Anthropology
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Anthropology
Paperback. Begins with a question: Is beauty destined to end in tragedy? Drawing on extensive fieldwork in Colombia, the author scrutinizes the anxious, audacious, and sometimes destructive attempts people make to transform their bodies through cosmetic surgery and liposuction. Num Pages: 192 pages, 36 halftones. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 142 x 217 x 14. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226789866
- ISBN
- 9780226789866
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.28
€ 31.99
€ 25.28
Paperback. Explores the individual psychology, family dynamics, and societal messages behind bicultural development Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFSL4; JHMC; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814740903
- ISBN
- 9780814740903
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.18
€ 33.99
€ 31.18
Paperback. A nuanced exploration of one of the largest and least understood indigenous peoples Num Pages: 224 pages, 3 b&w photographs, 2 line drawings, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252078231
- ISBN
- 9780252078231
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.51
€ 30.99
€ 27.51
Hardback. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813552835
- ISBN
- 9780813552835
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Condition: New
€ 167.97
€ 167.97
Hardback. Describes how German Philadelphians reinvented themselves in the early twentieth century. This book explores how many middle-class and Lutheran residents had redefined themselves in "old-stock"�' terms. It challenges historians to rethink the phenomenon of ethnic assimilation and to explore its complex relationship to American pluralism. Num Pages: 416 pages, 7 halftones. 5 line illus. 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691050157
- ISBN
- 9780691050157
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Condition: New
€ 74.50€ 58.22
€ 74.50
€ 58.22
Paperback. Religion is commonly imagined as a timeless component of human inheritance, but in the Western Himalayas the community of Himachal Pradesh discovered their religion only after India became an independent secular state. This title shows that modern secularity is not so much the eradication of religion as the very condition for its emergence. Num Pages: 305 pages, 25 images. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HRAM2; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520290549
- ISBN
- 9780520290549
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 24.27
€ 32.99
€ 24.27
Hardback. Explores how the growth of marine domestication has blurred traditional distinctions between fish and animals, recasting farmed fish as sentient beings, capable of feeling pain and subject to animal-welfare legislation. This book focuses on the fragile and contingent relational practices that constitute salmon aquaculture. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 232 pages, 8 black and white, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: JHMC; TVT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520280564
- ISBN
- 9780520280564
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Condition: New
€ 91.70€ 70.74
€ 91.70
€ 70.74
Paperback. Explores how the growth of marine domestication has blurred traditional distinctions between fish and animals, recasting farmed fish as sentient beings, capable of feeling pain and subject to animal-welfare legislation. This book focuses on the fragile and contingent relational practices that constitute salmon aquaculture. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 232 pages, 8 black and white, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: JHMC; TVT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520280571
- ISBN
- 9780520280571
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.50
€ 38.99
€ 28.50
Paperback. The Tsimshian people of coastal British Columbia use a system of hereditary name-titles in which names are treated as objects of inheritable wealth. This book examines the way in which names link members of a lineage to a past and to the places where that past unfolded. Series: Donald R. Ellegood International Publications. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 maps,. BIC Classification: 1KB; 1KBC; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 409.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295988078
- ISBN
- 9780295988078
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.69
€ 33.99
€ 30.69
Hardcover. Series: Anthem Southeast Asian Studies. Num Pages: 252 pages, 13+ maps and photographs. BIC Classification: 1FMN; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publisher
- Anthem Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857285294
- ISBN
- 9780857285294
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Condition: New
€ 136.44
€ 136.44
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; JHB; JHM; LAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845195656
- ISBN
- 9781845195656
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.42
€ 38.99
€ 35.42
Paperback. The Sinai Peninsula links Asia and Africa and for millennia has been crossed by imperial armies from both the east and the west. Thus, its Bedouin inhabitants are by necessity involved in world affairs and maintain a complex, almost urban, economy. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; JFSL9; JHMC; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782387619
- ISBN
- 9781782387619
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Condition: New
€ 43.74
€ 43.74
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 246 x 27. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Publisher
- HAU
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780986132537
- ISBN
- 9780986132537
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.59
€ 34.99
€ 27.59
Paperback. From its earliest days under English rule, New York City had an unusually diverse ethnic makeup, with substantial numbers of Dutch, English, Scottish, Irish, French, German, and Jewish immigrants, as well as a large African-American population. This title paints a portrait of this society, exploring the meaning of ethnicity in early America. Num Pages: 320 pages, 18 halftones 31 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; 3JF; HBTB; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691037875
- ISBN
- 9780691037875
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Condition: New
€ 57.31€ 45.40
€ 57.31
€ 45.40
paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBCQ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226391687
- ISBN
- 9780226391687
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.30
€ 40.99
€ 31.30
Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBCQ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226391540
- ISBN
- 9780226391540
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.39€ 87.25
€ 104.39
€ 87.25
Paperback. Drawing on Black feminist scholarship, cultural studies, and women's history, this work traces the historical and social influences of normative Black femininity, looking at how notions of self-image and strength create a distraction from broader forces of discrimination and power. Num Pages: 194 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 1K; GTB; JFSJ1; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 194
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592136681
- ISBN
- 9781592136681
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.95
€ 31.99
€ 28.95
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
€ 156.23
€ 156.23
Hardback. What is meaningful about the experience of travelling abroad? What feeds the impulse to explore new horizons? Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBS; JHMC; WT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 4039. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774809771
- ISBN
- 9780774809771
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.66
€ 118.66
Paperback. What is meaningful about the experience of travelling abroad? What feeds the impulse to explore new horizons? Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBA; JHM; KNSG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 4039 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774809788
- ISBN
- 9780774809788
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Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 39.81
€ 44.99
€ 39.81
Paperback.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Berg Publishers Oxford
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KNW0008570
- ISBN
- 9781859731062
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. An excellent, clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Berg Publishers Oxford
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KRS0018301
- ISBN
- 9781859731062
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Hardcover. In a unique methodological contribution, Ramsey Elkholy adopts a set of body-centered approaches that reflect and capture the day-to-day, moment-to-moment ways in which the hunters and gatherers of Orang Rimba, Sumatra, engage with the world. Num Pages: 268 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMN; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 262 x 21. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785331596
- ISBN
- 9781785331596
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.45
€ 156.45
Paperback. Examines the concept of place in the language, social structure, and ritual of southeast Alaska's Tlingit Indians. This book makes a contribution to the literature on the Tlingit, the Northwest Coast cultural area, Native American and indigenous studies, and to the social scientific and humanistic literature on space, place, and landscape. Series: Culture, Place, and Nature. Num Pages: 280 pages, 7 bw photos, 2 maps, 1 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWK; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 17. Weight in Grams: 409.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295987491
- ISBN
- 9780295987491
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.35
€ 26.99
€ 23.35