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Anthropology

Paperback. In these five lectures originally prepared for the CBC, Claude Levi-Strauss, one of the world's greatest living thinkers, offers the insights of a lifetime spent interpreting myths and trying to discover their significance for human understanding. Series: Heritage. Num Pages: 64 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLA1; HBTB; HPC; JFHF; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 4. .
Publisher
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1978
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802063489
ISBN
9780802063489
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.38

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 128 x 35. Weight in Grams: 520.
Publisher
Trinacria Editions LLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780615796949
ISBN
9780615796949
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.57

Paperback. Num Pages: 482 pages, 20 line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 662. 482 pages, 20 line drawings, 2 tables. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM; PDA. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 25. Weight: 682.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
482
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226668017
ISBN
9780226668017
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.16

Paperback. Editor(s): Mitchell, Timothy. Series: Contradictions of modernity series. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1HBM; 3JH; 3JJ; JFC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
260
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
First edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816631346
ISBN
9780816631346
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.51

Paperback. A philosophical examination and celebration of the human hand. Num Pages: 368 pages, 1ill. BIC Classification: HPM; JHMP; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 181 x 233 x 22. Weight in Grams: 582.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748617388
ISBN
9780748617388
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.54

Paperback. Explores Palo, a Kongo-inspired 'society of affliction' that is poorly understood at the margins of Cuban popular religion. This title draws upon the critiques of Western metaphysics, revealing what this little known practice can tell us about sensation, transformation, and redemption in the Black Atlantic. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJC; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 468. Quita Manaquita and Palo Praise in Cuba. 328 pages. Explores Palo, a Kongo-inspired 'society of affliction' that is poorly understood at the margins of Cuban popular religion. This title draws upon the critiques of Western metaphysics, revealing what this little known practice can tell us about sensation, transformation, and redemption in the Black Atlantic. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1KJC; JHMC. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 20. Weight: 452.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520256842
ISBN
9780520256842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.74

Paperback. The many political lives of an Indian Ocean metropolis, as seen through the eyes of scholars, writers and activists. Editor(s): Khan, Nichola. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKP; HBJF; JFFE; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849047265
ISBN
9781849047265
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.89

Paperback. A timely exploration of music's role in conflict situations across the globe Editor(s): O'Connell, John; Castelo-Branco, Salwa El-Shawan. Num Pages: 304 pages, 28 photographs, 2 maps, 3 charts, 8 music examples, 3 tables. BIC Classification: AVA; GTJ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 466.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252077388
ISBN
9780252077388
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.83

Paperback. Num Pages: 221 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 137 x 14. Weight in Grams: 270. With New Material. 221 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JHMC. Dimension: 211 x 137 x 14. Weight: 270.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
221
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
2nd edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520274914
ISBN
9780520274914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.36

Hardback. Brazilian Bodies, and their Choreographies of Identification retraces the presence of a particular way of swaying the body that, in Brazil, is commonly known as ginga. Cristina Rosa its presence across distinct and specific realms: samba-de-roda (samba-in-a-circle) dances, capoeira angola games, and the repertoire of Grupo Corpo. Series: New World Choreographies. Num Pages: 296 pages, 17 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; ASD; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 23. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137462268
ISBN
9781137462268
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.80

Paperback. This new edition brings this study of inner-city life up to date. Series Editor(s): Granovetter, Mark. Series: Structural Analysis in the Social Sciences. Num Pages: 432 pages, 16 b/w illus. 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JFFH1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 594. Selling Crack in El Barrio. Series: Structural Analysis in the Social Sciences. 432 pages, 16 b/w illus. 1 table. This new edition brings this study of inner-city life up to date. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JFFH1; JHMC. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 20. Weight: 576. Series Editor(s) :Granovetter, Mark.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521017114
ISBN
9780521017114
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.65

Paperback. This first volume of the Ethnographer's Toolkit provides a practical, straightforward introduction to ethnography and ethnographic practice to the student and novice fieldworker. Series: Ethnographer's Toolkit. Num Pages: 376 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 151 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 622.
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
376
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780759118690
ISBN
9780759118690
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.95

