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The 11 anthropologists, economists and researchers represented in this volume address what they consider to be the disparities of global capitalism and offer solutions to the effects that the burgeoning ""global marketplace"" has on some of today's struggling communities.

These case studies explore how competing interests among the keepers of a community's heritage shape how the community both regards itself and reveals itself to others.

Moving back and forth through the colonial and postcolonial eras of the American South and the Caribbean, the six essays in this volume take a fresh look at the regions' transnational linkages. These essays aim to challenge our notions about the cultural and economic trajectories of the African diaspora.

These 11 papers document some of the many ways in which anthropologists and Native Americans are striving to work together at higher levels of accountability and mutual enrichment. They range in setting from a children's summer school programme to a museum of history and culture.

Multiculturalism in the South is more black than white, as these essays aim to show. They examine the often overlooked histories of various immigrants who settled in the South, their relations with each other, and their enormous impact on the region.

A collection of ten essays which details the variety of ways that anthropological approaches and perspectives can be of practical worth in the resolution of conflicts.

A study of Latino workers in the American South. It describes the issues these immigrants face, particularly regarding work; offers accounts of the impact of Latinos on their employers and communities at large; and documents the ways they have adapted to the South's ""good-ole-boy"" network.

As the anthropological study of sex becomes more focused within the discipline, this volume offers a cross-section of current research that examines the biological and cultural interface of sexuality.