This volume represented a compilation of interdisciplinary research being done throughout the American South and the Caribbean by historians, archaeologists, architects, anthropologists, and other scholars on the topic of slavery and plantations.
This book explores the nuances of the field of "bioarchaeology," emphasizing the reconstruction of human histories through anthropological problem solving and the integration of archaeological data.
Contains the information and analyses that keep heritage professionals, lawyers, and land managers abreast of the legal practice, including summaries of notable court cases, settlements and other dispositions, legislation, government regulations, policies and agency decisions.
This volume tells the story of how the World Heritage Site designation for Luang Prabang, Laos, led to a management plan designed to attract tourists and global capital, which in turn developed the most “appealing” parts of the city while destroying or neglecting other areas.
This collection of original articles compares various key archaeological topics—agency, violence, social groups, diffusion—from evolutionary and interpretive perspectives.
Angela Zusman offers an informative guidebook with step-by-step directions for planning and implementing intergenerational oral history projects.
Features articles from the 2008 International Congress on Qualitative Inquiry. This book demonstrates the potential of the research tradition to make contributions to the betterment of humankind. It highlights the importance of advocating for social justice.
Features articles on ICOMOS rules on dispute resolution, Section 47 of the Internal Revenue Code, risk and fair market value of antiquities, the visual artists rights act, and religious free exercise and historic preservation.
The Coach Fellas are known to almost all tourists who traverse the Irish countryside. This ethnography of critical but unrecognized producers of Irish... Læs mere
Mingming Wang, one of the most prolific anthropologists in China, has produced a work both of long-term historical... Læs mere
What does the gold standard of rescue, as ideology and industry, mean for the dying patient in the hospital and for the status of dying in American culture? This book shows how dying is a management problem for hospitals.
Mud Packs and Prozac is a fascinating comparative analysis of how patients choose and how they experience the therapies of Western biomedical, Ayurvedic, and religious healing systems.