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Hardback. The relationship between language and various kinds of non-linguistic behavior has been of great fascination for many of those working in the fields of cultural anthropology, linguistics, and philosophy, or, broadly understood, cultural studies. The authors in this volume explore this relationship in a number of cultures and social contexts.. Editor(s): Stroinska, Magda. Series: Polygons. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; CJB; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 439.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571812025
- ISBN
- 9781571812025
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€ 161.13
€ 161.13
Hardback. The United States on the eve of the Second World War was still a society largely isolated from the world. Facing enemies with unfamiliar cultural traditions, the U.S. government turned to anthropologists for insight. The result was a research effort that continued long after the war, aimed, in the words of Margaret Mead, at analyzing the cultural. Editor(s): Mead, Margaret; Metraux, Rhoda. Series: Margaret Mead: The Study of Contemporary Western Cultures. Num Pages: 560 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 140 x 32. Weight in Grams: 804.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571812155
- ISBN
- 9781571812155
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Condition: New
€ 215.30
€ 215.30
Hardcover. Margaret Mead wrote this comprehensive sketch of the culture of the United States - the first since de Tocqueville - in 1942 at the beginnning of the Second World War, when Americans were confronted by foreign powers from both Europe and Asia in a particularly challenging manner. Mead's work became an instant classic. Series: Margaret Mead: The Study of Contemporary Western Cultures. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571812179
- ISBN
- 9781571812179
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Condition: New
€ 161.18
€ 161.18
Hardback. This volume brings together two classic works on the culture of the Russian people which have been long out of print. Gorer's Great Russian Culture and Mead's Soviet Attitudes towards Authority: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Problems of Soviet Character were among the first attempts by anthropologists to analyze Russian society. Series: Margaret Mead: The Study of Contemporary Western Cultures. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; GTB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 567.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571812308
- ISBN
- 9781571812308
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Condition: New
€ 161.88
€ 161.88
Hardback. This volume combines vivid descriptions of various public celebrations with a sophisticated methodological and theoretical approach. Editor(s): Heideking, Jurgen; Fabre, Genevieve. Num Pages: 316 pages, 12 ills. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 620.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571812377
- ISBN
- 9781571812377
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Condition: New
€ 162.17
€ 162.17
Hardback. Political scientists, demographers, legal scholars, and historians have come together in this volume, under the direction of the late Myron Weiner, one of the leading scholars in this field, to address three of the major sets of questions in the field of political demography. Editor(s): Weiner, Myron; Russell, Sharon Stanton. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JHBD; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 679.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571812629
- ISBN
- 9781571812629
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Condition: New
€ 162.68
€ 162.68
Hardback. In contrast to most other countries, both Germany and Israel have descent-based concepts of nationhood and have granted members of their nation (ethnic Germans and Jews) who wish to immigrate automatic access to their respective citizenship privileges. Editor(s): Levy, Daniel; Weiss, Yfaat. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1FBH; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 558.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571812919
- ISBN
- 9781571812919
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Condition: New
€ 161.96
€ 161.96
Hardback. Lamberti (history, Middlebury College) examines the culture wars that took place in 1920s and 1930s Germany over issues in education. She describes how innovative educators attempted to reform the stratified educational system to foster democracy and social justice. She also shows the relationship b Series: Monographs in German History. Num Pages: maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; JN. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 526.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571812988
- ISBN
- 9781571812988
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Condition: New
€ 161.66
€ 161.66
Hardback. Series: Studies in ethnopolitics. Num Pages: Bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JHMP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571813343
- ISBN
- 9781571813343
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Condition: New
€ 160.53
€ 160.53
Hardcover. Editor(s): Harzig, Christiane; Juteau, Danielle. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- illustrated edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571813756
- ISBN
- 9781571813756
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Condition: New
€ 162.27
€ 162.27
Hardback. Editor(s): Dijkzeul, Dennis; Beigbeder, Yves. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JPSN. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 586.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571813800
- ISBN
- 9781571813800
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.59
€ 162.59
Hardback. The historic myths of a people/nation usually play an important role in the creation and consolidation of the basic concepts from which the self-image of that nation derives. These concepts include not only images of the nation itself, but also images of other peoples. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DF; HBJD; JPFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 535.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571813848
- ISBN
- 9781571813848
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Condition: New
€ 161.78
€ 161.78
Hardback. The essays of Sound Matters investigate the ways in which texts, artists, and performers in all kinds of media have utilized sonic materials in order to enforce or complicate dominant notions of German cultural and national identity. Editor(s): Alter, Nora M.; Koepnick, Lutz. Num Pages: 256 pages, Bibliog., index. BIC Classification: 1DFG; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571814364
- ISBN
- 9781571814364
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Condition: New
€ 161.49
€ 161.49
Educational Histories of European Social Anthropology
Schippers, Thomas K.; Drackle, Dorle; Edgar, ...
hardcover. Aimed at professional anthropologists, their students and academic policy-makers, the contributions to this volume provide an unprecedented array of insights into the current teaching and learning of social anthropology across Europe. With case-studies from eighteen different countries this volume presents a rich panorama of local histories.. Editor(s): Drackle, Dorle; Edgar, Iain R.; Schippers, Thomas K. Series: Learning Fields S. Num Pages: bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1D; HBTB; JHMC; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 573.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571814524
- ISBN
- 9781571814524
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Condition: New
€ 161.34
€ 161.34
Hardback. Investigating how ideas about village boundaries and private property in the Trentino region of northern Italy form the background against which regionalist ideologies are understood, this study suggests that ideas about regionalism largely reflect views about private property. Series: New Directions in Anthropology. Num Pages: 24 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; JHM; KFFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571814630
- ISBN
- 9781571814630
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Condition: New
€ 161.45
€ 161.45
Hardback. Editor(s): Anderson, David G.; Berglund, Eeva. Num Pages: 256 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: JHM; RG; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571814647
- ISBN
- 9781571814647
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Condition: New
€ 161.37
€ 161.37
Hardback. The extension of the EU into the Mediterranean areas led to a redefinition of social difference in Spain, creating new boundaries in the interior. This text traces the historical processes by which Andalusians experienced the shift from being poor emigrants to northern Europe to becoming privileged citizens of the southern borderland of the EU. Series: New Directions in Anthropology. Num Pages: bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 230 x 19. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571814722
- ISBN
- 9781571814722
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.84
€ 161.84
Hardback. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AV; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 232 x 25. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571814890
- ISBN
- 9781571814890
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 179.67
€ 179.67
Hardback. Editor(s): Tremayne, Soraya. Num Pages: index. BIC Classification: JHBD; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 515.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571815002
- ISBN
- 9781571815002
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.11
€ 164.11
Hardback. Historians Dennis and Kolinsky (both affiliated with the U. of Wolverhampton, UK) see the reunification of Germany as a one- directional process in which the social and political model of western Germany was imposed on the eastern half of the country, creating imbalances, failing to replicate the wes Editor(s): Dennis, Mike; Kolinsky, Eva. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; JH; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571815132
- ISBN
- 9781571815132
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.06
€ 161.06