Anthropology
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Anthropology
Paperback. This book examines only-child experience in global perspective and offers an insight into the dilemmas and challengesonly-children face as adults.Explored from both a social and psychological perspective, it reveals the complexity and multidimensional nature of the private and public worlds of the only-child." Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP; JHBC; JHBK; JHM; JMS; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349355983
- ISBN
- 9781349355983
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.10
€ 63.10
Hardback. Zsuzsa Berend presents a methodologically innovative ethnography of the surrogacy support website in the United States. The Online World of Surrogacy documents collective meaning-making practices that unfold online, and explores their practical, emotional, and moral implications. Series: Fertility, Reproduction & Sexuality. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 163 x 236 x 19. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785332746
- ISBN
- 9781785332746
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.37
€ 155.37
Hardback. This book reveals how ethnicity and notions of a traditional homeland interact in shaping a community's values and images through a close look at the Kazakhs of Mongolia. Num Pages: 408 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPM; GTB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 789. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804761918
- ISBN
- 9780804761918
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.98
€ 86.98
Paperback. Finally, Silverman traces the formative influence of Franz Boas, the expansion of the discipline after World War II, and the "fault lines" and promises of contemporary anthropology in the United States. Series: Halle Lectures. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; 1DFG; 1KBB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226038292
- ISBN
- 9780226038292
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.83
€ 37.99
€ 29.83
Paperback. Situating the Maasai in the larger political, economic, and social context of Kenya and world events, this book shows how broader forces have had an impact on the construction of Maasai lifeways, especially gender relations. It focuses on how development has affected Maasai lives. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 b&w. BIC Classification: 1HFG; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253214515
- ISBN
- 9780253214515
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.20
€ 26.99
€ 25.20
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 22. BIC Classification: JHMP; UMW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801499630
- ISBN
- 9780801499630
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 40.93
€ 45.99
€ 40.93
Paperback. Pathbreaking studies of the postsocialist transition Editor(s): Bunzl, Matti. Series: New Anthropologies of Europe. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1 b&w illus. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253221704
- ISBN
- 9780253221704
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.20
€ 26.99
€ 25.20
Paperback. Translator(s): OhAiseadha, Coilin. Num Pages: 216 pages, 39 b&w photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FCS; HBJD; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 147 x 21. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- Rei Tra
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816676279
- ISBN
- 9780816676279
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.72
€ 20.72
Paperback. Explores the interplay of space and culture in the plaza, showing how culture acts to shape public spaces and how the physical form of the plaza encodes the social, political, and economic relations within the city. Num Pages: 296 pages, 51 b&w photographs, 16 maps, 4 tables. BIC Classification: AMC; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292747142
- ISBN
- 9780292747142
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.58
€ 31.99
€ 28.58
Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845450236
- ISBN
- 9781845450236
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.40
€ 155.40
Paperback. Following the lives of a group of migrant Filipinas who worked as entertainers in South Korea and then journeyed to other parts of Asia, Europe, and the U.S., this ethnography provides a look at how work, sex, love, and ambition in migrants' lives intersect with larger issues of transnationalism, identity, and global hierarchies of inequality. Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8 illus. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 1FPKS; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812222777
- ISBN
- 9780812222777
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.91
€ 37.99
€ 33.91
Paperback. Building on his earlier book We Have Never Been Modern, Bruno Latour develops his argument about the Modern fetishization of facts, or the creation of factishes. Series: Science & Cultural Theory. Num Pages: 168 pages, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC; PDA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 254. Series: Science & Cultural Theory. 168 pages, 4 illustrations. One of the leading figures in science studies offers a provocative look at the way science shatters the "fetishes" of magic and religion only to recreate other sorts of fetishes (factishes) in their place. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: JHMC; PDA. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight: 254.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822348252
- ISBN
- 9780822348252
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Condition: New
€ 37.07
€ 37.07
Paperback. Explores the heart and soul of a wildland firefighter. This book shows that these firefighters aren't adrenaline junkies or romantic heroes, as they're so often portrayed. Series: Fieldwork Encounters and Discoveries. Num Pages: 368 pages, 32 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: JHMC; JKSW2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 224 x 24. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226144092
