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Book Cover for: The American, Franklin Ross

The American

Franklin Ross
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Congratulations to Dr. Simon Martin! His book, Ancient Maya Politics: A Political Anthropology of the Classic Period 150-900 CE has picked up a further award, the James Henry Breasted Prize from the American Historical Association. 🎉

Paperback, 2015

$6.97$3.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Cultivating Democracy: Politics and Citizenship in Agrarian India, Mukulika Banerjee

Cultivating Democracy: Politics and Citizenship in Agrarian India

Mukulika Banerjee
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Mark your calendars! 🗓️ April 7th - Cultivating Democracy: Politics and Citizenship in Agrarian India A Virtual Book Talk with the Author, Mukulika Banerjee https://t.co/OBrzH7lr4I @SouthAsiaCenter @CASIPenn https://t.co/hkn9sjdXSf

Paperback, 2021

$34.99$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Ancient Maya Politics, Simon Martin

Ancient Maya Politics

Simon Martin
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Congratulations to Dr. Simon Martin! His book, Ancient Maya Politics: A Political Anthropology of the Classic Period 150-900 CE has picked up a further award, the James Henry Breasted Prize from the American Historical Association. 🎉

Paperback, 2022

$37.99$19.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Historical Archaeology: A Guide to Substantive and Theoretical Contributions, Robert Schuyler

Historical Archaeology: A Guide to Substantive and Theoretical Contributions

Robert Schuyler
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We are sad to hear of the passing of Dr. Robert Schuyler on May 13th. Dr. Schuyler was with our department since 1979. He was an advocate of historical archaeology being an integral part of general anthropology & for a cultural evolutionary approach to understanding human history https://t.co/gLLm0nTSRc

Paperback, 1978

$140.00$115.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
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Book Cover for: The American, Henry James

The American

Henry James
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Congratulations to Dr. Simon Martin! His book, Ancient Maya Politics: A Political Anthropology of the Classic Period 150-900 CE has picked up a further award, the James Henry Breasted Prize from the American Historical Association. 🎉

Paperback, 2009

$12.95$6.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: A Landscape of War: Ecologies of Resistance and Survival in South Lebanon, Munira Khayyat

A Landscape of War: Ecologies of Resistance and Survival in South Lebanon

Munira Khayyat
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Join us on Monday, 4/17 @ 12pm in Penn Museum room 345 for our next colloquium with Munira Khayyat of @AUC ! "A Landscape of War" https://t.co/7sNFVa3Wdz

Paperback, 2022

$29.95$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Horizon Work: At the Edges of Knowledge in an Age of Runaway Climate Change, Adriana Petryna

Horizon Work: At the Edges of Knowledge in an Age of Runaway Climate Change

Adriana Petryna
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Congratulations to Penn Anthro’s Prof Adriana Petryna, whose book Horizon Work received the 2022 Diana Forsythe Prize, which “exemplifies the spirit of feminist anthropological research on work, science, or technology, including biomedicine.” 🎉👏 https://t.co/YHAhnCCJPp https://t.co/zetzqURCym

Paperback, 2024

$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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