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Paperback. In his controversial essay (1925), Vasconcelos predicted the coming of a new age, the Aesthetic Era, in which joy, love, fantasy, and creativity would prevail. Marriage would be dictated by love and beauty, giving birth to a new "cosmic race". The text is presented here in a bilingual edition. Translator(s): Jaen, Didier T. Series: Race in the Americas. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 141 x 202 x 11. Weight in Grams: 200.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801856556
- ISBN
- 9780801856556
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.20
€ 33.20
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 656
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252078880
- ISBN
- 9780252078880
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.31
€ 30.99
€ 28.31
Hardback. This book brings readers up to date on the newest avenues in the study of culture in psychology by focusing on different forms of culture and processes of cultural transmission. Editor(s): Cohen, Adam B. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: JFC; JHMC; JMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 261 x 183 x 19. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- American Psychological Association United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781433815874
- ISBN
- 9781433815874
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.65€ 83.39
€ 86.65
€ 83.39
Paperback / so. Editor(s): Reimann, Helga. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531126715
- ISBN
- 9783531126715
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 80.69
€ 80.69
Paperback. Since the late 1960s the Indonesian island of Batam has been transformed from a sleepy fishing village to a booming frontier town, where foreign investment, mostly from neighboring Singapore, converges with inexpensive land and labor. This book explores the experiences of migrants and tourists who pass through Batam. Series: Southeast Asia: Politics, Meaning and Memory. Num Pages: 216 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMN; JFFN; JHM; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824833152
- ISBN
- 9780824833152
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.52
€ 34.99
€ 29.52
Paperback. Editor(s): Boone, Elizabeth Hill; Mignolo, Walter. Num Pages: 336 pages, 54 b&w photographs, 27 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 168 x 22. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Second ed.
- SKU
- V9780822313885
- ISBN
- 9780822313885
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.25
€ 33.99
€ 30.25
Paperback. This overview of Australian post-contact history uses material objects such as artefacts, buildings, and landscapes. The book offers broad geographic and temporal coverage, and social themes such as gender, status, ethnicity and identity inform every chapter. Series: Contributions to Global Historical Archaeology. Num Pages: 421 pages, 87 black & white illustrations, 20 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HB; HD; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 625.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 421
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461427162
- ISBN
- 9781461427162
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.64
€ 65.64
paperback. Offers an innovative reinterpretation of relations between Native Americans and Christian settlers on the Columbia Plateau. This book provides a novel and insightful rendering of the cultural understandings that underwrote the mid-nineteenth-century transformation of life on the Plateau. Series: Columbia Northwest Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages, Map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 273.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295983028
- ISBN
- 9780295983028
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.10
€ 34.99
€ 31.10
paperback. A provocative introduction to fieldwork and the concept of culture Num Pages: 246 pages, 7 b&w illus. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 382.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253222756
- ISBN
- 9780253222756
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.96
€ 29.99
€ 26.96
Hardcover. In this volume, an international panel of experts in the fields of medicine, law, ethics, anthropology, sociology, history, religion, and politics, thoroughly examine this violation of human rights and correct widely held medical misinformation. Editor(s): Milos, Marilyn Fayre; Denniston, George C. (University of Washington); Hodges, Frederick Mansfield. Num Pages: 337 pages, 19 black & white tables, 9 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: JFM; JHBT; JHMC; JPVH; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400764064
- ISBN
- 9789400764064
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 188.52
€ 188.52
Paperback. Num Pages: 172 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF; JHB; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 256 x 178 x 9. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Southeast Asia Program Publications
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780877277644
- ISBN
- 9780877277644
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.38
€ 35.99
€ 32.38
Paperback. Using equality as a measure for policy, this book demonstrates how taking equality seriously changes how our economies could function to provide wellbeing both in the United States and worldwide. It is suitable for readers concerned with transnational economies, global anthropology, and the study of work and labor. Series: Foundations of Cultural Thought Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC; KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 362 x 16. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759106888
- ISBN
- 9780759106888
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.59
€ 57.59
Hardcover. This text is concerned with how and why language is used and how its use varies in different cultures. This introduction presents the essential terms and concepts introduced and developed by Dell Hymes and others, and surveys the most important findings and applications of their work. Series: Language in Society. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; CFF; GTC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631228417
- ISBN
- 9780631228417
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.56
€ 150.56
Hardback. Tracing the history of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Anthropology, Human Heredity, this book pays special attention to the transformation of the research program, the institute's integration into national and international science, and its relationship to the ruling power as well as its interconnection to the political crimes of Nazi Germany. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 482 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBT; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 884.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 482
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402065996
- ISBN
- 9781402065996
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 188.97
€ 188.97
Paperback. The government of Yemen remains largely incapable of providing goods and services to its population, but the regime continues to endure despite its fragility in the global order. Revealing what holds Yemen together in such circumstances, this book shows how citizens form national attachments even in the absence of strong state institutions. Series: Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6 halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBXY; JHM; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 233 x 23. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226877914
- ISBN
- 9780226877914
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.28
€ 32.99
€ 25.28
Hardcover. This historical ethnography from Central Sudan explores the century-old intertwining of zar, spirit possession, with past lives of ex-slaves and shows that, despite very different social and cultural contexts, zar has continued to be shaped by the experience of slavery. Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion. Num Pages: 314 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1HBS; HRQM2; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137027498
- ISBN
- 9781137027498
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.78
€ 64.78
From the Enemy's Point of View: Humanity and Divinity in an Amazonian ...
