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Anthropology
Paperback. Describes the uses that Plains Indians made of the wild plants they collected and of those plants they cultivated for food, clothing, medicine, and ornamentation. This book reveals cultures that evolved in close harmony with their environment. Num Pages: 165 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JHM; PST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 10. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- Enlarged ed
- Number of pages
- 165
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803270343
- ISBN
- 9780803270343
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.07
€ 14.07
Die Amerikanische Sprache. Das Englisch Der Vereinigten Staaten.
Mencken, Professor H L; Spies, Heinrich
Paperback / so. Num Pages: 180 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: CF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 277.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1927
- Publisher
- Vieweg+Teubner Verlag United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783663155652
- ISBN
- 9783663155652
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.67
€ 68.67
Paperback. Witchcraft violence is a feature of many contemporary African societies. In Ghana, belief in witchcraft and the malignant activities of putative witches is prevalent. This book provides a detailed account of Ghanaian witchcraft beliefs and practices and their role in fueling violent attacks on these alleged witches. Num Pages: 336 pages, 19 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; HRQX5; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785335167
- ISBN
- 9781785335167
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.54
€ 45.54
Transactions and Creations: Property Debates and the Stimulus of Melan...
Merilyn Strathern Eric Hirsch
Paperback. In a bold theoretical move, propertyA" is put alongside two other terms: transactionsA" and creations.A" The former have a place in the anthropological tradition that now needs to be brought into the foreground. Editor(s): Hirsch, Eric; Strathern, Marilyn. Num Pages: 248 pages, Bibliog., index. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845450281
- ISBN
- 9781845450281
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.78
€ 44.78
Hardcover. A Companion to the Anthropology of Environmental Health presents a collection of readings that utilize a medical anthropological approach to explore the interface of humans and the environment in the shaping of health and illness around the world. Editor(s): Singer, Merrill. Series: Wiley-Blackwell Companions to Anthropology. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC; MBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118786994
- ISBN
- 9781118786994
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 210.95
€ 210.95
Paperback. Traces Japan's coffee craze from the turn of the twentieth century, when Japan helped to launch the Brazilian coffee industry, to the present day. This title shows how coffee and coffee spaces have been central to the formation of Japanese notions about the uses of public space, social change, modernity, and pleasure. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 240 pages, 23 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFCV; JHBS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332. Series: California Studies in Food & Culture. 240 pages, illustrations. Traces Japan's coffee craze from the turn of the twentieth century, when Japan helped to launch the Brazilian coffee industry, to the present day. This title shows how coffee and coffee spaces have been central to the formation of Japanese notions about the uses of public space, social change, modernity, and pleasure. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFCV; JHBS; JHMC. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 15. Weight: 328.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- First Edition; 1st P
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520271159
- ISBN
- 9780520271159
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 24.27
€ 32.99
€ 24.27
Hardback. Part ethnography, part memoir, this book traces Japan's vibrant cafe society over one hundred and thirty years. It also traces Japan's coffee craze from the turn of the twentieth century, when Japan helped to launch the Brazilian coffee industry, to the present day, as uniquely Japanese ways with coffee surface in Europe and America. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 240 pages, 23 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFCV; JHBS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520259331
- ISBN
- 9780520259331
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.67€ 70.74
€ 92.67
€ 70.74
Paperback. Traces the evolution of anthropology from its genesis in Ancient Greece to its varied forms in contemporary times. This title examines the varieties of self-critical and postmodern anthropologies, and focuses on the leading question - of the impact of anthropology on non-Western cultures. It offers an invitation into anthropology. Illustrator(s): Piero. Series: Introducing.. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 168 x 122 x 13. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Publisher
- Icon Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848311688
- ISBN
- 9781848311688
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.66
€ 11.99
€ 9.66
Hardcover. Managing social relationships for childless couples in pro-natalist societies can be a difficult art to master. With ethnographic research gathered in northwestern Turkey, this book explores infertility & assisted reproductive technologies within a secular Muslim population & how social experience leads to a decision for (or against) having an IVF. Series: Fertility, Reproduction & Sexuality. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVT; JHBK; JHMC; MJTF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782386346
- ISBN
- 9781782386346
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.61
€ 158.61
The definition and evolution of the categories of race and ethnicity have long been topics of debate among historians and scholars of social anthropology. This book examines how the meanings and values of race and ethnicity have been constructed historically and how they are represented symbolically, with particular focus on the Caribbean. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; JFSL; JHMC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789766401795
- ISBN
- 9789766401795
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.89
€ 46.89
Hardback. Uniquely, Metin Heper suggests a theory of acculturation (rather than assimilation) captures the nature of State-Kurd interaction in Turkey, by not leaving any part of that interaction unaccounted for. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVT; HBJF; JFSL; JHMC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333646281
- ISBN
- 9780333646281
