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Society & social sciences
Paperback. With an ethnologist's understanding of construct and practice, Marc Auge proves age is unrelated to the development of consciousness, desire, and representations of the self. In bold, eye-opening strokes, he isolates age as a physical marker and casts one's youthful approach to the world as the true measure of life's value. Translator(s): Gladding, Jody. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: HPX; JHMC; JMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 178 x 139 x 11. Weight in Grams: 128.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231175890
- ISBN
- 9780231175890
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.82
€ 25.82
hardcover. An introduction to the notable collection of West African art from the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art. It specifically addresses the role of the art object as a link between the spiritual and the temporal worlds. Objects examined include a bowl from Cameroon and a fertility figure from Ghana. Num Pages: 240 pages, 17 colour illustrations, 76 b&w photographs, 3 maps, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1HFD; ABA; AC; JFC; WTHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 953.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813013251
- ISBN
- 9780813013251
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.51
€ 55.51
Paperback. Examines the indispensable roles women played in the Cuban revolution and traces the progress of women's social and economic rights brought about by the early revolutionary government. Series Editor(s): Kirk, John M. Series: Contemporary Cuba. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KJC; JFSJ1; JPHV. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813033808
- ISBN
- 9780813033808
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.57
€ 39.57
hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 453.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813037943
- ISBN
- 9780813037943
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.74
€ 33.99
€ 30.74
Paperback. Num Pages: 220 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC; JFFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Wilfrid Laurier University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554588947
- ISBN
- 9781554588947
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 44.35
€ 44.99
€ 44.35
Paperback. Num Pages: 196 pages, 8 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; HBTB; JFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Wilfrid Laurier University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554589470
- ISBN
- 9781554589470
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 27.33
€ 31.99
€ 27.33
Paperback. Translator(s): Wilson, W. Donald. Num Pages: 260 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBCQ; HBJK; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 177 x 18. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Wilfrid Laurier University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554589500
- ISBN
- 9781554589500
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.62
€ 26.99
€ 23.62
Paperback. Num Pages: 330 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Wilfrid Laurier University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554589531
- ISBN
- 9781554589531
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.27
€ 58.27
paperback. Focuses on how the field of anthropology can best be utilised practically. It considers the trends in applied anthropology, with regard to issues such as globalisation, ethnographic research, and governmental policies. This anthology focuses on how people can make their training in anthropology work for them in seemingly unrelated fields. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Praeger United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780275978426
- ISBN
- 9780275978426
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.44
€ 55.44
Paperback. Studies video game addiction from a cross-disciplinary approach, bridging the divide between liberal arts academics and clinical researchers. This book reveals how gamers interact with and become consumed by the virtual worlds of their videogames. Num Pages: 203 pages, references, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFFH; MMZR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- McFarland & Co Inc United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780786443642
- ISBN
- 9780786443642
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.03
€ 43.03
hardcover. Between 1933 and 1942, nearly 200,000 young African Americans participated in the Civilian Conservation Corps, one of Roosevelt's most successful New Deal agencies. This book examines African American participation in the Corps, and the impact of the corps upon this racial group. Num Pages: 192 pages, 10 b&w photographs, map, 3 tables, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL3; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 191.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780813016603
- ISBN
- 9780813016603
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.72
€ 72.72
hardcover. Drawing on manuscript sources, including the voluminous Rodgers family papers, and the articles, essays, and monographs on American naval history, this book provides a candid appraisal of Rodgers' personal strengths and weaknesses, professional successes and failures. It offers a fresh perspective on the dramatic events of Rodgers' long career. Series: New Perspectives on Maritime History & Nautical Archaeology. Num Pages: 320 pages, 3 maps, 14 b&w photos, chronology, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBTM; JWF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780813029634
- ISBN
- 9780813029634
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.93
€ 74.93
hardcover. More than 10,000 German prisoners of war were interned in eighteen camps in North Carolina during World War II. Yet apart from the guards, civilian workers, and FBI and local police who tracked escapees, most people were - and remain - unaware of their presence. This book chronicles the German POW experience in North Carolina during WWII. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBWQ; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780813032245
- ISBN
- 9780813032245
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 27.31
€ 27.99
€ 27.31
Hardback. When Florida governor Lawton Chiles died unexpectedly on December 12, 1998, less than one month before Jeb Bush was to assume the office, it was left to Chiles' lieutenant governor, Buddy MacKay, to step in for twenty-three days and run the state. This memoir of Kenneth 'Buddy' MacKay focuses on three decades of his public life in Florida. Series Editor(s): Colburn, David R.; MacManus, Susan. Series: Florida Government and Politics. Num Pages: 208 pages, 27 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; BM; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813034843
- ISBN
- 9780813034843
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.10
€ 33.99
€ 31.10
paperback. 'The culmination of 25 years of research on the extensive human modification of the wetlands environment of Guiana, this book demands a radical rethinking of conventional wisdom about settlemtn and landscape management in tropical lowlands over millennia. Series: New Frontiers in Historical Ecology. Num Pages: 277 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HDD; JHM; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Routledge United States
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781598746358
- ISBN
- 9781598746358
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.93
€ 52.93
hardcover. The present study attempts to survey and illustrate Saladoid ceramics and other objects from Caribbean countries in over twenty collections throughout that region and the United States with a focus on prominent zoomorphic iconography. Series: Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P.Bullen Series. Num Pages: 388 pages, 16-page colour insert, 230 black & white photographs, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1KJ; AFP; HDD; JFFZ; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1202.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 388
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781683400011
- ISBN
- 9781683400011
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 153.57
€ 153.57
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845205119
- ISBN
- 9781845205119
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.93
€ 52.93
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848844063
- ISBN
- 9781848844063
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.67
€ 40.99
€ 36.67
paperback. This treatise on the question of knowledge challenges readers to re-examine the protective barriers built to isolate "science" from other forms of enquiry. The author shows her concern with the plight of education and institutionalized knowledge, and the fate of learning in the future. Num Pages: 286 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JMR; PDA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 430. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033293
- ISBN
- 9780415028301
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
paperback. A collection of Robin Horton's classic papers on African religion (1960-90), presenting a wide-ranging enquiry into religious thought. Num Pages: 484 pages, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 30. Weight in Grams: 774. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033296
- ISBN
- 9780521369268
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91