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Anthropology

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Quest Books,U.S. United States
Edition
Quest ed
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780835607315
ISBN
9780835607315
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.61

Hardcover. Combining rich personal accounts from twelve veteran anthropologists with reflexive analyses of the state of anthropology today, this book is a treatise on theory and method offering fresh insights into the production of anthropological knowledge, from the creation of key concepts to major paradigm shifts. Series: Methodology & History in Anthropology. Num Pages: 284 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857458469
ISBN
9780857458469
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.48

Paperback. A collection that debates and studies how to revise the four-field approach of anthropology. Editor(s): Segal, Daniel Alan; Yanagisako, Sylvia. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 31. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822334743
ISBN
9780822334743
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.28

Hardback. Whaling has become one of the most controversial environmental issues. It is not that all whale species are at the brink of extinction, but that whales have become important symbols to both pro- and anti-whaling factions and can easily be appropriated as the common heritage of humankind. Series: Environmental Anthropology and Ethnobiology. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6 ills. BIC Classification: JHM; TQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845455811
ISBN
9781845455811
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.12

Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JHMC; KFFD1; KJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 13. Weight in Grams: 381.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
Condition
New
SKU
V9783531030111
ISBN
9783531030111
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.08

hardcover. Since 1987, when the global community first recognized the high frequency of women in developing countries dying from pregnancy-related causes, little progress has been made to combat this problem. Series: Fertility, Reproduction & Sexuality. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 559.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781845457525
ISBN
9781845457525
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.55

Hardcover. The questions that inspired this study are central to contemporary research within environmental anthropology, political ecology, and environmental history: how does the introduction of a modern, capitalist, resource regime affect the livelihood of indigenous peoples? Num Pages: 352 pages, 2 maps, 19 ills. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSL9; JHMC; RNA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 578.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857451040
ISBN
9780857451040
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.88

Hardback. Num Pages: 372 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSF; JHBZ; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publisher
OUP India India
Number of pages
372
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199466856
ISBN
9780199466856
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.58

Paperback. Bridging literary conventions, this work explores the cultural origins of a quiet revolution that occurred over the course of the twentieth century. It combines novelistic and ethnographic techniques to illuminate population dynamics that have raised alarm across Europe and the US, and manifested, for example, in Italy's extremely low birthrate. Num Pages: 304 pages, 11 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: JHBF; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520258495
ISBN
9780520258495
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Hardcover. In 1965 the white minority government of Rhodesia issued a unilateral declaration of independence from Britain, rather than negotiate a transition to majority rule. The author shows that the exception that was Rhodesian independence did not, in fact, make the state that different from new nations elsewhere in Africa. Num Pages: 368 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HFG; 1HFMS; HBJH; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226235059
ISBN
9780226235059
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.48
€ 82.79

Paperback. In 1965 the white minority government of Rhodesia issued a unilateral declaration of independence from Britain, rather than negotiate a transition to majority rule. The author shows that the exception that was Rhodesian independence did not, in fact, make the state that different from new nations elsewhere in Africa. Num Pages: 368 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HFG; 1HFMS; HBJH; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 231 x 27. Weight in Grams: 488.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226235196
ISBN
9780226235196
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.92

Paperback. An exploration of identity, relatedness, and belonging in the context of profound global interconnection. It paints a poignant and graceful portrait of Portugal's urban Marranos, who trace their ancestry to fifteenth-century Jews forcibly converted to Catholicism and now seek connection with the Jewish people at large. Num Pages: 344 pages, 5 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSP; JFSR1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. .
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520285057
ISBN
9780520285057
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.82

paperback. Can the peoples of the Brazilian Forest survive in the modern era? Should we even consider such survival a priority? Num Pages: 176 pages, 7 photos/1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; GTF; JFC; JFSL9; JHM; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745312484
ISBN
9780745312484
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. "An outstanding contribution to psychological anthropology. Its excellent ethnography and its provocative theory make it essential reading for all those concerned with the understanding of human emotions."--Karl G. Heider, "American Anthropologist" Num Pages: 288 pages, 6ill.2M. BIC Classification: 1MKC; JHM; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226497228
ISBN
9780226497228
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.76

Paperback. When the Republic of Guinea gained independence in 1958, one of the first policies of the new state was a village-to-village eradication of masks and other ritual objects it deemed 'fetishes'. This book intends to understand why this program was so important to the state and examines the complex role it had in creating a unified national identity. Num Pages: 320 pages, 12 halftones, 6 maps, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFD; 3JJ; HBJH; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 488. Making Guinea Modern. 320 pages, 12 halftones, 6 maps, 8 tables. When the Republic of Guinea gained independence in 1958, one of the first policies of the new state was a village-to-village eradication of masks and other ritual objects it deemed 'fetishes'. This book intends to understand why this program was so important to the state and examines the complex role it had in creating a unified national identity. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1HFD; 3JJ; HBJH; JHMC. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226925103
ISBN
9780226925103
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.52

Hardback. Since the growth of interest and fascination with the Japanese, and the emergence of Japan as a world economic power, many works that have studied Japanese culture. This is an analysis of how Japanese culture and society structure, shape, and mould the emotions of the Japanese people. Num Pages: 200 pages, 22 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 19. Weight in Grams: 441.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804727198
ISBN
9780804727198
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.22

Hardcover. Set at a health insurance company dubbed Acme, this book chronicles how the privatization of the health care system in Puerto Rico transformed the experience of accessing and providing care on the island. Through interviews and participant observation, it explores the everyday contexts in which market reforms were enacted. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJP; JHMC; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
NYU Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814724910
ISBN
9780814724910
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.77

Paperback. Responding to anti-Indianism in America, this book presents an account of the contemporary hegemony. It gives information and perspectives on an aspect of humanity that pervades not only US history but also sustainability, sociology, and the ability to craft accurate understandings of the population as a whole. Num Pages: 300 pages, 2 figures, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 24. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292713260
ISBN
9780292713260
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Hardback. Num Pages: 281 pages, maps. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 169 x 22. Weight in Grams: 585.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
281
Condition
New
SKU
V9780759120266
ISBN
9780759120266
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.00

Hardback. This work addresses the relationship of humans to the non-human world by analysing Pannenberg's theology and ethics. It provides a close reading of his understanding of creation, redemption and theological anthropology, and demonstrates that his conception of God has implications for our age. Num Pages: 224 pages, Bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRCM; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822630548
ISBN
9780822630548
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 153.33

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