Books

An anthropological perspective on the devastating environmental consequences of global capital's growth imperative.

$36.00

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The Heritage Machine

Fetishism and Domination in Maragateria, Spain

by Pablo Alonso Gonzalez

A radical critique of the heritage industries.

$85.00

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Mining Encounters

Extractive Industries in an Overheated World

by Robert Jan Pijpers, Thomas Hylland Eriksen

How different mining industries across the world affect landscapes, people and politics.

$85.00

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The Rise of Nerd Politics

Digital Activism and Political Change

by John Postill

A global anthropology of technology and politics, from WikiLeaks to Podemos.

$29.00

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Boomtown

Runaway Globalisation on the Queensland Coast

by Thomas Hylland Eriksen

An anthropological study of a community 'marinated' in fossil fuels, fraught by ambivalence and conflict.

$36.00

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Ground Down by Growth

Tribe, Caste, Class and Inequality in 21st Century India

by Alpa Shah, Jens Lerche, Richard Axelby, Dalel Benbabaali, Brendan Donegan, Jayaseelan Raj and Vikramaditya Thakur

How do India’s ‘untouchables’ and 'tribals' fit into the global economy?

$35.00

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Private Oceans

The Enclosure and Marketisation of the Seas

by Fiona McCormack

An anthropological study of the privatisation and political economy of modern fishing

$35.00

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What is Anthropology?

by Thomas Hylland Eriksen

A new edition of the classic anthropology textbook which shows how anthropology is a revolutionary way of thinking about the human world

$24.00

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Rubbish Theory

The Creation and Destruction of Value - New Edition

by Michael Thompson

How do objects that have lost their value become valuable once again?

$33.00

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Footwork

Urban Outreach and Hidden Lives

by Tom Hall

An original street-corner ethnography drawing on the themes of urban regeneration, lost space and the 24-hour city

$29.00

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Children of the Welfare State

Civilising Practices in Schools, Childcare and Families

by Laura Gilliam, Eva Gulløv

An original ethnography looking at childhood socialisation in schools and in families, under the Welfare State

$39.00

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Identity Destabilised

Living in an Overheated World

by Thomas Hylland Eriksen, Elisabeth Schober

An international collection of ethnographic essays exploring the anthropology of the Anthropocene

$32.00

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Fetishism and Domination in Maragateria, Spain

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Extractive Industries in an Overheated World