Anthropology
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Anthropology
Paperback. Asks the fundamental questions: Where do we go from here? And how will we protect this fragile world from our own destructive powers? This book explores the projects, dreams and nightmares that shapes the twenty-first century - from overcoming death to creating artificial life. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 38. Weight in Grams: 489.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781784703936
- ISBN
- 9781784703936
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.76
€ 13.99
€ 10.76
Paperback. Translator(s): Sainsbury, M. Series: Nature of Human Society. Num Pages: 544 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 141 x 28. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Edition
- Second Edition, Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226169637
- ISBN
- 9780226169637
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Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 37.79
€ 48.99
€ 37.79
Hardback. Reveals the complex imperial dynamics of Russian physical anthropology and contributes an important comparative perspective from which to understand the emergence of racial science Translator(s): Mogilner, Marina. Series: Critical Studies in the History of Anthropology. Num Pages: 504 pages, 38 photographs, 4 illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 43. Weight in Grams: 885.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- 0th edition
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803239784
- ISBN
- 9780803239784
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Condition: New
€ 86.00
€ 86.00
Paperback. A provocative investigation of how law shapes everyday life. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JHM; LAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 210 x 21. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- Verso Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781786630605
- ISBN
- 9781786630605
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.26
€ 19.99
€ 18.26
Paperback. Blood sacrifice, the ritual slaughter of animals, has been basic to religion through history, so that it survives in spiritualized form even in Christianity. How did this violent phenomenon achieve the status of the sacred? This study examines this question. Translator(s): Bing, Peter. Num Pages: 360 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 518. The Anthropology of Ancient Greek Sacrificial Ritual and Myth. 360 pages, Ill. Blood sacrifice, the ritual slaughter of animals, has been basic to religion through history, so that it survives in spiritualized form even in Christianity. How did this violent phenomenon achieve the status of the sacred? This study examines this question. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; JHM. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 23. Weight: 510. Translator(s): Bing, Peter.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520058750
- ISBN
- 9780520058750
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 29.50
€ 41.99
€ 29.50
Paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; A; JFC; JHM; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 150 x 229 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816629251
- ISBN
- 9780816629251
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.01
€ 26.99
€ 25.01
Paperback. This text analyzes the notion of "honour". Drawing on information about Western ideas of honour from diverse sources and comparing the European ideas with the ideas of a non-Western society - the Bedouin - the author argues that honour must be understood as a right, basically a right to respect. Num Pages: 190 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCX; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 144 x 11. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226774084
- ISBN
- 9780226774084
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.49
€ 31.99
€ 24.49
Hardback. Series: Religion and American Culture. Num Pages: 408 pages, 22 halftones, 0 color illus., 0 line drawings, 0 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRK; HRLP1; JF; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231145022
- ISBN
- 9780231145022
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Condition: New
€ 111.73€ 84.69
€ 111.73
€ 84.69
paperback. Editor(s): Strange, Carolyn; Cribb, Robert; Forth, Christopher E. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFE; JHMC; JMQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 235 x 13. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781472519467
- ISBN
- 9781472519467
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 7.02
€ 19.99
€ 7.02
Paperback. Original essays on the profound cultural impact of tourism in societies ranging form the American southwest to Tonga to Alaska to Iran. Editor(s): Smith, Valene L. Num Pages: 352 pages, 33 illus. BIC Classification: JHM; KNSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 354
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812212808
- ISBN
- 9780812212808
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Condition: New
€ 42.04
€ 42.04
Paperback. Presents a detailed ethnographic study of a therapeutic prison unit in Canada for the treatment of sexual offenders. Utilizing extensive interviews and participant-observation over an eighteen month period of field work, this title takes the reader into the depths of what prison inmates commonly refer to as the 'hound pound.' Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JHMC; JKVQ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520272569
- ISBN
- 9780520272569
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.66
€ 40.99
€ 28.66
Paperback. An introduction to the ethnography of college life Num Pages: 288 pages, 50 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JHM; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253223265
- ISBN
- 9780253223265
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.98
€ 26.99
€ 24.98
