Wiley: All Anthropology Titles

Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Human Evolution

Bernard Wood — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 04:00:00 GMT

This reprint of Bernard Wood's best-selling 2-volume encyclopedia is now available as a single-volume paperback. It is ideal for grad students and individual researchers wanting to purchase their own desk copy of this comprehensive work.

This comprehensive A to Z encyclopedia provides extensive coverage of important scientific terms related to improving our understanding of how we evolved. Specifically, the 5,000 entries cover evidence and methods

Lessons from Fort Apache: Beyond Language Endangerment and Maintenance

M. Eleanor Nevins — Tue, 28 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

This incisive ethnographic analysis of indigenous language documentation, maintenance, and revitalization focuses on linguistic heritage issues on the Native American reservation at Fort Apache and explores the broader social, political and religious influences on changing language practices in indigenous communities.

Anthropology in the Public Arena: Historical and Contemporary Contexts

Jeremy MacClancy — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT

This articulate and authoritative survey of both the popular and academic trends in anthropology demonstrates the broad relevance of anthropological knowledge and argues for a more inclusive conception of the discipline that engages the public imagination.

Anthropology in the Public Arena: Historical and Contemporary Contexts

Jeremy MacClancy — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Moral Blindness: The Loss of Sensitivity in Liquid Modernity

Zygmunt Bauman, Leonidas Donskis — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Evil is not confined to war or to circumstances in which people are acting under extreme duress. Today it more frequently reveals itself in the everyday insensitivity to the suffering of others, in the inability or refusal to understand them and in the casual turning away of one’s ethical gaze. Evil and moral blindness lurk in what we take as normality and in the triviality and banality of everyday life, and not just in the abnormal and exceptional

A Handbook of Practicing Anthropology

Riall Nolan (Editor) — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT

An essential career-planning resource, A Handbook of Practicing Anthropology presents a comprehensive account of contemporary anthropological practice written primarily by anthropological practitioners