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Sociology & anthropology

Hardback. News stories provide an essential confirmation of our ideas about who we are, what we have to fear, and what to do about it: a marketplace of ideas, shopped by rational citizen decision makers but also a shared resource for grounding our contested narratives of identity in objective reality. Series: Anthropology of the Media. Num Pages: 216 pages, 3 ills. BIC Classification: JFD; JHM. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845455798
ISBN
9781845455798
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 151.78

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 18 black & white illustrations, 29 black & white tables, 18 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JHB; JNLC; JNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 174. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138190016
ISBN
9781138190016
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.26

Paperback. Between 1988 and 2013, the Chinese city of Zouping transformed from an impoverished village of 30,000 people to a bustling city of over 300,000, complete with factories, high rises, parks, shopping malls, and all the infrastructure of a wealthy East Asian city. This is a portrait of the rapid change of Zouping, its environs, and more. Num Pages: 280 pages, 26 b/w, 7 maps, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520289710
ISBN
9780520289710
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.43

Paperback. That parents in China greatly value higher education for their children is a well-known aspect of contemporary Chinese culture, but the intensity and effects of their desire to achieve this goal have largely gone unexamined. This title explores this universal desire for a college education and its vast consequences. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16 halftones, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JHMC; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226437552
ISBN
9780226437552
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.01

Paperback. Shows what guanxi production, the formation of social connections, reveals about the evolution of village political economy, kinship and gender in Dengist China. Num Pages: 248 pages, 11 b&w photographs, 3 maps, 5 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 167 x 16. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822318736
ISBN
9780822318736
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.15

Hardcover. Rapid industrialization, urbanization, and marketization have led to startling social changes in reform-era China. Mindful of the many forms of social theory that relate modernity to individualism, this volume addresses social and cultural change through the lens of psychological anthropology. Editor(s): Kipnis, Andrew B. Series: Culture, Mind and Society. Num Pages: 245 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JHMC; JMS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137268952
ISBN
9781137268952
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.46

Hardback. Utilizing almost 40 years' work, Andrew Smith presents a detailed portrait of modern herdsmen and their historical antecedents. Following the assumption that Africa has never been isolated from the rest of the world, Smith illuminates key topics ranging from material culture and rituals, to future prospects for pastoralists. Series: African Archaeology Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 149 x 24. Weight in Grams: 535.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780759107472
ISBN
9780759107472
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.16

Paperback. Utilizing almost 40 years' work, Andrew Smith presents a detailed portrait of modern herdsmen and their historical antecedents. Following the assumption that Africa has never been isolated from the rest of the world, Smith illuminates key topics ranging from material culture and rituals, to future prospects for pastoralists. Series: African Archaeology Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780759107489
ISBN
9780759107489
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.77

Hardback. This work explores the role of literature in the former Yugoslavia's attempts to create a multicultural nation. It focuses on the cultural processes by which the idea of a nation was developed and on the reasons that this idea failed to bind the South Slavs into a viable nation and state. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 316 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVWY; JHM; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780804731805
ISBN
9780804731805
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.66

Paperback. This work explores the role of literature in the former Yugoslavia's attempts to create a multicultural nation. It focuses on the cultural processes by which the idea of a nation was developed and on the reasons that this idea failed to bind the South Slavs into a viable nation and state. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 316 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVWY; JHM; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 226 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804731812
ISBN
9780804731812
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 35.64

Paperback. This book examines how states make soldiers and what happens to fallen military elites when they no longer fit into the political spectrum. Num Pages: 288 pages, ill. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780804773966
ISBN
9780804773966
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.35

Hardback. This book examines how states make soldiers and what happens to fallen military elites when they no longer fit into the political spectrum. Num Pages: 288 pages, ill. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804773959
ISBN
9780804773959
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.40

Hardback. All memories invoke imagined pasts, but do the ways we remember share a common imaginary? In seeking to interpret Scottish culture in the recent past as a series of encounters with modernity, this study draws on a wide range of sources to explore relationships between perceptions of place, belonging and identity in one nation. Num Pages: 272 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JJ; HBTB; JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 556.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748617869
ISBN
9780748617869
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.56
€ 101.60

Paperback. Blaikie explores how our different ways of seeing influence the relationship between place and belonging. He argues that our memories, however brief or complex, invoke imagined pasts. But do our recollections share a common frame of reference? Blaikie's cross-disciplinary exploration sets out to answer this question. Includes numerous case studies. Num Pages: 272 pages, 20 b+w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JJ; HBTB; JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 186 x 232 x 15. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748617876
ISBN
9780748617876
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 32.60

Paperback. "The next best thing to not having a brother (as I do not) is to have Brothers. " Gay Talese

Here is a tapestry of stories about the complex and unique relationship that exists between brothers. Editor(s): Blauner, Andrew. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 370.

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470599648
ISBN
9780470599648
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.22

Hardcover. Num Pages: 284 pages, 200 color illus.; pull-out color poster. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 362 x 298 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Slp Har/Ps
Condition
New
SKU
V9781588396204
ISBN
9781588396204
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.11

Hardback. Num Pages: 180 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JFSR; JHB; JHMC; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312216603
ISBN
9780312216603
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 196.31

Paperback. Race, Sex, and History in the Small Spaces of Andean Life. Series: Narrating Native Histories. 360 pages, 52 illustrations, 2 figures. Explores the multiple identities of a community of people in the Bolivian highlands through their own lived experiences and their own voices. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; JFSL9; JHMC. Dimension: 232 x 163 x 20. Weight: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822352679
ISBN
9780822352679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.39

Paperback. In this meditation/how-to guide on drawing as an ethnographic method, Andrew Causey offers insights, inspiration, practical techniques, and encouragement for social scientists interested in exploring drawing as a way of translating what they "see" during their research. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: AFF; AGZ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 306 x 14. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442636651
ISBN
9781442636651
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 33.76

Paperback. This book details collaborations between contemporary art, heritage, anthropologica, and archaeological practitioners, exploring the creative interplay of 'art' and 'archaeology' so new modes of expression can build new understanding of the world. Editor(s): Russell, Ian Alden; Cochrane, Andrew. Series: One World Archaeology. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; HDD; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2014th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781493926541
ISBN
9781493926541
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 118.65

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