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Sociology & anthropology
Paperback. Num Pages: 329 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JHM; JNRV; JNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 329
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789402405835
- ISBN
- 9789402405835
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 149.99
€ 149.99
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
An Anthropology of Absence: Materializations of Transcendence and Loss
. Ed(S): Bille, Mikkel; Hastrup, Frida; Soere...
paperback. This text uses eleven case studies to show that in the fields of anthropology and archaeology, the absence of objects can be just as telling as their presence. It also discusses how objects created to memorialize a loss have important cultural implications. Editor(s): Bille, Mikkel; Hastrup, Frida; Soerensen, Tim Flohr. Num Pages: 232 pages, 10 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Edition
- 2010th Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781489983367
- ISBN
- 9781489983367
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 183.08
€ 183.08
Hardback. This text uses eleven case studies to show that in the fields of anthropology and archaeology, the absence of objects can be just as telling as their presence. It also discusses how objects created to memorialize a loss have important cultural implications. Editor(s): Bille, Mikkel; Hastrup, Frida; Sorensen, Tim Flohr. Num Pages: 221 pages, 10 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JFCD; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 167 x 21. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
- Edition
- 2010th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441955289
- ISBN
- 9781441955289
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 187.41
€ 187.41
Hardcover. Incorporating analytical frameworks from scientific studies, ethnography, and political and economic theory, this book charts an itinerary for an internal anthropology of theorizing. It suggests that many of the effects that social theory uses today to produce insights are the legacy of baroque epistemological tricks. Series: Ethnography, Theory, Experiment. Num Pages: 176 pages, 6 figs & ills. BIC Classification: JHBA; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857459114
- ISBN
- 9780857459114
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.23
€ 162.23
Hardback. Num Pages: 80 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCD; JHMC; KNSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 247.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319420486
- ISBN
- 9783319420486
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.46
€ 72.46
Paperback. Num Pages: 137 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 197.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 137
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349176090
- ISBN
- 9781349176090
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.26
€ 65.26
paperback. Series: Visible Evidence. Num Pages: 184 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: APT; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 179 x 10. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816635610
- ISBN
- 9780816635610
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.38
€ 26.99
€ 25.38
Hardback. Allan Gonsher is an experienced family therapist with the dual perspective of a practicing Jew and a clinical training in psychology and inter-personal dynamics. "An Allowance is Not a Bribe" is the result of this viewpoint on Jewish parenting. Num Pages: 215 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSR1; JHBK; VFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 143 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 215
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780765761330
- ISBN
- 9780765761330
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.02
€ 124.02
Paperback. An Age of Limits outlines a new social theory for understanding contemporary society. Providing an analysis of why political, economic and cultural powers face constraints across the global North and beyond, this bold book argues that forces which address current challenges must confront the limits of the interplay between dominant institutions. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JM; HPS; JFFS; JHBA; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230360617
- ISBN
- 9780230360617
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.22
€ 66.22
Hardcover. An Age of Limits outlines a new social theory for understanding contemporary society. Providing an analysis of why political, economic and cultural powers face constraints across the global North and beyond, this bold book argues that forces which address current challenges must confront the limits of the interplay between dominant institutions. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JM; HPS; JFFS; JHBA; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230360600
- ISBN
- 9780230360600
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.97
€ 66.97
Hardback. Peter Worsley's studies at Cambridge were interrupted by war service as a communist officer in the colonial forces in Africa and India, which got him interested in anthropology. His book on The Third World introduced that term into the English language. On retirement as Professor Emeritus of the University of Manchester, he wrote Knowledges. Num Pages: 12 ills, bibliog., index. BIC Classification: BGA; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845453701
- ISBN
- 9781845453701
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.83
€ 162.83
Hardback. Amongst Digital Humanists brings an ethnographic account of the changing landscape of humanities scholarship as it affects individual scholars, academic fields and institutions, and argues for a pluralistic vision of digital knowledge production in the humanities. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; HPK; JFD; JHMC; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137484178
- ISBN
- 9781137484178
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Hardback. What is it like for a convicted murderer who has spent decades behind bars to suddenly find himself released into a world he barely recognizes? What is it like to start over from nothing? This title offers a view into a rarely seen social setting and into hearts and minds of three individuals who struggle with some of life's harshest challenges. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHB; JKVQ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 466. Life After Prison. 256 pages. What is it like for a convicted murderer who has spent decades behind bars to suddenly find himself released into a world he barely recognizes? What is it like to start over from nothing? This title offers a view into a rarely seen social setting and into hearts and minds of three individuals who struggle with some of life's harshest challenges. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHB; JKVQ1. Dimension: 216 x 164 x 24. Weight: 466.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520272859
- ISBN
- 9780520272859
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
paperback. This book shows how a political and cultural dynamic of amnesia and truth telling shapes literary constructions of history.Gauthier focuses on the works ofDon DeLillo, Toni Morrison, Michelle Cliff, Bharati Mukherjee, and Julie Otsuka." Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- Number of pages
- 253
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349296828
- ISBN
- 9781349296828
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages, b/w photos, maps & tables. BIC Classification: JHM. Dimension: 265 x 194 x 10. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788763511742
- ISBN
- 9788763511742
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.81
€ 46.99
€ 33.81
Paperback. Highly acclaimed in previous editions, this classic work by John Hostetler has been expanded and updated to reflect current research on Amish history and culture as well as the new concerns of Amish communities throughout North America. Num Pages: 448 pages, 91 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; HRCC99; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 4th
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801844423
- ISBN
- 9780801844423
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 29.04
€ 33.99
€ 29.04
Hardback. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813561967
- ISBN
- 9780813561967
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.16
€ 161.16
Hardback. This critique of the American welfare system analyses the structural factors of poverty and the social-psychological costs of being poor and lacking a home. It includes interview findings from families who have lived in a shelter in Northern Kentucky, and its staff members. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA; JFFB; JHBC; JHBK; JKSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 351. Clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Number of pages
- 158
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- SKU
- KEX0202016
- ISBN
- 9780275957322
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardcover. In the first ethnographic monograph of Americans in Italy, Catherine Trundle argues that charity and philanthropy are the central means by which many American women negotiate a sense of migrant belonging in Italy. Series: New Directions in Anthropology. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1KBB; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 158 x 231 x 20. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782383697
- ISBN
- 9781782383697
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.52
€ 162.52