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Paperback. Explores an important, yet often overlooked dimension of nationalism - its embodied and emotional components. Through an ethnographic study of schools in western India, this work examines the idioms through which teachers, students, and parents make meaning of their political world. Num Pages: 368 pages, 18 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: JHM; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804759069
- ISBN
- 9780804759069
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Paperback. How do artists, collectors, dealers and curators whose lives and livelihoods are so intimately affected by the valuation of art manage to cope with such an intangible market? To answer this question, this book focuses on the localized and typical world of the St Louis art scene. Num Pages: 264 pages, 11 halftones, 3 line drawings, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ABQ; JHM; KCC; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 227 x 29. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226670843
- ISBN
- 9780226670843
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.77
€ 37.99
€ 29.77
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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer vs United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783658086800
- ISBN
- 9783658086800
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Condition: New
€ 88.44
€ 88.44
Paperback. This is the story of how the women's movement in China took advantage of the government's official efforts to position women in the rural economic reforms of the 1980s to achieve a significant and ever-increasing role in China's developing turn toward a market economy, which was not the state's intent. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JFFK; JHMC; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 316. 208 pages, 1 map. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JFFK; JHMC; KCP. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804744065
- ISBN
- 9780804744065
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
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. Documents the crucial role played by language in cultural conquest - how colonial Mayan emerged in the age of the cross, how it was taken up by native writers to become the language of indigenous literature, and how it ultimately became the language of rebellion against the system that produced it. Series: The Anthropology of Christianity. Num Pages: 484 pages, 16 b/w photographs, 2 line illustrations, 17 maps, 25 tables, 41 examples. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2JNM; 3JB; CBX; CFB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 30. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520257719
- ISBN
- 9780520257719
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.35
€ 40.99
€ 29.35
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
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Condition: New
€ 107.44
€ 107.44
Paperback. Visitors to Cuba will notice that Afro-Cuban figures and references are everywhere. In this book, the author examines how the animation of Cuba's colonial past and African heritage through such figures and performances not only reflects but also shapes the Cuban experience of Blackness. Num Pages: 344 pages, 56 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KJC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 18. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226119052
- ISBN
- 9780226119052
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.64
€ 34.99
€ 27.64
Paperback. An examination of what it means for various groups of Chinese to claim their "Chineseness." Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2G; DSA; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 231
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349532902
- ISBN
- 9781349532902
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.07
€ 64.07
Paperback. Part of a series, which form the published proceedings of the 9th meeting of the International Council of Archaeozoology (ICAZ), held in Durham in 2002, this title discusses how differences in food consumption, nutrition, and food procurement strategies can be related to various forms of social differentiation among individuals and groups. Editor(s): O'Day, Sharyn Jones; Neer, Wim van; Ervynck, Anton. Num Pages: 350 pages, 265 b/w figs. BIC Classification: HDA; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 297 x 210. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxbow Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9781785705717
- ISBN
- 9781785705717
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.87
€ 46.87
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813528205
- ISBN
- 9780813528205
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 42.95
€ 47.99
€ 42.95
Hardback. Making Moderate Islam reveals the assumptions about race and gender, as well as the political and economic pressures that, beginning in the mid-twentieth century, have structured demands for religious minorities' "moderation" in the United States. Series: Racereligion. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM2; HRH; JFSL1; JFSR2; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804791281
- ISBN
- 9780804791281
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.89
€ 128.89
Paperback. Presents a multidisciplinary study of why and how Cambodians have come to the US and how they have fared since. Drawing on interviews with more than fifty community leaders, government officials, and staff members in volunteer agencies, this book synthesizes the literature on the refugees, many of whom come from varying socioeconomic backgrounds. Series: The Asian American Experience. Num Pages: 376 pages, 10 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 712. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252071799
