Books in Non-Fiction > Politics & Social Sciences > Anthropology

Voices of Transition: Oral Histories from China's Twentieth Century

Methodology and collected testimonies revealing everyday life through wars, reforms, and modernization

Jacob Tucker

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Unearthed China: Archaeology, Bones, and the Making of the Past

Recent archaeological discoveries and how they reshape our understanding of ancient China

Kenneth Herrera

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Beneath the Waves: Marine Archaeology, Shipwrecks, and Submerged Landscapes

Methods and stories from underwater cultural heritage investigations and preservation

Terry Rogers

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Inca to Aztec: Dynasties of the Americas before Columbus

Political organization, imperial rule, and succession in pre-Columbian civilizations

Heather Sanchez

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Symbolic Regalia: Crowns, Coins, and Seals in Dynastic Communication

Material culture of authority and the semiotics of royal insignia

Harold Hawkins

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African Thrones: Kingdoms, Dynasties, and State Formation South of the Sahara

Case studies from Ghana, Mali, Songhai, Kongo, Ethiopia, and Great Zimbabwe

Rachel Ford

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

From Ration Cards to Refrigerator: Everyday Life in the Late Soviet Union

Domestic Economy, Consumer Culture, and Household Strategies, 1964–1991

Timothy Allen

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Palaces of Power: Architecture, Ritual, and Court Culture in Dynastic Capitals

How space, ceremony, and visual culture reinforced royal authority

Jacqueline Schmidt

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Cultural Heritage Under Threat: Archaeology and Preservation in Iran

Case studies on heritage sites, legal protections, and international cooperation

Mark Long

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Partition's Borderlands: Memory, Migration, and the Making of West Bengal

Microhistories and oral testimonies of refugees, border violence, and the socio-political aftershocks of 1947

Hannah Robertson

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Fieldwork Guide to Bengal Studies: Methods for Historians, Anthropologists, and Archivists

Practical methodologies, archival navigation, oral history techniques, and ethical considerations for researching Bengal

Emily Kim

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Artisans and Crafts: Material Culture and Traditional Industries of Bengal

A field guide to Bengal's weaving, pottery, metalwork, and woodcraft traditions and their socio-economic histories

Kayla Ross

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Oral Histories of Madras: Methods, Memories, and Community Narratives

Collecting and interpreting life stories to reconstruct urban pasts

Angela Hayes

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Iranian Diaspora: Migration, Memory, and Transnational Politics

How exiles, migrants, and second generations shape and challenge images of Iran abroad

Danielle Kelley

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Archaeology of Iran: Discoveries, Methods, and Contested Heritage

An archaeology-focused account of major finds, scientific methods, and heritage debates in modern Iran

William Grant

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Revolt and Resistance

Peasant, Worker, and Tribal Movements Against States and Empires

Sean Gonzales

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Archaeology of the Indus

New Discoveries and What They Reveal About Early Urban South Asia

Alexis Cole

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Language and Identity in South Asia

Linguistic Histories of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal

Deborah Cole

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Everyday Lives in Mughal India

Markets, Households, and Social Structures of an Early Modern World

Kelly White

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Medicine and Science in South Asia

Ayurveda, Astronomy, and Colonial Science Encounters

Dylan Grant

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Margins and Heartlands

Comparative Regional Histories of the Deccan, South India, Bengal, and Punjab

Ann Garza

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Women of South Asia

Gender, Power, and Everyday Life from Ancient Times to Independence

Diane Parker

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

The Anthropology of Belief: Fieldwork, Ethics, and Method

Methods for conducting respectful, rigorous ethnographic research on religion in diverse contexts

Cynthia Peterson

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Pilgrimage Paths: Practice, Meaning, and Modern Revivals

Historical roots and contemporary reinventions of pilgrimage from Camino to Hajj and beyond

Danielle Rogers

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When Faith Travels: Religion in Diaspora and Migration

How migration reshapes belief, community formation, and transnational religious ties

David Rice

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Faith Lines: A Practical Guide to Comparative Religion for Curious Readers

Accessible frameworks and tools to compare beliefs, practices, and scriptures across traditions

Kyle Fox

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Echoes of the Harem

A multi-perspective oral history revealing hidden lives behind palace walls

Megan Bell

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Voices on the Map: Indigenous Tourism and Ethical Partnerships

Principles and models for community-led tourism that preserve culture and share benefits

Austin Schmidt

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Archaeology of the North: Prehistoric Greenland and Human Adaptation

An illustrated account of Greenland's prehistoric cultures, migration patterns, and survival strategies in extreme environments

Beverly Parker

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Foodways of Greenland: Traditional Cuisine, Preservation, and Modern Culinary Revival

