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Hardback. Choosing Ethnic Identity explores the ways in which people are able to choose their ethnic identities in contemporary multiethnic societies such as the USA and Britain. Notions such as adopting an identity, or self--designated terms, such as Black British and Asian American, suggest the importance of agency and choice for individuals. Num Pages: 190 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; 1KBB; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745622767
- ISBN
- 9780745622767
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.49
€ 78.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 234 pages, 34 black & white illustrations, 4 maps, 34 b&w illus., 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295741734
- ISBN
- 9780295741734
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.01
€ 37.99
€ 34.01
Hardback. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 475.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804717892
- ISBN
- 9780804717892
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.86
€ 99.86
Paperback. This collection of essays examines issues of race in a variety of historical and geographical settings, ranging from classical Greece to the contemporary Americas, Europe and Asia. The authors provide a perspective on race both in theoretical origins and appearances. Editor(s): Lang, Berel. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 146 x 14. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780847696932
- ISBN
- 9780847696932
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.40
€ 61.40
Hardcover. This ethnographic study is an entrance into the world of Buryat Mongol divination, where a group of cursed shamans undertake the "race against time" to produce innovative remedies that will improve their fallen fortunes at an unconventional pace. Num Pages: 244 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPM; HRLF; HRLM; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 504. The Sliding Scale of Time in Mongolian Divination. 244 pages, illustrations. This ethnographic study is an entrance into the world of Buryat Mongol divination, where a group of cursed shamans undertake the "race against time" to produce innovative remedies that will improve their fallen fortunes at an unconventional pace. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPM; HRLF; HRLM; JHM. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 19. Weight: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857454829
- ISBN
- 9780857454829
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.48
€ 155.48
paperback. To study the settlement process of undocumented migrants, this work examines one of Houston's Maya communities, the approximately 900 Maya from a township in the Department of Totonicapan, Guatemala. It traces this Maya community from its genesis in 1978 to the complex effects of the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA). Num Pages: 256 pages, 5 tables, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCG; JFFN; JFSL9; JHMP; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 15. Weight in Grams: 281.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566392570
- ISBN
- 9781566392570
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 34.03
€ 34.99
€ 34.03
Paperback. This book explores how Arab workers (mainly women) and Jewish managers in the Israeli textile industry negotiate the terms and meanings of factory work. It examines the tension between traditional familial and social roles and the demands of industrial life, as well as the complications created by Arab-Jewish political and military conflict. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 half-tones 1 map. BIC Classification: JHBA; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 18. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804737876
- ISBN
- 9780804737876
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.25
€ 37.99
€ 34.25
Paperback. * Unique in sociological literature* Encourages dialogue between sociology of health and sociology of risk* Addresses both personal and public health issues. . Editor(s): Gabe, Jonathan. Series: Sociology of Health and Illness Monographs. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd Oxford
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631194842
- ISBN
- 9780631194842
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.34
€ 28.34
Paperback / so. Series: Abhandlungen Der Rheinisch-Westfalischen Akademie Der Wissen. Num Pages: colour illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: AB; DSBB; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 14. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531050799
- ISBN
- 9783531050799
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 80.76
€ 80.76
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 16, 13 black & white halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMB; 1FPC; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801479670
- ISBN
- 9780801479670
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.25
€ 37.99
€ 34.25
Hardcover. Presenting innovative conceptual approaches, this volume advances ethnographic research methods and critical scholarship regarding tourism and the imaginaries that drive it. The various authors contribute methodologically as well as conceptually to anthropology's grasp of the images, forces, and encounters of the contemporary world. Editor(s): Salazar, Noel B.; Graburn, Nelson H. H. Num Pages: 296 pages, 20 ills. BIC Classification: JHBS; JHMC; KNSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782383673
- ISBN
- 9781782383673
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.68
€ 155.68
Paperback. An ethnography that examines the gendered nature of large corporate law firms. Although increasing numbers of women have become lawyers in the past decade, it discovers that the double standards and sexist attitudes of legal bureaucracies are a continuing problem for women lawyers and paralegals. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSJ1; JHM; LAT; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 68.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520201088
- ISBN
- 9780520201088
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.47
€ 36.99
€ 26.47
