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Anthropology
Paperback. Following the lives of a group of transgendered prostitutes in Salvador, this text analyzes the ways that they modify their bodies, explores their motivations, examines their complex relationships and discovers how prostitution for most travestis is a positive and affirmative experience. Series: Worlds of Desire: The Chicago Series on Sexuality, Gender & Culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFSJ; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 226 x 15. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226461007
- ISBN
- 9780226461007
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 26.56
€ 33.99
€ 26.56
Hardcover. In this text, Don H.Doyle looks at some unexpected parallels in American and Italian history. He examines both countries' struggle to create an independent, unified nation and the ongoing effort to instill national identity in their diverse populace. Series: Georgia Southern University Jack N. and Addie D. Averitt Lecture Series. Num Pages: 152 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1KBB; HBJD; HBJK; JHMC; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820323305
- ISBN
- 9780820323305
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Condition: New
€ 38.72
€ 38.72
Hardback. This title brings together authors writing on diverse themes of Eastern European exile. It defines the experiential and linguistic peculiarities of exiled people who share similar cultural, geographical and mythological backgrounds and who have suffered under totalitarian rule. Editor(s): Radulescu, Domnica. Num Pages: 220 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DV; JHBD; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Publisher
- Lexington Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739103333
- ISBN
- 9780739103333
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Condition: New
€ 122.59
€ 122.59
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 13 bw illus. BIC Classification: AVX; JFCD; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 13. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2020
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857856616
- ISBN
- 9780857856616
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Condition: New
€ 33.13
€ 33.13
Hardback. Drawing on new research from anthropology, evolutionary biology, experimental psychology, and neuroscience, Dominic Johnson presents a new theory of supernatural punishment that offers fresh insight on the origins and evolution of not only religion, but human cooperation and society. Num Pages: 304 pages, 7 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: HRA; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199895632
- ISBN
- 9780199895632
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 22.97
€ 31.99
€ 22.97
Paperback. Editor(s): Boyer, Dominic; Faubion, James D.; Marcus, George E. Num Pages: 296 pages, 6, 5 black & white halftones, 1 charts. BIC Classification: JHBC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501700088
- ISBN
- 9781501700088
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 34.86
€ 35.99
€ 34.86
Paperback. Combining ethnography, history, and social theory, this book exposes how the shifting fortunes and social perceptions of German intellectuals in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries influenced German's conceptions of modernity and national culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBLW; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 181 x 19. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226068916
- ISBN
- 9780226068916
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.15
€ 36.99
€ 29.15
paperback. Addresses the mythical figure of Europe that is often taken to be the original site of modernity in many histories of capitalist transition in non-Western countries. This book proposes that every case of transition to capitalism is a case of translation as well and categories into the categories and self-understandings of capitalist modernity. Series: Princeton Studies in Culture, Power, History. Num Pages: 336 pages, 3 line illus. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBTQ; JFCX; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New edition with a New preface by the author
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691130019
- ISBN
- 9780691130019
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.67
€ 42.99
€ 30.67
Photographic and Descriptive Musculoskeletal Atlas of Bonobos: With No...
Diogo, Rui, Shearer, Brian, Potau, Josep M., ...
