Anthropology News

House of Mourning: A Biocultural History of the Mountain Meadows Massacre

December 31, 2008

The Truths Behind the Myth of Harriet Tubman

June 23, 2008
Harriet Tubman is an American heroine, but her life story is shrouded in myth and exaggeration. Thanks to the work of Maxwell faculty members and students, the genuine contributions of Tubman’s life are coming to light.

See related: Human Rights, New York State, Race & Ethnicity, State & Local, Student Experience

Sudan: Race, Religion and Violence

December 31, 2007

See related: Africa (Sub-Saharan), Race & Ethnicity, Religion

Essays on North Indian Folk Traditions

December 31, 2005

See related: South Asia

In the Beginning: An Introduction to Archaeology, 11th Edition

December 31, 2005

Dangerous Liaisons: Anthropologists and the National Security State

December 31, 2004

Raja Nal and the Goddess: The North India Epic Dhala in Performance

December 31, 2004

Blood and Voice: Navajo Women Ceremonial Practitioners

December 31, 2003

Creole Transformation from Slavery to Freedom

December 31, 2003

Contesting Agriculture: Cooperativism and Privatization in the New Eastern Germany

December 31, 2002

See related: Agriculture

Landlords and Lodgers: Socio-Spatial Organization in an Accra Community

December 31, 2002

See related: Africa (Sub-Saharan)

Doing Fieldwork: The Correspondence of Robert Redfield and Sol Tax, Revised Edition

December 31, 2001

Navajo Lifeways: Contemporary Issues, Ancient Knowledge

December 31, 2001

War and Slavery in Sudan

December 31, 2001

See related: Africa (Sub-Saharan), Human Rights

An Archaeology of Elmina: Africans and Europeans on the Gold Coast, 1400-1900

December 31, 2001

Behind Mud Walls: Seventy Five Tears in a North Indian Village

December 31, 2000

The Record of the Past: An Introduction to Archaeology and Physical Anthropology

December 31, 2000

Militarization, Gender and Reproductive Health in South Sudan

December 31, 1998

See related: Africa (Sub-Saharan), Health Policy, Parenting & Family

What Women Want—What Men Want: Why the Sexes Still See Love and Commitment So Differently

December 31, 1998

Molded in the Image of Changing Women: Navajo Views on the Human Body and Personhood

December 31, 1997

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