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Anthropology
Hardcover. Based upon Ajit Maan's groundbreaking theory of Internarrative Identity, this collection focuses upon redefining self, slave narrative, the black Caribbean diaspora, and cyberspace to explore the interconnection between identity and life experience as expressed through personal narrative. Editor(s): Way, Lori. Num Pages: 217 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM; JHMC; JMS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137462527
- ISBN
- 9781137462527
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.73
€ 66.73
Hardcover. The quadrennial summer Olympic Games produces the world's biggest single-city cultural event. Drawing on ethnographic work around the London 2012 Games, this book contrasts the rhetoric and reality of mega-event delivery and shows that the notions of beneficial Olympic legacies and delivery benefits for host communities are, for most, unobtainable. Series: Palgrave Studies in Urban Anthropology. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; JHBS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 218 x 16. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137456724
- ISBN
- 9781137456724
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.52
€ 66.52
Hardcover. There has been a widespread fascination with age-dissimilar couples in recent years. This book examines how the romantic relationships of these couples are understood. Based on qualitative research, McKenzie investigates notions of autonomy, relatedness, contradiction, and change in age-dissimilar relationships and romantic love. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP3; JHBK; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137446763
- ISBN
- 9781137446763
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.61
€ 66.61
hardcover. This book is about places - cities, suburbs and towns - and happiness of people living there. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, Okulicz-Kozaryn examines the relations between human happiness and the infrastructure of the places they live. This thought-provoking book argues for the overlooked idea that we are happiest in smaller areas. Num Pages: 136 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFSG; JHBD; JHMC; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 327.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137436320
- ISBN
- 9781137436320
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Condition: New
€ 115.84
€ 115.84
Hardcover. In a readable and highly accessible ethnographic account that is shaped by the stories of families and the voices of parents, De Wolfe examines how parents of children with autism navigate the educational and medical systems, understand their own and their children's bodies, and support and educate one another. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFG; JHMC; JNSG2; MJNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137436221
- ISBN
- 9781137436221
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.19€ 79.94
€ 96.19
€ 79.94
Paperback. Indigenous peoples have passed down vital knowledge for generations from which local plants help cure common ailments, to which parts of the land are unsuitable for buildings because of earthquakes. Here, Hendry examines science through these indigenous roots, problematizing the idea that Western science is the only type that deserves that name. Num Pages: 212 pages, 21 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL9; JHM; PD; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 286.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137435910
- ISBN
- 9781137435910
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.14
€ 126.14
Hardback. Indigenous peoples have passed down vital knowledge for generations from which local plants help cure common ailments, to which parts of the land are unsuitable for buildings because of earthquakes. Here, Hendry examines science through these indigenous roots, problematizing the idea that Western science is the only type that deserves that name. Num Pages: 211 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFSL9; JHM; PD; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 211
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137435903
- ISBN
- 9781137435903
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.34
€ 127.34
Hardback. Series: Genders and Sexualities in the Social Sciences. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBK; JHBL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137435316
- ISBN
- 9781137435316
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.12
€ 117.12
Hardcover. A distinctive contribution to the politics of citizenship and immigration in an expanding European Union, this book explains how and why differences arise in responses to immigration by examining local, national and transnational dimensions of public debates on Romanian migrants and the Roma minority in Italy and Spain. Series: Palgrave Studies in Citizenship Transitions. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JFFN; JHMC; JPS; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137433916
- ISBN
- 9781137433916
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.78
€ 66.78
Hardback. How are ethnographic knowledge and anthropological theory created out of field experiences? Spanning Papua New Guinea, Taiwan, and Scotland, and Ireland, Stewart and Strathern show how fieldwork in apparently different areas can lead to unexpected comparisons and discoveries of similarities in human cross-cultural patterns of behavior. Num Pages: 107 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 107
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137430977
- ISBN
- 9781137430977
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.86
€ 65.86
