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Paperback. The state of Goa on India's southwest coast was once the capital of the Portuguese-Catholic empire in Asia. When Vasco Da Gama arrived in India in 1498, he mistook Hindus for Christians, but Jesuit missionaries soon declared war on the alleged idolatry of the Hindus. This study traces the history of Hindu-Catholic syncretism in Goa. Num Pages: 230 pages, 9 b&w illus., 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRAF; HRCC7; HRG; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253012944
- ISBN
- 9780253012944
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.21
€ 33.99
€ 31.21
paperback. In the wake of the Soviet Union's disintegration, the "nationality question" has assumed centre stage. This text aims to offer an insight into the conflict which rages widely across the fledgling post-Soviet nations. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; JHMP; JPA; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780231075138
- ISBN
- 9780231075138
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.76
€ 36.99
€ 26.76
Paperback. Alexander Laban Hinton offers a detailed analysis of a former Khmer Rouge security center commandant who was convicted for overseeing the interrogation, torture, and execution of nearly 20,000 Cambodians. Interested in how someone becomes an executioner, Hinton provides numerous ways to consider justice, genocide, memory, truth, and humanity. Num Pages: 360 pages, 22 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMC; 3JJ; HBJF; JHMC; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 25. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362739
- ISBN
- 9780822362739
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.10
€ 33.99
€ 31.10
Hardback. Alexander Laban Hinton offers a detailed analysis of a former Khmer Rouge security center commandant who was convicted for overseeing the interrogation, torture, and execution of nearly 20,000 Cambodians. Interested in how someone becomes an executioner, Hinton provides numerous ways to consider justice, genocide, memory, truth, and humanity. Num Pages: 360 pages, 22 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMC; 3JJ; HBJF; JHMC; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 613.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822362586
- ISBN
- 9780822362586
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.68
€ 122.68
Paperback. Series: California Series in Public Anthropology. Num Pages: 382 pages, 1 line illustration, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMC; HBTZ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 382
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520241794
- ISBN
- 9780520241794
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.02
€ 38.99
€ 28.02
Hardback. Num Pages: 263 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; JHMP; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 263
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231073264
- ISBN
- 9780231073264
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.36€ 74.12
€ 96.36
€ 74.12
Hardback. The Durkheimians have traditionally been understood as positivist, secular thinkers, fully within the Enlightenment project of limitless reason and progress. In a radical revision of this view, this book persuasively argues that the core members of the Durkheimian circle are significantly more complicated than this. Num Pages: 310 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845456702
- ISBN
- 9781845456702
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 159.49
€ 159.49
Paperback. The Durkheimians have traditionally been understood as positivist, secular thinkers, fully within the Enlightenment project of limitless reason and progress. In a radical revision of this view, this book persuasively argues that the core members of the Durkheimian circle are significantly more complicated than this. Num Pages: 310 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 444. The Intellectual Pursuit of the Sacred Reinvented. 308 pages. The Durkheimians have traditionally been understood as positivist, secular thinkers, fully within the Enlightenment project of limitless reason and progress. In a radical revision of this view, this book persuasively argues that the core members of the Durkheimian circle are significantly more complicated than this. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JHB; JHM. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 16. Weight: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857458056
- ISBN
- 9780857458056
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Condition: New
€ 45.30
€ 45.30
Paperback. * Gathers key anthropological and interdisciplinary writings on genocide together for the first time and explores attempts to define genocide. * Traces the history of genocide in the 20th century with discussion of the Holocaust, and examples from Bosnia, Cambodia, Africa, and Latin America. Editor(s): Hinton, Alexander Laban. Series: Wiley Blackwell Readers in Anthropology. Num Pages: 392 pages, 3. BIC Classification: HBTZ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 175 x 29. Weight in Grams: 806.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631223559
- ISBN
- 9780631223559
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.85
€ 54.85
Paperback. * New edition of an accessible introduction to the sociology of the body, including cultural, social and theoretical approaches to the body. * Introduces students to the key theoretical perspectives and conceptual frameworks which help us to understand the social significance of the human body. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745654416
- ISBN
- 9780745654416
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.62
€ 25.62
Hardcover. * New edition of an accessible introduction to the sociology of the body, including cultural, social and theoretical approaches to the body. * Introduces students to the key theoretical perspectives and conceptual frameworks which help us to understand the social significance of the human body. Num Pages: 266 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745654409
- ISBN
- 9780745654409
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.59
€ 70.59
paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 209 x 147 x 12. Weight in Grams: 281.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Lit Verlag
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783825868208
- ISBN
- 9783825868208
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 24.70
€ 29.99
€ 24.70
Hardback. Anthropological practice has been dominated by the so-called "great" traditions (Anglo-American, French, and German). This volume gives voice to scholars outside these "great" traditions. It shows the immense variety of methodologies, training, and approaches that scholars from these regions bring to anthropology and social sciences in general. Editor(s): Boscovic, Alexsander. Num Pages: 252 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JHMP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845453985
- ISBN
- 9781845453985
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.36
€ 156.36
Hardcover. Editor(s): Ivarra, Alfonso; Aguero, Penelope. Num Pages: 210 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 262 x 187 x 19. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606923771
- ISBN
- 9781606923771
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.06€ 92.49
€ 133.06
€ 92.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, xviii, 198 p. BIC Classification: JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 15. Weight in Grams: 311.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1972
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226633077
- ISBN
- 9780226633077
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 22.51
€ 27.99
€ 22.51
paperback. Wrapping in Images is a comparative analysis of tattooing in Polynesia in its original setting. It shows how tattooing played a key role in the social construction of the person in the main Polynesian societies, and provides a new perspective on Polynesian comparative sociology. Series: Oxford Studies in Social & Cultural Anthropology: Cultural Forms. Num Pages: 358 pages, 35 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKP; AFY; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 358
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780198280903
- ISBN
- 9780198280903
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 156.37
€ 156.37
Paperback. Completed just before Alfred Gell's death in January 1997, this book embodies the characteristics for which he was admired. The book aims to challenge the basis of the way art has been viewed in the human sciences. It presents a fundamental theory for an anthropology of art. Num Pages: 296 pages, numerous black and white halftones and line drawings. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198280149
- ISBN
- 9780198280149
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 156.29
€ 156.29
Paperback. Takes on an idea central to American national mythology that the US is 'a nation of immigrants', open-armed and welcoming to foreigners. This work argues that Americans' treatment of immigrants and foreigners has long fluctuated between hospitality and hostility and that this ambivalence is fundamental to the construction of US national identity. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822336198
- ISBN
- 9780822336198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.87
€ 30.99
€ 27.87
Hardback. Speaking beyond disciplinary boundaries to the challenges of engaging with a world on the move, Methodologies of Mobility traces innovative strategies for designing, applying and reflecting on methodologies of mobility. Editor(s): Elliot, Alice; Norum, Roger; Salazar, Noel B. Series: Worlds in Motion. Num Pages: 218 pages, 17 illustrations, 2 figures. BIC Classification: JFFM; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785334801
- ISBN
- 9781785334801
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.90
€ 157.90
Paperback. Num Pages: 392 pages, 21, 19 black & white halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJ; HBJD; HBTR; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801478789
- ISBN
- 9780801478789
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 34.92
€ 38.99
€ 34.92
Paperback. Dona Marina (La Malinche).. Pocahontas.. Sacagawea - their names live on in historical memory because these women bridged the indigenous American and European worlds. This title investigates the many roles played by go-betweens in the colonization of sixteenth-century Brazil. Num Pages: 391 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; HBJK; HBLH; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292712768
- ISBN
- 9780292712768
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.06
€ 41.99
€ 37.06
Hardback. This innovative book focuses on the contested origins of ethnographic film from the late nineteenth century to the 1920s, vividly depicting the dynamic visual culture of the period as it collided with the emerging discipline of anthropology and the new technology of motion pictures. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 528 pages, 100 illus. BIC Classification: APFA; HBG; HBLW3; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 161 x 30. Weight in Grams: 790.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231116961
- ISBN
- 9780231116961
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.72€ 87.64
€ 114.72
€ 87.64
Paperback. The story of the Franklin Motor Expedition that collected First Nations artifacts on the Prairies in 1929 as well as a larger study of the relationships between museums and the indigenous peoples whose heritage items they house. Num Pages: 328 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: GM; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774827263
- ISBN
- 9780774827263
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.81
€ 39.81
Paperback. Prosthetic Memory reveals the transformative effect that modern mass culture has had on our relationship to the past. The book argues that mass cultural forms such as cinema and television in fact contain the still-unrealized potential for a progressive politics based on empathy for the historical experiences of others. Num Pages: 240 pages, B&W Photos: 20,. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231129275
- ISBN
- 9780231129275
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.88
€ 36.99
€ 26.88