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Anthropology

Hardback. Concerned with contemporary notions of personhood and the relationship between persons and places, this book, presents a detailed insight into the Vanua Lavan's engagement with modernity, and examines how they relate to the past, make sense of the present and anticipate the future. Series: Person, Space and Memory in the Contemporary Pacific. Num Pages: 272 pages, 23 ills, 2 maps, 13 tables, 8 figs. BIC Classification: 1MKLV; JFC; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845455996
ISBN
9781845455996
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.23

Paperback. "Personal Knowledge and Beyond" seeks to foster a cross-disciplinary rethinking of ethnography's possibilities and limits for the study of religions. It provides an overview of recent debates while also pushing them in new directions. Editor(s): Spickard, Jim; Landres, Shawn; McGuire, Meredith B. Series: Critical America Series. Num Pages: 284 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HR; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 355.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
New York University Press
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814798034
ISBN
9780814798034
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Hardback. Presents a collection of twenty-seven papers on the history of the study of human growth, on the modelling of individual growth curves, the construction of population growth reference curves, growth as a measure of population well-being, secular trend, and the much neglected subject of the relation between mental and physical development. Editor(s): Hauspie, R.; Dasgupta, Parasmani (Anthropology and Human Genetics Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, India). Num Pages: 364 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHMP; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 719.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402000003
ISBN
9781402000003
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.48

Paperback. The second edition of Perspectives on Africa: A Reader in Culture, History, and Representation is both an introduction to the cultures of Africa and a history of the interpretations of those cultures. Key essays explore the major issues and debates through a combination of classic articles and the newest research in the field. Editor(s): Grinker, Roy Richard; Steiner, Christopher B.; Lubkemann, Stephen C. Series: Global Perspectives. Num Pages: 713 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1H; HBJH; JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 245 x 172 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1068.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
713
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405190602
ISBN
9781405190602
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.30

Hardback. The second edition of Perspectives on Africa: A Reader in Culture, History, and Representation is both an introduction to the cultures of Africa and a history of the interpretations of those cultures. Key essays explore the major issues and debates through a combination of classic articles and the newest research in the field. Editor(s): Grinker, Roy Richard; Steiner, Christopher B.; Lubkemann, Stephen C. Series: Global Perspectives. Num Pages: 708 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1H; HBJH; JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 251 x 174 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1330.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
708
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444335224
ISBN
9781444335224
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.10

Hardback. Perspectives on Modern South Asia presents an exciting core collection of essays drawn from anthropology, literary and cultural studies, history, sociology, economics, and political science to reveal the complexities of a region that is home to a fifth of humanity. Editor(s): Visweswaran, Kamala. Series: Global Perspectives. Num Pages: 396 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 175 x 28. Weight in Grams: 802.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
396
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405100625
ISBN
9781405100625
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.84

Hardcover. As concepts of globalization and transnationalism have given rise to an intense interest in the concept of creolization, more scholars and activists are turning to the Caribbean as a way of exploring notions of cultural hybridity, multiculturalism, and plurality in contemporary society. Editor(s): Scher, Philip W.; Yelvington, Kevin A. Series: Global Perspectives. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HB; JHM; RG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 258 x 181 x 23. Weight in Grams: 722.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405105651
ISBN
9781405105651
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.13

Hardcover. Num Pages: 193 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA; JFFE; JHMC; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 188 x 17. Weight in Grams: 604.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
193
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590334775
ISBN
9781590334775
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.89
€ 71.61

Paperback. This work shows that studying the interpretative methods of spectators in their historical contexts is necessary to understand the media's role in culture and in our personal lives. This approach is applied to topics such as depictions of violence and demonstrated through works like "JFK". Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; JFC; JFD; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814781395
ISBN
9780814781395
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.71

Paperback. Series: Symbol, Myth and Ritual. Num Pages: 288 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HRQ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1976
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801491375
ISBN
9780801491375
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.71

Paperback. Kaushik Sunder Rajan traces the structure and operation of what he calls pharmocracy-a concept explaining the global hegemony of the multinational pharmaceutical industry. He outlines pharmocracy's logic in two case studies from contemporary India to demonstrate the stakes of its intersection with health, politics, democracy, and global capital. Series: Experimental Futures. Num Pages: 360 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: 1FK; HBJF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 26. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822363279
ISBN
9780822363279
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Hardback. Kaushik Sunder Rajan traces the structure and operation of what he calls pharmocracy-a concept explaining the global hegemony of the multinational pharmaceutical industry. He outlines pharmocracy's logic in two case studies from contemporary India to demonstrate the stakes of its intersection with health, politics, democracy, and global capital. Series: Experimental Futures. Num Pages: 344 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: 1FK; HBJF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822363132
ISBN
9780822363132
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.33

Paperback. Includes bibliographical references and index. Editor(s): Ram, Kalpana; Houston, Christopher. Num Pages: 330 pages, 17 b&w illus. BIC Classification: HPCF3; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 513.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253017758
ISBN
9780253017758
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.12

Hardback. Includes bibliographical references and index. Editor(s): Ram, Kalpana; Houston, Christopher. Num Pages: 330 pages, 17 b&w illus. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253017543
ISBN
9780253017543
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.05

Paperback. Latin America is a profoundly philanthropic region with deeply rooted traditions of solidarity with the less fortunate. This volume brings together groundbreaking perspectives on such diverse themes as corporate philanthropy, immigrant networks, and new grant-making and operating foundations with corporate, family, and community origins. Editor(s): Portocarrero, Felipe. Series: David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies. Num Pages: 390 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; JHM; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 29. Weight in Grams: 768.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Harvard University Press Massachusetts
Number of pages
390
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674019652
ISBN
9780674019652
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.53

Hardback. Series: Jurists: Profiles in Legal Theory. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC; LAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 166 x 24. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804744751
ISBN
9780804744751
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.02

Hardcover. How do human beings become human? This question lies behind the so-called human sciences. But these disciplines are scattered among many different departments and hold up a cracked mirror to humankind. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 686.
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745688534
ISBN
9780745688534
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.84

Hardback. Philosophising in Mombasa provides an approach to the anthropological study of philosophical discourses in the Swahili context of Mombasa, Kenya. Series: International African Library. Num Pages: 288 pages, 30 b/w. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; HPDC; JFSR2; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 656.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748627868
ISBN
9780748627868
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.68

Paperback. Cultural study of the effects of sound technologies--from the phonograph to the Walkman--on African American literature, art, and music in the twentieth century Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; AVG; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822335900
ISBN
9780822335900
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.51

Hardcover. Num Pages: 233 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 163 colour illustrations, 100 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: JHM; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319541051
ISBN
9783319541051
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.12

Paperback. Gives an ethnographic account of the complexities of the use of photography in Africa, both historically and in contemporary practice. Editor(s): Vokes, Richard. Num Pages: 288 pages, 110, 110 black & white illustrations, 110 black and white. BIC Classification: 1H; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 179 x 19. Weight in Grams: 784.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
James Currey United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847010537
ISBN
9781847010537
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.57

Hardback. Num Pages: 395 pages. BIC Classification: JHMP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 263 x 298 x 24. Weight in Grams: 780.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634847827
ISBN
9781634847827
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 290.02
€ 215.28

Hardcover. Illustrated 8vo.Good copy in original cloth. Anthropology
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Lippincott
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1974
Edition
2nd
SKU
KEX0254800
ISBN
9780397472963
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Series: Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development (Mono). Num Pages: 316 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 7. Weight in Grams: 206.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781118880012
ISBN
9781118880012
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.71

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