Anthropology - Oxford Bibliographies
Boas, Franz
Vernon J. Williams
Subject: Anthropology »
Date Added: 2012-01-11
Franz Boas Introduction Franz Boas was a scholar, professional, and activist who almost single-handedly transformed American anthropology from ...
Bone Histology
Sam D. Stout, Timothy P. Gocha, Mary Beth Cole, Amanda M. Agnew
Subject: Anthropology »
Date Added: 2016-09-28
Bone HistologyIntroductionSkeletal analysis is integral to research in biological anthropology, especially in fields such as forensic anthropology, bi...
Bureaucracy
Colin Hoag
Subject: Anthropology »
Date Added: 2019-02-27
BureaucracyIntroductionThe term "bureaucracy" refers broadly to administration and official procedure in states, corporations, and other complex organ...
Business Anthropology
Marietta L. Baba, Christine Heyes LaBond
Subject: Anthropology »
Date Added: 2012-01-11
Business AnthropologyIntroductionBusiness refers to an institutional field comprised of privately and publicly owned firms, public organizational enti...
Capitalism
Donald Robotham
Subject: Anthropology »
Date Added: 2014-06-30
Capitalism Introduction The study of capitalism covers a wide range of issues from the economic to the civilizational which can easily overwhe...
Cargo Cults
Lamont Lindstrom
Subject: Anthropology »
Date Added: 2013-06-25
Cargo Cults Introduction When the Second World War ended in 1945, anthropologists resumed their studies of Pacific Island societies with new i...
Caribbean
Aisha Khan
Subject: Anthropology »
Date Added: 2013-06-25
Caribbean Introduction The Caribbean region, also at times referred to as the Atlantic World, consists of populations residing in the islands ...
Caste
Deepa Reddy
Subject: Anthropology »
Date Added: 2016-08-30
CasteIntroductionCaste has been the subject of curiosity, debate, protest, investigation, reform, and outrage for over a century, and stands still as ...
Charles Sanders Peirce and Anthropological Theory
Mark A. Sicoli, Matthew Wolfgram
Subject: Anthropology »
Date Added: 2018-06-27
Charles Sanders Peirce and Anthropological TheoryIntroductionThe American philosopher Charles Sanders Peirce (b. 1839–d. 1914) has had a profound, exp...
Childhood Studies
Helen B. Schwartzman
Subject: Anthropology »
Date Added: 2019-03-27
Childhood StudiesIntroductionAnthropologists writing in the late 19th and early 20th century did not consider children to be a central focus of their ...
Christianity, Anthropology of
Simon Coleman
Subject: Anthropology »
Date Added: 2013-10-29
Anthropology of Christianity Introduction Anthropologists have studied examples of Christian worship ever since the early days of the discipli...
Citizenship
Sian Lazar
Subject: Anthropology »
Date Added: 2019-08-28
CitizenshipIntroductionAt its most fundamental, citizenship means political belonging, and to study citizenship is to study how we live with others in...
Clinical Trials
Salla Sariola
Subject: Anthropology »
Date Added: 2020-03-25
Clinical TrialsIntroductionClinical trials are tests of safety and efficacy for drugs, vaccines, and diagnostics. Methods by with which trials are con...
Cobb, William Montague
Rachel Watkins
Subject: Anthropology »
Date Added: 2013-05-28
William Montague Cobb Introduction William Montague Cobb (b. 12 October 1904–d. 20 November 1990) was the first African American to receive a ...
Code-switching and Multilingualism
Jenanne K. Ferguson
Subject: Anthropology »
Date Added: 2018-02-22
Code-switching and MultilingualismIntroductionOne of the central discussions in studies of multilingual communities and societies has been how to clas...
Cognitive Anthropology
Giovanni Bennardo
Subject: Anthropology »
Date Added: 2013-09-30
Cognitive Anthropology Introduction Cognitive anthropology is the study of human cognition in cultural and cross-cultural contexts. Cognition i...
Cole, Johnnetta
Marla Frederick
Subject: Anthropology »
Date Added: 2015-01-15
Johnnetta Cole Introduction Best known as America’s “Sister President,” anthropologist Johnnetta Betsch Cole is a scholar/activist who has ded...
Colonialism
Oren Kroll-Zeldin
Subject: Anthropology »
Date Added: 2016-06-28
ColonialismIntroductionFew topics in the discipline of anthropology are as important, and controversial, as colonialism. The historical origins of ant...
Commodities
Jennifer Patico
Subject: Anthropology »
Date Added: 2013-06-25
CommoditiesIntroductionThe anthropology of commodities has a significant history, although it has picked up pace and intensity since the 1980s. Commod...
Consumerism
Jo Littler
Subject: Anthropology »
Date Added: 2012-11-21
Consumerism Introduction “Consumerism” is a word with multiple meanings and histories. To begin with, it is frequently conflated with “consump...
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