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Hardback. Since the late 1960s, transnational adoption has emerged as a global phenomenon. This book locates transnational adoption within a broad context of Western life, especially values concerning family, children and meaningful relatedness, and explores the many ambiguities and paradoxes that the practice entails. Num Pages: 260 pages, 6 ills, 4 tables. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845451844
- ISBN
- 9781845451844
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Condition: New
€ 164.52
€ 164.52
The Power of Entrepreneurs. Politics and Economy in Contemporary Spain...
Cabrera, Mercedes; Rey, Fernando Del
Hardback. Although Spain is an important member of the EU, relatively little is known about its economy and its interrelationship with political forces. This book analyzes its ever-changing relationship throughout the 20th century with its various upheavals, such as the crisis of the democratic republic and the civil war in the 1930s. Translator(s): Lavigna, Robert. Num Pages: 220 pages, bibliog., index. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JMC; JP; KC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845451851
- ISBN
- 9781845451851
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€ 164.04
€ 164.04
Hardback. Indigenous museums and cultural centres have sprung up across the developing world, and particularly in the Southwest Pacific. This book examines how museums have evolved particularly in the non-western world to incorporate the present and the future in the display of culture. Editor(s): Stanley, Nick. Series: Museums and Collections. Num Pages: 268 pages, 27 ills, bibliog., index. BIC Classification: ACBK; GM; JFSL9. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845451882
- ISBN
- 9781845451882
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€ 164.59
€ 164.59
Hardback. By the early twenty-first century neo-nationalist forces have established themselves in a number of the world's large regions and subcontinents. Prompted by a near-simultaneous rise to political influence of apparently similar parties across Western Europe, this collection offers a range of European case studies with selected global examples. Editor(s): Gingrich, Andre; Banks, Marcus. Num Pages: 312 pages, bibliog., index. BIC Classification: 1D; JHM. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845451899
- ISBN
- 9781845451899
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€ 164.83
€ 164.83
Hardback. Addresses questions of how to deal with internal issues of social inequality and cultural diversity and, at the same time, how to build a shared civility among their different national, ethnic, religious and social groups. Editor(s): Al Haj, Majid; Mielke, Rosemarie. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1FBH; JFF; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845451950
- ISBN
- 9781845451950
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Condition: New
€ 164.88
€ 164.88
Hardback. Cutting across social science and the humanities, this book develops the ontological implications of the thesis of the Manchester School of Social Anthropology: that all social order necessarily betrays conflicting underlying principles. It also mounts a study of the ontology of self and other in relation to dualism, as well as non-dualism. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845452247
- ISBN
- 9781845452247
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Condition: New
€ 183.29
€ 183.29
Hardback. Like other industrial nations, Japan is experiencing its own forms of, and problems with, internationalization and multiculturalism. This volume focuses on several aspects of this process and examines the immigrant minorities as well as their Japanese recipient communities. Editor(s): Graburn, Nelson H. Series: Asian Anthropologies. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 520.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845452261
- ISBN
- 9781845452261
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Condition: New
€ 164.71
€ 164.71
Hardback. Documents the phenomenon of feminised migration by analysing accounts of the lives of women migrants in the 'host' countries. Based on more than 100 interviews with women migrants from Hungary and Bulgaria and with 'host' women in Italy and the Netherlands, this book includes theoretical debates on migration and subjectivity, and more. Editor(s): Passerini, Luisa; Lyon, Dawn; Capussotti, Enrica. Num Pages: 335 pages, bibliog., index. BIC Classification: 1D; HBTB; JFFN; JFSJ1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 335
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845452773
- ISBN
- 9781845452773
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Condition: New
€ 165.26
€ 165.26
The Practice of War. Production, Reproduction and Communication of Arm...
. Ed(S): Aparna, Rao; Bollig, Michael; Bock, ...
