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Hardcover. Britain's many traditions have been one of its greatest attractions; some are extremely famous, but other more weird and wonderful customs are not so well-known and these are often the most fascinating, intriguing and amusing. Organised by month, this book describes nearly 100 customs from all over the UK and explains their history and purpose. Num Pages: 224 pages, 30 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; JHBT; WND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 166 x 21. Weight in Grams: 514. 8vo.Some minor wear otherwise a good copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- David & Charles
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- UK ed.
- SKU
- KEX0264090
- ISBN
- 9780715326589
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Provine boldly goes where other scientists seldom tread in search of hiccups, coughs, yawns, sneezes, and other lowly, undignified, human behaviors. Our earthiest instinctive acts bear the imprint of our evolutionary origins and can be valuable tools for understanding how the human brain works and what makes us different from other species. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: JHMP; JMM; PSAN; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 211 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- Belknap Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674284135
- ISBN
- 9780674284135
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.65
€ 35.99
€ 30.65
Paperback. In legend, Cumbe ruled the Colombian community of Cumbal during the Spanish invasion. Although there is no proof of his existence, today's Cumbales point to him as their link to the past. Here, Rappaport examines the Cumbales' reappropriation of history and the resulting reinvention of tradition. Num Pages: 262 pages, 16 halftones, 6 line drawings, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 15. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226705262
- ISBN
- 9780226705262
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.37
€ 42.99
€ 33.37
Paperback. Charting the rise and fall of an experimental biomedical facility at a North American university, Culturing Bioscience offers a fascinating glimpse into scientific culture and the social and political context in which that culture operates. Series: Teaching Culture: UTP Ethnographies for the Classroom. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC; PDR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 13. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442604629
- ISBN
- 9781442604629
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.05
€ 34.99
€ 32.05
paperback. Editor(s): Kaplan, Amy; Pease, Donald E. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 680 pages, 19ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTQ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1039.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 680
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822314134
- ISBN
- 9780822314134
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 36.53
€ 45.99
€ 36.53
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBL; KNXB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 315
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520067950
- ISBN
- 9780520067950
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.50
€ 38.99
€ 28.50
Paperback. This volume offers information on how, for 50 years, the bush Kaliai in Melanesia have worked the deserted cargo left by US Marines during World War II into their indigenous culture. The author seeks to show how cargo cults in general bring together past, present and future. Series: New Directions in Anthropological Writing S. Num Pages: 320 pages, 20 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1MKL; JFC; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299158040
- ISBN
- 9780299158040
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.28
€ 29.28
Hardcover. Editor(s): Senechal, Marjorie. Num Pages: 107 pages. BIC Classification: JHM; PB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 163 x 12. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 107
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781560721857
- ISBN
- 9781560721857
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.05€ 95.25
€ 126.05
€ 95.25
Paperback. Exploring the motivations of migrants in countries around the world, this book proposes a new model of immigration that accounts for the cultural beliefs and social patterns that influence people to move--or to remain at home Num Pages: 179 pages, 2 figures. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 228 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292726857
- ISBN
- 9780292726857
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.44
€ 26.99
€ 25.44
Paperback. A broad, pioneering interpretation of the scope, patterns, and consequences of human migrations over the past ten centuries Series: Comparative & International Working-Class History. Num Pages: 808 pages, 71 maps. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFN; JHBD; RG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 172 x 55. Weight in Grams: 1344. World Migrations in the Second Millennium. Series: Comparative & International Working-Class History. 808 pages, 71 maps. A broad, pioneering interpretation of the scope, patterns, and consequences of human migrations over the past ten centuries. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFN; JHBD; RG. Dimension: 252 x 172 x 55. Weight: 1344.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 808
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822349013
- ISBN
- 9780822349013
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Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 46.12
€ 50.99
€ 46.12
Paperback. Provides an analysis of the making and unmaking of class consciousness among the urban poor. This title chronicles the transformation of Peru's poor from a culture of deference and clientelism in the late 1960s to a population mobilized for radical political action. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; JFFA; JFSG; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 59.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520200234
- ISBN
- 9780520200234
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.52
€ 35.99
€ 26.52
Paperback. This Fourth Edition introduces the sociology of culture and explores cultural phenomena including stories, beliefs, media, ideas, art, religious practices, fashions and rituals from a global-sociological perspective. Series: Sociology for a New Century Series. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 153 x 226 x 7. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc United States
