Anthropology
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Anthropology
paperback. The Culture of Technology examines our often conflicting attitudes toward nuclear weapons, biological technologies, pollution, Third World development, automation, social medicine, and industrial decline. Num Pages: 220 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear, remains very good
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- MIT Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0037662
- ISBN
- 9780262660563
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Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
Paperback. The field of biocultural diversity is emerging as a dynamic, integrative approach to understanding the links between nature and culture. This book presents an analysis of projects from all around the world that take an integrated biocultural approach to sustaining cultures and biodiversity. Num Pages: 304 pages, Colour plate section, photographs, maps, tables. BIC Classification: JHMC; RNCB; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 448.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844079216
- ISBN
- 9781844079216
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Condition: New
€ 81.87
€ 81.87
Pacific Diaspora: Island Peoples in the United States and Across the P...
. Ed(S): Spickard, Paul R.; Rondilla, Joanne ...
paperback. Pacific Islander Americans constitute one of the United States' least understood ethnic groups and are given many stereotypes. This work brings together the individual and community histories of Pacific Islands peoples in the US. Editor(s): Spickard, Paul R.; Rondilla, Joanne L.; Wright, Debbie Hippolite. Num Pages: 384 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKP; 1QSP; GTB; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 630.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Hawai'i Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824826192
- ISBN
- 9780824826192
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€ 41.47
€ 41.47
Paperback. Religious and ethnic violence between Indonesia's Muslim majority and Christian minorities escalated dramatically after Suharto resigned in 1998. In this ethnographic study of Christianization in Indonesia, Lorraine Aragon delineates some of the background to this conflict. Num Pages: 344 pages, 25 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMN; HRAM9; HRC; HRH; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 650.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824823030
- ISBN
- 9780824823030
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Condition: New
€ 36.87
€ 36.87
Paperback. Gathers the essential essays of Dwight Conquergood, performance studies scholar, ethnographer, and activist Editor(s): Johnson, E. Patrick. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AN; JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Michigan Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472051953
- ISBN
- 9780472051953
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Condition: New
€ 52.14
€ 52.14
paperback. Explores the dimensions of the Mead-Freeman controversy as it developed publicly and as it played out privately, including the personal relationships, professional rivalries, and larger-than-life personalities that drove it. This book reviews key questions about Samoan sexuality, the alleged hoaxing of Mead, and the meaning of the controversy. Series Editor(s): Boyer, Paul S. Series: Studies in American Thought and Culture. Num Pages: 360 pages, 11 b/w photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299234546
- ISBN
- 9780299234546
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Condition: New
€ 43.12
€ 43.12
paperback. Masada, an ancient desert fortress, is examined in this study as it became an ideological symbol for the State of Israel. The text looks at the way the mythical narrative of Masada was created, promoted and maintained by pre-state Jewish underground organizations and other bodies. Num Pages: 384 pages, 13 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBJF1; HBLA; JFSR1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 581.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299148348
- ISBN
- 9780299148348
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Condition: New
€ 35.43
€ 35.43
paperback. This text shows how the shamans, during their night-long performances, create the worlds of words in which shamans exist. It analyzes texts that the shamans use to diagnose and treat afflictions that trouble their clients. Num Pages: 288 pages, map, 5 halftones, 9 figures. BIC Classification: 1FKN; HBTD; HRLK; HRQX; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 431.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299144944
- ISBN
- 9780299144944
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Condition: New
€ 33.89
€ 33.89
paperback. In this collection of essays, historians, anthropologists and historical demographers discuss the population estimates for the New World before and after the arrival of Christopher Columbus. Topics such as the Indian slave trade, disease and military action are covered. Editor(s): Denevan, William M. Num Pages: 384 pages, 7 maps, 6 figures. BIC Classification: 1K; HBJK; HBLC; HBTP; JHBD; JHMP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 540.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press United States
- Edition
- Second
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299134341
- ISBN
- 9780299134341
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Condition: New
€ 38.50
€ 38.50
