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Anthropology
Paperback. This book is one of the most successful examples in the Africanist literature of placing structures in time. It presents a detailed description of the politics of production in Maale during 1975 against a completed past of Imperial Ethiopian history and an uncertain future of revolutionary socialism. Num Pages: 176 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; JHBL; JHM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231100472
- ISBN
- 9780231100472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.31
€ 51.31
Paperback. This work combines history, anthropology and sociology to answer two questions: why did Ethiopia remain independent under European expansionism while other African political entities were colonized?; and why must Ethiopia be considered a single cultural region despite its diversity? Num Pages: 246 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; HBJH; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 14. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226475615
- ISBN
- 9780226475615
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.83
€ 37.99
€ 29.83
hardcover. A Companion to Urban Anthropology presents a collection of original essays on central concepts in urban anthropology and ethnography. Featuring contributions from 35 leading international scholars in urban studies, readings cover a wide variety of topics central to the contemporary study of cities. Series: Wiley-Blackwell Companions to Anthropology. Num Pages: 532 pages. BIC Classification: JFSG; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 178 x 29. Weight in Grams: 928.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 532
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444330106
- ISBN
- 9781444330106
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 182.63
€ 182.63
Paperback. Demonstrates that technology is affected at a fundamental level by the social context in which it develops. This book features arguments about the relation of technology to society. It examines different types of technology and argues that social scientists have tended to ignore the question of what shapes technology? Num Pages: 480 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JHM; PDR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 173 x 28. Weight in Grams: 834.
- Publisher
- Open University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780335199136
- ISBN
- 9780335199136
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.24
€ 41.24
Paperback. Num Pages: 258 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226475561
- ISBN
- 9780226475561
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.53
€ 42.99
€ 33.53
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC; PSAJ; UDB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Red Wheel/Weiser United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781578633494
- ISBN
- 9781578633494
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.97
€ 18.99
€ 17.97
Paperback. An ethnographic study of Zimbabwe's land occupations that focuses on the effects of spatialized struggles on sovereignty and the nation-state Num Pages: 424 pages, 15 b&w photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; 3JJP; GTB; JHMC; JPVH3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822335702
- ISBN
- 9780822335702
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.61
€ 33.99
€ 30.61
Paperback. Series: Politics History & Social Change. Num Pages: 316 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; BGH; HBTB; HBTG; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9781439913437
- ISBN
- 9781439913437
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.15
€ 37.99
€ 34.15
Hardcover. Despite Taiwan's rise as an economic force in the world, modernity has not led to a Weberian process of disenchantment or curbed religiosity. To the contrary, other factors - social, economic, political - have stimilated religion. How and why this has happened are central issues in this book. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 325 pages, 38 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; 3JJ; ASZ; HRKN; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 164 x 35. Weight in Grams: 760.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 325
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674010970
- ISBN
- 9780674010970
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 42.02
€ 49.99
€ 42.02
paperback. "This work makes a much-needed contribution to teaching and learning about the various forms of religious belief and action in our world." - Kevin J. Christiano, University of Notre Dame Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HRA; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802096807
- ISBN
- 9780802096807
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.86
€ 46.99
€ 41.86
Hardcover. Contains 14 chapters that focus on various aspects of economic organization and behaviour, mostly based on empirical fieldwork conducted by the authors themselves. This title takes a look at urban food provisioning in Cameroon and an investigation into entrepreneurial activities in the rapidly-changing economy of Cairo. Series Editor(s): Wood, Donald C. Series: Research in Economic Anthropology. Num Pages: 348 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780857241177
- ISBN
- 9780857241177
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.75
€ 143.75
Paperback. Blends seminal essays with new and original pieces to take the analysis into new areas, and includes contributions from Judith Butler, Susan Bordo, Rom Harre, Maxine Sheets-Johnstone, Mary Rawlinson, Hubert Dreyfus, and Iris Young. Editor(s): Welton, Donn. Num Pages: 368 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HP; JFC; JHMP; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 172 x 245 x 23. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781577181262
- ISBN
- 9781577181262
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.53
€ 57.53
Paperback. Presents a critique of urban poverty and violence and challenges much of what we think we know about the "culture of poverty". In this title, the author provides a portrait of everyday life among the women of the favelas, or urban shantytowns in Rio de Janeiro, who cope with unbearable suffering, violence and social abandonment. Series: California Series in Public Anthropology. Num Pages: 400 pages, 15 b/w photographs, 5 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 367
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- First Edition, with a New Pref ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520276048
- ISBN
- 9780520276048
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.27
€ 40.99
€ 29.27
Hardback. This text surveys the anthropological foundations to the disciplines of economics and moral theology. The book presents an overview of the German, French, and Polish branches of personalist thought and surveys models of human nature that have been espoused by various schools of free-market thought. Series: Religion, Politics & Society in the New Millennium. Num Pages: 130 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JHMC; KCA; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 130
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739101841
- ISBN
- 9780739101841
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.23
€ 115.23
Paperback. Taking stock of the recent environmental justice scholarship, this book examines the connections among residential segregation, zoning, and exposure to environmental hazards. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSG; JHMC; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479861781
- ISBN
- 9781479861781
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.83
€ 33.99
€ 30.83
Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages, 1ill. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFC; JFSJ1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226450445
- ISBN
- 9780226450445
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.84
€ 34.99
€ 27.84
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 9ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- First edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816645510
- ISBN
- 9780816645510
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.76
€ 19.99
€ 19.76
Hardback. A companion volume to "Symmetries of Culture", this book applies the method of symmetry analysis to actual case studies from cultures around the world. It explores how cultural information is embedded in the symmetrical structure of pattern. It is intended as a reference for anthropologists, archaeologists, art historians, and mathematicians. Editor(s): Washburn, Dorothy K. Num Pages: 392 pages, 204 illus., 19 in color. BIC Classification: ABA; ACBK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 262 x 188 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295983660
- ISBN
- 9780295983660
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.95
€ 70.95
Paperback. Based on long-term ethnographic research, this book explores the intersection of "gender" and "modernity" as they are mediated in the lives and subjectivities of diverse individuals and groups. Editor(s): Hodgson, Dorothy L. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFS; JFSJ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312240134
- ISBN
- 9780312240134
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.11
€ 64.11
Paperback. Situating the Maasai in the larger political, economic, and social context of Kenya and world events, this book shows how broader forces have had an impact on the construction of Maasai lifeways, especially gender relations. It focuses on how development has affected Maasai lives. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 b&w. BIC Classification: 1HFG; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253214515
- ISBN
- 9780253214515
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.20
€ 26.99
€ 25.20