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Anthropology
Hardback. This text presents Marvin Harris' view on the nature of culture, and offers a materialist perspective on contemporary issues including the IQ question and the fall of communism. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761990208
- ISBN
- 9780761990208
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 165.94
€ 165.94
Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JHB; JHMC; PS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1923
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642512384
- ISBN
- 9783642512384
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.94
€ 72.94
Theoretical Approaches to Analysis and Interpretation of Commingled Hu...
Anna J. . Ed(S): Osterholtz
Hardback. Theoretical Approaches to Analysis and Interpretation of Commingled Human Remains Editor(s): Osterholtz, Anna J. Series: Bioarchaeology and Social Theory. Num Pages: 268 pages, 25 black & white illustrations, 40 colour illustrations, 18 black & white tables, biograp. BIC Classification: HDW; JHM; MMQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319225531
- ISBN
- 9783319225531
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.63
€ 67.63
paperback. A comparative study of European and American cultural traditions and their influence on conceptions of community. It discusses European and American attitudes toward the welfare state, the human rights tradition in the United States, and the role of regionalism in shaping conceptions of national identity. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252069093
- ISBN
- 9780252069093
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 38.84
€ 43.99
€ 38.84
Paperback. Emma Minde's portraits of the family into which she was given in marriage more than sixty years ago are instructive and touching. She offers rare insight into a life history guided by two powerful forces: the traditional world of the Plains Cree and the influence of the Catholic missions. Translator(s): Ahenakew, Freda; Wolfart, H. C. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BG; JFC; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888642912
- ISBN
- 9780888642912
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.42
€ 30.99
€ 22.42
Paperback. Encourages us to look more closely at the issues of violence, ethnicity, and the state by focusing on specific instances of violence in their local contexts. This book shows how, out of many interpretations applicable to these incidents, government and the media select those that support existing relations of power in state and society. Series: Princeton Studies in Culture, Power, History. Num Pages: 317 pages, 3 line illus. 7 tables. BIC Classification: JFFE; JHM; JPA; JPH; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691026503
- ISBN
- 9780691026503
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.47€ 42.70
€ 53.47
€ 42.70
Paperback. Every summer, thousands gather from around the world in the heat of Nevada's Black Rock Desert for the seven-day celebration of art, community, and fire known as Burning Man. This ethnography of the Burning Man phenomenon explores why 'burners' come in vast numbers to transform a temporary gathering of strangers into an enduring community. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 b/w photographs, 1 line illustration, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWN; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition, Includes DVD
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520260887
- ISBN
- 9780520260887
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571815835
- ISBN
- 9781571815835
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.63€ 74.12
€ 117.63
€ 74.12
Paperback. Exploring the rapidly increasing interest in obesity and fatness, this book engages with dominant ideas about 'fatness' and analyses the assumptions that inform anti-fat attitudes in the West, looking at the intersection of medicine and morality in pathologising 'fat' bodies. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ1; JHMC; MBNH9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137579706
- ISBN
- 9781137579706
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.97
€ 66.97
Hardcover. Editor(s): Lawrence, Michael; Lury, Karen. Series: Screening Spaces. Num Pages: 302 pages, 17 black & white illustrations, 19 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JFFZ; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137543424
- ISBN
- 9781137543424
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.00
€ 128.00
Paperback. Focuses on the enslavement, middle passage, American experience, and return to Africa of a single cultural group, the Yoruba. Moving beyond descriptions of generic African experiences, this anthology allows students to trace the experiences of one cultural group throughout the cycle of the slave experience in the Americas. Editor(s): Falola, Toyin; Childs, Matt D. Series: Blacks in the Diaspora. Num Pages: 472 pages, 10 b&w photos, 8 figures, 1 maps, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1HFD; 1K; GTB; HBTS; JFSL3; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253217165
- ISBN
- 9780253217165
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Hardcover. A provocative argument revealing the inherent racism in governmental responses Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFC; JFSL3; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814799932
- ISBN
- 9780814799932
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.74
€ 97.74
Paperback. From the seventeenth-century attempts to formulate a "history of man" to Freud's Moses and Monotheism, de Certeau examines the West's changing conceptions of the role and nature of history. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBAH; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 480. 368 pages, illustrations. From the seventeenth-century attempts to formulate a "history of man" to Freud's Moses and Monotheism, de Certeau examines the West's changing conceptions of the role and nature of history. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HBAH; JHM. Dimension: 227 x 146 x 19. Weight: 532.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231055758
- ISBN
- 9780231055758
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.27
€ 43.99
€ 31.27
Paperback. Reveals that traditional societies around the world offer an extraordinary window into how our ancestors lived for the majority of human history in evolutionary terms. This book explores how tribal people approach essential human problems, from health and diet to conflict resolution and language. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 25. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141024486
- ISBN
- 9780141024486
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.08
€ 19.99
€ 15.08
Paperback. This is an oral history of a second-generation, urban-born woman who struggles to survive in the poor, Andean city of La Paz. It shows how her identity shifts over time, shaped by the major events in her life. Topics range fron social networks to magical interventions and clairvoyant dreaming. Num Pages: 256 pages, 13 photos, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSL; BGHA; HBTD; JFSJ1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231104678
- ISBN
- 9780231104678
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.81
€ 46.99
€ 33.81
Paperback. Shows that punishment gave the community an opportunity to establish a shining myth of harmony and cleanliness: that the city of Athens could be purified of anger and social struggle, and perfect order achieved. This book shows that anger, honor, reciprocity, spectacle, and social memory constantly prevailed in Athenian law and politics. Num Pages: 464 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; JHMC; JKVP; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691094892
- ISBN
- 9780691094892
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.95
€ 54.99
€ 39.95
Paperback. Born in the first year of the 20th century, it is fitting that Margaret Mead should have been one of the first anthropologists to use anthropological analysis to study the future course of human civilization. This volume collects her writings on the future of humanity and how humans can shape that future through purposeful action. Series: Margaret Mead: The Study of Contemporary Western Cultures. Num Pages: 376 pages, 20 photos, index. BIC Classification: JFFR; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571818188
- ISBN
- 9781571818188
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 30.82
€ 32.99
€ 30.82
Hardback. Series: Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 color and 12 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HRLK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 237 x 27. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231178181
- ISBN
- 9780231178181
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.81
€ 46.99
€ 33.81
Paperback. In 1929, tens of thousands of south eastern Nigerian women rose up against British authority in what is known as the Women's War. This book brings together, for the first time, the multiple perspectives of the war's colonized and colonial participants and examines its various actions within a single, gendered analytical frame. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; HBJH; HBTQ; HBTV; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137377777
- ISBN
- 9781137377777
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 148.93
€ 148.93
Hardback. Num Pages: 252 pages, 68 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137599681
- ISBN
- 9781137599681
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.03
€ 128.03