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Annual Reviews

Annual Reviews are quite helpful for gaining insight into the major scholarly conversations within a given discipline.

Annual Review of Anthropology
"The Annual Review of Anthropology covers significant developments in the field of Anthropology."
Annual Review of Sociology
"The Annual Review of Sociology covers significant developments in the field of Sociology."

21st Century Anthropology by H. James Birx (Editor)
Publication Date: 2010
Highlights important topics, issues, questions, and debates in the field of anthropology.
21st Century Sociology by Clifton D. Bryant (Editor); Dennis L. Peck (Editor)
Publication Date: 2006
Focuses on knowledge garnered in traditional areas of sociological inquiry, as well as documenting the general orientation of the newer and currently emerging areas of sociological inquiry.
Encyclopedia of Anthropology by H. James Birx (Editor)
Publication Date: 2005
Provides readers with a greater understanding of, and deeper appreciation for, those facts, concepts, methods, hypotheses and perspectives that make up modern anthropology and related disciplines.
Encyclopedia of Social Theory by George Ritzer (Editor)
Publication Date: 2005
Examines the global landscape of all the key theories and the theorists behind them and presents them in the context needed to understand the strengths and weaknesses of all the key areas of the discipline.