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This dictionary describes English as it has been spoken and written in South Africa from the late 17th century onwards. It records the meanings, spellings, pronunciations and origins of words borrowed from the many languages of "South Africa, English words which have acquired particular senses here, and words coined for local phenomena."

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This book presents a revised and updated text, including new chapters on human rights, liberal democracy, economic efficiency, problems of the market, and distributive justice and economic reform. Chapters on terrorism and refugees have been substantially updated and an additional chapter has been included on wars.

The text showcases the historical context of the discipline, with a strong focus on anthropology as a living and evolving field.

Anthropology is the study of humanity, in all its biological and cultural aspects, past and present. It is a four-field discipline comprised of biological anthropology, cultural anthropology, archaeology, and linguistic anthropology. The focus of this book is biological anthropology, which explores who we are from biological, evolutionary, and adaptive perspectives.

A gender studies textbook that takes an anthropological approach.

The author wrote this book to help students organize their thinking about psychology at a conceptual level. Five or ten years from now, he does not expect his students to remember the details of most of what he teaches them. However, he does hope that they will remember that psychology matters because it helps us understand behavior and that our knowledge of psychology is based on empirical study.

This book contains 101 learning modules covering every area of psychology commonly taught in introductory courses.

We are delighted to bring to you this novel textbook, a collection of chapters on the essential topics in cultural anthropology. Different from other introductory textbooks, this book is an edited volume with each chapter written by a different author. Each author has written from their experiences working as an anthropologist and that personal touch makes for an accessible introduction to cultural anthropology.

This textbook provides standard introduction to psychology course content with a specific emphasis on biological aspects of psychology. This includes more content related to neuroscience methods, the brain and the nervous system.

A comprehensive textbook for research methods classes. A peer-reviewed inter-institutional project.

Writing Guide with Handbook aligns to the goals, topics, and objectives of many first-year writing and composition courses. It is organized according to relevant genres, and focuses on the writing process, effective writing practices or strategies—including graphic organizers, writing frames, and word banks to support visual learning—and conventions of usage and style. The text includes an editing and documentation handbook, which provides information on grammar and mechanics, common usage errors, and citation styles.