Welcome to our Area Studies publishing program.
Take a look inside at teaching and learning tools that:

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Browse our titles for Area Studies courses by selecting from the topic links below.

North American Indians

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The State of the Native Nations

Conditions under U.S. Policies of Self-Determination
The Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development
ISBN13: 9780195301267ISBN10: 0195301269 Paperback , 448 pages
May 2007,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$39.95 (04)
In this volume, The Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development brings together scholars and Native leaders to produce the most comprehensive and cohesive interdisciplinary study available on current conditions and trends in Indian Country.
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Native American Architecture

Peter Nabokov and Robert Easton
ISBN13: 9780195066654ISBN10: 0195066650 Paperback , 432 pages
Oct 1990,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$59.95 (01)
"Extraordinary....A visual and narrative tour de force."--Parabola
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A Native American Encyclopedia

History, Culture, and Peoples
Barry M. Pritzker
ISBN13: 9780195138979ISBN10: 019513897X Paperback , 624 pages
Oct 2000,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$99.00 (06)
The first and primary reference source for those interested in learning about North American Indians--covering over 200 groups in all
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This Land Was Theirs

A Study of Native North Americans
Ninth Edition
Wendell H Oswalt
ISBN13: 9780195367409ISBN10: 0195367405 Paperback , 544 pages
Oct 2008,  In Stock

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$84.95 (04)
Now in its ninth edition, this is the only book that includes current information based on the author's recent visits to each tribal group.
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American Indian Ethnic Renewal

Red Power and the Resurgence of Identity and Culture
Joane Nagel
ISBN13: 9780195120639ISBN10: 0195120639 Paperback , 320 pages
Aug 1997,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$45.00 (04)
"A well-researched and balanced discussion of the influence of Red Power has been sorely overdue. Joane Nagel's book provides that reasoned voice....This groundbreaking and highly readable book [is] suitable for students and scholars interested in social movements, ethnic politics, and contemporary American Indian life."--Sociological Inquiry
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Native American Music in Eastern North America

Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture
Includes CD
Beverley Diamond
ISBN13: 9780195301045ISBN10: 0195301048 Mixed Media , 208 pages
Oct 2007,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$29.95 (04)
This volume looks at how performance traditions of Native North Americans have been influenced by traditional social values and cultural histories, as well as by encounters with other indigenous groups and newcomers from Europe and Africa.
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Native North American Art

Janet Catherine Berlo and Ruth B. Phillips
ISBN13: 9780192842183ISBN10: 0192842188 Paperback , 304 pages
Sep 1998,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$27.95 (03)
An innovative new survey of Native North American art history

Peoples and Cultures of Africa

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Music in West Africa

Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture
Ruth M. Stone
ISBN13: 9780195145007ISBN10: 0195145003 Mixed Media , 128 pages
Jul 2004,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$29.95 (04)
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Music in Egypt

Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture
Includes CD
Scott L. Marcus
ISBN13: 9780195146455ISBN10: 019514645X Mixed Media , 224 pages
Nov 2006,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$29.95 (04)
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Music in Central Java

Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture
Includes CD
Benjamin Brinner
ISBN13: 9780195147377ISBN10: 0195147375 Mixed Media , 192 pages
Mar 2007,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$29.95 (04)
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Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic among the Azande

E. E. Evans-Pritchard
Abridged with an introduction by Eva Gillies
ISBN13: 9780198740292ISBN10: 0198740298 Paperback , 462 pages
Jun 1976,  In Stock

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$39.95 (04)
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Civilizations of Black Africa

Jacques Maquet
ISBN13: 9780195014648ISBN10: 0195014642 Paperback , 240 pages
Mar 1972,  In Stock

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$59.95 (04)
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Nuer Religion

Edward E. Evans-Pritchard
ISBN13: 9780198740032ISBN10: 0198740034 Paperback , 384 pages
Feb 1971,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$44.95 (04)
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The Nuer

A Description of the Modes of Livelihood and Political Institutions of a Nilotic People
Edward E. Evans-Pritchard
ISBN13: 9780195003222ISBN10: 0195003225 Paperback , 320 pages
Jul 1969,  In Stock

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$44.95 (04)
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Music in East Africa

Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture
Gregory Barz
ISBN13: 9780195141528ISBN10: 0195141520 Mixed Media , 160 pages
Feb 2004,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$29.95 (04)
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Women of Fire and Spirit

History, Faith, and Gender in Roho Religion in Western Kenya
Cynthia Hoehler-Fatton
ISBN13: 9780195097917ISBN10: 0195097912 Paperback , 304 pages
Mar 1996,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$60.00 (04)

Peoples and Cultures of Asia

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Music in Bali

Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture
Includes CD
Lisa Gold
ISBN13: 9780195141498ISBN10: 0195141490 Mixed Media , 208 pages
Oct 2004,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$29.95 (04)
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Dangdut Stories

