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Anthropology

paperback. This tribe of South Dakota has met the challenge of living in the 20th century by expressing religion and beliefs in a cultural style that mixes tradition and Christian influence with western technology. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHM. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 160 x 7. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780030574382
ISBN
9780030574382
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 86.13

paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBK; JHM. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 163 x 6. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Cengage Learning United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
Edition
New
SKU
V9780155063860
ISBN
9780155063860
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 83.62

paperback. This book focuses on middle-class urban women as participants in new forms of consumer culture. Abelson argues that in the interest of concealing the darker side of consumerism, women of the middle class, but not those of the working class, were allowed to shoplift and lead incapacitating illness--kleptomania. Num Pages: 320 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHMC; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Oxford University Press USA United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195071429
ISBN
9780195071429
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 99.54

Paperback. Eviatar Zerubavel casts a critical eye on how we trace our past-individually and collectively-arguing that rather than simply find out who our ancestors are from genetics or history, we actually create the stories that make them our ancestors. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTG; JHBA; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199336043
ISBN
9780199336043
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.74

Paperback. Questions about the nature of law, its relationship with custom, and the distinctive form of legal rules, categories, and claims, are placed at the centre of this introduction to the study of law and anthropology. It brings empirical scholarship within the scope of legal philosophy, while suggesting new avenues of inquiry for the anthropologist. Series: Clarendon Law Series. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JHM; LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199696857
ISBN
9780199696857
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.90

Paperback. How can monkeys be both eaten as food and nurtured as children? Her research reveals that monkeys play a vital role in Guaja society, ecology, economy, and religion. In Guaja animistic beliefs, all forms of plant and animal life-especially monkeys-have souls and are woven into a comprehensive kinship system. Series: Historical Ecology Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: 1KLSBZ; JFSL9; JHMP; PSAF; PSVW79. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231125253
ISBN
9780231125253
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.89

paperback. Presenting everyday stories on subjects such as deities, ascetics, cats, and cooking, this book shows that the study of oral narrative and performance is essential to ethical inquiry. It builds on the author's research in the famous Hindu pilgrimage town of Sringeri, Karnataka, in southwestern India. Num Pages: 312 pages, 25 illus. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780231139212
ISBN
9780231139212
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.62

Paperback. This is an account of the complex political, legal and social history of the Chippewa's struggle for justice, which should appeal to both the general public and serious scholars. Num Pages: 272 pages, 15 line illustrations, 26 b&w photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 174 x 15. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press United States
Edition
2
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299930226
ISBN
9780299930226
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.09

"The Hikayat Banjar", a 17th-century native court chronicle from Southeast Borneo, characterizes the irresistibility of natural resource wealth to outsiders as 'the banana tree at the gate'. This title employs this phrase as a root metaphor to frame the history of resource relations between the indigenous people of Borneo and the world system. Series: Yale Agrarian Studies Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, 29 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMNX; JHMC; KNAC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 636.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300153217
ISBN
9780300153217
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 97.03

hardcover. Twelve narrative chapters chronicle the nation's survival during wartime and its path toward unforeseen cultural shifts in the years ahead. Series: American Popular Culture Through History. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 164 x 33. Weight in Grams: 566.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Greenwood United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780313312991
ISBN
9780313312991
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.80

hardcover. After more than a decade of reunification, this fresh update judiciously surveys the German way of life in an historical context. Series: Cultures and Customs of the World. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HB; JFC; JHBT; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Greenwood United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780313322037
ISBN
9780313322037
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.18

Paperback. Orientalism, the theory and practice of representing 'the Orient' in European thought, is a controversial and a problematic concept. This book provides a concise text on the evolution and development of the theory of orientalism, the practice of orientalism in history, and its persistence and reformulation. Series: Concepts in the Social Sciences. Num Pages: 144 pages, bibliography, index,. BIC Classification: ACV; JFC; JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 218 x 157 x 11. Weight in Grams: 190.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Open University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780335202065
ISBN
9780335202065
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.44

paperback. An examination of the relationship of overseas Japanese and their descendents (Nikkei) with their home and host nations, focusing on their political, social and economic struggles. The authors suggest some of the ways in which diasporas are transforming global society today. Editor(s): Adachi, Nobuko. Num Pages: 308 pages, 7 black & white tables, 1 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HBTQ; JF; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 20. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415497459
ISBN
9780415497459
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 80.60

Paperback. Names We Call Home includes autobiographical essays, poetry and interviews to highlight the historical, social and cultural influences that inform racial identity. Editor(s): Thompson, Becky; Tyagi, Sangeeta. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415911627
ISBN
9780415911627
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 80.92

Paperback. An account of family and community life that describes the moral imagination with which Flathead Indian people weave together historical and personal loss, American Indian identity, and social responsibility. It locates Flathead depression in the culturally organized experiences of an oppressed people. Num Pages: 265 pages, 3 line drawings, 3 tables, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; JHM; JMH; MMJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 59.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
265
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520214460
ISBN
9780520214460
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.22

Paperback. Documenting the farm labour system, this text presents a collection of voices - from workers who labour in the fields, to union organizers and lobbyists. The stories present the world of migrant farmworkers as a complex social and economic system. Num Pages: 352 pages, 35 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: JHBL; JHM; KCFM; KNAC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520227347
ISBN
9780520227347
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.37

Paperback. Approximately thirteen million people around the world define themselves as Jews, with the majority residing in the United States and Israel. This collection portrays the diversity of Jewish experience as it is practiced and lived in contemporary societies. Editor(s): Goldberg, Harvey E. Series: The Life of Religion S. Num Pages: 267 pages, 15 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSR1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 68.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
267
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520227538
ISBN
9780520227538
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.80

Paperback. This study of colonial memory asks the question, how do once-colonized people remember the colonial period? Drawing on an ethnography of the social practices of remembering and forgetting in one community in Madagascar, the book develops a practice-based approach to social memory. Series: Ethnographic Studies in Subjectivity. Num Pages: 378 pages, 20 b/w photographs, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1HSM; 1K; GTB; HBTB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
378
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520228467
ISBN
9780520228467
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.20

Paperback. Based on extensive field work, looks at the impact of a multinational mining company on four densely populated villages in rural Bangladesh. Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 280 pages, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1FKB; GTF; JHMC; KNBG; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 136 x 17. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745331492
ISBN
9780745331492
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.79

Paperback. Editor(s): Hicks, David. Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 256 x 180 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1094.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Edition
3 Rev ed
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780759111561
ISBN
9780759111561
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 114.57

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