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Anthropology
Paperback. Sorcery has long been associated with the "dark side" of human development, along with magic and witchcraft. This text argues, however, that sorcery practices reveal critical insights into how consciousness is formed, and how human beings constitute their social and political realities. Num Pages: 384 pages, 4 colour plates, 18 halftones, 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: HRQX2; HRQX5; JHM; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226424132
- ISBN
- 9780226424132
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Condition: New
€ 53.48€ 45.53
€ 53.48
€ 45.53
Paperback. Series: American School of Prehistoric Research Bulletins S. Num Pages: 368 pages, 146 halftones & maps & 76 tables. BIC Classification: JHMP; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 269 x 199 x 22. Weight in Grams: 876.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Peabody Museum Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873655521
- ISBN
- 9780873655521
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Condition: New
€ 74.81€ 67.37
€ 74.81
€ 67.37
Paperback. One of our most incisive critics asks where the assault against the canons of Western culture has led us. Hartman calls for the restoration of literature to its place as the focus of thinking about culture and for the renewal of aesthetic education to help ensure the balance between art, culture, and politics. Series: The Wellek Library Lectures. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 168 x 16. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231114097
- ISBN
- 9780231114097
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.41
€ 37.99
€ 27.41
Paperback. Deals with fundamental practices of value creation on Gawa, a small island off the southeast coast of mainland Papua New Guinea, the inhabitants of which participate in the long-distance kula shell exchange ring. Num Pages: 352 pages, 5 line drawings, 16 photographs. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822312703
- ISBN
- 9780822312703
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.71
€ 31.99
€ 28.71
Paperback. A collection of essays that develop the extended case method by connecting the author's own experiences among workers of the world to the great transformations of the twentieth century - the rise and fall of the Soviet Union and its satellites, the reconstruction of US capitalism, and the African transition to post-colonialism in Zambia. Num Pages: 360 pages, 8 tables. BIC Classification: JHM; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 400. Four Countries, Four Decades, Four Great Transformations, and One Theoretical Tradition. 360 pages, illustrations. A collection of essays that develop the extended case method by connecting the author's own experiences among workers of the world to the great transformations of the twentieth century - the rise and fall of the Soviet Union and its satellites, the reconstruction of US capitalism, and the African transition to post-colonialism in Zambia. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JHM; KCS. Dimension: 208 x 139 x 21. Weight: 400.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520259010
- ISBN
- 9780520259010
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.24
€ 40.99
€ 29.24
Paperback. In his eloquent new book Robert Carneiro traces the history of the development of empirical science-from the Paleolithic to the present-vividly describing the major events that have marked a great transition in human thought, and how this affected the human experience. Num Pages: 505 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 696.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Eliot Werner Publications Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 505
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780979773129
- ISBN
- 9780979773129
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Condition: New
€ 54.44
€ 54.44
Hardback. In his eloquent new book Robert Carneiro traces the history of the development of empirical science-from the Paleolithic to the present-vividly describing the major events that have marked a great transition in human thought, and how this affected the human experience. Num Pages: 505 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 152. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Eliot Werner Publications Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 505
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780979773112
- ISBN
- 9780979773112
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Condition: New
€ 119.76
€ 119.76
Hardback. Explains how the human head works, and why our heads evolved in this peculiarly human way. This book documents how the many components of the head function, how they evolved since we diverged from the apes, and how they interact in diverse ways both functionally and developmentally, causing them to be highly integrated. Num Pages: 768 pages, 55 halftones, 110 line illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMP; PSAJ; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 173 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1166.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 768
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674046368
- ISBN
- 9780674046368
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Condition: New
€ 56.98€ 52.21
€ 56.98
€ 52.21
Hardback. For this new edition, the authors have thoroughly rewritten the theoretical argument for greater clarity, updated the case studies to incorporate new research, and added a new chapter that extends their perspective to the problem of industrialization and globalization. Num Pages: 456 pages, 11 line diagrams 9 tables 3 graphs. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 706.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804740319
- ISBN
- 9780804740319
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.83
€ 158.83
Paperback. For this new edition, the authors have thoroughly rewritten the theoretical argument for greater clarity, updated the case studies to incorporate new research, and added a new chapter that extends their perspective to the problem of industrialization and globalization. Num Pages: 456 pages, 11 line diagrams 9 tables 3 graphs. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804740326
- ISBN
- 9780804740326
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.10
€ 40.99
€ 36.10
Paperback. This text attempts a broad theoretical synthesis within the field of sociology and its closely allied sister discipline of anthropology. It draws together these disciplines' theoretical approaches into a synthesized theory called Darwinian conflict theory. Num Pages: 416 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 148 x 22. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847695355
