Anthropology
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Anthropology
Hardcover. Plants have cultural histories, and their culturally known applications change through time and across contexts. The impact of individual plant species on human cultures has been profound, whether it is the coca and quinine from South America or tea and coffee from the Old World. This pattern is seen in all types of uses that humans make of plants. Editor(s): Hsu, Elisabeth; Harris, Stephen. Series: Epistemologies of Healing. Num Pages: 330 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM; PSXM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845450601
- ISBN
- 9781845450601
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.87
€ 164.87
Paperback. In Plastic Bodies Emilia Sanabria examines how women's use of sex hormones in Bahia, Brazil for menstrual suppression shapes social relations, having become central to contemporary understandings of the body, class, gender, sex, personhood, modernity, and Brazilian national identity. Series: Experimental Futures. Num Pages: 264 pages, 12 photographs. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHMC; VFDW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822361619
- ISBN
- 9780822361619
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.99
€ 36.99
€ 33.99
Hardback. In Plastic Bodies Emilia Sanabria examines how women's use of sex hormones in Bahia, Brazil for menstrual suppression shapes social relations, having become central to contemporary understandings of the body, class, gender, sex, personhood, modernity, and Brazilian national identity. Series: Experimental Futures. Num Pages: 264 pages, 12 photographs. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHMC; VFDW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822361428
- ISBN
- 9780822361428
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.59
€ 109.59
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HP; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Open Gate Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781871871470
- ISBN
- 9781871871470
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.54
€ 17.99
€ 16.54
Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBS; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 164 x 31. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226264981
- ISBN
- 9780226264981
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.88
€ 31.99
€ 24.88
Hardback. Focusing on ethnicity and its relation to conflict, this book goes beyond sterile debates about whether ethnic identities are naturalA" or socially constructed.A" Rather, ethnic identity takes different forms. Some ethnic boundaries are perceived by the actors themselves as natural, while others are perceived to be permeable. Series: Integration and Conflict Studies. Num Pages: 254 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; JFSL; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 166 x 18. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857450883
- ISBN
- 9780857450883
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.20
€ 164.20
Hardback. Over several generations, villagers of Dominica have been shifting from Patwa, an Afro-French creole, to English, the official language. Despite government efforts at Patwa revitalization and cultural heritage tourism, rural caregivers and teachers prohibit children from speaking Patwa in their presence. Num Pages: 266 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJWWD; 2JS; CFB; JFSP1; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 478. Children and Change in a Caribbean Village. 252 pages, 20 ills & tables, 3 maps. Over several generations, villagers of Dominica have been shifting from Patwa, an Afro-French creole, to English, the official language. Despite government efforts at Patwa revitalization and cultural heritage tourism, rural caregivers and teachers prohibit children from speaking Patwa in their presence. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1KJWWD; 2JS; CFB; JFSP1; JHMC. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 18. Weight: 478.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 266
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857457608
- ISBN
- 9780857457608
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.83
€ 162.83
Paperback. In his old age, Plenty-coups (1848-1932), the last hereditary chief of the Crow Indians, told the exciting, moving story of his life to Frank B Linderman, the well-known western writer who had befriended him. This title offers an account of the nomadic, spiritual, and warring life of Plains Indians before they were forced on to reservations. Num Pages: 204 pages, 1 map, 9 photographs, glossary, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- new edition
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803280182
- ISBN
- 9780803280182
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.76
€ 23.99
€ 21.76
Hardcover. The first substantial English-language introduction to Plessner's philosophical anthropology. Num Pages: 498 pages, 0 black and white; 4 full color. BIC Classification: HPCF; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 161 x 238 x 42. Weight in Grams: 936.
- Publisher
- Amsterdam University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789089646347
- ISBN
- 9789089646347
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 203.41
€ 203.41
Plundered Kitchens, Empty Wombs: Threatened Reproduction and Identity ...
Pamela Lou Feldman-Savelsberg
Hardcover. Illuminates the dynamics of social and cultural disintegration through the social construction of female infertility Num Pages: 280 pages, photographs, maps. BIC Classification: 1HFJA; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press Michigan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472109890
- ISBN
- 9780472109890
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.79
€ 94.79
Paperback. Philosophers have often reflected on the Ancient Greeks' concepts of time, but an anthropological approach is necessary to understand their practical concept of time as tied to space. This work shows how the Ancient Greeks' collective memory was based on a remarkable faculty for the creation of ritual and narrative symbols. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 275 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780674021242
- ISBN
- 9780674021242
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.41
€ 21.99
€ 20.41
paperback. Presenting everyday stories on subjects such as deities, ascetics, cats, and cooking, this book shows that the study of oral narrative and performance is essential to ethical inquiry. It builds on the author's research in the famous Hindu pilgrimage town of Sringeri, Karnataka, in southwestern India. Num Pages: 312 pages, 25 illus. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780231139212
- ISBN
- 9780231139212
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.71
€ 41.71
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 6 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1HBE; JHM; KCP; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 11. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816625390
- ISBN
- 9780816625390
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.95
€ 25.99
€ 23.95
Paperback. A major work by this prominent Caribbean author and philosopher, available for the first time in English Editor(s): Wing, Betsy. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472066292
- ISBN
- 9780472066292
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.43
€ 35.43
Hardcover. Provides insight into the culture and society of the Chagga people Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; HBJH; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 150 x 224 x 24. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Publisher
- Signal Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909930445
- ISBN
- 9781909930445
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.17
€ 24.99
€ 23.17
Paperback. In 2002, after an altercation between Muslim vendors and Hindu travelers at a railway station in the Indian state of Gujarat, fifty-nine Hindu pilgrims were burned to death. This title provides a riveting ethnographic account of this collective violence. Num Pages: 320 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRG; HRH; JFSR; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691151779
- ISBN
- 9780691151779
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.12
€ 40.99
€ 29.12
Hardback. There are few areas of society today that remain outside the ambit of policy processes, and likewise policy-making has progressively reached into the structure of everyday life. An instrument of modern government, policy and its processes provide an analytical window into the systems of governance themselves.. Editor(s): Shore, Cris; Wright, Susan; Pero, Davide. Series: EASA Series. Num Pages: 340 pages, 2 figs. BIC Classification: JHM; JPA; JPQB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857451163
- ISBN
- 9780857451163
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 165.06
€ 165.06
Hardback. Written in honor of prominent anthropologist Richard B Lee who is concerned with understanding and acting upon issues of indigenous rights, the impact of colonialism and post colonial state formation on local communities and cultures. This book defines persistent problems that deeply affect the majority of the world's cultures. Editor(s): Solway, Jacqueline. Series: Methodology & History in Anthropology. Num Pages: 270 pages, black & white illustrations, Bibliog., index. BIC Classification: JHMC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845451141
- ISBN
- 9781845451141
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.32
€ 164.32
Hardback. This book surveys all the channels through which political ideas and knowledge were conveyed to the English public, from the beginning of the reign of Elizabeth I to the Revolution of 1688, with the goal of understanding the web of communication in creating political life. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804783620
- ISBN
- 9780804783620
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.24
€ 86.24
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFM; JHM; JPFF; JPFM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816624768
- ISBN
- 9780816624768
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.39
€ 29.99
€ 27.39