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paperback. This major work, now available in paperback, by one of the worlda s leading anthropologists discusses the style, imagery and metaphor of the great anthropologists, thereby developing Geertza s claim that doing good anthropology is like writing good literature. Num Pages: 168 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 8. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Polity
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745607597
ISBN
9780745607597
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 23.82

Hardback. This volume offers a comprehensive guide to methods used in the sociocultural, linguistic and historical research of food use. This volume is unique in offering food-related research methods from multiple academic disciplines, and includes methods that bridge disciplines to provide a thorough review of best practices. Editor(s): Chzran, Janet; Brett, John. Num Pages: 304 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCV; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785332890
ISBN
9781785332890
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 170.75

Paperback. Translator(s): Lathe, Robert; Whittaker, Nancy. Series: Foundations of Waldorf Education. Num Pages: 347 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; JHM; JNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 143 x 22. Weight in Grams: 492.
Publisher
Anthroposophic Press
Number of pages
347
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880103923
ISBN
9780880103923
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.58

Paperback. Editor(s): Tanabe, Shigeharu. Num Pages: 270 pages, 1 illus., 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9786162151170
ISBN
9786162151170
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.81

Paperback. He argues that "religionis a construction of European modernity, a construction that authorizes-for Westerners and non-Westerners alike-particular forms of "history making." Num Pages: 344 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRAX; HRH; JFCX; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 600.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801846328
ISBN
9780801846328
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 33.08

Paperback. .
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442636187
ISBN
9781442636187
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.70

Paperback. A timely, ethnographically informed account of the "development state" of Tanzania, showing how development practice and culture have become integrated into everyday life, politically, socially and economically. Series: African Issues. Num Pages: 229 pages, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
James Currey
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847011084
ISBN
9781847011084
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.68

Hardback. The volume is the first monograph on Sicily's rural antimafia movement, contributing to the anthropology and sociology of cooperatives, as well as to broader debates about small-scale democratic institutions, food movements and agrarian activism. Series: The Human Economy. Num Pages: 244 pages, 19 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; JHMC; KCP. 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
V9781785334009
ISBN
9781785334009
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.02

Paperback. Editor(s): Cohen, Jeffrey Jerome. Num Pages: 288 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816628551
ISBN
9780816628551
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.36

Paperback. A commoner's presentation to the emperor of a lucky omen from his garden, the repercussions for his family, and several retellings of the incident provide the background for an introduction to Ming society, culture, and politics, including discussions of the founding of the Ming dynasty. Num Pages: 176 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTB; JHMC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 35. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
141
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872208247
ISBN
9780872208247
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.28

Paperback. The Hadza, who inhabit an area of East Africa near the Serengeti and Olduvai Gorge, have long drawn the attention of anthropologists for maintaining a foraging lifestyle in a region that is key to understanding human origins. This title presents an ethnography of one of the last remaining societies of hunter-gatherers in the world. Series: Origins of Human Behavior and Culture. Num Pages: 336 pages, 37 b/w photographs, 35 line illustrations, 3 maps, 32 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 556. Hunter-Gatherers of Tanzania. Series: Origins of Human Behavior and Culture. 336 pages, illustrations. The Hadza, who inhabit an area of East Africa near the Serengeti and Olduvai Gorge, have long drawn the attention of anthropologists for maintaining a foraging lifestyle in a region that is key to understanding human origins. This title presents an ethnography of one of the last remaining societies of hunter-gatherers in the world. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; JHMC. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight: 556.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520253421
ISBN
9780520253421
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.36

Paperback. Editor(s): Steffen, Vibeke; Joncke, Steffen; Raahauge, Kirsten Marie. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 229 x 29. Weight in Grams: 744.
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9788763542135
ISBN
9788763542135
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.09
€ 40.41

Paperback. Num Pages: 414 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: JHMP; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 230 x 27. Weight in Grams: 658.
Publisher
Clear Light Publishers United States
Number of pages
427
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780940666504
ISBN
9780940666504
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 23.63

Paperback. Editor(s): Vertovec, Steven. Series: Global Diversities. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSL; JHB; JHM; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349504947
ISBN
9781349504947
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.42

Hardback. Provides a personal view of a maquiladora worker's struggles with factory labor conditions, poverty, and violence as she journeys toward education, financial opportunity, and, ultimately, empowerment Num Pages: 181 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; 1KLC; JFC; JHM; JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
184
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292744264
ISBN
9780292744264
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.65

Paperback. Transcultural Teens provides readers with a window onto the cultural and linguistic creativity of the housing projects, or cite s, that ring Paris, showing how young people of Algerian Arab origins play with language in fascinating ways that subvert commonly held notions of intercultural animosity. Series: New Directions in Ethnography. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; JFSP2; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781119044154
ISBN
9781119044154
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 46.41

Paperback. According to Roger Caillois, play is "an occasion of pure waste. In spite of this - or because of it - play constitutes an essential element of human social and spiritual development. In this study, the author defines play as a free and voluntary activity that occurs in a pure space, isolated and protected from the rest of life. Translator(s): Barash, Meyer. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252070334
ISBN
9780252070334
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.28

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152. .
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226465081
ISBN
9780226465081
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 33.40

Paperback. A comprehensive study of the cultural ecology, demography, and domestic organization of one village undergoing socioeconomic changes, the Tamang community of Timling. Num Pages: 243 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JFC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 0. Weight in Grams: 454. Used paperback in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
Reissue
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
243
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
SKU
KRF0025810
ISBN
9780231100076
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Editor(s): Ewen, Alexander. Num Pages: 174 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: JFSL9; JHM; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 11. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Clear Light Publishers United States
Number of pages
174
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780940666313
ISBN
9780940666313
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.17

Paperback. Respect can be attained by gaining success, by developing talents, through financial independence and by helping others. In this title, the author argues that many who are not able to achieve the demands of today's meritocracy lose the esteem that should be given to them. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1QFH; JHBA; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141007564
ISBN
9780141007564
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.72

paperback. A fantastic voyage through 15,000 years of history that laid the foundations for civilisation as we know it by award-winning science writer Steven Mithen. Num Pages: 640 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps, ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: 3D; HBG; HBLA; HDDA; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 47. Weight in Grams: 718.
Publisher
W&N
Number of pages
640
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753813928
ISBN
9780753813928
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.49

Paperback. Num Pages: 356 pages, 46 black & white illustrations, 32 black & white tables, 40 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSC; JFSJ; JFSL1; JHMC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 176 x 246 x 24. Weight in Grams: 704.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138826694
ISBN
9781138826694
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 80.46

Hardcover. Anthropologist Christopher Dole investigates the controversial position of religious healing in modern Turkey, demonstrating that the authority of the religious healer is deeply embedded within Turkey's history of secular reform, and that religious healing and secularism share a set of common stakes. Series: Contemporary Ethnography. Num Pages: 304 pages, 18 illus. BIC Classification: HRQA; JHM; VXA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812244168
ISBN
9780812244168
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.07

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