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paperback. This beautifully written book explores the Iron Age bog bodies of northern Europe as cultural artefacts, objects of fascination to archaeologists and antiquaries, but also to artists, poets, philosophers and psychologists. Num Pages: 317 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: HDDA; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 168 x 19. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780226734057
ISBN
9780226734057
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.51

paperback. Anthropologists have long sought to extricate their work from the policies and agendas of those who dominate - and often oppress - their native subjects. This title looks at a troubling chapter in American anthropology that reveals what happens when anthropologists fail to make fundamental ethnic and political distinctions in their work. Series: Critical Studies in the History of Anthropology. Num Pages: 166 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 10. Weight in Grams: 284.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
166
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803220737
ISBN
9780803220737
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.87

Paperback. The Northwest Coast of North America was home to dozens of Native peoples at the time of its first contact with Europeans. This work provides a historical overview of the ethnology and ethnohistory of this region, and focuses on contemporary, theoretically informed studies of communities and issues. Editor(s): Mauze, Marie; Harkin, Michael E.; Kan, Sergei A. Num Pages: 508 pages, 22 photographs, 2 figures, map, index. BIC Classification: JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
508
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803282964
ISBN
9780803282964
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.15

hardcover. This book explores the link between the everyday relations of gender and the reform of the rural political economy in the 1980's, and argues that the reconstitution of the Chinese state in the reform era draws force and authority from the inherent politics and power of gender. Editor(s): Judd, Ellen R. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFFK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 28. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804722957
ISBN
9780804722957
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.10

hardcover. This is the story of how the women's movement in China took advantage of the government's official efforts to position women in the rural economic reforms of the 1980s to achieve a significant and ever-increasing role in China's developing turn toward a market economy, which was not the state's intent. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JFFK; JHMC; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804744058
ISBN
9780804744058
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.47

hardcover. This book is about the migrations for family reunion that have taken place in post-1997 Hong Kong between mothers and children living in mainland China and their long-absent husbands and fathers, residents of Hong Kong. Num Pages: 312 pages, 10 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804758130
ISBN
9780804758130
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.51

Paperback. One of Washington's finest writers on people, politics, and life -- collected for the first time. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Condition
New
SKU
V9781586484576
ISBN
9781586484576
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.80

paperback. This is a comprehensive guide to identifying the Reef Fishes of the Red Sea, lavishly illustrated in colour. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; JHM; WNCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 145. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781138997134
ISBN
9781138997134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.74

Paperback. "This landmark study debunked the misconception that poor families were unstable and disorganized. Here is the chronicle of a young white woman's sojourn into The Flats, an African-American ghetto comm" Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA; JFSL3; JHBK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 137 x 11. Weight in Grams: 210.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
Basic Books
Edition
27th Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061319822
ISBN
9780061319822
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.94

Paperback. Provides compelling examples of applied research in cultural anthropology. This title offers ten readings that refer to contemporary social issues such as religious belief, work and family, social class, food production, relationships, consumerism, the effects of climate change on culture, and globalization. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations map. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 277 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 684.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
Edition
9th Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780078117039
ISBN
9780078117039
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 136.29

Paperback. "Jean Liedloff, an American writer, spent two and a half years in the South American jungle living with Stone Age Indians. The experience demolished her Western preconceptions of how we should live and" Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLS; JFSL9; JHBA; JHMC; JMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Da Capo Press
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780201050714
ISBN
9780201050714
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.97

Hardcover. This is an original study of the sociological imagination in regard to visual culture. It explores the reflexive dimensions of choice over seeing or not seeing in relation to paintings, images and islands. Bourdieu, Goffman and Simmel provide the basis for insights into how reflexivity in sociology has unexplored theological implications. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ABA; DSB; HRLP5; JFCX; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 381.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230002654
ISBN
9780230002654
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.61

Paperback. Based on the author's ethnographic research in India, the book explores the psychology of Hinduism, and offers an innovative synthesis of psychoanylsis with modern anthropological theories of cultural difference. Num Pages: 306 pages, 10 figures. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRG; JHM; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
306
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231078696
ISBN
9780231078696
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.25

These twenty-nine original essays focuses on how cultural and literary genres and norms have developed in response to historical and cross-cultural influences. Editor(s): Heinrich, Amy Vladeck. Num Pages: 480 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; DSB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 35. Weight in Grams: 953.
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231096966
ISBN
9780231096966
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 109.36

Paperback. This book is one of the most successful examples in the Africanist literature of placing structures in time. It presents a detailed description of the politics of production in Maale during 1975 against a completed past of Imperial Ethiopian history and an uncertain future of revolutionary socialism. Num Pages: 176 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; JHBL; JHM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152. Weight in Grams: 317.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231100472
ISBN
9780231100472
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.31

Paperback. This new approach to the study of multiculturalism focuses on its applications to science and technology. It explores new studies that describe the role of culture and power in the making of theories, facts and machines. Num Pages: 350 pages, 4 tables, 7 figs. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231101974
ISBN
9780231101974
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.63

Rosenzweig and Thelen analyze results from a unique and comprehensive survey in which they polled 1,500 Americans about their connection to the past and its continuing influence on their present as well as their hopes for the future. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 635.
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231111485
ISBN
9780231111485
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 136.64

Hardback. All historians would agree that America is a nation of nations. But what does that mean in terms of the issues that have moved and shaped us as a people? This book illuminates the myriad ways in which immigration, racial, and ethnic histories have shaped the contours of contemporary American society. Editor(s): Bayor, Ronald H. Num Pages: 1104 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 179 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1634.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
1104
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231119948
ISBN
9780231119948
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 146.77

Since the late 1980's, Brazilians of Japanese descent have been 'return' migrating to Japan as unskilled foreign workers. This book illuminates how cultural encounters caused by transnational migration can reinforce local ethnic identities and nationalist discourses. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KLSB; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 36. Weight in Grams: 724.
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231128384
ISBN
9780231128384
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 166.82

In 1995, an Okinawan schoolgirl was raped by several US servicemen. Reaction to the crime culminated in a rally attended by some 85,000 people. Using this event as a point of reference, this book explores how Okinawans began to regard themselves as a confident citizenry embracing ideals of democracy, human rights, and women's equality. Num Pages: 344 pages, 27 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJP; HBTQ; HBTR; JHMC; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
With a new preface
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231138901
ISBN
9780231138901
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.15

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