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Anthropology

Paperback. Sets the pieces of the story that are known to historians into their cultural, religious, and political context. This book explores important questions about the period and about historical memory that is of interest to both the general reader and students of the period. Num Pages: 176 pages, b&w photo. BIC Classification: HBJD; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
62987th
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253207517
ISBN
9780253207517
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.14

Paperback. This text offers a new statement on the making of national politics. Comparing the popular political cultures and discourses of post-colonial Mexico and Peru, it provides an analysis of their effect on the evolution of these nation states. Series: A Centennial book. Num Pages: 496 pages, 9 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 1KLSR; HBTQ; HBTR; JHM; JPWD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520085053
ISBN
9780520085053
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 29.54

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
€ 27.93

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

€ 111.34

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

€ 112.93

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

€ 83.50
€ 63.81

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
€ 25.44

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

€ 14.88

Paperback. .
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783605071
ISBN
9781783605071
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.51

Paperback. This collection of essays was devised by the author to study how anthropology brought the study of complex societies and world systems in to its purview. Num Pages: 483 pages, 1 black-and-white photograph. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 31. Weight in Grams: 652.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
483
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520223349
ISBN
9780520223349
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 27.83

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
€ 32.49

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
€ 24.43

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.78

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.32

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 9ill. BIC Classification: JHM; JHMP; PSX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816644063
ISBN
9780816644063
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.08

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.10

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

€ 36.99
€ 33.77

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

€ 32.99
€ 32.77

Paperback. Passage to Manhood is a groundbreaking and beautifully written ethnography that addresses the intersection of modernity, heroin use, and AIDS as they intersect in a new "rite-of-passage" among young ethnic-minority males in contemporary China. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute. Num Pages: 248 pages, 1 table, 3 figures, 3 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFFH2; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804770255
ISBN
9780804770255
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 27.09

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
€ 33.05

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
€ 28.94

Paperback. This text examines conspiracy theories and tackles paranoia as a style of debate within science, psychotherapy, and popular entertainment. A conspiracy theory emerges as a way to address the inadequacies of rational expertise and organization in the face of the changes that undermine them. Editor(s): Marcus, George E. Series: Late Editions: Cultural Studies for the End of the Century S. Num Pages: 454 pages, 14 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: JFC; JFH; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 165 x 21. Weight in Grams: 670.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
454
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226504582
ISBN
9780226504582
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 40.28

Paperback. A memoir of Africa recounting the experiences of Alma Gottlieb, an anthropologist, and Philip Graham, a fiction writer, as they lived in two remote villages in the rain forest of Cote d'Ivoire. Num Pages: 350 pages, xii, 336, 2 maps. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226305066
ISBN
9780226305066
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.24

Paperback. A collection of essays examining Canadian-American relations in the West Editor(s): Coates, Kenneth. Series: Emil and Kathleen Sick Series in Western History and Biography. Num Pages: 328 pages, 8 maps, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 1KBC; HBJK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Washington Press Washington
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295982533
ISBN
9780295982533
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.59

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