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Hardback. What does human suffering mean for society? And how has this meaning changed from the past to the present? In what ways does "the problem of suffering" serve to inspire us to care for others? How does our response to suffering reveal our moral and social conditions? The author offers some answers to these questions. Series: California Series in Public Anthropology. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520287228
ISBN
9780520287228
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.08
€ 88.39

Paperback. What does human suffering mean for society? And how has this meaning changed from the past to the present? In what ways does "the problem of suffering" serve to inspire us to care for others? How does our response to suffering reveal our moral and social conditions? The author offers some answers to these questions. Series: California Series in Public Anthropology. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520287235
ISBN
9780520287235
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.38

Hardback. Num Pages: 400 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPK; HBJF; JHBL; JHMC; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 648.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231171922
ISBN
9780231171922
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.68
€ 49.91

Paperback. Co-published with the Society for Economic Anthropology, Property in Economic Context presents fifteen original essays examining the definition and organization of property in the context of economic organization. Series: Monographs in Economic Anthropology Series. Num Pages: 392 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JHMC; KC; KFFR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 531.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761810643
ISBN
9780761810643
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 103.74

Paperback. This book focuses on how low-wage Vietnamese immigrants in the United States and their non-migrant family members in Vietnam give, receive, and spend money. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHBK; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804777322
ISBN
9780804777322
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 29.23

Paperback. An excellent introduction to real-world ethnography, this book covers short- and long-term participant observation and ethnographic interviewing and uses diverse cultures as cases. Editor(s): Hume, Lynne; Mulcock, Jane. Num Pages: 296 pages, 7 photos. BIC Classification: JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 392.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231130059
ISBN
9780231130059
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 30.39

Paperback. Demonstrates that the Amazon is an outcome of the intimately intertwined histories of humans and nonhumans. This book introduces a diverse range of characters - from sixteenth-century explorers and their native rivals to nineteenth-century naturalists and contemporary ecologists, logging company executives, and river-traders. Num Pages: 320 pages, 23 halftones. 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSBZ; JHM; RN; WN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 506.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691048857
ISBN
9780691048857
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHMC; JWMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780816638604
ISBN
9780816638604
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.17

Paperback. In this account of hunter/gatherer culture gleaned from years of living and hunting with the Inuits of the Arctic and the salmon-fishing tribes in the Canadian Northwest, the author reaches through everyday realities to reflect on the human condition. Num Pages: 400 pages, maps. BIC Classification: JHBL; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 26. Weight in Grams: 254.
Edition
Main
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571205028
ISBN
9780571205028
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.91

Paperback. An insider's account of the Saami reindeer hunters of Swedish Lapland. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DNS; 3JJ; BG; JHM; WTL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Edition
1 Reprint
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295980379
ISBN
9780295980379
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.30

Paperback. Tracing the complex genealogy of Tantra as a category within the history of religions, this work shows how it has been formed through the interplay of popular and scholarly imaginations. Num Pages: 388 pages, 16 b/w illustrations, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; HRE; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 546.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
388
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520236561
ISBN
9780520236561
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.66

Paperback. Featuring twenty-five writers in all, this book includes Howard P. Segal's acclaimed work on utopian visionaries. Num Pages: 320 pages, 12 black-&-white photographs, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHM; TB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
20th Anniversary ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815630616
ISBN
9780815630616
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.16

Paperback. The Australian Aboriginal art is considered to be an important contemporary art movement, often promoted as being connected to a deep cultural past. This title provides an analysis of the shifting cultural and social contexts that surround the production of Aboriginal art. Num Pages: 256 pages, 50 b&w illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: ACBK; JHMC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 172 x 12. Weight in Grams: 504.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845206574
ISBN
9781845206574
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.27

Paperback. Presents an analysis of the enduring problems of race and social justice in American life. This book examines African American alienation and exploitations, black reparations, collective responsibility, affirmative action, race and IQ, police discretion, racial integration and racial separatism, and the underclass question. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 143 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631207214
ISBN
9780631207214
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 53.85

Hardback. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813530239
ISBN
9780813530239
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 169.87

Paperback. Pigeon Trouble chronicles a foreign-born anthropologist's venture into a miners' occult craft of pigeon shooting in the depths of Pennsylvania's anthracite coal country. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ; JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812222708
ISBN
9780812222708
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 36.04

paperback. Anthropologists have long sought to extricate their work from the policies and agendas of those who dominate - and often oppress - their native subjects. This title looks at a troubling chapter in American anthropology that reveals what happens when anthropologists fail to make fundamental ethnic and political distinctions in their work. Series: Critical Studies in the History of Anthropology. Num Pages: 166 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 10. Weight in Grams: 284.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
166
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803220737
ISBN
9780803220737
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.51

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
656
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252078880
ISBN
9780252078880
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.24

Paperback. A unique exploration of creating community in a fragmented world Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; JHBS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 278.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252077401
ISBN
9780252077401
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.18

Paperback. A collection of ethnographic case studies that exposes students to 15 different cultures. It offers an introduction to central ethnographic concepts through these 15 societies. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 164 x 232 x 14. Weight in Grams: 414.
Publisher
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
6th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780078117022
ISBN
9780078117022
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 113.76

Paperback. A revised and expanded edition of a groundbreaking text Editor(s): Holloway, Joseph E. Series: Blacks in the Diaspora. Num Pages: 448 pages, 18 b&w photos, 2 figures, 2 maps, 1 index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JFC; JFSL3; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 235 x 29. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Edition
Second
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253217493
ISBN
9780253217493
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.05

Paperback. Num Pages: 115 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 136 x 10. Weight in Grams: 180.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
115
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590337776
ISBN
9781590337776
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 136.41
€ 93.34

Hardback. Exploring sensitive issues often hidden to outsiders, this engaging study traces the transformation of Ku Village during the first tumultuous decade of reform. Series: Asian Voices. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTF; JHMP; JKS; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742509276
ISBN
9780742509276
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 172 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF; JHB; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 256 x 178 x 9. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Southeast Asia Program Publications
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780877277644
ISBN
9780877277644
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 32.38

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