Sociology & anthropology
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Sociology & anthropology
Paperback. This book interprets how ancient civilizations responded to various stresses, including environmental change, warfare, and the fragmentation of political institutions. It focuses on what happened during and after the decline of once powerful regimes, and posits that they experienced social resilience and transformation instead of collapse. Editor(s): Faulseit, Ronald K. Num Pages: 624 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HD; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 825.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Southern Illinois University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780809333998
- ISBN
- 9780809333998
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.50
€ 75.50
Hardcover. Focusing on the experiences of religious women who participated in a midrasha at Bar-Ilan University, this book explores the spreading practice of intensive Judaic studies among women in the religious Zionist community. Translator(s): Watzman, Haim. Series: Raphael Patai Series in Jewish Folklore and Anthropology. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSJ1; JFSR1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 739.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Wayne State University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814327722
- ISBN
- 9780814327722
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.09
€ 51.09
Paperback. Num Pages: 246 pages. BIC Classification: HRCM; JH; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815623922
- ISBN
- 9780815623922
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99
€ 21.99
Paperback. This volume is an interdisciplinary guide to the Treaties of the Six Nations and their league. It provides a description of the earliest recorded treaties and an alphabetical list of persons involved in Iroquois treaty making. Editor(s): Jennings, Francis; et al. Num Pages: 296 pages, 5 maps, glossary, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JHM; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815626503
- ISBN
- 9780815626503
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.69
€ 24.69
Paperback. This volume explores the relationship between siciety and the physical world through representation - the artistic re-creation of the physical world - which reflects interpretation. Series: Space, Place, and Society. Num Pages: 280 pages, 76 b&w photographs, 8 tables, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815629542
- ISBN
- 9780815629542
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.69
€ 24.69
Paperback. Six candid interviews introduce readers to a class of Muslim women rarely acknowledged in the West. The book aims to shed light on the status, conflicts and social realities of educated Muslim women in Pakistan. They tell of the conflicts and compromises with family and community. Series: Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East. Num Pages: 368 pages, notes. BIC Classification: 1FKP; JFSJ1; JFSR2; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 671.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815629795
- ISBN
- 9780815629795
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.55
€ 36.55
Paperback. Drawing on archaeology, historical evidence, oral traditions, and linguistics, this book provides a view of Iroquois life from the prehistoric period and Owasco sites through the establishment of the Five Nations. Series: Iroquois & Their Neighbors S. Num Pages: 248 pages, 70 figures, 6 maps, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 15. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815630609
- ISBN
- 9780815630609
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.78
€ 29.78
Paperback. Featuring twenty-five writers in all, this book includes Howard P. Segal's acclaimed work on utopian visionaries. Num Pages: 320 pages, 12 black-&-white photographs, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHM; TB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 20th Anniversary ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815630616
- ISBN
- 9780815630616
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.78
€ 29.78
Hardcover. Takes an insightful look at how entire households, families, and individuals "cope," negotiate their lives, and plan to achieve goals in Occupied Palestine. This book posits that household dynamics cannot be fully grasped unless linked to the traumas of the past and worries of the present. Editor(s): Taraki, Lisa. Series: Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East. Num Pages: 312 pages, 45 tables, index, notes. BIC Classification: 1FBP; JHMC; JHMP; JPWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815631071
- ISBN
- 9780815631071
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.38
€ 51.38
Hardcover. Num Pages: 299 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 261 x 186 x 26. Weight in Grams: 762.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815631378
- ISBN
- 9780815631378
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.70
€ 65.70
Hardcover. Miss India competition has become a prominent feature of Indian popular culture, influencing, over time, the conventional standard for female beauty. Through the lens of the 2003 beauty pageant, the author examines what feminine beauty has come to mean in a country transformed by political, economic, and cultural developments. Series: Gender and Globalization. Num Pages: 280 pages, 16 illustrations, glossary, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFCA; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815631767
- ISBN
- 9780815631767
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.32
€ 32.32
Hardcover. This book, based on extensive historical research and anthropological fieldwork in contemporary Jerusalem, details the multiple ways in which space, identity, and alterity are experienced, produced and contested by the habitants of this conflicted urban center. Series: Contemporary Issues in the Middle East. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJPG; 3JMG; HBTQ; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815633488
- ISBN
- 9780815633488
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.45
€ 47.45
Hardcover. Editor(s): Frawley, Oona; O'Callaghan, Katherine. Series: Irish Studies. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: DSK; HBTB; JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815633525
- ISBN
- 9780815633525
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.38
€ 51.38
Hardcover. Series: Gender an Globalization. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK; LAFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815633921
- ISBN
- 9780815633921
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.24
€ 46.24
Paperback. Sauti! (Swahili for 'Voice!') is a new note in the call for Africa to extricate itself from its colonial past and create a unique identity in consonance with its own culture. Num Pages: 194 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; HPQ; HRLB; JHB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 355.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Unisa Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868886104
- ISBN
- 9781868886104
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 45.50
€ 45.99
€ 45.50
Paperback. Editor(s): Taylor, Philip. Num Pages: 250 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 227 x 22. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Institute of Southeast Asian Studies Singapore
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789814345415
- ISBN
- 9789814345415
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.28
€ 34.28
Paperback. Editor(s): Milner, Anthony; Embong, Abdul Rahman; Tham, Siew Yean. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHMC; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Institute of Southeast Asian Studies Singapore
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789814517911
- ISBN
- 9789814517911
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.31
€ 29.31
Paperback. Presents a record of the barbaric and grisly phenomenon of cannibalism, the practice of which has been recorded throughout history in almost every part of the world. This book provides an account of the primitive customs reported by travellers and anthropologists amongst the peoples of the Pacific Islands, South America, Africa, and other places. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: JHBT; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 304. Clean copy showing some age and shelf wear. Previous owner's name to half-title page. Remains a good copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1964
- Publisher
- United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KMK0024639
- ISBN
- 9781845883850
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 20.99€ 4.99
€ 20.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A series of photographic mug shots taken by the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia are agents in an ongoing drama of unimaginable human suffering. Series: Critical Human Rights. Num Pages: 246 pages, 27 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMC; HBJF; HBLW; JHMC; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 331.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press United States
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299297541
- ISBN
- 9780299297541
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.58
€ 45.58
Explaining the bias of union members - most of whom were classical or jazz music performers - against rock music and musicians, this book addresses issues of race and class; questions of what qualified someone as a "skilled" or professional musician. Num Pages: 280 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: AVG; HBTB; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 20. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822354635
- ISBN
- 9780822354635
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 110.19
€ 110.19