{"product_id":"9781935623458","title":"Ethnicity, Hunter-Gatherers, and the \"Other\": Association or Assimilation in Africa","description":"As  the world continues to shrink owing to globalization, the need to  understand the diversity of culturally distinct societies and their  interactions with neighboring groups becomes greater than ever. Susan  Kent has invited an international team of experts to present their  insights into how one type of society, African hunter-gatherers, has  managed to survive long past the first contact between foragers,  farmers, and pastoralists.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe contributors explore many issues,  including culture change, trade, tribute, inter-group relations,  autonomy, dependence, and differential contact histories and rates of  change. They consider why the association of hunter-gatherers with  non-hunter-gatherers has sometimes led to trade between autonomous  societies and in other cases has led to assimilation. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEthnicity,  Hunter-Gatherers, and the \"Other\" \u003c\/i\u003eilluminates both past and present  foraging societies by presenting new data and reinterpreting previously  collected data within the framework of inter-group interactions.","brand":"Smithsonian Institution Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47132281340144,"sku":"9781935623458","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781935623458_p0.jpg?v=1763656866","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781935623458","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}