From the Foreword to the Percheron Press Edition: '[O]ne of only a few books that can truly be said to have had a major impact on our understanding of alcohol use and its outcomes.'
Originally published by Academic Press in 1976, this book has become a foundational statement in archaeological methodology and has had a lasting impact on the discipline. As... Læs mere
This resource incorporates descriptions of both major and minor behavioral assessment techniques written by their leading proponents and practitioners in the field. A new preface by the editors contributes to the book’s currency.
In this book Allan Horwitz views mental illness within a sociological framework of deviance and social control and evaluates communal and individualistic styles of therapeutic control.
This book presents a sample of twelve spectacular flops encompassing the past three centuries-ranging from the world's first automobile to the nuclear-powered bomber. 49 illustrations.
This book explores issues of definition and the essential elements of cities, offering a new heuristic typology of cities. It reviews case studies of six ancient cities... Læs mere
What more could there be to know about Franklin D. Roosevelt, given how exhaustively his life has been written about? There is more and that focuses on Lucy Mercer Rutherfurd, Washington socialite, later FDR's friend and love-and Eleanor's rival. 28 b&w illus.
An Archaeology of Elmina examines a complex African settlement on the coast of present-day Ghana from the fifteenth through the nineteenth centuries using the archaeological record, European narratives and indigenous oral histories.
Designed as an introduction to undergraduate and graduate students new to the subject Hunter-Gatherer Foraging: Five Simple Models presents the five foraging... Læs mere
Focused on four overarching elements of the post-Columbian world (colonialism, Eurocentrism, racialization, and capitalism), A Primer on Modern-World Archaeology is... Læs mere
In his eloquent new book Robert Carneiro traces the history of the development of empirical science—from the Paleolithic to the present—vividly describing the major events that have marked a great transition in human thought, and how this affected the human experience.
Leslie White was one of the most important—and controversial—figures in American anthropology. This classic work, initially published in 1949, contains White’s definitive statement on what he termed 'culturology.'