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Paperback. What exactly does it mean to be North American? The Labyrinth of North American Identities is a long essay that attempts to learn more about North America as a unit and its individual countries by exploring the idea of a shared North American identity. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFC; JHMC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442605527
ISBN
9781442605527
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Paperback. Takes readers into the ritualized world of mainstream American addiction treatment. This book explores the puzzling question: why do addiction counselors dedicate themselves to reconciling drug users' relationship to language in order to reconfigure their relationship to drugs? Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 halftones. 11 line illus. 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFH1; JHMC; MMZR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691144504
ISBN
9780691144504
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.48

Hardback. As reproduction is seen as central to kinship and the biological link as the primary bond between parents and their offspring, Western perceptions of kin relations are primarily determined by ideas about "consanguinity," "genealogical relations," and "genetic connections." Editor(s): Rao, Aparnu; Bock, Monika. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 map, 13 figs, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1FM; JFSJ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 27. Weight in Grams: 602.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571819116
ISBN
9781571819116
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 166.82

Hardback. Series: Gender, Theory, and Religion. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HRK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 18. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231173162
ISBN
9780231173162
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.35
€ 83.14

Hardback. What Makes Learning Fun? presents a set of tested principles and strategies for the design of museum exhibits, with concrete examples of design successes and failures drawn from the author's many years in the field. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC; JNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 531.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780759108844
ISBN
9780759108844
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.48

Paperback. According to the people of the Mueda plateau in northern Mozambique, sorcerers remake the world by asserting the authority of their own imaginative visions of it. This work explores the issues provoked by this equation. A key theme of the author's research into sorcery is that one sorcerer's claims can be challenged or reversed by other sorcerers. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMQ; HRKT; HRQX2; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 216.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226893983
ISBN
9780226893983
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 21.99

Hardback. Ranging from the local essays to the national level and within the larger Chinese cultural/religious universe, the essays in this volume explore the complex nature of identity/role and the processes of identity formation which have shaped Taiwan's multileveled past and its many faceted present. Editor(s): Katz, Paul R.; Rubenstein, Murray. Num Pages: 299 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; HRK; JFSR; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
299
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312239695
ISBN
9780312239695
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.71

hardcover. These 15 essays engage topics from architecture to politics and from fast food to film, aiming to reveal the problems and potential of postmodern cultural criticism. It looks at the value and limits of postmodernist approaches to present-day society and culture. Editor(s): Carmichael, Thomas; Lee, Alison. Num Pages: 250 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780875802510
ISBN
9780875802510
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.11

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 21. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; JFSJ1; JFSL1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801486654
ISBN
9780801486654
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.82

Paperback. Places the problem of wife beating in a broad cultural context i Editor(s): Counts, Dorothy Ayers; Brown, Judith K.; Campbell, Jacquelyn C. Num Pages: 344 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: JFFE3; JFSJ1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252067976
ISBN
9780252067976
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.73

Paperback. aeo An authoritative and controversial overview of the concept of sociocultural evolution and its relation to major contemporary political and cultural debates. aeo Author is one of worlda s best--known and respected authorities in this field. aeo Examines in particular the relationship between postmodernism and neo--conservatism. Series: New Perspectives on the Past. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557869777
ISBN
9781557869777
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.12

Hardback. This collection opens up spaces where lives end, bodies are disposed of and memories generated: hospitals, hospices, care homes, coroners' courts, funeral premises, cemeteries, roadsides, the spirit world. Using material culture studies it illuminates the ways human beings make meaningful the challenges of death, dying and bereavement. Editor(s): Hockey, Jenny; Komaromy, Carol; Woodthorpe, Kate. Num Pages: 285 pages, 18 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBZ; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
285
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230224162
ISBN
9780230224162
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.35

Paperback. This book is a fascinating account of how the English see themselves. Roy Porter is a leading figure in social and cultural history. All contributors are extremely well-known historians. This book is a fascinating account of how the English see themselves. Roy Porter is a leading figure in social and cultural history. Editor(s): Porter, Roy. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745613062
ISBN
9780745613062
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.00

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBJH; HBTB; HBTD; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691642697
ISBN
9780691642697
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.08

Paperback. In this work, Roberto DaMatta focuses on the trajectories of three types of public ritual (carnival, Independence Day and other military parades, and local-level religious processions) as principal axes in defining the values and attitudes that shape urban Brazil. Translator(s): Drury, John. Num Pages: 291 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFC; JHBT; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
291
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268007942
ISBN
9780268007942
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.91

Hardback. Ethnography has become a major method of researching educational settings. Its key strength is its emphasis on understanding the perceptions and cultures of the people and organizations under scrutiny. This volume addresses the task of undertaking a doctorate in educational ethnography. Editor(s): Walford, Geoffrey. Series: Studies in Educational Ethnography. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMP; JNM; JNZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762309061
ISBN
9780762309061
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 191.58

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814794807
ISBN
9780814794807
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Hardcover. The wide-ranging topics in this ethnographically based volume show the broad religious influence on both discursive and everyday moralities. The contributors reveal that although religion is a significant aspect of the various assemblages of morality, much like in other parts of the world, religion in postsocialist Russia cannot be separated.. Editor(s): Zigon, Jarrett. Num Pages: 244 pages, 5 ills. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HRAM1; HRCC8; JFSR; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857452092
ISBN
9780857452092
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.00

Paperback. Series: Anthropologies of American Medicine: Culture, Power and Practice. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JHBF; JHBK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 278 x 21. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9781479828388
ISBN
9781479828388
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.70

Paperback. This work examines how consumer culture places less emphasis on ideological representations and resistances to ideology than on the educative powers of mass culture and the way that social position is determined through the politics of consumer culture. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: JHBA; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 292.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804722506
ISBN
9780804722506
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.48

Paperback. A fascinating account of the Na society, which functions without the institution of marriage. Translator(s): Hustvedt, Asti. Num Pages: 512 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JHMC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 37. Weight in Grams: 772.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Zone Books
Number of pages
505
Condition
New
SKU
V9781890951139
ISBN
9781890951139
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.81

paperback. BIC Classification: GTJ; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781138260931
ISBN
9781138260931
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 44.74

Hardcover. This book, for the first time, examines in depth the link between modernism and postmodernism and demonstrates the extensive similarities, as well as the few crucial differences between the ideas and art of the Dadaists on the one hand, and those of contemporary postmodern thinkers and artists on the other. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: ACXD7; H; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 548.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571811301
ISBN
9781571811301
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.45

Paperback. This volume highlights advances made in palaeopathology and demography through the analyses of historic cemeteries. These advances include associating documentary evidence with skeletal evaluations, and the application of new evaluative techniques. Editor(s): Grauer, Anne L. Num Pages: 256 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: JHBD; JHMP; PSXM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 169 x 14. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471042792
ISBN
9780471042792
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 178.86

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