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Hardback. All historians would agree that America is a nation of nations. But what does that mean in terms of the issues that have moved and shaped us as a people? This book illuminates the myriad ways in which immigration, racial, and ethnic histories have shaped the contours of contemporary American society. Editor(s): Bayor, Ronald H. Num Pages: 1104 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 179 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1634.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
1104
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231119948
ISBN
9780231119948
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 146.77

Since the late 1980's, Brazilians of Japanese descent have been 'return' migrating to Japan as unskilled foreign workers. This book illuminates how cultural encounters caused by transnational migration can reinforce local ethnic identities and nationalist discourses. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KLSB; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 36. Weight in Grams: 724.
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231128384
ISBN
9780231128384
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 166.82

In 1995, an Okinawan schoolgirl was raped by several US servicemen. Reaction to the crime culminated in a rally attended by some 85,000 people. Using this event as a point of reference, this book explores how Okinawans began to regard themselves as a confident citizenry embracing ideals of democracy, human rights, and women's equality. Num Pages: 344 pages, 27 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJP; HBTQ; HBTR; JHMC; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
With a new preface
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231138901
ISBN
9780231138901
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.15

Num Pages: 240 pages, 20 halftones, 16 line drawings, 3 tables. BIC Classification: JHMC; MMZD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231146081
ISBN
9780231146081
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.29

Num Pages: 288 pages, 91 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 542. Human Evolution and the Archaeology of Thought. 288 pages, 12 black & white halftones, 54 black & white line drawings. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JHM. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 24. Weight: 542.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231147040
ISBN
9780231147040
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.97

Series: Cultures of History. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 halftones, 2 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 2BRT; CFB; JHM; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231147569
ISBN
9780231147569
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.74

Paperback. A collection of essays examining Canadian-American relations in the West Editor(s): Coates, Kenneth. Series: Emil and Kathleen Sick Series in Western History and Biography. Num Pages: 328 pages, 8 maps, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 1KBC; HBJK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Washington Press Washington
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295982533
ISBN
9780295982533
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.91

Paperback. This full-length study of the Premi, the first in a language other than Chinese, makes a valuable contribution to our ethnographic knowledge of Southwest China, as well as to our understanding of contemporary Chinese religious and cultural politics. Series: Studies on Ethnic Groups in China. Num Pages: 288 pages, 14 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPCT; HRKN; JFSR; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295990699
ISBN
9780295990699
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.74

Hardback. Num Pages: 273 pages. BIC Classification: JHM; VSR. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 148 x 27. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers Group Netherlands
Number of pages
273
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306443244
ISBN
9780306443244
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.62

Hardback. Coca-Globalization explores globalization through an historical and anthropological study of soft drinks such as Coke and Pepsi, examining how they have become more than mere commodities. Num Pages: 275 pages, 19 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHM; KNDF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312238711
ISBN
9780312238711
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.34

Hardback. In this work, Niloofar Haeri looks at the complex interactions of two dialects: Classical Arabic (the language of both religion and the state) and the Egyptian dialect of Arabic. He focuses on the political, cultural, and religious struggles to modernize Classical Arabic. Num Pages: 184 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 2CSR; CFB; CFF; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312238988
ISBN
9780312238988
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.27

Hardback. Since 1943, Jews have become deeply engaged in a Danish culture that presents very few barriers of anti-semitism. This book explores the questions that such inclusion raises for Danish Jews and what their answers can tell us about the meaning of religion, ethnicity and community in modern society. Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion. Num Pages: 282 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DND; 3JJP; JFSR1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 484.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312239459
ISBN
9780312239459
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.98

Hardback. Ranging from the local essays to the national level and within the larger Chinese cultural/religious universe, the essays in this volume explore the complex nature of identity/role and the processes of identity formation which have shaped Taiwan's multileveled past and its many faceted present. Editor(s): Katz, Paul R.; Rubenstein, Murray. Num Pages: 299 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; HRK; JFSR; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
299
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312239695
ISBN
9780312239695
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.71

Paperback. Based on long-term ethnographic research, this book explores the intersection of "gender" and "modernity" as they are mediated in the lives and subjectivities of diverse individuals and groups. Editor(s): Hodgson, Dorothy L. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFS; JFSJ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312240134
ISBN
9780312240134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.11

Hardback. Examines the uses of ethnic identity in Sri Lankan society from the early medieval period through to the present day in South India and Sri Lanka. The book also traces the cultural geography of ethnic regions that existed under Portuguese and Dutch rule (1506-1796). Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKS; HBTB; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312293482
ISBN
9780312293482
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.74
€ 45.76

Hardback. An anthropological study of the intersecting roles of gender and schooling in the lives of rural Venezuelan youth as they make the transition to adulthood during times of national political and economic crisis. It helps us to see how gender roles and social class are reproduced in a culture experiencing profound upheaval. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSV; JFSF; JFSJ; JHMC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312293574
ISBN
9780312293574
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.10

Paperback. "Primitive Pictures" explores the relationship between early German cinema and anthropology's fascination with "primitive" cultures. At the core of this study is a mythic first contact between the camera and the non-Western body. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; APFA; JFC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312293734
ISBN
9780312293734
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.22

Hardback. "Blackness without Ethnicity" draws on 15 years of Livio Sansone's research in Bahia, Rio Suriname and Amsterdam. Sansone uses his findings to explore the very different ways that race and ethnicity are constructed in Brazil and the rest of Latin America. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFSL3; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 401.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312293741
ISBN
9780312293741
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.75

Paperback. "Blackness without Ethnicity" draws on 15 years of Livio Sansone's research in Bahia, Rio Suriname and Amsterdam. Sansone uses his findings to explore the very different ways that race and ethnicity are constructed in Brazil and the rest of Latin America. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFSL3; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 299.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312293758
ISBN
9780312293758
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.63

Paperback. Instead of viewing globalization and nation states as two separate and opposed domains of theorization and politics, this volume contextualizes US borders within global processes that are reconstituting the relationship between nation states and private corporations at the site of US borders. Editor(s): Sadowski-Smith, Claudia. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFFN; JFFS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 291.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312294830
ISBN
9780312294830
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.74
€ 44.39

Hardback. This volume examines the complex interaction between the English language and the construction of ethnicity in the global English-speaking world. The essays demonstrate that the constructs of both English and ethnicity are contested sites of identity formation. Editor(s): Brutt-Griffler, Janina; Davies, Catherine Evans. Series: Signs of Race. Num Pages: 319 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFB; JHMP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 561.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
319
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312295998
ISBN
9780312295998
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.41

Paperback. Series: Signs of Race. Num Pages: 308 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; JFSL; JFSR; JHM; JHMC; RBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312296001
ISBN
9780312296001
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.81

Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 362 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBTV2; JHM; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
362
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691634395
ISBN
9780691634395
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 192.63

This book represents the first anthropological study of fiction reading and the first ethnography of British literary culture. It is the outcome of long-term engagement with a set of solitary readers who belong to a single literary society. Series Editor(s): Smith, Alexander. Series: New Ethnographies. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSK; JHM. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 508.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719084546
ISBN
9780719084546
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 151.42

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