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Paperback. Presents a historical, theoretical, and practice-oriented road map for the shift from incidental collaboration to a more conscious and explicit collaborative strategy. The author charts the history of collaborative ethnography from its earliest implementation to its contemporary emergence in fields such as feminism and humanistic anthropology. Series: Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing and Publishing. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 230 x 18. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226468907
ISBN
9780226468907
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.22

Paperback. Given the economic alternatives available, why do some groups choose to maintain their hunting and gathering lifeways? Through a series of detailed case studies, the contributors to this volume examine the decisions made by modern-day foragers to sustain a predominantly hunting and gathering way of life. Editor(s): Codding, Brian F.; Kramer, Karen L. Series: Advanced Seminar Series. Num Pages: 352 pages, 11 halftones, 2 maps, 6 charts, 31 tables. BIC Classification: 3JM; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826356963
ISBN
9780826356963
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.45

Hardback. A reference resource focused on cremation. Spanning many world cultures it documents regional histories, ideological movements and leading individuals that fostered cremation whilst also presenting cremation as a universal practice. It includes sections on specific cremation rituals, architecture, art and text. Editor(s): Davies, Douglas James. Num Pages: 516 pages, Includes 8 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: GB; HR; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 178 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1034.
Edition
1st Edition
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
516
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780754637738
ISBN
9780754637738
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 192.20

Paperback. Communitas is inspired fellowship; a group's pleasure in sharing common experiences; being 'in the zone' - as in music, sport, and work; the sense felt by a group when their life together takes on full meaning. The experience of Communitas, almost beyond strict definition and with almost endless variations, often appears unexpectedly. Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRA; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230339088
ISBN
9780230339088
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.86

Paperback. .
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745611303
ISBN
9780745611303
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.48

Paperback. Series: Routledge Series for Creative Teaching and Learning in Anthropology. Num Pages: 184 pages, 9 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JHM; RPT; WSQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 252 x 9. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
184
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415503891
ISBN
9780415503891
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.09

Paperback. The Tsimshian people of coastal British Columbia use a system of hereditary name-titles in which names are treated as objects of inheritable wealth. This book examines the way in which names link members of a lineage to a past and to the places where that past unfolded. Series: Donald R. Ellegood International Publications. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 maps,. BIC Classification: 1KB; 1KBC; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 409.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295988078
ISBN
9780295988078
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.46

Paperback. In this major contribution to debates about English identity, leading theorist Robert J.C. Young argues that Englishness was never really about England at all. In the nineteenth century, it was rather developed as a form of long-distance identity for the English diaspora around the world. Series: Blackwell Manifestos. Num Pages: 312 pages, figures. BIC Classification: JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 450.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
312
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405101295
ISBN
9781405101295
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 44.86

Hardcover. How do human beings become human? This question lies behind the so-called human sciences. But these disciplines are scattered among many different departments and hold up a cracked mirror to humankind. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 686.
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745688534
ISBN
9780745688534
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.84

Hardcover. Based on more than a decade of ethnographic research in Genoa, Italy, Creative Urbanity argues for an understanding of contemporary urban life that refuses scholarly condemnation of urban lifestyles and consumption and casts a fresh light on an oft-neglected social group-the middle class. Series: Contemporary Ethnography. Num Pages: 248 pages, 15 illus. BIC Classification: 1DST; JFSC; JHMC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
248
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812248784
ISBN
9780812248784
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.82

Paperback. 18th-century natural historians created a peculiar but durable vision of nature, embodying the sexual and racial tensions of that era. Plants were found to reproduce sexually, and great apes were just becoming known. This text uncovers the ways in which assumptions about sex, and race have shaped scientific explanations of nature. Num Pages: 312 pages, 39 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 503.
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813535319
ISBN
9780813535319
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.86