Eduardo Viveiros De Castro
Paperback. Num Pages: 428 pages, 4 line drawings, 6 maps, 24 photos, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; HRK; HRQ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 26. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 428
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226858029
- ISBN
- 9780226858029
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 36.26
€ 47.99
€ 36.26
Paperback. Contains photographs of British anthropologist Isaac Schapera (1905-2003) taken between 1929 and 1934, during his earliest work among Kgatla peoples of Bechuanaland (Botswana). Covering a spectrum of daily activities, this book includes depictions from pot making, thatching, cattle herding to village architecture, and more. Editor(s): Comaroff, John L.; Comaroff, Jean; James, Deborah. Num Pages: 184 pages, 139 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HFMB; 3JJ; AJC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 214 x 13. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226114125
- ISBN
- 9780226114125
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 32.89
€ 42.99
€ 32.89
Hardback. When exploring the past, the archaeologist must take into account all kinds of relevant information, and in this, the natural sciences play an indispensable role. Troia is a remarkable site in this respect and integrates various disciplines including geoarchaeology, archaeobotany, zooarchaeology. Editor(s): Wagner, Gunther A.; Pernicka, Ernst; Uerpmann, Hans-Peter. Series: Natural Science in Archaeology. Num Pages: 465 pages, 155 black & white illustrations, 3 colour illustrations, 24 black & white tables, biograp. BIC Classification: HDDK; HDW; JHM; PSA; RG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 951.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 465
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783540437116
- ISBN
- 9783540437116
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 411.20
€ 411.20
Hardcover. Num Pages: 140 pages, 13 b&w illus and 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWX; GTB; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826332257
- ISBN
- 9780826332257
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.46
€ 29.99
€ 25.46
Paperback. The photographs of Aborgines taken at Coranderrk Station were circulated across the western world and were mounted in exhibition displays and classified among other ethnographic "data" within museum collections. This book reveals how western society came to understand Aboriginal people through these images. Series: Objects/Histories. Num Pages: 336 pages, 88 illus. (including 22 duotones), 1 map. BIC Classification: AJCP; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 22. Weight in Grams: 803.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822335726
- ISBN
- 9780822335726
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.25
€ 33.99
€ 30.25
Paperback. Editor(s): Malek, Manu; Ghosh, Sumit; Stohr, Edward A. Num Pages: 252 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: GPFC; JHM; THR; UYZM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 14. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2004
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781475782127
- ISBN
- 9781475782127
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.49
€ 64.49
paperback. Studying the economic and cultural upheaval that shook mainland Greece and the Aegean area in the eighth century, this work also looks at the role that poetry played in this upheaval. Series: Classics and Contemporary Thought. Num Pages: 311 pages, 13 figures, 12 tables, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; JHM; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 68.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 311
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780520226913
- ISBN
- 9780520226913
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.85
€ 37.99
€ 27.85
Paperback. Chronicles how Indians came to represent themselves in Wild West shows, Hollywood films, sports, music, and their use of the automobile. This book examines longstanding stereotypes of Indians as invariably violent, suggesting that, even as such views continued in American popular culture, they were also transformed by the violence at Wounded Knee. Series: CultureAmerica. Num Pages: 312 pages, 51 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JHMP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700614592
- ISBN
- 9780700614592
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.46
€ 35.99
€ 30.46