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This text collects published and unpublished work by one of today's most distinguished anthropologists. Johannes Fabian is widely known outside of his discipline because his work so often overcomes traditional scholarly boundaries to bring fresh insight to philosophy, history and cultural studies. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFJ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 21. Weight in Grams: 445.
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804741422
ISBN
9780804741422
Condition: New

€ 162.27

Paperback. This text collects published and unpublished work by one of today's most distinguished anthropologists. Johannes Fabian is widely known outside of his discipline because his work so often overcomes traditional scholarly boundaries to bring fresh insight to philosophy, history and cultural studies. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFJ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 15. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804741439
ISBN
9780804741439
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.01

Paperback. Describes what might be called the workers' culture of Shaba, through analyses of communicative (sociolinguistic) and cognitive (ethnosemantic) aspects of language use. In this study, inquiry will be directed to the past, and it will, for many reasons, have to reach into a past which is rather remote from present-day Shaba Swahili. Num Pages: 212 pages, 1M. BIC Classification: 1H; 2H; 3JH; 3JJ; CF; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 68.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780520076259
ISBN
9780520076259
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.80

Hardback. Talk about Prayer is an experiment in writing ethnography, a commentary on a conversation with Mama Regine Tshitanda, the leader of a Charismatic prayer group (groupe de priere) in Lubumbashi (Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo) and members of her family in 1986. Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion. Num Pages: 144 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFJZ; HRLF9; JFSR; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 299.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137570154
ISBN
9781137570154
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.15

Paperback. Series: Expertise: Cultures and Technologies of Knowledge. Num Pages: 224 pages, 5, 3 black & white halftones, 1 charts, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1H; JFFH2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 226 x 11. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801479175
ISBN
9780801479175
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.91

Paperback. In The State vs. Nelson Mandela, Joel Joffe, the Instructing Attorney of the defendants at the time, gives a blow-by-blow account of the most important trial in South Africa's history. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJPK; HBJH; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 24. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Second Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780745800
ISBN
9781780745800
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.38

Hardback. Revolutionary Melodrama explores intersections between cinema and politics during the Nasser era, a period in which a military regime embarked upon the construction of a new civic identity for an independent Egypt. Series: Chicago Studies on the Middle East. Num Pages: 300 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; APFA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Chicago, Middle East Documentation Center United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780970819901
ISBN
9780970819901
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.54

Paperback. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 228 x 19. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774167782
ISBN
9789774167782
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.57

paperback. Sango - the Yoruba god of thunder and lightning - is a powerful, fearful deity who controls the forces of nature. This title explores Sango religious traditions in West Africa and beyond. It considers the spread of polytheistic religious traditions from West Africa, the mythic Sango, the historical Sango, and syncretic traditions of Sango worship. Editor(s): Tishken, Joel E.; Falola, Toyin; Akinyemi, Akintunde. Series: African Expressive Cultures. Num Pages: 376 pages, 25 b&w photos, 2 maps, 12 figures. BIC Classification: 1HFD; HRKT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253220943
ISBN
9780253220943
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.61

Hardback. Africa. 382 pp. Ex Libris. Coloured endpapers. Beige boards. A nice copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Second Edition
Publisher
Crowell
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1973
SKU
KNW0000740
ISBN
9780690584578
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

hardcover. This history examines fundamental questions of ethnic identity by focusing on the Egyptian Jewish community since 1948. Central to the study is the question of how people handle multiple identities and loyalties that are dislocated and reformed by turbulent political and cultural processes. Series: Contraversions: Critical Studies in Jewish Literature, Culture & Society. Num Pages: 318 pages, 11 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JJP; HBJH; HBLW3; HRJ; JFC; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
318
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520211759
ISBN
9780520211759
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.98
€ 49.08