Hardback. A provocative examination of prevailing thought on race and ethnicity in American society. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1; JHMP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804753265
- ISBN
- 9780804753265
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.09
€ 105.09
Paperback. Examines how Pentecostalism has managed to achieve such ascendancy in a former British colony among people of predominantly African descent. This book argues that it has flourished because it successfully mediates between two historically central themes in Jamaican religious life. Num Pages: 324 pages, 11 halftones, 4 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KJWJ; HRCC99; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226032863
- ISBN
- 9780226032863
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.29
€ 42.99
€ 33.29
Hardcover. This story of an anthropological expedition to Albania in 1929 is an account of the rugged Highlands as seen by an Albanian that presents a faithful portrayal of Northern Albania as it was more than seventy years ago. Translator(s): Prifti, Peter R. Num Pages: 180 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1DVWA; JHM; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 14. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- East European Monographs United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880334945
- ISBN
- 9780880334945
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.87
€ 46.87
Paperback. Through sixty-one beautifully crafted, concise essays, the anthropologist Michael Jackson reflects on life situations where we are sometimes thrown open to new ways of understanding ourselves and connecting with others. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HRAB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822343813
- ISBN
- 9780822343813
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.29
€ 27.99
€ 26.29
Paperback. In 2002, as Sierra Leone prepared to announce the end of its brutal civil war, the distinguished anthropologist, poet, and novelist Michael Jackson returned to the country where he had intermittently lived and worked as an ethnographer since 1969. Here, he offers his reminiscences revisiting the site of his fieldwork from the 1970s. Num Pages: 232 pages, 23 b&w photos, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFDE; GTB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 225 x 15. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822333135
- ISBN
- 9780822333135
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.48
€ 27.99
€ 26.48
Paperback. An examination of Muslim men, focusing on the stereotypes and stigma these men face, the cultural roots of these prejudices, and the effect on assimilation and possible citizenship, through an ethnography of Turkish immigrants in Germany. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804759007
- ISBN
- 9780804759007
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.59
€ 30.99
€ 27.59
Paperback. Based on interviews with individuals who abstain from habits as diverse as sex, cigarettes, sugar, and technology, this book identifies four different types of abstainers: quitters; those who have never done something and never will; those who haven't done something yet, but might in the future; and those who are not doing something temporarily. Num Pages: 216 pages, 1 line drawing, 1 table. BIC Classification: HPQ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 180 x 14. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226547572
- ISBN
- 9780226547572
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.83
€ 37.99
€ 29.83
Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JHB; JHMC; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 42. Weight in Grams: 966.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer vs United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783658086800
- ISBN
- 9783658086800
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 88.44
€ 88.44
Paperback. A study of the nineteenth century response in the intersections of dance, literature and medicine, to the connections between illness, madness, poetry and performance with a view to illuminating French literature and culture in the nineteenth century, dance history and feminist performance theory and modern medicine. In the WRITING SCIENCE series. Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 296 pages, 14 half-tones. BIC Classification: ASD; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804735247
- ISBN
- 9780804735247
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.91
€ 37.99
€ 33.91
Hardback. Anthropologists have been keenly aware of the tension between cultural relativism and absolute norms, and nowhere has this been more acute than with regards to moral values. Can we study the Other's morality without applying our own normative judgments? Editor(s): Heintz, Monica. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845455927
- ISBN
- 9781845455927
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.82
€ 154.82
Paperback. Veiling is a globally polarizing issue, a locus for the struggle between Islam and the West and between contemporary and traditional interpretations of Islam. This book examines the vastly misunderstood and multi-layered world of the veil. It explores and analyzes the cultures, politics, and histories of veiling. Editor(s): Heath, Jennifer. Num Pages: 360 pages, 35 b/w photographs, 10 line illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 229 x 27. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520255180
- ISBN
- 9780520255180
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.98
€ 33.99
€ 24.98
Hardback. Presents a study of Czech society and politics in the High Middle Ages. This work paints a vivid portrait of a flourishing Christian community in the decades between 1050 and 1200. It also reveals the values and strategies that sustained the Czech Lands as a community. It also honors the complexity and dynamism of the medieval exercise of power. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 416 pages, 22 illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DVK; 3H; JHM; JP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 800.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812236132
- ISBN
- 9780812236132
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.44
€ 107.44