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Hardback. Everyday life in contemporary rural China is characterized by an increased sense of moral challenge and uncertainty. This ethnographic study of the village of Zhongba is an attempt to grasp the ethical reflexivity of everyday life in rural China. Series: Dislocations. Num Pages: 308 pages, 19 ills, 6 figs & tables, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JHB; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857458902
- ISBN
- 9780857458902
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.19
€ 137.19
Paperback. An Account of Cannibal Captivity in Brazil. 296 pages, 65 illustrations. Editor(s): Whitehead, Neil L. In 1550, the German adventurer Hans Staden was serving as a gunner in a Portuguese fort on the Brazilian coast. This title tells the story of his nine-month captivity among the Tupi Indians. It presents a dramatic first-person account of his capture, captivity, and eventual escape. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KLS; JFC; JHMC. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 18. Weight: 442. Translator(s): Harbsmeier, Michael.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822342311
- ISBN
- 9780822342311
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.67
€ 30.99
€ 27.67
Paperback. Investigates habits, practices, and meanings of water through case studies from around the world. With its wide range and diversity, this volume explores water practices in different cultures and shows that water is much more than a commodity, a resource, or a substance - it is a focal point that reflects local culture. Editor(s): Hahn, Hans Peter; Cless, Karlheinz; Soentgen, Jens. Num Pages: 250 pages, 73 colour plates, 7 halftones, 6 tables. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Campus Verlag Germany
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783593396101
- ISBN
- 9783593396101
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.22€ 49.03
€ 57.22
€ 49.03
Paperback. Chronicles the lives of a group of fishermen from Ghana who took the long and dangerous journey to Southern Italy in search of work in a cutthroat underground economy. Illuminating the nature of high-risk migration around the world, this title reveals the challenges and experiences of these international migrants. Num Pages: 306 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1HFDH; JFFN; JFSL3; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 306
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520270732
- ISBN
- 9780520270732
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Hardback. One of the most important issues in public and academic debate is the concept of value and the difficulty in defining it. In this new book, the leading social theorist Hans Joas explores the nature of values in relation to some of the leading figures of twentieth--century philosophy and social theory. Num Pages: 264 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPQ; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745621531
- ISBN
- 9780745621531
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.61
€ 79.61
Paperback. One of the most important issues in public and academic debate is the concept of value and the difficulty in defining it. In this new book, the leading social theorist Hans Joas explores the nature of values in relation to some of the leading figures of twentieth--century philosophy and social theory. Num Pages: 264 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPQ; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 150 x 227 x 19. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745621548
- ISBN
- 9780745621548
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.35
€ 27.35
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594514388
- ISBN
- 9781594514388
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 220.55€ 194.18
€ 220.55
€ 194.18
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HP; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226400426
- ISBN
- 9780226400426
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.82
€ 40.99
€ 31.82
Paperback. This is an oral history of a second-generation, urban-born woman who struggles to survive in the poor, Andean city of La Paz. It shows how her identity shifts over time, shaped by the major events in her life. Topics range fron social networks to magical interventions and clairvoyant dreaming. Num Pages: 256 pages, 13 photos, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSL; BGHA; HBTD; JFSJ1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231104678
- ISBN
- 9780231104678
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.81
€ 46.99
€ 33.81
Paperback. Proposes an anthropological theory for interpreting human picture making. Refusing to reduce images to their material embodiment yet acknowledging the importance of the historical media in which images are manifested, this book presents a challenging and provocative account of what pictures are and how they function. Translator(s): Dunlap, Thomas. Num Pages: 216 pages, 61 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 11. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Translated by Thomas Dunlap ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691160962
- ISBN
- 9780691160962
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Hardback. "First published in Germany under the title Faces: Eine Geschichte des Gesichts." Translator(s): Hansen, Thomas S.; Hansen, Abby J. Num Pages: 288 pages, 53 color illus. 51 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; ACB; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 165. Weight in Grams: 104.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691162355
- ISBN
- 9780691162355
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.95
€ 54.99
€ 39.95
Paperback. Illustrated 8vo.Worn copy . Anthropology
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1968
- SKU
- KEX0254813
