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Anthropology

Paperback. Editor(s): Case, Margaret H. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 158 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: HBJF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
158
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691604022
ISBN
9780691604022
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.40

Hardback. Editor(s): Case, Margaret H. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 158 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
158
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691633237
ISBN
9780691633237
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.32

Hardcover. Edith and Victor Turner were among the most influential researchers and teachers and social and cultural anthropology in the twentieth century. This memoir is a testimony to a remarkable partnership and to Edie Turner's own achievements during more than two decades after Victor's untimely death. Num Pages: index. BIC Classification: BG; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845451264
ISBN
9781845451264
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.91

Hardcover. Burnout is common among doctors in the West, so one might assume that a medical career in Malawi, one of the poorest countries in the world, would place far greater strain on the idealism that drives many doctors. This book reveals the way these young doctors engage the contradictions of their circumstances. Num Pages: 352 pages, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1H; JHM; MBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 676.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226893259
ISBN
9780226893259
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.86
€ 81.29

Paperback. The Umbanda religion summons the spirits of old slaves and Brazilian Indians to speak through the mouths of mediums in trance. This book describes its many aspects and explores its place within the lives of a variety of practitioners. It places Umbanda spiritual beliefs and practices within the broader context of Brazilian history and culture. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; HRQM2; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press
Edition
8/16/09
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826347336
ISBN
9780826347336
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.33

paperback. This lively and critical account of the impact of social change on the experience of health and illness also examines the different sociological perspectives that have been used to analyse health matters and highlights those in need of revision. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFF; JHM; JKS; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 143 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415115155
ISBN
9780415115155
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.70

Paperback. Incorporating investigative journalism, this title examines the contested place of health and development in El Salvador. It recounts the story of radical health activism from its origins in liberation theology and guerrilla medicine during the third-world country's twelve-year civil war, through development of a 'popular health system'. Series Editor(s): Marshall, Mac. Series: Studies in Medical Anthropology. Num Pages: 330 pages, 13 photographs & 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCS; JHMC; JP; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813547367
ISBN
9780813547367
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 42.26

Paperback. Music and dance play a central role in the 'healing arts' of the Senoi Temiar, a group of hunters and horticulturalists dwelling in the rainforest of peninsular Malaysia. This title shows how the sounds and gestures of music and dance acquire a potency that can transform thoughts, emotions, and bodies. Series: Comparative Studies of Health Systems & Medical Care. Num Pages: 278 pages, 15 b&w photographs, 9 figures. BIC Classification: 1FMM; JFSL9; JHM; MMZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520082816
ISBN
9780520082816
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.80

Hardcover. Anthropologist Christopher Dole investigates the controversial position of religious healing in modern Turkey, demonstrating that the authority of the religious healer is deeply embedded within Turkey's history of secular reform, and that religious healing and secularism share a set of common stakes. Series: Contemporary Ethnography. Num Pages: 304 pages, 18 illus. BIC Classification: HRQA; JHM; VXA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812244168
ISBN
9780812244168
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.31

Paperback. Presents a cross-cultural perspective on manual medicine studies. This volume describes how manual medicine is one of the primary providers of traditional medicine. It is useful for manual practitioners of western medicine, including massage therapists, physical therapists, chiropractors, and osteopaths, as well as those with traditional training. Editor(s): Oths, Kathryn S.; Hinojosa, Servando Z. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM; VXH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 181 x 20. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780759103931
ISBN
9780759103931
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 76.34

Hardback. Presents a cross-cultural perspective on manual medicine studies. This volume describes how manual medicine is one of the primary providers of traditional medicine. It is useful for manual practitioners of western medicine, including massage therapists, physical therapists, chiropractors, and osteopaths, as well as those with traditional training. Editor(s): Oths, Kathryn S.; Hinojosa, Servando Z. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM; VXH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 166 x 26. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780759103924
ISBN
9780759103924
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 173.42

Hardback. This volume investigates how the experiences, histories, and relationships of social class are a necessary ingredient for explaining the re-emergence and dynamics of populist nationalism in both Eastern and Western Europe. Featuring in-depth urban and regional case studies, this volume reclaims class for anthropological research. Editor(s): Kalb, Don; Halmai, Gabor. Series: EASA Series. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; JFSC; JHMC; JPFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 158 x 236 x 16. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857452030
ISBN
9780857452030
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.06

Hardback. This book brings together material on headhunting from several Southeast Asia societies, examines its cultural contexts, and relates them to colonial history, violence, and ritual. Editor(s): Hoskins, Janet. Num Pages: 308 pages, 26 half-tones, 5 maps, index. BIC Classification: 1F; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 148 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804725743
ISBN
9780804725743
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 167.68

Hardcover. These days, the idea of the cyborg is less the stuff of science fiction and more a reality, as we are all, in one way or another, constantly connected, extended, wired, and dispersed in and through technology. The author focuses on a man who is permanently attached to assemblages of machines, devices, and collectivities of people: Stephen Hawking. Num Pages: 272 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: JHMC; PD; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226522265
ISBN
9780226522265
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.41
€ 89.06

Paperback. Based on years of careful ethnographic fieldwork in Hanoi, this book offers an account of the moral quandaries that accompany innovations in biomedical technology. Arguing for more sustained anthropological attention to human quests for belonging, it addresses existential questions of love and loss that concern us all. Num Pages: 336 pages, 10 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1FMV; JFSJ; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520278431
ISBN
9780520278431
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.42

Hardback. Presents a study of Czech society and politics in the High Middle Ages. This work paints a vivid portrait of a flourishing Christian community in the decades between 1050 and 1200. It also reveals the values and strategies that sustained the Czech Lands as a community. It also honors the complexity and dynamism of the medieval exercise of power. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 416 pages, 22 illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DVK; 3H; JHM; JP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 800.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812236132
ISBN
9780812236132
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.81

Paperback. In Japan as in the US, family farming is on the wane, increasingly rejected by the younger generation in favor of more promising economic pursuits and comforts. This is a study of Japanese farm women's lives in the present: its central figure is 42-year-old Haruko, a woman who exemplifies and makes a mockery of the stereotype of Japanese women. Num Pages: 244 pages, 23 half-tones 1 table 1 map 1 plan. BIC Classification: JFSC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804712873
ISBN
9780804712873
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.87

Hardback. Series: Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231172349
ISBN
9780231172349
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.25
€ 76.10

Paperback. Series: Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 276.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231172356
ISBN
9780231172356
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.86

Paperback. Offers an examination of the sex and love lives of the most liberated women in history - twenty-something American women who have had more opportunities, more positive role models, and more information than any previous generation. Num Pages: 280 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 134 x 22. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520283749
ISBN
9780520283749
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 21.50

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