Book review: The handbook of sociocultural anthropology

"The Handbook of Sociocultural Anthropology." James G. Carrier & Deborah B. Gewertz. Bloomsbury Academic. January 2013. --- The Handbook of Sociocultural Anthropology seeks to present a state of the art overview of the subject – its methodologies, current debates, history and future. It provides a consideration of the general state of the discipline at a time when there is notable uncertainty about its foundations, composition and direction. James Cuffe finds much to recommend.