Anthropology
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Anthropology
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1FMN; HRAM9; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 184 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801479137
- ISBN
- 9780801479137
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.70
€ 33.99
€ 30.70
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 13 bw illus. BIC Classification: AVX; JFCD; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 13. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2020
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857856616
- ISBN
- 9780857856616
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.40
€ 33.40
Paperback. Num Pages: 213 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: JFSF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 162 x 14. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772893440
- ISBN
- 9788772893440
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Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 36.94
€ 51.99
€ 36.94
Paperback. Vigilantes and lynch mobs not only usurped the authority of the law, they shaped the histories of their actions Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JHMP; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 163 x 14. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439908457
- ISBN
- 9781439908457
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.71
€ 31.99
€ 28.71
Hardcover. Throughout southwestern Nigeria, Yoruba men and women create objects called aale to protect their properties-farms, gardens, market goods, piles of collected firewood-from the ravages of thieves and Vigilant Things argues that aale are keys to understanding how images function in Yoruba social and cultural life. Num Pages: 416 pages, 87 illus., 77 in color. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; ACBK; JFCD; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 257 x 185 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1228.
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295990736
- ISBN
- 9780295990736
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.93
€ 65.93
Hardcover. A study of the innovations, obligations, and fresh possibilities in the field of visual anthropology. It concentrates on documentary photography and ethnographic film, as well as lesser-known areas of study and presentation including dance, painting, architecture, archaeology, and primate research. Editor(s): Strong, Mary; Wilder, Laena. Num Pages: 384 pages, 166 colour and b&w figures, 3 tables, 1 diagram, 1 box. BIC Classification: AJCR; APF; JFC; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 284 x 223 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1988.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292706712
- ISBN
- 9780292706712
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Condition: New
€ 101.00
€ 101.00
Paperback. This work looks at the ways in which hunting has figured in the Western imagination, from the myth of Artemis to the tale of Bambi. Num Pages: 347 pages, 17 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM; WSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 19. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 347
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674937369
- ISBN
- 9780674937369
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Condition: New
€ 52.05€ 48.52
€ 52.05
€ 48.52
Paperback. Victorians were fascinated by the strange new worlds which science was revealing to them. This study sets out to capture the essence of this fascination, charting the many ways in which science influenced and was influenced by the larger Victorian culture. Editor(s): Lightman, Bernard. Num Pages: 496 pages, 44 halftones, 23 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBLL; JHM; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 31. Weight in Grams: 756.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226481128
- ISBN
- 9780226481128
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.29€ 45.53
€ 53.29
€ 45.53
Hardcover. Upon the 25th anniversary of his passing, this collection addresses the wide application of Victor Turner's thought to cultural performance in the early 21st century. From anthropology, sociology, and religious studies to performance, cultural, and media studies, Turner's ideas have had a prodigious interdisciplinary impact. Editor(s): St. John, Graham. Num Pages: 358 pages, 27 ills. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 358
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845454623
- ISBN
- 9781845454623
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Condition: New
€ 167.00
€ 167.00
Paperback / so. Editor(s): Schilcher, Christian; Will-Zocholl, Macha; Ziegler, Marc. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JHB; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 12. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531180380
- ISBN
- 9783531180380
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.56
€ 45.56
Paperback / so. Num Pages: 315 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JHB; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 459.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften United States
- Number of pages
- 315
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783810019196
- ISBN
- 9783810019196
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Condition: New
€ 75.40
€ 75.40
Hardback. This book is about religious change. More particularly it is about the changes brought about when Christianity was introduced to a remote tribal group in the highlands of what is now Irian Jaya, Indonesia. Series: American Society of Missiology Dissertation Series. Num Pages: 340 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FMN; HRCV; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761807605
- ISBN
- 9780761807605
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.53
€ 133.53
Paperback / so. Series: Fuhrer Zu Archaologischen Denkmalern In Deutschland. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JHMC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 10. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783810027436
- ISBN
- 9783810027436
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.12
€ 69.12
Paperback. Records the relationship that developed between the author and Diane DeVries, a woman born with all the physical and mental equipment she would need to live in our society - except arms and legs. This work argues that DeVries is a perfect example of an American woman coming of age in the second half of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 299 pages, 21 black-and-white photographs. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JFSJ1; JHMC; VFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 299
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520217164
- ISBN
- 9780520217164
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.55
€ 35.99
€ 26.55
Paperback. This text provides a detailed analysis of both the music and the cultural significance of children's songs among the Venda people of the northern Transvaal, South Africa. It examines topics such as role of melody in generating rhythm. Num Pages: 210 pages, 15 halftones, 14 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; AVGH; JFSP1; JFSP2; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226055114
- ISBN
- 9780226055114
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.74
€ 40.99
€ 31.74
Paperback. During the late 1970s and early 1980s, the author lived with a community of Bedouins in the Western Desert of Egypt for nearly two years, studying gender relations, morality, and the oral lyric poetry through which women and young men express personal feelings. In this book, the poems are haunting, and the evocation of emotional life vivid. Num Pages: 384 pages, 19 b/w images, 1 map. BIC Classification: JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 321 x 24. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- First Edition, Reissue, 30th Anniversary Edition,
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520292499
- ISBN
- 9780520292499
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.45
€ 37.45
Hardback. Fascinating ethnography of women in the Caucasus living through a period of Islamic revivalism Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUAC; JFSJ1; JFSR2; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 145. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849045575
- ISBN
- 9781849045575
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.89
€ 33.99
€ 30.89
Hardback. Metaphor, as an act of human fancy, combines ideas in improbable ways to sharpen meanings of life and experience. Theoretically, this arises from an association between a sign - for example, a cattle car - and its referent, the Holocaust. These "sign-vehicles" serve as modes of semiotic transportation through conceptual space. Editor(s): Lipset, David; Handler, Richard. Num Pages: 228 pages, 29 ills. BIC Classification: JFCD; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 151 x 237 x 16. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782383758
- ISBN
- 9781782383758
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.00
€ 155.00
Hardcover. Throughout its history the concept of "Uzbekness," or more generally of a Turkic-speaking sedentary population, has continuously attracted members of other groups to join, as being Uzbek promises opportunities to enlarge ones social network. Accession is comparatively easy, as Uzbekness is grounded in a cultural model of territoriality.. Series: Integration and Conflict Studies. Num Pages: 292 pages, 37 ills, 23 tables. BIC Classification: 1FCU; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782382386
- ISBN
- 9781782382386
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.55
€ 155.55
Paperback. Half of all known languages have disappeared in the last 500 years and 90 per cent of all languages are in danger of becoming extinct in the next 100. The authors argue that the loss of linguistic and biological diversity is part of a much larger problem - the collapse of our worldwide ecosystem. Num Pages: 256 pages, 27 half-tones, 7 line, 12 maps. BIC Classification: CFB; JHMC; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195152463
- ISBN
- 9780195152463
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.71
€ 33.71