Sociology & anthropology
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Sociology & anthropology
Hardback. An ethnographic study of a community of Mongolian herders who have been undergoing dramatic environmental and social transformations since 1980. It observes a remote region of modern China, documenting some of the unintended harmful consequences of decollectivization and economic development. Num Pages: 272 pages, 32 illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPM; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804742788
- ISBN
- 9780804742788
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.09
€ 82.09
Hardback. During the 1960s the German philosopher Jurgen Habermas introduced the notion of a bourgeois public sphere in order to describe the symbolic arena of political life and conversation that originated with the cultural institutions of the early eighteenth-century; since then the public sphere itself has become perhaps one of the most debated.. Editor(s): Emden, Christopher J.; Midgley, David. Num Pages: 234 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 448. Democracy, Knowledge, and the Public Sphere. 234 pages, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Emden, Christopher J.; Midgley, David. During the 1960s the German philosopher Jurgen Habermas introduced the notion of a bourgeois public sphere in order to describe the symbolic arena of political life and conversation that originated with the cultural institutions of the early eighteenth-century; since then the public sphere itself has become perhaps one of the most debated. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HPS; JHBA. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 17. Weight: 450.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 234
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857457219
- ISBN
- 9780857457219
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Condition: New
€ 161.26
€ 161.26
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137546944
- ISBN
- 9781137546944
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.60€ 83.58
€ 83.60
€ 83.58
Hardback. Series: Religion, Culture and Public Life. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM; JFFP; JFSL; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 218 x 21. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231174282
- ISBN
- 9780231174282
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.40
€ 40.99
€ 29.40
Paperback. "Skillfully edited by Joyce and Gillespie, the volume Beyond Kinship illustrates the breadth of investigations into history, people, and place that Levi Strauss's formulation makes possible."-Current Anthropology Editor(s): Joyce, Rosemary A.; Gillespie, Susan D. Num Pages: 280 pages, 22 illus. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812217230
- ISBN
- 9780812217230
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.66
€ 32.99
€ 29.66
Paperback. A historical and ethnographic account of a region located on the border of India and Pakistan; the people who live there engage with the specter of war and religious conflict, racial identity, and the processes of modernity through varying performative mo Num Pages: 320 pages, 29 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st PAPERBACK
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822334149
- ISBN
- 9780822334149
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.32
€ 37.99
€ 34.32
Hardback. Series: Intersections. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ5; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479801596
- ISBN
- 9781479801596
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Condition: New
€ 97.31
€ 97.31
Paperback. Series: Intersections. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ5; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479886227
- ISBN
- 9781479886227
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.98
€ 33.99
€ 30.98
Paperback. Deals with a question central to both anthropology and philosophy: what is the relationship between nature and culture? Drawing on ethnographic examples from around the world, the author formulates a new framework, the "four ontologies" - animism, totemism, naturalism, and analogism - to account for all the ways we relate ourselves to nature. Translator(s): Lloyd, Janet. Num Pages: 488 pages, 1 halftone, 2 line drawings, 9 tables. BIC Classification: HPS; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 229 x 25. Weight in Grams: 756.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226212364
- ISBN
- 9780226212364
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 42.56
€ 42.99
€ 42.56
Hardcover. Drawing on ethnographic examples from around the world and theoretical understandings from cognitive science, structural analysis, and phenomenology, the author formulates a sophisticated new framework, the "four ontologies" - animism, totemism, naturalism, and analogism - to account for all the ways we relate ourselves to nature. Translator(s): Lloyd, Janet. Num Pages: 520 pages, 1 halftone, 2 line drawings, 9 tables. BIC Classification: HPS; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 163 x 33. Weight in Grams: 806.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 520
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226144450
- ISBN
- 9780226144450
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Condition: New
€ 95.56€ 79.42
€ 95.56
€ 79.42
paperback. Pluralist or multiculturalist, proudly ethnic or disappearing into the melting pot, people come in all persuasions. This book attempts to bridge the gap that has developed between pluralists and multiculturalists, advocates of the academic canon and defenders of diversity, celebrants of ethnic heritage and critics of racial ascription. Editor(s): Katkin, Wendy F.; Landsman, Ned C.; Tyree, Andrea. Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252066856
- ISBN
- 9780252066856
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.25
€ 26.99
€ 25.25
Hardback. This book challenges the conceptual and practical effectiveness of resistance to achieve social and political change, and considers an alternative framework that goes beyond a desire to resist sovereign power, but offers political movements that expand individual and collective capabilities. Num Pages: 252 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield International United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 252
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783487530
- ISBN
- 9781783487530
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 159.70
€ 159.70
Paperback. Defends the view that any sentient conative being is morally significant, a view that supports the moral status and rights of many nonhuman animals Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 29. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822316480
- ISBN
- 9780822316480
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 37.67
€ 42.99
€ 37.67
Hardcover. Editor(s): Fletcher, Robert. Num Pages: 177 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 265 x 181 x 17. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 177
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781600210327
- ISBN
- 9781600210327
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.88€ 133.57
€ 195.88
€ 133.57
Hardback. This controversial book argues that concepts such as 'successful' and 'active' ageing are potentially dangerous paradigms that reflect and exacerbate inequalities in older populations. Essential reading for anyone seeking to make sense of social constructions of ageing in contemporary societies. Num Pages: 132 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP31; JHBA; JKSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 136 x 205 x 13. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447330172
- ISBN
- 9781447330172
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.37
€ 66.37
Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226457154
- ISBN
- 9780226457154
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.56€ 79.56
€ 95.56
€ 79.56
Hardback. Addresses a series of questions concerning the relationship between anthropological understandings of the world, sensory perception and aesthetic practices. Editor(s): Cox, Rupert; Irving, Andrew; Wright, Christopher. Num Pages: 256 pages. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719085055
- ISBN
- 9780719085055
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 168.84
€ 168.84
Paperback. Includes nine sections organized around themes such as everyday life, sex and gender, and science. This title features articles and book excerpts focused on bodies using tools and participating in rituals, on bodies walking and eating, and on the female circumcision controversy, as well as pieces on medical classifications, and spirit possession. Editor(s): Lock, Margaret M.; Farquhar, Judith. Series: Body, Commodity, Text. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBA; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 163 x 93. Weight in Grams: 970.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 688
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822338451
- ISBN
- 9780822338451
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 37.70
€ 42.99
€ 37.70
Paperback. Over the years, migration from Mexico to the United States has moved beyond the borderlands to diverse communities across the country, with the most striking transformations in American suburbs and small towns. This title explores the challenges encountered by Mexican families as they endeavor to find their place in the US. Num Pages: 312 pages, 6 b/w photographs, 4 line illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520269590
- ISBN
- 9780520269590
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.05
€ 33.99
€ 25.05
"This volume offers readers a brilliant and thought-provoking symposium on historical aspects of childhood, of conceptions and arrangements of childhood, and of the study of child development itself."-American Journal of Psychology Editor(s): Koops, Willem; Zuckerman, Michael. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JH; JMC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812237047
- ISBN
- 9780812237047
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 81.84
€ 81.84