paperback. An exploration of cosmology, connecting the Western philosophical tradition with the cosmological traditions of non-Western societies. Using the mythology and philosophy of the Maori as a counterpoint, it finds a philosophical common denominator in the thought of Zeno of Elea. Series: New Directions in Anthropological Writing S. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPD; JFHF; JFSL; JHM; PGK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 322.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299132347
- ISBN
- 9780299132347
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Condition: New
€ 27.75
€ 27.75
Paperback. This volume attempts a critical historical consideration of the varying colonial situations in which (and from which) ethnographic knowledge essential to anthropology has been produced. The essays cover regions from Oceania, Southeast Asia and southern Africa to North and South America. Editor(s): Stocking, George W. Series: History of Anthropology S. Num Pages: 348 pages, 23 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBTQ; HBTR; JHMP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299131241
- ISBN
- 9780299131241
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Condition: New
€ 35.43
€ 35.43
Paperback. Confronts the philosophical problems of otherness and identity through readings of the parables and fables of a colonized people, the Luba of Zaire. The author uses his own education by Catholic missionaries in Zaire to explore interactions between African and Western systems of thought. Num Pages: 264 pages, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1HFJZ; HPD; HRA; JFC; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299130640
- ISBN
- 9780299130640
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Condition: New
€ 29.28
€ 29.28
Paperback. Based on ethnographic research conducted from 1966, this book includes interviews with people from all levels of Tanzanian society. The author provides a history of the struggles to define the basic issues of public political discourse in the Shambaa-speaking region. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; 3JH; 3JJ; JFCX; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- y First printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299125240
- ISBN
- 9780299125240
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Condition: New
€ 33.89
€ 33.89
Paperback. Tracking the Romantic strains in the writings of Rousseau, Herder, Cushing, Sapir, Benedict, Redfield, Mead, Levi-Strauss and others, these essays show Romanticism as a permanent and recurrent tendency within the anthropological tradition. Editor(s): Stocking, George W. Series: History of Anthropology S. Num Pages: 280 pages, 16ill. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 413.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299123642
- ISBN
- 9780299123642
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Condition: New
€ 35.43
€ 35.43
paperback. Editor(s): Stocking, George W. Series: History of anthropology. Num Pages: 264 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 381.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299103248
- ISBN
- 9780299103248
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Condition: New
€ 35.43
€ 35.43
paperback. BIC Classification: 1H; HBJH; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 336.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299102142
- ISBN
- 9780299102142
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Condition: New
€ 32.36
€ 32.36
Observers Observed: Essays on Ethnographic Fieldwork (History of Anthr...
George W. . Ed(S): Stocking
paperback. The theme of this collection of essays is the development of the fieldwork method in socio-cultural and ethnographic anthropology. Editor(s): Stocking, George W. Series: History of Anthropology S. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBC; JHMP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299094546
- ISBN
- 9780299094546
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Condition: New
€ 35.43
€ 35.43
Paperback. Focuses on the genesis and continuing appeal of Islamic politics in the fabric of Turkish society Series: Studies in Modernity and National Identity. Num Pages: 304 pages, 23 illus. BIC Classification: 1DVT; JFSR2; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 53 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 477.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295982915
- ISBN
- 9780295982915
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Condition: New
€ 45.72
€ 45.72
paperback. This collection of articles questions how the human mind influences the content and organization of culture. It pitches the arguments for innatism (proposed by evolutionary psychologists) against ethnographic perspectives which question the theories of evolutionary biology and cognitive science. Editor(s): Whitehouse, Harvey. Num Pages: 224 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JHMC; JHMP; JMC; JMR; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 292. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Berg
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0036592
- ISBN
- 9781859734322
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Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
Homo Necans: The Anthropology of Ancient Greek Sacrificial Ritual and ...
Walter (Translated By Peter Bing) Burkert
paperback. Blood sacrifice, the ritual slaughter of animals, has been basic to religion through history, so that it survives in spiritualized form even in Christianity. How did this violent phenomenon achieve the status of the sacred? This study examines this question. Translator(s): Bing, Peter. Num Pages: 360 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 598. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0037538
- ISBN
- 9780520058750
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65