Online reference library providing access to a large number of encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri and other reference books. Subjects covered include anthropology and sociology, art, biography, history, literature, music, religion, science, and technology.
"Comprises more than 400 entries, providing concise, authoritative definitions for a range of concepts, important intellectual figures, and findings. Entries include adaptation and kinship, scientific racism, and writing culture, providing its readers with a wide-ranging overview of the subject"--Description from Oxford University Press.
"Presents a state of the art overview of the subject--its methodologies, current debates, history, and future. It will provide the ultimate source of authoritative, critical descriptions of all the key aspects of the discipline as well as a consideration of the general state of the discipline at a time when there is notable uncertainty about its foundations, composition, and direction. Divided into five core sections, the Handbook: examines the changing theoretical and analytical orientations that have led to new ways of carrying out research; presents an analysis of the traditional historical core and how the discipline has changed since 1980; considers the ethnographic regions where work has had the greatest impact on anthropology as a whole; outlines the people and institutions that are the context in which the discipline operates, covering topics from research funding to professional ethics. Bringing together leading international scholars, the Handbook provides a guide to the latest research in social and cultural anthropology. Presenting a systematic overview--and offering a wide range of examples, insights and analysis"--Description from the publisher.
"Written by leading scholars in the field, this comprehensive and readable resource gives anthropology students a unique guide to the ideas, arguments and history of the discipline. Combining anthropological theory and ethnography, it includes 275 substantial entries, over 300 short biographies of important figures in anthropology, and nearly 600 glossary items"--Description from the publisher.
Dictionary of Cultural Anthropology [e-book] by 
Handbook of Sociocultural Anthropology [e-book] by 
Routledge Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology [e-book] by