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Paperback. This new edition presents a nuanced and credible picture of childhood in different cultures, past and present. Num Pages: 547 pages, 34 b/w illus. BIC Classification: JFSP31; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 23. Weight in Grams: 876.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107420984
ISBN
9781107420984
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.64

Paperback. The Anthropology of Citizenship introduces the theoretical foundations of and cutting edge approaches to citizenship in the contemporary world, in local, national and global contexts. Key readings provide a cross-cultural perspective on citizenship practices, and an individual citizen's relationship with the state. Series: Wiley Blackwell Anthologies in Social and Cultural Anthropology. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 170 x 238 x 17. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118424452
ISBN
9781118424452
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.71

hardcover. The Anthropology of Citizenship introduces the theoretical foundations of and cutting edge approaches to citizenship in the contemporary world, in local, national and global contexts. Key readings provide a cross-cultural perspective on citizenship practices, and an individual citizen s relationship with the state. Series: Wiley Blackwell Anthologies in Social and Cultural Anthropology. Num Pages: 344 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 178 x 21. Weight in Grams: 688.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781118412916
ISBN
9781118412916
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.29

Paperback. This anthology brings together important classical works and contemporary scholarship for a complete anthropological evaluation of the relationship between culture and climate change. The essays cover a range of topics, including environmental determinism, climatic events as social catalysts, and climatic disasters. Editor(s): Dove, Michael R. Series: Wiley Blackwell Anthologies in Social and Cultural Anthropology. Num Pages: 360 pages, maps, figures. BIC Classification: JHM; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 169 x 18. Weight in Grams: 548.
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118383001
ISBN
9781118383001
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.35

Hardcover. This anthology brings together important classical works and contemporary scholarship for a complete anthropological evaluation of the relationship between culture and climate change. The essays cover a range of topics, including environmental determinism, climatic events as social catalysts, and climatic disasters. Editor(s): Dove, Michael R. Series: Wiley Blackwell Anthologies in Social and Cultural Anthropology. Num Pages: 360 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JHM; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 181 x 22. Weight in Grams: 714.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118383551
ISBN
9781118383551
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.33

Hardback. The collection traces the connections and conflicts between the local politics of corporate engagement and the global movements of CSR, revealing the ways in which social and environmental relations are transformed through the regimes of ethical capitalism. Editor(s): Dolan, Catherine; Rajak, Dinah. Series: Dislocations. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: JHMC; KJG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 237 x 20. Weight in Grams: 552.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785330711
ISBN
9781785330711
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 137.19

Hardcover. Contemporary life in most nation-states is not truly cultural, but rather "culture-like," especially in large-scale societies. Beginning with a distinction between special events and everyday life, Lewis examines fundamental events including play, ritual, work, and carnival and connects personal embodied habits and large-scale cultural practices. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
202
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137343987
ISBN
9781137343987
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.49

Paperback. Contemporary life in most nation-states is not truly cultural, but rather "culture-like," especially in large-scale societies. Beginning with a distinction between special events and everyday life, Lewis examines fundamental events including play, ritual, work, and carnival and connects personal embodied habits and large-scale cultural practices. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AS; JFC; JHB; JHM; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
201
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349465927
ISBN
9781349465927
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.53

Paperback. The Anthropology of Development and Globalization is a collection of readings that provides an unprecedented overview of this field that ranges from the field's classical origins to today's debates about the "magic" of the free market. Editor(s): Edelman, Marc; Haugerud, Angelique. Series: Blackwell Anthologies in Social and Cultural Anthropology. Num Pages: 416 pages, 0. BIC Classification: GTF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 171 x 33. Weight in Grams: 722.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631228806
ISBN
9780631228806
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.51

Paperback. Drawing from the work of anthropologists, as well as that of economists, sociologists, historians, geographers, feminists, and post-Marxists, this book presents an anthropological approach to economy that highlights the centrality of communal processes in the market. Num Pages: 200 pages, 7. BIC Classification: JHMC; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631225676
ISBN
9780631225676
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 46.02

Paperback. Offering insightful anthropological-historical contributions to the understanding of elites worldwide, this book helps us grasp their ways of life and role in times of contested global inequalities. Case studies include the Polish gentry, the white former colonial elite of Mauritius, professional elites, and transnational (financial) elites. Editor(s): Abbink, J; Salverda, T. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSR; JHBL; JHM; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 343.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
263
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349450602
ISBN
9781349450602
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.01

Hardcover. Offering insightful anthropological-historical contributions to the understanding of elites worldwide, this book helps us grasp their ways of life and role in times of contested global inequalities. Case studies include the Polish gentry, the white former colonial elite of Mauritius, professional elites, and transnational (financial) elites. Editor(s): Abbink, Jon; Salverda, Tijo. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCD; JFSC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137290540
ISBN
9781137290540
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.12

Paperback. Evil may be said to be shadowy, mysterious, covert, and associated with night, darkness, secrecy. It is a force acting to destroy the integrity, happiness and welfare of a normala society. It is at once the cause and the explanation of misfortune, of the wretchedness of human existence, and of our own individual wrongdoing. Editor(s): Parkin, Robert. Num Pages: 288 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPQ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631154327
ISBN
9780631154327
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.34

Hardback. Offers insights into the nature of expeditions and the human relationships that shaped them. This title examines, collected materials as well as museum and archive records, the contributors shed light on the complex social life and intimate work practices of the researchers involved in these expeditions. Num Pages: 250 pages, 35 halftones. BIC Classification: JHM; PDX; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 161 x 28. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Bard Graduate Center, Exhibitions Department United States
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9781941792001
ISBN
9781941792001
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.22
€ 49.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, 27ill. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 540.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252012495
ISBN
9780252012495
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

Paperback. Discusses extinction as a force shaping socio-cultural and biological life Editor(s): Sodikoff, Genese Marie. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 b&w illus. BIC Classification: JHM; RNKH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 227 x 19. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780253223647
ISBN
9780253223647
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Paperback. Editor(s): Hackett, Rosalind I. J.; Coleman, Simon. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 436.
Publisher
New York University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814772607
ISBN
9780814772607
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Hardback. Editor(s): Hackett, Rosalind I. J.; Coleman, Simon. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814772591
ISBN
9780814772591
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.45

Paperback. Updated with a fresh introduction and brand new selections, the second edition of The Anthropology of Globalization collects some of the decade's finest work on globalization, focusing on the increasing interconnectedness of people around the world, and the culturally specific ways in which these connections are mediated. Editor(s): Inda, Jonathan Xavier; Rosaldo, Renato. Series: Wiley Blackwell Readers in Anthropology. Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 174 x 26. Weight in Grams: 844.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405136129
ISBN
9781405136129
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.25

Hardback. Updated with a fresh introduction and brand new selections, the second edition of The Anthropology of Globalization collects some of the decade's finest work on globalization, focusing on the increasing interconnectedness of people around the world, and the culturally specific ways in which these connections are mediated. Editor(s): Inda, Jonathan Xavier; Rosaldo, Renato. Series: Wiley Blackwell Readers in Anthropology. Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 265 x 189 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1064.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405136136
ISBN
9781405136136
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.96

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