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Anthropology
Hardcover. Margaret Mead wrote this comprehensive sketch of the culture of the United States - the first since de Tocqueville - in 1942 at the beginnning of the Second World War, when Americans were confronted by foreign powers from both Europe and Asia in a particularly challenging manner. Mead's work became an instant classic. Series: Margaret Mead: The Study of Contemporary Western Cultures. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571812179
- ISBN
- 9781571812179
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.91
€ 155.91
Hardback. Drawing on information shared by Indigenous botanical experts and collaborators, the ethnographic and historical record, and from linguistics, palaeobotany, archaeology, phytogeography, and other fields, this book weaves together a complex understanding of the traditions of use and management of plant resources in this vast region. Num Pages: 1056 pages, 95 b&w images. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFSL9; JHMC; PST. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 176 x 84. Weight in Grams: 2196.
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen´s University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Slp
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780773543805
- ISBN
- 9780773543805
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 165.11
€ 165.11
Paperback. A worlwide collection of outstanding papers on human migration from internationally renowned scholars that presents a convincing case of the impossibilty of "pure" races, cultures, and languages, as well as returning this study to its rightful place among the known processes of human evolutionary change and variation. Editor(s): Peregrine, Peter N; Peiros, Llia; Feldman, Marcus. Series: Foundations of Archaeological Inquiry. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: HBLA; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 175 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Utah Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874809428
- ISBN
- 9780874809428
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.02
€ 43.02
Paperback. There is a quarrel about whose antiquity is at the foundation of Australian culture, and why contemporary forms of Aboriginality are marginal to Australia's modernity. These are the starting points for the essays contained in Stephen Muecke's book. Num Pages: 208 pages, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 11. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of New South Wales Press
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780868407869
- ISBN
- 9780868407869
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.28
€ 28.28
Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 85. BIC Classification: AC; HDDA; JFCX; JHM; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 179 x 18. Weight in Grams: 734.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801435492
- ISBN
- 9780801435492
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.59
€ 102.59
Hardback. In the sixteenth century, European missionaries brought a foreign and global religion to China. Converts then transformed this new religion into a local one. This book focuses on the Catholic communities of Fuan county in northeast Fujian. It suggests that Christianity became part of a pre-existing pluralistic, local religious space. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 450 pages, 5 halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HRCC7; HRCX7; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 34. Weight in Grams: 860.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674035966
- ISBN
- 9780674035966
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.06
€ 54.99
€ 46.06
Paperback. Eviatar Zerubavel casts a critical eye on how we trace our past-individually and collectively-arguing that rather than simply find out who our ancestors are from genetics or history, we actually create the stories that make them our ancestors. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTG; JHBA; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199336043
- ISBN
- 9780199336043
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.74
€ 42.74
Hardback. Provides a personal view of a maquiladora worker's struggles with factory labor conditions, poverty, and violence as she journeys toward education, financial opportunity, and, ultimately, empowerment Num Pages: 181 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; 1KLC; JFC; JHM; JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292744264
- ISBN
- 9780292744264
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.26
€ 62.26
Paperback. Examines public exhibitions of human anatomy from their first appearance in the early 1700s to the present day, and how these exhibitions taught their spectators to see their bodies. Series: Representations: Health, Disability, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 166 pages, 17 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 162 x 10. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 166
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846318740
- ISBN
- 9781846318740
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.48
€ 39.48
Paperback. David E. Stuart incorporates extensive new research findings through groundbreaking archaeology to explore the rise and fall of the Chaco Anasazi and how it parallels patterns throughout modern societies in this new edition. Num Pages: 344 pages, , black & white halftones, maps. BIC Classification: JFSL; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Edition
- 2 ed
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826354785
- ISBN
- 9780826354785
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.87
€ 35.87
Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Dover Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486419558
- ISBN
- 9780486419558
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.47
€ 19.99
€ 15.47
Paperback. Utopian imagination and community experiments as forces for change Num Pages: 272 pages, 25 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBND; HRQ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253223494
- ISBN
- 9780253223494
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.71
€ 34.71
Paperback. Takes you into the shantytowns of Rio de Janeiro to give an account of the contemporary leprosy experience among poor and working class Brazilians. This ethnographic exposes the web of historical, socioeconomic, religious, and political forces that complicate the path to wellness and perpetuate high rates of infection. Series: Studies in Medical Anthropology. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JHMP; PSXM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813544571
- ISBN
- 9780813544571
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.32
€ 46.32
Paperback. aeo Pierre Bourdieu is one of the worlda s leading social theorists. aeo His other books have all been enthusiastically received and sold well. aeo This is an excellent introduction to Pierre Bourdieua s work and also includes an up--to--date bibliography. Num Pages: 336 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745610337
- ISBN
- 9780745610337
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 31.19
€ 31.99
€ 31.19
Paperback. An autobiography of Fuad I Khuri, both an insider's and an outsider's perspective on life in Lebanon, elsewhere in Middle East, and in West Africa. It provides insights into such issues as mentality of Arabs toward women, eating habits of Arab world, impact of Islam on West Africa, and extravagant lifestyles of wealthy Arabs, and more. Editor(s): Khuri, Sonia Jalbout. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBL; BGA; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 249 x 18. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226434780
- ISBN
- 9780226434780
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.14
€ 44.14
An Invitation to Laughter. A Lebanese Anthropologist in the Arab World...
Khuri, Fuad I.. Ed(S): Khuri, Sonia Jalbout
Hardback. An autobiography of Fuad I Khuri, both an insider's and an outsider's perspective on life in Lebanon, elsewhere in Middle East, and in West Africa. It provides insights into such issues as mentality of Arabs toward women, eating habits of Arab world, impact of Islam on West Africa, and extravagant lifestyles of wealthy Arabs, and more. Editor(s): Khuri, Sonia Jalbout. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBL; BGA; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226434766
- ISBN
- 9780226434766
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.45
€ 120.45
Paperback. This book offer a new and rigorous approach to observational sociology that is grounded in ethnomethodology and conversation analysis. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 161 x 13. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761966425
- ISBN
- 9780761966425
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.50
€ 65.50
Hardback. Synthesizing British, French, and American traditions, Llobera (anthropology, University College London) introduces social and cultural anthropology and places them in a wider context which encompasses macro-sociological concepts and reference to biological evolution. Writing in a clear and concise Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571815972
- ISBN
- 9781571815972
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.44
€ 155.44
hardcover. A translation of Louis Dumont's lectures on kinship, which provide a comprehensive overview of descent theory and alliance theory for students. This work features these two theories of kinship which are associated with the British and French schools of social anthropology, as well as the theoretical tendencies of functionalism and structuralism. Translator(s): Parkin, Robert. Num Pages: Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845451462
- ISBN
- 9781845451462
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.16
€ 155.16
Paperback. The author of "The French", "Happiness" and "A History of French Passions" writes about the history of human feelings, habits, emotions and perceptions across time. Zeldin looks at the dilemmas of ordinary life, exploring the intimate experience of men and women through the ages. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780749396237
- ISBN
- 9780749396237
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.17
€ 16.99
€ 13.17