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Sociology & anthropology
Paperback. Series: New Directions in Ethnography. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: CFDC; JHMC; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 260.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119101574
- ISBN
- 9781119101574
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Condition: New
€ 35.79
€ 35.79
Hardback. Part historic ethnography, part linguistic case study and part a mother s memoir, Kisisi tells the story of two boys (Colin and Sadiki) who, together invented their own language, and of the friendship they shared in postcolonial Kenya. Series: New Directions in Ethnography. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; CFDC; JHMC; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 390.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119101567
- ISBN
- 9781119101567
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Condition: New
€ 74.65
€ 74.65
Paperback. Presents an ethnohistorical survey of Kiowa, Apache, and Comanche military societies. This book examines their structure, functions, rituals, and martial symbols, showing how they fit within larger tribal organizations. It also explores how military societies, like powwows, have become a distinct public format for cultural and ethnic continuity. Num Pages: 528 pages, 16 halftones, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 160 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1078.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292705180
- ISBN
- 9780292705180
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 46.17
€ 51.99
€ 46.17
Paperback. This book is an introduction to the social anthropology of kinship -- to the ways in which the peoples of different cultures marry and relate to each other within and outside the family. Num Pages: 352 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JHBK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 171 x 12. Weight in Grams: 370.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631203599
- ISBN
- 9780631203599
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.49
€ 53.49
Hardback. This book is an introduction to the social anthropology of kinship -- to the ways in which the peoples of different cultures marry and relate to each other within and outside the family. Num Pages: 352 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JHBK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 19. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631203582
- ISBN
- 9780631203582
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.20
€ 141.20
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137580757
- ISBN
- 9781137580757
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.08€ 34.67
€ 95.08
€ 34.67
Paperback. This is an anthropological exploration of the roots of China's modernity in the country's own tradition, as seen especially in economic and kinship patterns. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute. Num Pages: 376 pages, 10 tables, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804750677
- ISBN
- 9780804750677
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.71
€ 33.99
€ 30.71
hardcover. This is an anthropological exploration of the roots of China's modernity in the country's own tradition, as seen especially in economic and kinship patterns. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute. Num Pages: 376 pages, 10 tables, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 603.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804750660
- ISBN
- 9780804750660
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.97
€ 139.97
Paperback. How can monkeys be both eaten as food and nurtured as children? Her research reveals that monkeys play a vital role in Guaja society, ecology, economy, and religion. In Guaja animistic beliefs, all forms of plant and animal life-especially monkeys-have souls and are woven into a comprehensive kinship system. Series: Historical Ecology Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: 1KLSBZ; JFSL9; JHMP; PSAF; PSVW79. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 499.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231125253
- ISBN
- 9780231125253
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.89
€ 52.89
Paperback. Num Pages: 228 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMNB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 2. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226285160
- ISBN
- 9780226285160
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.66
€ 40.99
€ 31.66
Hardcover. Heroic figures such as Heracles, Perseus, and Jason were seen by the Greeks not as mythical figures but as real people from a bygone age. The people who shared this ancestry used it for many alliances of trade and war. This is a study of the political uses of perceived kinship. Series: Revealing Antiquity. Num Pages: 193 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBG; HBLA; JHBK; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 335.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 193
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674505278
- ISBN
- 9780674505278
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.75€ 72.48
€ 80.75
€ 72.48
Hardcover. What constitutes a family? Tracing the dramatic evolution of Americans' answer to this question over the past century, this volume provides the account of modern adoption's history. It details efforts by the US Children's Bureau and the Child Welfare League of America to establish adoption standards in law and practice. Num Pages: 368 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JHBK; JKSF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226327594
- ISBN
- 9780226327594
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.07€ 78.49
€ 95.07
€ 78.49
Paperback. What constitutes a family? Tracing the dramatic evolution of Americans' answer to this question over the past century, this book provides an account of modern adoption's history. It also details efforts by the US Children's Bureau and the Child Welfare League of America to establish adoption standards in law and practice. Num Pages: 368 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JHBK; RNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226327600
- ISBN
- 9780226327600
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.52
€ 37.99
€ 29.52
Paperback. Traces the history of the anthropological study of kinship from the early 1900s onwards. This book presents classic works from Evans-Pritchard, Levi-Strauss, Leach, and Schneider, as well as articles on contemporary debates as surrogate motherhood, and gay and lesbian kinship. Editor(s): Parkin, Robert; Stone, Linda. Series: Blackwell Anthologies in Social and Cultural Anthropology. Num Pages: 496 pages, 32. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 175 x 247 x 29. Weight in Grams: 830.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631229995
- ISBN
- 9780631229995
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.53
€ 58.53
Hardcover. * Brings together for the first time both classic works from Evans-Pritchard, Levi-Strauss, Leach, and Schneider, as well as articles on such electrifying contemporary debates as surrogate motherhood, and gay and lesbian kinship. Editor(s): Parkin, Robert; Stone, Linda. Series: Blackwell Anthologies in Social and Cultural Anthropology. Num Pages: 496 pages, 32. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 181 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1038.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631229988
- ISBN
- 9780631229988
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 172.54
€ 172.54
Hardcover. The genealogical model has a long-standing history in Western thought. The contributors to this volume consider the ways in which assumptions about the genealogical model-in particular, ideas concerning sequence, essence, and transmission.. Editor(s): Bamford, Sandra; Leach, James. Series: Fertility, Reproduction & Sexuality. Num Pages: 264 pages, 20 ills. BIC Classification: JHM; PSXM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845454227
- ISBN
- 9781845454227
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.40
€ 155.40
Paperback. Translator(s): Wissing, P. Num Pages: 472 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1MKP; HRKT; HRLF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226845609
- ISBN
- 9780226845609
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.48€ 45.53
€ 53.48
€ 45.53
Paperback. A highly detailed, thought-provoking examination of the racial, sexual, and social complexities of Afro-Ecuadorian culture, as revealed through the annual Festival of the Kings. Series: Interp Culture New Millennium. Num Pages: 216 pages, 16 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252079016
- ISBN
- 9780252079016
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.39
€ 27.99
€ 26.39
Hardback. A collection of social anthropologist Ardener's papers concerning the Bakweri people of Mount Cameroon on the coast of West Africa. The studies of the culture and history of the Cameroon Kingdom cover the Bakweri's early contacts with the Portuguese, the defeat of the first German expedition.. Series: Cameroon Studies. Num Pages: 400 pages, 4 maps, 1 fig., 9 ills, 4 appendices, Bibliog., Index. BIC Classification: 1HFJA; 3J; HBJH; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220. Weight in Grams: 699.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571819291
- ISBN
- 9781571819291
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.40
€ 167.40
paperback. Places home schoolers within longer traditions of American social activism. This work reveals that home schooling is not a random collection of individuals but an elaborate social movement with its own celebrities, networks, and characteristic lifeways. It shows what happens when progressive ideals meet conventional politics. Series: Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JH; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780691114682
- ISBN
- 9780691114682
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.64
€ 46.99
€ 33.64