Books in the Key Questions in Anthropology series

In this engaging, thought-provoking book, Dwight Read explores the fundamental scientific debate about how culture and social organization separate humans from our primate cousins.

Shows that individual choices, from the fatal to the mundane, are fundamentally questions of culture - what it is, where it comes from, and the complex ways it changes and evolves.

Presents a bold challenge to the prevailing wisdom of 'the global AIDS industry' and offers an alternative framework for understanding what works in HIV prevention. This book is suitable for those working in HIV/AIDS prevention. It gives an introduction to the key controversies and approaches in global health and medical anthropology.

How could archaeology matter in the modern world? Archaeology studies the people of long ago and far away. This book points to ways in which archaeology is also relevant to the understanding and amelioration of modern problems. It is aimed at students and other prospective archaeologists.