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.61
€ 122.61
Paperback. Uniquely, Metin Heper suggests a theory of acculturation (rather than assimilation) captures the nature of State-Kurd interaction in Turkey, by not leaving any part of that interaction unaccounted for. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; JFSL; JHM; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 335.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 249
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349395965
- ISBN
- 9781349395965
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 122.57
€ 122.57
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JFSF; JHMC; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 222 x 16. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295994093
- ISBN
- 9780295994093
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.19
€ 36.99
€ 33.19
Hardcover. Interpretations of the background to the Cuban diaspora - a political revolution and the subsequent radical transformation of the society and economy towards socialism - are politicised and highly contested. The Miami-based Cuban diaspora has had extraordinary success in putting its case high on the US political agenda.. Series: New Directions in Anthropology. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KJC; JFSL4; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 430. Memory, Politics, and Nation Among Cubans in Spain. Series: New Directions in Anthropology. 240 pages. Interpretations of the background to the Cuban diaspora - a political revolution and the subsequent radical transformation of the society and economy towards socialism - are politicised and highly contested. The Miami-based Cuban diaspora has had extraordinary success in putting its case high on the US political agenda. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KJC; JFSL4; JHM. Dimension: 226 x 163 x 18. Weight: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857452450
- ISBN
- 9780857452450
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.58
€ 158.58
Paperback. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501707551
- ISBN
- 9781501707551
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.10
€ 34.99
€ 31.10
Being a State and States of Being in Highland Georgia (Easa)
Meuhlfried, Florian, Mhlfried, Florian, Muhlf...
Hardcover. Taking a fresh look at the Georgian highlands allows the author to consider perennial questions of citizenship, belonging, & mobility in a context thats otherwise been known only for its folkloric dimensions. This book not only challenges theories in the study of citizenship but also the axioms of integration in Western social sciences in general. Series: EASA Series. Num Pages: 220 pages, 27 ills. BIC Classification: 1DVUG; JHMC; JPVH1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782382966
- ISBN
- 9781782382966
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.93
€ 158.93
Paperback. Series: The Anthropology of Contemporary Issues. Num Pages: 264 pages, 21. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801492785
- ISBN
- 9780801492785
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 37.57
€ 42.99
€ 37.57
Paperback. Attempting to define the exotic, this text focuses on the shifting relations between popular portrayals of exotic "others" and the practice of anthropology, seeking to cast light on gender, race and the public sphere in America's history. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 462 pages, 20 halftones, 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSJ1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 26. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 462
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226472645
- ISBN
- 9780226472645
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 30.83
€ 38.99
€ 30.83
Paperback. Editor(s): Morgan, Michele E. Series: Papers of the Peabody Museum. Num Pages: 450 pages, 65 halftones, 54 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWX; HBJK; HDD; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 270 x 197. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873652131
- ISBN
- 9780873652131
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.92€ 66.01
€ 72.92
€ 66.01
Paperback. Fear is ubiquitous but slippery. This title focuses on the meaning, diversity, and dynamism of fear in multiple world-historical contexts, and demonstrates how fear universally binds us to particular presents but also to a broad spectrum of memories, stories, and states in the past. Editor(s): Laffan, Michael; Weiss, Max. Series: Publications in Partnership with the Shelby Cullom Davis Center at Princeton University. Num Pages: 288 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: JFCX; JHM; JMQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691153605
- ISBN
- 9780691153605
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 36.95
€ 51.99
€ 36.95
Hardback. Inspired by the Rhetoric Culture Project, this volume focuses on the use of imagery, narrative, and cultural schemes to deal with predicaments that arise during the course of life. The contributors explore how people muster their resources to understand and deal with emergencies such as illness, displacement, or genocide. Editor(s): Carrithers, Michael. Series: Studies in Rhetoric and Culture. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845454296
- ISBN
- 9781845454296
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.16
€ 158.16
Paperback. Inspired by the Rhetoric Culture Project, this volume focuses on the use of imagery, narrative, and cultural schemes to deal with predicaments that arise during the course of life. The contributors explore how people muster their resources to understand and deal with emergencies such as illness, displacement, or genocide. Editor(s): Carrithers, Michael. Num Pages: 198 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857458001
- ISBN
- 9780857458001
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.72
€ 38.72
Bringing together ethnographic exposition with philosophical concepts and arguments and effectively transcending subdisciplinary boundaries between cultural and linguistic anthropology, this book collects essays that explore the ethical entailments of speech and action and demonstrate the centrality of ethical practice, judgment, reasoning. Editor(s): Lambek, Michael. Num Pages: 482 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 30. Weight in Grams: 772.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 482
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823233168
- ISBN
- 9780823233168
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 132.29
€ 132.29
Hardback. Editor(s): Rembis, Michael A. Num Pages: 355 pages, 3 colour illustrations, 3 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ; JHB; JHBK; JHMC; MBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 355
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137487681
- ISBN
- 9781137487681
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.04
€ 134.04