Local Knowledge
by Clifford Geertz | 
In Search of the Primitive
by Stanley Diamond | 
The Harmless People
by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas | 
Cannibals and Kings
by Marvin Harris |
The Imperial Animal
by Lionel Tiger | 
The Gift
by Marcel Mauss | 
Culture and Commitment
by Margaret Mead | 
Patterns of Culture
by Ruth Benedict | 
The Mountain People
by Colin M. Turnbull | 
Argonauts of the Western Pacific
by Bronislaw Malinowski | 
Coming of Age in Samoa
by Margaret Mead | 
The Interpretation of Cultures
by Clifford Geertz | 
Cows, Pigs, Wars, and Witches
by Marvin Harris | 
The Old Way
by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas | 
Yanomamo
by Napoleon A. Chagnon | 
A World Without Women
by David F. Noble | 
The Forest People
by Colin M. Turnbull | 
Neanderthal Man
by Svante Paabo | 
Dead Wake
by Erik Larson | 
The Death and Life of Great American Cities
by Jane Jacobs |
This re-examination of the Trobrianders of Papua New Guinea, the people described in Malinowski's classic ethnographic work of the early 20th century, provides a balanced view of the society from a male and female perspective, including coverage of new discoveries about the importance of woman's work and wealth in the society.