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Paperback. The companion volume to the 50th-anniversary edition of Black Like Me , this book features John Howard Griffin's later writings on racism and spirituality. Conveying a progressive evolution in thinking, it further explores Griffin's ethical stand in the human rights struggle and nonviolent pursuit of equality. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Wings Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780916727826
- ISBN
- 9780916727826
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.49
€ 18.99
€ 17.49
Hardcover. This volume explores the neighbourhood, familial, religious, occupational, social and educational components of the daily community experience of 20th-century African Americans in Frankfort, Kentucky. Editor(s): Boyd, Douglas A.; Fletcher, Winona L. (Professor Emeritus Of Theater and Drama, Indiana University, USA); Butler, Sheila Mason; Wallace, James E. (Asst. Director, Kentucky Historical Society); Winter, Mary E. Num Pages: 208 pages, 200 photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; HBTD; JFSL3; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1039.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780916968304
- ISBN
- 9780916968304
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.80
€ 52.80
Translator(s): Roth, Professor Kathe. Num Pages: 274 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1K; HBJD; HBJK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Baraka Books Canada
- Edition
- 2
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780981240527
- ISBN
- 9780981240527
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 22.86
€ 22.86
Paperback. Human Behavior in the Social Environment (HBSE) is one of the first courses that social work students take. This book incorporates principles and findings from molecular biology, neuroscience, psychological, and sociocultural sciences in a coherent fashion. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JHB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 192 x 21. Weight in Grams: 702.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118121542
- ISBN
- 9781118121542
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 133.12
€ 133.12
Paperback. The team coalition has become an increasingly common part of the practicing anthropologist's lexicon. This title examines factors influencing coalition participation, dispelling the notion that the coalition process itself ensures diversity, and offers examples of how participatory diversity might be achieved. Series: NAPA Bulletin. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 170 x 9. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- Volume 35, Issue 2
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118306963
- ISBN
- 9781118306963
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.18
€ 43.18
This articulate and authoritative survey of both the popular and academic trends in anthropology demonstrates the broad relevance of anthropological knowledge and argues for a more inclusive conception of the discipline that engages the public imagination. Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 177 x 17. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118475478
- ISBN
- 9781118475478
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 128.35
€ 128.35
Shamans, Spirituality, and Cultural Revitalization: Explorations in Si...
Marjorie Mandelstam Balzer
Paperback. Many voices clamour to be heard in debates about whether shamans cure, and whether shamanic spirituality is worth continuing or recovering in the twenty-first century. This book provides new insights into the fascinating resurgence of shamanism through an exploration of the political repression of religion and its transcendence. Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FCS; HRA; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137005564
- ISBN
- 9781137005564
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.49
€ 66.49
Hardcover. This is a book about time, but it is also about much more than time-it is about how the objects we use to think about time shape our thoughts. Because time ties together so many aspects of our lives, this book is able to explore the nexus of objects, cognition, culture, and even biology, and to do so in relationship to globalization. Series: Culture, Mind and Society. Num Pages: 221 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFCD; JHMC; JMRP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 471.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137017871
- ISBN
- 9781137017871
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.79
€ 116.79
Hardcover. Exploring the interactions of the Buddhist world with the dominant cultures of Iran in pre- and post-Islamic times, Vaziri demonstrates that the traces and cross-influences of Buddhism have brought the material and spiritual culture of Iran to its present state even after the term was eradicated from the literary and popular language of the region. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HRE; JFSR; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 167 x 21. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137022936
- ISBN
- 9781137022936
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.55
€ 150.55
Hardcover. This historical ethnography from Central Sudan explores the century-old intertwining of zar, spirit possession, with past lives of ex-slaves and shows that, despite very different social and cultural contexts, zar has continued to be shaped by the experience of slavery. Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion. Num Pages: 314 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1HBS; HRQM2; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137027498
- ISBN
- 9781137027498
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.41
€ 67.41
Hardcover. This book examines and offers suggestions for how post-conflict practices should conceptualize and address harms committed by child soldiers for successful social reconstruction in the aftermath of mass atrocity. It defends the use of accountability and considers the agency of youth participants in violent conflict as responsible moral entities. Series: Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFE; JFSP1; JHMC; LNFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137030498
- ISBN
- 9781137030498
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.78
€ 66.78
Paperback. Dabashi's newest book is a meditation on suicidal violence in the immediate context of its most recent political surge and a critical examination of the radical transformation of the human body, supported by close readings of cinematic and artistic evidence. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHMC; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 245
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137264121
- ISBN
- 9781137264121
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.49
€ 66.49
Hardcover. How do Amazonian native young people perceive, question, and negotiate the new kinds of social and cultural situations in which they find themselves? Virtanen looks at how current power relations constituted by ethnic recognition, new social contacts, and cooperation with different institutions have shaped the current native youth in Amazonia. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSBZ; JFSL9; JFSP2; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137265340
- ISBN
- 9781137265340
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.78
€ 66.78
Hardcover. In the UN, indigenous peoples have achieved more rights than any other group of people. This book traces this to the ability of indigenous peoples to create consensus among themselves; the establishment of an indigenous caucus; and the construction of a global indigenousness. Num Pages: 298 pages, 5 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137280534
- ISBN
- 9781137280534
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.27
€ 67.27
Hardcover. A powerful chronicle of the astounding persistence of Indo-European glorification of battle, morphed into today's militant Christian Right. The book is written as a lively chronicle making clear the astounding power of the ancient cultural tradition embedding our language, and the real battle we face to contain this 'Christian' jihad. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137282149
- ISBN
- 9781137282149
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.90
€ 66.90
Paperback. A powerful chronicle of the astounding persistence of Indo-European glorification of battle, morphed into today's militant Christian Right. The book is written as a lively chronicle making clear the astounding power of the ancient cultural tradition embedding our language, and the real battle we face to contain this 'Christian' jihad. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 163 x 12. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 205
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137282446
- ISBN
- 9781137282446
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.10
€ 66.10
Hardcover. Through ethnographical cases, this book examines the ways in which social groups position themselves between cultures, states, moralities, and local/state authorities, creating opportunities for agency. Alternative spaces designate in-between spaces rather than oppositional structures and are both inside and outside their constituent elements. Editor(s): Dahl, Jens. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFM; JFSS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137299536
- ISBN
- 9781137299536
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. European modernism underwent a massive change from 1930 to 1960, as war altered the cultural landscape. This account of artists and writers in France and England explores how modernism survived under authoritarianism, whether Fascism, National Socialism, or Stalinism, and how these artists endured by balancing complicity and resistance. Num Pages: 133 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: ACXD2; JFC; JHMC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 15. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 134
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137302229
- ISBN
- 9781137302229
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.04
€ 66.04
Hardcover. This book offers the first multi-case analysis of the politics of ethnic remixing in an expanding EU, including studies on Central Europe, the Balkans and Cyprus. Tesser explains the politics of minority return in a post-national Europe, with particular attention to the long-term aftermath of minority removal as a conflict resolution policy. Series: Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies. Num Pages: 281 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSL1; JHMP; JPSN2; RGCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 25. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137308764
- ISBN
- 9781137308764
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.27
€ 67.27
Hardcover. Why do elderly choose to move away from their children so as to not receive their support? Using a number of case studies, contributors explore social support as a tool of mutuality, or maintaining relatedness and sharing feelings, rather than preventing or patching up problems. This book helps correct the dominant framework of deliberate action. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137330963
- ISBN
- 9781137330963
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.49
€ 66.49