- ISBN
- 9780847695355
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Condition: New
€ 90.42
€ 90.42
Paperback. Handedness, or manual laterality of function, is thought to be both universal and unique to humans, making it a highly derived trait, based on an equally specialized neural substrate. By contrast, in various non-human species, both living and extinct, extent of lateralization varies. Editor(s): Editorial Staff of Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. Series: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. Num Pages: 252 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM; MBGR; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 178 x 7. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781573319027
- ISBN
- 9781573319027
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Condition: New
€ 141.00
€ 141.00
Hardback. The idea of long-term European dominance is characteristic of most evolutionary theories of human culture and society in the 19th century. Today there are many who still believe that this progression was part of a European miracle that underlay the rise to global supremacy of the West. This book dismantles this Eurocentric view of the world. Num Pages: 166 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1F; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 166
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745647937
- ISBN
- 9780745647937
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Condition: New
€ 65.93
€ 65.93
paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2ill. BIC Classification: HPC; JHMP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 146 x 14. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816642403
- ISBN
- 9780816642403
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.21
€ 27.99
€ 26.21
Hardback. Series: Verbal Arts: Studies in Poetics. Num Pages: 274 pages, 13 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; JHMC; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 237 x 28. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823270460
- ISBN
- 9780823270460
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Condition: New
€ 114.84
€ 114.84
Paperback. Series: Verbal Arts: Studies in Poetics. Num Pages: 274 pages, 13 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; JHMC; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 235 x 26. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823270477
- ISBN
- 9780823270477
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.01
€ 37.99
€ 34.01
Paperback. The Ethnography of Communication presents the terms and concepts which are essential for discussing how and why language is used and how its use varies in different cultures. aeo Presents the essential terms and concepts introduced and developed by Dell Hymes and others and surveys the most important findings and applications of their work. Series: Language in Society. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; CFF; GTC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631228424
- ISBN
- 9780631228424
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Condition: New
€ 53.32
€ 53.32
Hardcover. This text is concerned with how and why language is used and how its use varies in different cultures. This introduction presents the essential terms and concepts introduced and developed by Dell Hymes and others, and surveys the most important findings and applications of their work. Series: Language in Society. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; CFF; GTC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631228417
- ISBN
- 9780631228417
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Condition: New
€ 152.50
€ 152.50
Hardback. In 1908, A.M. Hocart and W.H. Rivers conducted fieldwork in the Solomon Islands and elsewhere in Island Melanesia that served as the turning point in the development of modern anthropology. Editor(s): Hviding, Edvard; Berg, Cato. Series: Pacific Perspectives: Studies of the European Society of Oceanists. Num Pages: 308 pages, 20 ills. BIC Classification: 1MKL; 3JJC; HBJM; HBLW; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782383420
- ISBN
- 9781782383420
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Condition: New
€ 166.94
€ 166.94
Paperback. This book is an excellent, comprehensive account of the ways in which nations and nationhood have evolved over time. Successful in hardback, it is now available in paperback for a student audience. Num Pages: 336 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631161691
- ISBN
- 9780631161691
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Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 45.93
€ 45.99
€ 45.93
Paperback. Draws on research in archeology, anthropology, linguistics and on historiography. This book charts the development of Ethiopian peoples and their society, placing emphasis on the African origins of Ethiopian civilization. Series: Peoples of Africa S. Num Pages: 320 pages, 6. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; HBJH; HBTB; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631224938
- ISBN
- 9780631224938
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Condition: New
€ 52.06
€ 52.06
Hardback. This volume focuses on how knowledge is relationally created, how local knowledge can be transmuted into 'universal knowledge', and how transactions and consumption of knowledge monitors knowledge. Editor(s): Josephides, Lisette; Gronseth, Anne Sigfrid. Series: Methodology & History in Anthropology. Num Pages: 264 pages, 2 figures, 1 table. BIC Classification: HPQ; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785334047
- ISBN
- 9781785334047
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Condition: New
€ 155.17
€ 155.17
Paperback. A work of Black queer feminist theory that examines the intertwined histories of critical race theory, queer theory, and Black feminism, histories which could not have been formed in the same way without each other, but which are often held at a respectful distance. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSK; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822352068
- ISBN
- 9780822352068
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.20
€ 26.99
€ 25.20
Hardback. From Greek athletic competitions to the cult of body-building at Gold's Gym, this text examines literature, art, television, and movies to uncover a vast array of evidence that cultures across the ages have reflected at length, in celebration and censure, on the erotic nature of sports. Num Pages: 232 pages, 48 illus. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM; VFVC; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 220 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231105569
- ISBN
- 9780231105569
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.68€ 56.67
€ 73.68
€ 56.67