- ISBN
- 9780252071799
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
hardcover. In Social Myths and Collective Imaginaries, Gerard Bouchard conceptualizes myths as vessels of sacred values that transcend the division between primitive and modern. These vessels become so influential as to make an indelible impression on people's minds. Translator(s): Scott, Howard. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; JHMC; JPB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442631908
- ISBN
- 9781442631908
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.86
€ 62.86
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814770115
- ISBN
- 9780814770115
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.42
€ 31.99
€ 28.42
Hardback. Social anthropologists from many countries specializing in issues of property and equality share their results and insights from research on hunter-gatherers, pastoralists, horiculturalists, agriculturalists, industrial societies, and nonhuman primates. Editor(s): Widlok, Thomas; Tadesse, Wolde Gossa. Num Pages: Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 161 x 246 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571816160
- ISBN
- 9781571816160
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.88
€ 154.88
Paperback. Addresses the interplay between modes of writing, modes of understanding, and modes of being in the world. This title explores writing as a technic akin to ritual, oral storytelling, magic and meditation, that enables us to reach beyond the limits of everyday life and forge virtual relationships and imagined communities. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; DSK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 304. Essays on Writers and Writing. 218 pages. Addresses the interplay between modes of writing, modes of understanding, and modes of being in the world. This title explores writing as a technic akin to ritual, oral storytelling, magic and meditation, that enables us to reach beyond the limits of everyday life and forge virtual relationships and imagined communities. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 3JJ; DSK; JHM. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 12. Weight: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520275263
- ISBN
- 9780520275263
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Hardback. This text draws upon ethnographic research in Nepal to examine how selves, identities, and experience are produced in dialogical relationships through time in a multi-ethic nation-state and within a discourse of nationalism. Editor(s): Holland, Dorothy; Pach, Alfred, III; Skinner, Debra. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKN; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847685981
- ISBN
- 9780847685981
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 190.61
€ 190.61
Paperback. For the Tumbuka people of Malawi, traditional medical practices are filled with music. This ethnography explores a health care system populated by dancing prophets, singing patients and drummed spirits. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 260 pages, 16 halftones, 4 figures. BIC Classification: 1HFMM; AVGH; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226265025
- ISBN
- 9780226265025
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.77
€ 37.99
€ 29.77
Hardcover. Stuart Marks explores an emergent dissonance with the inconvenient conventions and myths of conservationists, administrators and philanthropists who seek to intervene in Africa's environmental and wildlife crises on new terms and with technical means. Num Pages: 518 pages, 25 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMZ; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 34. Weight in Grams: 894.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785331572
- ISBN
- 9781785331572
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 206.13
€ 206.13
Hardback. Tells the story of China's political elites from their own perspectives. Based on over five hundred interviews, this title offers a rare glimpse into how the attitudes and ideas of those at the top have evolved over the decades. Num Pages: 312 pages, 13 line illustrations, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JHMC; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 227 x 24. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520281219
- ISBN
- 9780520281219
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.55
€ 35.99
€ 26.55
Hardback. The work of Pierre Bourdieu has had an enormous impact on research in fields as diverse as aesthetics, education, anthropology, and sociology. This is a collection of essays focusing on the contribution of Bourdieu's thought to the study of cultural production. Editor(s): Brown, Nicholas; Szeman, Imre. Series: Culture & Education Series. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BG; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 475.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847693887
- ISBN
- 9780847693887
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 206.55
€ 206.55
Paperback. A memoir of Africa recounting the experiences of Alma Gottlieb, an anthropologist, and Philip Graham, a fiction writer, as they lived in two remote villages in the rain forest of Cote d'Ivoire. Num Pages: 350 pages, xii, 336, 2 maps. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226305066
- ISBN
- 9780226305066
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.52
€ 37.99
€ 29.52
Hardcover. Starry Nights envisions a 'big tent' anthropology that is vast in scope, addressing social, cultural and biological domains by developing a scientific realism for analyzing different fields, a structure for unifying them, and a critical attitude for improving them. Series: Loose Can(N)Ons. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785334610
- ISBN
- 9781785334610
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 170.40
€ 170.40