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Sociology & anthropology
Paperback. Blood sacrifice, the ritual slaughter of animals, has been basic to religion through history, so that it survives in spiritualized form even in Christianity. How did this violent phenomenon achieve the status of the sacred? This study examines this question. Translator(s): Bing, Peter. Num Pages: 360 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 518. The Anthropology of Ancient Greek Sacrificial Ritual and Myth. 360 pages, Ill. Blood sacrifice, the ritual slaughter of animals, has been basic to religion through history, so that it survives in spiritualized form even in Christianity. How did this violent phenomenon achieve the status of the sacred? This study examines this question. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; JHM. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 23. Weight: 510. Translator(s): Bing, Peter.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520058750
- ISBN
- 9780520058750
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 30.29
€ 41.99
€ 30.29
Paperback. A provocative investigation of how law shapes everyday life. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JHM; LAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 210 x 21. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- Verso Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781786630605
- ISBN
- 9781786630605
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.22
€ 20.99
€ 19.22
Hardback. Reveals the complex imperial dynamics of Russian physical anthropology and contributes an important comparative perspective from which to understand the emergence of racial science Translator(s): Mogilner, Marina. Series: Critical Studies in the History of Anthropology. Num Pages: 504 pages, 38 photographs, 4 illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 43. Weight in Grams: 885.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- 0th edition
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803239784
- ISBN
- 9780803239784
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Condition: New
€ 92.22
€ 92.22
Paperback. Translator(s): Sainsbury, M. Series: Nature of Human Society. Num Pages: 544 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 141 x 28. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Edition
- Second Edition, Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226169637
- ISBN
- 9780226169637
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Condition: New
€ 50.39
€ 50.39
Paperback. Asks the fundamental questions: Where do we go from here? And how will we protect this fragile world from our own destructive powers? This book explores the projects, dreams and nightmares that shapes the twenty-first century - from overcoming death to creating artificial life. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 38. Weight in Grams: 489.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781784703936
- ISBN
- 9781784703936
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.59
€ 15.99
€ 12.59
Paperback. When did the first people arrive here? What did they look like? How did they survive? Who were the Neanderthals? The author takes us back to when it was so tropical we lived alongside hippos, elephants and sabre-toothed tigers or to times so cold we hunted reindeer and mammoth, and to others even colder when we were forced to flee a wall of ice. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), col. maps, ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; JHMP; PDZ; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 111 x 18. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141018133
- ISBN
- 9780141018133
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.88
€ 14.99
€ 11.88
Paperback. aeo Bourdieu is the leading sociologist and social theorist in France today. aeo The hardback edition has been widely reviewed and widely praised as a major work. aeo It discusses all the key figures in French intellectual life -- Foucault, Derrida, Levi--Strauss, etc. Num Pages: 376 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 514.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745608310
- ISBN
- 9780745608310
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Condition: New
€ 34.82
€ 34.82
paperback. This text provides an overview of types of home-based work, arguing that homeworking replicates wider divisions in the labour force. It outlines the advantages and disadvantages, the pay and conditions, and the family situations for women homeworkers. Num Pages: 160 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 9. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803988743
- ISBN
- 9780803988743
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Condition: New
€ 75.54
€ 75.54
Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK; JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190261092
- ISBN
- 9780190261092
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Condition: New
€ 62.64
€ 62.64
Hardcover. Editor(s): Kutais, B. G. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: GBCR; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 280 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 840.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781560727019
- ISBN
- 9781560727019
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Condition: New
€ 136.35€ 104.47
€ 136.35
€ 104.47
Hardback. This collection focuses attention on the relationships between "homeland" and "diaspora" communities in today's world. It highlights the changing character of homeland-diaspora ties and offers new understandings of the issues that these communities face and explores the roots of their fascinating, yet sometimes paradoxical, interactions Editor(s): Levy, Andre; Weingrod, Alex. Num Pages: 376 pages, 4 figures, 5 tables. BIC Classification: JHMC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804747714
- ISBN
- 9780804747714
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Condition: New
€ 182.39
€ 182.39
Paperback. Rainsford is a fourth-generation Chinese American named after the town where his great grandfather worked during the gold rush. Orphaned at fifteen, he attempts to claim America as his homebase, and his personal history is interwoven with dreams, stories, and letters of his family's life in America. Num Pages: 112 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; BGA; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 136 x 9. Weight in Grams: 142.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295988160
- ISBN
- 9780295988160
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.77
€ 20.99
€ 18.77
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198747239
- ISBN
- 9780198747239
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.61
€ 13.99
€ 13.61
Hardback. Offers an exploration of the oral histories of three generations of refugees from India's Partition. This book focuses on the emergent conceptual nexus of home, travel, and identity in the stories of participants from ten Hindu and Sikh families in Delhi. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white halftones, figures. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBLW3; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 545.
