of North America. The subjects treated include: "The Ethnic Affiliation of the Population in the Northwest of the Yakut A.S.S.R." (with related papers); "Ancient Petroglyphs and ... Read more

    $31.69 USD

  • New Directions in Biocultural Anthropology

    Edited by Molly K. Zuckerman, Debra L. Martin ...
    Biocultural or biosocial anthropology is a research approach that views biology and culture as dialectically and inextricably intertwined, explicitly emphasizing the dynamic interaction between humans and their larger social, cultural, and physical environments. The biocultural approach emerged in anthropology in the 1960s, matured in the 1980s, and is now one of the dominant paradigms in ... Read more

    $120.00 USD

  • Primate Communication

    A Multimodal Approach

    by Katja Liebal, Bridget M. Waller, Anne M. Burrows, Katie E. Slocombe ...
    Primates communicate with each other using a wide range of signals: olfactory signals to mark territories, screams to recruit help while fighting, gestures to request food and facial expressions to initiate play. Primate Communication brings together research on all forms of interchange and discusses what we know about primate communication via vocal, gestural, facial, olfactory and integrated ... Read more

    $57.39 USD

  • AIDS in Pakistan

    Bureaucracy, Public Goods and NGOs

    by Ayaz Qureshi ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    This book is the first full-length study of HIV/AIDS work in relation to government and NGOs. In the early 2000s, Pakistan’s response to HIV/AIDS was scaled-up and declared an area of urgent intervention. This response was funded by international donors requiring prevention, care and support services to be contracted out to NGOs - a global policy considered particularly important in Pakistan where ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Interpretive Ethnography

    Ethnographic Practices for the 21st Century

    by Norman K. Denzin ...
    At we enter the 21st century, we are witnessing tremendous changes in the world′s culture. As it has become both postmodern and multinational, so too must ethnography. In Interpretive Ethnography, Norman K. Denzin examines these changes and sounds a call to transform ethnographic writing in a manner befitting a new age. Denzin ponders the prospects, problems, and forms of ethnographic, ... Read more

    $100.79 USD

  • Race and Practice in Archaeological Interpretation

    by Charles E. Orser, Jr. ...
    Series series Archaeology, Culture, and Society
    Scholars who investigate race—a label based upon real or perceived physical differences—realize that they face a formidable task. The concept has been contested and condoned, debated and denied throughout modern history. Presented with the full understanding of the complexity of the issue, Race and Practice in Archaeological Interpretation concentrates on the archaeological analysis of race and ... Read more

    $76.49 USD