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Anthropology

Paperback. Discusses the contradictions whereby Asians have been included in the workplaces and markets of the US nation-state, yet, through exclusion laws and bars from citizenship, have been distanced from the terrain of national culture. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFFN; JHMP; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822318644
ISBN
9780822318644
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.45

Hardback. Immigrant Ambassadors explores transformations in Tibetan identity as increasing numbers of Tibetans move from being stateless refugees in India and Nepal to citizens of the United States. Num Pages: 288 pages, 3 tables, 2 figures, 7 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; 1KBB; JFFN; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804760171
ISBN
9780804760171
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.92

Hardback. Since Israel is primarily a country of immigrants, the state takes on the responsibility for the settlement and integration of each new group. It therefore sees its role as benevolent and indispensable to the welfare of the immigrants. This be true to some extent. Series: New Directions in Anthropology. Num Pages: 240 pages, 3 maps, 10 ills. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1HFGA; JFFN; JFSR1; JHM; JPQB; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220. Weight in Grams: 441.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571819413
ISBN
9781571819413
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.74

Paperback. Editor(s): Perea, Juan F. Series: Critical America Series. Num Pages: 358 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JFSL1; JHMP; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
358
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780814766422
ISBN
9780814766422
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.93

Paperback. Provides an ethnographic rendering of religious rituals and ascetic practices at the Akakura Mountain Shrine in northern Japan. This book explains that spiritual practice at the Akakura shrine is motivated by the efforts of women and men to comprehend and manage contradictory obligations and desires related to personal health, family, and work. Num Pages: 288 pages, 31 b&w photos, 5 figures. BIC Classification: HRKN3; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822330622
ISBN
9780822330622
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.51

Paperback. Explores what it means to be a subject in the historical and poetic imagination of a southern Moroccan society. Incorporating poetic texts, legends, social spaces, folktales and conversations, this book is a synthesis of dissonant, often idiosyncratic voices from the Maghribi post-colonial present. Num Pages: 398 pages, 1 colour plate. BIC Classification: 1HBM; HBTB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226645322
ISBN
9780226645322
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.53

Hardback. Examines how immigrants acquire American ideas about race, both pre- and post-migration, in light of U.S. military presence and U.S. cultural dominance over their home country, drawing on interviews and ethnographic observations of Koreans in Seoul and Los Angeles. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JHMC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804758864
ISBN
9780804758864
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.91

Paperback. Examines how immigrants acquire American ideas about race, both pre- and post-migration, in light of U.S. military presence and U.S. cultural dominance over their home country, drawing on interviews and ethnographic observations of Koreans in Seoul and Los Angeles. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JHMC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804758871
ISBN
9780804758871
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Paperback. Historical investigations into how Iberian settlers, African slaves, Native Americans, and their multiethnic progeny understood their identities in colonial Latin America. Editor(s): Fisher, Andrew; O'Hara, Matthew D. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBG; HBLL; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822344209
ISBN
9780822344209
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.64

Paperback. In 1987, the Japanese government inaugurated the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) program in response to global pressure to 'internationalize' its society. This book explores the cultural and political dynamics of internationalization in Japan. It is suitable for policy analysts, students of Japan, and prospective and former JET participants. Num Pages: 346 pages, 15 line illustrations, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JHMC; JNA; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 492.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First
Number of pages
346
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520216365
ISBN
9780520216365
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.39

Paperback. Scholars have long recognized that ethnographic method is bound up with the construction of theory in ways that are difficult to teach. This work argues that the reason for this is that ethnographic theorization is essentially improvisational in nature, conducted in real time and in necessarily unpredictable social situations. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 12. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226100319
ISBN
9780226100319
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 25.06

hardcover. Editor(s): Alexandrakis, Othon. Num Pages: 284 pages, 3 b&w illus. BIC Classification: GTJ; HBTV; JHMC; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253022783
ISBN
9780253022783
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.69

Paperback. Editor(s): Alexandrakis, Othon. Num Pages: 284 pages, 3 b&w illus. BIC Classification: GTJ; HBTV; JHMC; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 536.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253023117
ISBN
9780253023117
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.01

Paperback. Demonstrates that the Amazon is an outcome of the intimately intertwined histories of humans and nonhumans. This book introduces a diverse range of characters - from sixteenth-century explorers and their native rivals to nineteenth-century naturalists and contemporary ecologists, logging company executives, and river-traders. Num Pages: 320 pages, 23 halftones. 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSBZ; JHM; RN; WN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 506.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691048857
ISBN
9780691048857
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.62

Paperback. Examines the lives of transnational sport migrants: players, journalists, coaches and administrators who toil far away from the sporting limelight. Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 248 pages, 6 maps. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHBS; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745330143
ISBN
9780745330143
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.73

Paperback. In Light of Africa explores how the idea of Africa as a real place, an imagined homeland, and a metaphor for Black identity is used in the cultural politics of the Brazilian state of Bahia. Series: Anthropological Horizons. Num Pages: 208 pages, 8, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFSL; JHB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442626690
ISBN
9781442626690
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 33.07

In Light of Africa explores how the idea of Africa as a real place, an imagined homeland, and a metaphor for Black identity is used in the cultural politics of the Brazilian state of Bahia. Series: Anthropological Horizons. Num Pages: 208 pages, 8, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFSL; JHB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 436.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442649316
ISBN
9781442649316
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.47

Hardback. This book collects in a single volume Marc Galanter's seminal work, "Why the 'Haves' Come Out Ahead," with ten contemporary articles about Galanter's theory. The articles, which present new research results and synthesize work done over the past few decades, examine the lasting influence and continued importance of this groundbreaking work. Editor(s): Kritzer, Herbert M.; Silbey, Susan S. Num Pages: 448 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHM; JP; LAB; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 29. Weight in Grams: 708.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804747332
ISBN
9780804747332
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 184.06

Paperback. This book collects in a single volume Marc Galanter's seminal work, "Why the 'Haves' Come Out Ahead," with ten contemporary articles about Galanter's theory. The articles, which present new research results and synthesize work done over the past few decades, examine the lasting influence and continued importance of this groundbreaking work. Editor(s): Kritzer, Herbert M.; Silbey, Susan S. Num Pages: 448 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHM; JP; LAB; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780804747349
ISBN
9780804747349
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.62

Paperback. This book examines how ordinary families and communities of minority groups in Sri Lanka have dealt with prolonged civil war and resulting issues as diverse as child recruitment, generational and gender conflicts, political terror, refugee camp life, ethnic nationalism, and migration and mobility. Series: The Ethnography of Political Violence Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 illus. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812222845
ISBN
9780812222845
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.01

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