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Hardback. Whaling has become one of the most controversial environmental issues. It is not that all whale species are at the brink of extinction, but that whales have become important symbols to both pro- and anti-whaling factions and can easily be appropriated as the common heritage of humankind. Series: Environmental Anthropology and Ethnobiology. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6 ills. BIC Classification: JHM; TQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845455811
- ISBN
- 9781845455811
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€ 155.12
€ 155.12
Hardback. Anthropologists have been keenly aware of the tension between cultural relativism and absolute norms, and nowhere has this been more acute than with regards to moral values. Can we study the Other's morality without applying our own normative judgments? Editor(s): Heintz, Monica. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845455927
- ISBN
- 9781845455927
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€ 154.82
€ 154.82
Hardback. What is it to be human? What are our specifically human attributes, our capacities and liabilities? Such questions gave birth to anthropology as an Enlightenment science. This book argues that it is again appropriate to bring the humanA" to the fore, to reclaim the singularity of the word as central to the anthropological endeavor.. Series: Methodology & History in Anthropology. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845456375
- ISBN
- 9781845456375
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€ 155.35
€ 155.35
Hardback. Fieldwork is a central method of research throughout anthropology, a much-valued, much-vaunted mode of generating information. But its nature and process have been seriously understudied in biological anthropology and primatology. This book is the first ever comparative investigation, across primatology, biological and social anthropology.. Editor(s): MacClancy, Jeremy; Fuentes, Agustin. Series: Studies of the BioSocial Society. Num Pages: 316 pages, 30 ills. BIC Classification: JHMC; PSXM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 628.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845456900
- ISBN
- 9781845456900
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€ 155.97
€ 155.97
Hardback. Outside France, French anthropology is conventionally seen as being dominated by grand theory produced by writers who have done little or no fieldwork themselves, and who may not even count as anthropologists in terms of the institutional structures of French academia. Editor(s): Parkin, Robert; Sales, Anne de. Series: Methodology & History in Anthropology. Num Pages: 292 pages, 17 ills. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Weight in Grams: 536.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845456955
- ISBN
- 9781845456955
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€ 155.40
€ 155.40
Hardback. The Hadramis of South Yemen and the emergence of their diasporic communities throughout the Indian Ocean region are an intriguing facet of the history of this region's migratory patterns. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBXY; JFFN; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 422.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845457426
- ISBN
- 9781845457426
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€ 155.05
€ 155.05
Hardback. The resettlement of the Negev Bedouin (Israel) has been wrought with controversy since its inception in the 1960s. Presenting evidence from a two-decade period, the author addresses how the changes that took place over the past sixty to seventy years have served the needs and interests of the State rather than those of Bedouin community at large. Series: Space and Place. Num Pages: 250 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 460.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845457624
- ISBN
- 9781845457624
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€ 155.37
€ 155.37
Hardcover. The cathedral-like Niah Caves of Sarawak (Borneo) have iconic status in the archaeology of Southeast Asia, because the excavations by Tom and Barbara Harrisson in the 1950s and 1960s revealed the longest sequence of human occupation in the region, from (we now know) 50,000 years ago to the recent past. Editor(s): Barker, G. Num Pages: 464 pages, 185 figs, 60 tables. BIC Classification: 1FM; HDD; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 286 x 218 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1754.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781902937540
- ISBN
- 9781902937540
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€ 128.72
€ 128.72
Paperback. Editor(s): Carvalho, Vinicius de; Hojlund, Susanne; Jeppesen, Per Bendix; Simonsen, Karen-Margrethe. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 237 x 12. Weight in Grams: 350.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788771241105
- ISBN
- 9788771241105
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Condition: New
€ 19.56
€ 19.56
Hardback. Cosmopolitanism is often discussed in a critical and disapproving manner: as a concept complicit with the interests of the powerful, or as a notion related to Western political supremacy, the ills of globalization, inequality, and capitalist economic penetration.. Editor(s): Theodossopoulos, Dimitrios; Kirtsoglou, Elisabeth. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845456306
- ISBN
- 9781845456306
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Condition: New
€ 154.74
€ 154.74
Hardback. Prosthetic Memory reveals the transformative effect that modern mass culture has had on our relationship to the past. The book argues that mass cultural forms such as cinema and television in fact contain the still-unrealized potential for a progressive politics based on empathy for the historical experiences of others. Num Pages: 240 pages, B&W Photos: 20,. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 165 x 13. Weight in Grams: 590.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231129268
- ISBN
- 9780231129268
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Condition: New
€ 134.05
€ 134.05
Paperback. An ethnography of the Coeur d'Alene Indians of Idaho focusing on the bonds between a people and the landscape of their traditional homeland. Series: McLellan Endowed Series. Num Pages: 340 pages, 50 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBWD; JFHF; JFSL9; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295981628
- ISBN
- 9780295981628
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Condition: New
€ 37.27
€ 37.27
