Anthropology
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Anthropology
Paperback. Num Pages: 294 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCX; JHM; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 294
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226169583
- ISBN
- 9780226169583
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 43.87
€ 43.99
€ 43.87
Paperback. Using equality as a measure for policy, this book demonstrates how taking equality seriously changes how our economies could function to provide wellbeing both in the United States and worldwide. It is suitable for readers concerned with transnational economies, global anthropology, and the study of work and labor. Series: Foundations of Cultural Thought Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC; KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 362 x 16. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759106888
- ISBN
- 9780759106888
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.73
€ 59.73
Paperback. How does science create knowledge? Epistemic cultures, shaped by affinity, necessity and historical coincidence, determine how people know and what they know. This text compares two epistemic cultures, those in high energy physics and molecular biology. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 halftone, 11 line illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK; JHM; P. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674258945
- ISBN
- 9780674258945
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 43.57
€ 51.99
€ 43.57
Paperback. An intellectual biography of Ephraim Squier (1821-88) and his contributions to the development of the nascent disciplines of archeology and anthropology. Series: Critical Studies in the History of Anthropology. Num Pages: 444 pages, 17 photographs. BIC Classification: BG; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 692.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 444
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803227842
- ISBN
- 9780803227842
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.66
€ 32.99
€ 29.66
Paperback. This text explores the historical relationship of ideas, power and culture. Looking at several case studies, it analyses how the regnant ideology intertwines with power around the pivotal relationships that govern social labour. Num Pages: 310 pages, 3 b/w photos. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 310
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520215825
- ISBN
- 9780520215825
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.85
€ 36.99
€ 26.85
Paperback. Challenges the notion that globalized social formations emerged solely in the Global North prior to impacting the Global South. This book brings the reader into the lives of Chinese scientists, officials, villagers, and expatriate conservationists who were caught up in environmental trends over the past years. Num Pages: 272 pages, 15 b/w photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JHMC; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 228 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- F First Paperback Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520276208
- ISBN
- 9780520276208
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 23.99
€ 32.99
€ 23.99
Hardcover. In order to move global society towards a sustainable "ecotopia," solutions must be engaged in specific places and communities, and the authors here argue for re-orienting environmental anthropology from a problem-oriented towards a solutions-focused endeavor. Editor(s): Lockyer, Joshua; Veteto, James R. Series: Environmental Anthropology and Ethnobiology. Num Pages: 300 pages, 10 figs & tables, 1 map. BIC Classification: JHM; RN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857458797
- ISBN
- 9780857458797
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.44
€ 162.44
Hardback. Scholarship related to environmental questions in Latin America has only recently begun to coalesce around citizenship as both an empirical site of inquiry and an analytical frame of reference. This has led to a series of new insights and perspectives, but few efforts have been made to bring these various approaches into a sustained conversation.. Editor(s): Latta, Alex; Wittman, Hannah. Series: CEDLA Latin American Studies. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; JHMC; RNK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 151 x 237 x 19. Weight in Grams: 488. Natures, Subjects and Struggles. Series: CEDLA Latin American Studies. 260 pages, 1 table, 2 ills. Editor(s): Latta, Alex; Wittman, Hannah. Scholarship related to environmental questions in Latin America has only recently begun to coalesce around citizenship as both an empirical site of inquiry and an analytical frame of reference. This has led to a series of new insights and perspectives, but few efforts have been made to bring these various approaches into a sustained conversation. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1KL; JHMC; RNK. Dimension: 151 x 237 x 19. Weight: 488.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 260
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857457479
- ISBN
- 9780857457479
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Condition: New
€ 161.73
€ 161.73
Paperback. Num Pages: 316 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 225 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag Germany
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837628869
- ISBN
- 9783837628869
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Condition: New
€ 66.88€ 52.06
€ 66.88
€ 52.06
Paperback. Elongated Skulls of the Ancients. 346 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JHMC; MFG. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 14. Weight: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Adventures Unlimited Press
- Number of pages
- 346
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781935487760
- ISBN
- 9781935487760
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.00
€ 21.99
€ 21.00
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691614113
- ISBN
- 9780691614113
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.06€ 48.64
€ 62.06
€ 48.64
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; JFSR1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691641782
- ISBN
- 9780691641782
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.77
€ 193.77
Paperback. This text looks at examples of the changing nature of 20th-century British identity (including people such as Townshend and Westwood), and identifies the problems facing modernizers hampered by traditional nationalism, which fails to engage with the complexities of contemporary culture. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; JFC; JHM; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Lawrence & Wishart Ltd London
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853158684
- ISBN
- 9780853158684
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.60
€ 23.99
€ 20.60
Hardcover. Writing of Ranongga Island, the author tracks engagements with foreigners across many realms of life, describing startling reversals in which strangers become attached to local places, even as kinspeople are estranged. Series: ASAO Studies in Pacific Anthropology. Num Pages: 320 pages, 24 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKLS; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 237 x 23. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785330209
- ISBN
- 9781785330209
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.08
€ 162.08
Hardback. The volume addresses how capitalism has been very effective in generating wealth and technological innovation, but has also been associated with social inequity and environmental damage. Its inherent flaws have been highlighted by the escalation of ecological problems arising from growth-oriented capitalism and various economic crises. Editor(s): McCormack, Fiona; Barclay, Kate. Series: Research in Economic Anthropology. Num Pages: 350 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC; KCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781905418
- ISBN
- 9781781905418
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.84
€ 92.84
Engaging the Spirit World: Popular Beliefs and Practices in Modern Sou...
Kirsten W. Endres And Andrea Lauser
Hardcover. With case studies from Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar, and Vietnam, these contributions reveal contemporary religious practices in Southeast Asia as thoroughly modern manifestations of uncertainties, moral disquiet and unequal rewards in the contemporary moment. Editor(s): Endres, Kirsten W.; Lauser, Andrea. Series: Asian Anthropologies. Num Pages: 246 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FM; JFH; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 18. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857453587
- ISBN
- 9780857453587
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.54
€ 161.54
Paperback. Looking at why the discipline has not gained the popularity and respect it deserves in the twenty-first century, this title takes the anthropological community to task for its unwillingness to engage more proactively with the media in a wide range of debates. It makes a plea for positioning anthropology as the universal intellectual discipline. Num Pages: 160 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 9. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845200657
- ISBN
- 9781845200657
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.28
€ 45.28
Paperback. Most incidents of urban unrest in recent decades - including the riots in France, Britain and other Western countries - have followed lethal interactions between the youth and the police. Usually these take place in disadvantaged neighborhoods composed of working-class families of immigrant origin or belonging to ethnic minorities. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; JFSG; JHMC; JKSW1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745664804
- ISBN
- 9780745664804
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.31
€ 27.31
Hardback. David McDermott Hughes investigates why climate change is not yet a moral issue by examining the history of energy use in Trinidad and Tobago. Drawing parallels between Trinidad's history of slavery and its oil industry, Hughes shows how treating oil as "ordinary" prevents us from making the moral choice to abandon it. Num Pages: 208 pages, 29 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBJK; JHMC; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822363064
- ISBN
- 9780822363064
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.76
€ 108.76
Hardback. It seems to be a tenet of the human condition to perceive "others" as "different" and potentially hostile. In nearly all societies stereotypes are developed to stigmatize suspected enemies within and without. The American case is particularly interesting in this respect because American society consists of nothing but "others"; to be open to "other Editor(s): Hase, Ragnhild Fiebig-Von; Lehmkuhl, Ursula; Fiebig-von-Hase, Ragnhild. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 149 x 223 x 26. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571810311
- ISBN
- 9781571810311
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 180.33
€ 180.33