- ISBN
- 9780226144092
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.76
€ 32.99
€ 25.76
paperback. The Valley of South Texas is a region of puzzling contradictions, but the Valley typically experiences high unemployment and low per capita income. This book clarifies why Valley culture presents so many apparent contradictions as they delve into issues that are 'on the edge of the law'. Num Pages: 367 pages, 38 figures, 1 map, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 1KLCM; GTB; JHMC; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 367
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292714755
- ISBN
- 9780292714755
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.91
€ 37.99
€ 33.91
Paperback. This book explores the malaise present in post-colonial Tonga, analyzing the way in which segments of this small-scale society hold on to different understandings of what modernity is, how it should be made relevant to local contexts, and how it should mesh with practices and symbols of tradition. Series: Contemporary Issues in Asia and Pacific. Num Pages: 328 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804774062
- ISBN
- 9780804774062
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.20
€ 26.99
€ 25.20
Hardback. This book explores the malaise present in post-colonial Tonga, analyzing the way in which segments of this small-scale society hold on to different understandings of what modernity is, how it should be made relevant to local contexts, and how it should mesh with practices and symbols of tradition. Series: Contemporary Issues in Asia and Pacific. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804774055
- ISBN
- 9780804774055
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.86
€ 116.86
Hardback. Southeastern Colorado was known as the northernmost boundary of New Spain in the sixteenth century. By the late 1800s, the region was US territory, but the majority of settlers remained Hispanic families. Bonnie J. Clark investigates the unwritten history of this unique Hispanic population. Series: Historical Archaeology of the American West. Num Pages: 176 pages, 26 illustrations, 6 maps, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWC; HBJK; HD; JFSL4; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803213722
- ISBN
- 9780803213722
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.11
€ 47.11
Paperback. Series: Heritage of Sociology Series. Num Pages: 332 pages, viii, 324 p., 2 tables. BIC Classification: JFS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226393032
- ISBN
- 9780226393032
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.27
€ 52.99
€ 41.27
Hardback. Deriving a concept of retaliation from the overall notion of reciprocity, contributors to this volume touch upon the interaction between retaliation and violence, the state's monopoly on legitimate punishment, socio-political frameworks, religious interpretations, and economic processes. Editor(s): Turner, Bertram; Schlee, Gunther. Series: Integration and Conflict Studies. Num Pages: 362 pages, 1 illustration, 8 figures, 2 tables. BIC Classification: GTJ; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785334184
- ISBN
- 9781785334184
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.91
€ 136.91
Paperback. Using cross-cultural, historical and ethnographic perspectives of anthropology to illuminate the the intrinsic connections of race, class and gender, this volume explores these issues in the arena of work, kinship and resistance. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSJ1; JFSL1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415912860
- ISBN
- 9780415912860
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.02
€ 57.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- HAU
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780986132506
- ISBN
- 9780986132506
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 24.41
€ 30.99
€ 24.41
Paperback. Presents a foundational work of post-Bourdieu sociology that examines a range of situations where people justify their actions. This book argues that justifications fall into six main logics exemplified by six authors: civic (Rousseau), market (Adam Smith), industrial (Saint-Simon), domestic (Bossuet), inspiration (Augustine), and fame (Hobbes). Translator(s): Porter, Catherine. Series: Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBA; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691125169
- ISBN
- 9780691125169
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.36€ 50.77
€ 65.36
€ 50.77
Paperback. Takes us on a tour of the Western holiday world and shows how two centuries of 'learning to be a tourist' have shaped our own ways of vacationing. This title shows how fashions in destinations have changed through the years, with popular images teaching the tourist what to look for and how to experience it. Series: California Studies in Critical Human Geography. Num Pages: 334 pages, 33 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: HBT; JHM; KNSG; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 334
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520234642
- ISBN
- 9780520234642
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.20
€ 40.99
€ 29.20
Hardback. Friends can help to form the basic structure of our lives but we very often take them for granted. Friends can sometimes be regarded as an oppressive burden when they appear to be greedily demanding too much of us. How to get the balance right is a perennial concern and the subject of much fiction and drama. Series: Themes for the 21st Century Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JHBK; JHMC; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745622804
- ISBN
- 9780745622804
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.40
€ 72.40