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Cambridge University Press is one of the leading publishers in anthropology. Our publishing programme showcases the best in scholarship, with particular strengths in social, cultural, and linguistic anthropology.

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Hunter-Gatherer Adaptation and Resilience
Edited by Daniel H. Temple, Christopher M. Stojanowski

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The World through Roman Eyes
Edited by Maurizio Bettini, William Michael Short

Atelier d'Anthropologie Sociale
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Biosocial Society Symposium Series
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Cambridge Handbooks in Anthropology
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Cambridge Library Collection - Anthropology
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Cambridge Library Collection - Travel, Europe
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Cambridge Papers in Social Anthropology
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Cambridge Studies in Cultural Systems
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New Departures

Culture and Risky Behavior
16 June 2017, James McKellar
In contemporary western society, risky behavior by male adolescents is seen as maladaptive for the individual and a serious social problem. It may lead to injury...

The Ontological Turn
28 March 2017, James McKellar
Why did you give the book the title it has? Debates about a so-called ‘ontological turn’ have been rather raging in anthropology (and in neighbouring disciplines...

Luring Your Child into this Life of Troubled Times
10 February 2017, James McKellar
Babies everywhere are delivered, usually welcomed, and often celebrated . . . but in the Beng community of Côte d’Ivoire, they are also lured back into this...