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Suggested Anthropology Texts

Fancy learning more about our world? Keen on reading about the study of us - human beings, and our diverse peoples and societies - past and present? These books represent a sample of essential anthropology texts. Hope they pique your interest.
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Imagined Communities (Benedict Anderson)
Imagined Communities
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Benedict Anderson
Voyage of Rediscovery: Cultural Odyssey Through Polynesia (Ben Finney)
Voyage of Rediscovery: Cultural Odyssey Through Polynesia
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Ben Finney
Dear White Anthropology Grad Students: A "How To" Guide for Successfully Interacting With Students O (Bailey J Duhe)
Dear White Anthropology Grad Students: A "How To" Guide for Successfully Interacting With Students O
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Bailey J Duhe
Bronsilaw Malinowski - Argonauts of the Western Pacific
Bronsilaw Malinowski - Argonauts of the Western Pacific
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The Study of Ethnomusicology: Twenty-Nine Issues and Concepts (Bruno Nettl)
The Study of Ethnomusicology: Twenty-Nine Issues and Concepts
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Bruno Nettl
Anthropology for Dummies (Cameron Smith)
Anthropology for Dummies
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Cameron Smith
Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes (Carl Waldman)
Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes
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Carl Waldman
Nature, Culture and Gender (Carol P. MacCormack, Marilyn Strathern (Eds))
Nature, Culture and Gender
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Carol P. MacCormack, Marilyn Strathern (Eds)
Savage Life in New Guinea: The Papuan in Many Moods (Charles Abel)
Savage Life in New Guinea: The Papuan in Many Moods
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Charles Abel
Small Museum Toolkit (Ed. Cinnamon Catlin-Legutko and Stacy Klingler)
Small Museum Toolkit
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Ed. Cinnamon Catlin-Legutko and Stacy Klingler
Our Origins: Discovering Physical Anthropology (Clark Spencer Larsen)
Our Origins: Discovering Physical Anthropology
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Clark Spencer Larsen
Mythologiques (Claude Levi-Strauss)
Mythologiques
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Claude Levi-Strauss
La Pensee Sauvage (Claude Levi-Strauss)
La Pensee Sauvage
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Claude Levi-Strauss
Structural Anthropology (Claude Lévi-Strauss)
Structural Anthropology
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Claude Lévi-Strauss
Tristes Tropiques (Claude Lévi-Strauss)
Tristes Tropiques
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Claude Lévi-Strauss
The Interpretation of Cultures (Clifford Geertz)
The Interpretation of Cultures
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Clifford Geertz
Local Knowledge: Further Essays in Interpretive Anthropology (Clifford Geertz)
Local Knowledge: Further Essays in Interpretive Anthropology
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Clifford Geertz
The Forest People (Colin Turnbull)
The Forest People
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Colin Turnbull
Mirror for Humanity: A Concise Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (Conrad Phillip Kottak)
Mirror for Humanity: A Concise Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
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Conrad Phillip Kottak
Structuralism: An Introduction (D Robey (Ed))
Structuralism: An Introduction
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D Robey (Ed)
Handbook of Native American Mythology (Dawn E. Bastian & Judy K. Mitchell)
Handbook of Native American Mythology
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Dawn E. Bastian & Judy K. Mitchell
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (Dee Brown)
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
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Dee Brown
Rethinking Women's Roles: Perspectives From the Pacific (Denise O'Brien, Sharon Tiffany (Eds))
Rethinking Women's Roles: Perspectives From the Pacific
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Denise O'Brien, Sharon Tiffany (Eds)
Evolution of Papua New Guinean Societies (Dk Feil)
Evolution of Papua New Guinean Societies
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Dk Feil
Primitive Culture (Eb Tylor)
Primitive Culture
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Eb Tylor
Political Systems Highland Burma (E R Leach)
Political Systems Highland Burma
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E R Leach
In Spite of the Gods (Edward Luce)
In Spite of the Gods
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Edward Luce
Orientalism (Edward W. Said)
Orientalism
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Edward W. Said
Selected Writings in Language, Culture and Personality (Edward Sapir)
Selected Writings in Language, Culture and Personality
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Edward Sapir
Beyond Culture (Edward T. Hall)
Beyond Culture
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Edward T. Hall
The Nuer: A Description of the Modes of Livelihood and Political Institutions of a Nilotic People (EE Evans-Pritchard)
The Nuer: A Description of the Modes of Livelihood and Political Institutions of a Nilotic People
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EE Evans-Pritchard
Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic Among the Azande (Ee Evans-Pritchard)
Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic Among the Azande
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Ee Evans-Pritchard
The Elementary Forms of Religious Life (Émile Durkheim)
The Elementary Forms of Religious Life
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Émile Durkheim
Europe and the People Without History (Eric R. Wolf)
Europe and the People Without History
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Eric R. Wolf
The Age of Wild Ghosts (Erik Muggler)
The Age of Wild Ghosts
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Erik Muggler
The Land of Remorse: A Study of Southern Italian Tarantism (Ernesto De Martino)
The Land of Remorse: A Study of Southern Italian Tarantism
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Ernesto De Martino
Mother Camp: Female Impersonators in America (Esther Newton)
Mother Camp: Female Impersonators in America
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Esther Newton
Political Order and Political Decay (Francis Fukuyama)
Political Order and Political Decay
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Francis Fukuyama
The Mind of Primitive Man (Franz Boas)
The Mind of Primitive Man
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Franz Boas
Primitive Art (Franz Boas)
Primitive Art
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Franz Boas
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