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Hardcover. During the 1970s a wave of "counter-culture" people moved into rural communities in many parts of Australia. This study focuses in particular on the town of Kuranda in North Queensland and the relationship between the settlers and the local Aboriginal population, concentrating on a number of linked social dramas.. Series: Space and Place. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBF; JFSL9; JFSS; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 161 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 512. Aboriginal Australians, Hippies and the State. Series: Space and Place. 284 pages, 17 ills, 3 maps. During the 1970s a wave of "counter-culture" people moved into rural communities in many parts of Australia. This study focuses in particular on the town of Kuranda in North Queensland and the relationship between the settlers and the local Aboriginal population, concentrating on a number of linked social dramas. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1MBF; JFSL9; JFSS; JHMC. Dimension: 161 x 229 x 19. Weight: 512.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857455086
ISBN
9780857455086
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.55

Hardcover. Everyday practice of religion is complex in its nature, ambivalent, and at times contradictory. The task of an anthropology of religious practice is therefore precisely to see how people navigate and make sense of that complexity, and what the significance of religious beliefs and practices in a given setting can be. Editor(s): Schielke, Samuli; Debevec, Liza. Series: EASA Series. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRA; JFSR; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 14. Weight in Grams: 360. An Anthropology of Everyday Religion. Series: EASA Series. 184 pages. Editor(s): Schielke, Samuli; Debevec, Liza. Everyday practice of religion is complex in its nature, ambivalent, and at times contradictory. The task of an anthropology of religious practice is therefore precisely to see how people navigate and make sense of that complexity, and what the significance of religious beliefs and practices in a given setting can be. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: HRA; JFSR; JHMC. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 14. Weight: 358.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857455062
ISBN
9780857455062
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.60

Hardcover. This path-breaking volume explores the influence of Islamic attitudes on assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) and reveals the variations in both the Islamic jurisprudence and the cultural responses to ARTs. Editor(s): Inhorn, Marcia C.; Tremayne, Soraya. Series: Fertility, Reproduction & Sexuality. Num Pages: 304 pages, 4 tables and figs. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1QFM; JFSR2; MFKC; PSXM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 152 x 236 x 23. Weight in Grams: 616. Sunni and Shia Perspectives. Series: Fertility, Reproduction & Sexuality. 304 pages, 4 tables and figs. Editor(s): Inhorn, Marcia C.; Tremayne, Soraya. This path-breaking volume explores the influence of Islamic attitudes on assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) and reveals the variations in both the Islamic jurisprudence and the cultural responses to ARTs. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1QFM; JFSR2; MFKC; PSXM. Dimension: 152 x 236 x 23. Weight: 616.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857454904
ISBN
9780857454904
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 166.94

Hardcover. The Politics and Pragmatics of Inter-communal Relations Around Holy Places. 196 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Bowman, Glenn. By including both historical processes and particular events, this volume demonstrates the importance of understanding the wider contexts within which social interactions take place and shows that tolerance and inter-communalism are simultaneously possible and perpetually under threat. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: HRLF; JFSR; JHMC. Dimension: 152 x 236 x 14. Weight: 380.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857454867
ISBN
9780857454867
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.77

Hardcover. This book provides a needed framework for understanding the rich history of German- and Czech-Jewish politics and culture in Bohemia and is a notable contribution to the historiography of Bohemian, Czechoslovak and central European Jewry. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVKC; HBJD; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 528. National Identity of the Jews of Bohemia. 296 pages, 25 figs and tables, 1 map. This book provides a needed framework for understanding the rich history of German- and Czech-Jewish politics and culture in Bohemia and is a notable contribution to the historiography of Bohemian, Czechoslovak and central European Jewry. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1DVKC; HBJD; HBTB; JFSR1. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 20. Weight: 528.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857454744
ISBN
9780857454744
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.60

Hardcover. This volume reassesses maternalism by providing critical reflections on prior usages of the concept, and by expanding its meaning to encompass geographical areas, political regimes, and cultural concerns that scholars have rarely addressed. Editor(s): Klein, Marian van der; Plant, Rebecca Jo; Sanders, Nichole; Weintrob, Lori. Series: International Studies in Social History. Num Pages: 288 pages, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBLW; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857454669
ISBN
9780857454669
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.48

Hardcover. Michel Foucault's seminal The History of Sexuality (1976-1984) has since its publication provided a context for the emergence of critical historical studies of sexuality. This collection reassesses the state of the historiography on sexuality - a field in which the German case has been traditionally central. Editor(s): Spector, Scott; Puff, Helmut; Herzog, Dagmar. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBTB; JFSJ; JHBK5. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 159 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857453730
ISBN
9780857453730
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.80

