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Anthropology
Paperback. Since its independence in the nineteenth century, the South American state of Colombia has been shaped by decades of bloody political violence. This book draws on interviews with paramilitary death squads and drug lords to provide a cultural interpretation of the country's history of violence and state control. Num Pages: 264 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; JFFE; JHMC; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520288522
- ISBN
- 9780520288522
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.00
€ 33.99
€ 25.00
Paperback. Interweaves the stories of George Forrest and Joseph Francis Charles Rock, two early twentieth-century botanists and explores the collaborative relationships each formed with Yunnan villagers in gathering botanical specimens from the borderlands between China, Tibet, and Burma. Num Pages: 376 pages, 45 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FMB; 1FPC; 1FPCT; 3JJC; JHMC; PST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 538. Archive and Experience in the Botanical Exploration of West China and Tibet. 376 pages, illustrations. Interweaves the stories of George Forrest and Joseph Francis Charles Rock, two early twentieth-century botanists and explores the collaborative relationships each formed with Yunnan villagers in gathering botanical specimens from the borderlands between China, Tibet, and Burma. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FMB; 1FPC; 1FPCT; 3JJC; JHMC; PST. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 23. Weight: 520.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 376
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520269033
- ISBN
- 9780520269033
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.42
€ 40.99
€ 29.42
Paperback. In 2005, American experts sent out urgent warnings throughout the country: a devastating flu pandemic was fast approaching. Influenza was a serious disease, not a seasonal nuisance; it could kill millions of people. This book explores how American experts framed a catastrophe that never occurred. Num Pages: 250 pages, 18 b/w. BIC Classification: JHMC; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520284098
- ISBN
- 9780520284098
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.04
€ 33.99
€ 25.04
Paperback. Through sixty-one beautifully crafted, concise essays, the anthropologist Michael Jackson reflects on life situations where we are sometimes thrown open to new ways of understanding ourselves and connecting with others. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HRAB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822343813
- ISBN
- 9780822343813
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.27
€ 37.99
€ 34.27
Paperback. Introduces Proto-Indo-European, describes how it was reconstructed from its descendant languages, and shows what it reveals about the people who spoke it. Using related evidence from archaeology and natural history, this work explores the lives, thoughts, passions, culture, society, economy, history, and environment of the Proto-Indo-Europeans. Num Pages: 760 pages, Numerous tables. BIC Classification: CF; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 173 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1298.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 760
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199296682
- ISBN
- 9780199296682
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.45
€ 57.45
Hardback. The Oxford Handbook of Zooarchaeology offers a cutting-edge compendium of zooarchaeology the world over that seeks to provide a holistic view of the role played by animals in shaping human history, with case studies from five continents examining human-animal relationships across a range of geographical, historical, and cultural contexts. Editor(s): Albarella, Umberto; Rizzetto, Mauro; Russ, Hannah; Vickers, Kim; Viner-Daniels, Sarah. Series: Oxford Handbooks. Num Pages: 816 pages, 129 black-and-white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLA; HD; JHMC; RGM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 171. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199686476
- ISBN
- 9780199686476
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 258.08
€ 258.08
Hardback. This book offers a crosslinguistic survey of polysynthetic languages, in which single multi-morpheme verb forms can express what would be whole sentences in English. It looks at a range of issues from a cross-theoretical perspective, including complexity, argument structure, language contact, and language obsolence. Editor(s): Fortescue, Michael; Mithun, Marianne; Evans, Nicholas. Series: Oxford Handbooks. Num Pages: 992 pages. BIC Classification: CFDC; CFF; CFK; JHMC. Dimension: 246 x 171. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 992
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199683208
- ISBN
- 9780199683208
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 251.86
€ 251.86
Paperback. In this account of hunter/gatherer culture gleaned from years of living and hunting with the Inuits of the Arctic and the salmon-fishing tribes in the Canadian Northwest, the author reaches through everyday realities to reflect on the human condition. Num Pages: 400 pages, maps. BIC Classification: JHBL; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 26. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Edition
- Main
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571205028
- ISBN
- 9780571205028
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.91
€ 17.99
€ 12.91
Paperback. Addresses the interplay between modes of writing, modes of understanding, and modes of being in the world. This title explores writing as a technic akin to ritual, oral storytelling, magic and meditation, that enables us to reach beyond the limits of everyday life and forge virtual relationships and imagined communities. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; DSK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 304. Essays on Writers and Writing. 218 pages. Addresses the interplay between modes of writing, modes of understanding, and modes of being in the world. This title explores writing as a technic akin to ritual, oral storytelling, magic and meditation, that enables us to reach beyond the limits of everyday life and forge virtual relationships and imagined communities. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 3JJ; DSK; JHM. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 12. Weight: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520275263
