Research Guides: Anthropology Research Guide: Books and eBooks

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Evolution's Bite by Peter Ungar
ISBN: 9780691160535
Publication Date: 2017
In this book, noted paleoanthropologist Peter Ungar executes a remarkable investigation into the ways that teeth-- their shape, chemistry, and wear--reveal how we, as humans, have come to be.
Gods of the Upper Air by Charles King
ISBN: 9780385542197
Publication Date: 2019
This book explores the origins of anthropology as an academic field and the scholars who blazed its trail.
In the Field by George Gmelch; Sharon Bohn Gmelch
ISBN: 9780520289628
Publication Date: 2018
This book offers an invaluable look at what cultural anthropologists do when they are in the field. The authors describe the many forms fieldwork can take, the kinds of questions anthropologists ask, and the common problems they encounter.
Magic: a History by Chris Gosden
ISBN: 9780374200121
Publication Date: 2020
Drawing on decades of research around the world-- touching on the first known horoscope, a statue ordered into exile, and the mystical power of tattoos-- this author shows what magic can offer us today, and how we might use it to rethink our relationship with the world.
Written in Bone by Sue Black
ISBN: 9781951627805
Publication Date: 2021
In this book, the author explains how a person's history is revealed in their bones.

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Vicious Games by Rebecca Cassidy
ISBN: 9780745340395
Publication Date: 2020
In this book, Rebecca Cassidy explores the cultural and social aspects of gambling through an anthropological lens.
The Anthropology of Sport by Niko Besnier; Susan Brownell; Thomas F. Carter
ISBN: 9780520289017
Publication Date: 2017
This book explores how sport both shapes and is shaped by the social, cultural, political, and historical contexts in which we live.
From Boas to Black Power by Mark Anderson
ISBN: 9781503607286
Publication Date: 2019
This book investigates how U.S. cultural anthropologists wrote about race, racism, and "America" in the 20th century as a window into the greater project of U.S. anti-racist liberalism.
Our Whole Gwich'in Way of Life Has Changed / Gwich'in K'yuu Gwiidandài' Tthak Ejuk Gòonlih by Leslie McCartney; Gwich'in Tribal Gwich'in Tribal Council; Jordan Peterson (Foreword by); Antoine (Tony) Andre (Contribution by); Caroline Andre (Contribution by); Hyacinthe Andre (Contribution by); Annie Benoit (Contribution by); Pierre Benoit (Contribution by); Sarah Bonnetplume (Contribution by); Marka Bullock (Contribution by); Lydia Alexie Elias (Contribution by); Mary Martha Firth (Contribution by); Sarah Ann Gardlund (Contribution by); Elizabeth Greenland (Contribution by); Violet Therese Jerome (Contribution by); Peter Kay (Contribution by); Mary Rose Kendi (Contribution by); Ruby Anne McLeod (Contribution by); Catherine Martha Mitchell (Contribution by); Eunice Mitchell (Contribution by)
ISBN: 9781772124828
Publication Date: 2020
In this book, twenty-three Gwich'in Elders from the Northwest Territories communities of Fort McPherson, Tsiigehtshik, Inuvik, and Aklavik share their joy of living and travelling on the land.
Undocumented Motherhood by Elizabeth Farfán-Santos
ISBN: 9781477326121
Publication Date: 2022
An intimate portrayal of the hardships faced by an undocumented family navigating the medical and educational systems in the United States.