Suggested Readings
This range of books covers the different aspects of
Anthropology but there are many others which are equally appropriate.
Biological Anthropology:
- Boyd, R. & Silk Joan. How Humans Evolved. Norton & Co. 1997, 2000 (2nd ed)
- Dawkins, Richard. The Selfish Gene. Oxford University Press, 1976/1989.
- Diamond Jared. Guns, Germs & Steel. London, Vintage 1998
- Diamond, Jared. The Rise and Fall of the Third Chimpanzee. London Vintage, 1992
- Dunbar Robin, Barrett Louise. Cousins: Our primate relatives. London BBC Worldwide, 2000
- Fleagle, J. G. Primate Adaption and Evolution. Academic Press, 1999
- Jones, Steve. The Language of the Genes: Biology, history and the evolutionary future. Flamingo, 2000
- McKie Robin. Apeman: the story of Human Evolution. London BBC Worldwide, 2000
Material Culture:
- Banerjee, M and Miller, D The Sari 2003
- Basu. P. Highland Homecomings 2006
- Buchli, V. The Material Culture Reader 2002
- Küchler, S and Were, G Pacific Pattern 2005
- Pinney, C. Photos of the Gods 2004
- Woodward, I. Understanding Material Culture 2007
- Miller, D. The Comfort of Things 2008
- Tilley. C. Metaphor and Material Culture 1999
Social and Cultural Anthropology:
- Armstrong, Gary & Giulianotti, Richard (eds). Entering the Field: New Perspectives on World Football. Oxford, Berg, 1997.
- Eriksen, Thomas Hylland. Small Places, Large Issues: An introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology. London, Pluto Press, 2001
- Gardner, Katy. Songs at the River's Edge: Stories from a Bangladeshi Village. London, Pluto Press, 1997.
- Keesing, Roger and Strathern, Andrew. Cultural Anthropology: a Contemporary Perspective. London, Harcourt Brace, 1998.
- Weiner, Annette. The Trobrianders of Papua New Guinea. New York, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1988.
