Anthropology
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Anthropology
Paperback. Focuses on the "animal game," a kind of popular gambling entertainment or lottery originated in 1882 within Brazil, in which locals bet on a list of twenty-five animals. Written in English, this work moves smoothly between comprehensive analysis and field observations of specific behaviors and practices. Translator(s): Landers, Clifford E. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JHMC; WDP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 162 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268025809
- ISBN
- 9780268025809
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.95
€ 26.99
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Paperback. In this work, Roberto DaMatta focuses on the trajectories of three types of public ritual (carnival, Independence Day and other military parades, and local-level religious processions) as principal axes in defining the values and attitudes that shape urban Brazil. Translator(s): Drury, John. Num Pages: 291 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFC; JHBT; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 291
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268007942
- ISBN
- 9780268007942
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.64
€ 36.99
€ 35.64
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520286696
- ISBN
- 9780520286696
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 29.71
€ 33.99
€ 29.71
Paperback. Although eugenics is now widely discredited, some groups and individuals claim a new scientific basis for old racist assumptions. Pondering the continuing influence of racist research and thought, despite all evidence to the contrary, Robert Sussman explains why-when it comes to race-too many people still mistake bigotry for science. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSL; JHM; PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674660038
- ISBN
- 9780674660038
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.18
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€ 23.18
Paperback. This study of the conversion of tribal peoples to Christianity combines case studies with the contributors' theories, challenging anthropologists and sociologists to reassess the varieties of religious experience and the convergent processes involved in religious change. Editor(s): Hefner, Robert W. Num Pages: 345 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: HRCX7; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 167 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 345
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520078369
- ISBN
- 9780520078369
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 27.84
€ 38.99
€ 27.84
Paperback. Tells the story of Islam and democratization in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim nation. Challenging stereotypes of Islam as antagonistic to democracy, this study of courage and reformation in the face of state terror suggests possibilities for democracy in the Muslim world and beyond. Series: Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMN; JFSR2; JHMC; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 22. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691050478
- ISBN
- 9780691050478
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Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.04
€ 54.99
€ 39.04
Paperback. Editor(s): Hefner, Robert W. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRH; JHMC; LAFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253022523
- ISBN
- 9780253022523
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.80
€ 36.99
€ 35.80
hardcover. Editor(s): Hefner, Robert W. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRH; JHMC; LAFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253022479
- ISBN
- 9780253022479
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Condition: New
€ 96.99
€ 96.99
Paperback. Through an ethnographic case study of Chicago's Little Village, Wounded City demonstrates how competition for political power and state resources undermined efforts to reduce gang violence. Robert Vargas argues that the state, through different patterns of governance, can contribute to distrust and division among community members. Num Pages: 280 pages, 27 bw line art; 2 bw halftone. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; JFFE; JFSG; JHMC; JKVJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 209 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190245917
- ISBN
- 9780190245917
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Condition: New
€ 56.68
€ 56.68
Paperback. This text confronts the major theoretical issues involved in cross-cultural interpretation. It introduces students to rationality among the ancestors of anthropology before proceeding to a wide-ranging evaluation of the Anglo-American rationality debates. Num Pages: 288 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631221159
- ISBN
- 9780631221159
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.78
€ 56.78
Hardback. This text confronts the major theoretical issues involved in cross-cultural interpretation. It introduces students to rationality among the ancestors of anthropology before proceeding to a wide-ranging evaluation of the Anglo-American rationality debates. Num Pages: 288 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631221142
- ISBN
- 9780631221142
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.60
€ 130.60
Paperback. This book elevates race to the position of prominence it deserves to occupy in modern psychological thought. Series: Wiley Series on Personality Processes. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM; JMH; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471245339
- ISBN
- 9780471245339
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Condition: New
€ 108.83
€ 108.83
Paperback. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1972
- Publisher
- Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0006286
- ISBN
- 9780534001483
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Illustrated 8vo.Good copy . Anthropology
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1972
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- KEX0254807
- ISBN
- 9780534001483
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. Series: Midway Reprints. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226706702
- ISBN
- 9780226706702
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.38
€ 36.99
€ 29.38
Hardback. A study of the relationship between blackness, ethnicity and speed. This ethnography and anthropological study of collegiate sprinters, is constructed upon a model of ethnic and cultural identity which sees social interaction establishing social networks through universal and cognitive rules. Num Pages: 150 pages, 4 photographs, index. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSL1; JFSL3; JHBC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 159 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 150
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819195845
- ISBN
- 9780819195845
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.19
€ 110.19
Paperback. Provine boldly goes where other scientists seldom tread in search of hiccups, coughs, yawns, sneezes, and other lowly, undignified, human behaviors. Our earthiest instinctive acts bear the imprint of our evolutionary origins and can be valuable tools for understanding how the human brain works and what makes us different from other species. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: JHMP; JMM; PSAN; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 211 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- Belknap Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674284135
- ISBN
- 9780674284135
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.45
€ 35.99
€ 30.45
Hardback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 263 x 183 x 16. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634846653
- ISBN
- 9781634846653
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 239.90€ 177.63
€ 239.90
€ 177.63
Paperback. "Beautifully crafted, powerfully illustrated with conversation, theoretically important, and almost unique as an ethnography."-Arthur Kleinman, Harvard University Series: Contemporary Ethnography. Num Pages: 320 pages, 7 illus. BIC Classification: JFFB; JFSC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812216226
- ISBN
- 9780812216226
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.64
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Paperback. Drawing on his lifelong fascination with the game, the author guides readers into the world of twenty-first-century chess to help us understand its unique pleasures and challenges, and to advance a new 'anthropology of passion.' Num Pages: 266 pages, 2 b/w photographs, 7 line illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 143 x 16. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 266
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520272606
- ISBN
- 9780520272606
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 20.99
€ 27.99
€ 20.99
Paperback. Presents a study of the relationship between culture and emotional distress, an examination of the cultural forces that influence, make sense of, and heal severe pain and malaise. Series: Contemporary Ethnography. Num Pages: 320 pages, 27 illus. BIC Classification: JHMP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812214345
- ISBN
- 9780812214345
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.64
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Paperback. This book provides an introduction to the basic concepts, approaches and theories used, and shows how these contribute to understanding complex health related behaviour. Public health policies and interventions are more likely to be effective if the beliefs and behaviour of people are understood and taken into account. Num Pages: 184 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM; MBN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 171 x 242 x 10. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Open University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780335218509
- ISBN
- 9780335218509
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.26
€ 43.26
Paperback. Num Pages: 231 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 231
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226381961
- ISBN
- 9780226381961
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.09
€ 19.99
€ 19.09
Hardcover. How old are you? The more thought you bring to bear on the question, the harder it is to answer. For we age simultaneously in different ways: biologically, psychologically, socially. This book ranges across cultures and history, tracing the ways that the spirits of youth and age have inflected each other from antiquity to the present. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 170 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226171999
- ISBN
- 9780226171999
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 21.63
€ 26.99
€ 21.63