Anthropology
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Anthropology
Paperback. Explores "child circulation," informal arrangements in which indigenous Andean children are sent by their parents to live in other households. This title demonstrates that such an understanding of the practice is simplistic and misleading. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 248 pages, 11 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; JFSP1; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822341970
- ISBN
- 9780822341970
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.47
€ 41.47
Paperback. In Alchemy in the Rain Forest Jerry K. Jacka explores how the indigenous population of Papua New Guinea's Porgeran highlands struggle to create meaningful lives in the midst of the extreme social conflict and environmental degradation brought on by commercial gold mining. Series: New Ecologies for the Twenty-First Century. Num Pages: 296 pages, 39 illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC; TQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 227 x 18. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822360117
- ISBN
- 9780822360117
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.39
€ 47.39
Hardback. Many animals build shelters, but only humans build homes. This title recounts the cultural development of the human imperative to maintain domestic dwellings. It shows how our houses allow us to physically adapt to the environment and conceptually order the cosmos, and explains how we fabricate dwellings and, in the process, construct our lives. Num Pages: 288 pages, 27 b/w photographs, 9 line illustrations, 1 table. BIC Classification: HD; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 234 x 23. Weight in Grams: 524. 288 pages, Illustrations. Many animals build shelters, but only humans build homes. This title recounts the cultural development of the human imperative to maintain domestic dwellings. It shows how our houses allow us to physically adapt to the environment and conceptually order the cosmos, and explains how we fabricate dwellings and, in the process, construct our lives. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HD; JHM. Dimension: 159 x 234 x 23. Weight: 524.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520272217
- ISBN
- 9780520272217
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.43
€ 50.43
paperback. An analysis of Navajo creation and origin myths that shows the Navajo religion is as complete and nuanced an attempt to answer humanity's big questions as the religions brought to North America by Europeans. It discusses certain parallels between Navajo religious ideas and contemporary scientific cosmology. Num Pages: 325 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRA; HRKT; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 454. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. Lacking dj, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032886
- ISBN
- 9780520212770
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
Hardcover. Series: China Today. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFC; JFSP2; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 217 x 24. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745679174
- ISBN
- 9780745679174
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.68
€ 65.68
Paperback. Series: China Today. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFC; JFSP2; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 210 x 25. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- Polity
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745679181
- ISBN
- 9780745679181
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.49
€ 26.49
Paperback. A title, in which, the author sets out to find about the English. Not the British overall, not the Scots, not the Irish or Welsh, but the English. Why do they seem so unsure of who they are? Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD1; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 22. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141032955
- ISBN
- 9780141032955
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.03
€ 16.99
€ 13.03
Paperback. What draws us to the beauty of a peacock, the flight of an eagle, or the song of a nightingale? Why are birds so significant in our lives and our sense of the world? And what do our ways of thinking about and experiencing birds tell us about ourselves? This title presents a meditation on the variety of human responses to birds. Num Pages: 384 pages, 8 color illus. 32 halftones. 25 line illus. BIC Classification: BM; JHBS; JHMC; PSVW6. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 149 x 27. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 392
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691154282
- ISBN
- 9780691154282
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 20.45
€ 25.99
€ 20.45
Hardback. Many anthropologists are now finding jobs in commercial organizations or in government. This volume shows how anthropologists can set new agendas, and revise old ones in the public sector. Editor(s): MacClancy, Jeremy. Num Pages: 206 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JHM; JPP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785334023
- ISBN
- 9781785334023
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.52
€ 148.52
This articulate and authoritative survey of both the popular and academic trends in anthropology demonstrates the broad relevance of anthropological knowledge and argues for a more inclusive conception of the discipline that engages the public imagination. Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 177 x 17. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118475478
- ISBN
- 9781118475478
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.15
€ 124.15
Hardcover. In this volume, practitioners from across anthropological disciplines - social and biological anthropology and primatology - come together to question and compare the ethical regulation of fieldwork, what is common to their practices, and what is distinctive to each discipline. Editor(s): MacClancy, Jeremy; Fuentes, Agustin. Series: Studies of the BioSocial Society. Num Pages: 228 pages, 10 figs & tables, 1 map. BIC Classification: GPS; HPQ; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857459626
- ISBN
- 9780857459626
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.91
€ 148.91
Paperback. This articulate and authoritative survey of both the popular and academic trends in anthropology demonstrates the broad relevance of anthropological knowledge and argues for a more inclusive conception of the discipline that engages the public imagination. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 173 x 12. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118475508
- ISBN
- 9781118475508
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 78.19
€ 78.19
Paperback. Series: Culture, Place, and Nature. Num Pages: 19 black & white illustrations, 4 maps, 19 illus., 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; JHMC; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 18. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295995298
- ISBN
- 9780295995298
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.76
€ 40.76
Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMP; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 629.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479846429
- ISBN
- 9781479846429
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.20
€ 121.20
hardcover. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: JF; JHB; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781526105288
- ISBN
- 9781526105288
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.67
€ 143.67
Hardcover. Drawing on field research in Malta, Sicily, and among Italian emigrants in Canada, this book explores the social influence of the Mediterranean climate and the legacy of ethnic and religious conflict from the past five decades. Num Pages: 320 pages, 8 ills & 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1QRM; JFFN; JHMC; KNSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857458445
- ISBN
- 9780857458445
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.18
€ 148.18
Hardcover. Steiner's (1909-52) classic study Taboo and three other essays, on superstition, enslavement and the early Hebrew lineage system, and Chagga law and truth comprise the first of two volumes collecting the work of the Prague-born social and cultural anthropologist who ended his brief career at Oxford. Series: Methodology & History in Anthropology. Num Pages: Bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DFG; BG; JFC; JFSR1; JHBT; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571817112
- ISBN
- 9781571817112
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.15
€ 132.15
Paperback. Jens Rydstrom explores the history of homosexuality and bestiality in Sweden to consider why these sexual practices have been so closely linked in virtually all Western Societies. Based on diaries, medical records and court reports, this work reveals the changing notion of deviant behaviour. Num Pages: 400 pages, 8 halftones, 2 maps, 6 figures, 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1DNS; HBJD; JFSK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226732572
- ISBN
- 9780226732572
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.23
€ 44.23
Paperback. Reveals how Turkish national identity and the meanings of Islam and secularism have undergone radical changes in today's Turkey, and asks whether the Turkish model should be viewed as a success story or a cautionary tale. Series: Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics. Num Pages: 288 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: HRAM2; JFSR2; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Updated edition with a New Afterword
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691161921
- ISBN
- 9780691161921
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.28
€ 38.28
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.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295982915
- ISBN
- 9780295982915
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.72
€ 45.72