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Sociology & anthropology
Paperback. Van Riper chronicles the Victorian debate over the idea of prehistoric human origins within the context of Victorian science, showing how the notion of human antiquity forced Victorians to redefine their assumptions about human evolution and the relationship of science to Christianity. Series: Science & Its Conceptual Foundations S. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5 tables, 11 line drawings. BIC Classification: HBTB; HDDA; JHMP; PDX; PSAJ; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226849928
- ISBN
- 9780226849928
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.72
€ 42.99
€ 33.72
Hardcover. This volume of Memory Ireland focuses on the impact of the Famine and the Troubles on the formation and study of Irish cultural memory. Editor(s): Frawley, Oona. Series: Irish Studies. Num Pages: 376 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBTB; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 162 x 28. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Syracuse Univ Pr (Sd)
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815633518
- ISBN
- 9780815633518
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.09
€ 51.09
Hardcover. Editor(s): Frawley, Oona; O'Callaghan, Katherine. Series: Irish Studies. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: DSK; HBTB; JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815633525
- ISBN
- 9780815633525
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.38
€ 51.38
Paperback. This book questions the sociocultural dimensions of remembering. It offers an overview of the history and theory of memory studies through the lens of sociology, political science, anthropology, psychology, literature, art and media studies, documenting current international and interdisciplinary memory research in an unprecedented way. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JHB; JMRM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2011 ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230297456
- ISBN
- 9780230297456
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.07
€ 33.99
€ 31.07
Hardback. This work examines four well-known Civil War-era National Park sites and shows us how public memory shaped their creation and continues to shape their interpretation. It shows that "public memory" is really "public memories", and interpretation may change from one generation to another. Num Pages: 272 pages, bibliog , index. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHM; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759102620
- ISBN
- 9780759102620
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.76
€ 146.76
Hardback. In studies of a common European past, there is a significant lack of scholarship on the former Eastern Bloc countries. This volume offers a reflection on memory in an Eastern European historical context, one that can be measured against and applied to historical experience in other parts of Europe. Editor(s): Pakier, Malgorzata; Wawrzyniak, Joanna. Series: Contemporary European History. Num Pages: 372 pages. BIC Classification: 1DV; HBJD; HBLW; JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 372
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782389293
- ISBN
- 9781782389293
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 180.01
€ 180.01
Paperback. Assesses the contemporary practice of anthropology and its emerging shape as a discipline across the globe. This title explores the place of linguistics in contemporary language-centered anthropology, and ponders how studies of material culture imbue objects with "otherness." Num Pages: 208 pages, 13 illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBA; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 167 x 13. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822340775
- ISBN
- 9780822340775
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.95
€ 32.99
€ 29.95
Paperback. Series: Ohio RIS Global Series. Num Pages: 234 pages. BIC Classification: HBTS; JHMC; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 28. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780821421932
- ISBN
- 9780821421932
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.91
€ 42.91
hardcover. This book is an intimate look at how diasporic Chinese in Panama construct notions of home and create a sense of belonging as they inhabit the interstices of several cultural-national formations-Panama, China/Taiwan, and the United States. Num Pages: 272 pages, 3 figures, 1 illustration, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCP; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804753029
- ISBN
- 9780804753029
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.18
€ 133.18
Paperback. Using region as a category of analysis, this volume explores the reciprocal relationship between Latinas and location. It compares Latinas from a variety of backgrounds, moving the focus from Los Angeles, New York, and Santa Fe to Chicago, Tucson, and Philadelphia. Editor(s): Ruiz, Vicki L.; Chavez, John R. Num Pages: 224 pages, 24 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; GTB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252074783
- ISBN
- 9780252074783
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.42
€ 32.42
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JJ; HBJK; JHMC; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 477.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822361022
- ISBN
- 9780822361022
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.67
€ 41.99
€ 37.67
Hardcover. Thousands of memorials to executed witches, victims of terrorism, and dead astronauts, along with those that pay tribute to civil rights, organ donors, and the end of communism, have dotted the American landscape. This title argues that these memorials underscore our obsession with issues of memory and history. Num Pages: 488 pages, 161 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMGD; JFCA; JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226159386
- ISBN
- 9780226159386
