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Sociology & anthropology
hardcover. What is it to be human? How do we relate to the world, to each other and to our selves - in everyday life and when faced with life's big questions? In this book, the author develops a general theoretical model that might be able to offer a better understanding of the human condition and of the underlying principles of human behavior. Num Pages: 272 pages, 60 illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC; JMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781571816610
- ISBN
- 9781571816610
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€ 161.42
€ 161.42
Property and Equalty, Volume II: Encapsulation, Commercialization, Dis...
. Ed(S): Widlok, Thomas; Tadesse, Wolde Gossa
hardcover. The ethnography of egalitarian social systems was first met with sheer disbelief. Today it is still hotly debated in a number of fields and has gained sophistication as well as momentum. This collection of essays on "property and equality" acknowledges this diversification by presenting research results in two complementary volumes. Editor(s): Widlok, Thomas; Tadesse, Wolde Gossa. Num Pages: Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United States
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781571816177
- ISBN
- 9781571816177
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€ 161.54
€ 161.54
Hardback. Although the post-colonial situation has attracted considerable interest over recent years, one important colonial power - Portugal - has not been given any attention. This volume explores notions of ethnicity, "race", culture, and nation in the context of the debate on colonialism and postcolonialism. Series: New Directions in Anthropology. BIC Classification: JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 235 x 14. Weight in Grams: 342.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571816078
- ISBN
- 9781571816078
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Condition: New
€ 160.48
€ 160.48
Hardback. Based on fieldwork on the socioeconomic aspects of conservation on the tourist destination of Zakynthos, Theodossopoulos (social anthropology, U. of Bristol) shifted his original focus from a general analysis of emerging Greek environmental politics to an ethnographic case study of the values shapin Series: New Directions in Anthropology. Num Pages: 212 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVGS; JHM; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 476.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571815965
- ISBN
- 9781571815965
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€ 161.40
€ 161.40
Hardback. The term 'Anthropology of Food' has become an accepted abbreviation for the study of anthropological perspectives on food, diet and nutrition, an increasingly important subdivision of anthropology that encompasses a rich variety of perspectives, academic approaches, theories, and methods. Its multi-disciplinary nature adds to its complexity. Editor(s): Macbeth, Helen M.; MacClancy, Jeremy. Num Pages: 227 pages, 17 figs, 8 tables, Glossary, Index. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 227
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571815446
- ISBN
- 9781571815446
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Condition: New
€ 161.05
€ 161.05
Hardback. Historians Dennis and Kolinsky (both affiliated with the U. of Wolverhampton, UK) see the reunification of Germany as a one- directional process in which the social and political model of western Germany was imposed on the eastern half of the country, creating imbalances, failing to replicate the wes Editor(s): Dennis, Mike; Kolinsky, Eva. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; JH; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Weight in Grams: 431.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571815132
- ISBN
- 9781571815132
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Condition: New
€ 161.06
€ 161.06
Hardback. Editor(s): Tremayne, Soraya. Num Pages: index. BIC Classification: JHBD; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 515.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571815002
- ISBN
- 9781571815002
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Condition: New
€ 164.11
€ 164.11
Hardback. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AV; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 232 x 25. Weight in Grams: 636.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571814890
- ISBN
- 9781571814890
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Condition: New
€ 179.67
€ 179.67
Hardback. The extension of the EU into the Mediterranean areas led to a redefinition of social difference in Spain, creating new boundaries in the interior. This text traces the historical processes by which Andalusians experienced the shift from being poor emigrants to northern Europe to becoming privileged citizens of the southern borderland of the EU. Series: New Directions in Anthropology. Num Pages: bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 230 x 19. Weight in Grams: 508.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571814722
- ISBN
- 9781571814722
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Condition: New
€ 161.84
€ 161.84
Hardback. Editor(s): Anderson, David G.; Berglund, Eeva. Num Pages: 256 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: JHM; RG; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 468.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571814647
- ISBN
- 9781571814647
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Condition: New
€ 161.37
€ 161.37
Hardback. Investigating how ideas about village boundaries and private property in the Trentino region of northern Italy form the background against which regionalist ideologies are understood, this study suggests that ideas about regionalism largely reflect views about private property. Series: New Directions in Anthropology. Num Pages: 24 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; JHM; KFFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571814630
- ISBN
- 9781571814630
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Condition: New
€ 161.45
€ 161.45
Educational Histories of European Social Anthropology
Schippers, Thomas K.; Drackle, Dorle; Edgar, ...
