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Paperback. Dilemmas of Modernity provides a new framework for understanding Bolivia's contested present through the study of local encounters with transnational law, liberalism, and the institutions and agents of development. Num Pages: 264 pages, 7 tables, 27 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSL; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 407. Weight in Grams: 363.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804759823
- ISBN
- 9780804759823
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€ 29.99€ 29.27
€ 29.99
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Paperback. This groundbreaking study goes inside France's juvenile court system and follows young people, largely of foreign ancestry, from arrest to court trials, revealing an alarming shift in the nation's approach to its youth offenders. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 227 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804759601
- ISBN
- 9780804759601
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€ 32.99€ 31.45
€ 32.99
€ 31.45
Hardback. This groundbreaking study goes inside France's juvenile court system and follows young people, largely of foreign ancestry, from arrest to court trials, revealing an alarming shift in the nation's approach to its youth offenders. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 590.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804759595
- ISBN
- 9780804759595
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€ 126.74
€ 126.74
Paperback. Coca's Gone examines the legacy of violence and shattered expectations that shaped the stories told by people of Peru's Upper Huallaga Valley in the aftermath of a twenty-year cocaine boom. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804759588
- ISBN
- 9780804759588
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€ 29.99€ 29.12
€ 29.99
€ 29.12
Paperback. Explores an important, yet often overlooked dimension of nationalism - its embodied and emotional components. Through an ethnographic study of schools in western India, this work examines the idioms through which teachers, students, and parents make meaning of their political world. Num Pages: 368 pages, 18 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: JHM; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804759069
- ISBN
- 9780804759069
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€ 32.99€ 31.26
€ 32.99
€ 31.26
Paperback. An examination of Muslim men, focusing on the stereotypes and stigma these men face, the cultural roots of these prejudices, and the effect on assimilation and possible citizenship, through an ethnography of Turkish immigrants in Germany. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 406.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804759007
- ISBN
- 9780804759007
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€ 29.99€ 29.11
€ 29.99
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Hardback. Tells about the transformation of urban space and the reordering of the demographic character of Brickfields, one of the oldest neighborhoods in Kuala Lumpur. This book combines methods of anthropological research and an engagement with the work of theorists such as Gilles Deleuze and Henri Lefebvre. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 table, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMM; JFSG; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 544.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804758918
- ISBN
- 9780804758918
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€ 86.10
€ 86.10
Paperback. This book is an intimate look at how diasporic Chinese in Panama construct notions of home and create a sense of belonging as they inhabit the interstices of several cultural-national formations-Panama, China/Taiwan, and the United States. Num Pages: 272 pages, 3 figures, 1 illustration, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCP; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 367.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804758468
- ISBN
- 9780804758468
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€ 29.99€ 29.27
€ 29.99
€ 29.27
paperback. Remaking Citizenship explores the stories of low-income Latinas actively engaged in a new vision of feminist politics rooted in concerns as disparate as domestic violence, childrearing, women's self-esteem, and immigrant and workers' rights. Num Pages: 248 pages, 1 figure, 7 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KL; JFSJ1; JHMC; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804758222
- ISBN
- 9780804758222
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€ 27.99€ 26.95
€ 27.99
€ 26.95
Hardback. A deliberately post-deconstructionist manifesto against the dangers of incommensurability, Marcel Detienne's book argues for and engages in the constructive comparison of societies of a great temporal and spatial diversity. Translator(s): Lloyd, Janet. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 407. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804757492
- ISBN
- 9780804757492
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€ 102.59
€ 102.59
paperback. Re-evaluates debates on education, modernity, and social change in contemporary development studies and anthropology. This book offers a perspective on how education affects the rural poor in South Asia. It includes reflection on the politics of modernity, changing rural masculinities, and caste and communal politics. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTF; JHM; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 349.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804757430
- ISBN
- 9780804757430
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€ 29.99€ 29.10
€ 29.99
€ 29.10
Hardback. Re-evaluates debates on education, modernity, and social change in contemporary development studies and anthropology. This book offers a perspective on how education affects the rural poor in South Asia. It includes reflection on the politics of modernity, changing rural masculinities, and caste and communal politics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTF; JHM; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804757423
- ISBN
- 9780804757423
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€ 116.75
€ 116.75