Paperback. This book brings together experts on national history writing from all five continents to discuss the role of history in the making of national identities in a transnational and comparative way. The institutionalisation and professionalisation of history writing is analysed in the context of history's increasing nationalisation. Editor(s): Berger, Stefan. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBG; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137428127
- ISBN
- 9781137428127
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Hardcover. Featuring interviews, conversations and observations from a multi-sited ethnography of Ecuadorean musicians and their families, this book offers an innovative response to previous analyses of globalization and indigenous languages, demonstrating how transcultural practices can enhance the use and maintenance of indigenous and minority languages. Series: Language and Globalization. Num Pages: 171 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSE; CFB; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 144 x 15. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137412423
- ISBN
- 9781137412423
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.25
€ 66.25
Hardcover. Spirit possession involves the displacement of a human's conscious self by a powerful other who temporarily occupies the human's body. Here, Seligman shows that spirit possession represents a site for understanding fundamental aspects of human experience, especially those involved with interactions among meaning, embodiment, and subjectivity. Series: Culture, Mind and Society. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRKT; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137409591
- ISBN
- 9781137409591
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.34
€ 127.34
Hardback. Featuring chapters from social scientists directly engaged with the process, this volume offers a concise introduction to the U.S. military's effort to account for culture and increase its cultural capacity over the last decade. Contributors to this work consider some of the key challenges, lessons learned, and the limits of such efforts. Editor(s): Albro, Robert; Ivey, Bill. Num Pages: 140 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHMC; JPS; JWT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 140
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137409416
- ISBN
- 9781137409416
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.16
€ 66.16
Transforming Culture: Creating and Sustaining Effective Organizations
Briody, Elizabeth K., Trotter, Robert T., Mee...
Paperback. Transforming Culture offers a discussion and exploration of American work culture that can serve as a guide for organizational-culture change through the description and explanation of a model for change used at GM. The book describes the model, discusses culture-change tools that were derived from it and descriptions of how the tools work. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC; KJT; KJU; KND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137408198
- ISBN
- 9781137408198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.98
€ 65.98
Hardcover. A call for new methods for anthropology, this book explores the nature of anthropological knowledge and the conditions of integration and communication with people. Starting with an analysis of anthropologists' guilt, Fan addresses issues of reflexivity, reciprocity, and respect, then builds on this to evaluate how researchers generate knowledge. Num Pages: 129 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137404169
- ISBN
- 9781137404169
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.01
€ 66.01
Hardcover. While typically the victims of war, civilians are not necessarily passive recipients of violence. What options are available to civilians in times of war? This book suggests three broad strategies - flight, support, and voice. It focuses on three conflicts: Aceh, Indonesia; Patani, southern Thailand; and Mindanao, southern Philippines. Series: Pathways for Ecumenical and Interreligious Dialogue. Num Pages: 257 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JHMC; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137402981
- ISBN
- 9781137402981
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.49
€ 66.49
Hardcover. These essays by no means cover all areas of interest in long-term care programs, but they offer new insights (and intriguing questions for future research) about how differently policies in this important area can be carried out in different countries. Editor(s): Edvardsen, Unni. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBC; JHMC; JPRB; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 218 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137402622
- ISBN
- 9781137402622
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Hardcover. A candid exploration of sadomasochistic practices driving contemporary culture, covering the demoralizing socioeconomic and political conditions that give rise to agonizing rituals of cruelty demonstrated at systemic, transnational, religious, familial, and even sexual spheres of human relations. Num Pages: 320 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFE; JFFP; JHBK5; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137393982
- ISBN
- 9781137393982
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.84
€ 67.84
Hardback. Since the 1950s, the study of early attachment and separation has been dominated by a school of psychology that is Euro-American in its theoretical assumptions. Based on ethnographic studies in a range of locales, this book goes beyond prior efforts to critique attachment theory, providing a cross-cultural basis for understanding human development. Editor(s): Quinn, Naomi; Mageo, Jeannette Marie. Series: Culture, Mind and Society. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHMC; JMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137386717
- ISBN
- 9781137386717
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.48
€ 67.48