hardcover. Aimed at professional anthropologists, their students and academic policy-makers, the contributions to this volume provide an unprecedented array of insights into the current teaching and learning of social anthropology across Europe. With case-studies from eighteen different countries this volume presents a rich panorama of local histories.. Editor(s): Drackle, Dorle; Edgar, Iain R.; Schippers, Thomas K. Series: Learning Fields S. Num Pages: bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1D; HBTB; JHMC; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 573.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571814524
- ISBN
- 9781571814524
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Condition: New
€ 161.34
€ 161.34
Hardback. Series: Studies in ethnopolitics. Num Pages: Bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JHMP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571813343
- ISBN
- 9781571813343
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Condition: New
€ 160.53
€ 160.53
Hardback. Political scientists, demographers, legal scholars, and historians have come together in this volume, under the direction of the late Myron Weiner, one of the leading scholars in this field, to address three of the major sets of questions in the field of political demography. Editor(s): Weiner, Myron; Russell, Sharon Stanton. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JHBD; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 679.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571812629
- ISBN
- 9781571812629
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Condition: New
€ 162.68
€ 162.68
Hardback. This volume combines vivid descriptions of various public celebrations with a sophisticated methodological and theoretical approach. Editor(s): Heideking, Jurgen; Fabre, Genevieve. Num Pages: 316 pages, 12 ills. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 620.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571812377
- ISBN
- 9781571812377
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Condition: New
€ 162.17
€ 162.17
Hardback. This volume brings together two classic works on the culture of the Russian people which have been long out of print. Gorer's Great Russian Culture and Mead's Soviet Attitudes towards Authority: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Problems of Soviet Character were among the first attempts by anthropologists to analyze Russian society. Series: Margaret Mead: The Study of Contemporary Western Cultures. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; GTB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 567.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571812308
- ISBN
- 9781571812308
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Condition: New
€ 161.88
€ 161.88
Hardcover. Margaret Mead wrote this comprehensive sketch of the culture of the United States - the first since de Tocqueville - in 1942 at the beginnning of the Second World War, when Americans were confronted by foreign powers from both Europe and Asia in a particularly challenging manner. Mead's work became an instant classic. Series: Margaret Mead: The Study of Contemporary Western Cultures. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571812179
- ISBN
- 9781571812179
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Condition: New
€ 161.18
€ 161.18
Hardback. The United States on the eve of the Second World War was still a society largely isolated from the world. Facing enemies with unfamiliar cultural traditions, the U.S. government turned to anthropologists for insight. The result was a research effort that continued long after the war, aimed, in the words of Margaret Mead, at analyzing the cultural. Editor(s): Mead, Margaret; Metraux, Rhoda. Series: Margaret Mead: The Study of Contemporary Western Cultures. Num Pages: 560 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 140 x 32. Weight in Grams: 804.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571812155
- ISBN
- 9781571812155
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Condition: New
€ 215.30
€ 215.30
Hardback. The relationship between language and various kinds of non-linguistic behavior has been of great fascination for many of those working in the fields of cultural anthropology, linguistics, and philosophy, or, broadly understood, cultural studies. The authors in this volume explore this relationship in a number of cultures and social contexts.. Editor(s): Stroinska, Magda. Series: Polygons. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; CJB; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 439.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571812025
- ISBN
- 9781571812025
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Condition: New
€ 161.13
€ 161.13
Hardback. Refugee flight, settlement, and repatriation are not static, self-contained, or singular events. Instead, they are three stages of an ongoing process made and mirrored in the lives of real people. For that reason, there is an evident need for historical and longitudinal studies of refugee populations that rise above description.. Series: Refugee & Forced Migration Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, 9 maps, 5 tables, 7 graphs, 7 ills. BIC Classification: 1HFG; JFFD; JFFN; JFSF; JHM; JPVH1; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220. Weight in Grams: 417.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571810830
- ISBN
- 9781571810830
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.01
€ 161.01