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Anthropology
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
€ 112.67
€ 112.67
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
€ 53.87
€ 53.87
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.80
€ 38.80
Hardcover. Pacific Futures asks how our understanding of social life in the Pacific would be different if we approached it from the perspective of the futures which Pacific people dream of, predict or struggle to achieve, not the reproduction of cultural tradition. Editor(s): Rollason, Will. Series: Pacific Perspectives: Studies for the European Society for Oceanists. Num Pages: 260 pages, 2 ills. BIC Classification: 1MK; JFC; JFFR; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 158 x 232 x 22. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782383505
- ISBN
- 9781782383505
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.28
€ 155.28
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.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 864
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199602001
- ISBN
- 9780199602001
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 254.24
€ 254.24
Hardback. Through ethnography of the Amazonia region, Ownership and Nurture sets new and challenging terms for debates about the classic anthropological theme of property. This volume demonstrates that property relations are of central importance in Amazonia despite portrayals of the region as the antithesis of Western, property-based, civilization. Editor(s): Brightman, Marc; Grotti, Vanessa Elisa; Fausto, Carlos. Num Pages: 278 pages, 23 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785330834
- ISBN
- 9781785330834
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.52
€ 155.52
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
€ 115.33
€ 115.33
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Paperback. An ethnographic account, examining specific situations of friction, conflict and co-operation between Palestinians and Israelis. Series: Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology. Num Pages: 242 pages, 15 b/w illus. 4 maps 12 tables. BIC Classification: JHMC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 393.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521564953
- ISBN
- 9780521564953
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.86
€ 51.86
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.05
€ 31.99
€ 25.05
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.36
€ 26.99
€ 25.36
Paperback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Beacon Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807003428
- ISBN
- 9780807003428
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.46
€ 24.99
€ 18.46
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.78
€ 37.99
€ 29.78
Hardback. Outside France, French anthropology is conventionally seen as being dominated by grand theory produced by writers who have done little or no fieldwork themselves, and who may not even count as anthropologists in terms of the institutional structures of French academia. Editor(s): Parkin, Robert; Sales, Anne de. Series: Methodology & History in Anthropology. Num Pages: 292 pages, 17 ills. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845456955
- ISBN
- 9781845456955
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.40
€ 155.40
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€ 31.82
€ 34.99
€ 31.82
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€ 24.98
€ 33.99
€ 24.98
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
€ 70.11€ 54.08
€ 70.11
€ 54.08
Paperback. "This book is a beautiful and moving personal account of the Ainu, the native inhabitants of Hokkaido, Japan's northern island, whose land, economy, and culture have been absorbed and destroyed in rece" Translator(s): Selden, Kyoko Iriye; Selden, Lili. Num Pages: 192 pages, 15 photographs, maps. figures, glossary. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; BGHA; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Westview Press
- Edition
- 50052nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813318806
- ISBN
- 9780813318806
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.37
€ 75.37
Hardback. Against the backdrop of a discipline focused on difference, Christoph Antweiler reasserts the importance of cross-cultural commonalities -- phenomena that occur regularly in all known human societies -- for anthropological research and for life and co-existence beyond the academy. Translator(s): Kerns, Diane. Num Pages: 364 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 237 x 25. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785330933
- ISBN
- 9781785330933
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.20
€ 167.20
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€ 25.32
€ 26.99
€ 25.32
Hardback. A book about aging in a wide variety of human societies in the hope of its making three contributions. It helps to remedy a massive neglect of old age by the discipline of anthropology. Editor(s): Amoss, Pamela T.; Harrell, Steven. Num Pages: 296 pages, 15 tables 3 graphs. BIC Classification: JFSP31; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 200 x 100 x 23. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804710725
- ISBN
- 9780804710725
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.54
€ 160.54
Hardback. Anthropological practice has been dominated by the so-called "great" traditions (Anglo-American, French, and German). This volume gives voice to scholars outside these "great" traditions. It shows the immense variety of methodologies, training, and approaches that scholars from these regions bring to anthropology and social sciences in general. Editor(s): Boscovic, Alexsander. Num Pages: 252 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JHMP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845453985
- ISBN
- 9781845453985
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.05
€ 155.05
Hardback. Editor(s): Langley, Michelle C. Series: Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology. Num Pages: 257 pages, 30 black & white illustrations, 53 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; HD; JHM; RBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 210. Weight in Grams: 919.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 257
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789402408973
- ISBN
- 9789402408973
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.26
€ 143.26