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Hardback. What compels a person to strap a vest loaded with explosives onto his body and blow himself up in a crowded street? In this book, th author argues that we need to understand the rise of suicide bombing in relation to the cultural beliefs and ritual practices associated with sacrifice. Num Pages: 296 pages, 33 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1FCA; HRH; JHM; JHMC; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520294790
- ISBN
- 9780520294790
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.64
€ 33.99
€ 24.64
Paperback. Tarzan is still an icon of adventure, because like all adventurers, his actions have universal qualities: doing something previously untried, revealing the previously undiscovered, and experiencing the unadulterated. This volume reflects on various aspects of this phenomenon and discusses contemporary forms of adventure. Editor(s): Vivanco, Luis A.; Gordon, Robert James. Num Pages: 340 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845451110
- ISBN
- 9781845451110
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.43
€ 36.99
€ 34.43
Paperback. Sheds light on one of the most pressing political issues of our time-the human consequences of US immigration policy. This book reveals the suffering and deaths that occur daily in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona as thousands of undocumented migrants attempt to cross the border from Mexico into the United States. Series: California Series in Public Anthropology. Num Pages: 384 pages, 60 b/w, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWZ; 1KLCM; JFFE; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520282759
- ISBN
- 9780520282759
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.43
€ 33.99
€ 24.43
Paperback. Series: The Anthropology of Contemporary Issues. Num Pages: 240 pages, 22. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 214 x 18. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801487323
- ISBN
- 9780801487323
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Condition: New
€ 42.40
€ 42.40
Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 227 x 22. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226276526
- ISBN
- 9780226276526
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 31.90
€ 41.99
€ 31.90
Paperback. Kath Weston addresses the emergence of a new animism in the context of food, energy, water, and climate to trace how new intimacies between humans, animals, and the environment are emerging as people attempt to understand how the high-tech ecologically damaged world they have made is remaking them. Series: Anima. Num Pages: 264 pages, 24 illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362326
- ISBN
- 9780822362326
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.20
€ 29.99
€ 27.20
Paperback. A literary exploration of the prevalence of death--its connection to political oppression and its use as salvation--in Richard Wright's work. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822334880
- ISBN
- 9780822334880
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.30
€ 32.99
€ 31.30
Paperback. Portrays the three indigenous rebellions that threatened Spanish control of its South American colonies more than a quarter century before the Wars of Independence (1808-1825). This collection includes maps, a chronology of the rebellions, and a glossary of terms. Num Pages: 288 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBTB; HBTV; JHM; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 247
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872208452
- ISBN
- 9780872208452
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.54
€ 24.99
€ 18.54
Paperback. A theoretical argument that anthropology has developed a concept of culture that reproduces some of the essentialisms of racism while making it difficult for the field to adequately address race. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822346357
- ISBN
- 9780822346357
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.41
€ 32.99
€ 31.41
Paperback. A reference and guide for students, scholars, and practitioners of ethnography and beyond. It discusses about the deskwork of fieldwork and the various ways culture is put forth in print. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: CBW; JFSL; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 290. On Writing Ethnography. 256 pages. A reference and guide for students, scholars, and practitioners of ethnography and beyond. It discusses about the deskwork of fieldwork and the various ways culture is put forth in print. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: CBW; JFSL; JHM. Dimension: 217 x 142 x 13. Weight: 298.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226849645
- ISBN
- 9780226849645
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.00
€ 20.99
€ 18.00
Paperback. Born in the first year of the 20th century, it is fitting that Margaret Mead should have been one of the first anthropologists to use anthropological analysis to study the future course of human civilization. This volume collects her writings on the future of humanity and how humans can shape that future through purposeful action. Series: Margaret Mead: The Study of Contemporary Western Cultures. Num Pages: 376 pages, 20 photos, index. BIC Classification: JFFR; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571818188
- ISBN
- 9781571818188
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 30.29
€ 32.99
€ 30.29
Paperback. If the young were to survive in a world of scarce food, they needed to be cared for, not only by their mothers but also by siblings, aunts, fathers, friends - and, with any luck, grandmothers. This title finds the key in the primatologically length of human childhood. Num Pages: 432 pages, 52 halftones. BIC Classification: JHMC; JMC; JMD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 668.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 3/16/11