Paperback. This second edition of the widely praised Anthropology in Theory: Issues in Epistemology, features a variety of updates, revisions, and new readings in its comprehensive presentation of issues in the history of anthropological theory and epistemology over the past century. Editor(s): Moore, Henrietta L.; Sanders, Todd. Num Pages: 616 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 172 x 30. Weight in Grams: 904.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
600
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470673355
ISBN
9780470673355
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 82.47

Paperback. Presents an ethnographic reflection on foreign migration, mental health, and cultural translation in Italy. This book addresses the legal, therapeutic, and moral techniques of recognition and cultural translation that emerge in response to these social uncertainties. Num Pages: 304 pages, 6 black and white. BIC Classification: 1DST; JFFN; JHMC; JKSM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520276666
ISBN
9780520276666
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.24

Paperback. .
Publisher
North Atlantic Books,U.S.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781583941171
ISBN
9781583941171
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.61

Paperback. "A deeply researched study into the nature of political violence."-- Series: The Ethnography of Political Violence Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBW; JFFE; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 442.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812216219
ISBN
9780812216219
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. Tango. A multidimensional expression of Argentine identity, one that speaks to that nation's sense of disorientation, loss, and terror. Yet the tango mesmerises dancers and audiences alike throughout the world. This title examines the poetics of the tango while describing author's own quest to dance this most dramatic of paired dances. Series: Public Planet Books. Num Pages: 160 pages, 89 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; ASD; AVGF; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 216 x 12. Weight in Grams: 227.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822321910
ISBN
9780822321910
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.12

Paperback. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: HBTQ; HBTR; JFC; JFSJ; JHMP; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 176 x 253 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1006.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
First edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816626496
ISBN
9780816626496
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Hardback. Num Pages: 338 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, 131 colour illustrations, 160 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; JFFZ; JHMC; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 239 x 26. Weight in Grams: 700.
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319459639
ISBN
9783319459639
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.97
€ 58.23

Paperback. Presents a broad conceptual framework for thinking about learning as a process of social participation. Series Editor(s): Pea, Roy; Brown, John Seely; Heath, Christian. Series: Learning in Doing: Social, Cognitive and Computational Perspectives. Num Pages: 336 pages, 13 line drawings. BIC Classification: JHM; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 478. Learning, Meaning, and Identity. Series: Learning in Doing: Social, Cognitive and Computational Perspectives. 336 pages, 13 line drawings. Presents a broad conceptual framework for thinking about learning as a process of social participation. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JHM; JM. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 17. Weight: 448. Series Editor(s) :Pea, Roy; Brown, John Seely; Heath, Christian.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521663632
ISBN
9780521663632
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.55

Paperback. Modern Orientalism was born in the eighteenth century after a very long gestation period defined less by economic or political motives than by religious ideology. The Birth of Orientalism presents a completely new picture of the Western encounter with Asia, its underlying dynamics, and the discovery of Buddhism and Hinduism. Series: Encounters with Asia. Num Pages: 568 pages, 20 illus. BIC Classification: 1F; JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 826.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812223460
ISBN
9780812223460
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.65

Paperback. Manic behavior holds an undeniable fascination in American culture. This work seeks to understand mania's appeal and how it weighs on the lives of Americans diagnosed with manic depression. It takes us into the fascinating and sometimes disturbing worlds of mental-health support groups, mood charts, psychiatric rounds and psychotropic drugs. Num Pages: 400 pages, 19 halftones. 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFH; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 592.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
First Paperback Prin
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691141060
ISBN
9780691141060
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 30.89

Paperback. The main argument of this book is that people use material objects to express themselves and their cultures. Drawing on examples from both Western and developing cultures, it shows that everyday objects reflect not only personal tastes and attributes, but also moral principles and social ideals. Num Pages: 248 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631156055
ISBN
9780631156055
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.70

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HBT; JHM; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 26. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783780563
ISBN
9781783780563
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 18 b&w Photos. BIC Classification: 1HBE; JFSJ1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 392.
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292787230
ISBN
9780292787230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.37

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