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Anthropology

paperback. Argues that it was cooking that caused the transformation of our ancestors from apelike beings to Homo erectus. This title focuses on the idea: the habit of eating cooked rather than raw food permitted the digestive tract to shrink and the human brain to grow, helped structure human society, and created the male-female division of labour. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JHMP; PDZ; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Profile Books
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846682865
ISBN
9781846682865
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.23

Hardback. The collection traces the connections and conflicts between the local politics of corporate engagement and the global movements of CSR, revealing the ways in which social and environmental relations are transformed through the regimes of ethical capitalism. Editor(s): Dolan, Catherine; Rajak, Dinah. Series: Dislocations. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: JHMC; KJG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 237 x 20. Weight in Grams: 552.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785330711
ISBN
9781785330711
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.57

Paperback. How has rapid economic development and the aging of the population affected the expression of filial piety in East Asia? Eleven experienced fieldworkers take a fresh look at an old idea, analyzing contemporary behavior, not norms, among both rural and urban families in China, Korea, Japan, and Taiwan. Editor(s): Ikels, Charlotte. Num Pages: 320 pages, 4 tables, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FP; JHBK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804747912
ISBN
9780804747912
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.12

Paperback. In this ethnography of contemporary youth culture in Iran's capital, Shahram Khosravi examines the practices of everyday life through which young Tehranis demonstrate defiance against the official culture and the parental generation. Series: Contemporary Ethnography. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: JFSP3; JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 166 x 14. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812220681
ISBN
9780812220681
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. Cities throughout the Roman Empire flourished during the reign of Hadrian (AD 117-138), a phenomenon that not only strengthened and legitimized Roman dominion over its possessions but also revealed Hadrian as a masterful negotiator of power relationships. This title investigates the vibrant urban life that existed under Hadrian's rule. Num Pages: 264 pages, 18 halftones, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBG; HBJD; HBLA; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691094939
ISBN
9780691094939
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.42
€ 46.32

Paperback. Through vivid ethnographic analyses, this book examines the range of expressions of the popular suspicion of power -including forms of shamanism, sorcery, conspiracy theory, and urban legends - illuminating them as ways of making sense of the world in the midst of tumultuous and uneven processes of modernization. Editor(s): Sanders, Todd. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822330240
ISBN
9780822330240
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.51

Paperback. Originally published in 1978, this book was one of the first to recognize the importance of sports as a lens on the fundamental structure of societies. In this reissue, Guttmann emphasizes the many ways that modern sports, dramatically different from the sports of previous eras, have profoundly shaped contemporary life. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBS; JHM; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Updated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231133418
ISBN
9780231133418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.32

Paperback. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857853691
ISBN
9780857853691
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 40.96

Paperback. Editor(s): Moreton-Robinson, Aileen. Series: Critical Issues in Indigenous Studies. Num Pages: 200 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: JFSL1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 5. Weight in Grams: 295.
Publisher
University of Arizona Press United States
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816532735
ISBN
9780816532735
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.79

Paperback. This book shows social science students the importance of attending to design issues when undertaking social research, and is a one-stop critical guide to design in social research that students and researchers will find invaluable. Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBC; JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publisher
SAGE Publications Inc
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761953470
ISBN
9780761953470
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.02

Paperback. Underpinning this examination of Western societies is the notion of the 'risk society'. The changing nature of society's relation to production and distribution is related to the environmental impact as a totalizing, globalizing economy based on scientific and technical knowledge becomes more central to social organization and social conflict. Translator(s): Ritter, Mark. Series: Published in Association with Theory, Culture & Society. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 234 x 15. Weight in Grams: 422.
Publisher
SAGE Publications Ltd
Number of pages
268
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803983465
ISBN
9780803983465
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.65

Paperback. What role does the craftsman play on the professional life of the designer? Is the craft of design threatened with deskilling by technology? These are among the questions discussed in this collection of essays about the relevance and place of handcraft in the late 20th century. Series: Studies in Design. Num Pages: 240 pages, 100 illustrations. BIC Classification: AFT; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 346.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719046186
ISBN
9780719046186
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.33

Paperback. A study of American love in the twentieth century that unravels the mass of images that define our ideas of love and romance, revealing that the experience of 'true' love is deeply embedded in the experience of consumer capitalism. It studies how individual conceptions of love overlap with the world of cliches and images. Num Pages: 332 pages, 7. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFD; JFSJ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 542.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
332
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
First Edition (US) First Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520205710
ISBN
9780520205710
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.19

Paperback. 24/7: Late Capitalism and the Ends of Sleep explores some of the ruinous consequences of the expanding non-stop processes of twenty-first-century capitalism. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: JFFT; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 11. Weight in Grams: 164.
Publisher
Verso
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781683101
ISBN
9781781683101
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.44

Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DN; 3B; HDDA; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 517.
Publisher
Aarhus University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9788771241273
ISBN
9788771241273
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.12

Paperback. Architecture as imprint, as brand, as the new media of transformation--of places, communities, corporations, and people. Num Pages: 378 pages, 100 b&w illus. BIC Classification: AMA; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 174 x 25. Weight in Grams: 990.
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd United States
Number of pages
378
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262515030
ISBN
9780262515030
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 38.52

Paperback. When did the first people arrive here? What did they look like? How did they survive? Who were the Neanderthals? The author takes us back to when it was so tropical we lived alongside hippos, elephants and sabre-toothed tigers or to times so cold we hunted reindeer and mammoth, and to others even colder when we were forced to flee a wall of ice. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), col. maps, ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; JHMP; PDZ; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 111 x 18. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141018133
ISBN
9780141018133
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Hardback. Provides valuable details of Hidatsa daily life during the nineteenth century, from courtship rituals that took place while gathering Juneberries, to descriptions of how the women kept young boys from stealing wild plums as they prepared them for use, to recipes for preparing and cooking local plants - including the roots, fruits, seeds, and sap. Editor(s): Scullin, Michael. Num Pages: 472 pages, 71 figures, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBNR; JFSL9; JHMC; PST. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 37. Weight in Grams: 835.
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803246744
ISBN
9780803246744
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.21

Paperback. Series: Big Issues in Music. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: AV; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226311975
ISBN
9780226311975
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.64

Paperback. This examination of genetic and memetic evolution shows how mental disorders can arise from gene-meme interaction. Offering examples of gene-meme interactions resulting in depression, the author proposes a genetic-memetic model for diagnosing mental illness. Num Pages: 318 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JHMC; JMH; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 466. 312 pages, black & white illustrations. This examination of genetic and memetic evolution shows how mental disorders can arise from gene-meme interaction. Offering examples of gene-meme interactions resulting in depression, the author proposes a genetic-memetic model for diagnosing mental illness. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JHB; JHMC; JMH; MMH. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 17. Weight: 466.
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Number of pages
300
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
2010th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781461402398
ISBN
9781461402398
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.48

Paperback. Series: Stanford Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JHMC; JPVH; LNAA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804799782
ISBN
9780804799782
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.71

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 92. BIC Classification: JFFZ; JFSG; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816679126
ISBN
9780816679126
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

Hardcover. How does smallness shape a country and its relations with other countries? In comparative case studies that cover a diverse set of regions, Small Countries describes a number of similar problems with which small countries must cope, on domestic levels as well as in their transnational and global encounters. Editor(s): Hannerz, Ulf; Gingrich, Andre. Num Pages: 352 pages, 5 illus. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812248937
ISBN
9780812248937
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.34

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 189 x 8. Weight in Grams: 574.
Publisher
Aboriginal Studies Press Australia
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780855754570
ISBN
9780855754570
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.41

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