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Rethinking Environmental History
This exciting new reader in environmental history provides a framework for understanding the relations between ecosystems and world-systems over time. Alf Hornborg, J. R. McNeill, …
Memory in Black and White
As a nation we bring many perspectives to our commemorative places and our ideas may change over time, especially on difficult topics like slavery and racism. Why a place is saved …
Appetites and Aspirations in Vietnam
In Vietnam during the long nineteenth century from the Ty Son rebellion to the 1920s, individuals negotiated changing interpretations of their culinary choices by their families, …
Narratives of Mexican American Women
Alma Garc'a offers a bold new interpretation of identity formation for second generation immigrants in America. The narratives of Mexican American women in higher education reveal …
Archaeology of Art in the American Southwest
Archaeologists seldom study ancient art, even though art is fundamental to the human experience. The Archaeology of Art in the American Southwest argues that archaeologists should …
Raising Biracial Children
As the multiracial population in the United States continues to rise, new models for our understanding of mixed-race children and how their conception of racial identity must be …
Interpretation: Education, Programs, and Exhibits
Programs, tours and exhibits are the meat-and-potatoes of what most museums do to meet their missions to educate the public. Interpretation helps make small museums compelling so …
Cooperation in Economy and Society
The essays in the book analyze cases of cooperation in a wide range of ethnographic, archaeological and evolutionary settings. Cooperation is examined in situations of market …
Drinking and Sobriety among the Lakota Sioux
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Mistake in Identity
A murder, just four hours before the Royal Duchess is scheduled to sail for Alaska, and inspector Solomon Hunter and his assistant, Talcott Weems, are summoned to investigate this …
Consumer Research for Museum Marketers
What museum does not want insight into what its visitors and potential visitors are looking for? Nearly every function within the museum benefits from a deeper understanding of …
Analysis and Interpretation of Ethnographic Data
This is Book 5 of 7 in the Ethnographers Toolkit, Second Edition.Treating analysis as both a mechanical and a cognitive process, Book 5 begins by describing why analysis and …