Category: Culture and Society

Twenty-Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1900-1901 Part 1

By: Powell, J. W. , Ed. & Cyrus Thomas & Jesse Walter Fewkes

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Government Printing Office : 1904

Seller ID: 33235

Condition: Very Good+

Original green cloth covers are lightly worn at extremities, '22' has been written on the spine. Binding is tight, contents are excellent. Clean, no writing of any kind. 320pp. Edited by the great American explorer John Wesley Powell, who served as the director of the Bureau of Ethnology from 1879 to his death. . Report was issued in two physical volumes; this is Part 1 only. Includes brief descriptions of many works in progress and two complete lengthy papers," Mayan calendar systems" by Cyrus Thomas, and "Two summers' work in pueblo ruins," by Jesse Fewkes. This volume contains 82 plates in ...
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The Wave Principle of Human Social Behavior and the New Science of Socionomics

By: Prechter Jr., Robert R.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New Classics Library. : 1999

Seller ID: 31908

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket

No defects in book or jacket, the latter now protected by fresh mylar sleeve. A beautiful copy. . 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 463 pages. D3
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Changing Characteristics of the Negro Population

By: Price, Daniel

Price: $23.00

Publisher: U. S. Bureau of the Census : 1969

Seller ID: 30105

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Hardbound book with faded but readable spine, faint owner name stamp on first endpaper, "Duplicate" stamp on last endpaper. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. . First edition of a comprehensive empirical study of black Americans. It is not the later paperback reprint. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 259 pages. J4
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Newspapers in Community Service

By: Radder, Norman J.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Book Company : 1926

Seller ID: 27342

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

Small (1/16-inch) puncture/cut to middle of spine, no other defects. Pages are clean and crisp, the binding is tight and square; book appears unread. Bound in green cloth with bright gilt titles to spine. This is the first edition, hardcover. It is NOT an ebook or print-on-demand product. . In this age of declining newspaper readership and dying newspapers, this book describes the many ways in which newspapers play vital and valuable roles in American communities. Or did play, in increasingly many cases. . 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 269 pages. S6
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O Trabalho invisivel Estudos Sobre Trabalhadores a Domicilio No Brasil [The Invisible Work: Studies of Homemakers in Brazil]

By: Rangel De Paiva Abreu, Alice

Price: $31.50

Publisher: Rio Fundo Editora : 1993

Seller ID: 29555

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

Bound in red, blue, black and white wrappers that are rubbed, no other defects. Pages are clean and crisp, the binding is tight and square; book appears unread. . Contents are in Portuguese. . Portuguese Edition Series. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 132 pages. F4
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Proceedings of the 1959 Annual Spring Meeting of the American Ethnological Society: Intermediate Societies, Social Mobility, and Communication

By: Ray, Verna F. , Ed.

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Seattle. Seattle, American Ethnological Society : 1959

Seller ID: 22999

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Stapled paper covers are faded, foxed. . Pages are crisp, tight, unmarked. Nine papers on aspects of the subject. This is the true first edition of these proceedings, in stapled wraps. . 4to 11" - 13" tall. 74 pages. J0
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Wondering Into Thai Culture, Or, Thai Whys, and Otherwise

By: Redmond, Mont

Price: $21.50

Publisher: Redmondian Insight Enterprises : 1998

Seller ID: 29508

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

Slight rubbing to extremities of card covers, glue stain to back cover where a label was removed. Aside from these very minor defects, book is As New. Pages are clean and crisp, the binding is tight and square, spine is uncreased; book appears unread. . Thailand and Thai culture, and how they differ radically from Western life and culture. . Trade PB. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 271 pages. F3
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Traditional Healers and Childhood in Zimbabwe

By: Reynolds, Pamela

Price: $21.50

Publisher: Ohio University Press : 1995

Seller ID: 32018

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Fine with no dust jacket

No defects. Pages are clean and crisp, the binding is tight and square; book appears unread. . Includes a Bibliography, 16 Appendices, Glossary. . African Studies Series. Trade PB. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 183 pages. E2
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Anarchism: a Theoretical Analysis

By: Ritter, Alan

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Cambridge University Press : 1981

Seller ID: 31918

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine with no dust jacket

No defects. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. Bound in purple cloth with bright gilt titles to spine. . Author has included extensive Notes. . 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 196 pages. D4
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Who Can Speak? Authority and Critical Identity

By: Roof, Judith & Robyn Wiegman, Eds.

