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Paperback. This first volume of the Ethnographer's Toolkit provides a practical, straightforward introduction to ethnography and ethnographic practice to the student and novice fieldworker. Series: Ethnographer's Toolkit. Num Pages: 376 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 151 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 622.
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
376
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780759118690
ISBN
9780759118690
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.95

Paperback. Editor(s): Kleinman, Arthur; Good, Byron. Series: Comparative Studies of Health Systems & Medical Care. Num Pages: 500 pages. BIC Classification: JHM; MMJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 157 x 35. Weight in Grams: 844. Studies in the Anthropology and Cross-Cultural Psychiatry of Affect and Disorder. Series: Comparative Studies of Health Systems & Medical Care. 500 pages. Editor(s): Kleinman, Arthur; Good, Byron. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: JHM; MMJ. Dimension: 226 x 157 x 35. Weight: 880.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
500
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520058835
ISBN
9780520058835
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.59

Hardback. How do you make taxpayers comply? This ethnography is a vivid account of one of the most esteemed Swedish bureaucracies - the Swedish Tax Agency. Shaping Taxpayers focuses on how fiscal strategies and relationships, as well as diverse knowledge claims - legal, economic, cultural - compete to shape taxpayer behaviour. Num Pages: 246 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DNS; JHMC; JPP; KFFD1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Shaping Taxpayers: Values in Action at the Swedish Tax Agency
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785334108
ISBN
9781785334108
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.74

Paperback. "Skillfully edited by Joyce and Gillespie, the volume Beyond Kinship illustrates the breadth of investigations into history, people, and place that Levi Strauss's formulation makes possible."-Current Anthropology Editor(s): Joyce, Rosemary A.; Gillespie, Susan D. Num Pages: 280 pages, 22 illus. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812217230
ISBN
9780812217230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. Cheese is alive, and alive with meaning. This title tells the story of how craftwork has become a new source of cultural and economic value for producers and consumers. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 332 pages, 20 b/w photos, 3 graphs, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCV; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450. Crafting Food and Value in America. Series: California Studies in Food & Culture. 332 pages, illustrations. Cheese is alive, and alive with meaning. This title tells the story of how craftwork has become a new source of cultural and economic value for producers and consumers. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCV; JHMC. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 20. Weight: 450.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
332
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520270183
ISBN
9780520270183
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Number of pages
336
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Dover Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486419558
ISBN
9780486419558
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.48

Paperback. Bruce O'Neill shows how the Bucharest, Romania's homeless are unable to fully participate in a society that is increasingly organized around practices of consumption, leaving them mired in an unshakeable boredom and the slow deterioration of their lives that are symptomatic of the alienation brought on by globalization. Num Pages: 280 pages, 33 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVWR; JFFA; JFFB; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895. .
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822363286
ISBN
9780822363286
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Paperback. .
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822320210
ISBN
9780822320210
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 325 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 30. Weight in Grams: 610.
Publisher
HAU
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780986132551
ISBN
9780986132551
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.11

Paperback. At some point in the course of evolution, all human societies, past and present, would emerge. This title offers an account of the dawn of human society. It shows that only a few evolutionary steps were required to bridge the gap between the kinship structures of our closest relatives, chimpanzees and bonobos, and the human kinship configuration. Num Pages: 368 pages, 17 line illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC; PSAJ; PSVW79; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 528.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674046412
ISBN
9780674046412
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 31.85

Hardback. Gathering all of Claude Levi-Strauss's writings on Japan, this sustained meditation follows his dictum that to understand one's own culture, one must see it from another's point of view. For Levi-Strauss, Japan occupied a unique place among world cultures. This English translation presents one of France's most public figures at his most personal. Translator(s): Todd, Jane Marie. Num Pages: 192 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; JHBT; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 189 x 19. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Translation
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674072923
ISBN
9780674072923
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 39.96

Paperback. Tales of the Barbarians traces the creation of new mythologies in the wake of Roman expansion westward to the Atlantic, and offers the first application of modern ethnographic theory to ancient material. Series: Blackwell-Bristol Lectures on Greece, Rome and the Classical Tradition. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 8. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118785102
ISBN
9781118785102
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.23

