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Hardback. Muslim Arab Sudanese in Cairo have played a fundamental role in Egyptian history and society during many centuries of close relations between Egypt and Sudan. This book presents an ethnographic study which shows that Sudanese ethnic identity is created from deeply held social values, especially those concerning gender and propriety. Series: Studies in Forced Migration. Num Pages: bibliog., index. BIC Classification: 1HBE; JFSR2; JHMP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845450182
- ISBN
- 9781845450182
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Condition: New
€ 154.65
€ 154.65
Hardback. Series: Asian Anthropologies. Num Pages: 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FM; JFFN; JHM; JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 235 x 18. Weight in Grams: 450.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845450199
- ISBN
- 9781845450199
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Condition: New
€ 154.88
€ 154.88
Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845450236
- ISBN
- 9781845450236
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€ 155.40
€ 155.40
Multiple Medical Realities: Patients and Healers in Biomedical, Altern...
. Ed(S): Johannessen, Helle; Lazar, Imre
hardcover. Nowadays a plethora of treatment technologies is available to the consumer, each employing a variety of concepts of the body, self, sickness and healing. This volume explores the options, strategies and consequences that are both relevant and necessary for patients and practitioners who are manoeuvring this medical plurality. Editor(s): Johannessen, Helle; Lazar, Imre. Series: EASA Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, Index. BIC Classification: JHMP; MMZ; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781845450267
- ISBN
- 9781845450267
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Condition: New
€ 154.54
€ 154.54
Hardback. Due to the rapid growth and the violent destruction of the institutions of civil society, Berlin re-emerged with renewed vitality. This volume presents a sample of essays on contemporary civil societies, their structural problems, and their uncertain future, written by scholars with a close, long-standing relationship with the city. Editor(s): Keane, John. Series: European Civil Society. BIC Classification: 1DFG; JH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845450649
- ISBN
- 9781845450649
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Condition: New
€ 155.17
€ 155.17
Hardback. Editor(s): Pinxten; Preckler. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845450885
- ISBN
- 9781845450885
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Condition: New
€ 154.48
€ 154.48
Hardback. The history of sexual morality in Ireland has been traditionally associated with repression. In the last two decades, however, repression seems to have given way to its exact opposite. But where did this repressionA" originate? And how can we account for this sudden and sweeping transformation in sexual mores? Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845450915
- ISBN
- 9781845450915
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€ 154.54
€ 154.54
Hardback. Written in honor of prominent anthropologist Richard B Lee who is concerned with understanding and acting upon issues of indigenous rights, the impact of colonialism and post colonial state formation on local communities and cultures. This book defines persistent problems that deeply affect the majority of the world's cultures. Editor(s): Solway, Jacqueline. Series: Methodology & History in Anthropology. Num Pages: 270 pages, black & white illustrations, Bibliog., index. BIC Classification: JHMC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 531.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845451141
- ISBN
- 9781845451141
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Condition: New
€ 155.37
€ 155.37
hardcover. A translation of Louis Dumont's lectures on kinship, which provide a comprehensive overview of descent theory and alliance theory for students. This work features these two theories of kinship which are associated with the British and French schools of social anthropology, as well as the theoretical tendencies of functionalism and structuralism. Translator(s): Parkin, Robert. Num Pages: Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845451462
- ISBN
- 9781845451462
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Condition: New
€ 154.08
€ 154.08
Hardback. Migration and multiculturalism are hotly discussed in public debates across Europe. Whereas ethnographic research has begun to examine the Right in this context, the Left remains largely unexplored. This book provides fresh perspectives on how the contemporary Left "frames" these issues in practice and how such framing has changed. Series: New Directions in Anthropology. Num Pages: 17 ills, bibliog., index. BIC Classification: 1DST; JFFN; JHMP; JPFF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845451578
- ISBN
- 9781845451578
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Condition: New
€ 154.48
€ 154.48
Hardback. Examines the attempts of the Roma (Gypsies) in Central Europe and their supporters to form a political movement and to influence domestic and international politics. This book analyzes connections between the evolving state policies towards the Roma and the history of Romani mobilization. Series: Ethnopolitica S. Num Pages: 7 tables, bibliog., index. BIC Classification: 1D; JHMP; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845451646