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674060326
- ISBN
- 9780674060326
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.44
€ 26.99
€ 26.44
Paperback. Editor(s): Eicher, Regents' Professor Emerita Joanne B (University of Minnesota). Series: Dress, Body, Culture (Paperback). Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: AKT; JFS; JHMC; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472589552
- ISBN
- 9781472589552
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.76
€ 35.99
€ 32.76
Hardback. Ritual, art and secrecy in Casamance, Senegal. Editor(s): De Jong, Ferdinand; Peel, J. D. Y.; Heald, Suzette; James, Deborah. Series: International African Library. Num Pages: 256 pages, 39 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFDS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- First edition. Hardback. Dust jacket.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748633197
- ISBN
- 9780748633197
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Condition: New
€ 105.84€ 101.60
€ 105.84
€ 101.60
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 2nd ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319525952
- ISBN
- 9783319525952
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.94
€ 64.94
Paperback. Cultural history of the flower trade in New York City and the transformation of the cut-flower industry into a global commodity system. Num Pages: 320 pages, 17 photos, 11 tables, 19 figures. BIC Classification: JFC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5741 x 3963 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822340263
- ISBN
- 9780822340263
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.57
€ 31.99
€ 30.57
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442252295
- ISBN
- 9781442252295
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Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 52.94
€ 53.99
€ 52.94
Paperback. Series: Routledge Advances in Ethnography. Num Pages: 176 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, 14 black & white halftones, 6 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JFSG; JFSL1; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 10. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415528177
- ISBN
- 9780415528177
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Condition: New
€ 50.78
€ 50.78
Paperback. In popular perception cultural differences or ethnic affiliation are factors that cause conflict or political fragmentation although this is not borne out by historical evidence. This book puts forward an alternative conflict theory. Series: Integration and Conflict Studies. Num Pages: 206 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GTJ; JHB; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 154 x 231 x 18. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845457792
- ISBN
- 9781845457792
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.43
€ 36.99
€ 34.43
Hardcover. This authoritative work sheds light on the religious world of the Kalasha people of the Birir valley of the Pakistani district of Chitral, focusing on their winter feasts which culminate in a great winter solstice festival. Num Pages: 380 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKP; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 161 x 290 x 36. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Publisher
- Gingko Library
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909942844
- ISBN
- 9781909942844
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.16
€ 53.16
Paperback. In this capstone title to the Ethnographer's Toolkit series, Jean J. Schensul and Margaret D. LeCompte explore how ethnographic research intersects with and enhances numerous areas of applied and practice-oriented social science. Series: Ethnographer's Toolkit, Second Edition. Num Pages: 420 pages, 19 black & white illustrations, 15 tables. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 420
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759122116
- ISBN
- 9780759122116
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Condition: New
€ 53.69
€ 53.69
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857855701
- ISBN
- 9780857855701
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 40.75
€ 40.99
€ 40.75
Paperback. In "The Open", contemporary Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben considers the ways in which the "human" has been thought of as either a distinct and superior type of animal, or a kind of being that is essentially different from animal altogether. Translator(s): Attell, Kevin. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 8. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 120
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804747387
- ISBN
- 9780804747387
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Condition: New
€ 26.00
€ 26.00
Paperback. Economic sociology is an expanding field, applying sociology's core insight - that individuals behave according to scripts that are tied to social roles - to economic behavior. This book comprises twenty of the representative and read articles in the field's history. Editor(s): Dobbin, Frank. Num Pages: 576 pages, 19 line illus. 19 tables. BIC Classification: JHM; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 30. Weight in Grams: 820.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 576
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691049069
- ISBN
- 9780691049069
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Condition: New
€ 58.80€ 45.72
€ 58.80
€ 45.72