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Paperback. The Tsimshian people of coastal British Columbia use a system of hereditary name-titles in which names are treated as objects of inheritable wealth. This book examines the way in which names link members of a lineage to a past and to the places where that past unfolded. Series: Donald R. Ellegood International Publications. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 maps,. BIC Classification: 1KB; 1KBC; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 409.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295988078
- ISBN
- 9780295988078
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.20
€ 39.20
Paperback. Exploring the Christian culture of the Urapmin, Joel Robbins shows how its preoccupations provide keys to understanding the nature of cultural change more generally. Offers one of the richest available anthropological accounts of Christianity as a lived religion. Series: Ethnographic Studies in Subjectivity. Num Pages: 410 pages, 10 b/w photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: HRAM9; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 25. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 410
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520238008
- ISBN
- 9780520238008
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 29.93
€ 41.99
€ 29.93
Paperback. The sexualization of girls has captured the attention of the media, advocacy groups and politicians in recent years. This prolific discourse sets alarm bells ringing: sexualization is said to lead to depression, promiscuity and compassion deficit disorder, and rob young girls of their childhood. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JFSP1; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745650739
- ISBN
- 9780745650739
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Condition: New
€ 24.54
€ 24.54
Paperback. Explores how the growth of marine domestication has blurred traditional distinctions between fish and animals, recasting farmed fish as sentient beings, capable of feeling pain and subject to animal-welfare legislation. This book focuses on the fragile and contingent relational practices that constitute salmon aquaculture. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 232 pages, 8 black and white, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: JHMC; TVT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520280571
- ISBN
- 9780520280571
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.92
€ 40.99
€ 28.92
Hardback. Explores how the growth of marine domestication has blurred traditional distinctions between fish and animals, recasting farmed fish as sentient beings, capable of feeling pain and subject to animal-welfare legislation. This book focuses on the fragile and contingent relational practices that constitute salmon aquaculture. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 232 pages, 8 black and white, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: JHMC; TVT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520280564
- ISBN
- 9780520280564
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Condition: New
€ 94.25€ 72.02
€ 94.25
€ 72.02
Paperback. Series: Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology. Num Pages: 424 pages, 1 line illus. 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHB; JNM; JPFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 148 x 226 x 26. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691163666
- ISBN
- 9780691163666
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.51
€ 25.99
€ 19.51
Paperback. Religion is commonly imagined as a timeless component of human inheritance, but in the Western Himalayas the community of Himachal Pradesh discovered their religion only after India became an independent secular state. This title shows that modern secularity is not so much the eradication of religion as the very condition for its emergence. Num Pages: 305 pages, 25 images. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HRAM2; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520290549
- ISBN
- 9780520290549
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.80
€ 33.99
€ 24.80
Paperback. From the team that wrote Fighting for Your Marriage, this book offers help for handling the tremendous impact a first child has on a marriage. Statistics show that first-time parenthood consistently erodes the marital bond, giving rise to many problems and disagreements that create major conflicts between husbands and wives. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBK; VFV; VFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780787955526
- ISBN
- 9780787955526
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 22.93
€ 27.99
€ 22.93
Hardback. Describes how German Philadelphians reinvented themselves in the early twentieth century. This book explores how many middle-class and Lutheran residents had redefined themselves in "old-stock"�' terms. It challenges historians to rethink the phenomenon of ethnic assimilation and to explore its complex relationship to American pluralism. Num Pages: 416 pages, 7 halftones. 5 line illus. 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691050157
- ISBN
- 9780691050157
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.47€ 63.42
€ 82.47
€ 63.42
Hardback. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813552835
- ISBN
- 9780813552835
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 159.23
€ 159.23
Paperback. George Herbert Mead is a foundational figure in sociology, best known for his book Mind, Self, and Society, which was put together after his death from course notes taken by stenographers and students and from unpublished manuscripts. The author traces the ways in which knowledge has been produced by and about the famed American philosopher. Num Pages: 368 pages, 2 halftones, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226171401
- ISBN
- 9780226171401
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.42
€ 41.99
€ 32.42
