Manwatching: A Field Guide to Human Behavior

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Summary: See people through their gestures.
Review: I read this book back in the 1980's and it made a huge impact on me. I found that I could read what people were doing by their gestures, who they were with, how they felt about the person, even what they were likely to do next. It's amazing what you can tell with a little insight and some observation. I wanted a copy of the book and looked everywhere but I couldn't find it. My last resort was Amazon who sourced me a second hand copy [...] in hardback. That was the first book I bought from Amazon, but I haven't looked back since.

Rating:
Summary: See people through their gestures.
Review: I read this book back in the 1980's and it made a huge impact on me. I found that I could read what people were doing by their gestures, who they were with, how they felt about the person, even what they were likely to do next. It's amazing what you can tell with a little insight and some observation. I wanted a copy of the book and looked everywhere but I couldn't find it. My last resort was Amazon who sourced me a second hand copy [...] in hardback. That was the first book I bought from Amazon, but I haven't looked back since.

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Summary: An excellent anthropological study
Review: Morris compiles a fully-illustrated book which is anthropological/sociological account of human behavior.

It includes histories and comparisons of human gestures, ceremonial behaviour, religious issuses, different education, and other sociological topics. Morris also deals with philosophy of social behvior such as the concept of sport, conflict and hunting.

It is a fascinating book. And is compelling reading.