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paperback. Ole Bruun's work depicts the life of a community of Mongolian livestock herders as they begin to adjust to life outside of their contained Soviet-style collectives. The author identifies and addresses the most essential conditions for their continued existence in the age of the market the adaptability of their own culture and working strategies, government policy, and international attention. Series: AsiaWorld. Num Pages: 262 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739128077
- ISBN
- 9780739128077
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Condition: New
€ 55.82
€ 55.82
Paperback. Begins with a question: Is beauty destined to end in tragedy? Drawing on extensive fieldwork in Colombia, the author scrutinizes the anxious, audacious, and sometimes destructive attempts people make to transform their bodies through cosmetic surgery and liposuction. Num Pages: 192 pages, 36 halftones. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 142 x 217 x 14. Weight in Grams: 254.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226789866
- ISBN
- 9780226789866
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.44
€ 32.99
€ 25.44
Hardback. In his eloquent new book Robert Carneiro traces the history of the development of empirical science-from the Paleolithic to the present-vividly describing the major events that have marked a great transition in human thought, and how this affected the human experience. Num Pages: 505 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 152. Weight in Grams: 349.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Eliot Werner Publications Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 505
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780979773112
- ISBN
- 9780979773112
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Condition: New
€ 116.60
€ 116.60
Paperback. In The Chicken and the Quetzal Paul Kockelman tells the cultural history of a village in Guatemala's highland cloud forests and its relation to conservation movements and eco-tourism to create a theoretical framework for understanding the entanglement of values as they are created, interpreted, and reconfigured. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLC; HBJK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 252 x 13. Weight in Grams: 316.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822360728
- ISBN
- 9780822360728
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Condition: New
€ 27.09
€ 27.09
Paperback. Deals with the search for the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel by Jews and by Christians. This work discusses the motivations for the search and the methods used by the searchers, from similarity of language, physical appearance, customs and mythology, to a re-interpretation of biblical excerpts to suit specific situations encountered by the searchers. Num Pages: 284 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HRCG; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 163 x 15. Weight in Grams: 384.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780765761460
- ISBN
- 9780765761460
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Condition: New
€ 53.08
€ 53.08
Paperback. An ethnographic exploration of the relationship between music and social and political consciousness on the island of Trinidad. Num Pages: 280 pages, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1KJWWT; AV; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3971 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822341659
- ISBN
- 9780822341659
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.27
€ 29.99
€ 29.27
Hardback. Describes how German Philadelphians reinvented themselves in the early twentieth century. This book explores how many middle-class and Lutheran residents had redefined themselves in "old-stock"�' terms. It challenges historians to rethink the phenomenon of ethnic assimilation and to explore its complex relationship to American pluralism. Num Pages: 416 pages, 7 halftones. 5 line illus. 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691050157
- ISBN
- 9780691050157
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Condition: New
€ 82.32€ 63.03
€ 82.32
€ 63.03
Paperback. This fascinating volume brings together leading specialists who have analyzed the thoughts and records documenting the worldviews of a wide range of pre-modern societies. The book presents evidence from across the ages; from antiquity through to the Age of Discovery. Editor(s): Raaflaub, Kurt A.; Talbert, Richard J. A. Series: Ancient World: Comparative Histories. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 172 x 17. Weight in Grams: 582.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118589854
- ISBN
- 9781118589854
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Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 48.90
€ 48.99
€ 48.90
Hardcover. The first of three volumes surveying the historical, spatial, and human dimensions of inter-Asian connections, Asia Inside Out: Changing Times> brings into focus the dynamic networks that have linked peoples from Japan to Yemen over the past five centuries. Each author examines a single year or decade that redefined Asia. Num Pages: 310 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 243 x 28. Weight in Grams: 648.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674598508
- ISBN
- 9780674598508
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 44.50
€ 53.99
€ 44.50
Hardback. Num Pages: 372 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSF; JHBZ; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- OUP India India
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199466856
- ISBN
- 9780199466856
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Condition: New
€ 63.71
€ 63.71
Paperback. Focuses on Laweyan, a production center of batik textiles that had embraced modernity under Dutch colonial rule, only to fend off the modernizing forces of Indonesia during the twentieth century. This book portrays a merchant enclave clinging to its forms of social life and highlights the power of women in the marketplace and the home. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 halftones 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMN; JFC; JFSJ1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 468.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 301
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691016924
- ISBN
- 9780691016924