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Presents a statement about communication in contemporary life. This title offers a comprehensive appraisal of mass communication. It provides a critical perspective on media and communication in society. It contains critical insights into the state of mass communication, democracy, and the construction of the self in society. Series: Blackwell Manifestos. Num Pages: 168 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFD; JH; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 168 x 16. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631236214
- ISBN
- 9780631236214
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.76
€ 117.76
paperback. Hannan and Freeman examine the ecology of organizations by exploring the competition for resources and by trying to account for rates of entry and exit and for the diversity of organizational forms. They show that the destinies of organizations are determined more by impersonal forces than by the intervention of individuals. Num Pages: 384 pages, 38 line illustrations, 23 tables. BIC Classification: JH; RNC. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674643499
- ISBN
- 9780674643499
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.25€ 48.67
€ 52.25
€ 48.67
Hardback. Engaging with contemporary debates about precarity, unfreedom and socio-legal status, this ground breaking book presents the first evidence of forced labour among displaced migrants who seek refuge in the UK. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFFD; JFFN; JHBL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 19. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Publisher
- Bristol University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447306900
- ISBN
- 9781447306900
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.70
€ 98.70
Paperback. This book is an exploration of how this remarkably efficient and familiar form of gathering operates, in different times and places, and how it comes to be recognised by those who experience or deploy it. Series: Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute Special Issue Book Series. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 171. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119405894
- ISBN
- 9781119405894
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.63
€ 28.63
Hardback. Editor(s): Appel, Hannah; Mason, Arthur; Watts, Michael. Num Pages: 432 pages, 21 black & white halftones, 4 tables, 3 charts. BIC Classification: JHMC; KNBP; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801453441
- ISBN
- 9780801453441
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.77
€ 140.77
Paperback. Offers a collection of essays that examine the distinguishing features of the Eastern traditions - iconography, hymnology, ritual, and pilgrimage - through an ethnographic analysis. This title focuses on the revitalization of Orthodox and Greek Catholic churches that were repressed under Marxist-Leninist regimes. Editor(s): Hann, Chris; Goltz, Hermann. Series: The Anthropology of Christianity. Num Pages: 392 pages, 25 b/w photographs, 1 line illustration, 1 map, 3 tables, 2 music examples. BIC Classification: HRCC8; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520260566
- ISBN
- 9780520260566
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 426 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBTK; JHBD; KCL; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 426
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691643793
- ISBN
- 9780691643793
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 218.75
€ 218.75
Paperback. With a new introduction by the authors, this paperback edition of Jane Austen and the Fiction of Culture takes the complete body of work of a major novelist as the basis for rethinking ethnographic representation and cross-cultural analysis. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; JFC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847690480
- ISBN
- 9780847690480
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.25
€ 57.25
Paperback. Presents a significant advance in understanding the complexities of racial difference in contemporary Brazilian society. This book examines such topics as the legacy of slavery and its abolition, and race-related violence. It is suitable for those interested in the larger issues of political and social movements centered on the issue of race. Num Pages: 232 pages, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFF; JFSL1; JHMP; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822322726
- ISBN
- 9780822322726
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.56
€ 27.99
€ 26.56
Paperback. For many Egyptians in the early twentieth century, the biggest national problem was a 'marriage crisis' heralded in the press as a devastating rise in the number of middle-class men refraining from marriage. This title explores how marriage became the lens through which Egyptians critiqued larger socioeconomic and political concerns. Num Pages: 200 pages, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; JFSJ; JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 18. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804769600
- ISBN
- 9780804769600
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.67
€ 30.99
€ 27.67
Hardback. For Better, For Worse explores how marriage became the lens through which Egyptians critiqued larger socioeconomic and political concerns under British rule in the early twentieth century. Num Pages: 200 pages, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; JFSJ; JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 20. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804769594
- ISBN
- 9780804769594
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.11
€ 119.11
Paperback. Num Pages: 277 pages, 125 colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1DDN; JFF; JFSL; JHBC; JHBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 160. .
- Publisher
- XPat Scriptum Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789055949618
- ISBN
- 9789055949618
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.37
€ 27.99
€ 26.37