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Hardcover. Discusses how godless societies can be moral, happy and free Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRA; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814797143
ISBN
9780814797143
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.43

Paperback. Explores Palo, a Kongo-inspired 'society of affliction' that is poorly understood at the margins of Cuban popular religion. This title draws upon the critiques of Western metaphysics, revealing what this little known practice can tell us about sensation, transformation, and redemption in the Black Atlantic. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJC; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 468. Quita Manaquita and Palo Praise in Cuba. 328 pages. Explores Palo, a Kongo-inspired 'society of affliction' that is poorly understood at the margins of Cuban popular religion. This title draws upon the critiques of Western metaphysics, revealing what this little known practice can tell us about sensation, transformation, and redemption in the Black Atlantic. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1KJC; JHMC. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 20. Weight: 452.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520256842
ISBN
9780520256842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.74

Paperback. A study that upsets the popular assumption that human relations in small-scale societies are based on shared experience. It presents an account of the lives of the Korowai of West Papua, Indonesia, and shows that in this society, people organize their connections to each another around otherness. Num Pages: 336 pages, 15 b/w photographs, 5 line illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMN; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520256866
ISBN
9780520256866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Hardback. Editor(s): Markovits, Claude; Pouchepadass, Jacques; Subrahmanyam, Sanjay. Series: Anthem South Asian Studies. Num Pages: 380 pages, 2+ maps. BIC Classification: 1FM; JFC; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Anthem Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
380
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843312314
ISBN
9781843312314
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.83

Hardcover. The notion of "sociality" is now widely used within the social sciences and humanities. However, what is meant by the term varies radically, and the contributors here, through compelling and wide ranging essays, identify the strengths and weaknesses of current definitions and their deployment in the social sciences. Editor(s): Long, Nicholas J.; Moore, Henrietta L. Series: Wyse Series in Social Anthropology. Num Pages: 244 pages, 10 ills. BIC Classification: JHB; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 444. New Directions. Series: Wyse Series in Social Anthropology. 244 pages, 10 ills. Editor(s): Long, Nicholas J.; Moore, Henrietta L. The notion of "sociality" is now widely used within the social sciences and humanities. However, what is meant by the term varies radically, and the contributors here, through compelling and wide ranging essays, identify the strengths and weaknesses of current definitions and their deployment in the social sciences. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: JHB; JHM. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 18. Weight: 444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857457899
ISBN
9780857457899
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.77

Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages, 13 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226453576
ISBN
9780226453576
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.07
€ 78.69

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 13 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226453606
ISBN
9780226453606
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.73

Hardback. Series: Cultural Politics S. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 1KLCN; AN; JFS; JHM; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816624805
ISBN
9780816624805
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.93

Hardback. As Director of the Refugee Law Project at the University of Makerere, Kampala, Uganda, Dolan offers a behind-the-scenes, cross-disciplinary study of one of Africa's longest running and most intractable conflicts. This book offers an important analytical instrument for all those seeking entry points through which to address entrenched conflicts. Series: Human Rights in Context. Num Pages: 352 pages, 17 ills. BIC Classification: 1HFGU; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; 3JMC; JHMC; JPVH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845455651
ISBN
9781845455651
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 166.82

Paperback. "Social Suffering" takes in the human consequences of war, famine, depression, disease and torture, problems that result from what political, economic and institutional power does to people. Experts have joined together to investigate the cultural representations of human suffering. Editor(s): Kleinman, Arthur; Das, Veena; Lock, Margaret M. Num Pages: 425 pages, 1. BIC Classification: JFFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 602. 425 pages, illustrations. Editor(s): Kleinman, Arthur; Das, Veena; Lock, Margaret. "Social Suffering" takes in the human consequences of war, famine, depression, disease and torture, problems that result from what political, economic and institutional power does to people. Experts have joined together to investigate the cultural representations of human suffering. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JFFC; JHM. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 27. Weight: 602.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
425
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520209954
ISBN
9780520209954
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

Paperback. Demonstrates that technology is affected at a fundamental level by the social context in which it develops. This book features arguments about the relation of technology to society. It examines different types of technology and argues that social scientists have tended to ignore the question of what shapes technology? Num Pages: 480 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JHM; PDR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 173 x 28. Weight in Grams: 834.
Publisher
Open University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780335199136
ISBN
9780335199136
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.24

