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Hardcover. In the Arab world in general, some 50 per cent of the total population is 18 years of age or below. This also means Middle Eastern governments will be challenged as their young citizens demand work, a place to live, and more. This volume also includes articles on: youth, history and change in the modern Arab World. Editor(s): Simonsen, Jorgen Baek. Num Pages: 162 pages, illus. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 280 x 219 x 15. Weight in Grams: 828.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Number of pages
162
Condition
New
SKU
V9788779341340
ISBN
9788779341340
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 28.30

Paperback. .
Publisher
SAGE Publications Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781446259054
ISBN
9781446259054
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.10

Hardback. Ahead of his time-Fuller's visions on globalization and the "rescue through technology" Editor(s): Krausse, Joachim; Lichtenstein, Claude. Num Pages: 528 pages, 600 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; AKB; AMA; JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 165. .
Publisher
Lars Muller Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783037785249
ISBN
9783037785249
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 34.03

Paperback. Editor(s): Mitchell, W.; Bunton, Robin. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JHBA; JHBK; JHBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
269
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349721245
ISBN
9781349721245
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 77.56
€ 64.89

Hardcover. Editor(s): Robertson, Margaret; Williams, Michael. Num Pages: 241 pages, tables. BIC Classification: JFSP2; JHBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 263 x 188 x 22. Weight in Grams: 748.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
241
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594540295
ISBN
9781594540295
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.95
€ 80.97

Paperback. An in-depth look at urban youth in the Republic of Georgia offering new perspectives on how time and marginality are interlinked" Series: Global Youth. Num Pages: 214 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUG; JFSJ2; JFSP2; JHBL; KCFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S.
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781439909195
ISBN
9781439909195
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.95

Hardcover. Anthropology is particularly well suited to explore the contemporary predicament in the coming of age of young men. Its grounded and comparative empiricism provides the opportunity to move beyond statistics, moral panics, or gender stereotypes in order to explore specific aspects of life course transitions.. Editor(s): Amit, Vered; Dyck, Noel. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ2; JFSP2; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 636. 328 pages. Editor(s): Amit, Vered; Dyck, Noel. Anthropology is particularly well suited to explore the contemporary predicament in the coming of age of young men. Its grounded and comparative empiricism provides the opportunity to move beyond statistics, moral panics, or gender stereotypes in order to explore specific aspects of life course transitions. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: JFSJ2; JFSP2; JHM. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 23. Weight: 622.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857452498
ISBN
9780857452498
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.39

Hardback. Series: Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; JFSR2; JHB; JPFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 165 x 243 x 27. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691159843
ISBN
9780691159843
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.73

Paperback. Series: Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 399.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691176284
ISBN
9780691176284
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.05

Hardback. .
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442229792
ISBN
9781442229792
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.08

Paperback. In this ethnography of contemporary youth culture in Iran's capital, Shahram Khosravi examines the practices of everyday life through which young Tehranis demonstrate defiance against the official culture and the parental generation. Series: Contemporary Ethnography. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: JFSP3; JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 166 x 14. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812220681
ISBN
9780812220681
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.89

Paperback. Argues that it was the working people's interest in equitable access to the country's most obvious asset - land - that led them to advocate a federal Homestead Act granting land to the landless, state legislation to prohibit the foreclosure of family farms, and antimonopolistic limitations on land ownership. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 photographs, 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTB; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 395.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252072307
ISBN
9780252072307
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.19

Paperback. In his major investigation into the nature of humans, Peter Sloterdijk presents a critique of myth - the myth of the return of religion. Num Pages: 500 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 227 x 38. Weight in Grams: 770.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745649221
ISBN
9780745649221
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.88

Hardcover. Num Pages: 144 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: JH; VS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Select Books Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590790571
ISBN
9781590790571
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.12

Paperback. Addresses what it means to be black in Peru. Based on extensive ethnographic work in the country and informed by more than eighty interviews with Peruvians of African descent, this ground breaking study explains how ideas of race, colour, and mestizaje in Peru differ greatly from those held in other Latin American nations. Series: New World Diasporas. Num Pages: 246 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University Press of Florida
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813044491
ISBN
9780813044491
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.80

Paperback. This title uses the Asian concept of yin and yang to explain how American virtues and vices are opposite sides of the same coin. Unlike the dualism characteristic of the West, in much of Asia the forces of yin and yang are seen to co-exist in everything, and complete each other in cosmic harmony. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Nicholas Brealey Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781877864858
ISBN
9781877864858
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.89

Hardback. Recent years have witnessed a significant growth of interest in the consequences of political violence and displacement for the young. However, when speaking of childrenA" commentators have often taken the situation of those in early and middle childhood as representative of all young people under eighteen years of age. Editor(s): Hart, Jason. Series: Studies in Forced Migration. Num Pages: 321 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Weight in Grams: 570.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
321
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845455286
ISBN
9781845455286
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.03

Hardcover. Soon after they moved into their apartment complex in Sarajevo, this book's protagonists were overcome by the 1992-1995 war and the disintegration of socialist Yugoslavia. More than a decade later, in post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina, they felt they were collectively stuck in a time warp where nothing seemed to be as it should be. Series: Dislocations. Num Pages: 264 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; 3JJPR; 3JMC; JFSG; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 160 x 237 x 20. Weight in Grams: 534.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782386506
ISBN
9781782386506
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.73

Paperback. Raises questions central to the field of anthropology - questions concerning the practice of fieldwork, the production of knowledge, and anthropology's intellectual and ethical vision of itself. This book discusses the Yanomami controversy, identifies the ethical dilemmas of the controversy and assesses the state of anthropology. Series: California Series in Public Anthropology. Num Pages: 391 pages, 28 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFSL9; JHBC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 570.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
391
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
illustrated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520244047
ISBN
9780520244047
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.86

Paperback. This is an eloquently written autoethnography in which researcher Hillary S. Webb seeks to understand the indigenous Andean concept of yanantin or 'complementary opposites'. Webb embarks on a personal journey of understanding the yanantin worldview of complementary duality through participant observation and reflection on her individual experience. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL; JFSR; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 227 x 16. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826350732
ISBN
9780826350732
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.67

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Wyatt, Sue. Num Pages: 29 pages, colour illus. BIC Classification: 5AK; JHBK. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile; (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 222 x 217 x 5. Weight in Grams: 138.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Aboriginal Studies Press Australia
Edition
Second Edition, Second edition
Number of pages
32
Condition
New
SKU
V9780855755003
ISBN
9780855755003
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.27

hardcover. Written on the Body surveys the history of the tattoo in Europe and North America from Antiquity to the present. While the subject of tattooing has previously been approached from the viewpoints of anthropology, sociology and cultural studies, this book sets the practice into a historical perspective. Editor(s): Caplan, Jane. Series: Critical Views. Num Pages: 319 pages, b/w figs. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KB; AFY; HBT; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 534. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0032352
ISBN
9781861890627
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

Paperback. Is it "Stalinist" for a formerly communist country to tear down a statue of Stalin? Should the Confederate flag be allowed to fly over the South Carolina state capital? Is it possible for America to honour General Custer and the Sioux Nation, Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln? This title deals with these questions. Series: Public Planet Books. Num Pages: 160 pages, 19 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMGD; JFC; JHM; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 168 x 12. Weight in Grams: 206.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822322207
ISBN
9780822322207
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Translator(s): Easton, Loyd D.; Guddat, Kurt. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; HPS; JH; JPA; JPFF; KCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 33. Weight in Grams: 748.
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872203693
ISBN
9780872203693
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 39.01

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