Sociology & anthropology
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Sociology & anthropology
Paperback. In this major contribution to debates about English identity, leading theorist Robert J.C. Young argues that Englishness was never really about England at all. In the nineteenth century, it was rather developed as a form of long-distance identity for the English diaspora around the world. Series: Blackwell Manifestos. Num Pages: 312 pages, figures. BIC Classification: JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405101295
- ISBN
- 9781405101295
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 43.89
€ 44.99
€ 43.89
Paperback. Focuses on discriminating different meanings of culture, as a way of introducing the debates around it. This book offers a critique of postmodern 'culturalism', arguing instead for a more complex relation between Culture and Nature, and trying to retrieve the importance of such concepts as human nature from a non-naturalistic perspective. Series: Blackwell Manifestos. Num Pages: 168 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBA; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631219668
- ISBN
- 9780631219668
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.03
€ 34.03
Paperback. As the countries of East-Central Europe struggle to create liberal democracy and the United States and other Western nations attempt to rediscover their own tarnished civil institutions, this title identifies the neglect of the idea of 'civil society' as a central concern common to both cultures today. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; JH; JMH; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691010816
- ISBN
- 9780691010816
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.20€ 45.72
€ 59.20
€ 45.72
The Iceman and his Natural Environment. Palaeobotanical Results.
. Ed(S): Bortemschlager, Sigmar; Oeggl, Klaus
Paperback. Editor(s): Bortemschlager, Sigmar; Oeggl, Klaus. Series: The Man in the Ice. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHM; PSAF; PSG; PST; PSV; TVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 282 x 211 x 15. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Verlag GmbH Austria
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2000
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783709174036
- ISBN
- 9783709174036
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.04
€ 63.04
Paperback. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSJ; JFSR; JHB; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 227
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349488100
- ISBN
- 9781349488100
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.82
€ 72.82
Paperback. A tribute to the mixed hybrid and multicultural nature of Sri Lanka's society, which challenges assumptions of ethnic purity and attempts to recover a hidden history of hybridity. Num Pages: 192 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FKS; GTB; JFC; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 12. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781842772034
- ISBN
- 9781842772034
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 38.69
€ 46.99
€ 38.69
Paperback. What makes humans unique? This work presents an alternative to this puzzling question. Based on insights into the behavior of chimps and other great apes, our now extinct human ancestors, and existing hunting and gathering societies, it shows the remarkable role that meat has played in these societies. Num Pages: 272 pages, 3 tables 3 line illus. 10 halftones. BIC Classification: JHMP; PDZ; PSAJ; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 188 x 118 x 16. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691088884
- ISBN
- 9780691088884
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 32.86
€ 46.99
€ 32.86
Paperback. Num Pages: 376 pages, 266 halftones. BIC Classification: 1H; JHMP; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 295 x 205 x 22. Weight in Grams: 905.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226070902
- ISBN
- 9780226070902
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.12€ 54.16
€ 65.12
€ 54.16
Paperback. Analysing how materialistic capitalism is self-limiting, how efficiency may be the enemy of a cohesive society, this work examines the false certainties of science and religion. It builds a theory of meaning, based on the research for identity the role of the arts and the idea of immortality. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HP; JH; JPA; KJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 123 x 18. Weight in Grams: 208. Good clean copy with some reader wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Arrow Books Ltd
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTM0005971
- ISBN
- 9780099227724
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. An exploration of the natural and cultural act of eating. The author reveals how the various aspects of this phenomenon, and the customs, rituals, and taboos surrounding it, relate to universal and profound truths about the human animal and its deepest yearnings. Num Pages: 268 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM; WB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 22. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780226425689
- ISBN
- 9780226425689
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.46
€ 35.99
€ 28.46
Hardback. 'An impressive synthesis of semiotics and anthropology which puts human experience in a new light. Deely gives us the foundation for a new paradigm for anthropology.' -Nathan Houser, Peirce Edition Project Series: Sources in Semiotics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; GTC; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847678037
- ISBN
- 9780847678037
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.64
€ 157.64
Hardback. Num Pages: 214 pages, 24 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JHB; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319534886
- ISBN
- 9783319534886
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.46
€ 119.46
Paperback. Examines how developments in physics, biology, medicine, psychology, politics, and art employed the metaphor of the working body as a human motor. This title demonstrates how the utopian obsession with energy and fatigue shaped social thought across the ideological spectrum. Num Pages: 432 pages, 26 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 156 x 238 x 31. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520078277
- ISBN
- 9780520078277
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 29.95
€ 41.99
€ 29.95
Paperback. Editor(s): Katsikitis, Mary. Num Pages: 289 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHMP; JMH; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
- Number of pages
- 289
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461353768
- ISBN
- 9781461353768
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 119.23
€ 119.23
Paperback. Examines and applies theories of humans, environments and human-environment interaction to professional thinking and action. This work highlights values and assumptions that underlie theory generation and application to professional practice and challenge the reader to answer two questions how do we know, and what do we do with our knowledge? Num Pages: 312 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 256 x 180 x 20. Weight in Grams: 649.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742559394
- ISBN
- 9780742559394
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 106.64
€ 106.64
The Human Enhancement Debate and Disability. New Bodies for a Better L...
. Ed(S): Eilers, M; Gruber, K; Rehmann-Sutter...
Paperback. Improving human characteristics goes beyond compensating for an impairment. This book explores the rich and complex relationship between enhancement and impairment, showing that the study of disability offers new ways of thinking about the social and ethical implications of improving the human condition. Editor(s): Eilers, M; Gruber, K; Rehmann-Sutter, C. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JHB; MBS; MN; MQW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 257
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349487752
- ISBN
- 9781349487752
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.92
€ 61.92
Hardcover. Chronicles the evolution of people from the earliest primates through the emergence of fully modern humans within the past 200,000 years. This book stresses advances in knowledge, including, for example, ever more abundant evidence that fully modern humans originated in Africa and spread from there. Num Pages: 976 pages, 272 line drawings, 49 tables. BIC Classification: JHMP; PSAJ; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 260 x 180 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1926.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 976
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Third
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226439655
- ISBN
- 9780226439655
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.98€ 77.98
€ 89.98
€ 77.98
Paperback. A beautifully-written, insightful and urgent enquiry into man's relationship with nature and our impact on the planet. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: JHM; PDZ; RNT; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780755365012
- ISBN
- 9780755365012
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.74
€ 15.99
€ 11.74
Paperback. A summation of native Andean religious tradition and an image of the superhuman and human world as imagined around A.D. 1600 Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 277 x 211 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1225.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292730533
- ISBN
- 9780292730533
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.30
€ 42.30
Hardcover. American football and postmodernist theory are both objects of popular and scholarly interest that reveal remarkable sociological insights. Analysis of media-driven commercial football documents how narratives of sportsmanship/brutality, heroism/antiheroism, athleticism/self-indulgence, honor/chicanery, and chivalry/sexism compete and thrive. Num Pages: 149 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA; JFDT; JHBS; WSJS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137555885
- ISBN
- 9781137555885
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.84
€ 61.84