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Hardback. Anthropological writings on humour are not numerous, but they do contain insight into the social processes that underlie joking and laughter. This volume examines the cognitive, social, and moral aspects of humour and its potential to bring about a sense of mutual understanding, even among different and possibly hostile people. Editor(s): Sciama, Lidia Dina. Series: Social Identities. Num Pages: 216 pages, 20 illustrations, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JFC; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857450746
- ISBN
- 9780857450746
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.97
€ 154.97
Paperback. Num Pages: 298 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816639649
- ISBN
- 9780816639649
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.21
€ 27.99
€ 26.21
Paperback. Disciplining Statistics contrasts the different ways that statistical knowledge was developed and used in England and France during the nineteenth century. Series: Politics, History, & Culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, 3 tables, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DDF; 3JH; JHBC; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822338147
- ISBN
- 9780822338147
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
€ 30.99
€ 27.40
Paperback. Through personal vignettes, frank discussions and practical suggestions for dealing with everything from major to minor Aspie challenges, Liane, her husband and their three daughters bravely open their home to their readers, inviting them to look behind the curtains at their version of Aspie life. Num Pages: 176 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: JFFG; JHBK; MMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Pub
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 2nd Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853028731
- ISBN
- 9781853028731
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.44
€ 28.44
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781446280706
- ISBN
- 9781446280706
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Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 48.51
€ 51.99
€ 48.51
Hardback. A leading interpreter of modernity argues that our culture of limitless self-fulfillment is making millions mentally ill. Training her analytic eye on manic depression and schizophrenia, Liah Greenfeld, in the culminating volume of her trilogy on nationalism, traces these dysfunctions to society's overburdening demands for self-realization. Num Pages: 610 pages, 1 line illustration, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JHB; JMH; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 166 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1156.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 610
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674072763
- ISBN
- 9780674072763
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.73€ 56.63
€ 61.73
€ 56.63
Paperback. An ethnographic account of the rapid mobilization of Chinese peasants into large cities, this text traces the profound transformations of space, power relations and social networks within a mobile population that has broken through the constraints of the government's household registration system. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JHMC; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804742061
- ISBN
- 9780804742061
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.71
€ 33.99
€ 30.71
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 191 x 15. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801475627
- ISBN
- 9780801475627
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.61
€ 33.99
€ 30.61
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JHBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 825.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Bridge21 Publications, LLC United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781626430372
- ISBN
- 9781626430372
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.83
€ 98.83
Hardcover. Num Pages: 155 pages, illustrations, map. BIC Classification: JHBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 155
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781560724452
- ISBN
- 9781560724452
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Condition: New
€ 116.45€ 88.07
€ 116.45
€ 88.07
Editor(s): Beaver, Patricia D.; Jennings, Judith. Num Pages: 276 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 561.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813134376
- ISBN
- 9780813134376
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.61
€ 58.61
Despite the Best Intentions: How Racial Inequality Thrives in Good Sch...
Lewis, Amanda E., Diamond, John B.
Hardcover. A rich and disturbing portrait of the achievement gap that persists more than fifty years after the formal dismantling of segregation Series: Transgressing Boundaries: Studies in Black Politics and Black Communities. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; JN; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 243 x 26. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195342727
- ISBN
- 9780195342727
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Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 46.59
€ 49.99
€ 46.59
Paperback. Discusses the dynamics of religious conversion, presenting it as a process of change with personal, cultural, social and religious implications. The text draws on insights from psychology, anthropology, theology, missiology and interviews with converts from disparate backgrounds. Num Pages: 260 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HRA; HRCS; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 297 x 21. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300065152
- ISBN
- 9780300065152
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.04
€ 36.99
€ 27.04
Paperback. This text questions established ideas and proposes theories based on the author's comparative archaeological and ethnographic research. It seeks to provide students and general readers with an introduction to his ideas about understanding the human past. Num Pages: 260 pages, 68 line illustrations, 79 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1D; 1HFMW; 1KB; 1MBF; HDA; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition, With a New Afterword
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520233393
- ISBN
- 9780520233393
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.60
€ 36.99
€ 26.60
Paperback. Argues for the importance of creativity in our increasingly money-driven society. Series: The Canons. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 134 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 282. How the Creative Spirit Transforms the World. Series: Canons. 384 pages. Addresses the questions we face every day in our public and private lives. This title argues for the importance of creativity in our increasingly money-driven society. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: JHMC. Dimension: 134 x 197 x 24. Weight: 326.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Main - Canons Imprint Re-issue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857868473
- ISBN
- 9780857868473
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.99
€ 17.99
€ 12.99
Paperback. This book from the author of The Gift is about imagination and philosophy and was described by Margaret Atwood as a 'masterpiece' Series: Canons. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 315.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main - Canons edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781786890504
- ISBN
- 9781786890504
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.48
€ 15.99
€ 11.48
Hardback. A reference resource focused on cremation. Spanning many world cultures it documents regional histories, ideological movements and leading individuals that fostered cremation whilst also presenting cremation as a universal practice. It includes sections on specific cremation rituals, architecture, art and text. Editor(s): Davies, Douglas James. Num Pages: 516 pages, Includes 8 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: GB; HR; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 178 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1034.
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 516
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780754637738
- ISBN
- 9780754637738
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 192.20
€ 192.20
Paperback / so. Series: Klassiker Der Sozialwissenschaften. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 11. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531165820
- ISBN
- 9783531165820
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.00
€ 53.00
Hardback. Feminist Anthropology surveys the history of feminist anthropology and offers students and scholars a fascinating collection of both classic and contemporary articles, grouped to highlight key themes from the past and present. * Offers vibrant examples of feminist ethnographic work rather than synthetic overviews of the field. Editor(s): Lewin, Ellen. Series: Blackwell Anthologies in Social and Cultural Anthropology. Num Pages: 544 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFFK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 166 x 35. Weight in Grams: 842.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405101950
- ISBN
- 9781405101950
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.07
€ 144.07
Paperback. This unprecedented collection of articles is an introduction to the study of cultural variations in childhood across the world and to the theoretical frameworks for investigating and interpreting them. Editor(s): Levine, Robert; New, Rebecca S.; LeVine, Robert A. Series: Blackwell Anthologies in Social and Cultural Anthropology. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JHMC; JMC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 171 x 26. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631229766
- ISBN
- 9780631229766
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.55
€ 49.55