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Anthropology

Hardcover. Provides insight into the culture and society of the Chagga people Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; HBJH; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 150 x 224 x 24. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
Signal Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909930445
ISBN
9781909930445
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.11

Paperback. A major work by this prominent Caribbean author and philosopher, available for the first time in English Editor(s): Wing, Betsy. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472066292
ISBN
9780472066292
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.52

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 6 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1HBE; JHM; KCP; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 11. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780816625390
ISBN
9780816625390
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.10

paperback. Presenting everyday stories on subjects such as deities, ascetics, cats, and cooking, this book shows that the study of oral narrative and performance is essential to ethical inquiry. It builds on the author's research in the famous Hindu pilgrimage town of Sringeri, Karnataka, in southwestern India. Num Pages: 312 pages, 25 illus. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780231139212
ISBN
9780231139212
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.62

Paperback. Philosophers have often reflected on the Ancient Greeks' concepts of time, but an anthropological approach is necessary to understand their practical concept of time as tied to space. This work shows how the Ancient Greeks' collective memory was based on a remarkable faculty for the creation of ritual and narrative symbols. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 275 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780674021242
ISBN
9780674021242
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.52

Paperback / so. Editor(s): Lehnert, Detlef; Megerle, Klaus. Num Pages: 270 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: HBLL; JHMC; JNU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften Germany
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9783531124278
ISBN
9783531124278
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 80.32

Paperback. In his old age, Plenty-coups (1848-1932), the last hereditary chief of the Crow Indians, told the exciting, moving story of his life to Frank B Linderman, the well-known western writer who had befriended him. This title offers an account of the nomadic, spiritual, and warring life of Plains Indians before they were forced on to reservations. Num Pages: 204 pages, 1 map, 9 photographs, glossary, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
new edition
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803280182
ISBN
9780803280182
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.93

Hardback. Over several generations, villagers of Dominica have been shifting from Patwa, an Afro-French creole, to English, the official language. Despite government efforts at Patwa revitalization and cultural heritage tourism, rural caregivers and teachers prohibit children from speaking Patwa in their presence. Num Pages: 266 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJWWD; 2JS; CFB; JFSP1; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 478. Children and Change in a Caribbean Village. 252 pages, 20 ills & tables, 3 maps. Over several generations, villagers of Dominica have been shifting from Patwa, an Afro-French creole, to English, the official language. Despite government efforts at Patwa revitalization and cultural heritage tourism, rural caregivers and teachers prohibit children from speaking Patwa in their presence. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1KJWWD; 2JS; CFB; JFSP1; JHMC. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 18. Weight: 478.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
266
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857457608
ISBN
9780857457608
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.35

Hardback. Focusing on ethnicity and its relation to conflict, this book goes beyond sterile debates about whether ethnic identities are naturalA" or socially constructed.A" Rather, ethnic identity takes different forms. Some ethnic boundaries are perceived by the actors themselves as natural, while others are perceived to be permeable. Series: Integration and Conflict Studies. Num Pages: 254 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; JFSL; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 166 x 18. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857450883
ISBN
9780857450883
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.25

Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBS; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 164 x 31. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226264981
ISBN
9780226264981
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 24.88

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HP; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Open Gate Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781871871470
ISBN
9781871871470
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.42

Hardback. In Plastic Bodies Emilia Sanabria examines how women's use of sex hormones in Bahia, Brazil for menstrual suppression shapes social relations, having become central to contemporary understandings of the body, class, gender, sex, personhood, modernity, and Brazilian national identity. Series: Experimental Futures. Num Pages: 264 pages, 12 photographs. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHMC; VFDW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822361428
ISBN
9780822361428
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.28

Paperback. In Plastic Bodies Emilia Sanabria examines how women's use of sex hormones in Bahia, Brazil for menstrual suppression shapes social relations, having become central to contemporary understandings of the body, class, gender, sex, personhood, modernity, and Brazilian national identity. Series: Experimental Futures. Num Pages: 264 pages, 12 photographs. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHMC; VFDW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822361619
ISBN
9780822361619
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

