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1. The Social Anthropology of Radcliffe-Brown

   Edited by Adam Kuper

   This is the first collection of Radcliffe-Brown's work chosen to represent his books as well as his essays. It includes some classic pieces, and also one or two lesser-known items. Radcliffe-Brown was a pioneer who established structural, sociological anthropology, in the face of the entrenched...

   To Be Published September 29th 2013 by Routledge
2. The Social Anthropology of Radcliffe-Brown

   Edited by Adam Kuper

   This is the first collection of Radcliffe-Brown's work chosen to represent his books as well as his essays. It includes some classic pieces, and also one or two lesser-known items. Radcliffe-Brown was a pioneer who established structural, sociological anthropology, in the face of the entrenched...

   Published December 1st 2010 by Routledge
3. The Social Science Encyclopedia

   3rd Edition

   Edited by Adam Kuper, Jessica Kuper

   The Social Science Encyclopedia, first published in 1985 to acclaim from social scientists, librarians and students, was thoroughly revised in 1996, when reviewers began to describe it as a classic. This third edition has been radically recast. Over half the entries are new or have been entirely...

   Published November 23rd 2008 by Routledge
4. The Reinvention of Primitive Society

   Transformations of a Myth, 2nd Edition

   By Adam Kuper

   The Invention of Primitive Society, Adam Kuper’s best selling critique of ideas about the origins of society and religion that have been much debated since Darwin, has been hugely influential in anthropology and post-colonial studies. This topical new edition, entitled The Reinvention of...

   Published June 22nd 2005 by Routledge
5. The Social Science Encyclopedia

   2nd Edition

   Edited by Adam Kuper

   The Social Science Encyclopedia, first published in 1985 to acclaim from social scientists, librarians and students, was thoroughly revised in 1996, when reviewers began to describe it as a classic. This third edition has been radically recast. Over half the entries are new or have been entirely...

   Published April 23rd 2003 by Routledge
6. Anthropology and Anthropologists

   The Modern British School, 3rd Edition

   By Adam Kuper

   On its first publication in 1973 Adam Kuper's entertaining history of half a century of British social anthropology provoked strong reactions. But his often irreverent account soon established itself as one of the introductions to anthropology.Since the second revised edition was published in 1983,...

   Published April 10th 1996 by Routledge
7. Conceptualizing Society

   Edited by Adam Kuper

   Series: European Association of Social Anthropologists

   The first collection of papers taken from the first conference of the EASA, discussing the various models at the disposal of the modern ethnographer. Offers a lively account of the state of general theory in social anthropology today....

   Published July 1st 1992 by Routledge