- Edition
- Fourth Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781412990547
- ISBN
- 9781412990547
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.14
€ 76.14
Paperback. Offers a perspective on social theory in the contemporary moment. This readers includes essays that address Foucault's "new economy of power relations" in a number of different, contestatory directions. Editor(s): Dirks, Nicholas B.; Eley, Geoff; Ortner, Sherry B. Series: Princeton Studies in Culture, Power, History. Num Pages: 640 pages, 18 halftones 1 line illus. BIC Classification: JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 38. Weight in Grams: 900.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 644
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691021027
- ISBN
- 9780691021027
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.91€ 46.87
€ 58.91
€ 46.87
Hardback. Suicide is a puzzling phenomenon. Not only is its demarcation problematic but it also eludes simple explanation. The cultures in which suicide mortality is high do not necessarily have much else in common, and neither is a single mental illness such as depression sufficient to lead a person to suicide. Editor(s): Honkasalo, Marja-Lisa; Tuominen, Mira. Num Pages: 212 pages, 4 ills, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JHBZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 159 x 232 x 20. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 212
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782382348
- ISBN
- 9781782382348
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.99
€ 163.99
Hardback. Inspired by the Rhetoric Culture Project, this volume focuses on the use of imagery, narrative, and cultural schemes to deal with predicaments that arise during the course of life. The contributors explore how people muster their resources to understand and deal with emergencies such as illness, displacement, or genocide. Editor(s): Carrithers, Michael. Series: Studies in Rhetoric and Culture. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845454296
- ISBN
- 9781845454296
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.51
€ 163.51
Paperback. Anthropology has traditionally relied on a spatially localised society or culture as its object of study. This title features essays that demonstrate how over the years this anthropological convention and its attendant assumptions about identity and cultural difference have undergone a series of important challenges. Editor(s): Gupta, Akhil; Ferguson, James. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 234 x 27. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- n
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822319405
- ISBN
- 9780822319405
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.13
€ 41.99
€ 37.13
Hardcover. Editor(s): Garnham, Neal; Jeffery, Keith. Series: Historical Studies. Num Pages: 248 pages, 15 colour and b&w plates. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Univ College Dublin Pr
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904558347
- ISBN
- 9781904558347
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.07€ 47.07
€ 50.07
€ 47.07
Paperback. Editor(s): Dorfman, Ben. Num Pages: 326 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 168 x 20. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788773077290
- ISBN
- 9788773077290
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.70
€ 14.70
Hardback. As reproduction is seen as central to kinship and the biological link as the primary bond between parents and their offspring, Western perceptions of kin relations are primarily determined by ideas about "consanguinity," "genealogical relations," and "genetic connections." Editor(s): Rao, Aparnu; Bock, Monika. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 map, 13 figs, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1FM; JFSJ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 27. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571819116
- ISBN
- 9781571819116
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.78
€ 164.78
Paperback. This book documents the conventional wisdom that Japanese workers displayed significantly more commitment to their organizations than did American workers. As pointed out in the new prologue, the world is very different from when this survey first appeared; the Japanese are now moving closer to the American "market individualist" model. Series: Ewp Foundations of Sociology. Num Pages: 314 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFSL; JHB; KJN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Eliot Werner Publications Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780971958722
- ISBN
- 9780971958722
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.64
€ 58.64
Hardback. This volume explores political culture, especially the catastrophic dimension of the global social order emerging in the twenty-first century. An array of case studies provide an account of how change is experienced, negotiated, and resisted in specific settings that define a society's capacity for political action. Editor(s): Hariman, Robert; Cintron, Ralph. Series: Studies in Rhetoric and Culture. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC; JPA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782387466
- ISBN
- 9781782387466
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.39
€ 164.39
Paperback. Series: American Intellectual Culture. Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 179 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742511972
- ISBN
- 9780742511972
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.81
€ 74.81
Paperback. 'The publication of this second edition of Culture's Consequences marks an important moment in the field of cross-cultural studies!. Hofstede's framework for understanding national differences has been one of the most influential and widely used frameworks in cross-cultural business studies, in the past ten years' - Australian Journal of Management Num Pages: 616 pages. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 252 x 177 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1026.
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 616
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803973244
- ISBN
- 9780803973244
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 191.58
€ 191.58
Paperback. Editor(s): Maxwell, Richard. Series: Cultural Politics. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC; KCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 14. Weight in Grams: 365.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816636013
- ISBN
- 9780816636013
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.49
€ 27.99
€ 26.49