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Cultural Anthropology

1. Madre: Perilous Journeys with a Spanish Noun

   Liza Bakewell

   Why is the word madre, "mother," so complicated in Spanish—especially in Mexico?More

2. The Gift: The Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societies

   Marcel Mauss, W. D. Halls

   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

3. Women'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

4. Warrior Herdsmen

   Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

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

5. Worker 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

6. Stranger 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

7. The Sumerians

   Charles Leonard Woolley

   In this book Professor Woolley, one of the world's foremost archaeologists, shows quite clearly that when Egyptian civilization began the civilization of the Sumerians had already flourished for at least 2,000 years.
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