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Anthropology
Hardback. The past few decades have seen growing interest in the study of the body. However, the increasing number of exciting and influential publications has primarily, if not exclusively, focused on the body in Western cultures. Editor(s): Turner, Bryan S.; Yangwen, Zheng. Series: Asia Pacific Studies: Past and Present. Num Pages: 256 pages, 17 ills. BIC Classification: 1F; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. .
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845455507
- ISBN
- 9781845455507
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.38
€ 151.38
Hardcover. Focusing on practice more than theory, this collection offers new perspectives for studying the so-called "humoral medical traditions," as they have flourished around the globe during the last 2,000 years. Editor(s): Hsu, Elisabeth; Horden, Peregrine. Series: Epistemologies of Healing. Num Pages: 302 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC; MBX; PSXM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857459824
- ISBN
- 9780857459824
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.67
€ 152.67
The Body in Parts. Discourses and Anatomies in Early Modern Europe.
. Ed(S): Mazzio, Carla; Hillman, David
Paperback. Examines how the body - its organs, limbs, viscera - was represented in literature and culture of early modern Europe. The text asks why 16th and 17th century medical, religious, and literary texts portray the body part by part, rather than as an entity and what this tells of society at the time. Editor(s): Mazzio, Carla; Hillman, David. Num Pages: 376 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD; JHM; MFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415916943
- ISBN
- 9780415916943
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.72
€ 56.72
Paperback. * New edition of an accessible introduction to the sociology of the body, including cultural, social and theoretical approaches to the body. * Introduces students to the key theoretical perspectives and conceptual frameworks which help us to understand the social significance of the human body. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745654416
- ISBN
- 9780745654416
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.13
€ 26.13
Hardcover. * New edition of an accessible introduction to the sociology of the body, including cultural, social and theoretical approaches to the body. * Introduces students to the key theoretical perspectives and conceptual frameworks which help us to understand the social significance of the human body. Num Pages: 266 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745654409
- ISBN
- 9780745654409
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.15
€ 71.15
Paperback. Drawing on fieldwork in a Dutch university hospital, this title looks at the day-to-day diagnosis and treatment of atherosclerosis. It focuses on medical anthropology, sociology, feminist theory, philosophy, and science and technology studies to reframe such issues as the disease-illness distinction, subject-object relations, and boundaries. Series: Science & Cultural Theory. Num Pages: 216 pages, 4 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: JHMP; MJC; PSXM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822329176
- ISBN
- 9780822329176
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.05
€ 27.05
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JHMP; VFDW; VFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349401287
- ISBN
- 9780349401287
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 13.96
€ 18.99
€ 13.96
Paperback. The bestselling authors of The Story of French unravel the mysteries of French conversation BIC Classification: 1DDF; CFP; JHMC; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- St Martin´s Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781250130273
- ISBN
- 9781250130273
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.05
€ 19.99
€ 17.05
Paperback. Series: Bibliotheca Indonesica. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1975
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401745840
- ISBN
- 9789401745840
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.12
€ 62.12
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845200596
- ISBN
- 9781845200596
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.08
€ 48.08
Paperback. A collection of early nineteenth-century biographical sketches of 'eccentric' characters, with illustrations, reprinted in 1869. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Spiritualism and Esoteric Knowledge. Num Pages: 538 pages, 60 b/w illus. 1 colour illus. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 538
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781108044400
- ISBN
- 9781108044400
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.75
€ 61.75
Paperback. A book which brilliantly twists our perception of nature by showing us nature's perspective of us. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JHM; PST. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 256. A Plant's-eye View of the World. 320 pages. A book which brilliantly twists our perception of nature by showing us nature's perspective of us. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JHM; PST. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 22. Weight: 222.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747563006
- ISBN
- 9780747563006
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.66
€ 19.99
€ 14.66
Hardback. Investigating how ideas about village boundaries and private property in the Trentino region of northern Italy form the background against which regionalist ideologies are understood, this study suggests that ideas about regionalism largely reflect views about private property. Series: New Directions in Anthropology. Num Pages: 24 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; JHM; KFFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571814630
- ISBN
- 9781571814630
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.14
€ 152.14
Paperback. Offers vivid, literary descriptions of Fontana del Re, an impoverished Neapolitan neighborhood. This book documents the struggles of Neapolitans surrounded by crumbling buildings and economic insecurity. It details family dynamics as well as the workings of Naples's informal economy. Num Pages: 280 pages, 2 photos. BIC Classification: 1DST; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 2 Expanded
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231133715
- ISBN
- 9780231133715
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.70
€ 40.99
€ 28.70
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 11. BIC Classification: 1KLCH; JFFN; JFFS; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 199.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780801477294
- ISBN
- 9780801477294
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.27
€ 32.99
€ 31.27
Paperback. Freemasonry has long been one of the most romanticized secret societies in the world. But a simple fact escapes most depictions of this elite brotherhood: there are women Freemasons, too. The author takes you inside Masonic lodges in contemporary Italy, where she observes the many ritualistic and fraternal bonds forged among women initiates. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; JFSJ1; JFSV1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226095868
- ISBN
- 9780226095868
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.24
€ 37.99
€ 29.24
Paperback. Series: Studies in the History of Modern Science. Num Pages: 436 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HB; JHM; WM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 664.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1981
- Number of pages
- 436
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400984660
- ISBN
- 9789400984660
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.01
€ 64.01
Hardback. Num Pages: 375 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAK; ACBK; HRKP; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 667.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 375
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781477309957
- ISBN
- 9781477309957
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.92
€ 103.92
Paperback. Popular Hinduism is shaped, above all, by worship of a multitude of powerful divine beings - a superabundance indicated by the proverbial total of 330 million gods and goddesses. This title combines ethnographic case studies with comparative anthropological analysis and draws on textual and historical scholarship as well. Num Pages: 368 pages, 5 tables. 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRG; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Revised, Expanded
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691120485
- ISBN
- 9780691120485
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.08
€ 54.99
€ 39.08
Paperback. The Canadian Sioux are descendants of Santees, Yanktonais, and Tetons from the United States who sought refuge in Canada during the 1860s and 1870s. This book helps fill that gap in the literature and remains relevant even in the twenty-first century. Series: Studies in the Anthropology of North American Indians. Num Pages: 226 pages, 24 photographs, 1 map, 3 tables, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 13. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803271760
- ISBN
- 9780803271760
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.45
€ 32.99
€ 31.45