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.64€ 79.50
€ 93.64
€ 79.50
Hardcover. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Select Books Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590799963
- ISBN
- 9781590799963
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.72
€ 27.99
€ 26.72
hardcover. In a series of epic self-narratives ranging from traditional cultural embodiments to picaresque adventures, Christian epiphanies and a host of interactive strategies and techniques for living, Kewa Highlanders (PNG) attempt to shape and control their selves and their relentlessly changing world. Num Pages: 256 pages, 5 ills. BIC Classification: 1MKL; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781845455255
- ISBN
- 9781845455255
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.29
€ 161.29
Hardback. Offers an analysis of the uncertainties, dreams, and anxieties that have accompanied post apartheid freedoms in Chatsworth, a formerly Indian township in Durban. This title describes how the racial segmentation of South African society still informs daily life, notions of race, personhood, morality, and religious ethics. Num Pages: 384 pages, 10 halftones. 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1HFMS; JFSL1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691152950
- ISBN
- 9780691152950
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.69€ 83.51
€ 107.69
€ 83.51
Paperback. Offers an analysis of the uncertainties, dreams, and anxieties that have accompanied postapartheid freedoms in Chatsworth, a formerly Indian township in Durban. This title tells the stories of ordinary Indians whose lives were racialized and framed by the township, and how these residents domesticated and inhabited this urban space. Num Pages: 384 pages, 10 halftones. 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1HFMS; JFSL1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 235 x 23. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691152967
- ISBN
- 9780691152967
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 33.77
€ 45.99
€ 33.77
Paperback. An ethnographic study of Trinidadian gospel music that engages the multiple musical styles circulating in the nation's Full Gospel community and illustrates the carefully negotiated and contested spaces that they occupy in relationship to questions of identity. It explores gospelypso, jamoo ('Jehovah's music'), and gospel dancehall. Series: Music of the African Diaspora. Num Pages: 230 pages, 4 b/w photographs, 5 line illustrations, 6 music examples. BIC Classification: 1KJWWT; AVGQ; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 230 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520250680
- ISBN
- 9780520250680
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.04
€ 33.99
€ 25.04
Paperback. Southeast Asia contains four urban conglomerates, this study characterizes them as Mega-Urban Regions - Jakarta, Manila, Bangkok and Ho Chi Minh. It examines these locations along with Taipei and Shanghai. Editor(s): Jones, Gavin W.; Douglass, Mike. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FM; JFSG; JHBD; RGL; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- NUS Press
- Edition
- 1 New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789971693794
- ISBN
- 9789971693794
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.24
€ 27.24
Paperback. This book is an exploration of how this remarkably efficient and familiar form of gathering operates, in different times and places, and how it comes to be recognised by those who experience or deploy it. Series: Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute Special Issue Book Series. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 171. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119405894
- ISBN
- 9781119405894
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.60
€ 28.60
Paperback. This is the story of Nancy's McCabe's adoption of a daughter and the many obstacles she faced during the adoption and adjustment process. Especially poignant is her struggle to bond with a sick, grieving baby while in a foreign country during political unrest. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; BG; JHBK; JKSB1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Missouri
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826214959
- ISBN
- 9780826214959
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.84
€ 21.99
€ 19.84
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 10 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; JFS; JHMC; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816685394
- ISBN
- 9780816685394
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.64
€ 29.99
€ 27.64
Hardback. Begins with a look at the ideas of Mancur Olson and George Williams, who shifted the question of why cooperation happens from an emphasis on group benefits to individual costs. This book then explores how these ideas have influenced our thinking about cooperation, coordination, and collective action. Num Pages: 264 pages, 7 line illus. BIC Classification: JHB; JHM; JPA; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691154954
- ISBN
- 9780691154954
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 33.80
€ 45.99
€ 33.80
Hardback. Translator(s): Nice, Richard. Num Pages: 318 pages. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804733311
- ISBN
- 9780804733311
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.31
€ 144.31
paperback. This study offers a broad range of approaches to medieval society's understanding of mothering and the uses to which the practice and imagery of mothering could be assumed by females and males alike. Editor(s): Parsons, John Carni; Wheeler, Bonnie. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 402 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBG; HBLC; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Routledge United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 402
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815336655
- ISBN
- 9780815336655
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.87
€ 63.87