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Anthropology

Paperback. Tarzan is still an icon of adventure, because like all adventurers, his actions have universal qualities: doing something previously untried, revealing the previously undiscovered, and experiencing the unadulterated. This volume reflects on various aspects of this phenomenon and discusses contemporary forms of adventure. Editor(s): Vivanco, Luis A.; Gordon, Robert James. Num Pages: 340 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 457.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845451110
ISBN
9781845451110
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 35.43

Hardback. What compels a person to strap a vest loaded with explosives onto his body and blow himself up in a crowded street? In this book, th author argues that we need to understand the rise of suicide bombing in relation to the cultural beliefs and ritual practices associated with sacrifice. Num Pages: 296 pages, 33 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1FCA; HRH; JHM; JHMC; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520294790
ISBN
9780520294790
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.23

Hardback. Series: Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology. Num Pages: 174 pages, 820 black & white illustrations, 311 colour illustrations, 6 black & white tables, 305 co. BIC Classification: HDW; JHM; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 210. .
Publisher
Springer
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9789401774307
ISBN
9789401774307
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.81
€ 113.89

Paperback. San Lorenzo, a neighborhood in the historic centre of Florence, and home to a market that has existed since before the Renaissance, is in transition. Globalization pressures-specifically international tourism and immigration-are forcing changes in the way vendors work, which in turn raises larger questions about identity. Series: Teaching Culture: UTP Ethnographies for the Classroom. Num Pages: 176 pages, 25. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JM; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. .
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442634619
ISBN
9781442634619
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.79

Paperback. Reveals how successive conquests and diverse migrations have made Southern California gardens, and in turn how gardens influence social inequality, work, leisure, status, and our experiences of nature and community. Num Pages: 304 pages, 46. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JFFN; JHMC; WM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 438.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520277779
ISBN
9780520277779
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.06

Paperback. Argues compellingly that nature and nurture are not alternative influences on human development but, rather, developmental products and the developmental processes that produce them. This title shows that what developmental information" does depends on what is already in place and what alternatives are available. Series: Science & Cultural Theory. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: JHMP; JMA; JMC; PSAJ; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822324669
ISBN
9780822324669
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.25

Paperback. This collection of articles offers an overview of developments in cultural theory as applied to western music. The text examines a range of primarily 20th-century music and provides insights into how cultural identities and differences are constructed in music. Editor(s): Born, Georgina; Hesmondhalgh, David. Num Pages: 409 pages, 4 b/w photographs, 16 music examples. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AVGC6; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 604. Difference, Representation and Appropriation in Music. 409 pages, 4 b&w photographs, 16 music examples. Editor(s): Born, Georgina; Hesmondhalgh, David. This collection of articles offers an overview of developments in cultural theory as applied to western music. The text examines a range of primarily 20th-century music and provides insights into how cultural identities and differences are constructed in music. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AVGC6; JHMC. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 25. Weight: 604.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
409
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520220843
ISBN
9780520220843
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.64

Paperback. Troubled Waters provides readers with an appreciation of the central role of religious meanings and ritual practices surrounding water, arriving at creative new ways to approach the growing water crisis worldwide. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRLF; JHMC; RBKF; RNF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742552456
ISBN
9780742552456
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 47.49

Paperback. A contemporary analyses of the problem of technology. Num Pages: 312 pages, viii, 302 p. BIC Classification: GTF; JHM; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 496.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226066295
ISBN
9780226066295
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.39

Paperback. Do all humans originate from Africa? How did we spread across the globe? Are we separate from Neanderthals, or do some of us actually have their genes? Has human evolution stopped, or are we still evolving? This title tackles the big questions in the ongoing debate about the beginnings of human life on earth. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JHMP; PDZ; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 140 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141037202
ISBN
9780141037202
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Hardback. Avoiding reductionistic solutions, and without losing sight of how our lives and those of others are caught up in the moral webs we humans spin, this book skillfully fashions new kinds of conceptual tools from the strange and unexpected properties of the living world itself. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 467.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
280
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520276109
ISBN
9780520276109
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.06
€ 73.24

Paperback. The first comprehensive overview to examine how sex and race/ethnicity impact the interrelationships among youth violence, violent victimization, and gang membership Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHMP; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 376.
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
244
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781439900727
ISBN
9781439900727
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 32.13

Hardback. Editor(s): Rio, Knut; MacCarthy, Michelle; Blanes, Ruy. Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion. Num Pages: biography. BIC Classification: HRAM; HRCC9; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319560670
ISBN
9783319560670
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 10 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FBJ; HRHP; JHMC; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501700460
ISBN
9781501700460
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Paperback. This text argues that smell is repressed in the modern West, and its social history ignored. It attempts to break the "olfactory silence" of modernity by offering an exploration of the cultural role of odours in Western history and in a wide variety of non-Western societies. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415114738
ISBN
9780415114738
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.85

Paperback. offers a fresh perspective on frontier relations between Australian Aboriginal people and European colonists. Num Pages: 48 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBF; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2019
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849048392
ISBN
9781849048392
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.03

Paperback. Records visionary anthropologist Michael Taussig's reflections on the fieldwork notebooks he kept through forty years of travels in Colombia. This title exhibits Taussig's characteristic verve and intellectual audacity, that is combined with a revelatory sense of intimacy. Num Pages: 176 pages, 30 halftones. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 141 x 216 x 69. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226789835
ISBN
9780226789835
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 25.14

Paperback. By addressing questions of culture, identity and politics, this book throws new light on discussions about "difference", and "diversity", informed by feminism and post-structuralism. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1F; JFC; JHMP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
292
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415121262
ISBN
9780415121262
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.66

Paperback. Now Peru is Mine is the account of the life of Manuel Llamojha Mitma, one of Peru's most creative and inspiring indigenous political activists. His compelling life story covers nearly eight decades, providing a window into many key developments in Peru's tumultuous twentieth-century history and political mobilization in Cold War Latin America. Series: Narrating Native Histories. Num Pages: 256 pages, 24 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; BGHA; HBJK; JHMC; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 363.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822362388
ISBN
9780822362388
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

Paperback. This is an examination of one of the most puzzling and important issues in western economic analysis -- corporate inertia in the face of known threats to survival. The book is part synthetic, part based on intensive case studies, and part theoretical. Num Pages: 272 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; JHM; KJC; KJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 442.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557866387
ISBN
9781557866387
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 27.04

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