A Social and Musical History of Indonesia's Most Popular Music
Andrew N. Weintraub
ISBN13: 9780195395662ISBN10: 0195395662 Hardcover , 272 pages
Aug 2010,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$99.00 (06)
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Small Sacrifices

Religious Change and Cultural Identity among the Ngaju of Indonesia
Anne Schiller
ISBN13: 9780195095586ISBN10: 0195095588 Paperback , 192 pages
Apr 1997,  In Stock

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$60.00 (04)
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Music in Japan

Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture
Bonnie C. Wade
ISBN13: 9780195144888ISBN10: 0195144880 Mixed Media , 208 pages
Sep 2004,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$29.95 (04)
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Music in China

Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture
Includes CD
Frederick Lau
ISBN13: 9780195301243ISBN10: 0195301242 Mixed Media , 208 pages
Oct 2007,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$29.95 (04)
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Dangdut Stories

A Social and Musical History of Indonesia's Most Popular Music
Andrew N. Weintraub
ISBN13: 9780195395679ISBN10: 0195395670 Paperback , 272 pages
Aug 2010,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$24.95 (01)

Peoples and Cultures of Europe

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Music in Ireland

Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture
Dorothea E. Hast and Stanley Scott
ISBN13: 9780195145557ISBN10: 0195145550 Mixed Media , 176 pages
Jun 2004,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$29.95 (04)
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The Mother Town

Civic Ritual, Symbol, and Experience in the Borders of Scotland
Gwen Kennedy Neville
ISBN13: 9780195090321ISBN10: 0195090322 Paperback , 176 pages
Apr 1994,  In Stock

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$50.00 (04)
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Music in Bulgaria

Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture
Timothy Rice
ISBN13: 9780195141481ISBN10: 0195141482 Mixed Media , 144 pages
Sep 2003,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$29.95 (04)

Peoples and Cultures of India

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Music in South India: The Karnatak Concert Tradition and Beyond

Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture
T. Viswanathan and Matthew Harp Allen
ISBN13: 9780195145915ISBN10: 0195145917 Mixed Media , 176 pages
Nov 2003,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$29.95 (04)
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Music in North India

Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture
George E. Ruckert
ISBN13: 9780195139938ISBN10: 0195139933 Mixed Media , 112 pages
Dec 2003,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$29.95 (04)

Peoples and Cultures of South America

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Music in Brazil

Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture
Includes CD
John P. Murphy
ISBN13: 9780195166842ISBN10: 0195166841 Mixed Media , 192 pages
Jan 2006,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$29.95 (04)
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When Men Walk Dry

Portuguese Messianism in Brazil
Carole A. Myscofski
ISBN13: 9781555402570ISBN10: 1555402577 Paperback , 224 pages
Jun 2000,  In Stock

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$30.00 (04)
This book examines the nature of messianic movements by studying a specific case history. Carole Myscovski argues that underlying any single messianic movement is a messianic tradition that draws together messianic and related religious beliefs, rituals, and social structures.
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Learning Capoeira

Lessons in Cunning from an Afro-Brazilian Art
Greg Downey
ISBN13: 9780195176971ISBN10: 0195176979 Paperback , 288 pages
Feb 2005,  In Stock

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$39.95 (04)
A provocative look at capoeira, a demanding acrobatic art that combines dance, ritual, music, and fighting style
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To Hunt in the Morning

Janet Siskind
ISBN13: 9780195018912ISBN10: 0195018915 Paperback , 224 pages
Apr 1975,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$54.95 (04)
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Music in the Andes

Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture
Thomas Turino
ISBN13: 9780195306743ISBN10: 0195306740 Mixed Media , 176 pages
Nov 2007,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$29.95 (04)

Peoples and Cultures of the Americas

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Rabinal Achi

A Mayan Drama of War and Sacrifice
Dennis Tedlock
ISBN13: 9780195139754ISBN10: 0195139755 Paperback , 382 pages
Jan 2005,  In Stock

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$29.95 (06)
The first English translation of the Beowulf of pre-Columbian civilization

Peoples and Cultures of the Caribbean

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Carnival Music in Trinidad

Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture
Shannon Dudley
ISBN13: 9780195138337ISBN10: 0195138333 Mixed Media , 128 pages
Sep 2003,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$29.95 (04)
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Music in the Hispanic Caribbean

Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture
Robin Moore
ISBN13: 9780195375053ISBN10: 019537505X Mixed Media , 256 pages
Nov 2009,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$29.95 (04)
A short and affordable introduction to the music of the Hispanic Caribbean with examples on an in-text CD

Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East

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Music in Turkey

Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture
Eliot Bates
ISBN13: 9780195394146ISBN10: 0195394143 Mixed Media , 160 pages
Aug 2010,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$29.95 (04)
The only brief textbook on music in Turkey, with an in-text CD of examples