Culture & Anthropology

Culture & Anthropology
Used Travel books on culture and anthropology.

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A FIELD GUIDE EVANGELICALS AND THEIR HABITAT Joel Kilpatrick (USA)
A FIELD GUIDE EVANGELICALS AND THEIR HABITAT is a funny book poking a little fun on North American conservative Christian culture.

Price: AUD $7.00

ABORIGINAL DARWIN A guide to exploring important sites of the past & present by Toni Bauman
A scarce guide to indigenous Darwin. This is a used travel book in good condition: clean with light reading wear and age. See photos for cover blurb and sample page(s). The book in the photos is the actual book you will receive - we never use stock pictures - enjoy!

Price: AUD $9.00

AFROCUBA Edited by Pedro Perez Sarduy and Jean Stubbs - An Anthology of Cuban Writing on Race, Politics and Culture
Afrocuba is an anthology of writing exploring the black experience in Cuba.

Price: AUD $9.00

ALPHAVILLE Michael Codella and Bruce Bennett - New York 1988: Welcome to Heroin City (USA)
ALPHAVILLE: an interesting looking book on New York, a true crime book about the drug-ridden 1980's in Alphabet City, a notorious neighbourhood in Manhattan.

Price: AUD $12.00

ANNE OF GREEN GABLES VS G.I. JOE Allan Gould - Friendly Fire Between Canada and the U.S.
ANNE OF GREEN GABLES VS GI JOE: In echoes of Michael Moore's Bowling for Columbine, Allan Gould humorously defines the differences between Canadians and Americans.

Price: AUD $10.00

BAD GIRLS OF JAPAN edited by Laura Miller and Jan Bardsley
BAD GIRLS OF JAPAN: a scarce book on Japanese culture. Book has some faults condition-wise but it's rare and cheap.

Price: AUD $8.00

BANGKOK PEOPLE by James Eckardt
Bangkok People is an excellent read for anybody into Thailand and Thai culture. Bangkok People provides a portrait of Bangkok citizens from all walks of life: from slum dwellers and street vendors to socialites and business tycoons.

Price: AUD $14.00

BEHIND THE SMILE The Working Lives of Caribbean Tourism by George Gmelch
A very hard to find behind the scenes look at mass tourism in the Caribbean. This is a used travel book in good condition: nice and clean with light corner and edge wear; pages are nice and clean and ageing lightly; some rubbed-out bookseller pencil marks on the first page. See photos for cover blurb and sample page(s). The book in the photos is the actual book you will receive - we never use stock pictures - enjoy!

Price: AUD $12.00

BEHIND THE SMILE Voices of Thailand by Sanitsuda Ekachai
A scarce and interesting book on life through the eyes of Thai villagers. This is a used travel book in good, read, ageing condition: light foxing on end pages and inside cover; name inscription and small stain on first page; pages otherwise nice and white and clean with a little corner wear; cover shows wear to edges and general age. See photos for cover blurb and sample page(s). The book in the photos is the actual book you will receive - we never use stock pictures - enjoy!

Price: AUD $9.00

BRINGING HOME THE SUSHI Laura Silverman - An Inside Look at Japanese Business Through Japanese Culture
Bringing Home the Sushi takes a look at Japanese business culture in a way that only comics can. A great read for anybody off to Japan for a working holiday.

Price: AUD $10.00

BROKEN BANGLES Hanifa Deen (Bangladesh Pakistan)
BROKEN BANGLES: Hanifa Deen travelled through Bangladesh and Pakistan, meeting and talking to Muslim women. She focuses on a young Bangladesh woman who was brutally raped and murdered. Her inside view into the uproar resulting from this murder make this work part detective story and part armchair travel.

Price: AUD $8.00

BROWN AMERICANS OF ASIA Renato Perdon
A scarce book on the Philippines and Filipino culture.

Price: AUD $10.00

BUKRA INSHA ALLAH A Look into Sudanese Culture by Ellen Ismail
A scarce and interesting primer on Sudanese culture. Book is in good condition with clean white pages, light reading wear to corners. See photos for condition, cover blurb and sample pages - enjoy!

Price: AUD $9.00

BURY ME STANDING The Gypsies and Their Journey by Isabel
A scarce book on European Gypsies. This is a used book in crappy condition: creasing and wear to cover, spine and corners; pages are clean and tanning with age; owners name on first page. Looks rough but perfectly readable, scarce and cheap. See photos for cover blurb and sample page(s). The book in the photos is the actual book you will receive - we never use stock pictures - enjoy!

Price: AUD $5.00

CAJUN FOLKTALES J.J. Reneuax (USA)
CAJUN FOLKTALES: an acclaimed storyteller celebrates her Cajun culture.

Price: AUD $10.00

CHINA POP How Soap Operas, Tabloids and Bestsellers are Transforming China by Jianying Zha
Good, read condition with nice clean pages, some wear to corners. See photos for cover blurb and condition.

Price: AUD $8.00

CHINESE TAKEWAY Peter Dorney - Hilarious Culture Chaos as Aussie Teachers Take Up Work in Tropical Singapore
CHINESE TAKEAWAY is fun looking novel inspired by Singapore expat Peter Dorney's two decades of living in Southeast Asia.

Price: AUD $9.00

CHING CHONG CHINA GIRL Helene Chung - From Fruitshop to Foreign Correspondence (Australia / China)
CHING CHONG CHINA GIRL: Australian-born Chinese Helene Chung's autobiography, tracing her childhood in 1950's Tasmania to becoming the first non-white reporter on Australian TV and a foreign correspondent. This book is quite hard to find.

Price: AUD $15.00

COME ON SHORE AND WE WILL KILL YOU AND EAT YOU ALL Christina Thompson - An Unlikely Love Story (New Zealand)
COME ON SHORE AND WE WILL KILL YOU AND EAT YOU ALL: the story of cultural collision between Westerners and Maoris told partly by history and partly by the story of Christina's marriage to a Maori man.

Price: AUD $8.00

CULTURE SHOCK BAHRAIN Harvey & Margaret Tripp - A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette (Middle East)
CULTURE SHOCK BAHRAIN: With over three million copies in print, CultureShock! is a bestselling series of culture and etiquette guides covering countless destinations around the world.

Price: AUD $10.00