Anthropology
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Anthropology
Paperback. Manic behavior holds an undeniable fascination in American culture. This work seeks to understand mania's appeal and how it weighs on the lives of Americans diagnosed with manic depression. It takes us into the fascinating and sometimes disturbing worlds of mental-health support groups, mood charts, psychiatric rounds and psychotropic drugs. Num Pages: 400 pages, 19 halftones. 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFH; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- First Paperback Prin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691141060
- ISBN
- 9780691141060
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 30.89
€ 43.99
€ 30.89
Paperback. Modern Orientalism was born in the eighteenth century after a very long gestation period defined less by economic or political motives than by religious ideology. The Birth of Orientalism presents a completely new picture of the Western encounter with Asia, its underlying dynamics, and the discovery of Buddhism and Hinduism. Series: Encounters with Asia. Num Pages: 568 pages, 20 illus. BIC Classification: 1F; JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 826.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812223460
- ISBN
- 9780812223460
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.65
€ 61.65
Paperback. Presents a broad conceptual framework for thinking about learning as a process of social participation. Series Editor(s): Pea, Roy; Brown, John Seely; Heath, Christian. Series: Learning in Doing: Social, Cognitive and Computational Perspectives. Num Pages: 336 pages, 13 line drawings. BIC Classification: JHM; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 478. Learning, Meaning, and Identity. Series: Learning in Doing: Social, Cognitive and Computational Perspectives. 336 pages, 13 line drawings. Presents a broad conceptual framework for thinking about learning as a process of social participation. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JHM; JM. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 17. Weight: 448. Series Editor(s) :Pea, Roy; Brown, John Seely; Heath, Christian.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521663632
- ISBN
- 9780521663632
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.55
€ 53.55
Hardback. Num Pages: 338 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, 131 colour illustrations, 160 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; JFFZ; JHMC; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 239 x 26. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319459639
- ISBN
- 9783319459639
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.85€ 58.23
€ 65.85
€ 58.23
Paperback. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: HBTQ; HBTR; JFC; JFSJ; JHMP; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 176 x 253 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1006.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- First edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816626496
- ISBN
- 9780816626496
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
€ 30.99
€ 27.40
Paperback. Tango. A multidimensional expression of Argentine identity, one that speaks to that nation's sense of disorientation, loss, and terror. Yet the tango mesmerises dancers and audiences alike throughout the world. This title examines the poetics of the tango while describing author's own quest to dance this most dramatic of paired dances. Series: Public Planet Books. Num Pages: 160 pages, 89 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; ASD; AVGF; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 216 x 12. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822321910
- ISBN
- 9780822321910
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.12
€ 26.99
€ 25.12
Paperback. "A deeply researched study into the nature of political violence."-- Series: The Ethnography of Political Violence Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBW; JFFE; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812216219
- ISBN
- 9780812216219
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- North Atlantic Books,U.S.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583941171
- ISBN
- 9781583941171
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.61
€ 23.99
€ 17.61
Paperback. Presents an ethnographic reflection on foreign migration, mental health, and cultural translation in Italy. This book addresses the legal, therapeutic, and moral techniques of recognition and cultural translation that emerge in response to these social uncertainties. Num Pages: 304 pages, 6 black and white. BIC Classification: 1DST; JFFN; JHMC; JKSM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520276666
- ISBN
- 9780520276666
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.24
€ 40.99
€ 29.24
Paperback. This second edition of the widely praised Anthropology in Theory: Issues in Epistemology, features a variety of updates, revisions, and new readings in its comprehensive presentation of issues in the history of anthropological theory and epistemology over the past century. Editor(s): Moore, Henrietta L.; Sanders, Todd. Num Pages: 616 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 172 x 30. Weight in Grams: 904.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 600
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470673355
- ISBN
- 9780470673355
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 82.47
€ 82.47
Paperback. 18th-century natural historians created a peculiar but durable vision of nature, embodying the sexual and racial tensions of that era. Plants were found to reproduce sexually, and great apes were just becoming known. This text uncovers the ways in which assumptions about sex, and race have shaped scientific explanations of nature. Num Pages: 312 pages, 39 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813535319
- ISBN
- 9780813535319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.86
€ 46.99
€ 41.86