Hardcover. During the last decades, the world has been facing tremendous political transformations and new risks: epidemics such as HIV/Aids have had destabilizing effect on the caretaking role of kin; in post-socialist countries political reforms have made unemployment a new source of insecurity. Editor(s): Leutloff-Grandits, Carolin; Peleikis, Anja; Thelen, Tatjana. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845455767
ISBN
9781845455767
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.00

Paperback. An assessment of the US military programme in which anthropologists and other social scientists researched societies at war in Iraq and Afghanistan Editor(s): McFate, Montgomery; Laurence, Janice H. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1FCA; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 217 x 319. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849044219
ISBN
9781849044219
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 47.53

Paperback. Num Pages: 310 pages, 2 black & white tables, 17 black & white halftones, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JHB; JHM; JHMC; JM; JP; KC; PDA; PDX; RGC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 233 x 33. Weight in Grams: 492.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138675797
ISBN
9781138675797
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.03

Hardback. This volume focuses on theory and research which lends insight into how emotions are distributed, experienced and structured within five broadly conceived institutional areas. These are: medical and health care; family; work and leisure; education; and clinical/counselling. Series Editor(s): Franks, David D. Series: Social Perspectives on Emotion S. Num Pages: 374 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM; JMH; JMM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 700.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
Number of pages
374
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762300501
ISBN
9780762300501
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 169.65

Paperback. .
Publisher
SAGE Publications Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781446267776
ISBN
9781446267776
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 48.92

hardcover. In Social Myths and Collective Imaginaries, Gerard Bouchard conceptualizes myths as vessels of sacred values that transcend the division between primitive and modern. These vessels become so influential as to make an indelible impression on people's minds. Translator(s): Scott, Howard. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; JHMC; JPB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442631908
ISBN
9781442631908
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.86

Paperback. In Social Myths and Collective Imaginaries, Gerard Bouchard conceptualizes myths as vessels of sacred values that transcend the division between primitive and modern. These vessels become so influential as to make an indelible impression on people's minds. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; JHMC; JPB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442629073
ISBN
9781442629073
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.42

Paperback. * The first collection of research on health social movements. * Demonstrates that health social movements are an innovative and powerful form of political action. * Brings together the study of health and illness with social movement theory in order to establish a basis for the study of health social movements. Editor(s): Brown, Phil; Zavestoski, Stephen. Series: Sociology of Health and Illness Monographs. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405124492
ISBN
9781405124492
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.26

Hardcover. This reader brings together a selection of writings on peasant and labour movements; women and students youth movements; and ecological and environmental movements. It discusses contemporary social movements in India from the perspective of equity and security. Editor(s): Oommen, T. K. Series: Oxford in India Readings in Sociology & Social Anthropology. Num Pages: 364 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFFN; JHB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 26. Weight in Grams: 606.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
OUP India India
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198063285
ISBN
9780198063285
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.02

Paperback. An ethnographic study of the Izhavas in Kerala, India, highlighting the complexities and contradictions of modern identity. Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 336 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFFM; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780745316932
ISBN
9780745316932
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 36.35

Paperback. An examination of social memory developed within communities from the perspective of anthropology. Many case studies from around the world. Editor(s): Climo, Jacob J.; Cattell, Maria G. Num Pages: 252 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HD; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780759101784
ISBN
9780759101784
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.88

Hardback. An examination of social memory developed within communities from the perspective of anthropology. Many case studies from around the world. Editor(s): Climo, Jacob J.; Cattell, Maria G. Num Pages: 252 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HD; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780759101777
ISBN
9780759101777
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.78

Paperback. An anthropological study of the social functions and meanings of medicines in different cultures. Series: Cambridge Studies in Medical Anthropology. Num Pages: 212 pages, 12 b/w illus. BIC Classification: JFC; JHMC; MB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 32. Series: Cambridge Studies in Medical Anthropology. 212 pages, 12 b/w illus. An anthropological study of the social functions and meanings of medicines in different cultures. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JFC; JHMC; MB. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 13. Weight: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521804691
ISBN
9780521804691
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 44.74

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