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Anthropology
Since the late 1980's, Brazilians of Japanese descent have been 'return' migrating to Japan as unskilled foreign workers. This book illuminates how cultural encounters caused by transnational migration can reinforce local ethnic identities and nationalist discourses. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KLSB; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 36. Weight in Grams: 724.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231128384
- ISBN
- 9780231128384
Condition: New
€ 166.82
€ 166.82
Hardback. All historians would agree that America is a nation of nations. But what does that mean in terms of the issues that have moved and shaped us as a people? This book illuminates the myriad ways in which immigration, racial, and ethnic histories have shaped the contours of contemporary American society. Editor(s): Bayor, Ronald H. Num Pages: 1104 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 179 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1634.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 1104
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231119948
- ISBN
- 9780231119948
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.77
€ 146.77
Rosenzweig and Thelen analyze results from a unique and comprehensive survey in which they polled 1,500 Americans about their connection to the past and its continuing influence on their present as well as their hopes for the future. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231111485
- ISBN
- 9780231111485
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.64
€ 136.64
Paperback. This new approach to the study of multiculturalism focuses on its applications to science and technology. It explores new studies that describe the role of culture and power in the making of theories, facts and machines. Num Pages: 350 pages, 4 tables, 7 figs. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231101974
- ISBN
- 9780231101974
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.63
€ 49.63
Paperback. This book is one of the most successful examples in the Africanist literature of placing structures in time. It presents a detailed description of the politics of production in Maale during 1975 against a completed past of Imperial Ethiopian history and an uncertain future of revolutionary socialism. Num Pages: 176 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; JHBL; JHM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231100472
- ISBN
- 9780231100472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.31
€ 51.31
These twenty-nine original essays focuses on how cultural and literary genres and norms have developed in response to historical and cross-cultural influences. Editor(s): Heinrich, Amy Vladeck. Num Pages: 480 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; DSB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 35. Weight in Grams: 953.
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231096966
- ISBN
- 9780231096966
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 109.36
€ 109.36
Paperback. Based on the author's ethnographic research in India, the book explores the psychology of Hinduism, and offers an innovative synthesis of psychoanylsis with modern anthropological theories of cultural difference. Num Pages: 306 pages, 10 figures. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRG; JHM; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231078696
- ISBN
- 9780231078696
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.25
€ 50.25
Hardcover. This is an original study of the sociological imagination in regard to visual culture. It explores the reflexive dimensions of choice over seeing or not seeing in relation to paintings, images and islands. Bourdieu, Goffman and Simmel provide the basis for insights into how reflexivity in sociology has unexplored theological implications. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ABA; DSB; HRLP5; JFCX; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230002654
- ISBN
- 9780230002654
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.61
€ 63.61
Paperback. "Jean Liedloff, an American writer, spent two and a half years in the South American jungle living with Stone Age Indians. The experience demolished her Western preconceptions of how we should live and" Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLS; JFSL9; JHBA; JHMC; JMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Da Capo Press
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780201050714
- ISBN
- 9780201050714
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.97
€ 19.99
€ 16.97
Paperback. Provides compelling examples of applied research in cultural anthropology. This title offers ten readings that refer to contemporary social issues such as religious belief, work and family, social class, food production, relationships, consumerism, the effects of climate change on culture, and globalization. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations map. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 277 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 684.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
- Edition
- 9th Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780078117039
- ISBN
- 9780078117039
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 130.91
€ 130.91
Paperback. "This landmark study debunked the misconception that poor families were unstable and disorganized. Here is the chronicle of a young white woman's sojourn into The Flats, an African-American ghetto comm" Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA; JFSL3; JHBK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 137 x 11. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Edition
- 27th Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061319822
- ISBN
- 9780061319822
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.94
€ 21.94
paperback. This is a comprehensive guide to identifying the Reef Fishes of the Red Sea, lavishly illustrated in colour. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; JHM; WNCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 145. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781138997134
- ISBN
- 9781138997134
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.74
