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Paperback. * peer reviewed publication of the National Association for the Practice of Anthropology * dedicated to the practical problem-solving and policy applications of anthropological knowledge and methods * most editions available for course adoption. Series: NAPA Bulletin. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 265 x 179 x 12. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
American Anthropological Association United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781931303293
ISBN
9781931303293
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.63

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
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 166.77

Hardcover. Illustrated 8vo.Good copy . Anthropology
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
McGraw-Hill
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1970
SKU
KEX0254816
ISBN
9780070073487
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A groundbreaking history of the role of science and medicine in the American colonization of the Philippines from 1898 through the 1930s. Num Pages: 368 pages, 46 b&w photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 1K; GTB; JHBA; MMRT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 233 x 24. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822338437
ISBN
9780822338437
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. Examining the ways in which philosophers from Plato onwards have used the concept of power, this work develops a field theory of power that rejects many of the reigning assumptions made about power. Incorporating the insights of feminist theorists, it argues that power has a positive as well as a negative role to play in social relations. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Temple University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780877229056
ISBN
9780877229056
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.90

Hardcover. In this meditation on the relationship between East Asia and the United States, Warren I. Cohen examines how cultural influences have transformed - and benefited - both Asians and Americans. Series: The Edwin O.Reischauer Lectures. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1FP; 1KBB; JH; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 191 x 127 x 17. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674007659
ISBN
9780674007659
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 39.84

Paperback. * From the bestselling author of DESERT FLOWER and DESERT DAWN comes a new book. Waris Dirie reveals the shocking truth of FGM happening to thousands of young girls throughout Europe Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JHBT; JMU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 184.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844082513
ISBN
9781844082513
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.88

Hardback. Contents: Preface: The History and Context of Regional Research, James J. Zuiches and Dennis Oldenstadt; Chapter 1: Migration Research in the West, 1982-1992 Num Pages: 306 pages. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 143 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
306
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761805120
ISBN
9780761805120
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.73

Paperback. Editor(s): Ward, Brian; Badger, Tony. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 1K; GTB; HBJK; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814792964
ISBN
9780814792964
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.61

Paperback. .
Publisher
VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
2. Aufl. 2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9783531186306
ISBN
9783531186306
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 18.12

Paperback. The DREAMers provides the first investigation of the undocumented youth movement that has transformed the national immigration debate, from its start in the early 2000s through the present day. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804788847
ISBN
9780804788847
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.31

Paperback. Do schools socialize students to become productive workers? Does schooling reproduce social class and pass on ethnic and gender biases? Can a teacher avoid passing on social and cultural values? What besides subjects do students really learn in schools? This book tackles these questions using case studies, dialogs, and open-ended questions. Series: Thinking About Education. Num Pages: 168 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; JNA; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Teachers´ College Press
Edition
5th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807749852
ISBN
9780807749852
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.62

Hardback. This text focuses on Japanese weddings as a window on contemporary values, analyzing the relation between the commercialization of these services and their symbolic content. Weddings mark the attainment of full adult status in Japan and this book looks at what marriage and adulthood means in Japan. Num Pages: 188 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 28. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
188
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804715126
ISBN
9780804715126
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.38

Paperback. Japanese weddings have become commercial affairs, with most conducted at specialized establishments offering expensive, lavish services. This book focuses on these ceremonies as a window on contemporary values, analyzing the relation between commercialization and symbolic content. Num Pages: 188 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 13. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
188
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804718158
ISBN
9780804718158
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.28

Paperback. Towards a democratic division of labour? starts from the challenge of balancing values of 'equality' and 'freedom' in all sections of modern societies, introducing the Combination Model as a scientific tool for studying the division of professional and family work and for elaborating adequate policy perspectives. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 172. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847422699
ISBN
9781847422699
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 47.99

Paperback. Explores the crucial notion of "colonial difference" in the study of the modern colonial world and traces the emergence of an epistemic shift, which author calls "border thinking". This title expands the horizons of debates under way in postcolonial studies of Asia and Africa by dwelling in the genealogy of thoughts of South/Central America. Series: Princeton Studies in Culture, Power, History. Num Pages: 416 pages, 3 line illus. 3 tables. 9 maps. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBTQ; HBTR; JFFS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 594.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
With a New preface by the author
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691156095
ISBN
9780691156095
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

Paperback. Includes papers and conversations that derive from a conference that pursued the possibility and utility of a general theory of religion and culture, especially one based on violence. Editor(s): Hamerton-Kelly, Robert. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
292
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804715188
ISBN
9780804715188
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.25

Paperback. Blood sacrifice, the ritual slaughter of animals, has been basic to religion through history, so that it survives in spiritualized form even in Christianity. How did this violent phenomenon achieve the status of the sacred? This study examines this question. Translator(s): Bing, Peter. Num Pages: 360 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 518. The Anthropology of Ancient Greek Sacrificial Ritual and Myth. 360 pages, Ill. Blood sacrifice, the ritual slaughter of animals, has been basic to religion through history, so that it survives in spiritualized form even in Christianity. How did this violent phenomenon achieve the status of the sacred? This study examines this question. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; JHM. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 23. Weight: 510. Translator(s): Bing, Peter.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520058750
ISBN
9780520058750
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 30.01

Paperback. Argues that the contemporary commitment to the importance of cultural identity has reovated rather than replaced an earlier commitment to r4acial identity and asserts that the idea of culture, far from constituting a challenge to racism, is actually a for Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFF; JFSL1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822320647
ISBN
9780822320647
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.32

Paperback / so. Editor(s): Kaskel, Walter. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JHB; KJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 17. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1927
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9783662349557
ISBN
9783662349557
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.86

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