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Anthropology

Paperback. Presents the first extended critique of rational choice theory from an anthropological perspective Num Pages: 216 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: JHM; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292729025
ISBN
9780292729025
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.96

Hardback. Series: Religion and American Culture. Num Pages: 408 pages, 22 halftones, 0 color illus., 0 line drawings, 0 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRK; HRLP1; JF; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231145022
ISBN
9780231145022
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.73
€ 84.69

Paperback. Explores related historical and contemporary themes and subjects involving Native Americans and the environment. This volume examines topics as divergent as Pleistocene extinctions and the problem of storing nuclear waste on modern reservations. Editor(s): Harkin, Michael E. Num Pages: 500 pages, 3 figures, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL9; JHMC; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Edition
Paper edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803273610
ISBN
9780803273610
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.54

Paperback. Series: American Culture. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSL3; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780816621439
ISBN
9780816621439
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 29.27

Hardcover. In this story of one man's encounter with an indigenous people of Peru, Michael Brown guides his readers upriver into a contested zone of the Amazonian frontier, where more than 50,000 Awajun--renowned for pugnacity and fierce independence--use hard-won political savvy, literacy, and digital skills to live life on their own terms, against long odds. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 145 x 211 x 29. Weight in Grams: 496.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674368071
ISBN
9780674368071
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 39.28

Hardback. This work explores major shifts and re-orientations in the history of American anthropology. It engages three fundamental intellectual-political challenges that American anthropology is destined to confront - becoming more self-reflexive, achieving holism, and defence of universal human rights. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847693726
ISBN
9780847693726
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 193.90

Paperback. Exploring the cultural underpinnings of political legitimacy, this title argues that the societies have a culturally-rooted template against which people come to understand the political legitimacy, or 'thinkability', of institutions, ideas, policies, and procedures. It also explores the role of the father-chief as head of the family. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1 b&w photos, 1 index. BIC Classification: 1HF; JHMC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 16. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253214829
ISBN
9780253214829
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 24.89

Paperback. Illustrates the stages of the ethnographic process from inception through the emergence of a focus, and toward a subsequent formalization of methods and analysis. This book also illustrates several approaches designed to reconcile the contradictory demands of the scientific process and human behavior. Num Pages: 276 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
Academic Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780120444700
ISBN
9780120444700
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 41.41

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMT; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226331614
ISBN
9780226331614
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.27

Paperback. Not a textbook in the ordinary sense, this work offers a vision of how anthropology - a discipline that operates through intimate knowledge of local societies - can offer vastly increased understanding of society and culture even in this age of mass communication. Num Pages: 384 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 181 x 254 x 24. Weight in Grams: 742.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631206590
ISBN
9780631206590
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.04

Paperback. Challenges the notion that globalized social formations emerged solely in the Global North prior to impacting the Global South. This book brings the reader into the lives of Chinese scientists, officials, villagers, and expatriate conservationists who were caught up in environmental trends over the past years. Num Pages: 272 pages, 15 b/w photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JHMC; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 228 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
F First Paperback Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520276208
ISBN
9780520276208
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.58

Paperback. .
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
322
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9788763540360
ISBN
9788763540360
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.07

Paperback. Seeking the truths that are found in the interstices between examiner and examined, world and word, and body and mind, and taking inspiration from James, Dewey, Arendt, Husserl, Sartre, Camus, and, especially, Merleau-Ponty, the author creates in these chapters a distinctive anthropological pursuit of existential inquiry. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 492.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226923659
ISBN
9780226923659
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.29

Paperback. Engages with developments in the anthropology of ethics and migration studies to explore in empirical depth and detail the life experiences of three young men - a Ugandan migrant in Copenhagen, a Burkina Faso migrant in Amsterdam, and a Mexican migrant in Boston - in ways that significantly broaden our understanding of the existential situations. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
315
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520276727
ISBN
9780520276727
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.94

Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 236 x 23. Weight in Grams: 516.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231178280
ISBN
9780231178280
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.92

Paperback. Focuses on the interplay between two modes of human existence: that of participating in other peoples' lives and that of turning inward to one's self. This title shows how the historical complexities and particularities found in human interactions reveal the dilemmas, conflicts, cares, and concerns that shape all of our lives. Num Pages: 230 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
230
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520272354
ISBN
9780520272354
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.70

Hardback. Series: Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 color and 12 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HRLK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 237 x 27. Weight in Grams: 520.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231178181
ISBN
9780231178181
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 32.94

Paperback. Through sixty-one beautifully crafted, concise essays, the anthropologist Michael Jackson reflects on life situations where we are sometimes thrown open to new ways of understanding ourselves and connecting with others. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HRAB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822343813
ISBN
9780822343813
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.08

Paperback. 208 pages, 3 maps. Combining narrative ethnography, research, philosophy, and poetry, this title construes the meaning of home existentially, as a metaphor for the balance people try to strike between the world they call their own and the world they see as 'other'. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1MBF; JFC; JFSL9; JHM. Dimension: 235 x 141 x 14. Weight: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822325383
ISBN
9780822325383
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.17

Paperback. Rejecting abstractions of "culture", this text proposes an existential anthropology that recognizes even abstract relationships as modalities of interpersonal life. Michael Jackson's work shows how general ideas are always anchored in particular social events and critical concerns. Num Pages: 250 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFS; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
0002-
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226389462
ISBN
9780226389462
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 30.98

Paperback. Series: Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 276.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231172356
ISBN
9780231172356
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.51

Paperback. Addresses the interplay between modes of writing, modes of understanding, and modes of being in the world. This title explores writing as a technic akin to ritual, oral storytelling, magic and meditation, that enables us to reach beyond the limits of everyday life and forge virtual relationships and imagined communities. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; DSK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 304. Essays on Writers and Writing. 218 pages. Addresses the interplay between modes of writing, modes of understanding, and modes of being in the world. This title explores writing as a technic akin to ritual, oral storytelling, magic and meditation, that enables us to reach beyond the limits of everyday life and forge virtual relationships and imagined communities. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 3JJ; DSK; JHM. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 12. Weight: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520275263
ISBN
9780520275263
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.78

Hardback. Series: Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231172349
ISBN
9780231172349
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.79
€ 75.00

Paperback. In 2002, as Sierra Leone prepared to announce the end of its brutal civil war, the distinguished anthropologist, poet, and novelist Michael Jackson returned to the country where he had intermittently lived and worked as an ethnographer since 1969. Here, he offers his reminiscences revisiting the site of his fieldwork from the 1970s. Num Pages: 232 pages, 23 b&w photos, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFDE; GTB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 225 x 15. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822333135
ISBN
9780822333135
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.10

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