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Anthropology Guide

Books

Title Author Call# Book Cover
Coffee Culture: Local Experiences, Global Connections Tucker, Catherine M. GT 2918 .T83 2011 Coffee Culture: Local Experiences, Global Connections
Concise Dictionary of Social and Cultural Anthropology Morris, Mike. GN 307 .M67 2012 Concise Dictionary of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Making Sense: A Student’s Guide to Research and Writing Northey, Margot. LB 2369 N67 2018 Making Sense: A Student’s Guide to Research and Writing
Anthropology: What Does It Mean to Be Human? Lavenda, Robert H. QD 31.3 .C436 2015 Anthropology: What Does It Mean to Be Human?
Cultural Anthropology: A Reader for a Global Age Guest, Kenneth J. GN 316 .G836 2018 Cultural Anthropology: A Reader for a Global Age
Cultural Anthropology: Asking Questions About Humanity Welsch, Robert L. GN 316 .W47 2015 Cultural Anthropology: Asking Questions About Humanity
The Field Journal for Cultural Anthropology Bodoh-Creed, Jessica. GN 316 .B65 2020 The Field Journal for Cultural Anthropology
Cultural Anthropology: Contemporary, Public, and Critical Readings Brondo, Keri V. GN 316 .B78 2017 Cultural Anthropology: Contemporary, Public, and Critical Readings
Anthropology: Appreciating Human Diversity Kottak, Conrad P. GN 316 K638 2013 Anthropology: Appreciating Human Diversity
Cultural Anthropology Nanda, Serena. GN 316 .N36 2014 Cultural Anthropology
An Introduction to Intercultural Communication: Identities in a Global Community Jandt, Fred E. GN 345 .J43 2013 An Introduction to Intercultural Communication: Identities in a Global Community
Cultural Anthro Robbins, Richard H. GN 316 .R63 2014 Cultural Anthro
Through the Lens of Anthropology: An Introduction to Human Evolution and Culture Muckle, Robert J. GN 25 M835 2015 Through the Lens of Anthropology: An Introduction to Human Evolution and Culture

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E-Books

These e-Books are available in the online library collection. Click the title to access the resource.

Handbooks

Handbooks provide information resources about anthropology, and guides about conducting anthropological research.

What are Qualitative Research Ethics? By Rose Wiles

What are Qualitative Research Ethics? is a short open access eBook to research ethics is qualitative research. It can be read or downloaded here.

21st Century Anthropology: A Reference Handbook edited by H. J. Birx

21st Century Anthropology is a two-volume handbook contains authoritative summaries for topics within anthropology. It can be found on campus, under the call number GN 25 .A144 2010.

Qualitative Data Analysis by Matthew B. Miles

Qualitative Data Analysis is a guide to data analysis for the social sciences. It can be found on campus, under the call number H 62 .M437 1994.

Keywords

When looking for resources related to ANTH, try some of these keywords in your searching :

Sample search: kinship AND language AND Africa

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Resources

Open access resources are resources that are available to everyone for free online. Links here will lead to sites where you can download textbooks or access journals related to anthropology.

Perspectives: An Open Invitation to Cultural Anthropology by Society for Anthropology in Community Colleges

Perspectives is an open access textbook for teachers and students of anthropology. You can download it here.

The History of Our Tribe: Hominini by Barbara Welker

History of our Tribe is designed as a textbook for a course on Human Evolution but can also serve as an introductory text for relevant sections of courses in Biological or General Anthropology or general interest. It is both a comprehensive technical reference for relevant terms, theories, methods, and species and an overview of the people, places, and discoveries. You can download it here.

The Guardian (UK)

Latest News in Anthropology by The Guardian (UK).

Anthro{dendum}

A group blog devoted to ‘doing anthropology in public’ — providing well-written relevant discussion of sociocultural anthropology that everyone will find accessible. Visit Anthro{dendum} .

How to Cite

Citing references and sources in anthropology requires using the American Anthropological Association (AAA) Style. For more information, please visit the AAA Style Guide Website.

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Alexander College acknowledges that the land on which we usually gather is the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Coast Salish peoples, including the territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. We are grateful to have the opportunity to work in this territory.

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