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Paperback. A sweeping argument that from the mid-seventeenth century until the mid-twentieth, the English-language novel encoded ideas equating race with liberty. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5983 x 3971 x 31. Weight in Grams: 812.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
592
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822341598
ISBN
9780822341598
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 38.78

Paperback. This text is based upon the author's two years of residence among the Jelgobe, a group of semi-nomadic Fulani of the Sahel in Burkina Faso, western Africa. Translator(s): Fuller, M. Num Pages: 314 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1HFDF; JFSL3; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 231 x 19. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
314
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226717432
ISBN
9780226717432
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 33.72

paperback. West Papua has been occupied by the Indonesian military for forty years. The author, an anthropologist, went there planning to study the resistance movements working for independence. This title narrates the complexities of West Papuan attitudes, including their unfulfilled expectations of freedom following the fall of Suharto. Num Pages: 328 pages, 52 photographs, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1MKLP; JHM; JPW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 20. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780822351344
ISBN
9780822351344
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.76

hardcover. This work argues that the "clash of civilizations" that is thought to be a feature of the post-Cold War environment is not necessarily caused by the dogma of world religions or cultural incompatibilities but by the hegemonic universalisms that have characterized world history since 1492. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR2; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804749800
ISBN
9780804749800
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.87

hardcover. What is it to be human? How do we relate to the world, to each other and to our selves - in everyday life and when faced with life's big questions? In this book, the author develops a general theoretical model that might be able to offer a better understanding of the human condition and of the underlying principles of human behavior. Num Pages: 272 pages, 60 illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC; JMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Berghahn Books United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781571816610
ISBN
9781571816610
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.42

Paperback. Taking us on a journey into the nation's school kitchens, this book provides a comprehensive assessment of school food in the United States. It explores the politics of food provision from multiple perspectives - history, policy, nutrition, environmental sustainability, taste, and more. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC; JNH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520269880
ISBN
9780520269880
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.04

Paperback. The story of a 13-year-old slave who escaped from Washington Territory to freedom in Canada on the West's underground railroad Series: V Ethel Willis White Books. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 137 x 13. Weight in Grams: 159.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295992716
ISBN
9780295992716
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.32

Paperback. A definitive biography of Fredrik Barth, one of the leading lights of anthropology, by one of today's finest anthropologists. Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Pluto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Translation
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745335353
ISBN
9780745335353
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.41

Paperback. Editor(s): Thomson, Rosemarie Garland. Num Pages: 418 pages, Illustrations, facsims., ports. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 179 x 31. Weight in Grams: 822.
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
First Printing.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814782224
ISBN
9780814782224
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 32.05

Hardcover. Explores the ways in which the horizons of human worlds are imagined and engaged Editor(s): Abramson, Allen; Holbraad, Martin. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 237 x 30. Weight in Grams: 656.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719095993
ISBN
9780719095993
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 167.00

Hardcover. Writing from the perspective of long-term engagement with the contexts in which the films are set, anthropologists and historians reflect on these films and assess the contemporary place Africa holds in the North American and European cinematic imagination. Editor(s): Eltringham, Nigel. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; APFA; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 16. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782380733
ISBN
9781782380733
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.72

Hardback. This is a history and ethnography of the North-West Frontier between Afghanistan and Pakistan, an area of increasing strategic interest to the West. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCA; JHMC; JPSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 224 x 24. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849040723
ISBN
9781849040723
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.71
€ 53.43

Paperback. Everywhere anarchism is on the upswing as a political philosophy - everywhere, that is, except the academy. Anarchists repeatedly appeal to anthropologists for ideas about how society might be reorganized on a more egalitarian, less alienating basis. Anthropologists, terrified of being accused of romanticism, respond with silence.. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 180 x 115 x 7. Weight in Grams: 102.
Publisher
Prickly Paradigm Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780972819640
ISBN
9780972819640
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.61

Paperback. Series: Politics History & Social Change. Num Pages: 316 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; BGH; HBTB; HBTG; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9781439913437
ISBN
9781439913437
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.27

Paperback. Investigates how the issue of power is approached by scholars of the South American Andes. This title represent a range of regional, temporal, methodological, and theoretical perspectives on prehispanic Andes from the Preceramic Period (representing the earliest sedentary societies) through the Late Horizon (expansionary phase of the Inca Empire). Series: Archaeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
American Anthropological Association United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781931303200
ISBN
9781931303200
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.18

Paperback. Foundations of Anthropological Theory presents a selection of key texts that reflect the broad range of anthropological thought on human behavior, from Herodotus and Ibn Battuta to Adam Smith and Adam Ferguson. Editor(s): Launay, Robert. Series: Wiley Blackwell Anthologies in Social and Cultural Anthropology. Num Pages: 312 pages, figures. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 171 x 17. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405187756
ISBN
9781405187756
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.65

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 15 halftone illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; ASD; AVGR; JFC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195334067
ISBN
9780195334067
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.66

Hardcover. This ethnographic study is an entrance into the world of Buryat Mongol divination, where a group of cursed shamans undertake the "race against time" to produce innovative remedies that will improve their fallen fortunes at an unconventional pace. Num Pages: 244 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPM; HRLF; HRLM; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 504. The Sliding Scale of Time in Mongolian Divination. 244 pages, illustrations. This ethnographic study is an entrance into the world of Buryat Mongol divination, where a group of cursed shamans undertake the "race against time" to produce innovative remedies that will improve their fallen fortunes at an unconventional pace. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPM; HRLF; HRLM; JHM. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 19. Weight: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857454829
ISBN
9780857454829
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.88

Paperback. Series: Conduct & Communication. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 542.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812211122
ISBN
9780812211122
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.33

Paperback. Opening with the provocative query "what might an anthropology of the secular look like?" this work explores the concepts, practices, and political formations of secularism, with emphasis on the major historical shifts that have shaped secular sensibilities in the modern West and Middle East. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: HRQA; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804747684
ISBN
9780804747684
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.72

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