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Anthropology

Paperback. The tale of Paul Stoller's sojourn among sorcerors in the Republic of Niger is a story of growth and change, of mutual respect and understanding that will challenge all who read it to plunge deeply into an alien world. Num Pages: 256 pages, 13 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
CA res. please inc. 7.25% tax
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226775432
ISBN
9780226775432
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.96

Paperback. It is the anthropologist's fate to always be between things: countries, languages, cultures, even realities. The author celebrates the creative power of the between, showing how it can transform us, changing our conceptions of who we are, what we know, and how we live in the world. Num Pages: 192 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: BM; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 17. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226775357
ISBN
9780226775357
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 24.89

Paperback. Blending ethnographic description with social analysis, Stoller shows how West African entrepreneurs have built cohesive and effective multinational trading networks in New York. Their stories illuminate ongoing debates about globalisation. Num Pages: 232 pages, 15 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JFSL3; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226775302
ISBN
9780226775302
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.58

Paperback. Combining memoir, ethnography, and philosophy through a series of interconnected narratives, this book tells a story of remarkable friendship and the quest for well-being. It's a story of difference and unity, of illness and health, a lyrical reflection on human resiliency and the shoulders we lean on. Num Pages: 176 pages, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: 1H; BM; GTB; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 227.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226178820
ISBN
9780226178820
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 23.01

Paperback. "An ingeniously constructed springboard for a criticism of anthropology."-- Series: Contemporary Ethnography. Num Pages: 200 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 189 x 11. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812212921
ISBN
9780812212921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. As countless love songs, movies, and self-help books attest, men and women have long sought different things. The result? Seemingly inevitable conflict. Drawing on biology, sociology, anthropology, and economics, this title shows that conflict between the sexes is, paradoxically, the product of cooperation. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6 line illus. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBK; JHMC; PDZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 166 x 19. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691159720
ISBN
9780691159720
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.43

hardcover. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780816692446
ISBN
9780816692446
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.96

Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 142 x 218 x 16. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816692460
ISBN
9780816692460
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.48

Paperback. This text is based upon the author's two years of residence among the Jelgobe, a group of semi-nomadic Fulani of the Sahel in Burkina Faso, western Africa. Translator(s): Fuller, M. Num Pages: 314 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1HFDF; JFSL3; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 231 x 19. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
314
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226717432
ISBN
9780226717432
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 33.29

Hardcover. How do human beings become human? This question lies behind the so-called human sciences. But these disciplines are scattered among many different departments and hold up a cracked mirror to humankind. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 686.
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745688534
ISBN
9780745688534
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.84

Paperback. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: HP; HRKP; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 126. Weight in Grams: 367.
Publisher
NYRB Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590177686
ISBN
9781590177686
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.15

paperback. This study of power/knowledge in France, from the 1830s through the 1930s, uses the tools of anthropology, philosophy, and cultural criticism to examine how the social environment was described. It aims to show how modernity was revealed in urban planning, architecture, and social legislation. Num Pages: 464 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBTB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 150 x 26. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
9780226701745
ISBN
9780226701745
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.14

Hardback. Drawing on the conceptual repertoires of Weber, Foucault, and Dewey, among others, the authors reflect on and experiment with how to give form to anthropological inquiry and its aftermath, with special attention to the ethical formation and ramifications of this mode of engagement. Num Pages: 180 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 15. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226138336
ISBN
9780226138336
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.07
€ 78.75

Paperback. Drawing on the work of Michel Foucault, John Dewey, Niklas Luhmann, and German painter Gerhard Richter, this book offers a set of conceptual tools for scholars examining practices in the life sciences, security, new media and art practices, and other emergent phenomena. It shows how anthropology remains relevant to contemporary debates. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 224.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
166
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691133638
ISBN
9780691133638
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Paperback. The discipline of anthropology is, at its best, characterized by turbulence, self-examination, and inventiveness. This volume assembles a set of conceptual tools - "modern equipment" - to assess how intellectual work is conducted and how it might change. It offers a discussion of how one might best think about anthropos. Series: In-Formation. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBA; JHBC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 231 x 8. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691115665
ISBN
9780691115665
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 30.97

Paperback. Presents a collection of essays which explains a reflection on the author's project to anthropologize the West. This book attempts to exoticize the Western constitution of reality, emphasizes those domains taken as universal, and shows how their claims to truth are linked to particular social practices, hence becoming effective social forces. Series: Princeton Studies in Culture, Power, History. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JHM; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
First Printing, Underlining
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691011585
ISBN
9780691011585
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.82

Paperback. Concluding his search for anthropological concepts and practices appropriate to the twenty-first century, the author contends that to make sense of the contemporary anthropologists must invent new forms of inquiry. He begins with an extended rumination on what he gained from two of his formative mentors: Michel Foucault and Clifford Geertz. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226701707
ISBN
9780226701707
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.64

Hardcover. Concluding his search for anthropological concepts and practices appropriate to the twenty-first century, the author contends that to make sense of the contemporary anthropologists must invent new forms of inquiry. He begins with an extended rumination on what he gained from two of his formative mentors: Michel Foucault and Clifford Geertz. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226701691
ISBN
9780226701691
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.07
€ 78.58

Paperback. Deals with logical standards and forms that should guide ethical and experimental anthropology in the twenty-first century. This title draws on experiences from a set of anthropological experiments that investigated how and whether the human and biological sciences could be brought into a mutually enriching relationship. Num Pages: 136 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: GPS; JHBC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226036915
ISBN
9780226036915
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 25.06

Hardcover. Tells about the logical standards and forms that should guide ethical and experimental anthropology in the twenty-first century. This title draws on experiences from a set of anthropological experiments that investigated how and whether the human and biological sciences could be brought into a mutually enriching relationship. Num Pages: 136 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: GPS; JHBC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226036885
ISBN
9780226036885
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.07
€ 78.75

Paperback. Deals with the challenge of how to design and put into practice strategies for inquiring into the intersections of philosophy and anthropology. The authors explore the contemporary from past works: how to conceptualize, test, and give form to breakdowns of truth and conduct, and how to open up possibilities for the remediation of such breakdowns. Num Pages: 180 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 10. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226138473
ISBN
9780226138473
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 24.90

Paperback. Presenting an ethnographic study about Morocco, this title describes a series of encounters with the author's informants in that study, from a French innkeeper clinging to the vestiges of a colonial past, to the rural descendants of a seventeenth-century saint. Num Pages: 206 pages, 13 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1HBM; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 216. 206 pages, Illustrations. Presenting an ethnographic study about Morocco, this title describes a series of encounters with the author's informants in that study, from a French innkeeper clinging to the vestiges of a colonial past, to the rural descendants of a seventeenth-century saint. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1HBM; JHM. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 13. Weight: 214.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
206
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Second Edition, Thirtieth Anniversary Edition, wit
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520251779
ISBN
9780520251779
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.80

Paperback. Features a series of conversations about the past, present, and future of anthropological knowledge and practice. This book focuses on how anthropology understands its subject and how ethnographic research projects are designed and carried out. Series: A John Hope Franklin Center Book. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 215 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
152
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822343707
ISBN
9780822343707
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.32

Paperback. Explores the individual psychology, family dynamics, and societal messages behind bicultural development Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFSL4; JHMC; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814740903
ISBN
9780814740903
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

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