Sociology & anthropology
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Sociology & anthropology
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781446276136
- ISBN
- 9781446276136
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.78
€ 56.78
Paperback. Presents a record of the barbaric and grisly phenomenon of cannibalism, the practice of which has been recorded throughout history in almost every part of the world. This book provides an account of the primitive customs reported by travellers and anthropologists amongst the peoples of the Pacific Islands, South America, Africa, and other places. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: JHBT; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 304. Clean copy showing some age and shelf wear. Previous owner's name to half-title page. Remains a good copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1964
- Publisher
- United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KMK0024639
- ISBN
- 9781845883850
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 20.99€ 4.99
€ 20.99
€ 4.99
The Cherokee Full Circle. A Practical Guide to Ceremonies and Traditio...
Garrett, J. T.; Garrett, Michael Tlanusta
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRQ; JFSL9; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Inner Traditions Bear and Company United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781879181953
- ISBN
- 9781879181953
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.33
€ 16.99
€ 16.33
Paperback. This book tackles the problem of overpopulation with an honesty and fearlessness that is unrivalled. Hardin suggests radical approaches to overpopulation and considers the consequences. This book is an intellectual feast that will enrage, disturb, and challenge the reader at every page. Num Pages: 352 pages, line figures. BIC Classification: JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195093858
- ISBN
- 9780195093858
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.25
€ 27.25
Hardcover. Focuses on the assorted challenges that arise in analyzing longitudinal data. This book explores four broad themes: parametric modeling, nonparametric and semi parametric methods, joint models, and incomplete data. It is suitable for those involved in the development of statistical methodology or the analysis of longitudinal data. Editor(s): Fitzmaurice, Garrett; Verbeke, Geert; Molenberghs, Geert; Davidian, Marie. Series: Chapman & Hall/CRC Handbooks of Modern Statistical Methods. Num Pages: 632 pages, 106 black & white illustrations, 64 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JHBC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 262 x 185 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1344.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 632
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781584886587
- ISBN
- 9781584886587
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 174.48
€ 174.48
Paperback. The study of South Asian music falls under the purview of ethnomusicology; whereas that of South Asian literature falls under South Asian studies. This book examines the history of Sinhala-language song and poetry in twentieth-century Sri Lanka. Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 171 pages, 6 music ex, 4 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1FM; AVA; HBJF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520294714
- ISBN
- 9780520294714
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.40
€ 40.99
€ 29.40
Hardback. Focusing on the work of several food justice groups - including Community Services Unlimited, a South Los Angeles organization founded as the nonprofit arm of the Southern California Black Panther Party - this title explores the possibilities and limitations of the community-based approach, and more. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 296 pages, 10 b/w line art. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCV; JFFA; JHB; KNDF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520287440
- ISBN
- 9780520287440
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.05€ 73.18
€ 95.05
€ 73.18
Paperback. Highlighting the work of several food justice groups-including Community Services Unlimited, a South Los Angeles organization founded as the nonprofit arm of the Southern California Black Panther Party, this title explores the possibilities and limitations of the community-based approach, and more. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 b/w line art. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCV; JFFA; JFFJ; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520287457
- ISBN
- 9780520287457
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.02
€ 33.99
€ 25.02
Hardback. Examines the role of rhetoric in shaping the dynamic between Chinese ministers and monarchs in the era between the Spring and Autumn period and the later Han dynasty. In this book, essays analyze classical Chinese works to provide fresh perspectives on the impact of political circumstances on modes of expression. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 275 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLA; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 275
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674726710
- ISBN
- 9780674726710
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.17
€ 45.99
€ 38.17
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HP; HRA; JH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 201 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- HarperOne
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780060816148
- ISBN
- 9780060816148
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.64
€ 19.99
€ 18.64
Paperback. A multidisciplinary study of green and its significance from multiple perspectives: aesthetic, architectural, environmental, political, and social. It is centered on the Kingdom of Bahrain, where green has a long and deep history of appearing cooling, productive, and prosperous-a radical contrast to the hot and hostile desert. Num Pages: 216 pages, 26 color, 3 tables. BIC Classification: AMV; JFC; JFSG; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520285026
- ISBN
- 9780520285026
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.02
€ 33.99
€ 25.02
paperback. Editor(s): Gannon, Martin J. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1FMNB; 1FP; 1KBB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780761913375
- ISBN
- 9780761913375
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 105.45
€ 105.45
Paperback. Suitable for sinologists, literary critics, anthropologists, cultural studies scholars, and others curious about the semiotics of food, this book examines the twentieth-century Chinese political experience as it is represented literature through hunger, cooking, eating, and cannibalising. It includes chapters on Xiao Hong, Wang Anyi, and Li Ang. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; CFG; DSB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 37. Weight in Grams: 776.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822323419
- ISBN
- 9780822323419
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.67
€ 41.99
€ 37.67
hardcover. Features twenty fives articles that address topics important to Greek society, culture, and politics, such as ethnonationalism; civil military relations; class consciousness; and the Olympic Games. Num Pages: 640 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 40. Weight in Grams: 953.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- East European Monographs United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880335898
- ISBN
- 9780880335898
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.53
€ 81.53
Hardback. Notions of magic and healing have been changing over past years and are now understood as reflecting local ideas of power and agency, as well as structures of self, subjectivity and affect. This study focuses on contemporary urban Russia and, through exploring social conditions, conveys the experience of living that makes magic logical. Series: Epistemologies of Healing. Num Pages: 272 pages, Bibliog., index. BIC Classification: JHM; VXW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845450571
- ISBN
- 9781845450571
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.54
€ 161.54
Paperback. This work takes a look at the changes that have taken place in Egyptian society since the 1950s, and considers the disruptions brought about by the surge in population. It discusses how runaway population growth has effects on aspects of society and also predictable effects on the economy. Translator(s): Wilmsen, David. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 1HBE; 3JJP; GTB; HBTB; JHBD; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 126 x 13. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- The American University in Cairo Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789774248191
- ISBN
- 9789774248191
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.14
€ 23.14
Paperback. Based on ethnographic fieldwork undertaken between 1979 and 1991, this work examines and compares regional weaving styles of the Q ero, a traditional Quechua-speaking Peruvian highland people known for their intricate textiles, and discusses the general texture of highland life. Num Pages: 226 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps. BIC Classification: AKTX; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 16. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Utah Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874809091
- ISBN
- 9780874809091
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.26
€ 39.26
Hardcover. Num Pages: 332 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; G; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 173 x 23. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Manohar Publishers and Distributors India
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788173049279
- ISBN
- 9788173049279
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.04
€ 54.04
Paperback. In Japan as in the US, family farming is on the wane, increasingly rejected by the younger generation in favor of more promising economic pursuits and comforts. This is a study of Japanese farm women's lives in the present: its central figure is 42-year-old Haruko, a woman who exemplifies and makes a mockery of the stereotype of Japanese women. Num Pages: 244 pages, 23 half-tones 1 table 1 map 1 plan. BIC Classification: JFSC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804712873
- ISBN
- 9780804712873
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.87
€ 32.99
€ 29.87
Paperback. Provides a comprehensive look at the social engineering process that ensued. This title examines how collectivization assaulted the foundations of rural life, transforming village communities that were organized around kinship and status hierarchies into segments of large bureaucratic organizations, forged by the language of "class warfare". Num Pages: 520 pages, 24 halftones. 2 line illus. 9 tables. 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVWR; 3JJPG; JHBL; JPA; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 770.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 536
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691149738
- ISBN
- 9780691149738
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.46€ 42.52
€ 53.46
€ 42.52