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823256433
- ISBN
- 9780823256433
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Condition: New
€ 118.78
€ 118.78
Paperback. An ethnography about 'Japan outside of Japan' - specifically, how Japanese families on corporate re-assignment in the United States recreate their homeland within domestic spaces Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; HBJK; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822336228
- ISBN
- 9780822336228
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.32
€ 36.99
€ 34.32
Paperback. This text explores the intricacies and implications of how people draw the line between home and work. Arguing that relationships between the two realms range from those that are highly "integrating" to those that are highly "segmenting," it examines the symbolic value of objects and actions. Num Pages: 344 pages, 5 line drawings, 3 tables. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBL; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226581460
- ISBN
- 9780226581460
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.57
€ 40.99
€ 31.57
Paperback. Num Pages: 115 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 12. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- University of Arizona Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816507245
- ISBN
- 9780816507245
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Condition: New
€ 29.82
€ 29.82
Paperback. Examines the charismatic Christian reformation underway in Botswana's time of AIDS and the moral crisis that divides the church between the elders and the young, apostolic faith healers. This book focuses on Eloyi, an Apostolic faith-healing church in Botswana's capital. Series: The Anthropology of Christianity. Num Pages: 268 pages, 13 b/w photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFMB; HRCX; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- Pap/DVD
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520268548
- ISBN
- 9780520268548
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.05
€ 33.99
€ 25.05
Paperback. Examines the intersections of social marginality, morality, and magic in contemporary Brazil by analyzing the beliefs and religious practices related to the Afro-Brazilian spirit entity Pomba Gira. This title provides an intimate account of the intricate relationship between Pomba Gira and one of her devotees, Nazare da Silva. Num Pages: 312 pages, 18 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; HRQ; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Pap/DVD
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520262652
- ISBN
- 9780520262652
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Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 35.55
€ 48.99
€ 35.55
Paperback. Addresses the approximately 7,000 years of the prehistory of eastern North America, termed the Archaic Period by archaeologists. This title focuses on a 380-mile section of the Lower Ohio River Valley, an area rife with temporary and long-term Archaic sites. It covers the duration of the Holocene and offers a compendium of knowledge of the era. Num Pages: 416 pages, 41 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNH; HDDA; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817355418
- ISBN
- 9780817355418
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 46.04
€ 46.99
€ 46.04
Hardback. Addresses the challenges that holistic anthropology presents. This book explores topics such as the social understanding, interpretation and appropriation of new biological technologies, which increasingly penetrate most aspects of physical life, including reproduction, food, biomedicine, health, but also physical performance and art. Editor(s): Parkin, David; Ulijaszek, Stanley J. Series: Methodology & History in Anthropology. Num Pages: bibliog., index. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845453541
- ISBN
- 9781845453541
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.08
€ 162.08
Hardback. BIC Classification: HBW; JHMC; JPSL; KNS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 224 x 30. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816698554
- ISBN
- 9780816698554
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.69
€ 113.69
Paperback. BIC Classification: HBW; JHMC; JPSL; KNS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 217 x 26. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816698561
- ISBN
- 9780816698561
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.95
€ 32.99
€ 29.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 382 color photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; AFF; HBTB; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 728.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764333620
- ISBN
- 9780764333620
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 21.51
€ 31.99
€ 21.51