Anthropology
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Anthropology
Paperback. An ethnographic study of Yemeni tribal poetry that reveals a folkloric system where poetry is a creation of art and a political and social act. Drawing on field research in North Yemen, it shows the significance of poetry in Yemeni society, analyzing verse genres and their use in weddings, war mediations, and political discourse on the state. Num Pages: 330 pages, 8 b&w photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBXY; JFHF; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520082618
- ISBN
- 9780520082618
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.52
€ 38.99
€ 28.52
Hardback. Peaceful peoples are societies that have developed harmonious social structures which allow people to get along with each other, and with outsiders, without violence. This bibliography includes annotated references to books, articles, and other English-language publications. Num Pages: 301 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GBCR; JFC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 301
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810827851
- ISBN
- 9780810827851
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.61
€ 118.61
Paperback. A comprehensive survey of world prehistory designed for introductory world prehistory courses in anthropology departments. This work brings together theories and archaeological examples to pose questions about who we are and the means by which humanity evolved. It reveals how archaeologists decipher the past. Num Pages: 640 pages, Numerous halftones and line drawings. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 190 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1166.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- 5th Edition
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195169287
- ISBN
- 9780195169287
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 120.45
€ 120.45
Hardback. This volume offers an integrative approach to the application of evolutionary theory in studies of cultural transmission and social evolution and reveals the enormous range of ways in which Darwinian ideas can lead to productive empirical research, the touchstone of any worthwhile theoretical perspective. Editor(s): Shennan, Stephen. Series: Origins of Human Behavior and Culture. Num Pages: 341 pages, 2 b/w photographs, 102 line illustrations, 29 maps, 38 tables. BIC Classification: JHMC; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 257 x 186 x 28. Weight in Grams: 936.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 341
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520255999
- ISBN
- 9780520255999
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.35€ 64.81
€ 84.35
€ 64.81
hardcover. The author, an anthropologist specializing in bureaucratic organizations and gender studies, was hired to monitor the project. Analyzing her own experience as a practicing development expert, she demonstrates that the professed goal of women's empowerment is a pretext for promoting economic organizational goals and the interests of local elites. Num Pages: 278 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKN; JFSJ1; JHMC; JNFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781845457686
- ISBN
- 9781845457686
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.84
€ 161.84
Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; HDD; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 187 x 228 x 13. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226351193
- ISBN
- 9780226351193
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.08
€ 32.99
€ 26.08
Paperback.
This volume explores the social and economic processes involved in the manufacture of obsidian prismatic blades, one of the sharpest cutting instruments ever produced in the prehistoric world. Focusing on ancient Mesoamerica, contributors examine the variation in the way the blades were manufactured and the causes behind their variation. Editor(s): Andrews, Bradford; Hirth, Kenneth G. Series: Monographs. Num Pages: 145 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HDW; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 10. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA United States
- Number of pages
- 145
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780917956997
- ISBN
- 9780917956997
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.70
€ 15.70
Hardback. How does global Christianity relate to processes of globalisation and modernization and what form does it take in different local settings? These questions have lately proved to be of increasing interest to many scholars in the social sciences and humanities. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 map, Bibliog., index. BIC Classification: JFSR; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845450052
- ISBN
- 9781845450052
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.73
€ 161.73
Paperback. This work examines the relationship between European and indigenous Andean ways of understanding the past. Following field work in Bolivia, the author argues that complex Andean rituals have hybridized European and indigenous traditions and are evidence of a keen social memory in the community. Num Pages: 552 pages, 20 b&w photographs, 41 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLSL; HBAH; JFSL9; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299153144
- ISBN
- 9780299153144
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.28
€ 34.28
Paperback. Pathways for Remembering and Recognizing Indigenous Thought in Education is an exploration into some of the shared cross-cultural themes that inform and shape Indigenous thought and Indigenous educational philosophy. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HP; JFSL9; JHM; JNA; JNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781487521639
- ISBN
- 9781487521639
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.96
€ 34.99
€ 31.96
Paperback. "Pathologies of Power" uses harrowing stories of life and death to argue thatthe promotion of social and economic rights of the poor is the most importanthuman rights struggle of our times. Series: California Series in Public Anthropology. Num Pages: 438 pages. BIC Classification: JFFA; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 606. Health, Human Rights and the New War on the Poor. With a New Preface by the Author. Series: California Series in Public Anthropology. 438 pages. "Pathologies of Power" uses harrowing stories of life and death to argue thatthe promotion of social and economic rights of the poor is the most importanthuman rights struggle of our times. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: JFFA; JHMC. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 30. Weight: 606.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 438
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520243262
- ISBN
- 9780520243262
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.05
€ 33.99
€ 25.05
Paperback. Editor(s): McEwan, Colin; Borrero, Luis Alberto; Prieto, Alfredo. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 206 pages, 7 color photos 100 duotones 11 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; HBLH; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 280 x 216 x 11. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691601625
- ISBN
- 9780691601625
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.40
€ 40.99
€ 29.40
Paperback. Examines how the lives of pastoralists in northern Kenya and southern Ethiopia are deeply affected by the creation of mutually exclusive ethnic territories and proposes ways to reverse this trend. Editor(s): Schlee, Gunther. Series: Eastern Africa Series. Num Pages: 191 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; 1HFGK; JHMC; RGCP; TVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 217 x 16. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- James Currey
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847011299
- ISBN
- 9781847011299
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Condition: New
€ 27.00
€ 27.00
Paperback. Nineteenth-century Americans celebrated nature through many artistic forms. Although we tend to associate these movements with the nation's dawning environmental consciousness, this book demonstrates that they instead alienated Americans from the physical environment even as they seemed to draw people to it. Num Pages: 320 pages, 8 colour & 9 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; JHMC; WN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820332901
- ISBN
- 9780820332901
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Condition: New
€ 46.89
€ 46.89
Hardback. Investigates the emerging, new sexual culture of Iranian youth, in which sexuality represents freedom and engaging in sex can be considered political activism. Num Pages: 344 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBN; JFSR2; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 712. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804758567
- ISBN
- 9780804758567
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.16
€ 116.16
Paperback. Reprint of a classic work in folklore and literature by a famous scholar. Num Pages: 872 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; HBTB; HBTG; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1201.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253209870
- ISBN
- 9780253209870
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.08
€ 37.99
€ 34.08
Paperback. Focuses on the practical problem-solving and policy applications of anthropological knowledge and methods. Num Pages: 180 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 169 x 10. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- American Anthropological Association United States
- Edition
- Number 22
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781931303163
- ISBN
- 9781931303163
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.64
€ 33.64
Paperback. During the 1980s and 1990s, Brazil struggled to rebuild its democracy after 20 years of military dictatorship, experiencing financial crises, political protest and electoral contention. This work argues that youth activists of various stripes played a vital role, contributing new forms of political talk and action to Brazil's emerging democracy. Series: Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology. Num Pages: 456 pages, 36 line illus. 17 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JHMC; JPHV; JPW. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 148 x 27. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 454
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691141046
- ISBN
- 9780691141046
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.21
€ 46.99
€ 33.21
Paperback. Explores the emergence of rituals in America that celebrate the dying and reinvent the roles of family and community at the deathbed. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBT; JHBZ; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520268739
- ISBN
- 9780520268739
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.92
€ 40.99
€ 28.92
Paperback. Num Pages: 266 pages. BIC Classification: JHBC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 227 x 18. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 266
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759119277
- ISBN
- 9780759119277
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.67
€ 75.67