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Condition: New
€ 52.92€ 41.45
€ 52.92
€ 41.45
Paperback. This book serves as a thorough, basic introduction to the study of anthropology that has been designed specifically for those who plan careers in mission or cross-cultural ministry. Kraft treats various theories of culture and society; kinship and family structure, cross-cultural communication and assesses various anthropological schools. Num Pages: 600 pages. BIC Classification: HRCX6; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UU) Undergraduate; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 28. Weight in Grams: 874.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Orbis Books (USA) United States
- Number of pages
- 600
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570750854
- ISBN
- 9781570750854
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 35.75
€ 37.99
€ 35.75
Paperback. A well-informed portrait, part social critique, part memoir, of sexual mores and homosexuality in provincial Mexico. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFFH2; JFSK; JHM; MBNS; MJCJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 144 x 11. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231101912
- ISBN
- 9780231101912
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.99
€ 36.99
€ 26.99
This is a comprehensive ethnographic study about the Moso, a matrilineal group in Southwest China, whose unique traditions are bound to change accepted notions of marriage, kinship, the family, and gender relations. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 table, 20 figures, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804761994
- ISBN
- 9780804761994
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Condition: New
€ 97.58
€ 97.58
Paperback. Timepass is a vivid ethnography that illuminates the student politics and youth activism that lower middle class young men in India have undertaken in response to the underemployment they face. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804770743
- ISBN
- 9780804770743
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Condition: New
€ 27.09
€ 27.09
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- CABI Publishing United Kingdom
- Edition
- First
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851996066
- ISBN
- 9780851996066
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.67
€ 115.67
Hardback. In Making Refuge Catherine Besteman follows the lives of a group of Somali Bantu refugees over the course of three decades, from their pre-civil war homes and terrible experiences in Kenyan refugee camps, to their recent resettlement in the struggling former mill town of Lewiston, Maine. Series: Global Insecurities. Num Pages: 352 pages, 32 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFG; 1KBBEN; HBJH; JFFD; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 613.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822360278
- ISBN
- 9780822360278
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.83
€ 123.83
Paperback. The struggle of the Witsuwit'en peoples to establish the meaning of aboriginal rights. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFSL9; JHM; JPVH3; KFFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774805131
- ISBN
- 9780774805131
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 33.59
€ 34.99
€ 33.59
Paperback. The Shadow Side of Fieldwork draws attention to the typically hidden or unacknowledged aspects of ethnographic fieldwork encounters that nevertheless shape the resulting knowledge and texts. Addressing these invisible, elusive, unspoken or mysterious elements introduces a distinctive rigor and responsibility to ethnographic research. Editor(s): McLean, Athena; Leibing, Annette. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 180 x 18. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405169813
- ISBN
- 9781405169813
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Condition: New
€ 54.03
€ 54.03
Paperback. Examines the polarized fields of nationalist politics - in Cluj, Transylvania, and the wider region - and also the more fluid terrain on which ethnicity and nationhood are experienced, enacted, and understood in everyday life. This book addresses fundamental questions about ethnicity: where it is, when it matters, and how it works. Num Pages: 504 pages, 16 color plates. 20 halftones. 16 line illus. BIC Classification: 1DVWR; JHMP; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 30. Weight in Grams: 724.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691136226
- ISBN
- 9780691136226
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.92€ 41.94
€ 52.92
€ 41.94
The Dynamics of Ancient Empires. State Power from Assyria to Byzantium...
. Ed(S): Morris, Ian; Scheidel, Walter
Paperback. Editor(s): Morris, Ian; Scheidel, Walter. Series: Oxford Studies in Early Empires. Num Pages: 400 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1QD; HBLA1; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199758340
- ISBN
- 9780199758340
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.10
€ 73.10
Hardback. Critics often characterize white consumption of African American culture as a form of theft that echoes the fantasies of 1950s-era bohemians, or "White Negroes," who romanticized black culture as anarchic and sexually potent. The author claims such a view fails to describe the varied politics of racial crossover over the years. Num Pages: 272 pages, 5 black and white photographs, 4 tables. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSL3; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252038433
- ISBN
- 9780252038433
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.71
€ 125.71
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Horniman Museum & Gardens United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903338025
- ISBN
- 9781903338025
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.39
€ 33.99
€ 28.39
Paperback. An ethnography of Afro-Brazilian religious traditions including Candomble shows that the lines separating one tradition from another are much less fixed than anthropologists and Afro-Brazilian religious elites have maintained. Translator(s): Grant, Lucy Lyall. Num Pages: 336 pages, 36 photographs, 6 figures. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KLSB; HRKT; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5906 x 3971 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822346364
- ISBN
- 9780822346364
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.33
€ 31.99
€ 30.33