- ISBN
- 9780520275263
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.20
€ 40.99
€ 29.20
Hardback. Gathering all of Claude Levi-Strauss's writings on Japan, this sustained meditation follows his dictum that to understand one's own culture, one must see it from another's point of view. For Levi-Strauss, Japan occupied a unique place among world cultures. This English translation presents one of France's most public figures at his most personal. Translator(s): Todd, Jane Marie. Num Pages: 192 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; JHBT; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 189 x 19. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Translation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674072923
- ISBN
- 9780674072923
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.05
€ 47.99
€ 40.05
Paperback. Once America's "arsenal of democracy," Detroit is now the symbol of the American urban crisis. In this reappraisal of America's racial and economic inequalities, the author asks why Detroit and other industrial cities have become the sites of persistent racialized poverty. Series: Princeton Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages, 29 halftones. 17 tables. 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNG; 3JJP; JFSG; JFSL1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 147 x 29. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Updated edition with a New Preface
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691162553
- ISBN
- 9780691162553
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.60
€ 24.99
€ 18.60
Paperback. Do all humans originate from Africa? How did we spread across the globe? Are we separate from Neanderthals, or do some of us actually have their genes? Has human evolution stopped, or are we still evolving? This title tackles the big questions in the ongoing debate about the beginnings of human life on earth. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JHMP; PDZ; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 140 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141037202
- ISBN
- 9780141037202
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.73
€ 15.99
€ 11.73
Paperback. Humans are unique among all other species in having one cognitive attribute-the ability, almost without conscious effort, to engage in blending. This is the first book that brings the theory of blending to a wide audience and shows how blending is at the heart of the origin of ideas. Num Pages: 320 pages, With illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM; JMR; PSAJ; PSAN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 200 x 23. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190263157
- ISBN
- 9780190263157
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99
€ 43.99
Hardback. Series: Anthropology of Policy. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; 3JM; JHMC; JNF; KCM; KJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804797979
- ISBN
- 9780804797979
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.12
€ 156.12
Hardcover. Oprah Winfrey has built an empire on her ability to connect with and inspire her audience. The cultural and economic power that Winfrey wields merits critical evaluation. This book examines the origins of her influential image and its substantial impact on politics, entertainment, and popular opinion. Editor(s): Harris, Jennifer; Watson, Elwood. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHMC; KNTD. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 30. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813124261
- ISBN
- 9780813124261
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.83
€ 39.83
Paperback. In "The Open", contemporary Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben considers the ways in which the "human" has been thought of as either a distinct and superior type of animal, or a kind of being that is essentially different from animal altogether. Translator(s): Attell, Kevin. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 8. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 120
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804747387
- ISBN
- 9780804747387
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.30
€ 25.99
€ 24.30
Paperback. Argues compellingly that nature and nurture are not alternative influences on human development but, rather, developmental products and the developmental processes that produce them. This title shows that what developmental information" does depends on what is already in place and what alternatives are available. Series: Science & Cultural Theory. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: JHMP; JMA; JMC; PSAJ; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822324669
- ISBN
- 9780822324669
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.21
€ 36.99
€ 33.21
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813528205
- ISBN
- 9780813528205
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 42.82
€ 47.99
€ 42.82
Paperback. Series: Culture and Society After Socialism. Num Pages: 360 pages, 15. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801475207
- ISBN
- 9780801475207
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.67
€ 41.99
€ 37.67
Hardcover. Includes bibliographical references and index. Editor(s): Maschner, Herbert; Mason, Owen; McGhee, Robert. Num Pages: 349 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JHM; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 259 x 185 x 28. Weight in Grams: 885.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Utah Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874809558
- ISBN
- 9780874809558
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.51
€ 70.51