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Paperback. Living in a poor neighbourhood of Cairo, Umm Ali has raised eight children with almost no help from her husband or the Egyptian government. This book draws on the author's firsthand experience of Umm Ali's life to create an intimate portrait of Cairo's back streets and the people who live there. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HBE; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226898353
ISBN
9780226898353
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.57

Paperback. Gathers together forty years of anthropological study by a researcher and writer with one of the broadest fieldwork resumes in anthropology. In its twelve essays, this book covers encounters with transvestites in Oman, childbirth in Bhutan, poverty in Cairo, and honor killings in Scandinavia, with visits to several other locales. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 570.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226924472
ISBN
9780226924472
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 30.81

Paperback. Modern Orientalism was born in the eighteenth century after a very long gestation period defined less by economic or political motives than by religious ideology. The Birth of Orientalism presents a completely new picture of the Western encounter with Asia, its underlying dynamics, and the discovery of Buddhism and Hinduism. Series: Encounters with Asia. Num Pages: 568 pages, 20 illus. BIC Classification: 1F; JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 826.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812223460
ISBN
9780812223460
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.00
€ 61.21

Paperback. At the turn of the millennium, Indian journalism has undergone significant changes. The rapid commercialization of the press, together with an increase in literacy and political consciousness, has led to swift growth in the newspaper market but also changed the way news makers mediate politics. Series: Anthropology of Media. Num Pages: 238 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFD; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857459053
ISBN
9780857459053
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.73

Hardcover. Surprisingly little research has been carried out about how Australian Aboriginal children and teenagers experience life, shape their social world, and imagine the future. This volume presents recent and original studies of life experiences outside the institutional settings of childcare and education.. Editor(s): Eickelkamp, Ute. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBF; JFSL9; JFSP1; JFSP2; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857450821
ISBN
9780857450821
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.29

Paperback. Towards the middle of the 20th century, scholarly research revealed that the fabled Silk Roads, far from being mere trade routes, were cultural highways that played a pivotal role in linking east and west, intermittently bringing together nomads and city dwellers, pastoral peoples and farmers, merchants and monks, and soldiers and pilgrims. Num Pages: 350 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FC; 3JJ; GTB; HBJF; HBLW; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571812223
ISBN
9781571812223
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.25

Paperback. Original essays on the profound cultural impact of tourism in societies ranging form the American southwest to Tonga to Alaska to Iran. Editor(s): Smith, Valene L. Num Pages: 352 pages, 33 illus. BIC Classification: JHM; KNSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
354
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812212808
ISBN
9780812212808
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.29

paperback. Through the rendering of Catholic Church migration's debates this book shows how Latin American lay and religious migration in Rome is an Atlantic Return from the Americas challenging an Euro-centric Catholic identity and how multiple forms of being Catholic inform gender, labour and sexuality at the heart of Catholicism in Europe. Num Pages: 248 pages, 2 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFN; JFSL4; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823267491
ISBN
9780823267491
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.74

Paperback. Series: Postcolonial Studies. Num Pages: 204 pages, 16 color. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837613483
ISBN
9783837613483
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.67

Paperback. Around the planet, Indigenous people are using old and new technologies to amplify their voices and broadcast information to a global audience. This is the first portrait of a powerful international movement that looks both inward and outward, helping to preserve ancient languages and cultures.. Series: Anthropology of Media. Num Pages: 302 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857456069
ISBN
9780857456069
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.25

Hardback. Around the planet, Indigenous people are using old and new technologies to amplify their voices and broadcast information to a global audience. This is the first portrait of a powerful international movement that looks both inward and outward, helping to preserve ancient languages and cultures.. Series: Anthropology of the Media. Num Pages: 302 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GTC; JFD; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 536.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845454203
ISBN
9781845454203
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 159.39

Paperback. On the surface, naming is simply a way to classify people and their environments. The premise of this study is that it is much more - a form of social control, a political activity, a key to identity maintenance and transformation. Governments legislate and regulate naming; people fight to take, keep, or change their names. Num Pages: 194 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBCN; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
194
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845454135
ISBN
9781845454135
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.34

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM; MFKC; MJT; TCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816626236
ISBN
9780816626236
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.56

paperback. A story of tribal nation building in the modern era. It treats nation-building projects as nothing new to the Choctaws of southeastern Oklahoma, who have responded to a number of hard-hitting assaults on Choctaw sovereignty and nationhood by rebuilding their tribal nation. Series: North American Indian Prose Award Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; 1KBBS; GTB; HBJK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803224902
ISBN
9780803224902
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.87

Hardback. Based on a detailed ethnography, this book explores tourism in Cuba, drawing attention to challenges that tourists and local people face in establishing meaningful connections with each other. Series: New Directions in Anthropology. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJC; JHMC; KNSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782389484
ISBN
9781782389484
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.37

Paperback. Presents a erudite set of comparative essays on core topics in the history of anthropological theory. This book offers discussions of anthropological thought about ritual, fetishism, cosmogonic myth, belief, caste, kingship, mourning, play, feasting, ceremony, and cultural relativism. It is suitable for students and researchers in anthropology. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
HAU
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9780990505082
ISBN
9780990505082
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 24.38

Paperback. Translator(s): Wissing, P. Num Pages: 472 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1MKP; HRKT; HRLF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 650.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
472
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226845609
ISBN
9780226845609
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.67
€ 44.63

Paperback. Illuminates one of the world's most troubled regions from a perspective - that of a prominent Russian intellectual. This title examines the evolution of the war in Chechnya that erupted in 1994, untangling the myths, the long-held resentments, and the ideological manipulations that have fueled the crisis. Series: California Series in Public Anthropology. Num Pages: 302 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVUAC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
302
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520238886
ISBN
9780520238886
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.52

Hardcover. Shows the shift of focus that occurred during Florence Nightingale's more than forty years of work on public health in India. This book documents concrete proposals for self-government, especially at the municipal level, and the encouragement of leading Indian nationals themselves. It also includes sections on village and town sanitation. Editor(s): Vallee, Gerrard. Num Pages: 976 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBTB; JHM. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1434.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Wilfrid Laurier University Press Canada
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
952
Condition
New
SKU
V9780889204959
ISBN
9780889204959
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 191.27

Paperback. Editor(s): Buitenen, J. A. B. van. Series: Phoenix Books. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2BBA; FC; JFC; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1969
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Fourth Impression
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226846477
ISBN
9780226846477
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.00
€ 28.04

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