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Anthropology

Hardback. Peter Worsley's studies at Cambridge were interrupted by war service as a communist officer in the colonial forces in Africa and India, which got him interested in anthropology. His book on The Third World introduced that term into the English language. On retirement as Professor Emeritus of the University of Manchester, he wrote Knowledges. Num Pages: 12 ills, bibliog., index. BIC Classification: BGA; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845453701
ISBN
9781845453701
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.83

Paperback. This volume explores the history of "musica tropical", analyzing its rise in the context of the development of the broadcast media, rapid urbanization, and regional struggles for power. Editor(s): Wade, Peter. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 296 pages, 12 halftones, 1 map, 2 musical examples. BIC Classification: 1KL; AVGH; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226868455
ISBN
9780226868455
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.82

Paperback. Interdisciplinary, pioneering overview of growing literature on race and sex in Latin America. Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 map, 3 figures. BIC Classification: JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745329499
ISBN
9780745329499
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.95

Hardback. Examines the attempts of the Roma (Gypsies) in Central Europe and their supporters to form a political movement and to influence domestic and international politics. This book analyzes connections between the evolving state policies towards the Roma and the history of Romani mobilization. Series: Ethnopolitica S. Num Pages: 7 tables, bibliog., index. BIC Classification: 1D; JHMP; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845451646
ISBN
9781845451646
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.71

Hardback. In The Value of Comparison Peter van der Veer highlights anthropology's continuing ability to gain insights on the whole through the comparative study of the particular and unique while critiquing the quantitative social sciences for their sweeping generalizations. Series: The Lewis Henry Morgan Lectures. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; JHBA; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 238 x 17. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822361398
ISBN
9780822361398
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.92

Paperback. In The Value of Comparison Peter van der Veer highlights anthropology's continuing ability to gain insights on the whole through the comparative study of the particular and unique while critiquing the quantitative social sciences for their sweeping generalizations. Series: The Lewis Henry Morgan Lectures. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; JHBA; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822361589
ISBN
9780822361589
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Hardback. Presents a creative and innovative role of urban aspirations in Asian world cities. This book shows how projects of secularism come up against projects and ambitions of a religious nature, a particular form of contestation that takes the city as its public arena. Editor(s): Veer, Peter van der. Num Pages: 488 pages, 2 maps, 2 black and white, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1F; HRAC; JFSG; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 264 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1022.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520281226
ISBN
9780520281226
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.35
€ 112.66

Paperback / so. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, bibliography. BIC Classification: JHB; JHM; PG; PHVB; PNN; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9783642299254
ISBN
9783642299254
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 28.51

Paperback. Series: Koninklijk Instituut Voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde. Num Pages: 87 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 5. Weight in Grams: 160.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1958
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
87
Condition
New
SKU
V9789401500449
ISBN
9789401500449
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.99

Paperback. Reproduction is among the most basic of human biological functions, both for our distant ancestors and ourselves. Our reproductive biology unites us as a species, but it has also been an important engine of our evolution. This text tells the story of human reproduction and its evolution. Num Pages: 368 pages, 19 halftones, 4 line illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMP; PDZ; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 24. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674011120
ISBN
9780674011120
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 35.20

Hardback. Making Sense of Self-Harm provides an alternative approach to understanding nonsuicidal self-injury; using Cultural Sociology to analyse it more as a practice than an illness and exploring it as a powerful cultural idiom of personal distress and social estrangement that is peculiarly resonant with the symbolic life of late-modern society. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFH; JHB; JHMC; JMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137470584
ISBN
9781137470584
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.88

Hardcover. Since 1990, direct sales have attracted over two million recruits in Mexico and are characterized by a belief in the power of positive thinking. Through an ethnographic portrait, Peter S. Cahn demonstrates that the quasi-religious commission of self-empowerment accounts for the explosive growth of commission-based sales in the developing world. Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; JHMC; KJE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
206
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230112490
ISBN
9780230112490
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.52

Hardback. Series: Genders and Sexualities in the Social Sciences. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBK; JHBL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137435316
ISBN
9781137435316
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.12

Hardback. Offers many interesting facets of the first hundred years of anthropology at Oxford University. Editor(s): Riviere, Peter. Num Pages: 14 ills, bibliog., index. BIC Classification: 1DBKESF; JHM; JNMN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845453480
ISBN
9781845453480
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.20

Paperback. This work draws ideas from two projects which took place in French Guiana - the Ariane Rocket programme and the Devil's Island penal experiment. The two are compared and connected with developments and events, with a focus on place, and the incorporation of this place into greater extended systems. Num Pages: 361 pages, 21 b/w photographs, 4 maps, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSF; JHM; RG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
361
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520219854
ISBN
9780520219854
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Hardback. Begun in 1971 as a French alternative to the Red Cross, the MSF has grown into an international institution with a reputation for outspoken protest as well as technical efficiency. This title tells the story of Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders or MSF) and its effort to "save lives" on a global scale. Num Pages: 338 pages, 4 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: JHM; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 165 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First
Number of pages
338
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520274846
ISBN
9780520274846
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.02
€ 55.00

Paperback. Begun in 1971 as a French alternative to the Red Cross, the MSF has grown into an international institution with a reputation for outspoken protest as well as technical efficiency. This title tells the story of Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders or MSF) and its effort to "save lives" on a global scale. Num Pages: 338 pages, 4 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: JHM; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 442. The Ethical Journey of Doctors without Borders. 338 pages, illustrations. Begun in 1971 as a French alternative to the Red Cross, the MSF has grown into an international institution with a reputation for outspoken protest as well as technical efficiency. This title tells the story of Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders or MSF) and its effort to "save lives" on a global scale. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JHM; MBP. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 19. Weight: 418.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
338
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520274853
ISBN
9780520274853
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.06

Paperback. Editor(s): Stoklund, Bjarne; Niedermuller, Peter. Num Pages: 96 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1D; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 171 x 6. Weight in Grams: 226.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9788763501927
ISBN
9788763501927
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.42

Paperback. Editor(s): Stoklund, Bjarne; Niedermuller, Peter. Series: "Ethnologia Europaea: Journal of European Ethnology". Num Pages: 93 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1D; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 170 x 7. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
93
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772898995
ISBN
9788772898995
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 18.05

Paperback. This is the study of a major change in American middle-class emotional culture. It took place between the end of World War I and the 1950s. Becoming a "cool" character meant adopting an air of nonchalance, an emotional mantle, to shield the whole personality from embarrassing excess. Num Pages: 378 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JHM; JMH; JMS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
378
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814779965
ISBN
9780814779965
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

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