×


 x 

Shopping cart

Anthropology

Results 3821 - 3840 of 4674

Anthropology

Paperback. Drawing on his lifelong fascination with the game, the author guides readers into the world of twenty-first-century chess to help us understand its unique pleasures and challenges, and to advance a new 'anthropology of passion.' Num Pages: 266 pages, 2 b/w photographs, 7 line illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 143 x 16. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
266
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520272606
ISBN
9780520272606
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 20.99

Hardcover. Focusing on the return of the diasporic second generation to Greece, primarily in the first decade of the twenty-first century, Counter-Diaspora examines migration experiences of Greek-Americans and Greek-Germans growing up in the Greek diasporic setting, motivations for the counter-diasporic return, and evolving notions of the "homeland." Series: Cultural Politics, Socioaesthetics, Beginnings. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVG; HBJD; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
Harvard Department of the Classics United States
Number of pages
250
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674420069
ISBN
9780674420069
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.40
€ 66.38

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHMP; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 131 x 198 x 11. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816627318
ISBN
9780816627318
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.95

Paperback. Fojas engages the work of Enrique Gomez Carrillo, the travel writings of Aurelia Castillo de Gonzalez, and Rodo's Ariel, which share a common principle of the practical application of cosmopolitanism. They sometimes conceptualize models of hospitality and sometimes fail, but keep the broken promise of utopist spaces and their imagined cities. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1K; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 331.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557533821
ISBN
9781557533821
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.39

Paperback. Explores Germany's relation to the more than two million Turkish immigrants and their descendants living within its borders. This title examines the tensions in Germany between race-based ideologies of blood and belonging on the one hand and ambitions of multicultural tolerance and cosmopolitanism on the other. Num Pages: 440 pages, 25 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; GTB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822341932
ISBN
9780822341932
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.63

Paperback. The island of Corsica has long been a popular destination for travelers in search of the European exotic, but it has also been a focus of French concerns about national unity and identity. Corsica is part of a vibrant Franco-Mediterranean social universe. This study of a Corsican village explores nationalism, language, kinship, and place. Series: New Anthropologies of Europe. Num Pages: 216 pages, 5 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DDFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253221933
ISBN
9780253221933
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.95

Hardback. Shows how corruption operates through informal rules, personal connections and wider social contexts. Editor(s): Haller, Dieter; Shore, Cris. Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC; JPZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 23. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745321585
ISBN
9780745321585
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.46
€ 82.74

Paperback. Shows how corruption operates through informal rules, personal connections and wider social contexts. Editor(s): Haller, Dieter; Shore, Cris. Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC; JPZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 138 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
Publisher
Pluto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745321578
ISBN
9780745321578
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.14

Paperback. Showcases geographic diversity by exploring how anthropologists have presented their methods and theories to the public and in general to a variety of audiences. Essays showcase the research and personalities of Alexander Goldenweiser, Robert Lowie, Harlan I. Smith, Fustel de Coulanges, Edmund Leach, Carl Withers, and Margaret Mead, among others. Editor(s): Darnell, Regna; Gleach, Frederic W. Series: Histories of Anthropology Annual Series. Num Pages: 232 pages, 14 figures, 2 maps. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 525.
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803269651
ISBN
9780803269651
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 35.64

Paperback. The eighth volume in the acclaimed paperback series .. the only county series that can legitimately claim to represent the past and present of a nation. Editor(s): Payton, P. J. Series: Cornish Studies. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWC; HBJD1; HBTB; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859896825
ISBN
9780859896825
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.30

paperback. The sixth volume in the acclaimed paperback series .. the only county series that can legitimately claim to represent the past and present of a nation. Editor(s): Payton, P. J. Series: Cornish Studies. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWC; 2AFC; HBJD1; HBTB; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 13. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859896108
ISBN
9780859896108
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.76

Hardback. The Nordic Atlantic area has seen remarkable examples of social formations in areas that many would perceive as too remote to allow the construction of functioning communities. But through innovations, networking and the formation of identities people have coped with distances, thus continuously rebuilding societies in the Nordic regions. Num Pages: 310 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DN; JFF; JFS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845452902
ISBN
9781845452902
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 152.57

Hardback. Documents the crucial role played by language in cultural conquest: how colonial Mayan emerged in the age of the cross, how it was taken up by native writers to become the language of indigenous literature, and how it ultimately became the language of rebellion against the system that produced it. Series: The Anthropology of Christianity. Num Pages: 484 pages, 16 b/w photographs, 2 line illustrations, 17 maps, 25 tables, 41 examples. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2JNM; 3JB; CBX; CFB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
484
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520257702
ISBN
9780520257702
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.46
€ 56.71

Paperback. Documents the crucial role played by language in cultural conquest - how colonial Mayan emerged in the age of the cross, how it was taken up by native writers to become the language of indigenous literature, and how it ultimately became the language of rebellion against the system that produced it. Series: The Anthropology of Christianity. Num Pages: 484 pages, 16 b/w photographs, 2 line illustrations, 17 maps, 25 tables, 41 examples. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2JNM; 3JB; CBX; CFB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 30. Weight in Grams: 678.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
472
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520257719
ISBN
9780520257719
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.68

Paperback. This study of the conversion of tribal peoples to Christianity combines case studies with the contributors' theories, challenging anthropologists and sociologists to reassess the varieties of religious experience and the convergent processes involved in religious change. Editor(s): Hefner, Robert W. Num Pages: 345 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: HRCX7; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 167 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
345
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520078369
ISBN
9780520078369
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 27.84

Hardback. The large and sudden influx of missionaries into the former Soviet Union after seventy years of militant secularism has been controversial, and the widespread occurrence of conversion has led to anxiety about social and national disintegration. Editor(s): Pelkmans, Mathijs. Num Pages: 248 pages, 2 tables, 4 images. BIC Classification: 1DVU; HR; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845456177
ISBN
9781845456177
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.02

Paperback. This work considers the complex, far reaching issues surrounding the Human Genome Project - an international scientific enterprise aimed at attaining a complete sequence and locator map of the human genetic structure by the year 2005 - offering the elimination of genetic abnormalities and diseases. Editor(s): Sloan, Phillip R. Series: Studies in Science & the Humanities from the Reilly Centre for Science, Technology & Values. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JHMP; PDA; PSX; TCBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 36. Weight in Grams: 907.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268008208
ISBN
9780268008208
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 36.08

Paperback. Explores gender relations in Muslim societies, using post-Soviet Tajikistan as a central case-study. Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 216 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FCD; JFSJ; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 19. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745321677
ISBN
9780745321677
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.23

paperback. A collection of the most influential work on the Ojibwes by noted anthropologist A Irving Hallowell. Editor(s): Brown, Jennifer S. H.; Gray, Susan Elaine. Series: Critical Studies in the History of Anthropology. Num Pages: 664 pages, 7 photos, 2 maps, 5 tables, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 34. Weight in Grams: 898.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
664
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803223912
ISBN
9780803223912
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 45.80

Paperback. Introduces the idea that in order to achieve optimal physical, mental and emotional development, human beings - especially babies - require the kind of instinctive nurturing as practiced by our ancient relatives. This book suggests practical ways to regain our natural well-being, for our children and ourselves. Num Pages: 176 pages, index. BIC Classification: JHM; RN; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 134.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140192452
ISBN
9780140192452
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.33

Subscribe to our newsletter

News on special offers, signed editions & more!