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Paperback. Illuminates one of the world's most troubled regions from a perspective - that of a prominent Russian intellectual. This title examines the evolution of the war in Chechnya that erupted in 1994, untangling the myths, the long-held resentments, and the ideological manipulations that have fueled the crisis. Series: California Series in Public Anthropology. Num Pages: 302 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVUAC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
302
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520238886
ISBN
9780520238886
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.35

Paperback. Showcases the work emerging from the ethnography of media. This title covers topics ranging from indigenous media projects around the world to the unexpected effects of state control of media to the local impact of film and television as they travel transnationally. Editor(s): Ginsburg, Faye D.; Abu-Lughod, Lila; Larkin, Brian. Num Pages: 429 pages, 23 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: JFD; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 33. Weight in Grams: 612.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
429
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520232310
ISBN
9780520232310
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

Paperback. Nancy Rose Hunt tells the affective history of the convergence of biopolitics and colonial violence in the Belgian Congo. By showing how the shifts and interactions between the biopolitical state and the nervous state drove the colonial government's actions toward the Congolese, Hunt provides a new model for theorizing colonialism. Num Pages: 376 pages, 41 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFM; HBJH; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 230 x 24. Weight in Grams: 558.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822359654
ISBN
9780822359654
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Paperback. Series: Verbal Arts: Studies in Poetics. Num Pages: 274 pages, 13 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; JHMC; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 235 x 26. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823270477
ISBN
9780823270477
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.01

Paperback. This thoroughly updated reference book, written by forensics experts from around the world, provides a solid, comprehensive foundation in forensic archeology and anthropology and adds new material on Africa, South America, the International Commission on Missing Persons, and the identification of victims of the First World War. Editor(s): Blau, Soren; Ubelaker, Douglas H. Series: WAC Research Handbooks in Archaeology. Num Pages: 738 pages, Photographs, charts, tables. BIC Classification: HDW; JHMP; JKVF1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 180 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1416.
Publisher
Left Coast Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781629583853
ISBN
9781629583853
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.97

Paperback. A biography of Richard Allen, founder of the first major African-American church and the leading black activist of the early American republic. It describes Allen's continually evolving life and thought, setting both in the context of his times. Num Pages: 359 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1H; 1K; GTB; HBJK; HRCC95; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 29. Weight in Grams: 592.
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
359
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814758571
ISBN
9780814758571
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.93

Paperback. * Completely overhauled version of the combined classic texts The History of Manners and State Formation and Civilization. * Revised throughout, updated postscript and bibliography, and line corrections made from the original version. * Contents lists combined and restructured. . Num Pages: 592 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1D; 3J; JFCX; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 740.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
592
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631221616
ISBN
9780631221616
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 40.83

Paperback. What does it means to be Palestinian in the diaspora? This book offers a collection of 100 reflections on being Palestinian. It contributes to the debate on what it means to be Palestinian. It asks what the diaspora is for Palestinians. It looks at how being Palestinian varies across gender, generation, religious affiliation and more. Editor(s): Suleiman, Yasir; Suleiman, Yasir. Num Pages: 320 pages, 120 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 156. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474405393
ISBN
9781474405393
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.20

Hardback. This text presents Marvin Harris' view on the nature of culture, and offers a materialist perspective on contemporary issues including the IQ question and the fall of communism. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761990208
ISBN
9780761990208
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.57

Paperback. 50 Great Myths of Human Evolution uses common misconceptions to explore basic theory and research in human evolution and strengthen critical thinking skills for lay readers and students. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JHMP; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470673928
ISBN
9780470673928
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.16

Hardcover. Chronicles the evolution of people from the earliest primates through the emergence of fully modern humans within the past 200,000 years. This book stresses advances in knowledge, including, for example, ever more abundant evidence that fully modern humans originated in Africa and spread from there. Num Pages: 976 pages, 272 line drawings, 49 tables. BIC Classification: JHMP; PSAJ; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 260 x 180 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1926.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
976
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Third
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226439655
ISBN
9780226439655
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.00
€ 79.99

Paperback. Originally published in French under title: Une histoire de la violence. Editions du Seuil, c2008. Num Pages: 388 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3J; HBTB; JFFE; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 582.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
388
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Translation
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745647470
ISBN
9780745647470
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.53

Paperback. An ethnography exploring the encounter between modernizing visions of development, the place-based life projects of the Yshiro indigenous people of the Paraguayan Chaco, and the agendas of scholars and activists. Series: New Ecologies for the Twenty-First Century. Num Pages: 320 pages, 3 maps, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822345459
ISBN
9780822345459
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.71

Paperback. Includes a fresh foreword by anthropologist Marilyn Strathern. This volume discusses the ongoing response to the book and the debates it has engendered. Num Pages: 250 pages, 68 line drawings, 3 maps, 58 tables. BIC Classification: JHMC; KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 25. Weight in Grams: 514.
Publisher
HAU
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Second Edition, Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780990505013
ISBN
9780990505013
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.11

Paperback. Anthropological linguistics is concerned with the place of language in its social and cultural context. This book provides a review of research questions which span the disciplines of linguinitics and anthropology, yet presents a biologically based view of this cross-disciplinary field. Series: Language in Society. Num Pages: 520 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 29. Weight in Grams: 642.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
520
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631151227
ISBN
9780631151227
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.83

Hardcover. An exciting and cutting-edge volume of essays, which collectively and singularly aim to challenge the conventions of connectivity and relationality in social theory and description through a serious and crucially ethnographic reflection on the category of 'detachment' Editor(s): Yarrow, Thomas; Candea, Matei; Trundle, Catherine; Cook, Jo. Num Pages: 264 pages. Dimension: 281 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 606.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719096853
ISBN
9780719096853
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.20

Paperback. Editor(s): Thomson, Rosemarie Garland. Num Pages: 418 pages, Illustrations, facsims., ports. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 179 x 31. Weight in Grams: 822.
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
First Printing.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814782224
ISBN
9780814782224
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVGS; HBJD; HDD; HRCS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226425245
ISBN
9780226425245
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 23.01

Hardcover. In this story of one man's encounter with an indigenous people of Peru, Michael Brown guides his readers upriver into a contested zone of the Amazonian frontier, where more than 50,000 Awajun--renowned for pugnacity and fierce independence--use hard-won political savvy, literacy, and digital skills to live life on their own terms, against long odds. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 145 x 211 x 29. Weight in Grams: 496.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674368071
ISBN
9780674368071
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.27

Paperback. Using cultural anthropology to analyze debates that reverberate throughout the human sciences, this text looks at cultural anthropology's past accomplishments, its current predicaments, its future direction, and the insights it has to offer other fields of study. Num Pages: 228 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFS; JHM; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
228
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
Second
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226504506
ISBN
9780226504506
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 25.06

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