Exploring Inuit food traditions, seasonal harvesting, and contemporary approaches to sustainable Greenlandic gastronomy

Janice Martin

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Renewing Traditions: Craft, Clothing, and Material Culture in Greenland

A detailed study of traditional crafts, garment-making, and the role of material culture in identity and economy

Joe Ortiz

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The Language of Greenland: Kalaallisut, Bilingualism, and Language Revitalization

A sociolinguistic study of Greenlandic dialects, education policy, and efforts to preserve Indigenous language use

Logan Mendoza

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Children of the Ice: Education, Youth, and Future Pathways in Greenland

Examining the challenges and innovations in Greenland's education system and youth empowerment initiatives

Joan Vargas

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Greenlandic Arts and Storytelling: Visual Culture, Literature, and Performance

A survey of contemporary and traditional Greenlandic art, oral histories, and cultural production

Tyler Smith

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Inuit Voices: Contemporary Greenlandic Culture and Identity

Personal narratives, cultural practices, and the resilience of Greenland's Indigenous communities in a changing world

Daniel Tran

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When Love Crossed Borders: Colonialism, Empire, and Interracial Romance

Romance across cultures in the shadow of empire, migration, and diaspora

George Jimenez

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Hearts Through Time: A Global History of Romantic Relationships

From prehistoric pair bonds to 21st-century partnerships, a comprehensive cultural timeline

Patrick Jordan

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Turning Points Excavated: Ten Sites that Rewrote the Dark Ages

Case studies from Sutton Hoo to St. Gall showing how specific excavations changed historical narratives

Bryan Gutierrez

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Homes and Hearths: Everyday Life in the Dark Ages

Material culture, food, family, and domestic spaces from village to town

Ann Washington

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Digging the Dark Ages: Archaeology and the Early Medieval World

Methods, discoveries, and the material record that illuminate everyday life from 400–1000 CE

Mary Lewis

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Rivers of Migration: Human Movement and the Making of Modern North America

Indigenous Displacement, European Settlement, and Immigrant Waves, 1600–1950

Carolyn Owens

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Mapping a Continent: Cartography, Exploration, and the Knowledge Networks of North America

Maps, Surveys, and Scientific Expeditions that Shaped Territorial Claims and Identities

Joshua Bryant

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Cold Frontiers: Arctic North America and the Politics of Frozen Lands

Indigenous Adaptation, Colonial Interest, and Geopolitics in the North

Judy Hall

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Networks of Exchange: Indigenous Trade Systems and Precolonial Commerce in North America

Economic Complexity before European Contact and Its Long-Term Legacies

Mary Evans

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Food Frontiers: Culinary Histories and the Making of North American Diets

Indigenous Foods, Colonial Exchange, Immigration, and Modern Foodways

Keith Howard

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The Seven Borderlands: Colonial Power Struggles Across North America

Comparative Histories of Spanish, French, British, and Indigenous Frontiers

Ryan Sanchez

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Borderlands and Brokers: Interethnic Trade Networks in Precolonial and Colonial Africa

A study of middlemen, caravan routes, and market towns that connected hinterlands to coastal and urban centers

Emma Jackson

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Language Empires

Scripts, Translation, and the Politics of Writing in Asia

Ronald Bryant

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Architectural Legacies

Temples, Palaces, and Colonial Buildings Across Asia

Virginia Sanders

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Unearthing Asia

Archaeological Discoveries from the Neolithic to Early States

Christine Gardner

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Everyday Lives: Social History of Families, Food, and Festivities in Africa

Microhistorical portraits that illuminate daily life, kinship, and cultural practices across African regions

Jessica Salazar

$6.99 (ebook), $21.99 (paperback)

Partition Voices

Oral Histories of Migration, Memory, and Nation Building in South Asia

Isabella McDonald

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Borderlands of Empire

Frontier Conquest, Indigenous Agency, and the Qing in Inner Asia

Brian Brooks

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Women of Palaces and Streets

Gender, Power, and Everyday Life in Asian History

Katherine Hawkins

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Coasts of Exchange: East Africa and the Indian Ocean World

A maritime history of Swahili city-states, trade networks, and cultural exchange across the Indian Ocean

Aaron Green

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Forges and Fountains: Technology, Craft, and Industry in Precolonial Africa

An archaeological and anthropological look at metallurgy, textiles, and craft specialization before European industrialization

Joan Diaz

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The Sahel Between Empires: Climate, Trade, and Society in a Borderland Region

An environmental and historical study of how climate variability shaped societies and empires across the Sahel

Olivia Griffin

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Stirring the Pot: Central American Culinary Traditions and Foodways

Regional Recipes, Agricultural Roots, and Modern Food Movements

Joe Rodriguez

$6.99 (ebook), $21.99 (paperback)

