Anthropology
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Anthropology
Paperback. A multidisciplinary study of green and its significance from multiple perspectives: aesthetic, architectural, environmental, political, and social. It is centered on the Kingdom of Bahrain, where green has a long and deep history of appearing cooling, productive, and prosperous-a radical contrast to the hot and hostile desert. Num Pages: 216 pages, 26 color, 3 tables. BIC Classification: AMV; JFC; JFSG; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520285026
- ISBN
- 9780520285026
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.54
€ 33.99
€ 24.54
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
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.43
€ 33.99
€ 24.43
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 407. Weight in Grams: 384.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804772679
- ISBN
- 9780804772679
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 27.09
€ 27.99
€ 27.09
Paperback. Tango. A multidimensional expression of Argentine identity, one that speaks to that nation's sense of disorientation, loss, and terror. Yet the tango mesmerises dancers and audiences alike throughout the world. This title examines the poetics of the tango while describing author's own quest to dance this most dramatic of paired dances. Series: Public Planet Books. Num Pages: 160 pages, 89 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; ASD; AVGF; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 216 x 12. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822321910
- ISBN
- 9780822321910
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.97
€ 26.99
€ 26.97
Paperback. In the decade following the 1993 Oslo Peace Accords, some 100,000 diasporic Palestinians returned to the West Bank and Gaza. This title records the experiences of Palestinians born in exile who have emigrated to the Palestinian homeland. It shows how their Palestinian identity has been affected by living in various Arab countries. Num Pages: 287 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 509. Weight in Grams: 499.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 287
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780292702967
- ISBN
- 9780292702967
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.60
€ 32.99
€ 31.60
Paperback. An examination of how popular culture is received and produced within the Middle East. Editor(s): Stein, Rebecca L. Num Pages: 424 pages, 19 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; GTB; JFCA; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 238 x 28. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822335160
- ISBN
- 9780822335160
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.45
€ 33.99
€ 33.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 7 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFF; JHMC; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231160933
- ISBN
- 9780231160933
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.08
€ 36.99
€ 27.08
Paperback. This new edition of this definitive work on doing paleoethnobotany brings the book up to date by incorporating new methods and examples of research, and preserves the overall organization and approach of the book to facilitate its use as a textbook. Num Pages: 600 pages. BIC Classification: HDW; JHM; PST. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 204 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Left Coast Press Inc United States
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 600
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611322996
- ISBN
- 9781611322996
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Condition: New
€ 89.48
€ 89.48
Hardback. Gathering insights from numerous fields about the construction of Canada, this provocative volume illuminates the challenges that lie ahead for all Canadians who aspire to create a better future. Editor(s): Strong-Boag, Veronica; Grace, Sherrill; Anderson, Joan; Eisenberg, Avigail. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFC; JFSJ; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 0. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774806923
- ISBN
- 9780774806923
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.37
€ 119.37
Paperback. Sufferers, finding that chronic pain alters every aspect of life, often become frustrated and distrust a profession seemingly unable to explain or effectively treat their illness. This volume searches out more effective ways to describe and analyze the human context of pain. Editor(s): Good, Mary-Jo DelVecchio; Brodwin, Paul E.; Good, Byron J.; Kleinman, Arthur. Series: Comparative Studies of Health Systems & Medical Care. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM; MMBP; PSXM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 356. An Anthropological Perspective. Series: Comparative Studies of Health Systems & Medical Care. 224 pages. Editor(s): Good, Mary-Jo DelVecchio; Brodwin, Paul E.; Good, Byron J.; Kleinman, Arthur. Sufferers, finding that chronic pain alters every aspect of life, often become frustrated and distrust a profession seemingly unable to explain or effectively treat their illness. This volume searches out more effective ways to describe and analyze the human context of pain. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: JHM; MMBP; PSXM. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 14. Weight: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520075122
- ISBN
- 9780520075122
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.13
€ 35.99
€ 26.13
Hardcover. This authoritative work sheds light on the religious world of the Kalasha people of the Birir valley of the Pakistani district of Chitral, focusing on their winter feasts which culminate in a great winter solstice festival. Num Pages: 380 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKP; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 161 x 290 x 36. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Publisher
- Gingko Library
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909942844
- ISBN
- 9781909942844
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.16
€ 53.16
Paperback. If you had to choose only one object that embodies the richness of your culture and provides you with a sense of cultural identity, what would it be? This work presents the answers to this question. It features the stories that provide a fresh perspective on the multicultural world, as well as insights into the diverse cultures of the Pacific Rim. Num Pages: 200 pages, 185 illus., 90 in color. BIC Classification: JHMC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6466 x 4531 x 14. Weight in Grams: 735.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295985503
- ISBN
- 9780295985503
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Condition: New
