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Paperback. The Tsimshians are a Northwest Coast Native people known for their dazzling works of art and rich array of traditions. This book presents a picture of the Tsimshian cultural universe, and argues that one of the reasons for its continuing vitality, is that its people are sensitive to different and creative ways of capturing and embodying light. Num Pages: 204 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803282667
ISBN
9780803282667
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

Paperback. Portrays the three indigenous rebellions that threatened Spanish control of its South American colonies more than a quarter century before the Wars of Independence (1808-1825). This collection includes maps, a chronology of the rebellions, and a glossary of terms. Num Pages: 288 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBTB; HBTV; JHM; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
247
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872208452
ISBN
9780872208452
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.73

Paperback. Turf Wars: Discourse, Diversity, and the Politics of Place is the fascinating story of an urban neighborhood undergoing rapid gentrification. * Explores how members of a multi-ethnic, multi-class Washington, DC, community deploy language to legitimize themselves as community members while discrediting others. Series: New Directions in Ethnography. Num Pages: 376 pages, 18. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 538.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405129558
ISBN
9781405129558
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.79

Hardback. Turf Wars: Discourse, Diversity, and the Politics of Place is the fascinating story of an urban neighborhood undergoing rapid gentrification. * Explores how members of a multi-ethnic, multi-class Washington, DC, community deploy language to legitimize themselves as community members while discrediting others. Series: New Directions in Ethnography. Num Pages: 376 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405129565
ISBN
9781405129565
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.74

Hardback. Turning Points demonstrates the role of style and form in promoting and shaping cultural development by studying important critics, and analyzing cultural change in literature, music, art, and philosophy. Num Pages: 360 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: AB; DSB; HP; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 685.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804727082
ISBN
9780804727082
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.91

Hardback. Reader outlining key developments in the recent history of interpretive social science methods. Editor(s): Denzin, Norman K.; Lincoln, Dr. Yvonna S. Series: Crossroads in Qualitative Inquiry. Num Pages: 504 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JHBC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 36. Weight in Grams: 894.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
504
Condition
New
SKU
V9780759103474
ISBN
9780759103474
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 175.26

Paperback. Reader outlining key developments in the recent history of interpretive social science methods. Editor(s): Denzin, Norman K.; Lincoln, Dr. Yvonna S. Series: Crossroads in Qualitative Inquiry. Num Pages: 504 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JHBC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 148 x 31. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
504
Condition
New
SKU
V9780759103481
ISBN
9780759103481
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 85.01

Hardcover. The last century has seen radical social changes in Ireland, which have impacted all aspects of local life but none more so than traditional Irish music, an increasingly important identity marker both in Ireland and abroad. The author focuses on a small village in County Clare, which became a kind of pilgrimage site for those interested.. Series: Dance & Performance Studies. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBR; AVGH; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845456238
ISBN
9781845456238
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.61

Paperback. Traces the discourse that contributed to the locating of a different criterion of death in the brain, and its routinization in clinical practice in North America. This book demonstrates that death is not self-evident, that the space between life and death is historically and culturally constructed, fluid, multiple, and open to dispute. Series: California Series in Public Anthropology. Num Pages: 441 pages, 21 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBZ; JHM; MBX; MNQ; PSXM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 624.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
441
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520228146
ISBN
9780520228146
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.87

Paperback. Editor(s): Kowalski, Jeff Karl; Kristan-Graham, Cynthia. Series: Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian Symposia and Colloquia. Num Pages: 432 pages, 87 black-and-white photographs, 132 line illustrations, 7 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 217 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection United States
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780884023722
ISBN
9780884023722
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.68

Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBM; HBJF1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226317489
ISBN
9780226317489
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.08

Paperback. Inspired by the core anarchist faith in the possibilities of voluntary cooperation without hierarchy, this book provides a perspective from everyday social and political interactions to mass protests and revolutions. It describes an anarchist sensibility that celebrates the local knowledge, common sense, and creativity of ordinary people. Num Pages: 200 pages, 10 halftones. 9 line illus. BIC Classification: HPS; JHM; JPFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
New in Paper
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691161037
ISBN
9780691161037
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.22

Hardback. This study compares the topographic and ethnographic descriptions produced with respect to Galicia and Portugal during the 19th and 20th centuries in order to understand how the integration in different states and the existence of a specific nationalist discourse marked differences in the ways that two bordering regions have been represented. Translator(s): Earl, Martin. Series: European Anthropology in Translation. Num Pages: 388 pages, 17 ills. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1DSP; JHMC; JPFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 654. Nationalism and Ethnography in Galicia and Portugal. Series: European Anthropology in Translation. 388 pages, 17 ills. This study compares the topographic and ethnographic descriptions produced with respect to Galicia and Portugal during the 19th and 20th centuries in order to understand how the integration in different states and the existence of a specific nationalist discourse marked differences in the ways that two bordering regions have been represented. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1DSP; JHMC; JPFN. Dimension: 230 x 163 x 25. Weight: 654. Translator(s): Earl, Martin.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
388
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857457240
ISBN
9780857457240
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 173.29

Hardback. Although dying can be seen as the paradigm of liminality, because periods of transition are often associated with death, many volumes on death in the social sciences do not specifically address liminality. This book investigates these "ultimate ambiguities" as crucial periods of creativity, change, and emergent aspects of social and religious life. Editor(s): Berger, Peter; Kroesen, Justin. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: JHBZ; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
292
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782386094
ISBN
9781782386094
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.65

Paperback. A theoretical argument that anthropology has developed a concept of culture that reproduces some of the essentialisms of racism while making it difficult for the field to adequately address race. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 498.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822346357
ISBN
9780822346357
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.26

Hardback. Series: Wiley-Blackwell Studies in Discourse and Culture. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: CFGR; JHMC; MBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 178 x 252 x 17. Weight in Grams: 536.
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118909713
ISBN
9781118909713
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.39

Paperback. Offers an intimate look at the lives of African women trying to reconcile motherhood with new professional roles in a context of dramatic social change. The author argues that Beti women delay motherhood as part of a broader attempt to assert a modern form of honor only recently made possible by formal education, Catholicism, and economic change. Num Pages: 288 pages, 23 figures, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1H; JHBK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 121 x 18. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226401829
ISBN
9780226401829
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.55

Paperback. Examines the formation of self among the Urarina, an Amazonian people of lowland Peru. Based on detailed ethnography, this title highlights the role of intimate but asymmetrical attachments and dependencies which begin in the womb, but can extend beyond human society to include a variety of animals, plants, spirits and material objects. Series: Ethnographic Studies in Subjectivity. Num Pages: 252 pages, 11 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 388. Self, Power, and Intimacy in Amazonia. Series: Ethnographic Studies in Subjectivity. 252 pages, illustrations. Examines the formation of self among the Urarina, an Amazonian people of lowland Peru. Based on detailed ethnography, this title highlights the role of intimate but asymmetrical attachments and dependencies which begin in the womb, but can extend beyond human society to include a variety of animals, plants, spirits and material objects. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; JFSL9; JHMC. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 15. Weight: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520273603
ISBN
9780520273603
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.43

Paperback. Series: Difference Incorporated. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF; JFSK2; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816691081
ISBN
9780816691081
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.33

Paperback. In the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, security became the paramount concern of virtually everyone involved in governing the United States. This title describes the human activities, emotions, relationships, and decisions that shaped the way Americans experienced homeland security. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6 halftones, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHM; JPRB; JPWL2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226257440
ISBN
9780226257440
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99

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