Research Practices in the Study of Kinship (Asa Research Methods in Social Anthropology, 2)

Politics & Social Sciences

Barnard, Alan

Good, Anthony

Social Sciences

Academic Pr

Research Practices in the Study of Kinship

The Khoisan are a cluster of southern African peoples, including the famous Bushmen or San "hunters," the Khoekhoe "herders" (in the past called "Hottentots"), and the Damara, also a herding people. Most Khoisan live in the Kalihari desert and surrounding areas of Botswana and Namibia. Despite differences in their ways of life, the various groups have much in common, and this book explores these similarities and the influence of environment on their culture and social organization. This is the first book on the Khoisan as a whole to be published since the 1930s.

Hunters and Herders of Southern Africa: A Comparative Ethnography of the Khoisan Peoples (Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology, Series Number 85)

Cambridge University Press

The Khoisan are a cluster of southern African peoples, including the famous Bushmen or San "hunters," the Khoekhoe "herders" (in the past called "Hottentots"), and the Damara, also a herding people. Most Khoisan live in the Kalihari desert and surrounding areas of Botswana and Namibia. Despite differences in their ways of life, the various groups have much in common, and this book explores these similarities and the influence of environment on their culture and social organization. This is the first book on the Khoisan as a whole to be published since the 1930s.

History

Africa

Social Anthropology and Human Origins

The study of human origins is one of the most fascinating branches of anthropology. Yet it has rarely been considered by social or cultural anthropologists, who represent the largest subfield of the discipline. In this powerful study Alan Barnard aims to bridge this gap. Barnard argues that social anthropological theory has much to contribute to our understanding of human evolution, including changes in technology, subsistence and exchange, family and kinship, as well as to the study of language, art, ritual and belief. This book places social anthropology in the context of a widely-conceived constellation of anthropological sciences. It incorporates recent findings in many fields, including primate studies, archaeology, linguistics and human genetics. In clear, accessible style Barnard addresses the fundamental questions surrounding the evolution of human society and the prehistory of culture, suggesting a new direction for social anthropology that will open up debate across the discipline as a whole.

Anthropology

The study of human origins is one of the most fascinating branches of anthropology. Yet it has rarely been considered by social or cultural anthropologists, who represent the largest subfield of the discipline. In this powerful study Alan Barnard aims to bridge this gap. Barnard argues that social anthropological theory has much to contribute to our understanding of human evolution, including changes in technology, subsistence and exchange, family and kinship, as well as to the study of language, art, ritual and belief. This book places social anthropology in the context of a widely-conceived constellation of anthropological sciences. It incorporates recent findings in many fields, including primate studies, archaeology, linguistics and human genetics. In clear, accessible style Barnard addresses the fundamental questions surrounding the evolution of human society and the prehistory of culture, suggesting a new direction for social anthropology that will open up debate across the discipline as a whole.

Anthropology is a discipline very conscious of its history. Alan Barnard has written a clear, detailed overview of anthropological theory that brings out the historical contexts of the great debates, tracing the genealogies of theories and schools of thought. His book covers the precursors of anthropology; evolutionism in all its guises; diffusionism and culture area theories, functionalism and structural-functionalism; action-centered theories; processual and Marxist perspectives; the many faces of relativism, structuralism and poststructuralism; and recent interpretive and postmodernist viewpoints. This is a balanced and judicious survey, which also considers the problems involved in assessing anthropological theories.

History and Theory in Anthropology

Consultants Barnard and Parker aim to improve the way people communicate and so enable them to achieve their own personal and professional desires more effectively and efficiently. To achieve this, they introduce a new, unique and complete approach to communication: The Campaign It! model. Developed over several decades of influencing change at the highest levels and in different environments, the Campaign It! model is tried and tested, and in the book, Parker and Barnard offer proof that it works.Their basic tenet is that whenever there is an outcome people need to achieve they will have to inform, persuade and gain agreement from others. Their model, the “campaigning approach,” makes this possible: it provides a plan and a structure to develop communications; it enables people to help themselves, their families, their businesses and/or their communities.

Campaign It!: Achieving Success Through Communication

Business & Money

Parker, Chris

Management & Leadership

Kogan Page.

Did you know that the first dinosaur fossil ever found in the United States was discovered in New Jersey? Or that the Great Plains used to be swarming with swimming sea monsters? Readers can imagine what was in their own backyards seventy million years ago as they read this one-of-a-kind dino adventure. Unlike other dinosaur books, bestselling nonfiction author Hugh Brewster’s text focuses only on species found in North America. Complete with a timeline, a glossary, a bibliography, an index, and a list of museums and national parks, Dinosaurs in Your Backyard encourages young readers to imagine what their surroundings were like millions of years ago. F&amp;P level: T

Dinosaurs in Your Backyard: The Coolest, Scariest Creatures Ever Found in the USA!

Children's Books

Brewster, Hugh

Animals

Harry N. Abrams

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Research Practices in the Study of Kinship (Asa Research Methods in Social Anthropology, 2)

Research Practices in the Study of Kinship

Hunters and Herders of Southern Africa: A Comparative Ethnography of the Khoisan Peoples (Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology, Series Number 85)

Hunters and Herders of Southern Africa: A Comparative Ethnography of the Khoisan Peoples (Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology, Series Number 85)

Social Anthropology and Human Origins

Social Anthropology and Human Origins

History and Theory in Anthropology

History and Theory in Anthropology

Campaign It!: Achieving Success Through Communication

Dinosaurs in Your Backyard: The Coolest, Scariest Creatures Ever Found in the USA!