Anthropology
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Anthropology
Paperback. Lisa Messeri traces how planetary scientists-whether working in the Utah desert, a Chilean observatory, or the labs of MIT-transform celestial bodies into places in order to understand the universe as densely inhabited by planets, in turn telling us more about Earth, ourselves, and our place in the cosmos. Series: Experimental Futures. Num Pages: 248 pages, 38 illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM; PGS; RG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 477.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362036
- ISBN
- 9780822362036
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.29
€ 27.99
€ 26.29
Hardback. Lisa Messeri traces how planetary scientists-whether working in the Utah desert, a Chilean observatory, or the labs of MIT-transform celestial bodies into places in order to understand the universe as densely inhabited by planets, in turn telling us more about Earth, ourselves, and our place in the cosmos. Series: Experimental Futures. Num Pages: 248 pages, 38 illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM; PGS; RG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 477.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822361879
- ISBN
- 9780822361879
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.28
€ 110.28
Paperback. Argues that the creation of such "desiring subjects" is at the core of China's contingent, piece-by-piece reconfiguration of its relationship to a post-socialist, neo-liberal-dominated world. Series: Perverse Modernities: A Series Edited by Jack Halberstam and Lisa Lowe. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; JFC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 235 x 16. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Annotated
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822339472
- ISBN
- 9780822339472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.56
€ 30.99
€ 27.56
Paperback. Takes us on a haunting ethnographic journey through two historical moments when life for the Canadian Inuit has hung in the balance: the tuberculosis epidemic (1940s to the early 1960s) and the subsequent suicide epidemic (1980s to the present). Num Pages: 272 pages, 8 b/w. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 1MTN; JFSL9; JHMC; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 230 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520282940
- ISBN
- 9780520282940
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.74
€ 33.99
€ 24.74
Hardcover. Takes an insightful look at how entire households, families, and individuals "cope," negotiate their lives, and plan to achieve goals in Occupied Palestine. This book posits that household dynamics cannot be fully grasped unless linked to the traumas of the past and worries of the present. Editor(s): Taraki, Lisa. Series: Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East. Num Pages: 312 pages, 45 tables, index, notes. BIC Classification: 1FBP; JHMC; JHMP; JPWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815631071
- ISBN
- 9780815631071
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.86
€ 62.86
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 92. BIC Classification: JFFZ; JFSG; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816679126
- ISBN
- 9780816679126
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.31
€ 30.99
€ 27.31
Paperback. The government of Yemen remains largely incapable of providing goods and services to its population, but the regime continues to endure despite its fragility in the global order. Revealing what holds Yemen together in such circumstances, this book shows how citizens form national attachments even in the absence of strong state institutions. Series: Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6 halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBXY; JHM; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 233 x 23. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226877914
- ISBN
- 9780226877914
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.96
€ 32.99
€ 25.96
Hardback. Presents a study of Czech society and politics in the High Middle Ages. This work paints a vivid portrait of a flourishing Christian community in the decades between 1050 and 1200. It also reveals the values and strategies that sustained the Czech Lands as a community. It also honors the complexity and dynamism of the medieval exercise of power. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 416 pages, 22 illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DVK; 3H; JHM; JP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 800.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812236132
- ISBN
- 9780812236132
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.44
€ 107.44
Paperback. Num Pages: 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBWQ; JHMC; LB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822361695
- ISBN
- 9780822361695
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.59
€ 31.99
€ 28.59
Hardback. Num Pages: 331 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBWQ; JHMC; LB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 331
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822361503
- ISBN
- 9780822361503
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.33
€ 115.33
Hardcover. Num Pages: 511 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1D; ASDX; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 255 x 182 x 15. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 511
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772891019
- ISBN
- 9788772891019
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.48€ 56.00
€ 72.48
€ 56.00
Paperback. Focusing on the organizations and activities of Hindu ascetics and gurus, the author explores the complex interrelations among religion, the political economy of India and global capitalism. The work illustrates the pervasive presence of Hindu imagery in India's burgeoning market economy. Num Pages: 380 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRG; JHM; JPFN; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 380
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226560106
- ISBN
- 9780226560106
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.06
€ 47.99
€ 37.06