€ 58.74
Paperback. One of Washington's finest writers on people, politics, and life -- collected for the first time. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- PublicAffairs
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781586484576
- ISBN
- 9781586484576
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 17.03
€ 19.00
€ 17.03
hardcover. This book is about the migrations for family reunion that have taken place in post-1997 Hong Kong between mothers and children living in mainland China and their long-absent husbands and fathers, residents of Hong Kong. Num Pages: 312 pages, 10 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804758130
- ISBN
- 9780804758130
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.95
€ 70.95
hardcover. This is the story of how the women's movement in China took advantage of the government's official efforts to position women in the rural economic reforms of the 1980s to achieve a significant and ever-increasing role in China's developing turn toward a market economy, which was not the state's intent. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JFFK; JHMC; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804744058
- ISBN
- 9780804744058
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.45
€ 127.45
hardcover. This book explores the link between the everyday relations of gender and the reform of the rural political economy in the 1980's, and argues that the reconstitution of the Chinese state in the reform era draws force and authority from the inherent politics and power of gender. Editor(s): Judd, Ellen R. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFFK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 28. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804722957
- ISBN
- 9780804722957
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.83
€ 158.83
Paperback. The Northwest Coast of North America was home to dozens of Native peoples at the time of its first contact with Europeans. This work provides a historical overview of the ethnology and ethnohistory of this region, and focuses on contemporary, theoretically informed studies of communities and issues. Editor(s): Mauze, Marie; Harkin, Michael E.; Kan, Sergei A. Num Pages: 508 pages, 22 photographs, 2 figures, map, index. BIC Classification: JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 508
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803282964
- ISBN
- 9780803282964
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.91
€ 37.99
€ 33.91
paperback. Anthropologists have long sought to extricate their work from the policies and agendas of those who dominate - and often oppress - their native subjects. This title looks at a troubling chapter in American anthropology that reveals what happens when anthropologists fail to make fundamental ethnic and political distinctions in their work. Series: Critical Studies in the History of Anthropology. Num Pages: 166 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 10. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 166
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803220737
- ISBN
- 9780803220737
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.72
€ 20.72
paperback. This beautifully written book explores the Iron Age bog bodies of northern Europe as cultural artefacts, objects of fascination to archaeologists and antiquaries, but also to artists, poets, philosophers and psychologists. Num Pages: 317 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: HDDA; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 168 x 19. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780226734057
- ISBN
- 9780226734057
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.51
€ 29.99
€ 25.51
Paperback. Num Pages: 332 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- SAR Press United States
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934691922
- ISBN
- 9781934691922
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.19
€ 27.19
hardcover. This book illuminates the remarkable resilience of South Asian Sufi saints and their cults in the face of radical economic and political dislocations. It breaks new ground in current research. Editor(s): Werbner, Pnina; Basu, Helene (University of Munster). Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKB; HRH; HRLB; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415150996
- ISBN
- 9780415150996
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 173.25
€ 173.25
Paperback. This volume offers and extensive critique of Benedict Anderson's deepitions of colonial history, his comparative method, and his political anthropology. Num Pages: 250 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1MKLF; HBJM; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 135 x 14. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226429908
- ISBN
- 9780226429908
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.71
€ 34.99
€ 27.71
Paperback. This work looks at the ways in which hunting has figured in the Western imagination, from the myth of Artemis to the tale of Bambi. Num Pages: 347 pages, 17 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM; WSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 19. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 347
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674937369
- ISBN
- 9780674937369
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.23€ 48.32
€ 52.23
€ 48.32
Hardback. This Handbook is the first comprehensive survey of a rapidly expanding sub-field in archaeology, the study of the present and recent past. It seeks to explore the boundaries of this emerging area, to develop a tool-kit of concepts and methods, which are applicable to this new sub-field, and to suggest important future trajectories for research. Editor(s): Graves-Brown, Paul; Harrison, Rodney; Piccini, Angela. Series: Oxford Handbooks in Archaeology. Num Pages: 864 pages, 140 in-text illustrations and 3 photograph based essays. BIC Classification: 3J; HDD; HDW; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 249 x 182 x 48. Weight in Grams: 2010.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 864
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199602001
- ISBN
- 9780199602001
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 254.24
€ 254.24