Sociology & anthropology
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Sociology & anthropology
Paperback. A collection of essays based on Smith's unique rebel sociology. Smith turns wit and common sense on the prevailing discourses of sociology, political economy, and popular culture to inquire directly into the actualities of peoples' lives. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802081353
- ISBN
- 9780802081353
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.40
€ 42.99
€ 38.40
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
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Condition: New
€ 104.93
€ 104.93
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
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.75
€ 30.99
€ 28.75
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
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Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 39.01
€ 52.99
€ 39.01
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
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
hardcover. Written on the Body surveys the history of the tattoo in Europe and North America from Antiquity to the present. While the subject of tattooing has previously been approached from the viewpoints of anthropology, sociology and cultural studies, this book sets the practice into a historical perspective. Editor(s): Caplan, Jane. Series: Critical Views. Num Pages: 319 pages, b/w figs. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KB; AFY; HBT; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 534. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032352
- ISBN
- 9781861890627
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
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
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.23
€ 18.99
€ 15.23
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
€ 34.45
€ 34.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: JHMC; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226217468
- ISBN
- 9780226217468
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.54
€ 52.54
Paperback. This is an eloquently written autoethnography in which researcher Hillary S. Webb seeks to understand the indigenous Andean concept of yanantin or 'complementary opposites'. Webb embarks on a personal journey of understanding the yanantin worldview of complementary duality through participant observation and reflection on her individual experience. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL; JFSR; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 227 x 16. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826350732
- ISBN
- 9780826350732
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 34.67
€ 34.99
€ 34.67
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
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.86
€ 33.99
€ 24.86
Hardcover. Offers a book about Yaya Harouna, a Songhay trader originally from Niger who found a path to America. Combining memoir, ethnography, and philosophy through a series of interconnected narratives, this title tells a story of remarkable friendship and the quest for well-being. Num Pages: 176 pages, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: 1H; BM; GTB; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 225 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226178790
- ISBN
- 9780226178790
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.53
€ 120.53
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
€ 161.73
€ 161.73
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
€ 162.03
€ 162.03
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
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.89
€ 26.99
€ 18.89
Paperback. Addresses what it means to be black in Peru. Based on extensive ethnographic work in the country and informed by more than eighty interviews with Peruvians of African descent, this ground breaking study explains how ideas of race, colour, and mestizaje in Peru differ greatly from those held in other Latin American nations. Series: New World Diasporas. Num Pages: 246 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813044491
- ISBN
- 9780813044491
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.05
€ 27.05
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
€ 20.99€ 20.12
€ 20.99
€ 20.12
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
€ 25.88
€ 25.88
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€ 23.19
€ 24.99
€ 23.19
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€ 29.89
€ 32.99
€ 29.89