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Anthropology
Paperback. This title uses the Asian concept of yin and yang to explain how American virtues and vices are opposite sides of the same coin. Unlike the dualism characteristic of the West, in much of Asia the forces of yin and yang are seen to co-exist in everything, and complete each other in cosmic harmony. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Nicholas Brealey Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781877864858
- ISBN
- 9781877864858
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.89
€ 26.99
€ 18.89
Hardback. In the sixteenth century, European missionaries brought a foreign and global religion to China. Converts then transformed this new religion into a local one. This book focuses on the Catholic communities of Fuan county in northeast Fujian. It suggests that Christianity became part of a pre-existing pluralistic, local religious space. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 450 pages, 5 halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HRCC7; HRCX7; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 34. Weight in Grams: 860.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674035966
- ISBN
- 9780674035966
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Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.53
€ 54.99
€ 46.53
Paperback. Drawing on medical anthropology and science and technology studies,the contributors to Addiction Trajectories examine the epistemic, therapeutic, and experiential dimensions of contemporary addiction. Editor(s): Raikhel, Eugene A.; Garriott, William. Series: Experimental Futures. Num Pages: 360 pages, 7 illustrations, 3 tables. BIC Classification: JFFH1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 514.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822353645
- ISBN
- 9780822353645
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.42
€ 41.99
€ 37.42
Paperback. Presents a broad conceptual framework for thinking about learning as a process of social participation. Series Editor(s): Pea, Roy; Brown, John Seely; Heath, Christian. Series: Learning in Doing: Social, Cognitive and Computational Perspectives. Num Pages: 336 pages, 13 line drawings. BIC Classification: JHM; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 478. Learning, Meaning, and Identity. Series: Learning in Doing: Social, Cognitive and Computational Perspectives. 336 pages, 13 line drawings. Presents a broad conceptual framework for thinking about learning as a process of social participation. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JHM; JM. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 17. Weight: 448. Series Editor(s) :Pea, Roy; Brown, John Seely; Heath, Christian.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521663632
- ISBN
- 9780521663632
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Condition: New
€ 53.67
€ 53.67
Paperback. This volume considers what is known of women's options and practices used to regulate menstruation - practices used to control the periodicity, quantity, colour and even consistency of menses - in different places and times, while revealing the ambiguity that those practices present. Num Pages: 334 pages, 11 tables. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 24. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226847443
- ISBN
- 9780226847443
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.78
€ 40.99
€ 31.78
Hardcover. This volume considers what is known of women's options and practices used to regulate menstruation - practices used to control the periodicity, quantity, colour and even consistency of menses - in different places and times, while revealing the ambiguity that those practices present. Num Pages: 296 pages, 11 tables. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226847436
- ISBN
- 9780226847436
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Condition: New
€ 94.84€ 79.56
€ 94.84
€ 79.56
Paperback. Translator(s): Miller, Steven. Series: Commonalities. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JHMP; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 254 x 39. Weight in Grams: 770.