Paperback. Editor(s): Kleinman, Arthur; Good, Byron. Series: Comparative Studies of Health Systems & Medical Care. Num Pages: 500 pages. BIC Classification: JHM; MMJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 157 x 35. Weight in Grams: 844. Studies in the Anthropology and Cross-Cultural Psychiatry of Affect and Disorder. Series: Comparative Studies of Health Systems & Medical Care. 500 pages. Editor(s): Kleinman, Arthur; Good, Byron. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: JHM; MMJ. Dimension: 226 x 157 x 35. Weight: 880.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
500
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520058835
ISBN
9780520058835
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.59

Hardback. How do you make taxpayers comply? This ethnography is a vivid account of one of the most esteemed Swedish bureaucracies - the Swedish Tax Agency. Shaping Taxpayers focuses on how fiscal strategies and relationships, as well as diverse knowledge claims - legal, economic, cultural - compete to shape taxpayer behaviour. Num Pages: 246 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DNS; JHMC; JPP; KFFD1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Shaping Taxpayers: Values in Action at the Swedish Tax Agency
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785334108
ISBN
9781785334108
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.74

Paperback. "Skillfully edited by Joyce and Gillespie, the volume Beyond Kinship illustrates the breadth of investigations into history, people, and place that Levi Strauss's formulation makes possible."-Current Anthropology Editor(s): Joyce, Rosemary A.; Gillespie, Susan D. Num Pages: 280 pages, 22 illus. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812217230
ISBN
9780812217230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. Cheese is alive, and alive with meaning. This title tells the story of how craftwork has become a new source of cultural and economic value for producers and consumers. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 332 pages, 20 b/w photos, 3 graphs, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCV; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450. Crafting Food and Value in America. Series: California Studies in Food & Culture. 332 pages, illustrations. Cheese is alive, and alive with meaning. This title tells the story of how craftwork has become a new source of cultural and economic value for producers and consumers. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCV; JHMC. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 20. Weight: 450.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
332
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520270183
ISBN
9780520270183
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Number of pages
336
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Dover Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486419558
ISBN
9780486419558
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.48

Paperback. Bruce O'Neill shows how the Bucharest, Romania's homeless are unable to fully participate in a society that is increasingly organized around practices of consumption, leaving them mired in an unshakeable boredom and the slow deterioration of their lives that are symptomatic of the alienation brought on by globalization. Num Pages: 280 pages, 33 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVWR; JFFA; JFFB; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895. .
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822363286
ISBN
9780822363286
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Paperback. .
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822320210
ISBN
9780822320210
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 325 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 30. Weight in Grams: 610.
Publisher
HAU
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780986132551
ISBN
9780986132551
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.11

Paperback. At some point in the course of evolution, all human societies, past and present, would emerge. This title offers an account of the dawn of human society. It shows that only a few evolutionary steps were required to bridge the gap between the kinship structures of our closest relatives, chimpanzees and bonobos, and the human kinship configuration. Num Pages: 368 pages, 17 line illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC; PSAJ; PSVW79; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 528.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674046412
ISBN
9780674046412
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 31.85

Hardback. Gathering all of Claude Levi-Strauss's writings on Japan, this sustained meditation follows his dictum that to understand one's own culture, one must see it from another's point of view. For Levi-Strauss, Japan occupied a unique place among world cultures. This English translation presents one of France's most public figures at his most personal. Translator(s): Todd, Jane Marie. Num Pages: 192 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; JHBT; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 189 x 19. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Translation
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674072923
ISBN
9780674072923
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 39.96

Paperback. Tales of the Barbarians traces the creation of new mythologies in the wake of Roman expansion westward to the Atlantic, and offers the first application of modern ethnographic theory to ancient material. Series: Blackwell-Bristol Lectures on Greece, Rome and the Classical Tradition. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 8. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118785102
ISBN
9781118785102
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.23

Paperback. An exquisite collection of objects relating to the traditions of samurai warriors, from swords and armor to dishes and paintings Num Pages: 132 pages, 178 color + 5 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 283 x 218 x 8. Weight in Grams: 504.
Publisher
Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933789033
ISBN
9781933789033
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.88

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