Anthropology
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Anthropology
Paperback. Confronts the philosophical problems of otherness and identity through readings of the parables and fables of a colonized people, the Luba of Zaire. The author uses his own education by Catholic missionaries in Zaire to explore interactions between African and Western systems of thought. Num Pages: 264 pages, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1HFJZ; HPD; HRA; JFC; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299130640
- ISBN
- 9780299130640
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Condition: New
€ 27.98
€ 27.98
Paperback. This volume attempts a critical historical consideration of the varying colonial situations in which (and from which) ethnographic knowledge essential to anthropology has been produced. The essays cover regions from Oceania, Southeast Asia and southern Africa to North and South America. Editor(s): Stocking, George W. Series: History of Anthropology S. Num Pages: 348 pages, 23 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBTQ; HBTR; JHMP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299131241
- ISBN
- 9780299131241
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Condition: New
€ 34.19
€ 34.19
paperback. An exploration of cosmology, connecting the Western philosophical tradition with the cosmological traditions of non-Western societies. Using the mythology and philosophy of the Maori as a counterpoint, it finds a philosophical common denominator in the thought of Zeno of Elea. Series: New Directions in Anthropological Writing S. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPD; JFHF; JFSL; JHM; PGK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299132347
- ISBN
- 9780299132347
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Condition: New
€ 26.43
€ 26.43
paperback. In this collection of essays, historians, anthropologists and historical demographers discuss the population estimates for the New World before and after the arrival of Christopher Columbus. Topics such as the Indian slave trade, disease and military action are covered. Editor(s): Denevan, William M. Num Pages: 384 pages, 7 maps, 6 figures. BIC Classification: 1K; HBJK; HBLC; HBTP; JHBD; JHMP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press United States
- Edition
- Second
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299134341
- ISBN
- 9780299134341
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Condition: New
€ 35.74
€ 35.74
paperback. This text shows how the shamans, during their night-long performances, create the worlds of words in which shamans exist. It analyzes texts that the shamans use to diagnose and treat afflictions that trouble their clients. Num Pages: 288 pages, map, 5 halftones, 9 figures. BIC Classification: 1FKN; HBTD; HRLK; HRQX; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299144944
- ISBN
- 9780299144944
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Condition: New
€ 31.09
€ 31.09
paperback. Masada, an ancient desert fortress, is examined in this study as it became an ideological symbol for the State of Israel. The text looks at the way the mythical narrative of Masada was created, promoted and maintained by pre-state Jewish underground organizations and other bodies. Num Pages: 384 pages, 13 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBJF1; HBLA; JFSR1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299148348
- ISBN
- 9780299148348
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Condition: New
€ 34.19
€ 34.19
paperback. Explores the dimensions of the Mead-Freeman controversy as it developed publicly and as it played out privately, including the personal relationships, professional rivalries, and larger-than-life personalities that drove it. This book reviews key questions about Samoan sexuality, the alleged hoaxing of Mead, and the meaning of the controversy. Series Editor(s): Boyer, Paul S. Series: Studies in American Thought and Culture. Num Pages: 360 pages, 11 b/w photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299234546
- ISBN
- 9780299234546
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Condition: New
€ 40.40
€ 40.40
Paperback. Gathers the essential essays of Dwight Conquergood, performance studies scholar, ethnographer, and activist Editor(s): Johnson, E. Patrick. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AN; JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Michigan Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472051953
- ISBN
- 9780472051953
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Condition: New
€ 52.14
€ 52.14
Paperback. Religious and ethnic violence between Indonesia's Muslim majority and Christian minorities escalated dramatically after Suharto resigned in 1998. In this ethnographic study of Christianization in Indonesia, Lorraine Aragon delineates some of the background to this conflict. Num Pages: 344 pages, 25 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMN; HRAM9; HRC; HRH; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824823030
- ISBN
- 9780824823030
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Condition: New
€ 35.74
€ 35.74
Pacific Diaspora: Island Peoples in the United States and Across the P...
