New Books

Anita Cohen-Williams (IACAGC@ASUVM.INRE.ASU.EDU)
Fri, 2 Jun 1995 13:07:20 -0700

This is actually two week's worth of material, so I have divided the list
into three parts. Part I is general, Part II covers the Pacific Islands, and
Part III covers American Indians.

PART I

Carsten, Janet and Stephen Hugh-Jones (editors). ABOUT THE HOUSE: LEVI-STRAUSS
AND BEYOND (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995). ISBN 0521-474213,
$65.60.

Dennett, Daniel C. DARWIN'S DANGEROUS IDEA: EVOLUTION AND THE MEANINGS OF LIFE
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995). ISBN 0-684-80290-2, $30.00.

Jolly, Margaret. WOMEN OF THE PLACE: KASTOM, COLONIALISM AND GENDER IN VANUATU
(Chur, Switzerland: Harwood Academic Publishers, 1994). ISBN 3-7186-5404-0,
$54.00.

Kellogg, Susan. LAW AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF AZTEC CULTURE, 1500-1700
(Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1995), ISBN 0-8061-2702-3, $34.50.

Maffi, Mario. GATEWAY TO THE PROMISED LAND: ETHNIC CULTURES IN NEW YORK'S
LOWER EAST SIDE (New York: New York University Press, 1995). Hardback - ISBN
0-8147-5509-7, $45.00; paperback ISBN 0-8147-5508-9, $17.50.

Newman, James L. THE PEOPLING OF AFRICA: A GEOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION (Yale
University Press, 1995). ISBN 0-300-06003-3, $30.00.

Newson, Linda A. LIFE AND DEATH IN EARLY COLONIAL ECUADOR (Norman: University
of Oklahoma, 1995). ISBN 0-8061-2697-3, $45.00.

Smith, Neil, and Ianthi-Maria Tsimpli. THE MIND OF A SAVANT: LANGUAGE,
LEARNING AND MODULARITY (Oxford: Blackwell, 1995). ISBN 0631-190163, $65.60.

Zha, Jianying. CHINA POP: HOW SOAP OPERAS, TABLOIDS, AND BESTSELLERS ARE
TRANSFORMING A CULTURE (New York: New Press/W.W. Norton, 1995). ISBN
1-565-84249-9, $20.00.

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