Paperback. This compelling historical ethnography explores how people in Bahla, an oasis town in the interior of Oman, experienced dramatic transformation in their lives following the discovery of oil in the late 1960s, and now grapple with the prospect of this resource's future depletion. Num Pages: 264 pages, 5 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FBXM; HBJF1; HBLW3; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804756273
- ISBN
- 9780804756273
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€ 29.99€ 29.10
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Paperback. The book traces current Indian activism in Bolivia, arguing that a new social formation is emerging to challenge racism and the harsh effects of the dominant neoliberal economic model. Num Pages: 312 pages, 6 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSL; JFSL9; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 238 x 17. Weight in Grams: 446.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804755207
- ISBN
- 9780804755207
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€ 32.99€ 29.35
€ 32.99
€ 29.35
Paperback. Learn why we are busy, how busyness is affecting American families and lives, and what real people are doing about it. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804754927
- ISBN
- 9780804754927
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€ 29.99€ 29.27
€ 29.99
€ 29.27
Hardback. Stuart Kirsch is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Michigan. He has consulted widely on environmental issues and land rights in the Pacific, and was actively involved in the political campaign and legal case against the environmental impact of the Ok Tedi mine in Papua New Guinea. Num Pages: 296 pages, 2 figures, 20 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 517.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804753418
- ISBN
- 9780804753418
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€ 125.29
€ 125.29
Paperback. A provocative examination of prevailing thought on race and ethnicity in American society. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 322.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804753272
- ISBN
- 9780804753272
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€ 23.69
€ 23.69
Paperback. Is inbreeding harmful? Are human beings and other primates naturally inclined to mate with their closest relatives? Why is incest widely prohibited? Why does the scope of the prohibition vary from society to society? Why does incest occur despite the prohibition? What are the consequences? This book reexamines these questions. Editor(s): Wolf, Arthur P.; Durham, William. Num Pages: 240 pages, 16 tables, 8 figures, 1 map. BIC Classification: JHBK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804751414
- ISBN
- 9780804751414
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€ 29.99€ 29.10
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Paperback. This collection focuses attention on the relationships between "homeland" and "diaspora" communities in today's world. It highlights the changing character of homeland-diaspora ties and offers new understandings of the issues that these communities face and explores the roots of their fascinating, yet sometimes paradoxical, interactions Editor(s): Levy, Andre; Weingrod, Alex. Num Pages: 376 pages, 5 tables, 4 figures. BIC Classification: JHMC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780804750790
- ISBN
- 9780804750790
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€ 40.99€ 39.06
€ 40.99
€ 39.06
Paperback. This is an anthropological exploration of the roots of China's modernity in the country's own tradition, as seen especially in economic and kinship patterns. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute. Num Pages: 376 pages, 10 tables, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804750677
- ISBN
- 9780804750677
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€ 33.99€ 33.63
€ 33.99
€ 33.63
Hardback. For the second edition of this work, James Watson has added a new chapter on "McDonald's as Political Target," as well as reflections on the dark side of globalism. Editor(s): Watson, James. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FP; JFCA; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 25. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804749886
- ISBN
- 9780804749886
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€ 111.75
€ 111.75
Hardback. Issues are examined in an inter-disciplinary dialogue between distinguished anthropologists and economists and cover community development, famine relief, fundamentalism, HIV-AIDS, discrimination and heritage. Editor(s): Walton, Michael; Rao, Vijayendra. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: JFS; JHMC; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 163 x 35. Weight in Grams: 794.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804747868
- ISBN
- 9780804747868
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Condition: New
€ 157.90
€ 157.90
paperback. This book examines the conflict between cultural ideals of female sexuality in Brazil and the lived reality of sex for women in a poor shantytown in the country's northeast, probing the interplay between sexual expectations, sexual reality, and disease. Num Pages: 232 pages, 4 illustrations, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFSJ1; JHM; MJCL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 327.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804747561
- ISBN
- 9780804747561
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€ 29.99€ 29.11
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Paperback. This book collects in a single volume Marc Galanter's seminal work, "Why the 'Haves' Come Out Ahead," with ten contemporary articles about Galanter's theory. The articles, which present new research results and synthesize work done over the past few decades, examine the lasting influence and continued importance of this groundbreaking work. Editor(s): Kritzer, Herbert M.; Silbey, Susan S. Num Pages: 448 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHM; JP; LAB; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 599.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780804747349
- ISBN
- 9780804747349
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.12
€ 42.99
€ 38.12