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Hardcover. Throughout southwestern Nigeria, Yoruba men and women create objects called aale to protect their properties-farms, gardens, market goods, piles of collected firewood-from the ravages of thieves and Vigilant Things argues that aale are keys to understanding how images function in Yoruba social and cultural life. Num Pages: 416 pages, 87 illus., 77 in color. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; ACBK; JFCD; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 257 x 185 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1228.
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295990736
- ISBN
- 9780295990736
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: JFS; JHB; JPVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300223842
- ISBN
- 9780300223842
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.79
€ 25.99
€ 19.79
Paperback. 'Mummy, take me home,' sobbed little Jasmine Chapman as she was ripped from her mother's arms. But there was nothing that Morag could do ..except continue to fight for custody of the child she loved so much. When their relationship ended, Jasmine's parents argued bitterly about her future. This is the true-life story of a tug of love. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 x 8pp b/w. BIC Classification: BT; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 194. Clean copy with some shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- SKU
- KOC0024276
- ISBN
- 9781845962296
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. This book explores how institutions such as the family, economy and religion shaped the environment and social integration of 19th century serial killer Mary Ann Cotton. It will equip criminologists with a methodological toolkit for performing institutional analysis. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; JKVQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 207 x 136 x 12. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447326458
- ISBN
- 9781447326458
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 29.42
€ 30.99
€ 29.42
Paperback. Translator(s): Angles, Jeffrey. Num Pages: 216 pages, 4 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; JHB; JHMC; JM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816654598
- ISBN
- 9780816654598
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.04
€ 21.99
€ 21.04
Paperback. Adam Ashforth, an Australian who has spent many years in Soweto, finds his longtime friend Madumo in dire circumstances: his family has accused him of using witchcraft to kill his mother and has thrown him out on the street. Convinced that his life is cursed, Madumo seeks help among Soweto's bewildering array of healers and prophets. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; BG; HRQX5; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 215 x 14. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226029726
- ISBN
- 9780226029726
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.14
€ 31.99
€ 25.14
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSR; JHBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 207 x 15. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231165716
- ISBN
- 9780231165716
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.43
€ 30.99
€ 22.43
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHM; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 210 x 10. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231168410
- ISBN
- 9780231168410
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.50
€ 30.99
€ 22.50
Paperback. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 234 x 24. Weight in Grams: 870.
- Publisher
- Worth Publishers Inc.,U.S.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 8th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781429233002
- ISBN
- 9781429233002
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.09€ 74.72
€ 76.09
€ 74.72
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415569958
- ISBN
- 9780415569958
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.12
€ 54.12
Hardback. Editor(s): Johnson, Timothy P.; Pennell, Beth-Ellen; Dorer, Brita; Stoop, Ineke I. Series: Wiley Series in Survey Methodology. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: JH; JM; PB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118884980
- ISBN
- 9781118884980
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.81
€ 145.81
Paperback. This text explores issues of resource use and depletion as well as the topic of population growth and contraction. The key interest is the impact that developments in one part of the world have upon people's lifestyles. Editor(s): Sarre, Philip; Blunden, John. Num Pages: 288 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: JHBD; RGC; RNF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 192 x 15. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KNW0010239
- ISBN
- 9780198741893
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. This text explores issues of resource use and depletion as well as the topic of population growth and contraction. The key interest is the impact that developments in one part of the world have upon people's lifestyles. Editor(s): Sarre, Philip; Blunden, John. Num Pages: 288 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: JHBD; RGC; RNF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 192 x 15. Weight in Grams: 730. 4to.Illustrated Ex library copy with neat label on spine and usual markings
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0230419
- ISBN
- 9780198741893
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Translator(s): Sainsbury, M. Series: Nature of Human Society. Num Pages: 544 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 141 x 28. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Edition
- Second Edition, Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226169637
- ISBN
- 9780226169637
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.30
€ 50.30
Paperback. Why does one society survive while others perish? When two cultures come into contact, how do exploitation, violence, and terror arise? Interested in the survival of various cultures in the face of encroaching white civilization, the author has studied five separate groups in Venezuela and Colombia and documented their successes and failures. Num Pages: 282 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814721964
- ISBN
- 9780814721964
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Paperback. The Pharmaceutical Studies Reader is an engaging survey of the field that brings together provocative, multi-disciplinary scholarship examining the interplay of medical science, clinical practice, consumerism, and the healthcare marketplace. Editor(s): Sismondo, Sergio; Greene, Jeremy A. Series: Wiley Blackwell Readers in Anthropology. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC; MMG; TDCW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 171 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118490150
- ISBN
- 9781118490150
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.63
€ 70.63
Paperback. Taking up policies and experiences as objects of research and analysis, the essays here seek a rigorous inquiry into a sound conceptualization of uncertainty in order to better confront contemporary problems. This book offers different ways of thinking about danger, risk, and uncertainty from an analytical and anthropological perspective. Editor(s): Samimian-Darash, Limor; Rabinow, Paul. Num Pages: 256 pages, 5 halftones, 6 line drawings. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226257105
- ISBN
- 9780226257105
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.91
€ 37.99
€ 29.91
Paperback. This title provides a conceptual and practical introduction to focus groups. In the book, focus groups are systematically explored; not as an extension or elaboration of interview work alone, but as its own specific research method with its own particular affordances. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: GPS; JHBC; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 8. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415692274
- ISBN
- 9780415692274
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.29
€ 50.29
Paperback. An anthropological examination of how Muslims respond to the conditions of life in France. It examines how French Muslims fashion various Islamic institutions and develop different ways of reasoning and teaching. It looks at some of the quite distinct ways in which mosques have connected with broader social and political forces. Series: Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics. Num Pages: 248 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; JFSR2; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 236 x 16. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691152493
- ISBN
- 9780691152493
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.43
€ 30.99
€ 22.43
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Back Bay Books
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780316017930
- ISBN
- 9780316017930
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.24
€ 24.99
€ 21.24