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Paperback. This accessible work provides a penetrating examination of one of ancient Peru's most well-known and important civilizations, examining Nasca society, politics, religion and art. It also details misconceptions regarding the Nasca that became canonized in the scholarly literature. Series: Peoples of America. Num Pages: 339 pages, b/w pls and figs. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; HDD; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 616.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
339
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631232247
ISBN
9780631232247
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.14

Hardcover. * Anthologizes the most influential and critically received essays that have shaped the trajectory of diaspora studies. * Offers classic statements that have defined the field by scholars including Appadurai, Gilroy, Radhakrishnan, and Hall. Editor(s): Braziel, Jana Evans; Mannur, Anita. Series: KeyWorks in Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 360 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 26. Weight in Grams: 682.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631233916
ISBN
9780631233916
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 146.69

Hardcover. American Identities is a dazzling array of primary documents and critical essays culled from American history, literature, memoir, and popular culture that explore major currents and trends in American history from 1945 to the present. Editor(s): Rudnick, Lois; Smith, Judith; Rubin, Rachel. Num Pages: 384 pages, 28 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 177 x 25. Weight in Grams: 826.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631234319
ISBN
9780631234319
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 146.62

Paperback. American Identities is a dazzling array of primary documents and critical essays culled from American history, literature, memoir, and popular culture that explore major currents and trends in American history from 1945 to the present. Editor(s): Rudnick, Lois; Smith, Judith; Rubin, Rachel. Num Pages: 384 pages, 28. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 172 x 21. Weight in Grams: 674.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631234326
ISBN
9780631234326
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.27

Hardcover. Comprised of 24 newly commissioned chapters, this defining reference volume on Latin America introduces English-language readers to the debates, traditions, and sensibilities that have shaped the study of this diverse region. Editor(s): Poole, Deborah. Series: Wiley-Blackwell Companions to Anthropology. Num Pages: 560 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 172 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1110.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631234685
ISBN
9780631234685
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99

Hardcover. In this ground-breaking new book on the Nortena and Surena (North/South) youth gang dynamic, cultural anthropologist and linguist Norma Mendoza-Denton looks at the daily lives of young Latinas and their innovative use of speech, bodily practices, and symbolic exchanges that signal their gang affiliations and ideologies. Series: New Directions in Ethnography. Num Pages: 360 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631234890
ISBN
9780631234890
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.44

Paperback. In this ground-breaking new book on the Nortena and Surena (North/South) youth gang dynamic, cultural anthropologist and linguist Norma Mendoza-Denton looks at the daily lives of young Latinas and their innovative use of speech, bodily practices, and symbolic exchanges that signal their gang affiliations and ideologies. Series: New Directions in Ethnography. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631234906
ISBN
9780631234906
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 46.42

Hardcover. A Companion to African-American Studies is an exciting and comprehensive re-appraisal of the history and future of African American studies. Editor(s): Gordon, Lewis; Gordon, Jane Anna. Series: Blackwell Companions in Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 704 pages, 1. BIC Classification: JFSL3; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 176 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1350.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
704
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631235163
ISBN
9780631235163
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 202.40

Paperback. The indigenous people of the Americas have resisted a 500-year assault. During this time, authorities insisted that the toleration of indigenous societies would undermine the states. However, they have started to reverse themselves. This work offers the history behind these times of transition. Series: David Rockefeller Centre for Latin American Studies. Num Pages: 340 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; JFSL9; JHM; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Harvard University Press Massachusetts
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674009646
ISBN
9780674009646
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.23

Hardcover. Despite Taiwan's rise as an economic force in the world, modernity has not led to a Weberian process of disenchantment or curbed religiosity. To the contrary, other factors - social, economic, political - have stimilated religion. How and why this has happened are central issues in this book. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 325 pages, 38 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; 3JJ; ASZ; HRKN; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 164 x 35. Weight in Grams: 760.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
325
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674010970
ISBN
9780674010970
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 41.92

