Sociology & anthropology
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Sociology & anthropology
Paperback. As conflicts across the globe span decades and generations, this work suggests that we need a fresh perspective on war when it becomes the context for normal life. It calls for a fresh point of departure in the ethnography of war that investigates how the inhabitants of war zones live under trying new conditions. Num Pages: 400 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: JHMC; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226496429
- ISBN
- 9780226496429
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 32.85
€ 42.99
€ 32.85
Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804789509
- ISBN
- 9780804789509
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.02
€ 125.02
Paperback. A collection of essays that span the career of a prominent anthropologist and address the fundamental questions of the field. Num Pages: 648 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 158 x 49. Weight in Grams: 896.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Zone Books United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 600
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780942299380
- ISBN
- 9780942299380
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.99
€ 36.99
€ 26.99
Hardback. Discussing the cultural intentions of the first thoroughly commercial republic, the US, this study measures the benefits and deficits of commercial republicanism and states that it is the enemy of culture. It includes the work of writers such as Emerson, Carlyle, Ruskin, Dewey and Pound. Num Pages: 290 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; JHM; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761802914
- ISBN
- 9780761802914
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.42
€ 116.42
Paperback. In the early twentieth century, a group of elite Eastern-coast women turned to the American Southwest in search of an alternative to European-derived concepts of culture. This book provides a narrative of the growing influence that this network of women had on the Native American art market to investigate the social construction of value. Series: Objects/Histories. Num Pages: 240 pages, 10 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; AB; ACBK; GTB; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822326182
- ISBN
- 9780822326182
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.15
€ 28.15
Paperback. Translator(s): Conley, Tim. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 228 x 10. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816627677
- ISBN
- 9780816627677
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.10
€ 27.99
€ 26.10
Paperback. A book on American morality, it traces the intellectual history of American morality from its European origins in the Middle Ages to the 1990s. It argues that American culture is a culture of cynicism. It shows the internal contradictions of American morality, and charts the different forms it has assumed. Num Pages: 224 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFC; JFM; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell London
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557865335
- ISBN
- 9781557865335
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 48.90
€ 48.99
€ 48.90
Paperback. Across the world, there has been a growing dissatisfaction with the tempo of modern life. Described simply as the 'slow phenomenon', this volume explores this new brand of living that entails not simply slowing down but an embracing of alternative activities that promote meaning, thoughtfulness, engagement and authenticity. Editor(s): Osbaldiston, Nick. Series: Consumption and Public Life. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSR; JHB; JHBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349335381
- ISBN
- 9781349335381
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.25
€ 61.25
Hardcover. Across the world, there has been a growing dissatisfaction with the tempo of modern life. Described simply as the 'slow phenomenon', this volume explores this new brand of living that entails not simply slowing down but an embracing of alternative activities that promote meaning, thoughtfulness, engagement and authenticity. Editor(s): Osbaldiston, Nick. Series: Consumption and Public Life. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFT; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230299764
- ISBN
- 9780230299764
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226077635
- ISBN
- 9780226077635
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.25
€ 40.99
€ 31.25
Hardback. This book brings readers up to date on the newest avenues in the study of culture in psychology by focusing on different forms of culture and processes of cultural transmission. Editor(s): Cohen, Adam B. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: JFC; JHMC; JMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 261 x 183 x 19. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- American Psychological Association United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781433815874
- ISBN
- 9781433815874
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.11€ 83.60
€ 87.11
€ 83.60
Paperback. Examines changes in religious beliefs, in motives for work, in the issues that give rise to political conflict, in the importance people attach to having children and families, and in attitudes toward divorce, abortion, and homosexuality. Num Pages: 504 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 29. Weight in Grams: 716.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691022963
- ISBN
- 9780691022963
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.63€ 54.65
€ 70.63
€ 54.65
Paperback. A collection of ethnographic case studies that exposes students to 15 different cultures. It offers an introduction to central ethnographic concepts through these 15 societies. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 164 x 232 x 14. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill Education - Europe United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 6th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780078117022
- ISBN
- 9780078117022
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 113.76
€ 113.76
Paperback. Recent years have seen an exchange between anthropology and history, each field taking on a new dimension in consequence. These papers demonstrate the vitality, growth and promise in new challenges to a discipline no longer satisfied with approaches epitomized in the ethnographic present. Editor(s): Ohnuki-Tierney, Emiko. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 411.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804717915
- ISBN
- 9780804717915
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 40.12
€ 40.99
€ 40.12
Hardback. Anthropological literature has traditionally been static and synchronic, only occasionally contributing to historical processes, however this is slowly beginning to change. This collection introduces focus and direction to this developing interface between anthropology and history. Editor(s): Ohnuki-Tierney, Emiko. Num Pages: 344 pages, index. BIC Classification: JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 25. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804717922
- ISBN
- 9780804717922
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 168.93
€ 168.93
Paperback. A riveting account of how Christian fundamentalists, Orthodox Jews, and conservative Catholics have joined forces in a battle against their progressive counterparts for control of American secular culture. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFM; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 194 x 28. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780465015344
- ISBN
- 9780465015344
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.83
€ 34.83
hardcover. The relationship between anthropologists' ethnographic investigations and the lived social worlds in which these originate is a fundamental issue for anthropology. Where some claim that only native voices may offer authentic accounts of culture and hence that ethnographers are only ever interpreters of it.. Editor(s): Deborah, James; Plaice, Evelyn; Toren, Christina. Series: EASA Series. Num Pages: 230 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 501.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845456412
- ISBN
- 9781845456412
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.63
€ 151.63
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€ 26.08
€ 27.99
€ 26.08
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
€ 170.07
€ 170.07
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
€ 70.30
€ 70.30