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823273614
- ISBN
- 9780823273614
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.62
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€ 37.62
Paperback. Editor(s): Katz, Ethan B.; Leff, Lisa Moses; Mandel, Maud S. Series: The Modern Jewish Experience. Num Pages: 370 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBTQ; JFFN; JFSR1; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 230 x 28. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 370
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253024572
- ISBN
- 9780253024572
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.78
€ 42.99
€ 38.78
Hardback. Since Israel is primarily a country of immigrants, the state takes on the responsibility for the settlement and integration of each new group. It therefore sees its role as benevolent and indispensable to the welfare of the immigrants. This be true to some extent. Series: New Directions in Anthropology. Num Pages: 240 pages, 3 maps, 10 ills. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1HFGA; JFFN; JFSR1; JHM; JPQB; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220. Weight in Grams: 441.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571819413
- ISBN
- 9781571819413
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Condition: New
€ 161.10
€ 161.10
hardcover. The author, an anthropologist specializing in bureaucratic organizations and gender studies, was hired to monitor the project. Analyzing her own experience as a practicing development expert, she demonstrates that the professed goal of women's empowerment is a pretext for promoting economic organizational goals and the interests of local elites. Num Pages: 278 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKN; JFSJ1; JHMC; JNFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781845457686
- ISBN
- 9781845457686
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Condition: New
€ 161.84
€ 161.84
Hardback. The Dance of Nurture integrates ethnography, biology and the political economy of infant feeding to detail the efforts to improve infant feeding practices globally by UN agencies and advocacy groups concerned with solving global nutrition and health problems. Series: Food, Nutrition, and Culture. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC; MBNH3; PSXM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785335624
- ISBN
- 9781785335624
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Condition: New
€ 163.45
€ 163.45
Paperback. Series: Conduct & Communication. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812211122
- ISBN
- 9780812211122
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.33
€ 37.99
€ 34.33
Paperback. In The Roots of Goodness and Resistance to Evil, Ervin Staub draws on his extensive experiences in scholarship and intervention to illuminate the socializing experiences, education, and trainings that lead children and adults to become helpers/active bystanders and rescuers. Num Pages: 410 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; JHMC; JMH; JPA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 257 x 224 x 23. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 410
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190607982
- ISBN
- 9780190607982
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Condition: New
€ 81.57
€ 81.57
Hardback. Translator(s): Wenning, Mario; Procyshyn, Alexei. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; HRLK2; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 225 x 18. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231169127
- ISBN
- 9780231169127
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Condition: New
€ 53.35€ 42.55
€ 53.35
€ 42.55
Paperback. 9780990505099. Translator(s): Zinn, Dorothy Louise. Num Pages: 160 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; HRA; JHMC; VXW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- HAU
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780990505099
- ISBN
- 9780990505099
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.44
€ 35.99
€ 28.44
Paperback. "A stunning, emotionally charged, intellectually stimulating, and aesthetically crafted fieldwork memoir. This is a book I will teach often, recommend to colleagues, and share with family and friends for its multifaceted delights."-Kirin Narayan, University of Wisconsin, Madison Series: Contemporary Ethnography. Num Pages: 200 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812217599
- ISBN
- 9780812217599
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.08
€ 37.99
€ 34.08
paperback. Ernest Gellner's final book, first published in 1998, is a synoptic interpretation of the thought of Wittgenstein and Malinowski. Editor(s): Gellner, David. Num Pages: 230 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032362
- ISBN
- 9780521639972
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
Paperback. Islam has a powerful political appeal in the 20th century. It sustains some severely traditional and conservative regimes, but it is also capable of generating intense revolutionary ardour and of blending with extreme social radicalism. This book uses the past to explore the phenomenon. Series Editor(s): Fortes, Meyer; Leach, Edmund; Goody, Jack; Tambiah, Stanley Jeyaraja. Series: Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology. Num Pages: 284 pages, bibliography, index, notes. BIC Classification: 1Q; HBG; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780521274074
- ISBN
- 9780521274074
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.20
€ 32.20
Paperback. Using a mixed-method approach, Unintended Consequences of Human Actions documents a wide range of unintended and unanticipated consequences of human actions. The major message is the urgent need to review a range of possible outcomes of human actions. During these fragile times "looking down the road" has become imperative. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 6. Weight in Grams: 167.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 100
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761854456
- ISBN
- 9780761854456
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.40
€ 52.40
Hardback. Offers insights into the nature of expeditions and the human relationships that shaped them. This title examines, collected materials as well as museum and archive records, the contributors shed light on the complex social life and intimate work practices of the researchers involved in these expeditions. Num Pages: 250 pages, 35 halftones. BIC Classification: JHM; PDX; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 161 x 28. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Bard Graduate Center, Exhibitions Department United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781941792001
- ISBN
- 9781941792001
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.09€ 49.86
€ 58.09
€ 49.86