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Rethinking Anthropology
A collection of brilliant and provocative essays from Edmund Leach, one of the most original voices in the social anthropological tradition.
Work, Sleep, Repeat
Work, Sleep, Repeat is a fascinating account of the work regime of German management consultants. Examining one of the most sought-after – and secretive – graduate professions, the …
Chinese Lineage and Society
This book takes the argument first set out in Lineage Organization in South-Eastern China a step further. It incorporates some of Professor Freedman's field data (gathered in the …
Housekeeping among Malay Peasants
Initially published in 1966. A study of the social and economic conditions of a small fishing village in Kelantan, on the north-east coast of Malay. The study, from August 1939 to …
Communication, Social Structure and Development in Rural Malaysia
This is an important innovative analysis of communication and society in Pahang, West Malaysia, based on fieldwork carried out in Kampung Kuala Bera. Dr Wilder is concerned with …
Beyond the Village
A study of how a district of Papua New Guinea dealt with the new political institutions established in the last years of colonial rule.
Chinese Spirit-medium Cults in Singapore
Chinese Spirit-Medium Cults in Singapore
Contingent Citizens
Contingent Citizens examines the ambiguous state of South Africa’s public sector workers and the implications for contemporary understandings of citizenship. It takes us inside an …
Forest Traders
The first ethnographic study of a community with structured trading relationships, the nomadic forest community of the Hill Pandarm.
Political Systems of Highland Burma
Political Systems of Highland Burma
The Performance of Gender
The Performance of Gender presents a vivid description of everyday life in order to explore the concept of performance for an anthropology of gender. A detailed and evocotive …
The Individualization of Chinese Society
Chinese society has seen phenomenal change in the last 30 years. Two of the most profound changes have been the rise of the individual in both public and private spheres and the …