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Hardcover. Based on vivid and colorful case studies about Mafiosi, priests, mothers, and migrants, the author offers new perspectives on the anthropology of religion and magic through categories of landscape, the body, human practice, and material experience. Series: EASA Series. Num Pages: 316 pages, 30 ills. BIC Classification: 1DST; HRA; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845454821
- ISBN
- 9781845454821
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.00
€ 155.00
Political Violence in the Weimar Republic, 1918-1933: Fight for the St...
Journal Of Modern European History
Hardcover. The Prussian province of Saxony-where the Communist uprising of March 1921 took place and two Combat Leagues (Wehrverbande) were founded (the right-wing Stahlhelm and the Social Democratic Reichsbanner) - is widely recognized as a politically important region in this period of German history. Series: Studies in Germany History. Num Pages: 346 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845454609
- ISBN
- 9781845454609
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.17
€ 167.17
Hardcover. In nineteenth-century Europe the ruling elites viewed the theater as a form of communication which had enormous importance. The theater provided the most significant form of mass entertainment and was the only arena aside from the church in which regular mass gatherings were possible. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; AN; JFMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845454593
- ISBN
- 9781845454593
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.52
€ 155.52
Hardcover. As the transition from socialism to a market economy gathered speed in the early 1990s, many people proclaimed the final success of capitalism as a practice and neo-liberal economics as its accompanying science.. Editor(s): Gudeman, Stephen. Series: Studies in Rhetoric and Culture. Num Pages: 248 pages, 3 ills. BIC Classification: JHM; KCP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 11. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845454364
- ISBN
- 9781845454364
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.88
€ 154.88
Hardcover. One of the foremost scholars on Turkish migration, the author offers in this work the summary of her experiences and research on Turkish migration since 1963. Translator(s): Campion, Caterine. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVT; HBLW3; JFFN. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845454258
- ISBN
- 9781845454258
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.80
€ 155.80
Hardcover. The genealogical model has a long-standing history in Western thought. The contributors to this volume consider the ways in which assumptions about the genealogical model-in particular, ideas concerning sequence, essence, and transmission.. Editor(s): Bamford, Sandra; Leach, James. Series: Fertility, Reproduction & Sexuality. Num Pages: 264 pages, 20 ills. BIC Classification: JHM; PSXM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845454227
- ISBN
- 9781845454227
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.40
€ 155.40
Hardcover. In the second half of the twentieth century France played a great role in shaping the European Union. By the early twenty-first century, however, in a hugely transformed Europe, this era had patently come to an end. This book shows how France coupled the pursuit of power and the furtherance of European integration over a sixty-year period. Series: Monographs in French Studies. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJP; 3JMC; HBJD; JPSL; JPSN2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845453930
- ISBN
- 9781845453930
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.54
€ 167.54
Hardcover. Bringing together key historical and innovative ethnographic materials on the peoples of the South-West Province of Cameroon and the Nigerian borderlands, this volume presents critical and analytical approaches to the production of ethnic, political, religious, and gendered identities in the region. Editor(s): Fowler, Ian; Fanso, Verkijika G. Series: Cameroon Studies. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1HFJA; HBJH; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845453367
- ISBN
- 9781845453367
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.80
€ 155.80
Hardcover. Anthropologists who are employed to change the worlds they are researching find themselves in a potentially contradictory position. Combining the various roles and expectations involved in working with Gypsies and local government at the same time as conducting anthropological research, provides the overall perspective of the study. Series: Applied Anthropology S. Num Pages: 20 ills, bibliog., index. BIC Classification: 1DBKEY; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845452308
- ISBN
- 9781845452308
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.88
€ 154.88
Hardcover. In neo-liberal political and economic climate, it is suggested that a state stands in opposition to an autonomous civil society. This book offers insights into the dynamics of state and civil society relations, against trends of undermining the importance of the welfare state, and presents autonomous civic participation as the only way forward. Editor(s): Tragardh, Lars. Series: European Civil Society. Num Pages: Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DNS; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845451875
- ISBN
- 9781845451875
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.60
€ 155.60
Hardcover. Edith and Victor Turner were among the most influential researchers and teachers and social and cultural anthropology in the twentieth century. This memoir is a testimony to a remarkable partnership and to Edie Turner's own achievements during more than two decades after Victor's untimely death. Num Pages: index. BIC Classification: BG; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845451264
- ISBN
- 9781845451264
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.52
€ 155.52
Hardcover. Divided into 3 parts, this book documents the development and implementation of refugee policy in South Africa. It addresses issues on detention, children and health, and welfare policy for refugees. It aims to represent the tangible shifts and concerns of a process aimed at establishing policies, legislation and practice concerning refugees. Editor(s): Handmaker, Jeff; De la Hunt, Lee Anne; Klaaren, Jonathan. Series: Human Rights in Context. Num Pages: 16 ills, bibliog., index. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JFFD; JPQB; JPVH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845451097
- ISBN
- 9781845451097
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 166.82
€ 166.82
Hardcover. From a comparative perspective, human life histories are unique and raising offspring is unusually costly: humans have relatively short birth intervals compared to other apes, childhood is long, mothers care simultaneously for many dependent children (other apes raise one offspring at a time), infant mortality is high in natural fertility/mortality Editor(s): Bentley, Gillian R.; Mace, Ruth. Series: Studies of the BioSocial Society. Num Pages: 8 ills. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845451066
- ISBN
- 9781845451066
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.06
€ 167.06
Hardcover. Plants have cultural histories, and their culturally known applications change through time and across contexts. The impact of individual plant species on human cultures has been profound, whether it is the coca and quinine from South America or tea and coffee from the Old World. This pattern is seen in all types of uses that humans make of plants. Editor(s): Hsu, Elisabeth; Harris, Stephen. Series: Epistemologies of Healing. Num Pages: 330 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM; PSXM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845450601
- ISBN
- 9781845450601
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.88
€ 155.88
Hardcover. Zanzibar, an island off the East African coast, with its Muslim and Swahili population, offers rich material for this study of identity, religion, and multiculturalism. This book focuses on the phenomenon of spirit possession in Zanzibar Town and the relationships created between humans and spirits; it provides a way to apprehend how society.. Series: Social Identities. Num Pages: 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HFG; AFKP; HRLF; JHMC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845450557
- ISBN
- 9781845450557
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.42
€ 154.42
Paperback. Features 90 Landmark Vehicles from 1900-1945 with Over 370 Colour and Black-and-white Archive Photographs. 128 pages, 370+photos & ills. Features 90 landmark vehicles from 1900-1945 shown in over 370 colour and black-and-white archive photographs. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 3JJF; 3JJH; HBW; JWMV. Dimension: 284 x 229 x 15. Weight: 678.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Anness
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844763702
- ISBN
- 9781844763702
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.48
€ 18.99
€ 18.48
Paperback. First-hand account of the largest pro-labor mass mobilization in modern American history. Editor(s): Buhle, Mari Jo; Buhle, Paul. Num Pages: 160 pages, ill. BIC Classification: JP; KNXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Verso Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844678884
- ISBN
- 9781844678884
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.50
€ 16.99
€ 14.50
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Verso Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844678617
- ISBN
- 9781844678617
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.65
€ 19.65
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Verso Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844677542
- ISBN
- 9781844677542
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 21.20
€ 26.99
€ 21.20
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 205
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844156221
- ISBN
- 9781844156221
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 35.16
€ 42.99
€ 35.16