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Paperback. Propitiating the supernatural forces that could grant bountiful crops or wipe out whole villages through natural disasters was a sacred duty in ancient Peruvian societies. This book examines the evidence for ancient Peruvian sacrificial offerings of human beings and animals, as well as the cultural contexts in which the offerings occurred. Editor(s): Benson, Elizabeth P.; Cook, Anita G. Num Pages: 227 pages, 66 halftones, 47 line drawings, 3 maps, 2 charts. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; HDD; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 18. Weight in Grams: 652.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
227
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292708945
ISBN
9780292708945
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.63

Paperback. Discusses how Native Americans, colonial subjects without political power, nonetheless maintained their group identity through their native languages, and sense of homeland and sacred history. This title describes how Euro-Americans became fascinated by and supportive of Native American culture, spirituality, and environmental consciousness. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFSL9; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292709621
ISBN
9780292709621
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.97

Paperback. Responding to anti-Indianism in America, this book presents an account of the contemporary hegemony. It gives information and perspectives on an aspect of humanity that pervades not only US history but also sustainability, sociology, and the ability to craft accurate understandings of the population as a whole. Num Pages: 300 pages, 2 figures, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 24. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292713260
ISBN
9780292713260
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.41

Paperback. One of the first books to provide an introduction to this field of visual anthropology, this edition reflect developments in the field over the 3 decades since its publication, focusing on the work of four seminal filmmakers - Jean Rouch, John Marshall, Robert Gardner, and Timothy Asch. It discusses numerous aspects of making ethnographic films. Num Pages: 180 pages, 1 figure, 19 tables. BIC Classification: APFA; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 149 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292714588
ISBN
9780292714588
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.54

Paperback. Describes how many of the new white supremacist groups in the West have co-opted the region's mythology and environment based on longstanding beliefs about American character and Manifest Destiny to shape an organic, home-grown movement. This title exposes the exclusionist message of this "American" ideal, while documenting its dangerous appeal. Num Pages: 268 pages, 13 b&w photos, 7 figures. BIC Classification: JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292714717
ISBN
9780292714717
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.98

Paperback. A groundbreaking examination of Chile's Mapuche shamans and their use of a unique tree in ritual transvestitism and political defiance. Num Pages: 335 pages, 31 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; HRKT; JFSJ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
335
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780292716599
ISBN
9780292716599
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 33.47

Paperback. Presents a thesis about the origins and development of the calendrical system. This title shows how time became materialized - transformed into status objects such as monuments that encoded calendrical or temporal concerns - as well as politicized, becoming the foundation for societal order, political legitimization, and wealth. Series: The William and Bettye Nowlin Series in Art, History, and Culture of the Western Hemisphere. Num Pages: 280 pages, 74 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLC; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 279 x 195 x 19. Weight in Grams: 852.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292716926
ISBN
9780292716926
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 29.23

Paperback. Tracing the history of Western and Arab fascination with Egypt through spurious hunts for lost civilizations and the new economic disparities brought about by the oil industry, this title describes the ways in which moments of cultural contact, driven by tourism and labour migration, become eye-opening opportunities for defining self and other. Num Pages: 296 pages, 49 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1F; 1HBE; GTB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 168 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780292717022
ISBN
9780292717022
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 30.53

Hardback. This magnificent ethnographic photo-essay presents the modern Maya of Yucatan who - resilient, resourceful, creative, and armed with intimate knowledge of the place where they live - have survived centuries of upheaval Series: The William and Bette Nowlin Series in Art, History, and Culture of the Western Hemisphere. Num Pages: 368 pages, 385 duotones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; AJC; HBJK; JFC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 7747 x 5817 x 915. Weight in Grams: 2212.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292726932
ISBN
9780292726932
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.64

Paperback. This pathfinding ethnography investigates how Indian concepts of the soul offer a new way of understanding personhood and historical memory in highland Chiapas, Mexico. Series: The Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies. Num Pages: 284 pages, 18 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 230 x 17. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292737471
ISBN
9780292737471
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.21

