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Paperback. The 'Chipko Movement' drew world attention to the struggle over forest rights. Arguing that the hype took control away from local people, this book says that issues of forest control and sustainable forest use have to be seen in the context of concerns about social and economic development, regional autonomy and the futures of the local people. Num Pages: 344 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: GTF; JHMC; RNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Seagull Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905422524
ISBN
9781905422524
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 24.34

Paperback. In this book leading cultural anthropologist Anton Blok sheds new light on the lives and achievements of pioneers who revolutionized science and art over the past five centuries, demonstrating that adversity rather than talent alone was crucial to their success. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 299 x 22. Weight in Grams: 376.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509505524
ISBN
9781509505524
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.74

Hardback. In this book leading cultural anthropologist Anton Blok sheds new light on the lives and achievements of pioneers who revolutionized science and art over the past five centuries, demonstrating that adversity rather than talent alone was crucial to their success. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781509505517
ISBN
9781509505517
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.01

Paperback. The struggle of the Witsuwit'en peoples to establish the meaning of aboriginal rights. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFSL9; JHM; JPVH3; KFFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774805131
ISBN
9780774805131
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.70

Hardback. This study compares the topographic and ethnographic descriptions produced with respect to Galicia and Portugal during the 19th and 20th centuries in order to understand how the integration in different states and the existence of a specific nationalist discourse marked differences in the ways that two bordering regions have been represented. Translator(s): Earl, Martin. Series: European Anthropology in Translation. Num Pages: 388 pages, 17 ills. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1DSP; JHMC; JPFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 654. Nationalism and Ethnography in Galicia and Portugal. Series: European Anthropology in Translation. 388 pages, 17 ills. This study compares the topographic and ethnographic descriptions produced with respect to Galicia and Portugal during the 19th and 20th centuries in order to understand how the integration in different states and the existence of a specific nationalist discourse marked differences in the ways that two bordering regions have been represented. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1DSP; JHMC; JPFN. Dimension: 230 x 163 x 25. Weight: 654. Translator(s): Earl, Martin.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
388
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857457240
ISBN
9780857457240
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 167.54

paperback. Iraq at a Distance describes the plight of the Iraqi people, caught since 2003 in the carnage between U.S. troops and Iraqi insurgents. This provocative book is a bold attempt by five distinguished anthropologists to study an inaccessible war zone through ground-breaking comparisons with armed conflicts around the world. Editor(s): Robben, Antonius C. G. M. Series: The Ethnography of Political Violence Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, 3 illus. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; HBWS5; JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812221831
ISBN
9780812221831
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. This text provides readers with a broad overview of the range and complexity of fieldwork in anthropology. The updated selections offer insight into the ethnographer's experience of gathering and analyzing data, and a richer understanding of the conflicts, hazards and ethical challenges of pursuing fieldwork around the globe. Editor(s): Robben, Antonius C. G. M.; Sluka, Jeffrey A. Series: Wiley Blackwell Anthologies in Social and Cultural Anthropology. Num Pages: 672 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 174 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1012.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
672
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470657157
ISBN
9780470657157
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.79

hardcover. Num Pages: charts, maps. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845450373
ISBN
9781845450373
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 166.71

Paperback. Focusing on western India in the colonial and postcolonial periods, this work shines a light on South Asian historiography and on caste discrimination, to show how persons without rights came to possess them and how Dalit struggles led to the transformation of such terms of colonial liberalism as rights, equality, and personhood. Num Pages: 416 pages, 10 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; JFSC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558. Dalits and the Politics of Modern India. 416 pages, illustrations. Focusing on western India in the colonial and postcolonial periods, this work shines a light on South Asian historiography and on caste discrimination, to show how persons without rights came to possess them and how Dalit struggles led to the transformation of such terms of colonial liberalism as rights, equality, and personhood. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; JFSC; JHM. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 25. Weight: 552.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520257610
ISBN
9780520257610
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.28

Paperback. Examines the complex relationship between transnational religion and politics through the lens of one cosmopolitan community in Siberia: Buryats, who live in a semiautonomous republic within Russia with a large Buddhist population. This book illustrates how this community employed Buddhism to adapt to key moments of political change. Series: Buddhism and Modernity. Num Pages: 272 pages, 27 halftones, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HRE; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226072722
ISBN
9780226072722
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.72

Paperback. Offers one of the rare anthropological monographs on the Christian experience of contemporary Amazonian indigenous peoples, based on an ethnographic study of the relationship between the Wari', inhabitants of Brazilian Amazonia, and the Evangelical missionaries of the New Tribes Mission. Series: The Anthropology of Christianity. Num Pages: 321 pages, 17 black and white, 2 maps. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520289147
ISBN
9780520289147
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.81

Paperback. This vivid ethnographic account of the first peaceful encounters between the Wari Indians of western Brazil and missionaries and government workers emphasizes how the Wari perceived the interactions. Translator(s): Rodgers, David. Series: The Cultures and Practice of Violence. Num Pages: 392 pages, 38 photographs, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFSL9; JHMC; JPWS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 564.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822345732
ISBN
9780822345732
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Hardback. The question of individuality in non-European, and especially South Asian societies is a controversial one. Studies in anthropology and psychology undertaken in recent years onconcepts of person and self approach the problem by concentrating on ideologies; the question of practice remains largely neglected. Num Pages: 368 pages, 5 halftones, 3 maps, 20 tables, 20 figs. BIC Classification: 1FKAH; GTF; JFSJ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220. Weight in Grams: 579.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571819031
ISBN
9781571819031
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 166.69

paperback. Num Pages: 270 pages, 8 b&w, 4 colour. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; JHMC; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 148. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Transcript Publishing Germany
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837637151
ISBN
9783837637151
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.28
€ 42.44

paperback. Editor(s): Nowell, April. Series: International Monographs in Prehistory, Archaeological S. Num Pages: 200 pages, 31 b/w illus, 1 table. BIC Classification: HDDA; JHMP; JMR; PSAJ; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 280 x 216. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Berghahn Books United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781879621305
ISBN
9781879621305
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.42

Paperback. In 1946 and 1953, Irving "Ben" Rouse led archaeological excavations at prehistoric to protohistoric sites on the island of Trinidad. This book presents an analysis of these excavations - until now unpublished. Series: Yale University Publications in Anthropology, Yale Peabody Museum. Num Pages: 193 pages, 86 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJWWT; HDD; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 256 x 172 x 14. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Yale University Press
Number of pages
193
Condition
New
SKU
V9780913516287
ISBN
9780913516287
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 76.98
€ 59.26

Hardback. Num Pages: 315 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 2 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CFD; JHM; JMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 23. Weight in Grams: 519.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
315
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137587459
ISBN
9781137587459
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.97

Paperback. Writing over three decades and featuring many essays that have not been in wide circulation, the author draws from political science, cultural anthropology, sociology, and history to provide a configurative analysis of and long-term approach to the cultural diversity in Africa, Europe, and the United States. Series: Politics, History, & Social Change. Num Pages: 376 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHMC; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 142 x 23. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592138326
ISBN
9781592138326
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.82

Paperback.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822338635
ISBN
9780822338635
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.12

Paperback. Series: Public Worlds Series. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JHM; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816627936
ISBN
9780816627936
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.96

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