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Paperback. Featuring a sensitive and loving portrait of mankind as a community, as a family but most importantly as individuals, this book tries to answer the universal and ancient question of who we are and what we aspire to. It also reveals the dark side of the human condition, but it also sheds light on the best of it. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JHB; RNK; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 286 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1098.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780500292143
ISBN
9780500292143
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 5.70

Paperback. Gypsies have always intrigued and fascinated - partly because of their mysterious origins, and partly because of the romance of nomadism. This book focuses particularly on the gypsies in Eastern Europe (an estimated 6 million), and their future as a distinct race within a nationalist Europe. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations facsim., maps, plan, portraits. BIC Classification: 1DV; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Vintage
Edition
1st Edition Thus.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099740216
ISBN
9780099740216
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Clastres's final, posthumous book on the affirmative role of violence in "primitive societies." Translator(s): Herman, Jeanine; Lebner, Ashley. Series: Semiotext(e) / Foreign Agents. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: GTJ; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Autonomedia United States
Edition
new edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781584350934
ISBN
9781584350934
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.65

Paperback. Editor(s): Hefner, Robert W. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRH; JHMC; LAFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253022523
ISBN
9780253022523
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.15

Paperback. The therapeutic gap between traditional and modern medicine Num Pages: 320 pages, 24 b&w illus., 2 maps. BIC Classification: JHM; MBN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253222459
ISBN
9780253222459
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.40

Paperback. This collection brings together diverse analyses of women in Japan--including department store elevator girls, tour bus guides, airline stewardesses, soldiers, soccer players, beauty queens, and educators--who have been intimately involved in the practices and professions of modernity. Editor(s): Freedman, Alisa; Miller, Laura; Yano, Christine Reiko. Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFC; JFSJ; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804781145
ISBN
9780804781145
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.51

Hardback. Using extensive evidence from archival documents from both the ecclesiastical court system and the records of city and royal government, as well as advice manuals, chronicles, moral tales, and liturgical texts, McSheffrey examines how marital and sexual relationships were woven into the fabric of late medieval London. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1; HBLC; JFC; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 596.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812239386
ISBN
9780812239386
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.58

Paperback. Tackles the question of race in West Africa through its postcolonial manifestations. Challenging the view of the African continent as a nonracialized space, the author envisions Africa, and in particular the nation of Ghana, as a place whose local relationships are deeply informed by global structures of race, economics, and politics. Num Pages: 280 pages, 23 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; JFSL3; JHMC; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 462. Postcolonial Ghana and the Politics of Race. 280 pages, 23 halftones. Tackles the question of race in West Africa through its postcolonial manifestations. Challenging the view of the African continent as a nonracialized space, the author envisions Africa, and in particular the nation of Ghana, as a place whose local relationships are deeply informed by global structures of race, economics, and politics. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1HFDH; JFSL3; JHMC; JPH. Dimension: 232 x 163 x 16. Weight: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226923031
ISBN
9780226923031
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.66

Paperback. * This classic book by Niklas Luhmann - one of the leading social thinkers of the late 20th century - analyses the emergence of passionate love as the basis of personal relationships in modern societies. Translator(s): Gaines, Jeremy; Jones, Doris L. Num Pages: 254 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JH; WZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745600789
ISBN
9780745600789
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.01

Paperback. Series: Global Insecurities. Num Pages: 312 pages, 29 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; JFSG; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822361626
ISBN
9780822361626
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.70

Paperback. Series: Sage Foundations of Psychology Series. Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBC; JMA; JMB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 249 x 189 x 38. Weight in Grams: 894.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
SAGE Publications Inc United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761960317
ISBN
9780761960317
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 80.32

Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 4 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; 3JJPR; 3JM; JHMC; KCP; MBN; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 439.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253023827
ISBN
9780253023827
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.15

Paperback. Reflections on how Americans are constrained by cultural scripts for age-, race-, and gender-proper emotional behavior and how our increasingly media-saturated culture impoverishes our interior lives. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DS; JFD; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822343776
ISBN
9780822343776
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.62

Paperback. Norbert Elias has been described as among the great sociologists of the 20th century. A collection of his most important writings, this book sets out Elias' thinking during the course of his long career, with a discussion of how his work relates to that of other sociologists. Editor(s): Mennell, Stephen (Professor of Sociology, University College, Dublin); Goudsblom, Johan (Professor of Sociology, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands). Series: Heritage of Sociology Series. Num Pages: 310 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; HBG; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 24. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226204321
ISBN
9780226204321
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.45

Hardcover. Influential but often neglected in historical accounts, this spectacular melodrama was an intercultural product of Curtis' encounter and collaboration with the Kwakwaka'wakw of British Columbia. This book offers Kwakwaka'wakw perspectives on the film, and accounts of its production and subsequent circulation. Editor(s): Evans, Brad; Glass, Aaron. Series: Native Art of the Pacific Northwest: A Bill Holm Center. Num Pages: 447 pages, 113 illus., 16 in color. BIC Classification: APFA; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 265 x 192 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1054.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295993447
ISBN
9780295993447
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.69

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
682
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804726252
ISBN
9780804726252
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.72

Paperback. "Personal Knowledge and Beyond" seeks to foster a cross-disciplinary rethinking of ethnography's possibilities and limits for the study of religions. It provides an overview of recent debates while also pushing them in new directions. Editor(s): Spickard, Jim; Landres, Shawn; McGuire, Meredith B. Series: Critical America Series. Num Pages: 284 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HR; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 355.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
New York University Press
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814798034
ISBN
9780814798034
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Paperback. Translator(s): OhAiseadha, Coilin. Num Pages: 216 pages, 39 b&w photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FCS; HBJD; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 147 x 21. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
Rei Tra
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816676279
ISBN
9780816676279
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.87

Paperback. A groundbreaking history of the role of science and medicine in the American colonization of the Philippines from 1898 through the 1930s. Num Pages: 368 pages, 46 b&w photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 1K; GTB; JHBA; MMRT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 233 x 24. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822338437
ISBN
9780822338437
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 17 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTQ; JHBL; PSTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 215 x 15. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816677283
ISBN
9780816677283
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.53

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