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Paperback. Focusing on western India in the colonial and postcolonial periods, this work shines a light on South Asian historiography and on caste discrimination, to show how persons without rights came to possess them and how Dalit struggles led to the transformation of such terms of colonial liberalism as rights, equality, and personhood. Num Pages: 416 pages, 10 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; JFSC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558. Dalits and the Politics of Modern India. 416 pages, illustrations. Focusing on western India in the colonial and postcolonial periods, this work shines a light on South Asian historiography and on caste discrimination, to show how persons without rights came to possess them and how Dalit struggles led to the transformation of such terms of colonial liberalism as rights, equality, and personhood. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; JFSC; JHM. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 25. Weight: 552.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520257610
ISBN
9780520257610
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.28

Paperback. Donald Tuzin first studied the New Guinea village of Ilahita in 1972. Years later he returned to find that the village's men had voluntarily destroyed their secret cult which allowed them dominance over women. This study examines the labyrinth of motives behind this improbable, devastating act. Series: Worlds of Desire S. Num Pages: 270 pages, 10 halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; JFSJ2; JFSL9; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226819518
ISBN
9780226819518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.64

paperback. Provides readers with cases drawn from various disciplines that illustrate different case study techniques such as descriptive, explanatory, cross-case and methodological. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBC; JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 253 x 177 x 16. Weight in Grams: 534.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
SAGE Publications, Inc United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780761929260
ISBN
9780761929260
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 163.86

Paperback. The Caribbean before Columbus is a new synthesis of the region's insular history based on the authors' 55 years of research in the Bahamas, Lesser and Greater Antilles. The presentation operates on multiple scales, and individual sites highlight specific issues. Num Pages: 360 pages, 25 b/w line drawings; 42 b/w halftones. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 3H; HBJK; HBLC; HDD; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190605254
ISBN
9780190605254
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 77.06

Hardback. Num Pages: 400 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPK; HBJF; JHBL; JHMC; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 648.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231171922
ISBN
9780231171922
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.84
€ 50.77

Hardback. Explores how we can measure and compare the resilience of communities, looking in detail at neighbourhoods in London, Rome and Zambia. Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 184 pages, 30 figures. BIC Classification: GPS; JFS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 18. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780745331461
ISBN
9780745331461
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.20
€ 83.19

Paperback. The Canadian Sioux are descendants of Santees, Yanktonais, and Tetons from the United States who sought refuge in Canada during the 1860s and 1870s. This book helps fill that gap in the literature and remains relevant even in the twenty-first century. Series: Studies in the Anthropology of North American Indians. Num Pages: 226 pages, 24 photographs, 1 map, 3 tables, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 13. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Edition
Second Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803271760
ISBN
9780803271760
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. Popular Hinduism is shaped, above all, by worship of a multitude of powerful divine beings - a superabundance indicated by the proverbial total of 330 million gods and goddesses. This title combines ethnographic case studies with comparative anthropological analysis and draws on textual and historical scholarship as well. Num Pages: 368 pages, 5 tables. 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRG; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Revised, Expanded
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691120485
ISBN
9780691120485
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.56

Paperback. Why, for many centuries, was the wheel abandoned in the Middle East in favor of the camel as a means of transport? This richly illustrated study explains this anomaly. Drawing on archaeology, art, technology, anthropology, linguistics, and camel husbandry, Bulliet explores the implications for the region's economic and social development during the Middle Ages and into modern times. Num Pages: 327 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JH; TVH; WNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 142 x 23. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
327
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231072359
ISBN
9780231072359
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

Paperback. .
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107531680
ISBN
9781107531680
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.68

Hardback. An innovative and moving study, The Calendar of Loss illuminates how AIDS mourning confounds and traverses how we have come to think about loss and grief, insisting that the bereaved can confront death in the face of shame and stigma in eloquent ways that imply a fierce political sensibility and a longing for justice. Series: The Callaloo African Diaspora Series. Num Pages: 192 pages, 19, 19 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: DSA; JFSK; JFSL3; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421416557
ISBN
9781421416557
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.32

Paperback. A groundbreaking study of women entrepreneurs in early twentieth-century British Columbia. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774818148
ISBN
9780774818148
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.91

Paperback. * Honest and informative about the realities of managing research projects, especially where numbers of people and/or different teams are involved. * Confronts key ethical dilemmas involved in research conduct & reportage. Editor(s): Finer, Catherine Jones; Hundt, Gillian Lewando. Series: Broadening Perspectives in Social Policy. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1QFE; GPS; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 246.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631228240
ISBN
9780631228240
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.09

Paperback. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719072239
ISBN
9780719072239
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.96

Hardback. Num Pages: 375 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAK; ACBK; HRKP; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 667.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
375
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781477309957
ISBN
9781477309957
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.43

Paperback. Freemasonry has long been one of the most romanticized secret societies in the world. But a simple fact escapes most depictions of this elite brotherhood: there are women Freemasons, too. The author takes you inside Masonic lodges in contemporary Italy, where she observes the many ritualistic and fraternal bonds forged among women initiates. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; JFSJ1; JFSV1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226095868
ISBN
9780226095868
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.52

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 11. BIC Classification: 1KLCH; JFFN; JFFS; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 199.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801477294
ISBN
9780801477294
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.58

Paperback. Offers vivid, literary descriptions of Fontana del Re, an impoverished Neapolitan neighborhood. This book documents the struggles of Neapolitans surrounded by crumbling buildings and economic insecurity. It details family dynamics as well as the workings of Naples's informal economy. Num Pages: 280 pages, 2 photos. BIC Classification: 1DST; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
2 Expanded
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231133715
ISBN
9780231133715
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Paperback. This comprehensive volume contains much of the important work in political and social philosophy from ancient times until the end of the nineteenth century. The anthology offers both depth and breadth in its selection of material by central figures, while also representing other currents of political thought. Editor(s): Bailey, Andrew; Brennan, Samantha; Kymlicka, Will; Levy, Jacob; Sager, Alex. Num Pages: 1136 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 196 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1104.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Edition
annotated ed
Number of pages
1136
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551117423
ISBN
9781551117423
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 86.94
€ 67.07

Paperback. Series: British Museum Little Book of.. S. Num Pages: 64 pages, 48 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 110 x 110 x 7. Weight in Grams: 70.
Publisher
British Museum Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714150291
ISBN
9780714150291
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.24

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691640181
ISBN
9780691640181
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.78
€ 93.78

Paperback. Num Pages: 152 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, figures. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (G) General; (U) Tertiary Education. Dimension: 250 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780873659109
ISBN
9780873659109
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.53

Paperback. A book which brilliantly twists our perception of nature by showing us nature's perspective of us. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JHM; PST. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 256. A Plant's-eye View of the World. 320 pages. A book which brilliantly twists our perception of nature by showing us nature's perspective of us. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JHM; PST. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 22. Weight: 222.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747563006
ISBN
9780747563006
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.72

Hardback. Exploring the limits of and contradictions of transitional justice Editor(s): Balibar, Etienne; Mezzadra, Sandro; Samaddar, Ranabir. Series: Politics, History, & Social Change. Num Pages: 226 pages. BIC Classification: JHBA; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
SKU
V9781439906859
ISBN
9781439906859
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.44

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