Cartographies of Conquest

Maps, explorers, and the making of geographic knowledge

Brian Hunter

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Art and Voices: Contemporary Central American Creative Scenes

Literature, Visual Arts, and Music as Social Commentary and Cultural Identity

Julie Nguyen

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Beneath the Baobab: Oral Histories and Memory in African Historical Practice

Methodologies and case studies for using oral tradition as rigorous historical evidence across regions

Nicholas Wright

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Seeds of the Isthmus: Indigenous Histories of Central America

Recovering Pre-Colonial and Contemporary Indigenous Voices and Knowledge Systems

Mark Ellis

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Language, Identity, and Power in Central America

Linguistic Diversity, Language Policy, and Cultural Rights

Anthony Castillo

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The Maya Then and Now: Archaeology and Living Heritage

Excavations, Preservation, and Community Collaboration in the Maya Lands

Peter Simpson

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Patagonia: Frontier, Myth, and Nation

A history of southern frontiers from Indigenous lifeways to settler colonialism

Daniel Hawkins

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Archaeology of Memory: Places and Heritage in South America

Preservation, contested monuments, and the politics of pasts

Diana Martin

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The Gospel and the Sword

Missionary activity and Indigenous change in South America

Aaron Black

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Historiographical Debates in South American Studies

Key scholarly controversies and new directions for researchers

Curtis Payne

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Oral Histories of Migration

Personal narratives of movement within and from South America

Brittany Jones

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The Portuguese Margin: Brazil from Colony to Empire

Economic and social transformations in Brazil, 1500–1889

Gregory Ramos

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Slave Routes and Freedom Struggles

The African diaspora and abolition in South America

Evelyn Sullivan

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Women of the Plata: Gender and Power in Riverine South America

Gendered histories along the Río de la Plata from colonial times to the 20th century

Amber Thomas

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Andean Empires Before Columbus

A concise history of the Inca and their predecessors for general readers

Billy Patterson

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Agroecology Roots: Traditional Farming Knowledge and Ecological Design

How indigenous and peasant practices anticipated modern sustainable agriculture

Dorothy Taylor

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Ancient Fields, Lasting Harvests: The Origins of Agriculture

A regional archaeological and botanical exploration of early crop domestication and farming systems

Sandra Stephens

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Women of Asia

Gender, Power, and Everyday Life from Antiquity to the Present

Richard Olson

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Archives and Fieldwork in Asia

Practical Strategies for Historical Research, Oral History, and Source Recovery

Bradley Lewis

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Native Nations and Daily Life: Indigenous Perspectives on Modern America

An accessible examination of contemporary Native American communities, sovereignty, and cultural continuity

Roy Butler

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Stone to Steel: A Social History of Early Tools and Materials

How human ingenuity transformed stone, bronze, and iron into sustained technological change for ancient societies

Donald Medina

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A History of Polynesia

Karen Robertson

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Material Culture: Pottery, Glass, and Daily Objects of the Roman World

A hands-on guide to identifying, dating, and interpreting common artifacts from Roman sites

Daniel Marshall

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Indigenous North American Cooking: Foragers, Corn, Beans, and Squash

Traditional ingredients, storytelling, and contemporary approaches to Indigenous food sovereignty

Brandon Nichols

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Andean Kitchens: High-Altitude Techniques and Indigenous Ingredients

Cooking at altitude, native tubers, quinoa mastery, and ancestral Andean recipes

Helen Powell

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Daily Lives of Ordinary People: Social History from Peasants to Urban Workers

A bottom-up exploration of food, family, labor, and leisure across continents that recovers the lived experiences of non-elites

Amber Hall

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Languages of a Nation: Nahuatl, Indigenous Tongues, and Linguistic Change in Mexico

A linguistic and cultural history tracing the survival and revival of indigenous languages

Adam Kelley

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Archaeology and Heritage Management in Mexico

A practitioner's guide to archaeological practice, preservation policy, and community engagement

Tyler Graham

$6.99 (ebook), $20.99 (paperback)

Mesoamerica Before Columbus: The Rise of Olmec, Maya, and Zapotec Civilizations

A comparative history of the major pre-Columbian societies across southern Mexico and their long-term legacies

Grace Rose

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Indigenous Resistance and Resilience: Case Studies from Oaxaca and Chiapas

Regional histories highlighting indigenous movements, autonomy projects, and cultural survival

Julie Chen

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Aztec Empire Reimagined: Politics, Power, and Daily Life

A deep dive into the Aztec world from Tlatoani courts to market stalls, archaeology to codices

Willie Collins

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Religious Pluralism and Ritual Life in Sri Lanka

An ethnographic exploration of Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim, and Christian practices and intercommunal ritual exchange

Virginia Shaw

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