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Anthropology

Paperback. Betafo, a rural community in central Madagascar, is divided between descendants of nobles and descendants of slaves. Anthropologist David Graeber uncovers the layers of historical, social, and cultural knowledge required to understand a disastrous communal ordeal and elaborates a new view of power, inequality, and the political role of narrative. Num Pages: 488 pages, 9 figures, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1HSM; GTB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 706.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253219152
ISBN
9780253219152
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.59

Paperback. A deliberately post-deconstructionist manifesto against the dangers of incommensurability, Marcel Detienne's book argues for and engages in the constructive comparison of societies of a great temporal and spatial diversity. Translator(s): Lloyd, Janet. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 330. Weight in Grams: 181.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804757508
ISBN
9780804757508
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.21

Paperback. Illustrates how the study and practice of dance can reanimate arrested prospects for progressive politics and social change. This book engages a range of performances and demonstrates how a critical reflection on dance helps promote fluency in the language of mobilisation that political theory alludes to yet rarely speaks. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: ASD; JFC; JHM; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822322191
ISBN
9780822322191
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.52

Paperback. Colin Graham examines the course by which the history of modernity and colonialism has constructed an idea of 'Ireland', produced more often as a citation than an actuality. He intervenes with authority and originality in controversial area, where cultural theory and analysis run alongside the daily challenge of political events. Series: Tendencies: Identities, Texts, Cultures. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 233 x 12. Weight in Grams: 340. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0003416
ISBN
9780748609765
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Hardback. This is a major ethnography of unemployment and the first community-based book on contemporary unemployment in the United Kingdom. Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; JFFA; JHMP. Dimension: 228 x 152. Weight in Grams: 55. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear. Dust wrapper has some minor edge wear but remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0003492
ISBN
9780521382397
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 226 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781138845510
ISBN
9781138845510
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.68

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845200596
ISBN
9781845200596
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 45.46

Paperback. Encourages readers to think critically about the role of corporations in everyday life, health, and culture Num Pages: 251 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KJP; JHM; KNDP; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
251
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814724736
ISBN
9780814724736
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.65

Paperback. Original analysis of and introduction to Claude Levi-Strauss, the most celebrated of twentieth-century anthropologists. Num Pages: 218 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 358. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0005128
ISBN
9780521016674
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. An accessible and fast moving account of twentieth-century Yemeni history. Num Pages: 304 pages, 23 b/w illus. 12 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBXY; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBLW; JHMC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521794824
ISBN
9780521794824
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99

Paperback. This book explores a historical moment in which a Middle Eastern Jewish community not only adopted a new nation, Iraq, but a new ethnicity, Arabism--and its ultimate demise. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804778756
ISBN
9780804778756
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.62

Paperback. Presents an examination of the emergence and institutionalization of "transgender" as a category of collective identity. This book analyzes the reasons for and potential consequences of this difference - between how some of the gender variant people conceive of themselves and how they are perceived by service providers and others. Num Pages: 320 pages, 7 illustrations, 3 tables. BIC Classification: JFSK; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822338697
ISBN
9780822338697
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.54

Paperback. Contributors focus on such key media texts of the 1960s as The Avengers, This Sporting Life, Panorama, The Apartment and Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, demonstrating what close textual investigation can reveal about the great social and cultural transformation of the decade. Editor(s): Aldgate, Anthony; Chapman, James (Lecturer in Film and Television Studies, Open University); Marwick, Arthur (Professor of History, Open University). Num Pages: 232 pages, 20 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPK; JFC; JFD; JHM. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 136 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860643835
ISBN
9781860643835
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.38

Hardback. Original analysis of and introduction to Claude Levi-Strauss, the most celebrated of twentieth-century anthropologists. Num Pages: 220 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 466. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear, no dustwrapper
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSS0005105
ISBN
9780521816410
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Explores how the implements we use in the kitchen have shaped the way we cook and live. This title tells the story of how we have tamed fire and ice, wielded whisks, spoons, graters, mashers, pestles and mortars, all in the name of feeding ourselves. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCV; JHMC; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141049083
ISBN
9780141049083
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.28

Hardback. Discusses the ways that scientists have observed and modeled glaciers, tells how climate change is altering their size and distribution, and looks at their effect on human life. Editor(s): Orlove, Ben; Wiegandt, Ellen; Luckman, Brian H. Num Pages: 296 pages, 51 b/w photographs, 39 line illustrations, 16 maps, 19 tables. BIC Classification: JHM; RBGD; WN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 828.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520253056
ISBN
9780520253056
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.05
€ 62.16

Paperback. Series: Meaning Systems. Num Pages: 296 pages, 3 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; GPFC; GTE; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823270354
ISBN
9780823270354
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 40.31

Hardback. Editor(s): Fisher, Tom; Gamman, Lorraine. Num Pages: 256 pages, 42 BW illus. BIC Classification: AC; AKP; JHMC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474277181
ISBN
9781474277181
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 152.74

Paperback. Presents an overview of extensive research carried out by archeologist George MacDonald in the 1960s and 1970s to document the history of the Haida villages of the Queen Charlotte Islands. Num Pages: 96 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 7112 x 5817 x 8. Weight in Grams: 363. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0007295
ISBN
9780774803311
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Does two and two equal four? Ask someone and they should answer yes. An equation such as this seems the very definition of certainty, but is it? Helen Verran describes how she went from the conclusion that logic and maths are culturally relative, to a new understanding of all generalizing logic. Num Pages: 282 pages, 9 line drawings, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; JHM; PBB; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 167 x 16. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226853918
ISBN
9780226853918
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.55

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