Hardcover. Num Pages: 233 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 163 colour illustrations, 100 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: JHM; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319541051
- ISBN
- 9783319541051
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Condition: New
€ 138.19
€ 138.19
Paperback. Narrates the individual stories of artisans and traders of Kenyan arts and crafts as they overcome the loss of physical access to roadside market space by turning to new digital technologies to make their businesses more mobile and integrated into the global economy. Num Pages: 264 pages, 21 b/w, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; GTC; HBJH; HBTB; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520292895
- ISBN
- 9780520292895
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.68
€ 40.99
€ 28.68
Hardback. Shows how corruption operates through informal rules, personal connections and wider social contexts. Editor(s): Haller, Dieter; Shore, Cris. Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC; JPZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 23. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745321585
- ISBN
- 9780745321585
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.96€ 82.74
€ 99.96
€ 82.74
Paperback. Shows how corruption operates through informal rules, personal connections and wider social contexts. Editor(s): Haller, Dieter; Shore, Cris. Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC; JPZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 138 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745321578
- ISBN
- 9780745321578
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.14
€ 40.99
€ 31.14
Paperback. A Companion to Moral Anthropology features a collection of readings from international experts that explore the various currents, approaches, and issues in the emerging field of moral anthropology. This companion includes coverage of morality and ethics, moral philosophy, moral psychology, evolutionary biology, neuroethics, and bioethics. Editor(s): Fassin, Didier. Series: Wiley-Blackwell Companions to Anthropology. Num Pages: 664 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JHB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 171 x 29. Weight in Grams: 996.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118959503
- ISBN
- 9781118959503
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Condition: New
€ 63.43
€ 63.43
Hardcover. Most incidents of urban unrest in recent decades - including the riots in France, Britain and other Western countries - have followed lethal interactions between the youth and the police. Usually these take place in disadvantaged neighborhoods composed of working-class families of immigrant origin or belonging to ethnic minorities. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; JFSG; JHMC; JKSW1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 161 x 29. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745664798
- ISBN
- 9780745664798
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.06
€ 78.06
Hardcover. A Companion to Moral Anthropology features a collection of readings from international experts that explore the various currents, approaches, and issues in the emerging field of moral anthropology. This companion includes coverage of morality and ethics, moral philosophy, moral psychology, evolutionary biology, neuroethics, and bioethics. Editor(s): Fassin, Didier. Series: Wiley-Blackwell Companions to Anthropology. Num Pages: 664 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 184 x 254 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1172.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 664
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470656457
- ISBN
- 9780470656457
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Condition: New
€ 225.63
€ 225.63
Paperback. Takes on one of the most tragic stories of the global AIDS crisis - the failure of the ANC government to stem the tide of the AIDS epidemic in South Africa. This work traces the deep roots of the AIDS crisis to apartheid and, before that, to the colonial period. Series: California Series in Public Anthropology. Num Pages: 390 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 390
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520250277
- ISBN
- 9780520250277
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.99
€ 36.99
€ 26.99
Paperback. Most incidents of urban unrest in recent decades - including the riots in France, Britain and other Western countries - have followed lethal interactions between the youth and the police. Usually these take place in disadvantaged neighborhoods composed of working-class families of immigrant origin or belonging to ethnic minorities. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; JFSG; JHMC; JKSW1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745664804
- ISBN
- 9780745664804
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.17
€ 27.17
Paperback. An edited collection that explores all aspects of the state and its institutions. Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HPS; JHMC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745335599
- ISBN
- 9780745335599
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 30.99
€ 40.99
€ 30.99
Hardcover. Gives an introduction to the study of Irish traditional society and of Irish folklore Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859183892
- ISBN
- 9781859183892
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Condition: New
€ 39.00€ 31.26
€ 39.00
€ 31.26
Paperback. A vivid account of ritual, power, and social inequality in rural India. Num Pages: 272 pages, 22 b&w photos, 3 figures, 2 maps, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 20. Weight in Grams: 563.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253217653
- ISBN
- 9780253217653
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 27.09
€ 27.99
€ 27.09
Paperback. In Who Counts? Diane M. Nelson presents a complex reading of mathematics and the contested and myriad ways it is used by the Guatemalan state to marginalize indigenous populations as well as its use by indigenous peoples to critique systemic inequalities. Num Pages: 328 pages, 35 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLC; HBJK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822360056
- ISBN
- 9780822360056
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.21
€ 31.99
€ 30.21
Paperback. An examination of how Guatemalans are reckoning with the aftermath of a civil war that left fundamental assumptions about selves and others in tatters when it officially ended in 1996. Num Pages: 448 pages, 32 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFC; JHMP; LBBR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822343240
- ISBN
- 9780822343240
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.63
€ 36.99
€ 33.63
Paperback. Many Guatemalans speak of Mayan indigenous organizing as 'a finger in the wound'. This book explores the implications of this painfully graphic metaphor in a study of the civil war and its aftermath. It investigates the notion of Quincentennial Guatemala, which has given focus to the overarching question of Mayan - and Guatemalan - identity. Num Pages: 448 pages, 21 black-and-white illustrations and 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; HBJK; HBLW3; HBW; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520212855
- ISBN
- 9780520212855
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 29.67
€ 41.99
€ 29.67
Paperback. Examines how Pentecostalism has managed to achieve such ascendancy in a former British colony among people of predominantly African descent. This book argues that it has flourished because it successfully mediates between two historically central themes in Jamaican religious life. Num Pages: 324 pages, 11 halftones, 4 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KJWJ; HRCC99; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226032863
- ISBN
- 9780226032863
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 32.86
€ 42.99
€ 32.86