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Anthropology

Paperback. Focuses on the practice of taking and displaying various body parts as trophies in both North and South America. This title examines the evidence and causes of Amerindian trophy taking. It presents and discusses the topic of human proclivity toward ritual violence. Editor(s): Chacon, Richard J.; Dye, David H. Series: Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology. Num Pages: 680 pages, 28 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1KB; 1KLS; HDD; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 235 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1052.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
680
Condition
New
SKU
V9780387769837
ISBN
9780387769837
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 111.26

Hardback. Offers an analysis and interpretation of the Court's historical understanding of religion, explaining the revolutionary change that occurred in the 1940s. This book examines how a strict separation of church and state was sustained through the opinions of Jefferson and Madison, even though their views were those of the minority. Series: New Forum Books. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRA; JHM; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691119236
ISBN
9780691119236
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.23
€ 60.10

Hardback. Offers an exploration of the Supreme Court's approach to religion, offering a close look at various cases. This book traces the history of the way the Court has rendered important decisions involving religious liberty. It offers a fresh analysis of some of the Court's most important decisions in constitutional doctrine. Series: New Forum Books. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRA; JHM; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691116969
ISBN
9780691116969
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.23
€ 60.10

Hardback. The Sublime in Schopenhauer's Philosophy transforms our understanding of Schopenhauer's aesthetics and anthropology. Vandenabeele seeks ultimately to rework Schopenhauer's theory into a viable form so as to establish the sublime as a distinctive aesthetic category with a broader existential and metaphysical significance. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPM; HPN; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137358684
ISBN
9781137358684
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.30

Hardback. This new book draws on anthropology, feminism and psychoanalysis to develop an original and provocative theory of gender and of how we become sexed beings. Written not just for professional scholars and for students but for anyone with a serious interest in how gender and sexuality are conceptualised, experienced and imagined. Num Pages: 284 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 587.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745608082
ISBN
9780745608082
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.24

Paperback. This new book draws on anthropology, feminism and psychoanalysis to develop an original and provocative theory of gender and of how we become sexed beings. Written not just for professional scholars and for students but for anyone with a serious interest in how gender and sexuality are conceptualised, experienced and imagined. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745608099
ISBN
9780745608099
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.35

Hardback. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; JHMC; JN; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9781439912706
ISBN
9781439912706
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.06

Hardback. Series: Interp Culture New Millennium. Num Pages: 192 pages, 6 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; AVGR; HRC; JFSR; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252040061
ISBN
9780252040061
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.11

Paperback. Series: Interp Culture New Millennium. Num Pages: 206 pages, 6 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; AVGR; HRC; JFSR; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
206
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252081552
ISBN
9780252081552
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.52

Paperback. What does it mean to be a child or an adolescent growing up on the streets or in a state institution? How do children define their everyday lives in the midst of global processes? This ethnographic study situates childhood and adolescence as social forms in the complex urban world of Caracas, Venezuela. Num Pages: 292 pages, illustrations, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KLSV; JFSP1; JFSP2; JHMC; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 18. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804745529
ISBN
9780804745529
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JF; JHB; JHMC; JNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804798532
ISBN
9780804798532
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JF; JHB; JHMC; JNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804797078
ISBN
9780804797078
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.96

Paperback. "Remains a marvel: a sparkling, erudite, idiosyncratic tour through the human experience.. What a pageant this charming narrator continues to offer us!"-Wall Street Journal Series: Liveright Classics. Num Pages: 800 pages, 177 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 139 x 35. Weight in Grams: 634.
Publisher
Liveright
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Updated Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780871408655
ISBN
9780871408655
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 42.48

paperback. In this wide-ranging work, Claude Levi-Strauss examines the mythology of American Indians and seeks to illustrate how contact with Europeans have altered these tales. Translator(s): Tihanyi, Catherine. Num Pages: 294 pages, 4 halftones, 3 maps, 20 tables. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFHF; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226474724
ISBN
9780226474724
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 26.09

Paperback. Uniquely, Metin Heper suggests a theory of acculturation (rather than assimilation) captures the nature of State-Kurd interaction in Turkey, by not leaving any part of that interaction unaccounted for. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; JFSL; JHM; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 335.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
249
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349395965
ISBN
9781349395965
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.78

Hardback. Uniquely, Metin Heper suggests a theory of acculturation (rather than assimilation) captures the nature of State-Kurd interaction in Turkey, by not leaving any part of that interaction unaccounted for. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVT; HBJF; JFSL; JHMC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333646281
ISBN
9780333646281
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.73

Paperback. Because low birth weight is often accompanied by social risk factors such as minority racial status, low education, young maternal age, and low income, the question of causes and consequences - of precisely how biological and social factors figure into this equation - becomes especially tricky to sort out. This title answers this question. Num Pages: 268 pages, 15 tables, 12 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSP1; JHBF; JHMC; JHMP; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 63. Very good copy with light shelf wear. Light nicks, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0012586
ISBN
9780520239555
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A study which argues that the spiritual quest is rooted in our biological, psychological, linguistic and social nature. Drawing on tribal religions and practices and from theorists and thinkers, the author seeks to expand our awareness of this complex human activity. Num Pages: 330 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRLB; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520211599
ISBN
9780520211599
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.56

Paperback. Num Pages: 250 pages, 10 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBTB; HRLM7; JFMX; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 323.
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253021366
ISBN
9780253021366
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.67

Paperback. Editor(s): Bautista, Julius. Num Pages: 230 pages, 49, 44 black & white illustrations, 5 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 179 x 16. Weight in Grams: 528.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780877277583
ISBN
9780877277583
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

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