Barnard A., Spencer J. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology

London & New York: Routledge, 2002. — 664 p. — ISBN: 0-203-25684-0.If anthropology is indeed the most encyclopedic of disciplines, it is not especially well-served with reference works of its own. This book aims to meet some of the need for an accessible and provocative guide to the many things that anthropologists have had to say. It focuses on the biggest and most influential area of anthropology, generally known as cultural anthropology in North America and social anthropology (or ethnology) in Europe. By combining 'social' and 'cultural', the American and the European, in the title the authors have tried to indicate their desire to produce a volume that reflects the diversity of anthropology as a genuinely global discipline.Alan Barnard is Professor of the Anthropology of Southern Africa at the University of Edinburgh, and a Fellow of the British Academy.
Jonathan Spencer is Professor of the Anthropology of South Asia at the University of Edinburgh, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.