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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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