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Sociology & anthropology

paperback. Contains sixteen essays which approach the literature of the Puerto Rican diaspora from theoretical positions with insightful results. This book analyzes how the diasporic experience of Puerto Ricans is played out in the context of class, race, gender, and sexuality. Editor(s): Torres-Padilla, Jose L.; Rivera, Carmen Haydee. Series: American Ethnic & Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJP; DSB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 149 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295988245
ISBN
9780295988245
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. This book brings together experts on national history writing from all five continents to discuss the role of history in the making of national identities in a transnational and comparative way. The institutionalization and professionalisation of history writing is analysed in the context of history's increasing nationalization. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; HBAH; HBTB; JFC; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
255
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349283644
ISBN
9781349283644
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardback. This book brings together experts on national history writing from all five continents to discuss the role of history in the making of national identities in a transnational and comparative way. The institutionalization and professionalisation of history writing is analysed in the context of history's increasing nationalization. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBG; JFFS; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
255
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230008021
ISBN
9780230008021
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.00

Paperback. This book brings together experts on national history writing from all five continents to discuss the role of history in the making of national identities in a transnational and comparative way. The institutionalisation and professionalisation of history writing is analysed in the context of history's increasing nationalisation. Editor(s): Berger, Stefan. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBG; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137428127
ISBN
9781137428127
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.58

Paperback. Using lively examples and friendly tips gleaned from his own and other researchers' experiences, and a warm, reflective writing style, Harry F Wolcott offers readers suggestions for writing up qualitative research. Num Pages: 208 pages, ill. BIC Classification: GPS; JHBC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
SAGE Publications Inc United States
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781412970112
ISBN
9781412970112
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 105.07

Paperback. Editor(s): Boone, Elizabeth Hill; Mignolo, Walter. Num Pages: 336 pages, 54 b&w photographs, 27 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 168 x 22. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
Second ed.
SKU
V9780822313885
ISBN
9780822313885
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.79

Translator(s): Easton, Loyd D.; Guddat, Kurt. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; HPS; JH; JPA; JPFF; KCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 33. Weight in Grams: 748.
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872203693
ISBN
9780872203693
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 39.06

Paperback. Is it "Stalinist" for a formerly communist country to tear down a statue of Stalin? Should the Confederate flag be allowed to fly over the South Carolina state capital? Is it possible for America to honour General Custer and the Sioux Nation, Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln? This title deals with these questions. Series: Public Planet Books. Num Pages: 160 pages, 19 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMGD; JFC; JHM; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 168 x 12. Weight in Grams: 206.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822322207
ISBN
9780822322207
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Wyatt, Sue. Num Pages: 29 pages, colour illus. BIC Classification: 5AK; JHBK. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile; (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 222 x 217 x 5. Weight in Grams: 138.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Aboriginal Studies Press Australia
Edition
Second Edition, Second edition
Number of pages
32
Condition
New
SKU
V9780855755003
ISBN
9780855755003
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.42

Paperback. Contributes to understanding Indigenous social change by articulating the premise that grassroots activism and cultural revitalization are powerful examples of decolonization. The author employs ethnographic case studies to demonstrate the tension between reclaiming traditional cultural practices and adapting to change. Series: First People: New Directions in Indigenous Studies. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 213.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Arizona Press United States
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816531196
ISBN
9780816531196
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.68

Paperback. Raises questions central to the field of anthropology - questions concerning the practice of fieldwork, the production of knowledge, and anthropology's intellectual and ethical vision of itself. This book discusses the Yanomami controversy, identifies the ethical dilemmas of the controversy and assesses the state of anthropology. Series: California Series in Public Anthropology. Num Pages: 391 pages, 28 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFSL9; JHBC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 570.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
391
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
illustrated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520244047
ISBN
9780520244047
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.06

Hardcover. Soon after they moved into their apartment complex in Sarajevo, this book's protagonists were overcome by the 1992-1995 war and the disintegration of socialist Yugoslavia. More than a decade later, in post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina, they felt they were collectively stuck in a time warp where nothing seemed to be as it should be. Series: Dislocations. Num Pages: 264 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; 3JJPR; 3JMC; JFSG; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 160 x 237 x 20. Weight in Grams: 534.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782386506
ISBN
9781782386506
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.79

Hardback. Recent years have witnessed a significant growth of interest in the consequences of political violence and displacement for the young. However, when speaking of childrenA" commentators have often taken the situation of those in early and middle childhood as representative of all young people under eighteen years of age. Editor(s): Hart, Jason. Series: Studies in Forced Migration. Num Pages: 321 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Weight in Grams: 570.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
321
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845455286
ISBN
9781845455286
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 174.69

Paperback. This title uses the Asian concept of yin and yang to explain how American virtues and vices are opposite sides of the same coin. Unlike the dualism characteristic of the West, in much of Asia the forces of yin and yang are seen to co-exist in everything, and complete each other in cosmic harmony. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Nicholas Brealey Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781877864858
ISBN
9781877864858
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.08

Paperback. The Nigerian diaspora is now world-wide, and when Yoruba travel, they take with them their religious organizations. As a member of the Cherubim and Seraphim church in London for over thirty years, anthropologist Hermione Harris explores a world of prayer, spirit possession, and divination through dreams and visions. Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRA; HRAC; JFC; JHM; PGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2006
Number of pages
303
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349535507
ISBN
9781349535507
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.73

Hardcover. Num Pages: 144 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: JH; VS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Select Books Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590790571
ISBN
9781590790571
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.25

Paperback. In his major investigation into the nature of humans, Peter Sloterdijk presents a critique of myth - the myth of the return of religion. Num Pages: 500 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 227 x 38. Weight in Grams: 770.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745649221
ISBN
9780745649221
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.00

Paperback. Argues that it was the working people's interest in equitable access to the country's most obvious asset - land - that led them to advocate a federal Homestead Act granting land to the landless, state legislation to prohibit the foreclosure of family farms, and antimonopolistic limitations on land ownership. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 photographs, 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTB; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 395.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252072307
ISBN
9780252072307
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.21

Paperback. In this ethnography of contemporary youth culture in Iran's capital, Shahram Khosravi examines the practices of everyday life through which young Tehranis demonstrate defiance against the official culture and the parental generation. Series: Contemporary Ethnography. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: JFSP3; JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 166 x 14. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812220681
ISBN
9780812220681
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Hardback. .
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442229792
ISBN
9781442229792
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.40

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