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Anthropology

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Hertfordshire Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9781902806068
ISBN
9781902806068
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.26

Hardback. In this pithy two-part essay, the author reinvigorates the debates on what constitutes kinship, building on some of the best scholarship in the field to produce an original outlook on the deepest bond humans can have. He also shows that mutuality of being is a symbolic notion of belonging, not a biological connection by 'blood'. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 151 x 14. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
128
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226925127
ISBN
9780226925127
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.81
€ 77.43

Paperback. Offers, on its surface, a simple theoretical argument, laid out in the titles of its mere two chapters: kinship is culture, not biology. But along the way to proving his point, the author engages an array of thinkers, from Aristotle to Emile Durkheim to Marilyn Strathern, as well as an array of ethnographic examples from around the globe. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 217 x 8. Weight in Grams: 156.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226214290
ISBN
9780226214290
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.07

Hardback. What Makes Learning Fun? presents a set of tested principles and strategies for the design of museum exhibits, with concrete examples of design successes and failures drawn from the author's many years in the field. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC; JNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 531.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780759108844
ISBN
9780759108844
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.45

paperback. This work takes an anthropological approach to the fundamental question of what makes life worth living. It considers the issue by examining nine pairs of similarly situated individuals in the United States and Japan. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 63.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780520201330
ISBN
9780520201330
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 27.80

Paperback. In What Makes us Human? some of the world's most brilliant thinkers offer their answers to this perennial puzzle, shedding new light on how and why our ancestors produced such clever, talented, and unlikely progeny. Editor(s): Pasternak, Charles. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM; JMR; PSAJ; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 265.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851685196
ISBN
9781851685196
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.42

Hardback. Editor(s): Bender, Courtney; Taves, Ann. Series: A Columbia / SSRC Book. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 4 black & white illustrations, 1 recorded music items. BIC Classification: HRAM; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231156844
ISBN
9780231156844
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.40
€ 84.41

Paperback. Editor(s): Bender, Courtney; Taves, Ann. Series: A Columbia / SSRC Book. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 4 black & white illustrations, 1 recorded music items. BIC Classification: HRAM; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 402. Ethnographies of Value in a Not So Secular Age. Series: Religion, Culture and Public Life. 296 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 4 black & white illustrations, 1 recorded music items. Editor(s): Bender, Courtney; Taves, Ann. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HRAM; JHM. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 15. Weight: 402.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231156851
ISBN
9780231156851
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.66

Paperback. Provides a historical look through the eyes of outsiders as they survey and scrutinize the politics, science, technology, religion, family practices, and gender roles of civilizations not their own. This book emphasizes the broader figurative meaning of looking west in the scope of history. Editor(s): Nader, Laura. Num Pages: 472 pages, 2 b/w, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1QFH; 3F; 3H; 3J; HBG; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 28. Weight in Grams: 642.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520285781
ISBN
9780520285781
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 32.06

Paperback. How has bioethics evolved into a legitimate specialty? When is such expertise necessary? How do bioethicists make their decisions? And whose interests do they serve? This book addresses these questions while reflecting on the ethical dilemmas that the author's ethnographic research among surgeons and genetic counselors has provoked. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JHMP; MBDC; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226066776
ISBN
9780226066776
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.58

Paperback. Presents studies attempting to define and dissect American humor for students and scholars. Editor(s): Walker, Nancy A. Series: American Visions: Readings in American Culture. Num Pages: 284 pages, illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780842026888
ISBN
9780842026888
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.74

Paperback. An ethnographic case study of sex tourism in the Dominican Republic, showing how the sex trade is linked to economic and cultural globalization Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 296 pages, 9 b&w photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KJD; JFFS; JFMX; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
unknown
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822332978
ISBN
9780822332978
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 29.11

