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Sociology & anthropology
Paperback. As many can attest, the prevalence of sexual imagery has increased in modern society over the past half century. In this timely new study, Kenneth Kammeyer traces the historical development of sexual imagery in America and society's preoccupation with it, all within a firm theoretical and sociological framework Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JFC; JFD; JFSJ; JFSR; JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349375912
- ISBN
- 9781349375912
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Condition: New
€ 63.78
€ 63.78
Hardback. Nikhil Anand explores the politics of Mumbai's water infrastructure to demonstrate how citizenship and the rights through which to make demands on the state for public services emerges through the relations between residents, plumbers, politicians, engineers, and the 3000 miles of pipe that bind them. Num Pages: 312 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FK; HBJF; JFSG; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362548
- ISBN
- 9780822362548
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.33
€ 115.33
Paperback. Nikhil Anand explores the politics of Mumbai's water infrastructure to demonstrate how citizenship and the rights through which to make demands on the state for public services emerges through the relations between residents, plumbers, politicians, engineers, and the 3000 miles of pipe that bind them. Num Pages: 312 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FK; HBJF; JFSG; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 23. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362692
- ISBN
- 9780822362692
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.42
€ 31.99
€ 28.42
Paperback. Analyses the ways hybridity has been used, from the first century AD to today, offering an enlightening look at cultural mixture. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592131440
- ISBN
- 9781592131440
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.80
€ 32.80
Paperback. The United States, and the West in general, has always organized society along bipolar lines. We are either gay or straight, male or female, white or not, disabled or not. This book argues that our bipolar classification system obscures a genuine understanding of nature of subordination. It shows how categories can be improved for the good of all. Series: Critical America Series. Num Pages: 314 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JH; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814715383
- ISBN
- 9780814715383
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.71
€ 33.99
€ 30.71
Paperback. and their strategies for survival. Num Pages: 424 pages, 42, 42 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; HRCC99; HRCX8; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 706.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801856396
- ISBN
- 9780801856396
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.11
€ 50.11
Hardback. Between the 1870s and the 1930s competing European powers carved out and consolidated colonies in Melanesia, the most culturally diverse region of the world. As part of this process, great assemblages of ethnographic artefacts were made by a range of collectors whose diversity is captured in this volume. Editor(s): O'Hanlon, Michael; Welsch, Robert L. Series: Methodology & History in Anthropology. Num Pages: 304 pages, 23 ills, 5 maps, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1MKL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 0 x 0. Weight in Grams: 497.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571818119
- ISBN
- 9781571818119
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.18
€ 152.18
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226571812
- ISBN
- 9780226571812
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Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.29
€ 47.99
€ 37.29
Hardback. Series: Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology. Num Pages: 304 pages, 25 black & white illustrations, 12 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HD; JHM; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 244 x 22. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781489975805
- ISBN
- 9781489975805
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.54
€ 112.54
Paperback. Series: Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology. Num Pages: 319 pages, 25 black & white illustrations, 12 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HD; JHM; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 319
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781489977182
- ISBN
- 9781489977182
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Condition: New
€ 64.29
€ 64.29
Paperback. Designed as an introduction to undergraduate and graduate students new to the subject Hunter-Gatherer Foraging: Five Simple Models presents the five foraging models that lend themselves best to hunter-gatherer application: diet breadth, linear programming, front- versus back-loaded resources, technological investment, and field processing. Num Pages: 125 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: HDA; JHBC; JHMC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 156 x 35. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Eliot Werner Publications Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 125
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780979773136
- ISBN
- 9780979773136
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.46
€ 38.46
paperback. "Hunger and Work in a Savage Tribe" examines the cultural aspects of food and eating among the Southern Bantu, taking as its starting point the bold statement "nutrition is a biological process more fundamental than sex". Series: Routledge Classic Ethnographies. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFGS; JFC; JHBT; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415320115
- ISBN
- 9780415320115
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.94
€ 64.94
Hardback. Anthropological writings on humour are not numerous, but they do contain insight into the social processes that underlie joking and laughter. This volume examines the cognitive, social, and moral aspects of humour and its potential to bring about a sense of mutual understanding, even among different and possibly hostile people. Editor(s): Sciama, Lidia Dina. Series: Social Identities. Num Pages: 216 pages, 20 illustrations, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JFC; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857450746
- ISBN
- 9780857450746
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.03
€ 152.03
Hardback. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137573452
- ISBN
- 9781137573452
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.03
€ 64.03
Paperback. Num Pages: 470 pages, 4 b&w illus., 13 tables. BIC Classification: JFHF; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 470
- Condition
- New
- Publication date
- 2016
- SKU
- V9780253023148
- ISBN
- 9780253023148
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.32
€ 42.99
€ 38.32
Paperback. This work looks at the hominid species that lived and flourished for around one million years before and, in some cases, after the evolution of modern humans some 200,000 years ago. It also investigates how, when, where and why the modern human species appeared and in due course became dominant. Num Pages: 248 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JHMP; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 159 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631205289
- ISBN
- 9780631205289
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.34
€ 58.34
Hardback. A radical call for solidarity between humans and non-humans Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS; JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Verso Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781786631329
- ISBN
- 9781786631329
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 21.99
€ 26.99
€ 21.99
Paperback. Series: Decolonizing Feminisms. Num Pages: 20 black & white illustrations, 20 illus. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF; JFSJ5; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295995328
- ISBN
- 9780295995328
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
Paperback. Social thinkers in all fields are faced with one unavoidable question: What does it mean to be human in the 21st century? This ambitious and groundbreaking book provides the first synthesis of historical, philosophical and sociological insights needed to address this question in a thoughtful and creative manner. Num Pages: 280 pages, 4 figures. BIC Classification: HRAM3; JFMG; JHMC; TCB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 146 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230233430
- ISBN
- 9780230233430
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.71
€ 63.71
Hardback. Social thinkers in all fields are faced with one unavoidable question: What does it mean to be human in the 21st century? This ambitious and groundbreaking book provides the first synthesis of historical, philosophical and sociological insights needed to address this question in a thoughtful and creative manner. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM3; JFMG; JHB; PDA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230233423
- ISBN
- 9780230233423
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.75
€ 64.75
paperback. Series: Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTJ; JHB; JPS; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 245
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2005
- SKU
- V9781349525140
- ISBN
- 9781349525140
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.18
€ 64.18
Paperback. Featuring a sensitive and loving portrait of mankind as a community, as a family but most importantly as individuals, this book tries to answer the universal and ancient question of who we are and what we aspire to. It also reveals the dark side of the human condition, but it also sheds light on the best of it. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JHB; RNK; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 286 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1098.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780500292143
- ISBN
- 9780500292143
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 5.70
€ 26.99
€ 5.70
Paperback. This volume provides insights into how human well-being might be better conceptualized and measured. Editor(s): McGillivray, Mark. Series: Studies in Development Economics and Policy. Num Pages: 322 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; KCA; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2007
- Number of pages
- 322
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349281831
- ISBN
- 9781349281831
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 159.05
€ 159.05
Hardback. Addresses topics and issues which are of importance to human flourishing, including: sexual morality, the limits of tolerance and religious freedom, the family, the belief in an afterlife, and the idea of sin. Series: Echoes and Reflections Series. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRLB; JH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 165 x 17. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 295
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845115975
- ISBN
- 9781845115975
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.16€ 54.65
€ 59.16
€ 54.65