Hardcover. Plants have cultural histories, and their culturally known applications change through time and across contexts. The impact of individual plant species on human cultures has been profound, whether it is the coca and quinine from South America or tea and coffee from the Old World. This pattern is seen in all types of uses that humans make of plants. Editor(s): Hsu, Elisabeth; Harris, Stephen. Series: Epistemologies of Healing. Num Pages: 330 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM; PSXM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 582.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845450601
ISBN
9781845450601
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.88

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Geniusz, Annmarie. Editor(s): Geniusz, Wendy Makoons. Num Pages: 344 pages, 37. BIC Classification: JHMC; RNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 180 x 27. Weight in Grams: 667.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816696765
ISBN
9780816696765
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.03

Challenging the plain and simple view of Amish identity, this study raises the intriguing question of how such a diverse people successfully share a common identity in the absence of uniformity. Series: Young Center Books in Anabaptist and Pietist Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 39, 24 black & white illustrations, 7 figures, 8 maps. BIC Classification: HRCC99; HRCV; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801886058
ISBN
9780801886058
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.61

Hardback. Lisa Messeri traces how planetary scientists-whether working in the Utah desert, a Chilean observatory, or the labs of MIT-transform celestial bodies into places in order to understand the universe as densely inhabited by planets, in turn telling us more about Earth, ourselves, and our place in the cosmos. Series: Experimental Futures. Num Pages: 248 pages, 38 illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM; PGS; RG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 477.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822361879
ISBN
9780822361879
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.28

Paperback. Lisa Messeri traces how planetary scientists-whether working in the Utah desert, a Chilean observatory, or the labs of MIT-transform celestial bodies into places in order to understand the universe as densely inhabited by planets, in turn telling us more about Earth, ourselves, and our place in the cosmos. Series: Experimental Futures. Num Pages: 248 pages, 38 illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM; PGS; RG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 477.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822362036
ISBN
9780822362036
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.29

Hardcover. Series: Space and Place. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; 3JJPR; 3JM; JFFN; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 168 x 233 x 19. Weight in Grams: 522. Forced Displacement, Popular Memory and Trans-local Identities in Bosnian War-torn Communities. Series: Space and Place. 296 pages. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; 3JJPR; 3JM; JFFN; JHM. Dimension: 168 x 233 x 19. Weight: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857457769
ISBN
9780857457769
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.55

Paperback. In Pipe Politics, Contested Waters, Lisa Bjorkman explores why water is chronically unavailable in Mumbai, India's economic and financial capital. She attributes water shortage to economic reforms that allowed urban development to ignore the water infrastructure, which means that in Mumbai, politics is often about water. Num Pages: 296 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FK; HBJF; JHMC; RNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 409.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822359692
ISBN
9780822359692
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Paperback. Pigeon Trouble chronicles a foreign-born anthropologist's venture into a miners' occult craft of pigeon shooting in the depths of Pennsylvania's anthracite coal country. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ; JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812222708
ISBN
9780812222708
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.03

Hardback. The work of Pierre Bourdieu has had an enormous impact on research in fields as diverse as aesthetics, education, anthropology, and sociology. This is a collection of essays focusing on the contribution of Bourdieu's thought to the study of cultural production. Editor(s): Brown, Nicholas; Szeman, Imre. Series: Culture & Education Series. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BG; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 475.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847693887
ISBN
9780847693887
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 206.55

Paperback. "Primitive Pictures" explores the relationship between early German cinema and anthropology's fascination with "primitive" cultures. At the core of this study is a mythic first contact between the camera and the non-Western body. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; APFA; JFC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312293734
ISBN
9780312293734
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.22

Paperback. Based on interviews, media analysis, and participant observation at research labs and conferences, this book analyzes how assumptions designed into and read out of the experimental process reinforce specific notions about human nature. It demonstrates how brain scans contribute to our social dependence on scientific authority. Editor(s): Rabinow, Paul. Series: In-Formation. Num Pages: 272 pages, 18 color illus. 19 halftones. 5 table. BIC Classification: JHM; JMM; MMPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691113982
ISBN
9780691113982
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.68

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