Paperback. A moving ethnographic account of Hurricane Katrina survivors rebuilding their lives away from the Gulf Coast Editor(s): Weber, Lynn; Peek, Lori A. Series: The Katrina Bookshelf. Num Pages: 284 pages, 2 maps, 2 figures, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFC; JFFN; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 661. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292737648
ISBN
9780292737648
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.41

Hardcover. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DNJ; HBJF; JHMC; KNTY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295741307
ISBN
9780295741307
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.37

paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, tabs. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSL1; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780295973760
ISBN
9780295973760
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.27

Paperback. Editor(s): Chirot, Daniel; Reid, Anthony. Series: Jackson School Publications in International Studies. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DF; 1FM; HBTB; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295976136
ISBN
9780295976136
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 35.75

Paperback. For more than fifteen hundred years Yupik and proto-Yupik Eskimo people have lived at the site of the Alaskan village of Gambell on St Lawrence Island. This book views the contemporary Yupik people in terms of the beliefs and values that have contributed to the community's survival and adaptability. Series: McLellan Endowed Series. Num Pages: 364 pages, 50 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBWK; JFSL9; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780295981888
ISBN
9780295981888
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.27

Paperback. This new edition of a highly praised ethnography of nomadic peoples in Afghanistan includes a discussion of the colonial roots of terrorism written since the fall of the Taliban in 2001. Num Pages: 304 pages, 22 illus. BIC Classification: 1FCA; JFSL9; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 477.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295982625
ISBN
9780295982625
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.35

paperback. Offers an innovative reinterpretation of relations between Native Americans and Christian settlers on the Columbia Plateau. This book provides a novel and insightful rendering of the cultural understandings that underwrote the mid-nineteenth-century transformation of life on the Plateau. Series: Columbia Northwest Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages, Map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 273.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295983028
ISBN
9780295983028
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.35

Paperback. Contains nine short stories painting an array of locals caught up in failed dreams of financial success and romantic fulfilment. Series: The Scott & Laurie Oki Series in Asian American Studies. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5499 x 3564 x 14. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295985275
ISBN
9780295985275
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.54

Paperback. Presents a translation of a "Miao album" - a Chinese genre originating in the eighteenth century that used prose, poetry, and illustrations to represent minority ethnic groups living in frontier regions under imperial Chinese control. This title provides 82 illustrations from the original album and the corresponding Chinese calligraphic text. Translator(s): Deal, David. Series: Studies on Ethnic Groups in China. Num Pages: 208 pages, 180 illus., 16 in color. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; HBJF; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 230 x 7. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780295986166
ISBN
9780295986166
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.44

Paperback. A dispute over over-allocation of the waters in the Klamath Basin has pitted farmers and ranchers against locals whose cultures and livelihoods depend upon fishing. This book reveals the interdependence of economic recovery with ecological restoration, and the urgency for all the communities within the basin to find common ground. Num Pages: 288 pages, 40 photos. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJK; JFSL9; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 22. Weight in Grams: 613.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780295986227
ISBN
9780295986227
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.41

Paperback. Tells the story of the intertwined research histories of three anthropologists working in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, China in the late twentieth century. This book addresses the process of ethnography and the dynamics of international and intercultural communication. Series: Naomi B. Pascal Editor's Endowment. Num Pages: 384 pages, 56 photos. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 477.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780295986685
ISBN
9780295986685
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 35.75

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
€ 31.41

Paperback. Rainsford is a fourth-generation Chinese American named after the town where his great grandfather worked during the gold rush. Orphaned at fifteen, he attempts to claim America as his homebase, and his personal history is interwoven with dreams, stories, and letters of his family's life in America. Num Pages: 112 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; BGA; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 136 x 9. Weight in Grams: 142.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295988160
ISBN
9780295988160
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.66

Paperback. Offers an examination of environmental problems and politics in northern Thailand. This book analyzes deforestation, water supply, soil erosion, use of agrochemicals, and biodiversity in order to challenge the notions of environmental crisis. It argues that such crises have been used to support political objectives of state expansion. Series: Culture, Place, and Nature. Num Pages: 304 pages, 25 illus. BIC Classification: 1FMT; JHMC; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295988221
ISBN
9780295988221
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.44

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