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Sociology & anthropology
Hardback. Many animals build shelters, but only humans build homes. This title recounts the cultural development of the human imperative to maintain domestic dwellings. It shows how our houses allow us to physically adapt to the environment and conceptually order the cosmos, and explains how we fabricate dwellings and, in the process, construct our lives. Num Pages: 288 pages, 27 b/w photographs, 9 line illustrations, 1 table. BIC Classification: HD; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 234 x 23. Weight in Grams: 524. 288 pages, Illustrations. Many animals build shelters, but only humans build homes. This title recounts the cultural development of the human imperative to maintain domestic dwellings. It shows how our houses allow us to physically adapt to the environment and conceptually order the cosmos, and explains how we fabricate dwellings and, in the process, construct our lives. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HD; JHM. Dimension: 159 x 234 x 23. Weight: 524.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520272217
- ISBN
- 9780520272217
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.66
€ 40.99
€ 28.66
Paperback. Tackles the question of race in West Africa through its postcolonial manifestations. Challenging the view of the African continent as a nonracialized space, the author envisions Africa, and in particular the nation of Ghana, as a place whose local relationships are deeply informed by global structures of race, economics, and politics. Num Pages: 280 pages, 23 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; JFSL3; JHMC; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 462. Postcolonial Ghana and the Politics of Race. 280 pages, 23 halftones. Tackles the question of race in West Africa through its postcolonial manifestations. Challenging the view of the African continent as a nonracialized space, the author envisions Africa, and in particular the nation of Ghana, as a place whose local relationships are deeply informed by global structures of race, economics, and politics. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1HFDH; JFSL3; JHMC; JPH. Dimension: 232 x 163 x 16. Weight: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226923031
- ISBN
- 9780226923031
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.25
€ 40.99
€ 31.25
Hardcover. "Jarvis does a real service by introducing a new vision of research into the current debates over the nature and mission of the academy. " ----Continuing Higher Education Review"Jarvis has managed to bridge the worlds of theory and professional practice in a way that will help each better understand the other. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBC; JNA; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Jossey-Bass
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780787938802
- ISBN
- 9780787938802
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 46.41
€ 46.99
€ 46.41
Paperback. Editor(s): Fortun, Michael; Mendelsohn, E. Series: Sociology of the Sciences Yearbook. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; MBDC; MJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1999
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401059855
- ISBN
- 9789401059855
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Condition: New
€ 180.33
€ 180.33
Paperback. This is the first volume to bring together philosophers, sociologists and scientists to explore and examine the role of practices in human activity. Editor(s): Schatzki, Theodore R.; Knorr-Cetina, Karin D.; Savigny, Eike von. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Number of pages
- 252
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415228145
- ISBN
- 9780415228145
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Condition: New
€ 44.51
€ 44.51
Paperback. Editor(s): Rivera-Sanchez, Liliana; Lozano-Ascencio, Fernando. Series: Springerbriefs in Environment, Security, Development and Peace / Migration Studies. Num Pages: 197 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, 11 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHBC; LNKJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 151 x 12. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 197
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319026923
- ISBN
- 9783319026923
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Condition: New
€ 61.67
€ 61.67
Paperback. BIC Classification: JHB. Dimension: 235 x 155. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780412543401
- ISBN
- 9780412543401
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.44
€ 61.44
Paperback. Considers the uses to which social representation and modes of social behavior are put by individuals and groups, describing the tactics available to the common man for reclaiming his own autonomy from the all-pervasive forces of commerce, politics, and culture. Translator(s): Rendall, Steven F. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JF; JH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 374. 256 pages. Considers the uses to which social representation and modes of social behavior are put by individuals and groups, describing the tactics available to the common man for reclaiming his own autonomy from the all-pervasive forces of commerce, politics, and culture. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JF; JH. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 15. Weight: 348.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520271456
- ISBN
- 9780520271456
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.38
€ 33.99
€ 24.38
Paperback. This volume presents an interdisciplinary approach to humanistic scholarship, one that can be situated somewhere between cultural studies and cultural history while being aiming to be more specific than either. Editor(s): Bal, Mieke. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 416 pages, 47 half-tones. BIC Classification: DSA; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804730679
- ISBN
