Cultural Anthropology

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  1. Book ImageThe Gift: The Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societies

    Marcel Mauss, W. D. Halls

    Reissue

    Since its first publication in English in 1954, The Gift, Marcel Mauss's groundbreaking study of the relation between forms of exchange and social structure, has been acclaimed as a classic among anthropology texts.More

  2. Book ImageWomen's Work: The First 20,000 Years Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times

    Elizabeth Wayland Barber

    "A fascinating history of . . . [a craft] that preceded and made possible civilization itself." —New York Times Book ReviewMore

  3. Book ImageWarrior Herdsmen

    Michael Weeks

    The absorbing chronicle of an expedition to the tribesmen of northern Uganda.More

  4. Book ImageWorker in the Cane: A Puerto Rican Life History

    Sidney W. Mintz

    This is the absorbing story of Don Taso, a Puerto Rican sugar cane worker, and of his family and the village in which he lives. Told largely in his own words, it is a vivid account of the drastic changes taking place in Puerto Rico, as he sees them.More

  5. Book ImageStranger and Friend: The Way of an Anthropologist

    Hortense Powdermaker

    "The book is absolutely excellent . . . a unique fascinating account of the work of one of our leading anthropologists." —Colin M. TurnbullMore