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Anthropology

Paperback. A study that investigates the tensions between global law and local justice. The author offers an insider's perspective on how human rights law holds authorities accountable for the protection of citizens even while reinforcing and expanding state power. This book will interest students of gender studies and anthropology. Series: Chicago Series in Law and Society. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 167 x 16. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226520742
ISBN
9780226520742
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.91

Paperback. Human Rights: An Anthropological Reader is a groundbreaking collection that brings together key works that demonstrate the important and unique contributions that anthropologists have made to the understanding and practice of human rights over the last 60 years. Series: Wiley Blackwell Readers in Anthropology. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JHMC; JPVH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 171 x 245 x 19. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405183345
ISBN
9781405183345
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.41

Hardback. Human Rights: An Anthropological Reader is a groundbreaking collection that brings together key works that demonstrate the important and unique contributions that anthropologists have made to the understanding and practice of human rights over the last 60 years. Series: Wiley Blackwell Readers in Anthropology. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM; JPVH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 251 x 170 x 28. Weight in Grams: 828.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405183352
ISBN
9781405183352
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.50

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMP; PDZ; PSAJ; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 184.
Edition
Main
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571223039
ISBN
9780571223039
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.07

Paperback. This text offers an intimate telling of America's evolution into an urban nation through the experiences of individuals. The book considers the growth of American cities by looking at the lives of those people, famous and ordinary, who contributed to this transition in the country's history. Editor(s): Biles, Roger. Series: The Human Tradition in America. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSG; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9780842029933
ISBN
9780842029933
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.60

Paperback. Series: Decolonizing Feminisms. Num Pages: 20 black & white illustrations, 20 illus. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF; JFSJ5; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295995328
ISBN
9780295995328
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. This work looks at the hominid species that lived and flourished for around one million years before and, in some cases, after the evolution of modern humans some 200,000 years ago. It also investigates how, when, where and why the modern human species appeared and in due course became dominant. Num Pages: 248 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JHMP; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 159 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631205289
ISBN
9780631205289
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.16

Num Pages: 470 pages, 4 b&w illus., 13 tables. BIC Classification: JFHF; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 776.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253022912
ISBN
9780253022912
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 87.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 470 pages, 4 b&w illus., 13 tables. BIC Classification: JFHF; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
470
Condition
New
Publication date
2016
SKU
V9780253023148
ISBN
9780253023148
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 38.84

Hardback. Anthropological writings on humour are not numerous, but they do contain insight into the social processes that underlie joking and laughter. This volume examines the cognitive, social, and moral aspects of humour and its potential to bring about a sense of mutual understanding, even among different and possibly hostile people. Editor(s): Sciama, Lidia Dina. Series: Social Identities. Num Pages: 216 pages, 20 illustrations, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JFC; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857450746
ISBN
9780857450746
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.40

paperback. "Hunger and Work in a Savage Tribe" examines the cultural aspects of food and eating among the Southern Bantu, taking as its starting point the bold statement "nutrition is a biological process more fundamental than sex". Series: Routledge Classic Ethnographies. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFGS; JFC; JHBT; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415320115
ISBN
9780415320115
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.21

Paperback. Designed as an introduction to undergraduate and graduate students new to the subject Hunter-Gatherer Foraging: Five Simple Models presents the five foraging models that lend themselves best to hunter-gatherer application: diet breadth, linear programming, front- versus back-loaded resources, technological investment, and field processing. Num Pages: 125 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: HDA; JHBC; JHMC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 156 x 35. Weight in Grams: 206.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Eliot Werner Publications Inc United States
Number of pages
125
Condition
New
SKU
V9780979773136
ISBN
9780979773136
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Second Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226571812
ISBN
9780226571812
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.57

Hardcover. Inuit hunting traditions are rich in perceptions, practices and stories relating to animals and human beings. Laugrand and Oosten examine key figures such as the raven, an animal that has a central place in Inuit culture as a creator and a trickster, and qupirruit, a category consisting of insects and other small life forms. Num Pages: 424 pages, 34 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFFZ; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 157 x 231 x 29. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782384052
ISBN
9781782384052
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 175.75

Hardback. Between the 1870s and the 1930s competing European powers carved out and consolidated colonies in Melanesia, the most culturally diverse region of the world. As part of this process, great assemblages of ethnographic artefacts were made by a range of collectors whose diversity is captured in this volume. Editor(s): O'Hanlon, Michael; Welsch, Robert L. Series: Methodology & History in Anthropology. Num Pages: 304 pages, 23 ills, 5 maps, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1MKL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 0 x 0. Weight in Grams: 497.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571818119
ISBN
9781571818119
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.59

Paperback. Nikhil Anand explores the politics of Mumbai's water infrastructure to demonstrate how citizenship and the rights through which to make demands on the state for public services emerges through the relations between residents, plumbers, politicians, engineers, and the 3000 miles of pipe that bind them. Num Pages: 312 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FK; HBJF; JFSG; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 23. Weight in Grams: 468.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822362692
ISBN
9780822362692
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.79

Hardback. Nikhil Anand explores the politics of Mumbai's water infrastructure to demonstrate how citizenship and the rights through which to make demands on the state for public services emerges through the relations between residents, plumbers, politicians, engineers, and the 3000 miles of pipe that bind them. Num Pages: 312 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FK; HBJF; JFSG; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822362548
ISBN
9780822362548
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.56

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; JHMC; WGG; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 199.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781629144542
ISBN
9781629144542
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.86

Hardback. Num Pages: 360 pages, 16, 11 tables, 4 figures, 1 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: JHMC; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501700217
ISBN
9781501700217
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 28.63

Paperback. Records visionary anthropologist Michael Taussig's reflections on the fieldwork notebooks he kept through forty years of travels in Colombia. This title exhibits Taussig's characteristic verve and intellectual audacity, that is combined with a revelatory sense of intimacy. Num Pages: 176 pages, 30 halftones. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 141 x 216 x 69. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226789835
ISBN
9780226789835
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 25.14

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