On these pages you will find information on the Routledge list which covers Childhood Anthropology, Environmental Anthropology, Ethnicity, Ethnography & Methodology, Gender, Globalisation, Indigenous Peoples, Regional Anthropology and Social & Cultural Anthropology
There is also information on books for students, series, and the latest news and events.
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This book examines the economy of sharing in a variety of social and political contexts around the world, with consideration given to the role of sharing in relation to social order and social change, political power, group formation, individual networks and concepts of personhood. Widlok advocates…
Paperback – 2016-10-06
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Critical Topics in Contemporary Anthropology
This accessible book introduces the story of ‘social science’, with coverage of history, politics, economics, sociology, psychology, anthropology, and geography. Key questions include: How and why did the social sciences originate and differentiate? How are they related to older traditions…
Paperback – 2016-09-13
Routledge
This book demonstrates the value of ethnographic theory and methods in understanding space and place, and considers how ethnographically-based spatial analyses can yield insight into prejudices, inequalities and social exclusion as well as offering people the means for understanding the places…
Hardback – 2016-09-05
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Evolution is among the most central and most contested of ideas in the history of anthropology. This book charts the fortunes of the idea from the mid-nineteenth century to recent times. By comparing biological, historical, and anthropological approaches to the study of human culture and social…
Paperback – 2016-07-13
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Routledge Classic Texts in Anthropology
This book examines the relationship between media and medicine, considering the fundamental role of news coverage in constructing wider cultural understandings of health and disease. The authors advance the notion of ‘biomediatization’ and demonstrate how health knowledge is co-produced through…
Paperback – 2016-05-27
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This volume traces the complex reasons behind the disturbing discrepancy between the health and well-being of children in mainstream Australia and those in remote Indigenous communities. Invaluably informed by Boulton’s close working knowledge of Aboriginal communities, the book addresses growth…
Paperback – 2016-05-12
Routledge
As organizations grow increasingly complex and unpredictable, the topic of proactivity at work has become of great importance for contemporary workplaces. Proactivity drives performance and innovation of teams and organizations and boosts individuals’ well-being and careers. When individuals are…
Paperback – 2016-12-03
Routledge
Organization and Management Series
Anthropology of Religion in a Globalizing World focuses on religions and belief systems in a global, multi-cultural, popular, and constantly transforming world. Today’s cultural groups exist across national borders and ethnic boundaries, and their religious ideologies rapidly adapt and follow suit.…
Paperback – 2016-12-02
Routledge
Everyone experiences pain, whether it’s emotional or physical, chronic or acute. Pain is part of what it means to be human, and so an understanding of how we relate to it as individuals - as well as cultures and societies - is fundamental to who we are. In this important new book, the first in…
Paperback – 2016-11-29
Routledge
Critical Approaches to Health
Routledge is pleased to announce that we've made a selection of anthropology textbooks completely free to view online until October 31st, 2016.
Please take some time to browse our offerings for your upcoming courses!
Are you planning to use the new edition of Karen Strier's Primate Behavioral Ecology in an upcoming primate behavior course? View the updated Table of Contents for the 5th edition now.
Co-author of Making Health Public Charles Briggs recently appeared on KPFA Against the Grain to discuss the themes of his recent book with host C.S Soong.
Sheena Nahm and Cortney Hughes Rinker, the co-editors of Applied Anthropology, explain how anthropology can be applied in the most unexpected spaces.
Max Novick acquires research monographs in the areas of anthropology, history, and sociology. His list tends to focus on women’s and gender studies, race and ethnic studies, science and technology, environment, social theory, and research methods, but is not limited to these subjects.
Katherine Ong has responsibility for developing the Routledge Anthropology publishing programme. She commissions a broad range of books for students and academics, from scholarly research volumes to core textbooks. The titles on her list cover all areas of socio-cultural (including medical), linguistic, and biological anthropology, as well as theory and methods. Key series include Routledge Handbooks and Critical Topics in Contemporary Anthropology.
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