Paperback. A critical look at how Inuit men balance traditional values and social circumstances to find their place in the contemporary Arctic. Series: McGill-Queen's Native and Northern Series. Num Pages: 424 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1MTN; JFSJ2; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780773543133
- ISBN
- 9780773543133
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.59
€ 40.99
€ 36.59
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Women's Press of Canada
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780889615137
- ISBN
- 9780889615137
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.96
€ 62.96
Paperback. The fatherless black family is a problem that increases in proportion each year as generations of black children grow up without an adult male in the home. This work presents a personal examination of black fatherhood. This tale of black men tells the stories of extraordinary men who strive to become something they have never known. Num Pages: 263 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ2; JFSL3; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Agate Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 263
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781932841176
- ISBN
- 9781932841176
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.29
€ 19.99
€ 19.29
Paperback. Explores the individual psychology, family dynamics, and societal messages behind bicultural development Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFSL4; JHMC; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814740903
- ISBN
- 9780814740903
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.43
€ 32.99
€ 29.43
Paperback. The Australian Aboriginal art is considered to be an important contemporary art movement, often promoted as being connected to a deep cultural past. This title provides an analysis of the shifting cultural and social contexts that surround the production of Aboriginal art. Num Pages: 256 pages, 50 b&w illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: ACBK; JHMC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 172 x 12. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845206574
- ISBN
- 9781845206574
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.34
€ 48.34
Paperback. Exploring a wide range of role changes, Ebaugh focuses on voluntary exits from significant roles and the common stages--from disillusionment with a particular identity to search for alternative roles to turning points and finally to the creation of an identity as an ex. Num Pages: 264 pages, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: JHBK; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226180700
- ISBN
- 9780226180700
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.91
€ 32.99
€ 29.91
Paperback. Anne Bishop confronts the question of oppression head on by drawing on her own experience both as an oppressed person as an oppressor. She tells us the we learn to be oppressors from our own oppression. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFF; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Publisher
- Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 3rd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781552667231
- ISBN
- 9781552667231
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.67
€ 33.99
€ 28.67
Paperback. In this book, Kim Etherington uses a range of narratives to show the reader how reflexive research works in practice, linking this with underpinning philosophies. Placing her own journey as a researcher alongside others, she suggests that recognising the role of self in research can open up opportunities for creative and personal transformations. Num Pages: 228 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBC; JKSN2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843102595
- ISBN
- 9781843102595
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 44.82
€ 45.99
€ 44.82
Paperback. Begins with a question: Is beauty destined to end in tragedy? Drawing on extensive fieldwork in Colombia, the author scrutinizes the anxious, audacious, and sometimes destructive attempts people make to transform their bodies through cosmetic surgery and liposuction. Num Pages: 192 pages, 36 halftones. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 142 x 217 x 14. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226789866
- ISBN
- 9780226789866
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.81
€ 32.99
€ 25.81
Hardback. Begins with a question: Is beauty destined to end in tragedy? Drawing on extensive fieldwork in Colombia, the author scrutinizes the anxious, audacious, and sometimes destructive attempts people make to transform their bodies through cosmetic surgery and liposuction. Num Pages: 192 pages, 36 halftones. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226789859
- ISBN
- 9780226789859
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.25€ 78.69
€ 94.25
€ 78.69
Paperback. Drawing on interviews with Nigeria's writers, publishers, booksellers, and readers, surveys, and a reading of close to 500 Nigerian novels - from lightweight romances to literary masterpieces - this work explores how global cultural flows and local conflicts meet in the production and reception of fiction. Series: Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology. Num Pages: 376 pages, 1 map, 2 line illus., 9 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; 2AB; DSB; DSK; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691058290
- ISBN
- 9780691058290
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.69€ 54.80
€ 70.69
€ 54.80
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781350022270
- ISBN
- 9781350022270
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.38
€ 26.99
€ 25.38
Paperback. A parenting guide for new dads likens fatherhood to a wilderness expedition and offers survival advice for such challenges as making an emergency diaper, warming a baby bottle on top of a car engine, and assembling a breast pump. Num Pages: 229 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ2; JHBK; VFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780743251549
- ISBN
- 9780743251549
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.74
€ 20.99
€ 18.74