Hardcover. Riobamba and Cuenca,two intermediate cities in Ecuador, have become part of global networks through transnational migration, incoming remittances, tourism, and global economic connections. Their landscape is changing in several significant ways, a reflection of the social and urban transformations occurring in contemporary Ecuadorian society. Series: CEDLA Latin American Studies. Num Pages: 360 pages, 42 figs, 13 tables, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSE; JFSG; JHM; KCU. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 562. Housing and Social Transformations in Globalizing Ecuador. Series: CEDLA Latin American Studies. 360 pages, 42 figs, 13 tables, 5 maps. Riobamba and Cuenca,two intermediate cities in Ecuador, have become part of global networks through transnational migration, incoming remittances, tourism, and global economic connections. Their landscape is changing in several significant ways, a reflection of the social and urban transformations occurring in contemporary Ecuadorian society. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1KLSE; JFSG; JHM; KCU. Dimension: 235 x 153 x 22. Weight: 562.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857453716
ISBN
9780857453716
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.57

Hardcover. At the center of this investigation is the great modernization effort of a West German state, Bavaria, in the 1970s and 1980s, by means of a reform of the smaller units of local government. The reforms were meant to abolish all autonomous local governments serving populations of fewer than 3000.. Num Pages: 278 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; JFSF; JPR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 498. The Passing of a Way of Life. 288 pages, 35 ills. At the center of this investigation is the great modernization effort of a West German state, Bavaria, in the 1970s and 1980s, by means of a reform of the smaller units of local government. The reforms were meant to abolish all autonomous local governments serving populations of fewer than 3000. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; JFSF; JPR. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 19. Weight: 498.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857453471
ISBN
9780857453471
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.45

Hardcover. This book offers insights into the lives of children and youth in Britain, Japan, Spain, Israel/Palestine, Pakistan, and Ethiopia. Attention is focused on the child's perspective within the social-power dynamics involved in child-adult relations, which reveals the dilemmas of policy, planning, and parenting in a changing world. Editor(s): Waldren, Jacqueline; Kaminski, Ignacy-Marek. Series: New Directions in Anthropology. Num Pages: 206 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 160 x 234 x 16. Weight in Grams: 416. Childhood, Culture and Identity in a Changing World. Series: New Directions in Anthropology. 212 pages, 3 ills. Editor(s): Waldren, Jacqueline; Kaminski, Ignacy-Marek. This book offers insights into the lives of children and youth in Britain, Japan, Spain, Israel/Palestine, Pakistan, and Ethiopia. Attention is focused on the child's perspective within the social-power dynamics involved in child-adult relations, which reveals the dilemmas of policy, planning, and parenting in a changing world. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JHM. Dimension: 160 x 234 x 16. Weight: 416.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857453259
ISBN
9780857453259
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.85

Hardcover. The question of identity is one of present-day Israel's cardinal and most pressing issues. In a comprehensive examination of the identity issue, this study focuses on attitudes toward the Jewish people in Israel and the Diaspora; the Holocaust and its repercussions on identity; attitudes toward the state of Israel and Zionism.. Num Pages: 284 pages, 85 figs & tables. BIC Classification: 1FBH; JFSL; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 486. Jews and Arabs Facing the Salf and the Other. 284 pages, 85 figs & tables. The question of identity is one of present-day Israel's cardinal and most pressing issues. In a comprehensive examination of the identity issue, this study focuses on attitudes toward the Jewish people in Israel and the Diaspora; the Holocaust and its repercussions on identity; attitudes toward the state of Israel and Zionism. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1FBH; JFSL; JFSR1. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 11. Weight: 486.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857453051
ISBN
9780857453051
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.12

Hardcover. During the 1990s, Naples' left-wing administration sought to tackle the city's infamous reputation of being poor, crime-ridden, chaotic and dirty by reclaiming the city's cultural and architectural heritage. This book examines the conflicts surrounding the reimaging and reordering of the city's historic center through detailed case studies.. Series: Remapping Cultural History. Num Pages: 364 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; JFSG; RPC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 185 x 24. Weight in Grams: 622. Urban Change and Contested Space in Central Naples. Series: Remapping Cultural History. 364 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. During the 1990s, Naples' left-wing administration sought to tackle the city's infamous reputation of being poor, crime-ridden, chaotic and dirty by reclaiming the city's cultural and architectural heritage. This book examines the conflicts surrounding the reimaging and reordering of the city's historic center through detailed case studies. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1DST; JFSG; RPC. Dimension: 243 x 185 x 24. Weight: 622.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857452795
ISBN
9780857452795
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 167.20

Hardcover. In Israel, as in numerous countries of the global North, Filipina migrant women have been recruited in large numbers for domestic work, typically as live-in caregivers for the elderly. Nevertheless, the case of Israel is unique in many ways: the country has a special significance as the "Holy Land" for the predominantly devout Christian Filipina.. Series: EASA Series. Num Pages: 252 pages, 12 ills. BIC Classification: 1FBH; JFFN; JFSJ1; JFSL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 162 x 238 x 20. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857452610
ISBN
9780857452610
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.02

Hardcover. Anthropology is particularly well suited to explore the contemporary predicament in the coming of age of young men. Its grounded and comparative empiricism provides the opportunity to move beyond statistics, moral panics, or gender stereotypes in order to explore specific aspects of life course transitions.. Editor(s): Amit, Vered; Dyck, Noel. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ2; JFSP2; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 636. 328 pages. Editor(s): Amit, Vered; Dyck, Noel. Anthropology is particularly well suited to explore the contemporary predicament in the coming of age of young men. Its grounded and comparative empiricism provides the opportunity to move beyond statistics, moral panics, or gender stereotypes in order to explore specific aspects of life course transitions. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: JFSJ2; JFSP2; JHM. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 23. Weight: 622.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857452498
ISBN
9780857452498
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 167.00