Paperback. Takes on one of the most tragic stories of the global AIDS crisis - the failure of the ANC government to stem the tide of the AIDS epidemic in South Africa. This work traces the deep roots of the AIDS crisis to apartheid and, before that, to the colonial period. Series: California Series in Public Anthropology. Num Pages: 390 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 568.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
390
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520250277
ISBN
9780520250277
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.99

Paperback. The authors in this volume question what the possible appeal of these old religions, such as Christianity, Judaism, or Islam could be in the new urban environment and, conversely, what impact global urbanization will have on learning and on the performance and nature of ritual. Editor(s): Pinxten, Rik; Dikomitiz, Lisa. Series: Culture and Politics/Politics and Culture. Num Pages: 166 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSR; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 9. Weight in Grams: 234. Religious Traditions in Urban Contexts. Series: Culture and Politics/Politics and Culture. 166 pages, 12 ills. Editor(s): Pinxten, Rik; Dikomitiz, Lisa. The authors in this volume question what the possible appeal of these old religions, such as Christianity, Judaism, or Islam could be in the new urban environment and, conversely, what impact global urbanization will have on learning and on the performance and nature of ritual. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JFSR; JHMC. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 9. Weight: 234.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
166
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857458070
ISBN
9780857458070
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.95

Paperback. Examines how the lives of dispossessed men and women are affected by the rise of narco-trafficking along the US - Mexico border. This book explores the everyday reality of the drug trade by living alongside its low-level workers: those living at the edges of the violence generated by the militarization of "the war on drugs." Series: California Series in Public Anthropology. Num Pages: 240 pages, 10 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JHMC; JKVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 209 x 17. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
255
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520276789
ISBN
9780520276789
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, halftones, figures, tables. BIC Classification: CFB; CFF; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195372069
ISBN
9780195372069
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.50

Paperback. Focusing on a contract involving Mexico's National Autonomous University, this book examines the practices through which researchers, plant vendors, indigenous cooperatives, and other actors put prospecting to work. It considers the consequences of linking scientific research and rural 'enfranchisement' to the logics of intellectual property. Series: In-Formation. Num Pages: 304 pages, 6 halftones. 3 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JHM; KNDP; RNC; RNF; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691095578
ISBN
9780691095578
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.05

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 14. BIC Classification: 1KJH; JHMC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 371.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801486739
ISBN
9780801486739
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.75

Paperback. Argues that within the festival of the goddess Gangamma ultimate reality is imagined as female Num Pages: 336 pages, 20 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRGC; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253009562
ISBN
9780253009562
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.06

Hardback. Collects twenty essays that explore how the frontier experience has helped create Latin American national identities and institutions. Using 'frontier' to mean more than 'border,' this work regards frontiers as the geographic zones of interaction between distinct cultures. Editor(s): Rausch, Jane M.; Weber, David J. Series: Jaguar Books on Latin America. Num Pages: 222 pages, suggested readings, suggested films. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; HBJK; JFC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
SKU
V9780842024778
ISBN
9780842024778
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.98

Hardback. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education; (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). . Some light shelf wear else as new.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
SKU
KTG0003645
ISBN
9781845450502
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Documents both traditional and contemporary male haunts, such as bars, barbershops, lodges, pool halls, strip clubs, garages, deer camps, megachurches, the basement Barcalounger, and examines their provenance, purpose, and appeal. Num Pages: 264 pages, 79 photographs. BIC Classification: JFCA; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 178 x 17. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231137355
ISBN
9780231137355
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 21.88

Paperback. An examination of Sahtu Dene participation in the assessment of the Mackenzie Gas pipeline and other resource extraction projects, this book provides an in-depth account of the workings and effects of participatory environmental assessment in the Canadian North and its implications for the legitimization of resource co-management. Series: Nature | History | Society. Num Pages: 480 pages, 6 b&w photos, 2 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSL9; JHMP; RND; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780774828468
ISBN
9780774828468
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 36.86

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 119 color illustrations, 118 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: AJCR; HBJH; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 191 x 254. .
Publisher
Peabody Museum Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780873654098
ISBN
9780873654098
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.47

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