Paperback. An examination of the connections between social identity and social memory using archaeological research on indigenous societies that existed more than one thousand years ago in what is now Honduras. Series: Material Worlds. Num Pages: 312 pages, 48 photos, 8 tables, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCH; HBJK; HBLA; HDD; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822347040
- ISBN
- 9780822347040
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.35
€ 31.99
€ 30.35
Hardback. Tells about the transformation of urban space and the reordering of the demographic character of Brickfields, one of the oldest neighborhoods in Kuala Lumpur. This book combines methods of anthropological research and an engagement with the work of theorists such as Gilles Deleuze and Henri Lefebvre. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 table, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMM; JFSG; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804758918
- ISBN
- 9780804758918
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.10
€ 86.10
Paperback. Householdsare, without question, the most important social units in humansociety. Editor(s): Hirth, Kenneth G. Series: Archaeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association. Num Pages: 252 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Number 19
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444336696
- ISBN
- 9781444336696
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Condition: New
€ 39.00
€ 39.00
Paperback. This volume seeks to go far beyond specialized debates about the alleged superiority of Western traditions. The culmination of Sahlins's ethnohistorical research on Hawaii, is a reaffirmation for understanding difference. Num Pages: 328 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: BG; HBTB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 145 x 230 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226733692
- ISBN
- 9780226733692
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.29
€ 40.99
€ 31.29
Hardback. By studying chiefdoms Timothy Earle addresses fundamental questions concerning the nature of political power and the evolution of sociopolitical complexity. Num Pages: 268 pages, 22 half-tones 18 maps. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 148 x 23. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804728553
- ISBN
- 9780804728553
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.23
€ 136.23
Hardback. The first book to combine the idea that our early ancestors did care for one another in an unselfish way with archaeological evidence. It is the evolution of compassionate and emotional thoughts which has shaped us as humans. It allows the reader to see the emotional similarities between themselves and their very early ancestors for the first time. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HDDA; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 165 x 35. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781593103
- ISBN
- 9781781593103
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.03
€ 26.99
€ 20.03
hardcover. Num Pages: 232 pages, 2 tables, 2 charts/graphs, 29 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Annotated
- SKU
- V9780801441264
- ISBN
- 9780801441264
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.12
€ 66.12
paperback. This work develops methods for unravelling the mysteries of emotions and aims to answer fundamental questions at the heart of emotional life. By using videotapes, interviews and ethnographic description, the author studies emotions as physical and embodied rather than as remembered and recounted. Num Pages: 412 pages, 54 halftones, 13 line drawings. BIC Classification: JHMC; JMH; JMM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 30. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 412
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226426006
- ISBN
- 9780226426006
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.44
€ 35.99
€ 28.44
Paperback. In popular perception cultural differences or ethnic affiliation are factors that cause conflict or political fragmentation although this is not borne out by historical evidence. This book puts forward an alternative conflict theory. Series: Integration and Conflict Studies. Num Pages: 206 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GTJ; JHB; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 154 x 231 x 18. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845457792
- ISBN
- 9781845457792
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.43
€ 36.99
€ 34.43
Paperback. Avoiding reductionistic solutions, and without losing sight of how our lives and those of others are caught up in the moral webs we humans spin, this book skillfully fashions new kinds of conceptual tools from the strange and unexpected properties of the living world itself. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 227 x 16. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520276116
- ISBN
- 9780520276116
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.40
€ 34.40
Hardback. Avoiding reductionistic solutions, and without losing sight of how our lives and those of others are caught up in the moral webs we humans spin, this book skillfully fashions new kinds of conceptual tools from the strange and unexpected properties of the living world itself. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520276109
- ISBN
- 9780520276109
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.08€ 71.25
€ 94.08
€ 71.25
Paperback. Writing over three decades and featuring many essays that have not been in wide circulation, the author draws from political science, cultural anthropology, sociology, and history to provide a configurative analysis of and long-term approach to the cultural diversity in Africa, Europe, and the United States. Series: Politics, History, & Social Change. Num Pages: 376 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHMC; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 142 x 23. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592138326
- ISBN
- 9781592138326
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 33.63
€ 34.99
€ 33.63