Hardcover. Interpretations of the background to the Cuban diaspora - a political revolution and the subsequent radical transformation of the society and economy towards socialism - are politicised and highly contested. The Miami-based Cuban diaspora has had extraordinary success in putting its case high on the US political agenda.. Series: New Directions in Anthropology. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KJC; JFSL4; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 430. Memory, Politics, and Nation Among Cubans in Spain. Series: New Directions in Anthropology. 240 pages. Interpretations of the background to the Cuban diaspora - a political revolution and the subsequent radical transformation of the society and economy towards socialism - are politicised and highly contested. The Miami-based Cuban diaspora has had extraordinary success in putting its case high on the US political agenda. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KJC; JFSL4; JHM. Dimension: 226 x 163 x 18. Weight: 430.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857452450
ISBN
9780857452450
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.00

Hardcover. The globalization of Christianity, its spread and appeal to peoples of non-European origin, is by now a well-known phenomenon. Scholars increasingly realize the importance of natives rather than foreign missionaries in the process of evangelization. Editor(s): Lindenfeld, David; Richardson, Miles. Num Pages: 312 pages, 12 ills. BIC Classification: HBTB; HRCX7; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 570. Indigenous Encounters with Missionary Christianity, 1800-2000. 312 pages, 12 ills. Editor(s): Lindenfeld, David; Richardson, Miles. The globalization of Christianity, its spread and appeal to peoples of non-European origin, is by now a well-known phenomenon. Scholars increasingly realize the importance of natives rather than foreign missionaries in the process of evangelization. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: HBTB; HRCX7; JFSL9; JHM. Dimension: 231 x 159 x 21. Weight: 570.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857452177
ISBN
9780857452177
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.63

Hardcover. The wide-ranging topics in this ethnographically based volume show the broad religious influence on both discursive and everyday moralities. The contributors reveal that although religion is a significant aspect of the various assemblages of morality, much like in other parts of the world, religion in postsocialist Russia cannot be separated.. Editor(s): Zigon, Jarrett. Num Pages: 244 pages, 5 ills. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HRAM1; HRCC8; JFSR; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857452092
ISBN
9780857452092
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.00

Hardcover. Focusing specifically on the maternal body, contributors to the volume examine how the language and notions of obesity connect with, or stand apart from, wider societal values and moralities to do with the body, fatness, reproduction, and what is considered natural.A" Editor(s): Unnithan-Kumar, Maya; Tremayne, Soraya. Series: Fertility, Reproduction & Sexuality. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; MMZF; PSXM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857451224
ISBN
9780857451224
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.20

Hardcover. Throughout the Weimar period the so-called masculinization of womanA" was much more than merely an outsider or subcultural phenomenon; it was central to representations of the changing female ideal. While some commentators celebrated this new,A" masculineA" woman as symbolic of women's entrance into non-traditional fields.. Series: Monographs in German History. Num Pages: 220 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBLW; JFSJ1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 169 x 16. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857451200
ISBN
9780857451200
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.60

Hardcover. The questions that inspired this study are central to contemporary research within environmental anthropology, political ecology, and environmental history: how does the introduction of a modern, capitalist, resource regime affect the livelihood of indigenous peoples? Num Pages: 352 pages, 2 maps, 19 ills. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSL9; JHMC; RNA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 578.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857451040
ISBN
9780857451040
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.88

Hardcover. This book provides an ethnographic account of life in a Parisian banlieue and examines how the residents of this multi-ethnic city come together to build, define, and put into practice their collective life. The book focuses on the French ideal of integration and its consequences within the multicultural context of contemporary France. Series: Berghahn Monographs in French Studies. Num Pages: 220 pages, 2 maps, 18 ills. BIC Classification: 1DDF; JFFN; JFSL; RP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 158 x 245 x 16. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857450845
ISBN
9780857450845
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.82

Hardcover. Emphasizing the global nature of racism, this volume brings together historians from various regional specializations to explore this phenomenon from comparative and transnational perspectives. The essays shed light on how racial ideologies and practices developed, changed, and spread in Europe, Asia, the Near East, Australia, and Africa.. Editor(s): Berg, Manfred; Wendt, Simon. Num Pages: 372 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSL1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
372
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857450760
ISBN
9780857450760
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 167.12

Hardcover. When researchers want to study indigenous populations they are dependent upon the highly variable way in which states or territories enumerate, categorize, and differentiate indigenous people. In this volume, anthropologists, historians, demographers, and sociologists examine the historical and contemporary construct of indigenous people.. Editor(s): Axelsson, Per; Skold, Peter. Num Pages: 332 pages, 1 map, 26 figs, 36 tables. BIC Classification: JFSL9; JHBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 622.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857450005
ISBN
9780857450005
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 167.00

Paperback. Series: Cornerstone Books. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Monthly Review Press Dublin, Ireland
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780853458463
ISBN
9780853458463
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.39

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