€ 38.50
€ 38.50
Paperback. As part of the "Explorations in Anthropology" series and based on extensive fieldwork, this volume addresses a range of subjects of interest to peoples of the Pacific Island nations. Editor(s): Wassmann, Jurg. Series: Explorations in Anthropology. Num Pages: 384 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1M; 1QSP; GTB; JHM; JPFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 574. An excellent, clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Berg Publishers Oxford
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- SKU
- KRS0018175
- ISBN
- 9781859731598
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Hardback. This Handbook is the first comprehensive survey of a rapidly expanding sub-field in archaeology, the study of the present and recent past. It seeks to explore the boundaries of this emerging area, to develop a tool-kit of concepts and methods, which are applicable to this new sub-field, and to suggest important future trajectories for research. Editor(s): Graves-Brown, Paul; Harrison, Rodney; Piccini, Angela. Series: Oxford Handbooks in Archaeology. Num Pages: 864 pages, 140 in-text illustrations and 3 photograph based essays. BIC Classification: 3J; HDD; HDW; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 249 x 182 x 48. Weight in Grams: 2010.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 864
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199602001
- ISBN
- 9780199602001
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 252.87
€ 252.87
Hardback. In this ethnography of the Cancha mega-market in Cochabama, Bolivia, Daniel M. Goldstein examines what it means for the market's poorest vendors to maintain personal safety and economic stability by navigating systems of informality and illegality and how this dynamic is representative of the neoliberal modern city. Series: Global Insecurities. Num Pages: 352 pages, 34 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; JFSG; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822360285
- ISBN
- 9780822360285
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.83
€ 123.83
Paperback. In this ethnography of the Cancha mega-market in Cochabama, Bolivia, Daniel M. Goldstein examines what it means for the market's poorest vendors to maintain personal safety and economic stability by navigating systems of informality and illegality and how this dynamic is representative of the neoliberal modern city. Series: Global Insecurities. Num Pages: 352 pages, 34 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; JFSG; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 477.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822360452
- ISBN
- 9780822360452
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.45
€ 32.99
€ 31.45
Paperback. A major new intervention on the overarching challenges of modernity from one of the world's leading anthropologists Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: GTF; JFC; JFFS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 215 x 16. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745336343
- ISBN
- 9780745336343
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.70
€ 31.99
€ 24.70
Paperback. Envisioning new directions for an inclusive anthropology Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 503.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252074905
- ISBN
- 9780252074905
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.11
€ 29.99
€ 29.11
Paperback. A collection of essays on works of literature, such as Salman Rushdie's controversial "Satanic Verses", and twentieth century thinkers, such as Jacques Derrida and Karl Marx. It questions and deconstructs power structures where ever they operate. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 392 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 133 x 30. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 392
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415964821
- ISBN
- 9780415964821
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.24
€ 26.99
€ 25.24
Paperback. The authors look at points in American and British culture where the "colour line" has blurred. Through accounts of racial masquerades in literature and by looking at music throughout recent history, they upset the idea of race as a symbol of inherent human attributes. Num Pages: 312 pages, 28 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL; JHMC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226873428
- ISBN
- 9780226873428
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.40
€ 36.99
€ 29.40
Paperback. Assesses the tide of discontent that has destabilized the conceptions, institutions, and communities dedicated to African studies. This book examines African scholars' struggle against paradigms that have justified and covered up colonialism, militarism, and underdevelopment. Editor(s): Martin, William G.; West, Michael O. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 3JJ; GTB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252067808
- ISBN
- 9780252067808
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.57
€ 34.99
€ 31.57
Paperback. Why is it that the rates of developing schizophrenia - long the poster child for the biomedical model of psychiatric illness - are low in some countries and not others? This book gives an account of the different experiences living with serious psychotic disorder in the U.S., India, Africa, and South East Asia. Editor(s): Luhrmann, T. M.; Marrow, Jocelyn. Series: Ethnographic Studies in Subjectivity. Num Pages: 256 pages, 15 black and white. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520291096
- ISBN
- 9780520291096
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.61
€ 33.99
€ 24.61
Hardback. Why is it that the rates of developing schizophrenia - long the poster child for the biomedical model of psychiatric illness - are low in some countries and not others? This book gives an account of the different experiences living with serious psychotic disorder in the U.S., India, Africa, and South East Asia. Editor(s): Luhrmann, T. M.; Marrow, Jocelyn. Series: Ethnographic Studies in Subjectivity. Num Pages: 256 pages, 15 black and white. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520291089
- ISBN
- 9780520291089
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.39€ 53.55
€ 69.39
€ 53.55
Paperback. Argues that the contemporary commitment to the importance of cultural identity has reovated rather than replaced an earlier commitment to r4acial identity and asserts that the idea of culture, far from constituting a challenge to racism, is actually a for Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFF; JFSL1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822320647
- ISBN
- 9780822320647
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.98
€ 26.99
€ 24.98