Hardcover. Based on more than a decade of ethnographic research in Genoa, Italy, Creative Urbanity argues for an understanding of contemporary urban life that refuses scholarly condemnation of urban lifestyles and consumption and casts a fresh light on an oft-neglected social group-the middle class. Series: Contemporary Ethnography. Num Pages: 248 pages, 15 illus. BIC Classification: 1DST; JFSC; JHMC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812248784
- ISBN
- 9780812248784
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.82
€ 76.82
Hardcover. How do human beings become human? This question lies behind the so-called human sciences. But these disciplines are scattered among many different departments and hold up a cracked mirror to humankind. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745688534
- ISBN
- 9780745688534
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.84
€ 72.84
Paperback. In this major contribution to debates about English identity, leading theorist Robert J.C. Young argues that Englishness was never really about England at all. In the nineteenth century, it was rather developed as a form of long-distance identity for the English diaspora around the world. Series: Blackwell Manifestos. Num Pages: 312 pages, figures. BIC Classification: JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405101295
- ISBN
- 9781405101295
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.02
€ 45.02
Paperback. The Tsimshian people of coastal British Columbia use a system of hereditary name-titles in which names are treated as objects of inheritable wealth. This book examines the way in which names link members of a lineage to a past and to the places where that past unfolded. Series: Donald R. Ellegood International Publications. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 maps,. BIC Classification: 1KB; 1KBC; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 409.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295988078
- ISBN
- 9780295988078
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.46
€ 37.46
Paperback. Series: Routledge Series for Creative Teaching and Learning in Anthropology. Num Pages: 184 pages, 9 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JHM; RPT; WSQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 252 x 9. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415503891
- ISBN
- 9780415503891
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.09
€ 58.09
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745611303
- ISBN
- 9780745611303
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.48
€ 28.48
Paperback. Communitas is inspired fellowship; a group's pleasure in sharing common experiences; being 'in the zone' - as in music, sport, and work; the sense felt by a group when their life together takes on full meaning. The experience of Communitas, almost beyond strict definition and with almost endless variations, often appears unexpectedly. Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRA; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230339088
- ISBN
- 9780230339088
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.86
€ 59.86
Hardback. A reference resource focused on cremation. Spanning many world cultures it documents regional histories, ideological movements and leading individuals that fostered cremation whilst also presenting cremation as a universal practice. It includes sections on specific cremation rituals, architecture, art and text. Editor(s): Davies, Douglas James. Num Pages: 516 pages, Includes 8 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: GB; HR; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 178 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1034.
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 516
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780754637738
- ISBN
- 9780754637738
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 192.20
€ 192.20
Paperback. Given the economic alternatives available, why do some groups choose to maintain their hunting and gathering lifeways? Through a series of detailed case studies, the contributors to this volume examine the decisions made by modern-day foragers to sustain a predominantly hunting and gathering way of life. Editor(s): Codding, Brian F.; Kramer, Karen L. Series: Advanced Seminar Series. Num Pages: 352 pages, 11 halftones, 2 maps, 6 charts, 31 tables. BIC Classification: 3JM; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826356963
- ISBN
- 9780826356963
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.45
€ 65.45
Paperback. Presents a historical, theoretical, and practice-oriented road map for the shift from incidental collaboration to a more conscious and explicit collaborative strategy. The author charts the history of collaborative ethnography from its earliest implementation to its contemporary emergence in fields such as feminism and humanistic anthropology. Series: Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing and Publishing. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 230 x 18. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226468907
- ISBN
- 9780226468907
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.22
€ 25.99
€ 21.22
Hardcover. A comprehensive overview of the sociology of art and an authoritative work of scholarship by a leading expert in the field. The book synthesizes the various theoretical models of art sociology, and provides empirical examples as well as stimulating exemplars of sociological work on the arts. Num Pages: 392 pages, 11. BIC Classification: ABA; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 728.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 392
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631230397
- ISBN
- 9780631230397
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.43
€ 150.43
Hardcover. Series: Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDT; JFFA; JFSP1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815633181
- ISBN
- 9780815633181
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.91
€ 54.91
Paperback. This analysis of the causes of racial and ethnic conflict in American cities between 1877-1914 presents evidence that suggests that the explanation for ethnic unrest is to be found in competition processes. Editor(s): Olzak, Susan. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 287
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804723374
- ISBN
- 9780804723374
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60