Sociology & anthropology
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Sociology & anthropology
Paperback. Taking a longer historical and broader geographical perspective, this book contends that sorcery is best understood as an Atlantic phenomenon that has significant connections to modernity and globalization. It features a group of contributors who examine sorcery in Brazil, Cuba, South Africa, Cameroon, and Angola. Editor(s): Pares, Luis Nicolau; Sansi, Roger. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HRQX5; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 284 x 25. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226645780
- ISBN
- 9780226645780
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.15
€ 36.99
€ 29.15
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 9 b/w halftones. BIC Classification: AS; JFSJ2; JHBS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199845293
- ISBN
- 9780199845293
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.90
€ 48.90
Paperback. Manners: the quintessential business of being English. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBTB; JHBT; WJX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Murray Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848546677
- ISBN
- 9781848546677
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.74
€ 14.99
€ 11.74
Hardback. Num Pages: 266 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; JHBL; KNTT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739134740
- ISBN
- 9780739134740
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.38
€ 150.38
Paperback. An ethnographic interpretation of the hunting life of the Yukaghirs, a little-known group of indigenous people in the Upper Kolyma region of northeastern Siberia. This book focuses on the practical implications of living in a "hall-of-mirrors" world - one inhabited by humans, animals, and spirits. Num Pages: 235 pages, 1 map, 6 line drawings, 9 b/w photos. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352. Hunting, Animism, and Personhood Among the Siberian Yukaghirs. 235 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. An ethnographic interpretation of the hunting life of the Yukaghirs, a little-known group of indigenous people in the Upper Kolyma region of northeastern Siberia. This book focuses on the practical implications of living in a "hall-of-mirrors" world - one inhabited by humans, animals, and spirits. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JH. Dimension: 152 x 228 x 16. Weight: 344.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 235
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520252172
- ISBN
- 9780520252172
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.94
€ 40.99
€ 28.94
W. Bradford Wilcox and Nicholas Wolfinger offer a provocative portrait of the influence of churches on sex, childbearing, relationships, and marriage among African Americans and Latinos. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCV4; JFSL3; JFSL4; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195394221
- ISBN
- 9780195394221
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 38.49
€ 38.99
€ 38.49
Hardcover. As social scientists, we are called to investigate society. A powerful component of understanding society can be found when researching the lives of children and youth. This volume provides a glimpse into these lives. Editor(s): Warehime, Mary Nicole. Series: Sociological Studies of Children & Youth. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784410605
- ISBN
- 9781784410605
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.29
€ 162.29
Paperback. Introduces the anthropology of sound, or the cultural study of sound Num Pages: 344 pages, 27 illustrations (including 2 in colour), 5 tables, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; AVGH; HBTB; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 502. Birds, Weeping, Poetics, and Song in Kaluli Expression. 344 pages, 27 illustrations (including 2 in colour), 5 tables, 1 map. Introduces the anthropology of sound, or the cultural study of sound. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; AVGH; HBTB; JHBT; JHMC. Dimension: 227 x 159 x 21. Weight: 498.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Third
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822353652
- ISBN
- 9780822353652
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.69
€ 32.99
€ 31.69
Paperback. Num Pages: 218 pages, 49 b/w & 8 colour illus. BIC Classification: AVC; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 226 x 17. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag Germany
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837625684
- ISBN
- 9783837625684
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 32.20
€ 44.99
€ 32.20
Paperback. Series: Princeton Studies in Culture and Technology. Num Pages: 328 pages, 29 halftones. 6 line illus. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691164816
- ISBN
- 9780691164816
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.21
€ 36.99
€ 27.21
Hardback. Offers a study of sounds that aims to write the resonance and response they call for. This book critiques on the existing models field of sound studies and draw attention to sound as an object of study that solicits a humanistic approach encompassing many types of sounds. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520284623
- ISBN
- 9780520284623
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.08€ 71.14
€ 94.08
€ 71.14
Paperback. Offers a study of sounds that aims to write the resonance and response they call for. This book critiques on the existing models field of sound studies and draw attention to sound as an object of study that solicits a humanistic approach encompassing many types of sounds. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 194 x 18. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520284630
- ISBN
- 9780520284630
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.43
€ 33.99
€ 24.43
Paperback. Helps understand the civilization in South Asia and how leading thinkers there have looked at life, the traditions of their ancestors, and the world they live in. This book explains the particular settings in which these thinkers have expressed their ideas about religious, social, political, and economic questions. Num Pages: 547 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 149 x 37. Weight in Grams: 796.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 547
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231066518
- ISBN
- 9780231066518
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 38.90
€ 54.99
€ 38.90
Paperback. Primary sources in the history, philosophy, and religions of South Asia: Volume II focuses on the subcontinent's history from 1498 to 1984, with such topics as the opening of India to the West; Hindu and Muslin social and religious movements; and Pakistan's formation as an Islamic state. Editor(s): Hay, Stephen; De Bary, William Theodore. Series: Introduction to Oriental Civilization. Num Pages: 464 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFCX; JHBT; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 228 x 35. Weight in Grams: 720.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231064156
- ISBN
- 9780231064156
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 38.90
€ 54.99
€ 38.90
Paperback. Volume 1 addresses the development, through the eighteenth century, of Shinto, Buddhism, and Confucianism. Series: Records of Civilization Sources & Study S. Num Pages: 648 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 136 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1964
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- (21st)
- Number of pages
- 648
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231086042
- ISBN
- 9780231086042
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.92€ 41.45
€ 52.92
€ 41.45
Paperback. A lively and argumentative analysis of contemporary South African politics that shows how the dream of a 'rainbow nation' consensus has fractured, making space for new political possibilities to emerge. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JHB; JPWF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 139 x 215 x 20. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783602971
- ISBN
- 9781783602971
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.38
€ 31.99
€ 28.38
Paperback. This study of a variety of Southeast Asian countries - including Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand - reveals that issues of culture and identity politics are of primary importance to the people of the region and their leaders. Editor(s): Kahn, Joel S. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FM; JFC; JHM; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publisher
- I B Tauris & Co Ltd
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860642456
- ISBN
- 9781860642456
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.19
€ 34.99
€ 29.19
paperback. Demonstrating that oral media and native cultural forms are vital throughout the South Pacific, this book raises issues in comparative scholarship on oral tradition: what it means, extra-textual elements, and the relation between composition and performance. The contributors include Achsah Carrier, James Carrier, Christian Clerk, and many others. Editor(s): Finnegan, Ruth; Orbell, Margaret. Series: Voices in Performance & Text S. Num Pages: 272 pages, 13 b&w photos. BIC Classification: JFHF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253209580
- ISBN
- 9780253209580
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.06
€ 15.06
Paperback. Num Pages: 532 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2020
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 532
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691623160
- ISBN
- 9780691623160
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 88.20€ 66.99
€ 88.20
€ 66.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691628264
- ISBN
- 9780691628264
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.44€ 58.48
€ 76.44
€ 58.48