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Paperback. This unique collection of the writings of Rudolf Klein -- historian, journalist, political scientist and policy analyst -- represents the products of his career as an observer of politics and society over the last four decades. Num Pages: 480 pages, index. BIC Classification: DNF; JHM; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9781577181323
ISBN
9781577181323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.86

Hardback. Sets out the socio-political, intellectual, and economic contexts for the nationalization and denationalization of the sciences. This book includes articles, which examine the specific conditions that have given rise to the growth of transnational science in the 20th century. Editor(s): Crawford, Elisabeth; Shinn, Terry; Sorlin, Sverker. Series: Sociology of the Sciences Yearbook. Num Pages: 310 pages, 7 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792318552
ISBN
9780792318552
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 246.55

Hardback. A Theory of Shopping offers a highly original perspective on one of our most basic everyday activities -- shopping. We commonly assume that shopping is primarily concerned with individuals and materialism. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM; KNPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 429.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745619453
ISBN
9780745619453
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.16

Hardback. This book examines the cultural impact of colonialism on both colonizer and colonized via analysis of the domestic interiors and public spaces of empire within the Indian Subcontinent, contrasting representations of such spaces within contemporary discourse with analysis of the evidence of actual interiors and the social practices there engendered. Series Editor(s): Breward, Christopher; Sherman, Bill. Series: Studies in Design and Material Culture. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1FK; AMR; HBTB; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 171 x 20. Weight in Grams: 810.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719069420
ISBN
9780719069420
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.51

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
194
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292728813
ISBN
9780292728813
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.72

Hardback. "Naven" is the name of a peculiar ritual practiced by Iatmul, a head-hunting tribe of New Guinea. The ceremony is performed to congratulate members of the tribe upon the completion of notable accomplishments, among which homicide ranks highest. Num Pages: 368 pages, 35ill. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 137 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1958
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804705196
ISBN
9780804705196
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 171.86

Paperback. Num Pages: 298 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816639649
ISBN
9780816639649
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.21

Most theories of material culture, transnationalism, and globalization have failed to incorporate a focus on emotions even though an increasing number of scholars in recent years have explored emotion-dense processes. This book fills the gap and examines how "emotions" can be theorized and serve as a useful analytical tool for understanding.. Editor(s): Svasek, Maruska. Series: Material Mediations: People and Things in a World of Movement. Num Pages: 300 pages, 45 ills and tables. BIC Classification: ABA; JFCD; JFFN; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 526. Transnationalism, Cultural Productions and Emotions. Series: Material Mediations: People and Things in a World of Movement. 300 pages, 45 ills and tables. Editor(s): Svasek, Maruska. Most theories of material culture, transnationalism, and globalization have failed to incorporate a focus on emotions even though an increasing number of scholars in recent years have explored emotion-dense processes. This book fills the gap and examines how "emotions" can be theorized and serve as a useful analytical tool for understanding. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: ABA; JFCD; JFFN; JHM. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 20. Weight: 526.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857453235
ISBN
9780857453235
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 155.35

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8, 8 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; JHB; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501707520
ISBN
9781501707520
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.70

Hardback. Since the growth of interest and fascination with the Japanese, and the emergence of Japan as a world economic power, many works that have studied Japanese culture. This is an analysis of how Japanese culture and society structure, shape, and mould the emotions of the Japanese people. Num Pages: 200 pages, 22 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 19. Weight in Grams: 441.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804727198
ISBN
9780804727198
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.22

Paperback. Series: Donald R. Ellegood International Publications. Num Pages: 366 pages, tabs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW3; JHM; JP; P. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 149 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 594. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0004184
ISBN
9780295975320
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

hardcover. Focuses on key business issues facing East Asia that corporations and governments should understand, including regionalization initiatives, obstacles to continued rapid growth in China, aging and pension reform, and the changing security environment. Editor(s): Safarian, A. E.; Dobson, Wendy. Series: HSBC Bank Canada Papers on Asia. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FP; JHMC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 425.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802037138
ISBN
9780802037138
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.84

Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 16, 13 black & white halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMB; 1FPC; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801453311
ISBN
9780801453311
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.33

Hardcover. What happens when people "achieve"? Why do reactions to "achievement" vary so profoundly? And how might an anthropological study of achievement and its consequences allow us to develop a more nuanced model of the motivated agency that operates in the social world? These questions lie at the heart of this volume. Editor(s): Long, Nicholas J.; Moore, Henrietta. Series: Wyse Series in Social Anthropology. Num Pages: 248 pages, 7 ills & tables. BIC Classification: JHMC; JMH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782382201
ISBN
9781782382201
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.20

Paperback. Offers an illustrated history of sexual politics in ancient Athens. This work examines the ideology and practices that underlay the reign of the phallus. It demonstrates that classical Athens was more sexually polarized and repressive of women than any other culture in Western history. Num Pages: 477 pages, 345 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; JFSJ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 774. Sexual Politics in Ancient Athens. 477 pages, 345 b&w illustrations. Offers an illustrated history of sexual politics in ancient Athens. This work examines the ideology and practices that underlay the reign of the phallus. It demonstrates that classical Athens was more sexually polarized and repressive of women than any other culture in Western history. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; JFSJ; JHM. Dimension: 229 x 160 x 20. Weight: 774.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
477
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520079298
ISBN
9780520079298
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.37

Hardback. This is the first book to explore comparatively how magic-usually portrayed as the antithesis of the modern-is also at home in modernity. Editor(s): Meyer, Birgit; Pels, Peter. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HRQX2; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 694.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804744638
ISBN
9780804744638
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.88

Paperback. Economic development is an important focus of anthropological work in rural and urban communities around the world. This volume offers analyses on the theory and practice of development. Editor(s): Cohen, Jeffrey H.; Dannhaeuser, Norbert. Series: Society for Economic Anthropology Monograph Series. Num Pages: 336 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: GTF; JHM; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780759102125
ISBN
9780759102125
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.77

Hardcover. This in-depth study focuses on the Bosmun of Daiden, a Ramu River people in an under-represented area in the ethnography of Papua New Guinea, uncovering the conceptual convergence of local notions of relatedness, foodways, and empathy. Series: Person, Space and Memory in the Contemporary Pacific. Num Pages: 332 pages, 25 ills, 4 figs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; JFCV; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857459190
ISBN
9780857459190
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.55

Hardcover. Critiques the very essence of development policy, especially the complex relationship between policy and practice and role of participation. Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: GTF; JHMP; JKSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 28. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Pluto Press
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745317991
ISBN
9780745317991
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.01
€ 83.19

Paperback. The book traces current Indian activism in Bolivia, arguing that a new social formation is emerging to challenge racism and the harsh effects of the dominant neoliberal economic model. Num Pages: 312 pages, 6 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSL; JFSL9; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 238 x 17. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804755207
ISBN
9780804755207
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.75

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AB; GM; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 7. Weight in Grams: 177.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780226418124
ISBN
9780226418124
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.33

Paperback / so. Num Pages: 239 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JHB; JHMC; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften United States
Number of pages
239
Condition
New
SKU
V9783531185644
ISBN
9783531185644
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.53

Paperback. The 55 selections in this volume represent the interests and accomplishments in American anthropology from the establishment of the American Anthropologist through World War I. Editor(s): Laguna, Frederica de. Num Pages: 838 pages, Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1134.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press Nebraska
Number of pages
868
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803280083
ISBN
9780803280083
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.60

Hardback. Concerns with research ethics have intensified over recent years, in large part as a symptom of "audit cultures" (M. Strathern) but also as a serious matter of engagement with the ethical complexities in contemporary research fields. Editor(s): Armbruster, Heidi; Laerke, Anna. Num Pages: 261 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
261
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845454210
ISBN
9781845454210
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.12

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