Paperback. An exquisite collection of objects relating to the traditions of samurai warriors, from swords and armor to dishes and paintings Num Pages: 132 pages, 178 color + 5 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 283 x 218 x 8. Weight in Grams: 504.
Publisher
Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933789033
ISBN
9781933789033
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.88

Paperback. In Cote d'Ivoire, appearing modern is so important for success that many young men deplete their already meager resources to project an illusion of wealth. The author argues that they engage a global hierarchy that is profoundly modern, one that values performance over authenticity - highlighting the counterfeit nature of modernity itself. Num Pages: 296 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HFDY; JFFT; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 448.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226575209
ISBN
9780226575209
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.41

Paperback. Num Pages: 418 pages. BIC Classification: JHBZ; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 139 x 24. Weight in Grams: 506.
Publisher
The New Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Rep Upd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781620970119
ISBN
9781620970119
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.85

Paperback. Mathematical models have become central to the study of social evolution, both in biology and the social sciences. A primer on behavioral modeling that includes both mathematics and evolutionary theory, this book aims to make the student and professional researcher in biology and the social sciences fully conversant in the language of the field. Num Pages: 432 pages, 55 line drawings, 99 tables. BIC Classification: JHMP; PBWH; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226558271
ISBN
9780226558271
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.52

Paperback. The British and Foreign Bible Society is one of the most illustrious Christian charities in the United Kingdom. This title offers a study of how religion goes public in today's world. It traces how a small group of socially committed Christians tackle the challenge of publicity within (what they understand to be) a largely secular culture. Series: The Anthropology of Christianity. Num Pages: 320 pages, 13 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HRC; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520280472
ISBN
9780520280472
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.35

Paperback. Presents detailed portraits of a young woman jailed for protesting the ban on women driving, a Sufi scholar encouraging Muslims and Christians to struggle together with love to know God, and an artist citing the Qur'an and using metal gears and chains to celebrate the diversity of the pilgrims who come to Mecca. Num Pages: 277 pages, 16 photos. BIC Classification: 1FBXS; HBJF1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520290273
ISBN
9780520290273
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.42

Paperback. Drawing on Black feminist scholarship, cultural studies, and women's history, this work traces the historical and social influences of normative Black femininity, looking at how notions of self-image and strength create a distraction from broader forces of discrimination and power. Num Pages: 194 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 1K; GTB; JFSJ1; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 227.
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
194
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592136681
ISBN
9781592136681
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

Paperback. These essays inspired by the possibilities of narrative, each present stories of illness and healing drawn from a range of ethnographic contexts. Recognizing the value of theoretical consciousness among those eliciting and analyzing narratives, these essays explore a variety of perspectives. Editor(s): Mattingly, Cheryl; Garro, Linda C. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420. 288 pages. Editor(s): Mattingly, Cheryl; Garro, Linda C. These essays inspired by the possibilities of narrative, each present stories of illness and healing drawn from a range of ethnographic contexts. Recognizing the value of theoretical consciousness among those eliciting and analyzing narratives, these essays explore a variety of perspectives. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JHMC. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 19. Weight: 402.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520218253
ISBN
9780520218253
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.47

Paperback. Helps you chronicle of the journey of the small group of Ayoreo people, the terrifying new world they now face, and the precarious lives they are piecing together against the backdrop of soul - collecting missionaries, humanitarian NGOs, late liberal economic policies, and the highest deforestation rate in the world. Num Pages: 296 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KLSP; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 164 x 17. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226175577
ISBN
9780226175577
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.94

Paperback. Num Pages: 528 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 134 x 25. Weight in Grams: 538.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486431567
ISBN
9780486431567
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.85

Hardback. In this pithy two-part essay, the author reinvigorates the debates on what constitutes kinship, building on some of the best scholarship in the field to produce an original outlook on the deepest bond humans can have. He also shows that mutuality of being is a symbolic notion of belonging, not a biological connection by 'blood'. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 151 x 14. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
128
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226925127
ISBN
9780226925127
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.93
€ 78.75

Paperback. An exploration of identity, relatedness, and belonging in the context of profound global interconnection. It paints a poignant and graceful portrait of Portugal's urban Marranos, who trace their ancestry to fifteenth-century Jews forcibly converted to Catholicism and now seek connection with the Jewish people at large. Num Pages: 344 pages, 5 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSP; JFSR1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. .
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520285057
ISBN
9780520285057
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.82

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