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Paperback. The values of traditionalist Islam are often portrayed as inherently hostile to those of a modern, pluralistic society. This book shatters many of these stereotypes. Jonah Blank provides a first-hand account of the Daudi Bohra to show how a premodern clerical elite has embraced modernity. Num Pages: 408 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRH; JFC; JFS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 165 x 24. Weight in Grams: 578.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226056777
ISBN
9780226056777
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.50

paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFS; JHM; KJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780816630219
ISBN
9780816630219
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.93

paperback. A son's search for his father and the father's search, 50 years earlier, for the mysterious Sierra Madre Apaches. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; BJ; HBTB; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780803271029
ISBN
9780803271029
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.77

Paperback. In linking forms of cultural expression to labour, occupational injuries and deaths, this title centres what is usualyy decentred - the complex culture of working class people. Num Pages: 240 pages, 34 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSC; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813534350
ISBN
9780813534350
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.46

Paperback. This study attempts to cross the boundaries between anthropology, folklore and history in order to cast new light on the relation between songs and stories, reality and realism, and rhythm and rhetoric in the expressive traditions of South Asia. Editor(s): Appadurai, Arjun; etc.; Korom, Frank J. (Department of Folklore and Folklife, University of Pennsylvania, USA); Mills, Margaret A. (Associate Professor of Folklore and Folklife, University of Pennsylvania, USA). Series: South Asia Seminar. Num Pages: 464 pages, 7 illus. BIC Classification: 1FM; JFHF; JFSJ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 180 x 227 x 31. Weight in Grams: 746.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812213379
ISBN
9780812213379
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.86

paperback. Relates the concepts of subalternity, antagonism and autonomy to contemporary movements in Latin America and elsewhere. Series: Reading Gramsci. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JHB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Pluto Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780745334059
ISBN
9780745334059
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.99
€ 47.49

paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBL; KNXB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801488122
ISBN
9780801488122
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.03

Paperback. This volume offers anthropological perspectives on landscape, a topic of emerging interest for anthropologists, geographers, art historians and archaeologists. It proposes that landscape be conceptualized as a cultural process situated between "place" and "space". Editor(s): Hirsch, Eric; O'Hanlon, Michael. Series: Oxford Studies in Social & Cultural Anthropology. Num Pages: 280 pages, 36 black and white illustrations, line figures, tables. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198280101
ISBN
9780198280101
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 149.29

Paperback. Ronald L. Grimes offers a systematic theory and method essential for the cross-cultural, interdisciplinary study of ritual enactments. Series: Oxford Ritual Studies. Num Pages: 432 pages, 4 b & w. BIC Classification: HRCR; HRLF; HRLM; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195301434
ISBN
9780195301434
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.97

Paperback. Translator(s): Loriaux, Michael. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 3JM; HPC; JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816680061
ISBN
9780816680061
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.20

Paperback. Highlights nearly 100 species of plants and animals that were significant to the ancient Maya and that continue to inhabit the Maya region. Illustrator(s): Chab-Medina, Juan C. Num Pages: 400 pages, 123 line drawings, 3 maps, 5 figures, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFSL9; JHM; PST; PSV; WN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292777606
ISBN
9780292777606
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.28

Hardcover. A conflict resolution specialist explores the nature of disputes that become intractable quagmires, and offers cutting edge methods for solving them Num Pages: 288 pages, charts and graphs. BIC Classification: GTJ; JHB; JM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 165 x 26. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Condition
New
SKU
V9781586489212
ISBN
9781586489212
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.60

Paperback. In the mid-sixteenth century, Jesuit missionaries working in what is now Brazil were struck by what they called the inconstancy of the people they met, the indigenous Tupi-speaking tribes of the Atlantic coast. This title situates the Jesuit missionaries' accounts of the Tupi people in historical perspective. Num Pages: 108 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JB; HRCX7; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 117 x 181 x 7. Weight in Grams: 100.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Prickly Paradigm Press, LLC United States
Number of pages
108
Condition
New
SKU
V9780984201013
ISBN
9780984201013
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.56

Paperback. Minois concludes with comments on the most recent turn in this long and complex history-the emotional debate over euthanasia, assisted suicide, and the right to die. Translator(s): Cochrane, Lydia G. Series: Medicine and Culture. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801866470
ISBN
9780801866470
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 34.63

Paperback. Family life in modern societies is being transformed by high rates of divorce. Such changes have given rise to concerns that the quality of family life for children has deteriorated and that children are damaged by the choices their parents are making. It is possible, however, that children and families are more resilient than this. Num Pages: 232 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745624006
ISBN
9780745624006
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.74

Paperback. Market Society provides an original and accessible review of changing conceptions of the market in modern social thought. The book considers markets as social institutions rather than simply formal models, arguing that modern ideas of the market are based on critical notions of social order, social action and social relations. Num Pages: 242 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBA; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 184 x 13. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745620275
ISBN
9780745620275
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.74

Paperback. This book provides an account of the concept of ideology in relation to poststructuralism and postmodernism. One of the few books to relate this discussion to third world issues. Author is internationally known in the field of development studies and for his previous work in ideology. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 301.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745613161
ISBN
9780745613161
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.82

Paperback. Eviatar Zerubavel argues that most of the distinctions we make in our daily lives and in our culture are social constructs. He questions the notion that a clear line can be drawn to separate one time or object or concept from another, and presents witty and provocative counterexamples in defense of ambiguity and anomaly. Num Pages: 224 pages, 11ill. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 15. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226981598
ISBN
9780226981598
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.41

Paperback. Sorcery has long been associated with the "dark side" of human development, along with magic and witchcraft. This text argues, however, that sorcery practices reveal critical insights into how consciousness is formed, and how human beings constitute their social and political realities. Num Pages: 384 pages, 4 colour plates, 18 halftones, 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: HRQX2; HRQX5; JHM; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 670.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226424132
ISBN
9780226424132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.49
€ 45.53

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 15 halftone illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; ASD; AVGR; JFC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195334067
ISBN
9780195334067
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.54

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