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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

€ 127.13

Paperback. 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; New, Rebecca S.; LeVine, Robert A. Series: Blackwell Anthologies in Social and Cultural Anthropology. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JHMC; JMC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 171 x 26. Weight in Grams: 604.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631229766
ISBN
9780631229766
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.92

Paperback. .
Publisher
Pluto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745333649
ISBN
9780745333649
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.73

paperback. A provocative introduction to fieldwork and the concept of culture Num Pages: 246 pages, 7 b&w illus. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253222756
ISBN
9780253222756
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.44

Paperback. Global events of the early twenty-first century have placed stress on the relationship among anthropology, governance, and war. This title includes the essays that consider how anthropologists can, should, and do respond to military overtures, and articulate anthropological perspectives on global war and power relations. Editor(s): Kelly, John D.; Jauregui, Beatrice; Mitchell, Sean T.; Walton, Jeremy. Num Pages: 408 pages, 5 halftones, 3 tables. BIC Classification: JHM; JWA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 548.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226429946
ISBN
9780226429946
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.64

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

€ 60.05

paperback. Editor(s): Hastrup, Kirsten. Num Pages: 260 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white halftones, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 385.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781138952867
ISBN
9781138952867
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.31

Hardback. .
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782385561
ISBN
9781782385561
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.30
€ 74.23

Paperback. This sequel to "Encounters with Nationalism" explores the links in the past and in the present between anthropology and politics. It argues for rational, critical, and functionalist perspectives on the forms of social organization and the various political aspirations associated with them. Num Pages: 280 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JHM; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631199182
ISBN
9780631199182
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.50

Paperback. The award-winning anthropologist Sherry B. Ortner draws on her longstanding interest in theories of cultural practice to rethink key concepts of culture, agency, and subjectivity. Series: A John Hope Franklin Center Book. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 298. Culture, Power, and the Acting Subject. 216 pages. Draws on the author's longstanding interest in theories of cultural practice to rethink key concepts of culture, agency, and subjectivity for the social sciences of the twenty-first century. This work contains seven theoretical and interpretive essays that advocate reconfiguring, rather than abandoning, the concept of culture. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JHM. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 12. Weight: 290.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822338642
ISBN
9780822338642
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.20

Paperback. Offers an examination and discussion of theories of dance by the pioneer of the anthropology of human movement. Suitable for graduate students in anthropology faced with the wide spectrum of theories of human movement, this title examines subjects ranging from Aboriginal and African dances to the Royal Ballet. Num Pages: 328 pages, 2 photographs, 12 line drawings. BIC Classification: ASD; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 26. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252071348
ISBN
9780252071348
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.81

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
€ 27.51

Paperback. Argyrou puts forward a powerful critique of both modern and postmodern anthropology that reveals the self-centered logic of anthropological humanism. Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 136 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 9. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745318592
ISBN
9780745318592
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.65

hardcover. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; AMA; JHMC; JNA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415786546
ISBN
9780415786546
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 174.01

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. Examines the influence of McCarthyism and the CIA on anthropology in the cold war era. Editor(s): Wax, Dustin M. Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJP; JHMC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 11. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Pluto Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745325866
ISBN
9780745325866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.65

Hardcover. Between 1914 and 1918, German anthropologists conducted their work in the midst of full-scale war. The discipline was relatively new in German academia when World War I broke out. The author reveals that its development was profoundly altered by the conflict. He examines both the origins and consequences of this shift. Num Pages: 312 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBWN; JHMC; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226222677
ISBN
9780226222677
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.65
€ 89.55

Paperback. Between 1914 and 1918, German anthropologists conducted their work in the midst of full-scale war. The discipline was relatively new in German academia when World War I broke out. The author reveals that its development was profoundly altered by the conflict. He examines both the origins and consequences of this shift. Num Pages: 312 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBWN; JHMC; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226222684
ISBN
9780226222684
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 32.69

Hardback. This first English translation of lectures Claude Levi-Strauss delivered in Tokyo in 1986 synthesizes his ideas about structural anthropology, critiques his earlier writings on civilization, and assesses the dilemmas of cultural and moral relativism, including economic inequality, religious fundamentalism, and genetic and reproductive engineering. Translator(s): Todd, Jane Marie. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBLW; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 188 x 116 x 16. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
144
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Tra
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674072909
ISBN
9780674072909
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.75

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

€ 60.12

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