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Hardback. Series: Princeton Studies in Culture and Technology. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1 line illus. 1 table. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691163987
- ISBN
- 9780691163987
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Condition: New
€ 112.88
€ 112.88
Hardcover. This study on the current gentrification and historic preservation of the Old City of Damascus illustrates how local discourses on civilization, social hierarchies, and politics of heritage are renegotiated. Series: Contemporary Issues in the Middle East. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FBS; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 585.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815633495
- ISBN
- 9780815633495
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Condition: New
€ 50.89
€ 50.89
Paperback. This articulate and authoritative survey of both the popular and academic trends in anthropology demonstrates the broad relevance of anthropological knowledge and argues for a more inclusive conception of the discipline that engages the public imagination. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 173 x 12. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118475508
- ISBN
- 9781118475508
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Condition: New
€ 64.62
€ 64.62
Paperback. Editor(s): Axyonova, Vera. Series Editor(s): Hinnenkamp, Volker; Honer, Anne; Hentges, Gudrun; Platzer, Hans-Wolfgang. Num Pages: 218 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC. Dimension: 151 x 215 x 13. Weight in Grams: 294.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon Germany
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783838208602
- ISBN
- 9783838208602
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.14
€ 30.99
€ 22.14
Hardcover. In modern states, John Lie argues, ideas of race, ethnicity, and nationality can be subsumed under the rubric of 'peoplehood'. He argues indeed, that the modern state has created the idea of peoplehood. Num Pages: 394 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 699.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 394
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674013278
- ISBN
- 9780674013278
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Condition: New
€ 90.26€ 81.20
€ 90.26
€ 81.20
paperback. "Thiessen crafts a fine ethnography of a changing society after the fall of socialism and independent nationhood." - Anastasia Karakasidou, Wellesley College Series: Teaching Culture: Utp Ethnographies for the Classroom. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551117195
- ISBN
- 9781551117195
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.15
€ 36.99
€ 33.15
Paperback. This work attempts to see the satis - the Hindu custom of women sacrificing themselves on the funeral pyres of their husbands - through Hindu eyes, providing an experiential and psychoanalytic account of ritual self-sacrifice and self-mutilation in South Asia. Translator(s): Mehlman, Jeffrey; White, David Gordon. Num Pages: 328 pages, 47 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FK; HRAX; HRG; HRLF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 650.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226885698
- ISBN
- 9780226885698
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Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.06
€ 47.99
€ 37.06
Hardback. This work presents research conducted in Ireland, Kenya, Japan, the Philippines, Canada, the USA, India, Brazil, and Venezuela. It illustrates the useful techniques of projective techniques as a means for eliciting culturally relevant information from informants. Editor(s): Vos, George A. De; De Vos, Eric S. Series: Psychocultural Research with the Thematic Apperception Test. Num Pages: 576 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: GTC; JFC; JHM; JMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 164 x 37. Weight in Grams: 862.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742526747
- ISBN
- 9780742526747
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Condition: New
€ 197.13
€ 197.13
Paperback. Examines the class dimensions of identity politics and the symbols and meaning inherent in class movements. Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 222 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: JHMC; JPA; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 151 x 13. Weight in Grams: 288.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780745316710
- ISBN
- 9780745316710
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.51
€ 37.99
€ 29.51
Paperback. Introduces readers to life in this North African country through vivid accounts of fieldwork as personal experience and intellectual journey Editor(s): Crawford, David; Newcomb, Rachel. Series: Public Cultures of the Middle East and North Africa. Num Pages: 296 pages, 5 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1HBM; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 470.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253009111
- ISBN
- 9780253009111
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
€ 30.99
€ 27.40
Hardback. 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: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 431.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822360568
- ISBN
- 9780822360568
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Condition: New
€ 107.36
€ 107.36
Hardback. Examining political struggle based on sexuality, gender, and age, this volume explores identity politics from different contexts using methodological approaches and theoretical views. It teaches students and scholars of political sociology, the role of political opportunity and threat in social movements, and transgender political activism. Editor(s): Waldner, Lisa K.; Dobratz, Betty A.; Buzzell, Timothy. Series: Research in Political Sociology. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP31; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 548.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762309917
- ISBN
- 9780762309917
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Condition: New
€ 129.99
€ 129.99
