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Paperback. Demonstrating how the Buddhist revival in Tibet must contend with tensions between the Chinese state and aspirations for greater Tibetan autonomy, the authors discuss ways that Tibetan Buddhists are restructuring their religion through a process of social, political and economic adaptation. Editor(s): Goldstein, Melvyn C.; Kapstein, Matthew T. Num Pages: 235 pages, 37 black-and-white photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; HREX; JFC; JHM; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 49. Religious Revival and Cultural Identity. 235 pages, 37 b&w photographs. Editor(s): Goldstein, Melvyn C.; Kapstein, Matthew T. Demonstrating how the Buddhist revival in Tibet must contend with tensions between the Chinese state and aspirations for greater Tibetan autonomy, the authors discuss ways that Tibetan Buddhists are restructuring their religion through a process of social, political and economic adaptation. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; HREX; JFC; JHM; JPS. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 15. Weight: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520211315
- ISBN
- 9780520211315
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€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
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Paperback. A study which argues that the spiritual quest is rooted in our biological, psychological, linguistic and social nature. Drawing on tribal religions and practices and from theorists and thinkers, the author seeks to expand our awareness of this complex human activity. Num Pages: 330 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRLB; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520211599
- ISBN
- 9780520211599
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€ 38.99€ 28.56
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Paperback. A study of how the traditional nuclear family has been supplanted by a variety of relationships that are not defined by blood ties and traditional gender roles. Num Pages: 342 pages, 1 b/w illustration, 4 line figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JHBK; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 342
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520214002
- ISBN
- 9780520214002
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.56
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Paperback. Analyzes the debate on sati, or widow burning, in colonial India. This book argues that the women who were burned were marginal to the debate and that the controversy was over definitions of Hindu tradition, the place of ritual in religious worship, the civilizing missions of colonialism and evangelism, and the proper role of the colonial state. Num Pages: 246 pages, 5 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRG; HRLF; JFSJ1; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520214071
- ISBN
- 9780520214071
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.56
€ 38.99
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Paperback. Explores the issues of borders and borderland identities that have accompanied the many transitions since 1990. This book combines an ethnographic account of everyday life under socialist rule and after German reunification with an investigation of the paradoxical human condition of a borderland. Num Pages: 307 pages, 30 b/w photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; JFC; JHM; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 307
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520214774
- ISBN
- 9780520214774
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.93
€ 34.99
€ 25.93
Hardback. This text collects together the author's essays on psychoanalytic concepts. Psychoanalytic theory has had an ambivalent relationship with sociology, and these essays explore that ambivalence, providing arguments about how and why psychoanalytic approaches can deepen the sociological perspective. Num Pages: 283 pages, 1 line drawing and 1 table. BIC Classification: JH; JMAF; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 283
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520214897
- ISBN
- 9780520214897
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Condition: New
€ 63.02€ 49.59
€ 63.02
€ 49.59
Paperback. In 1987, the Japanese government inaugurated the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) program in response to global pressure to 'internationalize' its society. This book explores the cultural and political dynamics of internationalization in Japan. It is suitable for policy analysts, students of Japan, and prospective and former JET participants. Num Pages: 346 pages, 15 line illustrations, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JHMC; JNA; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First
- Number of pages
- 346
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520216365
- ISBN
- 9780520216365
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Condition: New
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Paperback. Nothing has generated more controversy in the social sciences than the turn toward culture, variously known as the linguistic turn, culturalism, or postmodernism. This book examines the impact of the cultural turn on two prominent social science disciplines, history and sociology. Editor(s): Bonnell, Victoria E.; Hunt, Lynn. Series: Studies on the History of Society & Culture. Num Pages: 361 pages, 4 figures. BIC Classification: HBA; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 361
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520216792
- ISBN
- 9780520216792
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.56
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Paperback. This study of ethnicity, identity, and nation-building has a new introduction that shows the continuing validity of the book's approach to ethnography, ecology, culture and politics. The authors investigated two Alpine villages only a mile apart in the same mountain valley. Num Pages: 372 pages, 20 black-and-white photos, 12 line illustrations, 27 tables, 9 maps. BIC Classification: 1DFHA; JFSL; JHM; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition, With a New Introduction
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520216815
- ISBN
- 9780520216815
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.56
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Hardback. Life has often been envisioned as a journey, the river of time carrying us inexorably toward the unknown country - and in our day we increasingly turn to myth and magic, ritual and virtual reality, cloning and cryostasis in the hope of eluding the reality of inevitable end. This book proposes a different way of understanding our last transition. Series: Life Passages S. Num Pages: 460 pages, 32 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 460