hardcover. In a series of epic self-narratives ranging from traditional cultural embodiments to picaresque adventures, Christian epiphanies and a host of interactive strategies and techniques for living, Kewa Highlanders (PNG) attempt to shape and control their selves and their relentlessly changing world. Num Pages: 256 pages, 5 ills. BIC Classification: 1MKL; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781845455255
- ISBN
- 9781845455255
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.12
€ 155.12
Hardcover. The provocative title of this book is deliberately and challengingly universalist, matching the theoretically experimental essays, where contributors try different ideas to answer distinct concerns regarding cosmopolitanism. Leading anthropologists explore what cosmopolitanism means in the context of everyday life.. Editor(s): Josephides, Lisette; Hall, Alexandra. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 159 x 231 x 19. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782382768
- ISBN
- 9781782382768
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.77
€ 154.77
Hardback. This volume focuses on how knowledge is relationally created, how local knowledge can be transmuted into 'universal knowledge', and how transactions and consumption of knowledge monitors knowledge. Editor(s): Josephides, Lisette; Gronseth, Anne Sigfrid. Series: Methodology & History in Anthropology. Num Pages: 264 pages, 2 figures, 1 table. BIC Classification: HPQ; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785334047
- ISBN
- 9781785334047
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.17
€ 155.17
Hardback. "Blackness without Ethnicity" draws on 15 years of Livio Sansone's research in Bahia, Rio Suriname and Amsterdam. Sansone uses his findings to explore the very different ways that race and ethnicity are constructed in Brazil and the rest of Latin America. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFSL3; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 401.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312293741
- ISBN
- 9780312293741
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.75
€ 64.75
Paperback. "Blackness without Ethnicity" draws on 15 years of Livio Sansone's research in Bahia, Rio Suriname and Amsterdam. Sansone uses his findings to explore the very different ways that race and ethnicity are constructed in Brazil and the rest of Latin America. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFSL3; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312293758
- ISBN
- 9780312293758
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.63
€ 63.63
Paperback. This book is based on the life accounts of 244 children of minority ethnic origin who were placed with predominantly white foster carers and adopters. The book provides a most interesting overview of the decision-making and planning processes that shape the placement in care of children of minority ethnic origin in the UK. Num Pages: 224 pages, index. BIC Classification: JFF; JHBK; JHMP; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 353.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Pub
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853028755
- ISBN
- 9781853028755
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.18
€ 37.18
Paperback. Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSL3; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 18. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226385068
- ISBN
- 9780226385068
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.76
€ 32.99
€ 25.76
paperback. "Thiessen crafts a fine ethnography of a changing society after the fall of socialism and independent nationhood." - Anastasia Karakasidou, Wellesley College Series: Teaching Culture: Utp Ethnographies for the Classroom. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551117195
- ISBN
- 9781551117195
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.15
€ 36.99
€ 33.15
Paperback. Offers an anthropological analysis and critique of American injury law. This book approaches injury law as a symptom of a larger American injury culture. It offers an understanding of the problematic role that law plays in Americans' relations with the objects they consume. It shows that American law sets out injury as an exceptional state. Num Pages: 248 pages, 14 halftones. 7 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHMC; LAQ; LNTJ; LNV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691119083
- ISBN
- 9780691119083
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.37
€ 46.99
€ 33.37
Paperback. Explanations and accounts of our own origins have become one of the popular of various areas in science. The discovery of fossils and artefact's has its own intrinsic interest. This volume is a reference work that sets out and evaluates the basic knowledge and theory relevant to these origins of these abilities. Editor(s): Lock, Andrew; Peters, Charles R. Num Pages: 912 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFF; JHM; PSAJ; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 195 x 251 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1658.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 912
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631216902
- ISBN
- 9780631216902
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 114.87
€ 114.87
Paperback. Includes nine sections organized around themes such as everyday life, sex and gender, and science. This title features articles and book excerpts focused on bodies using tools and participating in rituals, on bodies walking and eating, and on the female circumcision controversy, as well as pieces on medical classifications, and spirit possession. Editor(s): Lock, Margaret M.; Farquhar, Judith. Series: Body, Commodity, Text. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBA; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 163 x 93. Weight in Grams: 970.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 688
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822338451
- ISBN
- 9780822338451
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.22
€ 41.99
€ 37.22
Paperback. Num Pages: 148 pages, b/w photos & illus. BIC Classification: 1D; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 9. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 148
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788763508858
- ISBN
- 9788763508858
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 31.97
€ 44.99
€ 31.97