Price: $24.00

Publisher: University of Illinois Press : 1995

Seller ID: 32438

Binding: Paperback

Condition: New

New, no defects. . Fourteen papers treat aspects of the general topic. Index. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 264 pages. G4
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Political Parties and National Integration in Tropical Africa

By: Rosberg, Coleman, ed.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: University of California Press : 1966

Seller ID: 29485

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Very Good dust jacket

Dust jacket is rubbed, price-clipped, light edgewear, now protected by clear mylar sleeve. Book has no defects; pages are clean and crisp, the binding is tight and square; book appears unread. . Sixteen scholarly papers treat aspects of the general subject. Select bibliography, index. . Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. 730 pages. F2
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A Thesaurus of Slang

By: Rose, Howard N. , Comp.

Price: $31.50

Publisher: MacMillan : 1934

Seller ID: 29145

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Bound in red cloth, spine is mildly faded and soiled, titles are dulled, cover extremities are rubbed. Contents are excellent; binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. . Unlike most compilations of slang terms, this thesaurus is arranged into 14 subject categories, three of which have subcategories (Detective, Sports, and Theater). Within category or subcategory the arrangement is alphabetically by the English non-slang meaning of the term or terms, For example, Convict (n) : geezo, vic; All right (adj. ) : oke, okey-doke, aces-up, check. The intent of the author was to create a means b...
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Lo Stato Secolarizzato Nell'eta Post-Secolare

By: Rusconi, Gian Enrico

Price: $31.50

Publisher: Bologna. Bologna, Il Mulino : 2008

Seller ID: 29313

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

Book is bumped at one corner. Pages are clean and crisp, the binding is tight and square; book appears unread. . The secular state in the post-secular world. Fourteen papers on aspects of the general topic. Text is in Italian. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 337 pages. E2
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Literature and Society: Selected Papers from the English Institute, 1978;

By: Said, Professor Edward W.

Price: $31.50

Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press : 1980

Seller ID: 29462

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

No defects. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. . Eight papers treat aspects of the general subject. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 224 pages. F1
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Sex Roles in Muslim Families of the USA

By: Saud, Mahmoud Abu

Price: $21.50

Publisher: Self Published : 1979

Seller ID: 24131

Binding: Pamphlet

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

Sunning to top 2 inches of front cover, tag ghost, no other defects. Stapled booklet with card covers. . A Muslim explains his views concerning the roles of men and women in Muslim families living in the U. S. . 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 24 pages. C2
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The Dream of a New Social Order: Popular Magazines in America 1893-1914

By: Schneirov, Matthew

Price: $31.50

Publisher: Columbia University Press : 1994

Seller ID: 33150

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket

No defects in book or jacket, the latter now protected by fresh mylar sleeve. . 9.3 X 6.3 X 1.1 inches. 357 pages. L1
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Science & the Evolution of Public Policy

By: Shannon, James A, ed.

Price: $24.00

Publisher: Rockefeller Univ Press : 1980

Seller ID: 29483

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Blue cloth covers are rubbed at extremities with a few scuff marks. Owner name neatly penned to first endpaper. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. . More than thirty years old, but examines problems and issues just as important today as they ever were. Twelve scholarly papers treat aspects of the general subject, index. . 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 259 pages. F2
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Korean Society

By: Shon-Yong, Chun

Price: $26.50

Publisher: Seoul, Korea. Seoul, Korea, International Cultural Foundation : 1976

Seller ID: 29301

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket

Book covers are a little bumped at corners, lightly rubbed at edges. Bound in green cloth, the color of traditional Korean pottery; textured endpapers, silk bookmark bound in. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has light edgewear, clipped at all four corners, now protected by clear mylar sleeve. . Includes 8 pages of plates showing aspects of traditional Korean life, 8 papers plus Discussion. In English (the first half of the book) and Korean (the second half). A solid copy of the first edition. . Korean Culture Series Series. 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 350 pages. E2
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Elements of Rural Sociology

By: Sims, Newell Leroy

Price: $31.50

Publisher: NY. NY, Thomas Y. Crowell : 1928

Seller ID: 22436

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Navy blue cloth covers are mildly rubbed at extremities, gilt lettering on spine is bright. Ownership stamp on ffep. . A sociological text for a segment of the American population that is rapidly disappearing. As such, it can give valuable insights into the country life of rural America of more than 80 years ago. A comprehensive text, profusely illustrated with photographic plates of country life, tables and figures. Index. First edition. . 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 698 pages. H3
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Slotin Folk Art Auction Catalog: Delta Blues Meets Visual Blues

By: Slotin, Steve

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Slotin Auction : 2014

Seller ID: 30781

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fine

No defects. Pages are clean and crisp, the binding is tight and square; book appears unread. No marks or other defects. This is the catalog for an auction held April 26-27, 2014 in Buford, Georgia. . Four collections were at auction: the collections of Dr. Robert Bishop, Jay Johnson, Walter Glenn, and the Glitter family. A total of 1151 lots are described. This includes an estimated sale price and illustration in full color for each lot, nine or ten lots to a page. A beautiful copy. . 4to 11" - 13" tall. 139 pages. M1
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Category: Culture and Society