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Paperback. Analyzes the results of a long-term study of a Ghanaian zongo, or "stranger quarter" - a place of refuge for Hausa migrants from northern Nigeria who have relocated to the city of Accra. This volume is suitable for students and scholars of the relationships between architecture, migration, and social change. Num Pages: 280 pages, 8 halftones, 4 maps, 45 figures. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226653976
ISBN
9780226653976
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.52

Hardcover. Draws on thirty-five years of fieldwork (1965-1990) in the region to present a masterful ethnographic historical account of how nine communities in the Oaxaca Valley have striven to maintain land, livelihood, and civility in the face of transformational and cumulative change across five centuries. Series: Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American & Latino Art & Culture. Num Pages: 403 pages, 62 b&w photos, 7 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 814. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292754768
ISBN
9780292754768
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.00

Paperback. Deals with the organization of camps and bands, kinship systems, beliefs, ceremonies, hunting, warfare, and methods of measuring time Editor(s): DeMallie, Raymond J. Num Pages: 243 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
243
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780803297371
ISBN
9780803297371
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.43

paperback. This tribe of South Dakota has met the challenge of living in the 20th century by expressing religion and beliefs in a cultural style that mixes tradition and Christian influence with western technology. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHM. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 160 x 7. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780030574382
ISBN
9780030574382
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 86.13

Paperback. James R Walker was a physician to the Pine Ridge Sioux from 1896 to 1914. This volume of material from the Walker collection presents his work on Lakota myth and legend. It is useful for students of comparative literature, religion, and mythology, as well as those interested in Lakota culture. Editor(s): Jahner, Elaine A. Num Pages: 428 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFSL9; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 135 x 24. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
428
Condition
New
Edition
Second
SKU
V9780803298606
ISBN
9780803298606
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.99

Paperback. What exactly does it mean to be North American? The Labyrinth of North American Identities is a long essay that attempts to learn more about North America as a unit and its individual countries by exploring the idea of a shared North American identity. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFC; JHMC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442605527
ISBN
9781442605527
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Hardback. On the basis of his new fieldwork done in south Gujarat between 2004 and 2006, Jan Breman critically analyses the historical roots of the ongoing subordination of the rural poor in what has come to be recognised as a booming economy. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations, 1 folded map. BIC Classification: JFSF; JHBL; JHM; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 453.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195685213
ISBN
9780195685213
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.33

Paperback. Presents laboratory science in a deliberately skeptical way: as an anthropological approach to the culture of the scientist. This book provides an important link between the sociology of modern sciences and laboratory studies in the history of science. Editor(s): Salk, Jonas. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: JHM; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
2nd ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691028323
ISBN
9780691028323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.49

Paperback. A study of the Belyuen community of northern Australia, showing how it draws identity from deep connections between labour, language and the landscape. Povinelli's findings challenge Western notions of "productive labour" and long-standing ideas about the role of culture in subsistence economies. Num Pages: 344 pages, 8 tables, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1MBF; JFC; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226676746
ISBN
9780226676746
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 33.37

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 220 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JD; JHMC; KCA; KCF; RGCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691641164
ISBN
9780691641164
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.84

Paperback. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Cengage Learning, Inc United States
Edition
8th Edition
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9781305259041
ISBN
9781305259041
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 80.81

Paperback. Looking at a variety of topics including film, politics, and contemporary art, this volume explores the impact of electricity on knowledge, social practices, media, community life, and subjective experience. Editor(s): Asselin, Olivier; Mariniello, Silvestra; Oberhuber, Andrea. Series: Cultural Transfers. Num Pages: 394 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 631.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Les Presses de l'Université d'Ottawa
Edition
Bilingual edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9782760307049
ISBN
9782760307049
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.54

Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 550. Good clean copy in dustjacket. DJ has some nicks but remains very good
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1978
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
KTJ0042799
ISBN
9780804709620
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 6.86

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813563527
ISBN
9780813563527
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 39.56

Paperback. Argues that, where neoliberal policies have fostered social division rather than security and prosperity, Muedans have, in fact, used sorcery discourse to assess and sometimes overturn reforms, advancing alternative visions of a world transformed. Num Pages: 336 pages, 31 halftones, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFMQ; GTB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 169 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226894058
ISBN
9780226894058
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 33.65

Paperback / so. Series: Kulturmanagement Und Kulturwissenschaft. Num Pages: 228 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, bibliography. BIC Classification: JHMC; KJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 13. Weight in Grams: 299.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Deutscher Universitatsverlag United States
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9783835060333
ISBN
9783835060333
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 74.63

Paperback / so. Series: Verhandlung Der Deutschen Gesellschaft Rheumatologie / Kultu. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, black & white tables, bibliography. BIC Classification: JHMC; KJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 11. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Deutscher Universitatsverlag United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9783824445271
ISBN
9783824445271
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 95.55

Paperback / so. Editor(s): Munkler, Herfried (Humboldt University, Berlin); Saage, Richard. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Vieweg+teubner Verlag United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9783531120782
ISBN
9783531120782
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 80.04

Hardcover. Num Pages: 278 pages, Illustrations, 1map. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Cornell Univ East Asia Program
Condition
New
SKU
V9781885445704
ISBN
9781885445704
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 28.32

Paperback / so. Editor(s): Wessels, Senior Fellow Bernhard (Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin fur Sozialforschung (WZB) research unit 'Democracy and Democratization', Wissenschaftszentrum Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin fur Sozialforschung (WZB) research unit 'Democracy and Democratization', Wissenschaftszentrum). Series: Schriften Des Zentralinstituts Feur Sozialwissenschaftliche. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JHMC; JKS; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9783531120331
ISBN
9783531120331
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 81.19

Paperback / so. Series: Studien Zur Sozialwissenschaft. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 13. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9783531128429
ISBN
9783531128429
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 80.09

Paperback. Describes the development of the Kokopelli phenomenon in American mass culture from its beginning to Kokopelli's status as pan-Southwestern icon. This book explores the figure's connections with the Hopi kachina god, Kookopolo and Maahu, the Cicada, and discusses how this rock art image is appropriated and misunderstood. Num Pages: 177 pages, Illus., Map. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFCA; JFSL9; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
177
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803282957
ISBN
9780803282957
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.58

paperback. In a witty, evocative style accessible to both the specialist and non-specialist reader, Michael Lambek provides a significant contribution to writing on African systems of thought, local forms of religious and therapeutic practice, social accountability, and the place of explicit forms of knowledge in the analysis of non-western societies. Series: Anthropological Horizons. Num Pages: 498 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 760.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division Canada
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
498
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802077837
ISBN
9780802077837
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 39.73

Hardcover. Series: Key Issues in Modern Sociology. Num Pages: 332 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK; JFF; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 681.
Publisher
Anthem Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857284525
ISBN
9780857284525
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.26

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