Hardback. Provides information to help in a better understanding of the specific and the general in wartime. This book examines how people cope and adjust to situations of war, depending upon whether these are low-intensity or high-intensity ones, and on whether they are brief phases of conflict or long enduring periods of violence. Editor(s): Aparna, Rao; Bollig, Michael; Bock, Monika. Num Pages: 22 ills, bibliog., index. BIC Classification: JFFE. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845452803
- ISBN
- 9781845452803
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Condition: New
€ 182.36
€ 182.36
Hardback. Exploring an ambiguous region between recognized findings and unfettered imagination, this book explores the multifaceted, far-reaching, and often contentious attempts of people with contrasting worldviews to develop convincing and satisfying interpretations of rapidly accumulating discoveries in physics, astronomy, and biology. Num Pages: 244 pages, bibliog., index. BIC Classification: HRA; JFHF; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845452865
- ISBN
- 9781845452865
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Condition: New
€ 163.79
€ 163.79
Hardback. For more than a decade, West Germany denied Israel the commencement of official diplomatic relations. In a policy-reversal, however, Bonn eventually offered Jerusalem the exchange of ambassadors in 1965. This book interprets the government's change of heart as the result of grassroots intervention in high level politics. Series: Monographs in German History. Num Pages: 230 pages, bibliog., index. BIC Classification: 1DFGW; 1FBH; 3JJPG; JPS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 466.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845452872
- ISBN
- 9781845452872
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Condition: New
€ 164.16
€ 164.16
Hardback. There has been great interest among historians in the history of the family and the household. This volume contains essays which explore two major transitions in kinship patterns - at the end of the Middle Ages and at the end of the eighteenth century - in an effort to reset the agenda in family history. Editor(s): Sabean, David Warren; Teuscher, Simon; Mathieu, Jon. Num Pages: 9 ills, bibliog., index. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBTB; JHBK; JHMC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845452889
- ISBN
- 9781845452889
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Condition: New
€ 165.46
€ 165.46
Hardback. The Nordic Atlantic area has seen remarkable examples of social formations in areas that many would perceive as too remote to allow the construction of functioning communities. But through innovations, networking and the formation of identities people have coped with distances, thus continuously rebuilding societies in the Nordic regions. Num Pages: 310 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DN; JFF; JFS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845452902
- ISBN
- 9781845452902
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Condition: New
€ 164.88
€ 164.88
Hardback. Focusing on different forms of agency in North Ambrym social life, the author demonstrates the potency of outsiders at different times and in different situations in Ambrym society. This model challenges the premises of much Western thinking about reciprocity, and suggests new directions in the analysis of Melanesian societies. Num Pages: 38 ills, bibliog., index. BIC Classification: 1MKLV; JH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 516.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845452933
- ISBN
- 9781845452933
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Condition: New
€ 164.51
€ 164.51
Hardback. Describes the processes which lead to ethnic and sectarian violence. This book shows how alternative paths through intergroup tension can be made apparent by understanding the patterns of behavior used by groups worldwide to maintain their identities and by appreciating the unique identity of each group involved in a conflict. Editor(s): Peacock, James L.; Thornton, Patricia M.; Inman, Patrick B. Num Pages: 256 pages, 13 ills, bibliog., index. BIC Classification: GTJ; JPS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 237 x 19. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845453084
- ISBN
- 9781845453084
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Condition: New
€ 164.23
€ 164.23
Hardback. Croatia gained world attention during the break-up of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s. This book offers a different insight into Croatia in the 1990s: it deals with one of the consequences of the war, namely, with the more or less forcible migration of Croats from Serbia and their settlement in Croatia, supposedly their "ethnic homeland". Series: European Anthropology in Translation. Num Pages: 30 ills, bibliog., index. BIC Classification: 1DVWYC; JFFD. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845453176
- ISBN
- 9781845453176
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Condition: New
€ 163.75
€ 163.75
hardcover. Examines the renewal of interest in British national identity at a popular, political and academic level. This volume demonstrates that far from being idiosyncratic or self-involved, the question of Englishness and its relationship to British national identity offers an important avenue for thinking about the politics of national identity. Num Pages: 200 pages, bibliog., index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTB; JH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845453206
- ISBN
- 9781845453206
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Condition: New
€ 163.70
€ 163.70
Hardback. Marcel Mauss (1872-1950) was the leading social anthropologist in Paris between the world wars, and his "Manuel D'ethnographie", is the longest of his texts. This work is based on thirty lectures Mauss delivered each year under the title "Instructions in descriptive ethnography, intended for travelers, administrators and missionaries". Editor(s): Allen, N. J. Translator(s): Lussier, Dominique. Num Pages: 212 pages, bibliog., index. BIC Classification: JHMP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845453213
- ISBN
- 9781845453213
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Condition: New
€ 163.75
€ 163.75
Hardback. Examines the forces of globalization at different levels, as they manifest themselves and operate across cultural, cognitive and biographical dimensions of human life in the Pacific. This book offers answers through the integration of cultural and psychological methods. Series: Person, Space and Memory in the Contemporary Pacific. Num Pages: 350 pages, 40 ills, bibliog., index. BIC Classification: 1F; JFFS; JH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845453275
- ISBN
- 9781845453275
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Condition: New
€ 165.12
€ 165.12
Hardback. Taking the context of forced migration, this book addresses the role that regional, in contrast to national or global, institutions and relationships play in shaping asylum policies and procedures. It also considers the role that regional responses are likely to play in determining the direction of asylum policy in receiving states. Editor(s): Kneebone, Susan; Rawlings-Sanei, Felicity. Series: Studies in Forced Migration. Num Pages: bibliog., index. BIC Classification: JFFD. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845453442
- ISBN
- 9781845453442
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.46
€ 164.46