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paperback. In this gem of a book, Natalie Zemon Davis explores the role of gifts in Renaissance France. From the King's bounty to the beggar's alms, from the lavish feasting and display of civic dignitaries to the humble tokens exchanged by peasant bride and groom, the giving and receiving of gifts - then, as now - held tremendous significance. Series: Curti Lectures. Num Pages: 232 pages, 23ill. BIC Classification: 3JB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299168841
- ISBN
- 9780299168841
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.52
€ 29.52
King of the Delawares: Teedyuscung, 1700-1763 (Iroquois & Their Neighb...
University Professor Of Anthropology Emeritus...
Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, maps, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815624981
- ISBN
- 9780815624981
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Condition: New
€ 26.99
€ 26.99
Paperback. Ethnography is one of the chief research methods in sociology, anthropology and other cognate disciplines in the social sciences. This book provides an unparalleled, critical guide to its principles and practice. Editor(s): Atkinson, Paul Anthony; Delamont, Ms Sara; Coffey, Professor Amanda; Lofland, John; Lofland, Lyn H. Num Pages: 528 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 174 x 29. Weight in Grams: 924.
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781412946063
- ISBN
- 9781412946063
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 85.31
€ 85.31
Paperback. An investigation of complexities that arise as ethnographers work with refugees. It explores issues surrounding power and disempowerment between researcher and subject; the protection of research informants; and the rights/actions of refugees in representing themselves and their cultures. Editor(s): Krulfeld, Ruth M.; MacDonald, Jeffery L. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFD; JHM; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 296.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847688982
- ISBN
- 9780847688982
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Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 46.85
€ 49.99
€ 46.85
Paperback. Draws on different facets of American life to map the impact of the new economy, the 'war on terror', the 'war on drugs', racial resentments, a fraying safety net, undocumented immigration, a health care system in crisis, and more. Editor(s): Gusterson, Hugh; Besteman, Catherine. Num Pages: 392 pages, 12 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHMC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520259713
- ISBN
- 9780520259713
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Condition: New
€ 50.43
€ 50.43
Paperback. A collection of essays, which considers the meaning and nature of life history narrative in India. Editor(s): Arnold, David; Blackburn, Stuart. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 figures. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTB; HBTB; HBTD; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 20. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253217271
- ISBN
- 9780253217271
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Condition: New
€ 35.34
€ 35.34
Paperback. This book is the first to study the Roman public bathing experience primarily as a historical, social, and cultural phenomenon rather than a technological or architectural one. As a result, many issues are developed here that have to date been addressed only superficially. Num Pages: 480 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 3D; HBTB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 689.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472088652
- ISBN
- 9780472088652
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.48
€ 58.48
Hardcover. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BG; HD; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Utah Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781607813293
- ISBN
- 9781607813293
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.97
€ 57.97
Paperback. This is an ethnographic investigation of the power of the landscape in eastern Indonesia and its implications for human needs, behavior, and emotions. The book describes the intense, personal connections between Manggarai individuals and certain places a Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Univ of Hawaii Pr
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824838003
- ISBN
- 9780824838003
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Condition: New
€ 34.19
€ 34.19
Paperback. Argues that confrontation with major paradigms of world history has marked African and Latin American history during the last quarter-century and that the process has dramatically restructured historical and theoretical understanding of peasantries, labour and the capitalist world system. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KLC; 1KLS; HBAH; JHBL; JHM; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299136840
- ISBN
- 9780299136840
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.39
€ 34.39
Paperback. Many immigrants in Europe find marginalization, discrimination, and increasing segregation. In this book, the author shows how an excessive respect for "their culture" has been part of the problem. Culture has become a concept of race, sustaining ethnic identity politics that subvert human rights. Num Pages: 280 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFJ; JFFN; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 230 x 23. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226896854
- ISBN
- 9780226896854
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.63
€ 46.63
Paperback. Num Pages: 392 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: 1F; 1QSP; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226896809
- ISBN
- 9780226896809
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99
€ 53.99
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
€ 54.39
€ 54.39
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
€ 49.47
€ 49.47
Hardcover. 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 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226924465
- ISBN
- 9780226924465
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.00
€ 134.00
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
€ 132.15
€ 132.15
Based upon historical and archival research, as well as the author's fieldwork in indigenous communities, this work analyzes value from the perspective of the Napo Runa people of the Amazonian Ecuador. It views that Napo Runa personifies value by transforming things into people through a process of subordinating them to human relationships. Series: Interpretations of Culture in the New Millennium. Num Pages: 216 pages, 4 photographs; 8 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KLS; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252072550
- ISBN
- 9780252072550
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.17
€ 37.17
Paperback. Confronts the philosophical problems of otherness and identity through readings of the parables and fables of a colonized people, the Luba of Zaire. The author uses his own education by Catholic missionaries in Zaire to explore interactions between African and Western systems of thought. Num Pages: 264 pages, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1HFJZ; HPD; HRA; JFC; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299130640
- ISBN
- 9780299130640
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.98
€ 27.98
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
€ 51.59
€ 51.59
Paperback. This work offers an account of the Russians' 400 years of experience in Siberia. Rasputin looks at the the peculiar physical and character traits of the Siberian Russian type, and at the gap between dreams and reality that have plagued Russians in Siberia. Translator(s): Winchell, Margaret; Mikkelson, Gerald. Num Pages: 443 pages, 16 photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FCS; HBJF; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press
- Edition
- Translated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810115750
- ISBN
- 9780810115750
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.80
€ 33.80