. Ed(S): Spickard, Paul R.; Rondilla, Joanne ...
paperback. Pacific Islander Americans constitute one of the United States' least understood ethnic groups and are given many stereotypes. This work brings together the individual and community histories of Pacific Islands peoples in the US. Editor(s): Spickard, Paul R.; Rondilla, Joanne L.; Wright, Debbie Hippolite. Num Pages: 384 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKP; 1QSP; GTB; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Hawai'i Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824826192
- ISBN
- 9780824826192
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Condition: New
€ 38.85
€ 38.85
Paperback. The field of biocultural diversity is emerging as a dynamic, integrative approach to understanding the links between nature and culture. This book presents an analysis of projects from all around the world that take an integrated biocultural approach to sustaining cultures and biodiversity. Num Pages: 304 pages, Colour plate section, photographs, maps, tables. BIC Classification: JHMC; RNCB; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 448.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844079216
- ISBN
- 9781844079216
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Condition: New
€ 82.62
€ 82.62
paperback. The Culture of Technology examines our often conflicting attitudes toward nuclear weapons, biological technologies, pollution, Third World development, automation, social medicine, and industrial decline. Num Pages: 220 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- MIT Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0037662
- ISBN
- 9780262660563
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. This work provides an examination of power and dominance in male-female relationships. It offers solutions to various cultural questions by using cross-cultural research on over 150 tribal societies and presents the full range of variation in male and female power roles. Num Pages: 316 pages, tables, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 480. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0037805
- ISBN
- 9780521280754
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Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. Exploring the beliefs of small-scale societies of West Africa, Melanesia, traditional Siberia, Canada, and the northwest coast of North America, this work compares their ideas with those of the ancient and modern Indic civilizations and with the Greek rebirth theories of Pythagoras, Empedocles, Pindar and Plato. Series: Comparative Studies in Religion & Society. Num Pages: 477 pages, 11 line illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAC; HRLB; JHM; VXPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 485. Exploring the beliefs of small-scale societies of West Africa, Melanesia, traditional Siberia, Canada, and the northwest coast of North America, this work compares their ideas with those of the ancient and modern Indic civilizations and with the Greek rebirth theories of Pythagoras, Empedocles, Pindar and Plato. Series: Comparative Studies in Religion & Society. Num Pages: 477 pages, 11 line illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAC; HRLB; JHM; VXPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 485. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0036850
- ISBN
- 9780520232433
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. This text explores the many contradictions faced by shoppers on a typical London street, and in the process offers a sophisticated examination of the way we shop, and what it reveals about our relationships to our families and communities, as well as to the environment and the economy as a whole. Series: Lewis Henry Morgan Lecture Series. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; JFFT; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0036940
- ISBN
- 9780226526485
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
hardcover. Adopting a philosophical approach, this work examines the ethics of capitalism, analyzing the moral theory of a capitalist economic order; it also makes a critique of sociobiology, assessing sociobiology's contribution to the theory of economy and society. Series: Ethical Economy. Num Pages: 151 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JHMP; JPFM; KCP; KJG; PSAD; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 399. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. Cloth covers, no dj as issued, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Springer
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0036955
- ISBN
- 9783540610359
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
hardcover. Series: Dover Occult. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1968
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0037115
- ISBN
- 9780486427102
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
hardcover. A wide-ranging 2007 study of Claude Levi-Strauss's aesthetic thought. Series: Ideas in Context. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPN; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 562. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0037227
- ISBN
- 9780521875295
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. Offers insightful discussions of concepts such as nation, identity, country, and self, with a reminder that like symbols in general, their meanings are not categorically fixed but grow and change through time and place. This book treats the reader to an analysis of the American intellectual climate by someone who did much to shape it. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; HPS; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0037350
- ISBN
- 9780691089560
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
hardcover. One of the most original and influential thinkers of the 20th century was Jean Gebser, whose varied writings on the philosophy of culture gave birth to postmodernist thought. This book is a collection of essays on Gebser in English. Editor(s): Mickunas, Algis. Series: Contributions in Sociology. Num Pages: 288 pages, indexes. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 236 x 27. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Praeger United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313278600
- ISBN
- 9780313278600
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.54€ 76.90
€ 86.54
€ 76.90