Hardback. Illustrates the complexity of social ties among groups and individuals, and their connections with the natural world Series: Culture, Place, and Nature. Num Pages: 20 illus., 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFJA; GTB; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295991054
- ISBN
- 9780295991054
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Condition: New
€ 137.06
€ 137.06
Hardback. This volume focuses on theory and research which lends insight into how emotions are distributed, experienced and structured within five broadly conceived institutional areas. These are: medical and health care; family; work and leisure; education; and clinical/counselling. Series Editor(s): Franks, David D. Series: Social Perspectives on Emotion S. Num Pages: 374 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM; JMH; JMM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 700.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 374
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762300501
- ISBN
- 9780762300501
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Condition: New
€ 169.65
€ 169.65
Hardcover. Drawing on rich, ethnographic and historiographic material, this volume represents the emergent field of anthropological inquiry that links Africanist ethnography to recent concerns with science, the state, and the culture of late capitalism in Africa. Editor(s): Geissler, Paul Wenzel; Molyneux, Sassy. Num Pages: 452 pages, 32 ills. BIC Classification: 1H; JHM; MBGR; MBS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 810.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 452
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857450920
- ISBN
- 9780857450920
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Condition: New
€ 205.63
€ 205.63
Hardcover. The negotiation of expectations in tourism is a complex and dynamic process - one that is central to the imagination of cultural difference. Expectations not only affect the lives and experiences of tourists, but also their hosts, and play an important part in the success or failure of the overall tourism experience. Editor(s): Skinner, Jonathan; Theodossopoulos, Dimitrios. Series: New Directions in Anthropology. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM; KNSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857452771
- ISBN
- 9780857452771
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Condition: New
€ 154.72
€ 154.72
Hardcover. One of the most influential anthropological works of the last two decades, Alfred Gell's Art and Agency, is a provocative and ambitious work that both challenged and reshaped anthropological understandings of art, agency, creativity and the social. It has become a touchstone in contemporary artifact-based scholarship. Editor(s): Chua, Liana; Elliott, Mark. Num Pages: 212 pages, 25 ills. BIC Classification: JFCD; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 151 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857457448
- ISBN
- 9780857457448
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Condition: New
€ 155.05
€ 155.05
Hardcover. The primary aim of this book is to focus on contemporary issues and to promote interdisciplinary approaches within the subject. Written by international scholars and practitioners in fields such as folklore, ethnomusicology, art history, religious studies, tourism and education, the book brings together in one volume a wide range of perspectives. Editor(s): Hale, Amy; Payton, Philip. Num Pages: 245 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTB; JFHF; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Ill
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859896221
- ISBN
- 9780859896221
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Condition: New
€ 138.79
€ 138.79
Paperback. Editor(s): Areshian, Gregory E. Series: Ideas, Debates, and Perspectives. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HDD; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780917956348
- ISBN
- 9780917956348
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Condition: New
€ 53.26
€ 53.26
Paperback. Editor(s): Glowacki, Donna M.; Neff, Hector. Series: Monographs. Num Pages: 217 pages. BIC Classification: AFPC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780917956980
- ISBN
- 9780917956980
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Condition: New
€ 21.24
€ 21.24
Hardback. An ethnographic and historical study of the main Albania-Greece highway, exploring the post-Cold War political and cultural transformation of Europe through the examination of cross-border infrastructure. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 maps, 34 black & white illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVWA; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781526109330
- ISBN
- 9781526109330
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Condition: New
€ 138.61
€ 138.61
Hardback. From landmark court cases on affirmative action to their consequences, a study on why such preferences are morally wrong, unlawful, and indefensible. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMP; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Derrydale Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781568330532
- ISBN
- 9781568330532
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.23
€ 25.99
€ 23.23
Hardback. In recent years, scholars in the fields of refugee studies and forced migration have extended their areas of research. In this book scholars address the strengths and limitations of their investigations, citing examples from their work with refugees from around the world. Editor(s): Ahearn, Frederick L., Jr. Series: Refugee & Forced Migration Studies. Num Pages: 251 pages, Tables, Figures. BIC Classification: JFFD; JFS; JHM; JMBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 251
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571812049
- ISBN
- 9781571812049
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Condition: New
€ 155.00
€ 155.00
Hardback. For the first time, historians, anthropologists, literature specialists, and linguists have come together to reflect, in the fifteen original essays presented in this volume, on the various modes of contact and communication that took place between the Europeans and the "Natives." Editor(s): Gray, Edward G.; Fiering, Norman. Series: European Expansion & Global Interaction. Num Pages: 368 pages, 12 figures, 8 ills. BIC Classification: 1K; 3H; 3J; GTC; HB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 147 x 25. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571812100
- ISBN
- 9781571812100
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 166.57
€ 166.57