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Paperback. Dhan Gopal Mukerji (1890-1936) holds the distinction of being the first South Asian immigrant to have a successful career in the United States as a man of letters. This reissue of his autobiography, with a new introduction and afterword, seeks to revitalize interest in Mukerji and his work. Editor(s): Chang, Gordon G.; Gupta, Akhil; Manekar, Purnima. Series: Asian America. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1KBB; BGH; JFC; JFSC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 16. Weight in Grams: 336.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780804744348
- ISBN
- 9780804744348
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€ 27.99€ 26.29
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Paperback. This is the first book to explore comparatively how magic-usually portrayed as the antithesis of the modern-is also at home in modernity. Editor(s): Meyer, Birgit; Pels, Peter. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HRQX2; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 27. Weight in Grams: 560.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804744645
- ISBN
- 9780804744645
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€ 33.99€ 30.93
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Paperback. What does it mean to be a child or an adolescent growing up on the streets or in a state institution? How do children define their everyday lives in the midst of global processes? This ethnographic study situates childhood and adolescence as social forms in the complex urban world of Caracas, Venezuela. Num Pages: 292 pages, illustrations, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KLSV; JFSP1; JFSP2; JHMC; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 18. Weight in Grams: 295.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804745529
- ISBN
- 9780804745529
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.15
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€ 34.15
Paperback. An environmental, institutional, and cultural history of forestry in colonial eastern India. By examining the influence of regional political formations and bio-geographic processes on land and forest management, the book offers an analysis of the factors that influenced landscape change. Num Pages: 376 pages, 14 illustrations, 4 maps, glossary, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JHMC; RGBL; RNF; TVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 24. Weight in Grams: 426.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804745567
- ISBN
- 9780804745567
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.39
€ 40.99
€ 36.39
Paperback. This book examines how a community of urban Chinese Muslims-residents of the old Muslim district in the ancient Chinese capital of Xi'an-uses consumption to position its members more favorably within the Chinese government's official paradigm for development. Num Pages: 296 pages, 20 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; JFSR2; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 17. Weight in Grams: 345.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804746854
- ISBN
- 9780804746854
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.86
€ 33.99
€ 30.86
Paperback. Gift-giving is extremely important in Japanese society, not only at the personal and household levels, but at the national and macroeconomic levels as well. This book is the first in English to document the extraordinary scale, complexity, and variation of giving in contemporary Japan. Num Pages: 256 pages, 34 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804747042
- ISBN
- 9780804747042
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
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€ 27.40
Paperback. In this interdisciplinary study of Asian-white miscegenation from the late 19th to the end of the 20th century, Koshy traces the shifting gender and racial hierarchies produced by antimiscegenation laws and their role in shaping cultural norms. These laws thus turned sex acts into race acts and engendered new meanings for both. Series: Asian America. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804747295
- ISBN
- 9780804747295
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
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€ 27.40
Paperback. This book collects in a single volume Marc Galanter's seminal work, "Why the 'Haves' Come Out Ahead," with ten contemporary articles about Galanter's theory. The articles, which present new research results and synthesize work done over the past few decades, examine the lasting influence and continued importance of this groundbreaking work. Editor(s): Kritzer, Herbert M.; Silbey, Susan S. Num Pages: 448 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHM; JP; LAB; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 599.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780804747349
- ISBN
- 9780804747349
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.62
€ 42.99
€ 38.62
paperback. This book examines the conflict between cultural ideals of female sexuality in Brazil and the lived reality of sex for women in a poor shantytown in the country's northeast, probing the interplay between sexual expectations, sexual reality, and disease. Num Pages: 232 pages, 4 illustrations, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFSJ1; JHM; MJCL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 327.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804747561
- ISBN
- 9780804747561
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.59
€ 30.99
€ 27.59
Hardback. Issues are examined in an inter-disciplinary dialogue between distinguished anthropologists and economists and cover community development, famine relief, fundamentalism, HIV-AIDS, discrimination and heritage. Editor(s): Walton, Michael; Rao, Vijayendra. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: JFS; JHMC; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 163 x 35. Weight in Grams: 794.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804747868
- ISBN
- 9780804747868
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Condition: New
€ 149.99
€ 149.99
Hardback. For the second edition of this work, James Watson has added a new chapter on "McDonald's as Political Target," as well as reflections on the dark side of globalism. Editor(s): Watson, James. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FP; JFCA; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 25. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804749886
- ISBN
- 9780804749886
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Condition: New
€ 113.37
€ 113.37
Paperback. This is an anthropological exploration of the roots of China's modernity in the country's own tradition, as seen especially in economic and kinship patterns. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute. Num Pages: 376 pages, 10 tables, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804750677
- ISBN
- 9780804750677
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.71
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Paperback. This collection focuses attention on the relationships between "homeland" and "diaspora" communities in today's world. It highlights the changing character of homeland-diaspora ties and offers new understandings of the issues that these communities face and explores the roots of their fascinating, yet sometimes paradoxical, interactions Editor(s): Levy, Andre; Weingrod, Alex. Num Pages: 376 pages, 5 tables, 4 figures. BIC Classification: JHMC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780804750790
- ISBN
- 9780804750790
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.22
€ 40.99
€ 36.22
Paperback. Is inbreeding harmful? Are human beings and other primates naturally inclined to mate with their closest relatives? Why is incest widely prohibited? Why does the scope of the prohibition vary from society to society? Why does incest occur despite the prohibition? What are the consequences? This book reexamines these questions. Editor(s): Wolf, Arthur P.; Durham, William. Num Pages: 240 pages, 16 tables, 8 figures, 1 map. BIC Classification: JHBK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804751414
- ISBN
- 9780804751414
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
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Paperback. A provocative examination of prevailing thought on race and ethnicity in American society. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804753272
- ISBN
- 9780804753272
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.04
€ 23.99
€ 22.04
Hardback. Stuart Kirsch is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Michigan. He has consulted widely on environmental issues and land rights in the Pacific, and was actively involved in the political campaign and legal case against the environmental impact of the Ok Tedi mine in Papua New Guinea. Num Pages: 296 pages, 2 figures, 20 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 517.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804753418
- ISBN
- 9780804753418
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Condition: New
€ 118.34
€ 118.34
Paperback. Learn why we are busy, how busyness is affecting American families and lives, and what real people are doing about it. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804754927
- ISBN
- 9780804754927
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
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Paperback. The book traces current Indian activism in Bolivia, arguing that a new social formation is emerging to challenge racism and the harsh effects of the dominant neoliberal economic model. Num Pages: 312 pages, 6 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSL; JFSL9; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 238 x 17. Weight in Grams: 446.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804755207
- ISBN
- 9780804755207
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.75
€ 32.99
€ 29.75
Hardback. Explores the process and rationale of the emergence of ethnic identity to investigate how and why ethnic groups exclude each other, looking specifically at the case of racial and ethnic group identity formation in the early years of Israeli statehood. Series: Studies in Social Inequality. Num Pages: 360 pages, 26 tables, 24 figures. BIC Classification: 1FBH; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804756976
- ISBN
- 9780804756976
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Condition: New
€ 89.90
€ 89.90
Hardback. Re-evaluates debates on education, modernity, and social change in contemporary development studies and anthropology. This book offers a perspective on how education affects the rural poor in South Asia. It includes reflection on the politics of modernity, changing rural masculinities, and caste and communal politics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTF; JHM; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804757423
- ISBN
- 9780804757423
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.43
€ 118.43