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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

€ 59.60

Paperback. aeo Emphasizes contemporary debates. aeo Situates these debates against the historical background. aeo Examines theoretical issues in a practical context. Num Pages: 416 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 173 x 26. Weight in Grams: 622.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631142249
ISBN
9780631142249
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.57

Paperback. Political, domestic, and economic life is dominated by networks of powerful men. In Masculinity and Power Arthur Brittan analyses this state of affairs. Num Pages: 224 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631141679
ISBN
9780631141679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.57

Paperback. Gives teachers, student teachers and parents insight into the development and education of children between the ages of five and eight. It considers first the physical, emotional and moral development through these years and then examines the curriculum best suited for the needs of this age-group. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JNC; JNLA; JNLB; JNS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631140054
ISBN
9780631140054
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.04

Paperback. In Singer's book, the idea of the animal rights movement is set in the context of scientific knowledge, philosophy, and ethics. This highly readable account gives an invaluable introduction to modern thought on animal rights. (Animals/Pets) Editor(s): Singer, Peter. Num Pages: 218 pages, forms transparencies. BIC Classification: JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 201 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631138969
ISBN
9780631138969
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.55

Paperback. This work offers students of politics and sociology a non-technical explanation of public choice in theory and practice, examining its intellectual roots in games theory, co-operation and collective choice. Num Pages: 230 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JPWD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631138396
ISBN
9780631138396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.57

Paperback. This book fundamentally challenges the radical credentials of post--structuralism. Though Derrida, Foucault and Deleuze claim to have a deconstructeda metaphysics, their work has much in common with previous attempts to a enda the metaphysical tradition, from Kant to Nietzshe and Heidegger, and by sociology in general. Num Pages: 240 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631137085
ISBN
9780631137085
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.55

Paperback. This work provides a comprehensive introduction to the theory and practice of working with young children in nursery and infant schools. Editor(s): Fontana, David. Num Pages: 328 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JNC; JNLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631135852
ISBN
9780631135852
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.55

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JNSG; JNU; YQM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 151 x 228 x 11. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631135814
ISBN
9780631135814
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.41

paperback. Editor(s): Nyman, Heikki; Anscombe, G. E. M.; Wright, G. H. von. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; JMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 121 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell Oxford
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631130628
ISBN
9780631130628
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.56

Paperback. Rationality contains a selection of the best contemporary writing on one of the central issues in the philosophy of social science. Editor(s): Wilson, Bryan. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 141 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1504.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631099000
ISBN
9780631099000
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.55

Paperback. Presents the skills needed to fight back against the spammers, con artists, and identity thieves that plague the Internet. This practical guide shows how to extract the information that lies hidden in every email message, web page, and web server on the Internet. The examples illustrate the techniques discussed. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JKVF; UDB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 178 x 11. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
O'Reilly Media, Inc, USA United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780596100063
ISBN
9780596100063
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 41.15

Hardback. Draws upon film theory, animation theory, and philosophy to examine modes of animation storytelling that address aesthetic experience within contexts of technological, environmental, and socio-cultural change. Num Pages: 255 pages, 24 b/w. BIC Classification: APFV; JFCA; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 237 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520292550
ISBN
9780520292550
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.09
€ 72.48

Hardback. When Alex Haley's book Roots was published by Doubleday in 1976, it became an immediate bestseller. The television series, broadcast by ABC in 1977, became the most popular miniseries of all time. This book looks at the importance, contradictions, and limitations of mass culture and examines how Roots pushed the boundaries of history. Num Pages: 280 pages, 22 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; HBJK; HBTB; JFD; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 147 x 24. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520291324
ISBN
9780520291324
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 23.01

Paperback. Why is it that the rates of developing schizophrenia - long the poster child for the biomedical model of psychiatric illness - are low in some countries and not others? This book gives an account of the different experiences living with serious psychotic disorder in the U.S., India, Africa, and South East Asia. Editor(s): Luhrmann, T. M.; Marrow, Jocelyn. Series: Ethnographic Studies in Subjectivity. Num Pages: 256 pages, 15 black and white. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520291096
ISBN
9780520291096
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.98

Paperback. Using a fresh approach to understanding consent, the author presents two case studies of activities in which participants engage in violent acts: competitive mixed martial arts (MMA) and sexual sadism and masochism (BDSM). Num Pages: 160 pages, 2 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: JKV; LAQ; LNFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 234.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520290662
ISBN
9780520290662
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.74

Hardback. Featuring essays by a multidisciplinary group of leading scholars and writers, this volume investigates the intersection of aerospace and Southern California through the lenses of anthropology, history of science and technology, labor, business, ethnicity and gender, architecture, and the environment. Editor(s): Westwick, Peter J. Series: Western Histories. Num Pages: 320 pages, 24 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520289062
ISBN
9780520289062
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

Paperback. Offers a unique view into the conceptual and moral world of slum-bound Dalits ("untouchables") in the South Indian city of Chennai. Focusing on the decision by many women to embrace locally specific forms of Pentecostal Christianity, the author challenges dominant anthropological understandings of religion as a matter of culture and identity. Series: The Anthropology of Christianity. Num Pages: 312 pages, 14 b/w halftones, 1 line art. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRC; JFSC; JFSR; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 228 x 21. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520288829
ISBN
9780520288829
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.74

Paperback. Based on intensive fieldwork conducted among worshippers in Bengal's Navadvip-Mayapur sacred complex, this book discusses the diverse and contrasting ways in which Bengal-Vaishnava devotees experience sacred geography and divinity. Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 294 pages, 14 b/w. BIC Classification: JFSR; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520287716
ISBN
9780520287716
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.12

Paperback. Freighted with the mythical legacies of stonemasons' guilds and the Newtonian revolution, English Freemasonry arrived in colonial America with a vast array of cultural baggage. This book shows how Freemasonry has contributed to a broader understanding of the multiple influences that have shaped religion in American culture. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFC; JFSV1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520287600
ISBN
9780520287600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 23.09

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