- 9780804730679
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 46.71
€ 46.99
€ 46.71
Hardback. This volume presents an interdisciplinary approach to humanistic scholarship, one that can be situated somewhere between cultural studies and cultural history while being aiming to be more specific than either. Editor(s): Bal, Mieke. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 416 pages, 47 half-tones. BIC Classification: DSA; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 702.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804730662
- ISBN
- 9780804730662
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 189.15
€ 189.15
Paperback. Includes classic sociological research writings as well as fresh pieces on topics of interest to students. This book offers students to re-evaluate familiar social arenas: the college classroom, televised sports shows, restaurants, doctors' offices and even public restrooms. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 190 x 15. Weight in Grams: 601.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill Education - Europe United States
- Edition
- 6 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780078026881
- ISBN
- 9780078026881
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 131.77
€ 131.77
Hardback. Series: Political Philosophy and Public Purpose. Num Pages: 128 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBA; JMB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 303.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319324425
- ISBN
- 9783319324425
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.64
€ 61.64
Paperback. Drawing on the work of Foucault and Bourdieu, this book sets out to illuminate the practical imagination as it was exhibited in the transformation of the political and social sciences during 19th-century Germany. Using information from many sources, it examines the learned disciplines of the time. Num Pages: 392 pages, 15 line drawings, 15 tables. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JFC; JH; JPH; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press Chicago and London
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226482422
- ISBN
- 9780226482422
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 32.82
€ 42.99
€ 32.82
Paperback. The violent partitioning of British India along religious lines and communalist aggression have compelled Indian citizens to contend with the notion that an exclusive, fixed religious identity is fundamental to selfhood. This title traces the long-term healing processes of Muslim and Hindu devotees of a complex of dargahs in northwestern India. Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 312 pages, 10 b/w photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520262812
- ISBN
- 9780520262812
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.78
€ 40.99
€ 28.78
paperback. Drawing upon interviews with adults married to a partner of a different class background, The Power of the Past reveals the intimate connections between love and class and how enduring class attributes shape who they love and how their marriage unfolds. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSC; JHB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199364435
- ISBN
- 9780199364435
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.17
€ 51.17
Paperback. It is the anthropologist's fate to always be between things: countries, languages, cultures, even realities. The author celebrates the creative power of the between, showing how it can transform us, changing our conceptions of who we are, what we know, and how we live in the world. Num Pages: 192 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: BM; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 17. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226775357
- ISBN
- 9780226775357
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.47
€ 31.99
€ 24.47
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 2nd ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319525952
- ISBN
- 9783319525952
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.94
€ 64.94
Paperback. Filled with strategies, exercises, and personal stories from years spent coaching leaders, this book explains how to: build relationships based on trust; rid yourself of limiting behaviors; embody values you want to convey; explore how others see you and correct misperceptions; present effectively in public and more. BIC Classification: JHBL; KJW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- AMACOM
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Special ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814437858
- ISBN
- 9780814437858
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.88
€ 19.99
€ 18.88
Hardback. Focusing on different forms of agency in North Ambrym social life, the author demonstrates the potency of outsiders at different times and in different situations in Ambrym society. This model challenges the premises of much Western thinking about reciprocity, and suggests new directions in the analysis of Melanesian societies. Num Pages: 38 ills, bibliog., index. BIC Classification: 1MKLV; JH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845452933
- ISBN
- 9781845452933
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.59
€ 152.59
The Power of Law in a Transnational World. Anthropological Enquiries.
. Ed(S): Benda-Beckmann, Franz Von; Benda-Bec...
Hardback. How is law mobilized and who has the power and authority to construct its meaning? This important volume examines this question as well as how law is constituted and reconfigured through social processes that frame both its continuity and transformation over time. The volume highlights how power is deployed under conditions of legal pluralism. Editor(s): Benda-Beckmann, Franz von; Benda-Beckmann, Keebet von; Griffiths, Anne. Num Pages: 248 pages, ill. BIC Classification: JHM; LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845454234
- ISBN
- 9781845454234
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.66
€ 151.66