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Sociology & anthropology

Hardback. Moves toward an examination of the institutions, theories, and social networks of scholars as never before, maintaining a healthy scepticism toward anthropologists' views of their own methods and theories Series: Critical Studies in the History of Anthropology. Num Pages: 400 pages, 3 figures, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 825.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
0th edition
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803243958
ISBN
9780803243958
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.95

Hardback. Examines North American Aboriginal peoples' use of Indigenous and European distance weapons in big-game hunting and combat. Beyond the capabilities of European weapons, Aboriginal peoples' ways of adapting and using this technology in combination with Indigenous weaponry contributed greatly to the impact these weapons had on Aboriginal cultures. Num Pages: 488 pages, 57 illustrations, 2 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 41. Weight in Grams: 862.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803248380
ISBN
9780803248380
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.02

Hardback. In a sad irony, Hannah Freeman was establishing her residency - a claim that paved the way for her removal to the poorhouse. This book reconstructs Hannah Freeman's history, traveling from the days of her grandmothers before European settlement to the beginning of the nineteenth century. Num Pages: 240 pages, 3 photographs, 6 illustrations, 4 maps, 2 appendixes. BIC Classification: JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803248403
ISBN
9780803248403
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.77

Hardback. Modern antisemitism and the modern discipline of sociology not only emerged in the same period, but - antagonism and hostility between the two discourses notwithstanding - also overlapped and complemented each other. This book offers a collection of twelve essays providing a comparative analysis of modern antisemitism and the rise of sociology. Editor(s): Stoetzler, Marcel. Num Pages: 390 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSR1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 712.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803248649
ISBN
9780803248649
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.42

Paperback. Offers a different interpretation of the genesis of "kinship" and of the role it played in late nineteenth-century intellectual history. Num Pages: 312 pages, 9 illustrations, 5 figures, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JHBA; JHMC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803260061
ISBN
9780803260061
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.37

Paperback. Games figured prominently in the myths of North American Indian tribes, and also in their ceremonies for bringing rain and fertility and combating misfortune. This work describes the practice of archery and games like snow-snake, in which darts or javelins were hurled over snow or ice. Num Pages: 490 pages, 13ill. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFSL; JHBT; WDM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 35. Weight in Grams: 840.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803263567
ISBN
9780803263567
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.42

Paperback. Presents a compendium of twenty-one essays on ethnohistorical historiography that are preceded by a contextualizing introduction, and organized under the topical heads: textual historiography, positive analytic methods using nontextual physical evidence, ethnohistorical synthesis, and the ethical-contextual issues of ethnohistory. Num Pages: 456 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFSL9; JHM; JHMP; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 617.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803271159
ISBN
9780803271159
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.42

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
334
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803271579
ISBN
9780803271579
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.91

Paperback. The Canadian Sioux are descendants of Santees, Yanktonais, and Tetons from the United States who sought refuge in Canada during the 1860s and 1870s. This book helps fill that gap in the literature and remains relevant even in the twenty-first century. Series: Studies in the Anthropology of North American Indians. Num Pages: 226 pages, 24 photographs, 1 map, 3 tables, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 13. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Edition
Second Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803271760
ISBN
9780803271760
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. Presents an intimate look at the typical but often misunderstood practice of adoption and naming of anthropologists by Native families and communities. Leading anthropologists in the United States and Canada discuss this issue by focusing on the cases of such prominent earlier scholars as Lewis Henry Morgan and Franz Boas. Editor(s): Kan, Sergei A. Num Pages: 270 pages, Map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 341.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press Nebraska
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803277977
ISBN
9780803277977
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.12

Paperback. The 55 selections in this volume represent the interests and accomplishments in American anthropology from the establishment of the American Anthropologist through World War I. Editor(s): Laguna, Frederica de. Num Pages: 838 pages, Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1134.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press Nebraska
Number of pages
868
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803280083
ISBN
9780803280083
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.60

Paperback. Lends clarity to the heated debate about the purpose and direction of Native American scholarship Editor(s): Mihesuah, Devon Abbott. Num Pages: 213 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBAH; JFSL9; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 138 x 12. Weight in Grams: 244.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
213
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803282438
ISBN
9780803282438
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.88

Paperback. Editor(s): Wolf, Arthur P. Num Pages: 372 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1978
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804710077
ISBN
9780804710077
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 39.93

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JHBA; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 144 x 12. Weight in Grams: 148.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1978
Publisher
Stanford University Press California
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
187
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804710428
ISBN
9780804710428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.43

Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBT; JHMC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1980
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
325
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804712842
ISBN
9780804712842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Stanford University Press Stanford
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804717106
ISBN
9780804717106
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.61

Paperback. Recent years have seen an exchange between anthropology and history, each field taking on a new dimension in consequence. These papers demonstrate the vitality, growth and promise in new challenges to a discipline no longer satisfied with approaches epitomized in the ethnographic present. Editor(s): Ohnuki-Tierney, Emiko. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 411.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804717915
ISBN
9780804717915
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.10

Paperback. Brings to the analysis of American kinship a theoretical perspective that attends to the historically situated, symbolic processes through which people interpret and thereby transform their kinship relations. Num Pages: 300 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBWS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Stanford University Press Stanford
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804720175
ISBN
9780804720175
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.86

Paperback. These essays-which consider a wide variety of cultures from ancient Egypt to contemporary Japan- describe the conditions under which cultures that do not dominate each other may yet achieve a limited translatability of cultures. Editor(s): Budick, Sanford; Iser, Wolfgang. Series: Irvine Studies in the Humanities. Num Pages: 364 pages, 2 half-tones. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 493.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804725613
ISBN
9780804725613
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.91

Paperback. This work explores the role of literature in the former Yugoslavia's attempts to create a multicultural nation. It focuses on the cultural processes by which the idea of a nation was developed and on the reasons that this idea failed to bind the South Slavs into a viable nation and state. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 316 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVWY; JHM; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 226 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804731812
ISBN
9780804731812
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.91

Paperback. Sociology has long sought to find out how acting in a situation and observing that situation may differ and nevertheless belong to a single kind of social operation. Spencer-Brown's Law of Form provides one way to conceive of such an operation, and this book is the first to make sociological use of this mathematical calculus of form. Editor(s): Baecker, Dirk. Translator(s): Irmscher, Michael; Edwards, Leah. Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 260 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 151 x 228 x 19. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
261
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804734240
ISBN
9780804734240
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.91

Paperback. A study of the nineteenth century response in the intersections of dance, literature and medicine, to the connections between illness, madness, poetry and performance with a view to illuminating French literature and culture in the nineteenth century, dance history and feminist performance theory and modern medicine. In the WRITING SCIENCE series. Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 296 pages, 14 half-tones. BIC Classification: ASD; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804735247
ISBN
9780804735247
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.91

Paperback. This study uses qualitative and quantitative data from the history of a specific organization, Stanford University, to develop speculations about the ways in which written rules change. It contributes both to a theory of rules and to theories of organizational decision-making, change, and learning. Num Pages: 248 pages, 1 line diagram 21 tables 13 graphs. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804739962
ISBN
9780804739962
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.32

Paperback. For this new edition, the authors have thoroughly rewritten the theoretical argument for greater clarity, updated the case studies to incorporate new research, and added a new chapter that extends their perspective to the problem of industrialization and globalization. Num Pages: 456 pages, 11 line diagrams 9 tables 3 graphs. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 617.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804740326
ISBN
9780804740326
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.10

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