Paperback. Reproduction is among the most basic of human biological functions, both for our distant ancestors and ourselves. Our reproductive biology unites us as a species, but it has also been an important engine of our evolution. This text tells the story of human reproduction and its evolution. Num Pages: 368 pages, 19 halftones, 4 line illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMP; PDZ; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 24. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674011120
ISBN
9780674011120
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 34.44

Hardcover. In modern states, John Lie argues, ideas of race, ethnicity, and nationality can be subsumed under the rubric of 'peoplehood'. He argues indeed, that the modern state has created the idea of peoplehood. Num Pages: 394 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 699.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
394
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674013278
ISBN
9780674013278
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.93
€ 79.45

Paperback. Latin America is a profoundly philanthropic region with deeply rooted traditions of solidarity with the less fortunate. This volume brings together groundbreaking perspectives on such diverse themes as corporate philanthropy, immigrant networks, and new grant-making and operating foundations with corporate, family, and community origins. Editor(s): Portocarrero, Felipe. Series: David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies. Num Pages: 390 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; JHM; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 29. Weight in Grams: 768.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Harvard University Press Massachusetts
Number of pages
390
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674019652
ISBN
9780674019652
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.23

Hardback. The more than two dozen Rai languages in eastern Nepal are linguistically highly varied. This title includes introductory chapters to Rai mythology and Rai grammar. It brings together different variants of myths from various Rai languages, presenting them with linguistic glossings in interlinear translations. Series: Harvard Oriental Series. Num Pages: 196 pages, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKN; CFB; JFHF; JHMC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 260 x 184 x 18. Weight in Grams: 536.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies United States
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674032729
ISBN
9780674032729
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.39

Paperback. Looking at every kind of fatherhood - being a father in and out of marriage, fathering from a distance, stepfathering, and parenting by gay males, this book presents a picture of how being a parent fits with men's broader social and work lives, how fatherhood evolved, and how it differs across cultures and through time. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JFSJ2; JHBK; JHM; JMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674064188
ISBN
9780674064188
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.39

Paperback. As a young anthropologist, the author undertook fieldwork in Jamaica, Haiti, and Puerto Rico. This title presents a summation of his work in the region and is a reminder of how anthropology allows people to explore the deep truths that history may leave unexamined. Series: W. E. B. Du Bois Lectures. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JFSL3; JFSL4; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 252.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674066212
ISBN
9780674066212
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.48

Hardback. Tarun Chhabra offers detailed ethnographic descriptions of multiple aspects of the culture of the Todas, the oldest inhabitants of the Nilgiri Hills of South India. Chhabra s prologue details his journey to becoming a Toda insider. The text and appendices include significant new data, and the book represents a major breakthrough in Toda studies." Series: Harvard Oriental Series. Num Pages: 721 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 263 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1560.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
721
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674088504
ISBN
9780674088504
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.07
€ 58.64

Hardcover. Rise of a Japanese Chinatown focuses on a Chinese immigrant community in the Japanese port city of Yokohama from the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 to the normalization of Sino-Japanese ties in 1972 and beyond. It tells the story of how Chinese immigrants found an enduring place within a monoethnic state during periods of war and peace. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 270 pages, Illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBJF; HBTB; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674491984
ISBN
9780674491984
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 37.31

Hardcover. Through an exploration of contemporary Chinese popular religion from its cultural, social, and material perspectives, Wei-Ping Lin paints a broad picture of the dynamics of popular religion in Taiwan. Analyzing these aspects of religious practice in a unified framework, she traces their transformation as adherents move from villages to cities. Num Pages: 217 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HRA; JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674504363
ISBN
9780674504363
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 37.31

Hardcover. The first of three volumes surveying the historical, spatial, and human dimensions of inter-Asian connections, Asia Inside Out: Changing Times> brings into focus the dynamic networks that have linked peoples from Japan to Yemen over the past five centuries. Each author examines a single year or decade that redefined Asia. Num Pages: 310 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 243 x 28. Weight in Grams: 648.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Edition
First Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674598508
ISBN
9780674598508
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 44.50

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