paperback. This volume provides an ethnographic account of courtship, marriage and family life among the people of the Trobriand Islands. Num Pages: 654 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; JF; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 848.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 654
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415606523
- ISBN
- 9780415606523
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Condition: New
€ 71.35
€ 71.35
Hardback. We Share Walls: Language, Land, and Gender in Berber Morocco explores how political economic shifts over the last century have reshaped the language practices and ideologies of women (and men) in the plains and mountains of rural Morocco. Series: Blackwell Studies in Discourse and Culture. Num Pages: 280 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBM; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 180 x 254 x 21. Weight in Grams: 662.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405154208
- ISBN
- 9781405154208
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Condition: New
€ 114.83
€ 114.83
Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, 20 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 1KBB; JFFN; JHM; JHMC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 163 x 12. Weight in Grams: 322.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415859189
- ISBN
- 9780415859189
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Condition: New
€ 49.78
€ 49.78
paperback. This book focuses on middle-class urban women as participants in new forms of consumer culture. Abelson argues that in the interest of concealing the darker side of consumerism, women of the middle class, but not those of the working class, were allowed to shoplift and lead incapacitating illness--kleptomania. Num Pages: 320 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHMC; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press USA United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195071429
- ISBN
- 9780195071429
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Condition: New
€ 99.54
€ 99.54
Paperback. Since our first primordial breath, wind has been a central theme of cultural thought. Wind in its different guises - from the 'natural phenomenon' of air in motion, to embodied 'life giving' experiences and deities and spirits - has contributed to the richness of human ideas and practices from ancient cultures to this very day. Series: Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute Special Issue Book Series. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 170 x 14. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405178938
- ISBN
- 9781405178938
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Condition: New
€ 28.26
€ 28.26
paperback. Presents a comprehensive analysis of the dichotomous views that have portrayed sterilization either as part of a coercive program of population control or as a means of voluntary, even liberating, fertility control by individual women. Num Pages: 208 pages, diagrams, figures. BIC Classification: 1KJP; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813543734
- ISBN
- 9780813543734
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 39.41
€ 44.99
€ 39.41
Paperback. Offers an anthropological analysis and critique of American injury law. This book approaches injury law as a symptom of a larger American injury culture. It offers an understanding of the problematic role that law plays in Americans' relations with the objects they consume. It shows that American law sets out injury as an exceptional state. Num Pages: 248 pages, 14 halftones. 7 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHMC; LAQ; LNTJ; LNV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691119083
- ISBN
- 9780691119083
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.37
€ 46.99
€ 33.37
Property and Equalty, Volume II: Encapsulation, Commercialization, Dis...
. Ed(S): Widlok, Thomas; Tadesse, Wolde Gossa
hardcover. The ethnography of egalitarian social systems was first met with sheer disbelief. Today it is still hotly debated in a number of fields and has gained sophistication as well as momentum. This collection of essays on "property and equality" acknowledges this diversification by presenting research results in two complementary volumes. Editor(s): Widlok, Thomas; Tadesse, Wolde Gossa. Num Pages: Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United States
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781571816177
- ISBN
- 9781571816177
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.17
€ 155.17
Hardback. Editor(s): Witkin, Stanley L. Num Pages: 384 pages, Figures: 1,. BIC Classification: JHMC; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 23. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231158800
- ISBN
- 9780231158800
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.28€ 100.69
€ 134.28
€ 100.69
Hardback. Focuses on the intersections of race, gender, sexuality, class, and (ethno) nation that influence the dynamics of human rights conflicts in different parts of the world. This collection of essays investigates human rights conflicts in Europe, the Americas, Asia, Africa, and Australia. Editor(s): Harrison, Faye V. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759104815
- ISBN
- 9780759104815
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.68
€ 150.68
Hardback. Sheds light on one of the most pressing political issues of our time-the human consequences of US immigration policy. This book reveals the suffering and deaths that occur daily in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona as thousands of undocumented migrants attempt to cross the border from Mexico into the United States. Series: California Series in Public Anthropology. Num Pages: 384 pages, 60 b/w, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWZ; 1KLCM; JFFE; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 842.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520282742
- ISBN
- 9780520282742
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.07€ 72.45
€ 95.07
€ 72.45
Num Pages: 240 pages, 20 halftones, 16 line drawings, 3 tables. BIC Classification: JHMC; MMZD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231146081
- ISBN
- 9780231146081
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.29
€ 106.29