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520218802
- ISBN
- 9780520218802
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 30.31
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Paperback. In the centre of Tokyo, the world's biggest fish market is a complex socio-economic environment staging daily auctions and also host to hundreds of stalls that sell to the public. Theodore Bestor explores the social and commercial relationships that make the system work. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 439 pages, 67 b/w photographs, 3 line illustrations, 6 maps, 11 tables. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 439
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520220249
- ISBN
- 9780520220249
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
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Hardback. Focuses on an aspect of contemporary motherhood often hidden from view: the need for paid childcare by women returning to the workforce, and the complex bonds mothers forge with the 'shadow mothers' they hire. This work locates the roots of individual skirmishes between mothers and their childcare providers in broader cultural and social tensions. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5 tables. BIC Classification: JHBK; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520222328
- ISBN
- 9780520222328
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.12€ 73.24
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Paperback. This is a guide to the workings of festive behaviour, often seen as the "uniform expression of a collective consciousness". The book combines four case studies in multisite ethnography to demonstrate how concepts of race, ethnicity, history, gender, and nationhood are challenged and redefined. Num Pages: 252 pages, 28 b/w photograph, 1 line illustration, 1 map. BIC Classification: JFSL1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st PAPERBACK
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520223318
- ISBN
- 9780520223318
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.81
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Paperback. This ethnography explores the links between a violent historical and political legacy, and the production of secrecy in everyday material culture. The focus is on Mende-speaking southeastern Sierra Leone and the surrounding region. Num Pages: 299 pages, 6 b/w photos, 3 line figures. BIC Classification: 1HFDE; GTB; HBJH; HBLW; JFC; JHMP; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 299
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520225435
- ISBN
- 9780520225435
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.56
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Paperback. This text examines the historical formation of community in Monterey. It is also an investigation of how historical narratives are produced, looking at competing accounts of "civilizing" the Native Americans, Yankee progress, ethnical diversity and environmental protection among other issues. Num Pages: 361 pages, 35 b/w photographs, 4 maps, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBJK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 361
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520227231
- ISBN
- 9780520227231
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.81
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Paperback. This work examines how the exercise of power and the strategies of social movements transformed with the transition from a military to an elected-civilian regime in Chile. Num Pages: 273 pages, 17 illustrations, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; 3JJPR; GTB; JHMC; JPHV; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 59.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First
- Number of pages
- 273
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520227682
- ISBN
- 9780520227682
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.81
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Paperback. One out of five Americans, more than 55 million people, are first-or second-generation immigrants. This study provides a close look at this rising second generation, including their patterns of acculturation, family and school life, language, identity, experiences of discrimination, self-esteem, ambition, and achievement. Num Pages: 430 pages, 23 b/w photographs, 31 line figures, 50 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Printing
- Number of pages
- 430
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520228481
- ISBN
- 9780520228481
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.56
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Paperback. Considers the meaning and power of images in African history and culture. This title assembles a range of collection of essays dealing with specific visual forms, including monuments, cinema, cartoons, domestic and professional photography, body art, world fairs, and museum exhibits. Editor(s): Landau, Paul Stuart; Kaspin, Deborah D. Num Pages: 396 pages, 79 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1H; AB; GTB; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 2. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 396
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520229495
- ISBN
- 9780520229495
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 36.74
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Paperback. Takes us to the remote indigenous villages on the shore of Lake Titicaca, high in the Peruvian Andes. This title describes the landscapes and rhythms of life in the Andean highlands, considering the intrusions of modern technology and economic demands in the region. Num Pages: 314 pages, 36 b/w photographs & drawings, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSL; 1KLSR; JFSL9; JHMC; JHMP; PDR; RNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 68.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520229594
- ISBN
- 9780520229594
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.81
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Paperback. At the dawn of the twenty-first century, America finds itself on the brink of a racial consciousness. This title examines the processes of racial identification and their implications by looking at the case of American Indians. Num Pages: 250 pages, 7 line illustrations, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; HBTB; JFSL9; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 54.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520229778
- ISBN
- 9780520229778
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 23.31
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€ 23.31