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Society & culture: general
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
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Condition: New
€ 163.83
€ 163.83
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
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Condition: New
€ 152.06
€ 152.06
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
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Condition: New
€ 152.67
€ 152.67
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
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Condition: New
€ 152.06
€ 152.06
Hardcover. The focus of the study is Subang Jaya's field of residential affairs, a digitally mediated social field in which residents, civil servants, politicians, online journalists and other social agents struggle over how the locality is to be governed at the dawn of the Information Era.A" Series: Anthropology of Media. Num Pages: 152 pages, 15 ills. BIC Classification: 1FMM; JFD; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 14. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857451972
- ISBN
- 9780857451972
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Condition: New
€ 151.67
€ 151.67
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
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Condition: New
€ 152.26
€ 152.26
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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857451200
- ISBN
- 9780857451200
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Condition: New
€ 151.67
€ 151.67
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
€ 152.93
€ 152.93
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
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Condition: New
€ 151.90
€ 151.90
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
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Condition: New
€ 163.95
€ 163.95
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
€ 163.83
€ 163.83
Hardcover. Intends to assemble a set of essays that invent, develop, and/or demonstrate strategies for theorizing one or several dynamic processes, so as to identify, illustrate by example, and analyze specific problems as well as connect theorizations of process across different disciplines of inquiry. Editor(s): Dahms, Harry; Hazelrigg, Lawrence. Series Editor(s): Dahms, Harry. Series: Current Perspectives in Social Theory. Num Pages: 392 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFF; JHBA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 156 x 235 x 34. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857242235
- ISBN
- 9780857242235
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 229.17
€ 229.17
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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Monthly Review Press Dublin, Ireland
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853458463
- ISBN
- 9780853458463
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.32
€ 13.99
€ 13.32
Paperback. Num Pages: 309 pages, 21 cm. BIC Classification: 1HFM; JFSJ1; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 207 x 26. Weight in Grams: 442.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Monthly Review Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853458302
- ISBN
- 9780853458302
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.44
€ 29.44
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- CABI Publishing United Kingdom
- Edition
- First
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851990842
- ISBN
- 9780851990842
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 208.46
€ 208.46
Hardcover. Although living conditions have improved throughout history, protest seems to have increased to the point of becoming a normal phenomenon in modern societies. This volume examines how and why this is the case. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFF; JHBA; JKSW2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 37. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847698561
- ISBN
- 9780847698561
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 172.17
€ 172.17
Paperback. The Perfect Baby is the most popular introduction to ethical issues in genetics. This new edition has been updated to discuss and debate advances in high tech reproduction, genetic testing, gene therapy, human cloning, and stem cell research. It includes a new epilogue by cloning pioneer Ian Wilmut and Glenn McGee. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JF; MBDC; MFK; MFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847697595
- ISBN
- 9780847697595
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.23
€ 34.23
Once a central concept in anthropology, syncretism has re-emerged as a tool for understanding the dynamics of ethnicity, postcolonialism and transnationalism. This text formulates a view of the mixing and interpenetration of religious beliefs and practices, primarily from Africa and Europe. Editor(s): Greenfield, Sidney M.; Droogers, Andrew. Num Pages: 232 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1HFD; 1KJC; 1KLSB; HR; JFSL; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 230 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847688531
- ISBN
- 9780847688531
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.44
€ 63.44
Paperback. Offers students with an understanding of the crisis in Colombia. This book focuses on the 1990s, a decade that witnessed a strengthening of the guerrilla insurgency in the Americas. Editor(s): Bergquist, Charles; Penaranda, Ricardo; Sanchez, Gonzalo. Series: Latin American Silhouettes. Num Pages: 288 pages, chronology, glossary, index, charts. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; JFFE; JPS; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S.
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842028707
- ISBN
- 9780842028707
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.78
€ 63.78
Paperback. Looks at life in Cuba, including descriptions of its people and places. This book illuminates the human face of Cuba, which over the years has largely been hidden. Series: Latin American Silhouettes. Num Pages: 184 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KJC; JFC; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 166 x 12. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Edition
- CA res. please inc. 7.25% tax
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842028370
- ISBN
- 9780842028370
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.06
€ 50.06
Hardcover. Num Pages: 298 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; BM; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 209 x 26. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Beaufort Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780825306938
- ISBN
- 9780825306938
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.33
€ 25.99
€ 23.33
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, maps. BIC Classification: BGA; BGHA; JFSJ1; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Beaufort Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780825306839
- ISBN
- 9780825306839
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.43
€ 16.99
€ 16.43
Paperback. Analyzes global economic forecasts and the United Nations pattern of philanthropy Editor(s): Cahill, Kevin M. Series: International Humanitarian Affairs. Num Pages: 180 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JFFC; MJCJ; RNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823250189
- ISBN
- 9780823250189
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.24
€ 40.24
Paperback. Contends that the notions of media pluralism and diversity have been reduced to empty catchphrases or conflated with consumer choice and market competition Series: Donald McGannon Communication Research Center's Everett C. Parker Book Series. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823245130
- ISBN
- 9780823245130
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.11
€ 43.11