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Society & culture: general

Hardback. Posing a challenge to dominant trends in cultural analysis, this book covers the whole history of the concept of culture, providing the broadest study of this notion. It examines the principal methodological strategies or metaphors of anthropology and argues that they do not manage to escape anthropology's grounding in representational practices. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 23. Weight in Grams: 505.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823228775
ISBN
9780823228775
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.58

paperback. Accessibly written for students, this work emphasises the varying conceptions of the self found cross-culturally and contrasts these with the conceptions found in the Western intellectual traditions. Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; JFC; JHM; JMH; JMS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745308586
ISBN
9780745308586
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.70

Paperback. Anthropology Matters places the study of anthropology concretely in the world by which it is surrounded. It uses a question-based approach to introduce important anthropological concepts, embedding those concepts in contemporary global issues that will interest readers. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL; JHM; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781487593209
ISBN
9781487593209
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.75

Hardback. As scientists claiming specialized knowledge about indigenous peoples, especially American Indians, anthropologists used expositions to promote their quest for professional status and authority. This title shows how anthropology showcased itself "to show each half of the world how the other half lives". Series: Critical Studies in the History of Anthropology. Num Pages: 552 pages, 48 photos, 2 maps, 10 tables, index. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 35. Weight in Grams: 976.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
552
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803237599
ISBN
9780803237599
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.88

Paperback. Takes readers through the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition to show how anthropology, as conceptualized by W J McGee, the first president of the American Anthropological Association, showcased itself through programs, static displays, and exhibits for millions of people 'to show each half of the world how the other half lives'. Series: Critical Studies in the History of Anthropology. Num Pages: 552 pages, 48 photographs, 2 maps, 10 tables, 12 appendixes, index. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJK; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 31. Weight in Grams: 857.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
552
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803227965
ISBN
9780803227965
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. Using cultural anthropology to analyze debates that reverberate throughout the human sciences, this text looks at cultural anthropology's past accomplishments, its current predicaments, its future direction, and the insights it has to offer other fields of study. Num Pages: 228 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFS; JHM; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
228
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
Second
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226504506
ISBN
9780226504506
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 25.06

Paperback. An account of how anthropology has responded to and helped shape ideas about race and culture in the United States, and how its ideas have been appropriated to different ends. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822346982
ISBN
9780822346982
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Hardback. The published work of Claude Levi--Strauss over the last three and a half decades has established him as one of the worlda s most innovative anthropologists. Yet throughout this period he was maintaining a full taching commitment in Paris. Translator(s): Willis, R. Num Pages: 288 pages, index. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 548.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st U.S. edition,
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631144748
ISBN
9780631144748
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.60

Paperback. Series: Culture, Illness & Healing. Num Pages: 314 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1989
Number of pages
314
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792301585
ISBN
9780792301585
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 241.01

Hardcover. This unprecedented collection of articles is an introduction to the study of cultural variations in childhood across the world and to the theoretical frameworks for investigating and interpreting them. Editor(s): LeVine, Robert A.; New, Rebecca S. Series: Wiley Blackwell Anthologies in Social and Cultural Anthropology. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 193 x 24. Weight in Grams: 822.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631229759
ISBN
9780631229759
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.13

Paperback. * Treats modernity as an ethnographic object by focusing on its concrete manifestations. * Tackles issues of broad interest: from colonialism and globalization to war, genetics, and AIDS. * Draws on work from North and South America, Europe, Africa, and South and Southeast Asia. Editor(s): Inda, Jonathan Xavier. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 175 x 21. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631228271
ISBN
9780631228271
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.30

Hardcover. * Treats modernity as an ethnographic object by focusing on its concrete manifestations. * Tackles issues of broad interest: from colonialism and globalization to war, genetics, and AIDS. * Draws on work from North and South America, Europe, Africa, and South and Southeast Asia. Editor(s): Inda, Jonathan Xavier. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 263 x 187 x 27. Weight in Grams: 712.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631228264
ISBN
9780631228264
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.62

Paperback. Editor(s): Salazar, Juan Francisco; Pink, Sarah; Irving, Andrew; Sjoberg, Johannes. Num Pages: 280 pages, 41 bw illus. BIC Classification: GPS; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474264877
ISBN
9781474264877
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.78

Paperback. Anthropological linguistics is concerned with the place of language in its social and cultural context. This book provides a review of research questions which span the disciplines of linguinitics and anthropology, yet presents a biologically based view of this cross-disciplinary field. Series: Language in Society. Num Pages: 520 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 29. Weight in Grams: 642.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
520
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631151227
ISBN
9780631151227
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.83

Paperback. Series: American Controversies. Num Pages: 238 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 226 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742551978
ISBN
9780742551978
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.20

Hardcover. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BM; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The New Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781620970751
ISBN
9781620970751
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 32.69

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HRCA; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801063343
ISBN
9780801063343
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.67

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HRCA; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801064234
ISBN
9780801064234
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 16.86

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HRCA; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801060632
ISBN
9780801060632
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.82

Paperback. Presents the full text of Chief Seattle's 1887 speech delivered to Washington Territory governor Isaac Stevens, and examines its origins, historical context, and twentieth-century versions and interpretations. Series: Samuel and Althea Stroum Books. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 142 x 11. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295976334
ISBN
9780295976334
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.28

Hardback. Brings together an international collection of contemporary scholars and clinicians to address the interface and the mutual influence of Jewish thought and modern psychoanalysis. Editor(s): Aron, Lewis; Henik, Libby. Series: Psychoanalysis and Jewish Life. Num Pages: 425 pages, 1. BIC Classification: JFSR1; JMAF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 168 x 29. Weight in Grams: 782.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Academic Studies Press United States
Number of pages
425
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934843376
ISBN
9781934843376
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 170.12

Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1KBB; JFFS; JFS; JHB; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816689392
ISBN
9780816689392
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Paperback / so. Editor(s): Glatzer, Wolfgang Dr. Series: Gegenwartskunde - Sonderheft. Num Pages: 414 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 595.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
Number of pages
414
Condition
New
SKU
V9783810022547
ISBN
9783810022547
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.42

perfect. Num Pages: 205 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Deutscher Universit?tsverlag United Kingdom
Number of pages
205
Condition
New
Edition
1989th Edition
SKU
V9783824440139
ISBN
9783824440139
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.15

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