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Anthropology

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 3, 1 black & white line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JHBL; JHMC; KNXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801479977
ISBN
9780801479977
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.26

Hardback. The success of sociologists in understanding the social dimensions of science and technology has led to a relative decline of sociological studies of the humanities in general, philosophy in particular. This anthology seeks to correct that neglect. Editor(s): Kusch, Maren. Series: The New Synthese Historical Library. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 14. Weight in Grams: 642.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792361503
ISBN
9780792361503
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.12

hardcover. The museum boom, with its accompanying objectification and politicization of culture, finds its counterpart in the growing interest by social scientists in material culture, much of which is to be found in museums. Not surprisingly, anthropologists in particular are turning their attention again to museums, after decades of neglect.. Editor(s): Bouquet, Margaret. Series: New Directions in Anthropology. Num Pages: 256 pages, 30 ills. BIC Classification: GM; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571818256
ISBN
9781571818256
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.28

Paperback. This rare, first-hand, ethnographic account of a potlatch from Tsimshian scholar William Benyon reveals the wonderful complexities of the events that took place in Gitsegukla in 1945. Editor(s): Halpin, Marjorie M.; Anderson, Margaret. Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations, glossary, indexes. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; 3JJP; JFSL9; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774807449
ISBN
9780774807449
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.76

Paperback. Editor(s): Case, Margaret H. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 158 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: HBJF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
158
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691604022
ISBN
9780691604022
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.24

Paperback. This first volume of the Ethnographer's Toolkit provides a practical, straightforward introduction to ethnography and ethnographic practice to the student and novice fieldworker. Series: Ethnographer's Toolkit. Num Pages: 376 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 151 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 622.
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
376
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780759118690
ISBN
9780759118690
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.95

Hardback. Addresses ethical and theoretical concerns central to research in psychology, sociology, and anthropology. This book explains ways to collect data, methods for assuring the quality of that data, and the techniques and tools used to organize results, conclusions, and interpretations. It discusses the historical development of ethnography. Num Pages: 425 pages, indices, references. BIC Classification: JHBC; JHM; JNMT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 154 x 33. Weight in Grams: 832.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
425
Condition
New
SKU
V9780124405752
ISBN
9780124405752
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.18

Hardback. Editor(s): Case, Margaret H. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 158 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
158
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691633237
ISBN
9780691633237
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.02

Paperback. Kartomi first moves through a culture-specific inspection of several societies in Europe, Asia, and Africa, and then, synthesizing current ethnomusicological trends, proceeds to make a large-scale comparative study of classification schemes and the concepts which govern them. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 350 pages, 67 line drawings, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: AVR; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 546.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226425498
ISBN
9780226425498
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 40.83

paperback. In 1908, the ruler of the Balinese realm of Klungkung and over 100 members of his family and court were massacred when they marched deliberately into the fire of the Dutch colonial army. This work examines the question of what their action meant and its significance in contemporary Klungkung. Num Pages: 432 pages, 6 half-tones, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMNB; HBJF; HBTQ; HBTR; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 29. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226885827
ISBN
9780226885827
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.16

Paperback. Traces the discourse that contributed to the locating of a different criterion of death in the brain, and its routinization in clinical practice in North America. This book demonstrates that death is not self-evident, that the space between life and death is historically and culturally constructed, fluid, multiple, and open to dispute. Series: California Series in Public Anthropology. Num Pages: 441 pages, 21 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBZ; JHM; MBX; MNQ; PSXM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 624.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
441
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520228146
ISBN
9780520228146
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.19

Paperback. Born in the first year of the 20th century, it is fitting that Margaret Mead should have been one of the first anthropologists to use anthropological analysis to study the future course of human civilization. This volume collects her writings on the future of humanity and how humans can shape that future through purposeful action. Series: Margaret Mead: The Study of Contemporary Western Cultures. Num Pages: 376 pages, 20 photos, index. BIC Classification: JFFR; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 431.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571818188
ISBN
9781571818188
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 30.58

Hardcover. Margaret Mead wrote this comprehensive sketch of the culture of the United States - the first since de Tocqueville - in 1942 at the beginnning of the Second World War, when Americans were confronted by foreign powers from both Europe and Asia in a particularly challenging manner. Mead's work became an instant classic. Series: Margaret Mead: The Study of Contemporary Western Cultures. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571812179
ISBN
9781571812179
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.82

Hardback. Born in the first year of the 20th century, it is fitting that Margaret Mead should have been one of the first anthropologists to use anthropological analysis to study the future course of human civilization. This volume collects her writings on the future of humanity and how humans can shape that future through purposeful action. Series: Margaret Mead: The Study of Contemporary Western Cultures. Num Pages: 20 photos. BIC Classification: JFFR; JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 222 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571818171
ISBN
9781571818171
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 166.42

paperback. The author of this work was inspired by the need to develop a truly evolutionary vision of human culture and society. The text began as the Terry Lectures, given at Yale University in 1957. Num Pages: 526 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHMC; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 697.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Transaction Publishers United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
526
Condition
New
SKU
V9780765806048
ISBN
9780765806048
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: BJ; JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Spinifex Press Australia
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781875559879
ISBN
9781875559879
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.99

Paperback. "Writing with erudition and a broad grasp of the history of social thought, Hodgen demonstrates the debt owed to the period of the late Renaissance and even the centuries prior to that."-American Anthropologist Num Pages: 528 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 30. Weight in Grams: 669.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812210149
ISBN
9780812210149
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 46.00

Paperback. Editor(s): Tellenbach, Margareta; Stoklund, Bjarne. Series: "Ethnologia Europaea: Journal of European Ethnology". Num Pages: 80 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJPR; GBCY; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 248 x 170 x 5. Weight in Grams: 186.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772893426
ISBN
9788772893426
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.68

Hardcover. Death, Beauty, Struggle contains an original vision of gendered lives, poetry, devotion, and social hierarchy in Tamil Nadu. Series: Contemporary Ethnography. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812249057
ISBN
9780812249057
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.27

paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 99 bw integrated, 35 colour in 16pp plates. BIC Classification: 1HBE; JHMC; WFV; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 232 x 18. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Condition
New
SKU
9789774166815
ISBN
9789774166815
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.49

Paperback. An expansive new biography of Sojourner Truth, charismatic preacher and activist Num Pages: 520 pages, 38 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: BG; HBJK; HBTS; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 346 x 236 x 34. Weight in Grams: 914.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
520
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252078019
ISBN
9780252078019
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.39

Hardcover. Num Pages: 312 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1DNC; HBLW3; JHMC; KNAF. Dimension: 164 x 267 x 31. Weight in Grams: 582.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9788763544849
ISBN
9788763544849
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.10
€ 40.41

Paperback. A young mother began to behave in a decidedly aberrant, perhaps suicidal manner, and opinion in her village was sharply divided over the reason. Was she becoming a shaman, posessed by a god? Was she deranged, in need of physical restraint, drugs, and hospitalization? Num Pages: 164 pages, index. BIC Classification: JFFK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5499 x 3564 x 10. Weight in Grams: 209.
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
164
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804719803
ISBN
9780804719803
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.09

Paperback. Studies of Chinese society commonly emphasize men's roles and functions, a not unreasonable approach to a society with patrilineal kinship structure. This book seeks to fill some of these gaps by examining the ways rural Taiwanese women manipulate men and each other in the pursuit of their personal goals. Num Pages: 236 pages, 8ill. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3480 x 18. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1974
Publisher
Stanford University Press Stanford, CA
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804708494
ISBN
9780804708494
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.91

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