- ISBN
- 9781845451646
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Condition: New
€ 155.23
€ 155.23
Hardback. Explores the reasons behind the introduction of part-time work in West Germany and shows how it took root in factories, government authorities and offices. This book covers the period from early 1950s, a time of optimism during the first postwar economic upswing, to 1969, the culmination of the legislative institutionalization of part-time work. Translator(s): Selwyn, Pamela E. Series: Studies in German History. Num Pages: 250 pages, 6 ills. BIC Classification: 1DFGW; JFSJ1; JHBA; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845451790
- ISBN
- 9781845451790
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Condition: New
€ 155.00
€ 155.00
Hardback. Since the late 1960s, transnational adoption has emerged as a global phenomenon. This book locates transnational adoption within a broad context of Western life, especially values concerning family, children and meaningful relatedness, and explores the many ambiguities and paradoxes that the practice entails. Num Pages: 260 pages, 6 ills, 4 tables. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845451844
- ISBN
- 9781845451844
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€ 155.17
€ 155.17
Hardback. By the early twenty-first century neo-nationalist forces have established themselves in a number of the world's large regions and subcontinents. Prompted by a near-simultaneous rise to political influence of apparently similar parties across Western Europe, this collection offers a range of European case studies with selected global examples. Editor(s): Gingrich, Andre; Banks, Marcus. Num Pages: 312 pages, bibliog., index. BIC Classification: 1D; JHM. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845451899
- ISBN
- 9781845451899
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€ 155.45
€ 155.45
Hardback. Cutting across social science and the humanities, this book develops the ontological implications of the thesis of the Manchester School of Social Anthropology: that all social order necessarily betrays conflicting underlying principles. It also mounts a study of the ontology of self and other in relation to dualism, as well as non-dualism. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845452247
- ISBN
- 9781845452247
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Condition: New
€ 167.34
€ 167.34
Hardback. The Nordic Atlantic area has seen remarkable examples of social formations in areas that many would perceive as too remote to allow the construction of functioning communities. But through innovations, networking and the formation of identities people have coped with distances, thus continuously rebuilding societies in the Nordic regions. Num Pages: 310 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DN; JFF; JFS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845452902
- ISBN
- 9781845452902
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Condition: New
€ 155.52
€ 155.52
Hardback. Focusing on different forms of agency in North Ambrym social life, the author demonstrates the potency of outsiders at different times and in different situations in Ambrym society. This model challenges the premises of much Western thinking about reciprocity, and suggests new directions in the analysis of Melanesian societies. Num Pages: 38 ills, bibliog., index. BIC Classification: 1MKLV; JH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 516.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845452933
- ISBN
- 9781845452933
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Condition: New
€ 155.55
€ 155.55
hardcover. Examines the renewal of interest in British national identity at a popular, political and academic level. This volume demonstrates that far from being idiosyncratic or self-involved, the question of Englishness and its relationship to British national identity offers an important avenue for thinking about the politics of national identity. Num Pages: 200 pages, bibliog., index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTB; JH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845453206
- ISBN
- 9781845453206
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Condition: New
€ 154.77
€ 154.77
Hardback. Marcel Mauss (1872-1950) was the leading social anthropologist in Paris between the world wars, and his "Manuel D'ethnographie", is the longest of his texts. This work is based on thirty lectures Mauss delivered each year under the title "Instructions in descriptive ethnography, intended for travelers, administrators and missionaries". Editor(s): Allen, N. J. Translator(s): Lussier, Dominique. Num Pages: 212 pages, bibliog., index. BIC Classification: JHMP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845453213
- ISBN
- 9781845453213
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Condition: New
€ 154.82
€ 154.82
Hardback. Examines the forces of globalization at different levels, as they manifest themselves and operate across cultural, cognitive and biographical dimensions of human life in the Pacific. This book offers answers through the integration of cultural and psychological methods. Series: Person, Space and Memory in the Contemporary Pacific. Num Pages: 350 pages, 40 ills, bibliog., index. BIC Classification: 1F; JFFS; JH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845453275
- ISBN
- 9781845453275
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 166.77
€ 166.77