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Paperback. The "one China" policy officially supported by the People's Republic of China, the United States, and other countries asserts that there is only one China and Taiwan is a part of it. This book shows how identity is shaped by social experience - not culture and ancestry, as is commonly claimed in political rhetoric. Series: Berkeley Series in Interdisciplinary Studies of China. Num Pages: 349 pages, 19 b/w photographs, 3 maps, 17 tables. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
349
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520231825
ISBN
9780520231825
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. Exploring the phenomenon of divorce in American society, this book looks at divorce as a legal action, as an individual experience, and as a cultural symbol in its era of institutionalization. It analyzes the legal and legislative aspects of divorce and the public response to them. Num Pages: 249 pages, 8 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBTB; JFC; JHBK; LA; LNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 68.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
249
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520231962
ISBN
9780520231962
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.06

Paperback. Deals with the idea of a family level society, discussed and disputed by anthropologists for nearly half a century. This work states that the Matsigenka people of southeastern Peru cannot be understood or appreciated except as a family level society; the family level of sociocultural integration is for them a lived reality. Num Pages: 275 pages, 15 b/w photographs, 13 line illustrations, 29 tables, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; JFSL9; JHBK; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 63.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520232426
ISBN
9780520232426
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

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
€ 26.81

Paperback. Investigates the cultural meaning system and resulting sensorium of Anlo-Ewe-speaking people in southeastern Ghana. This book relates how Anlo society privileges and elaborates what we would call kinesthesia, which most Americans would not even identify as a sense. Series: Ethnographic Studies in Subjectivity. Num Pages: 330 pages, 21 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520234567
ISBN
9780520234567
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. Michael Meeker combines anthropological and historical methods to examine the transition from the Ottoman Empire to the Turkish Republic in a major region of the country, the eastern Black Sea coast. Num Pages: 438 pages, 13 b/w photographs, 2 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1FB; 1QDT; HBJF1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
438
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520234826
ISBN
9780520234826
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 38.20

Paperback. A painstaking and skillful autopsy of ruinous western-style rational economic development policy forced upon a fragile, yet self- sustaining society. It is also a disquieting demonstration of the general folly of such an approach and an attempt to articulate a better, more sensitive, and more productive model of change. Num Pages: 331 pages, 9 line illustrations, 3 maps, 18 tables. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
331
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520235915
ISBN
9780520235915
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. In conflict zones from Iraq and Afghanistan to Guatemala and Somalia, the rules of war are changing dramatically. This book brings the highly gendered and racialized dimensions of these changes into sharp relief. It explores the gendered politics of ethno-nationalism in Sri Lanka, the post-Yugoslav states, and Israel and Palestine. Editor(s): Giles, Wenona; Hyndman, Jennifer. Num Pages: 373 pages, 1 line illustration, 12 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First
Number of pages
373
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520237919
ISBN
9780520237919
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. The so-called science wars pit science against culture, and nowhere is the struggle more contentious than in the realm of genetics. A constructive response, this volume brings together biological and cultural anthropologists to conduct a dialogue that bridges the science/culture divide. Editor(s): Goodman, Alan H.; Heath, Deborah; Lindee, M. Susan. Num Pages: 328 pages, 2 b/w photographs, 6 line illustrations, 4 tables. BIC Classification: JFC; JHMC; JHMP; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 228 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520237933
ISBN
9780520237933
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. Bangkok has been at the frontier of capitalism's drive into the global south for three decades. Rapid development has profoundly altered public and private life in Thailand. In her provocative study of contemporary commerce in Bangkok, the author captures the intimate effects of the global economy in this vibrant city. Num Pages: 288 pages, 7 b/w photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520239685
ISBN
9780520239685
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. Scientific discoveries about the animal kingdom fuel ideological battles on many fronts, especially battles about sex and gender. This book exposes the anthropomorphism and gender politics that have colored our understanding of the natural world and shows how feminism can help move us away from our ideological biases. Num Pages: 250 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: JFFK; JHM; JMU; PSVP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520240759
ISBN
9780520240759
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.06

Paperback. Takes us into a world that lies at the heart of the maximum security prison. Focusing on the 'supermaximums' - and the mental health units that complement them, this book conveys the internal contradictions of a system mandated to both punish and treat. Series: California Series in Public Anthropology. Num Pages: 329 pages, 25 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 552.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
329
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520240766
ISBN
9780520240766
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.36

Paperback. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520243149
ISBN
9780520243149
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.52

Paperback. Editor(s): Besteman, Catherine; Gusterson, Hugh. Series: California Series in Public Anthropology. Num Pages: 282 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520243569
ISBN
9780520243569
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.06

Paperback. Explores the global changes in disability awareness, technology, and policy from the viewpoint of disabled people and their families in a range of local contexts. This book reports on ethnographic research in Brazil, Uganda, Botswana, Somalia, Britain, Israel, China, India, and Japan. It addresses the definition of human rights in local contexts. Editor(s): Ingstad, Benedicte; Whyte, Susan Reynolds. Num Pages: 334 pages, 10 b/w photographs, 4 tables. BIC Classification: JFFG; JHMP; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
334
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520246171
ISBN
9780520246171
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. Presents the cultural history of eugenics in America that emphasizes the movement's central, continuing interaction with popular notions of gender and morality. This book shows how eugenics could seem a viable solution to problems of moral disorder and sexuality, especially female sexuality, during the first half of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 233 pages, 7 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
233
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520246744
ISBN
9780520246744
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.88

Paperback. Investigates how deCODE Genetics, in Iceland, became one of the wealthiest companies of its kind, as well as one of the most scandalous, with its plan to use the genes and medical records of the entire Icelandic population for scientific research. Num Pages: 343 pages, 7 b/w photographs, 3 line illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: JHM; MBX; MFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
343
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520247512
ISBN
9780520247512
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. Gives political-economic analysis that provides historical background on the way American social policy has evolved and compares the situation in the US to the social policies and ideologies of other countries. This book introduces courageous population of women committed to their families, holding fast to quintessential American values. Num Pages: 268 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
265
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520247727
ISBN
9780520247727
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.13

Paperback. Examines a example of linguistic plurality on the island of Mauritius, where more than two-thirds of the population is of Indian ancestry. This study focuses on the formation of diaspora as mediated through the cultural phenomenon of Indian ancestral languages - principally Hindi, which is used primarily in religious contexts. Num Pages: 341 pages, 2 b/w photographs, 2 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 226 x 12. Weight in Grams: 484. Diaspora, Time and Ethnolinguistic Belonging in Hindu Mauritius. 341 pages, 2 b/w photographs, 2 maps, 3 tables. Examines a example of linguistic plurality on the island of Mauritius, where more than two-thirds of the population is of Indian ancestry. This study focuses on the formation of diaspora as mediated through the cultural phenomenon of Indian ancestral languages - principally Hindi, which is used primarily in religious contexts. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JHM. Dimension: 153 x 226 x 12. Weight: 484.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
341
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520248809
ISBN
9780520248809
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. Offering an analysis of legislative responses to surrogacy in the bellwether states of New York and California, this book explores how discourses about gender, family, race, genetics, rights, and choice have shaped policies. It examines the views of key players, including legislators, women's organizations, religious groups, the media, and others. Num Pages: 277 pages, 1 line illustration, 12 tables. BIC Classification: JFM; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 230 x 18. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
277
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520252042
ISBN
9780520252042
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

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