Paperback. Series: African Issues. 202 pages, 2, 2 black and white. Examines the twentieth-century silicosis crisis in the South African mining industry, and reveals how the rate of, often fatal, tuberculosis among black migrant miners was hidden for over a century. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; KNAT; KNXC. Dimension: 151 x 215 x 13. Weight: 298.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
James Currey
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
202
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847010599
ISBN
9781847010599
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.68

paperback. The term 'nation-building' has experienced a remarkable renaissance since the early 1990s. It has been used to describe and to justify the military interventions in Somalia, Afghanistan and Iraq. Editor(s): Hippler, Jochen. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVWY; 1FBQ; 1FCA; 1HFDN; 1HFGS; JFFS; JPHV; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 349.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745323350
ISBN
9780745323350
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.60

Paperback. Four areas in Southern Egypt, around Lake Nasser, now contain ancient monuments that were reconstructed and moved from their original positions during the building of the Aswan High Dam in the 1960s. This guide describes each monument in detail, highlighting its history, religion and art. Num Pages: 154 pages, 10 b&w photographs, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1HBE; AMGD; HBJH; HBLA; HDDG; HRKP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 139. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
American University in Cairo Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774244629
ISBN
9789774244629
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.35

Paperback. "87 p. p. 8vo. Original printed wraps. Good copy with firm and tight staple binding, title printed in black on front, clean and crisp pages, staples slightly rusted only visible from inside, suggestion of dust rubbing to cover. 3. ed." Keywords: Subjects
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
I. Perales
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1913
SKU
KEX0149780
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 96.90
€ 4.99

hardcover. Drawing on ethnographic research in the village of Canhane, host to the first community tourism project in Mozambique, this volume explores the influence of development and tourism in relation to ethics, and non-state governance in contemporary life. Series: EASA Series. Num Pages: 278 pages, 14 illustrations, 7 figures, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFMQ; GTF; JHMC; KNSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781785335464
ISBN
9781785335464
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.00

Hardback. This book examines the failure of truth commissions in Uganda and Haiti and develops a rigorous framework to evaluate truth commissions around the world. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 maps, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1HFGU; 1KJH; JPA; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774818469
ISBN
9780774818469
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.77

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
206
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253006912
ISBN
9780253006912
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.59

Paperback. Clean copy with minor shelf wear. Some sunning to covers but remains a very good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1976
Publisher
International Defence & Aid Fund for Southern Africa
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0014602
ISBN
9780904759136
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. Series: Epistemologies of Healing. Num Pages: 8 ills. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JHM; MB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845454760
ISBN
9781845454760
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.23

Hardcover. Conflict and Costume presents more than 70 vibrant portraits of Herero people in traditional Victorian-style and paramilitary costume. With an introduction on the history of the Herero since the 19th century and the origins of their dress, this book will appeal to anyone interested in costume history, African culture and photography. Num Pages: 108 pages, 75 illustrations, 70 in colour, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HFMN; AJCP; JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 298 x 16. Weight in Grams: 1068.
Publisher
Merrell Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
108
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781858946009
ISBN
9781858946009
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.74

Hardback. Uses colour photographs to illustrate a range of locations and styles of architecture throughout Egypt, particularly highlighting universal architectural elements that may be incorporated into a variety of designs and styles including arches, doorways, windows, balconies, wall finishes and more. Num Pages: 392 pages, 1000 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; AF; AM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 199 x 248 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1626.
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press Egypt
Number of pages
392
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774164330
ISBN
9789774164330
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.42

Paperback. "The Truth and Reconciliation Commission" was established to investigate more than 30 years of human rights violations under apartheid. This book presents Jillian Edelstein's four-year project photographing the victims and perpetrators of apartheid. Num Pages: 196 pages, 120 duotone photographs. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; AJCR; HBJH; HBLW3; JFFJ; JFSL; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 251 x 202 x 21. Weight in Grams: 900.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
196
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781862074460
ISBN
9781862074460
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.12

Paperback. Presents three inter-related dilemmas within teaching mathematics in multilingual classrooms - dilemma of code-switching, the dilemma of mediation, and the dilemma of transparency. This book offers the research related to the relationship between language and mathematics, communicating mathematics, and mathematics in bi-/multilingual settings. Series: Mathematics Education Library. Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JNU; PB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 610.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
188
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792370802
ISBN
9780792370802
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 124.35

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