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Anthropology

Paperback. Narrates the movement of an old diaspora across the Indian Ocean. Ranging from Arabia to India and Southeast Asia, this work explores the transcultural exchanges that enabled Hadrami Yemeni descendants of the Muslim prophet Muhammad to become locals in each of the three regions, yet remain cosmopolitans with vital connections across the ocean. Series: California World History Library. Num Pages: 406 pages, 25 b/w photographs, 4 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 574. Genealogy and Mobility Across the Indian Ocean. Series: California World History Library. 406 pages, 25 b/w photographs, 4 maps, 2 tables. Narrates the movement of an old diaspora across the Indian Ocean. Ranging from Arabia to India and Southeast Asia, this work explores the transcultural exchanges that enabled Hadrami Yemeni descendants of the Muslim prophet Muhammad to become locals in each of the three regions, yet remain cosmopolitans with vital connections across the ocean. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JHM. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 29. Weight: 566.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
406
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520244542
ISBN
9780520244542
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.44

Paperback. During the late 1970s and early 1980s, the author lived with a community of Bedouins in the Western Desert of Egypt for nearly two years, studying gender relations, morality, and the oral lyric poetry through which women and young men express personal feelings. In this book, the poems are haunting, and the evocation of emotional life vivid. Num Pages: 384 pages, 19 b/w images, 1 map. BIC Classification: JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 321 x 24. Weight in Grams: 530.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
First Edition, Reissue, 30th Anniversary Edition,
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520292499
ISBN
9780520292499
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.26

Paperback. The legacy of the massacre of civilians at My Lai reverberates throughout Vietnam. This study considers how Vietnamese villagers in My Lai and Ha My - a village where South Korean troops committed an equally appalling massacre of unarmed civilians - assimilate the catastrophe of these mass deaths into their everyday ritual life. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 231 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FMV; JFFE; JHM; JWXK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 330. Commemoration and Consolation in Ha My and My Lai. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. 231 pages, 1 map. The legacy of the massacre of civilians at My Lai reverberates throughout Vietnam. This study considers how Vietnamese villagers in My Lai and Ha My - a village where South Korean troops committed an equally appalling massacre of unarmed civilians - assimilate the catastrophe of these mass deaths into their everyday ritual life. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FMV; JFFE; JHM; JWXK. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 16. Weight: 330.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
231
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520247970
ISBN
9780520247970
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.50

Paperback. This is the first major collection of media studies scholarship on video games as a unique medium and object of study. Editor(s): Wolf, Mark J. P.; Perron, Bernard. Num Pages: 368 pages, 25 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; JHM; UDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 578.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415965798
ISBN
9780415965798
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.81

Hardback. After the USSR collapsed, Kyrgyzstan followed a path of economic liberalization, but after a few years, they produced little, and the country's principal industry of sheep breeding was decimated. This led to dependence on international aid, and ensuing comical encounters between the local population and well-meaning foreigners who help them. Translator(s): Schoch, Cynthia. Series: Dislocations. Num Pages: 204 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FCK; GTF; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 162 x 237 x 16. Weight in Grams: 432.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782387831
ISBN
9781782387831
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 158.28

Paperback. Focuses on large and problematic groups from Western Europe's past (the Irish in the United Kingdom, the Poles in Germany, and the Italians in France) and demonstrates a number of structural similarities in the way migrants and their descendants integrated into these nation states. Series: Studies of World Migrations. Num Pages: 280 pages, 9 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1D; GTB; HBJD1; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 486.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252072949
ISBN
9780252072949
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.95

Paperback. An eloquent ethnographic account of the beliefs and experiences of young, middle-class, urban Iranians who have grown up in the period since Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution Num Pages: 304 pages, 24 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1FB; GTB; JFC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 376.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822337218
ISBN
9780822337218
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.97

Paperback. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HD; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 139 x 215 x 12. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138640399
ISBN
9781138640399
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.72

Paperback. Once America's "arsenal of democracy," Detroit is now the symbol of the American urban crisis. In this reappraisal of America's racial and economic inequalities, the author asks why Detroit and other industrial cities have become the sites of persistent racialized poverty. Series: Princeton Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages, 29 halftones. 17 tables. 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNG; 3JJP; JFSG; JFSL1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 147 x 29. Weight in Grams: 392.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Updated edition with a New Preface
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691162553
ISBN
9780691162553
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 18.32

Hardcover. The great river civilization of the Oxus is one of the forgotten jewels of the ancient world. Num Pages: 264 pages, 150 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FC; ACG; HBLA; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 289 x 237. .
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784537722
ISBN
9781784537722
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.96
€ 54.72

Hardcover. Gives an introduction to the study of Irish traditional society and of Irish folklore Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Cork University Press
Edition
Bilingual
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859183892
ISBN
9781859183892
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.00
€ 31.26

Paperback. Examining theories of human evolution and of prenatal hormonal determination of "gender-role" behavior, of sex differences in cognition, and of sexual orientation, the author shows how assumptions laden with social values affect the description, presentation, and interpretation of data. Num Pages: 280 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 412.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
F First Paperback Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691020518
ISBN
9780691020518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 36.98

Hardback. The Sublime in Schopenhauer's Philosophy transforms our understanding of Schopenhauer's aesthetics and anthropology. Vandenabeele seeks ultimately to rework Schopenhauer's theory into a viable form so as to establish the sublime as a distinctive aesthetic category with a broader existential and metaphysical significance. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPM; HPN; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137358684
ISBN
9781137358684
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.21

Paperback. Series: Princeton Studies in Culture and Technology. Num Pages: 192 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FBL; JFF; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 272 x 15. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691168975
ISBN
9780691168975
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.81

Paperback. Translator(s): Miller, Steven. Series: Commonalities. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JHMP; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 254 x 39. Weight in Grams: 770.
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823273614
ISBN
9780823273614
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 40.79

Paperback. Num Pages: 266 pages. BIC Classification: JHBC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 227 x 18. Weight in Grams: 472.
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
266
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Second Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780759119277
ISBN
9780759119277
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.55

Paperback. Num Pages: 392 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: 1F; 1QSP; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226896809
ISBN
9780226896809
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 33.57

Paperback. Num Pages: 305 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
HAU
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780997367546
ISBN
9780997367546
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.59

Paperback. A robust guide to practicing ethnographic research in the private sector. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JHB; JHMC; KJSM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Left Coast Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611323900
ISBN
9781611323900
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.47

Paperback. A leading anthropologist of Africa considers that continent's place within an egregiously imbalanced world economic and social order Num Pages: 272 pages, 2 tables, 1 map, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398. Africa in the Neoliberal World Order. 272 pages, Illustrations, map. Both on the continent and off, "Africa" is spoken of in terms of crisis. The author develops his argument through a series of provocative essays - as he shows they necessarily must - into interrogations of globalization, modernity, worldwide inequality, and social justice. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; JHMP. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight: 386.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822337171
ISBN
9780822337171
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.95

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