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Anthropology
Hardback. * This is a remarkable study of the impact on online technologies on professional workers. * Gregg introduces the notion of work's intimacy to describe the way technology exacerbates the expectations of professional jobs as they come to invade spaces and times that were once less susceptible to work's presence. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBL; JHMC; PDR; UBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745650272
- ISBN
- 9780745650272
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.45
€ 66.45
Paperback. What exactly is culture? This volume suggests that the study of one of anthropology's central questions may be a route to developing a scientific paradigm for the field. It approaches culture from different theoretical and methodological perspectives, through studies grounded in fieldwork, surveys, demography, and other empirical data. Editor(s): Brown, Melissa J. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 illus. BIC Classification: JHMC; PS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295987897
- ISBN
- 9780295987897
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73
Paperback. What does it mean to be a compassionate, caring person in Russia? This book explores how, following the retreat of the Russian state from social welfare services, Russians' efforts to "do the right thing" for their communities have forged new modes of social justice and civic engagement.and secular. Num Pages: 280 pages, 12 b/w. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; JFF; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 153 x 277 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520285842
- ISBN
- 9780520285842
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.15
€ 40.99
€ 29.15
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 316 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691653327
- ISBN
- 9780691653327
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.39
€ 162.39
Die Amerikanische Sprache. Das Englisch Der Vereinigten Staaten.
Mencken, Professor H L; Spies, Heinrich
Paperback / so. Num Pages: 180 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: CF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 277.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1927
- Publisher
- Vieweg+Teubner Verlag United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783663155652
- ISBN
- 9783663155652
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.00
€ 69.00
Hardcover. A Companion to the Anthropology of Environmental Health presents a collection of readings that utilize a medical anthropological approach to explore the interface of humans and the environment in the shaping of health and illness around the world. Editor(s): Singer, Merrill. Series: Wiley-Blackwell Companions to Anthropology. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC; MBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118786994
- ISBN
- 9781118786994
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 217.73
€ 217.73
Hardback. Part ethnography, part memoir, this book traces Japan's vibrant cafe society over one hundred and thirty years. It also traces Japan's coffee craze from the turn of the twentieth century, when Japan helped to launch the Brazilian coffee industry, to the present day, as uniquely Japanese ways with coffee surface in Europe and America. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 240 pages, 23 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFCV; JHBS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520259331
- ISBN
- 9780520259331
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.74€ 72.45
€ 94.74
€ 72.45
Paperback. Traces the evolution of anthropology from its genesis in Ancient Greece to its varied forms in contemporary times. This title examines the varieties of self-critical and postmodern anthropologies, and focuses on the leading question - of the impact of anthropology on non-Western cultures. It offers an invitation into anthropology. Illustrator(s): Piero. Series: Introducing.. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 168 x 122 x 13. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Publisher
- Icon Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848311688
- ISBN
- 9781848311688
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.82
€ 11.99
€ 9.82
Hardcover. Managing social relationships for childless couples in pro-natalist societies can be a difficult art to master. With ethnographic research gathered in northwestern Turkey, this book explores infertility & assisted reproductive technologies within a secular Muslim population & how social experience leads to a decision for (or against) having an IVF. Series: Fertility, Reproduction & Sexuality. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVT; JHBK; JHMC; MJTF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782386346
- ISBN
- 9781782386346
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.02
€ 155.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JFSF; JHMC; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 222 x 16. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295994093
- ISBN
- 9780295994093
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.25
€ 37.99
€ 34.25
Hardcover. Interpretations of the background to the Cuban diaspora - a political revolution and the subsequent radical transformation of the society and economy towards socialism - are politicised and highly contested. The Miami-based Cuban diaspora has had extraordinary success in putting its case high on the US political agenda.. Series: New Directions in Anthropology. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KJC; JFSL4; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 430. Memory, Politics, and Nation Among Cubans in Spain. Series: New Directions in Anthropology. 240 pages. Interpretations of the background to the Cuban diaspora - a political revolution and the subsequent radical transformation of the society and economy towards socialism - are politicised and highly contested. The Miami-based Cuban diaspora has had extraordinary success in putting its case high on the US political agenda. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KJC; JFSL4; JHM. Dimension: 226 x 163 x 18. Weight: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857452450
- ISBN
- 9780857452450
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.00
€ 155.00
Paperback. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501707551
- ISBN
- 9781501707551
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73
Being a State and States of Being in Highland Georgia (Easa)
Meuhlfried, Florian, Mhlfried, Florian, Muhlf...
Hardcover. Taking a fresh look at the Georgian highlands allows the author to consider perennial questions of citizenship, belonging, & mobility in a context thats otherwise been known only for its folkloric dimensions. This book not only challenges theories in the study of citizenship but also the axioms of integration in Western social sciences in general. Series: EASA Series. Num Pages: 220 pages, 27 ills. BIC Classification: 1DVUG; JHMC; JPVH1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782382966
- ISBN
- 9781782382966
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.35
€ 155.35
Paperback. Series: The Anthropology of Contemporary Issues. Num Pages: 264 pages, 21. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801492785
- ISBN
- 9780801492785
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.12
€ 38.99
€ 35.12
Paperback. Attempting to define the exotic, this text focuses on the shifting relations between popular portrayals of exotic "others" and the practice of anthropology, seeking to cast light on gender, race and the public sphere in America's history. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 462 pages, 20 halftones, 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSJ1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 26. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 462
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226472645
- ISBN
- 9780226472645
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.74
€ 40.99
€ 31.74
Paperback. Editor(s): Morgan, Michele E. Series: Papers of the Peabody Museum. Num Pages: 450 pages, 65 halftones, 54 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWX; HBJK; HDD; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 270 x 197. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873652131
- ISBN
- 9780873652131
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.55€ 67.91
€ 74.55
€ 67.91
Paperback. Fear is ubiquitous but slippery. This title focuses on the meaning, diversity, and dynamism of fear in multiple world-historical contexts, and demonstrates how fear universally binds us to particular presents but also to a broad spectrum of memories, stories, and states in the past. Editor(s): Laffan, Michael; Weiss, Max. Series: Publications in Partnership with the Shelby Cullom Davis Center at Princeton University. Num Pages: 288 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: JFCX; JHM; JMQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691153605
- ISBN
- 9780691153605
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.70
€ 54.99
€ 39.70
Hardback. Inspired by the Rhetoric Culture Project, this volume focuses on the use of imagery, narrative, and cultural schemes to deal with predicaments that arise during the course of life. The contributors explore how people muster their resources to understand and deal with emergencies such as illness, displacement, or genocide. Editor(s): Carrithers, Michael. Series: Studies in Rhetoric and Culture. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845454296
- ISBN
- 9781845454296
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.60
€ 154.60
Bringing together ethnographic exposition with philosophical concepts and arguments and effectively transcending subdisciplinary boundaries between cultural and linguistic anthropology, this book collects essays that explore the ethical entailments of speech and action and demonstrate the centrality of ethical practice, judgment, reasoning. Editor(s): Lambek, Michael. Num Pages: 482 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 30. Weight in Grams: 772.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 482
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823233168
- ISBN
- 9780823233168
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.87
€ 130.87
Paperback. Investigates how deCODE Genetics, in Iceland, became one of the wealthiest companies of its kind, as well as one of the most scandalous, with its plan to use the genes and medical records of the entire Icelandic population for scientific research. Num Pages: 343 pages, 7 b/w photographs, 3 line illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: JHM; MBX; MFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 343
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520247512
- ISBN
- 9780520247512
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.27
€ 40.99
€ 29.27