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paperback. "Can a country claim to have its own genetic material?" Rabinow demonstrates that the answer to this question is far from simple. The work is cross-disciplinary, marrying news events, science and philosophical analysis to see how past events influenced current thinking. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA; PDR; PSAK; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 292.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226701516
ISBN
9780226701516
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.96

Paperback. Presents a compendium of twenty-one essays on ethnohistorical historiography that are preceded by a contextualizing introduction, and organized under the topical heads: textual historiography, positive analytic methods using nontextual physical evidence, ethnohistorical synthesis, and the ethical-contextual issues of ethnohistory. Num Pages: 456 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFSL9; JHM; JHMP; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 617.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803271159
ISBN
9780803271159
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 30.02

Hardcover. A bold, illuminating new take on the love of animals that drove human evolution. Num Pages: 336 pages, 25 black-and-white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 150 x 27. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
1st Printing
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393070545
ISBN
9780393070545
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.10

Paperback. Social anthropologists have been conspicuously absent from debates about the origins of modern humans. Human Origins explores why that is, and how social anthropology can shed light on early kinship and economic relations, gender politics, ritual, cosmology, ethnobiology, medicine, and the evolution of language. Series: Methodology & History in Anthropology. Num Pages: 362 pages, 6 illustrations, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JHMP; PSXM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 270 x 23. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publisher
Human Origins: Contributions from Social Anthropology
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785334269
ISBN
9781785334269
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.04

Hardcover. Smell is arguably the most evocative of senses, linked to memories and associations. For most animals it is vital for survival. For us, it enriches our experience of the world, our pleasure in food and drink, and affects all human interaction. Paolo Pelosi describes how scientists are finally unravelling the science of smell. Num Pages: 256 pages, 28 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198719052
ISBN
9780198719052
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 20.52

Hardback. This study is the result of decades of analysis of the skeletal material from the Early Bronze Age I tombs at the site of Bab edh-Dhra', Jordan. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JHMP; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 285 x 221 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1146.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780759110755
ISBN
9780759110755
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 364.94

Paperback. From the bestselling author of Awakenings, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Musicophilia. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QSPS; JHM; PDZ; PSX; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Picador USA
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330526104
ISBN
9780330526104
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.28

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
202
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138924215
ISBN
9781138924215
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.47

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857457912
ISBN
9780857457912
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.22

Paperback. Sponsored by the Royal Anthropological Institute, in conjunction with the British Academy, Early Human Kinship brings together original studies from leading figures in the biological sciences, social anthropology, archaeology, and linguistics to provide a major breakthrough in the debate over human evolution and the nature of society. Editor(s): Allen, Nicholas J.; Callan, Hilary; Dunbar, Robin; James, Wendy. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JHBK; JHM; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 172 x 18. Weight in Grams: 584.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444338782
ISBN
9781444338782
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.19

Hardcover. Our understanding of the British Palaeolithic and Mesolithic has changed dramatically over the last three decades, and yet not since H. J. Fleure's A Natural History of Man in Britain (1951) has the New Naturalist Library included a volume focused on the study of early humans and their environment. BIC Classification: PSXE. Dimension: 222 x 155. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
William Collins
Edition
Limited signed edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008227289
ISBN
9780008227289
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.22
€ 57.94

Hardcover. Our understanding of the British Palaeolithic and Mesolithic has changed dramatically over the last three decades, and yet not since H. J. Fleure's A Natural History of Man in Britain (1951) has the New Naturalist Library included a volume focused on the study of early humans and their environment. Series: Collins New Naturalist Library. Num Pages: 368 pages, (Over 200 illustrations and photographs), Index. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAN; PDZ; PSXE; WNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 155. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008150334
ISBN
9780008150334
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.97
€ 46.89

Paperback. Our understanding of the British Palaeolithic and Mesolithic has changed dramatically over the last three decades, and yet not since H. J. Fleure's A Natural History of Man in Britain (1951) has the New Naturalist Library included a volume focused on the study of early humans and their environment. Series: Collins New Naturalist Library. Num Pages: 368 pages, (Over 200 illustrations and photographs), Index. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAN; PDZ; PSXE; WNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 149. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008150358
ISBN
9780008150358
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 28.64

Paperback. Tells the story of how one creature's journey out of the water made the human body what it is today - and one man's voyage of discovery in search of our origins. This book reveals the secrets of our biology: why if we want to understand our limbs we should take a close look at Tiktaalik, the first fish capable of doing a push-up. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: MFC; PDZ; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 192.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Unknown
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141027586
ISBN
9780141027586
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.61

Paperback. Providing much needed understandings of cultural differences in attitudes and beliefs towards issues such as illness, death and mental health, this book is a remedy against the cultural dissonance occurring at present between Western medical systems and their increasingly diverse patients, in order to facilitate integrated and suitable care. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: JKSM; MBPK; MMH; PSXM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785920844
ISBN
9781785920844
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.27

Paperback. NOW REVISED AND UPDATED. 'A glorious, fascinating encyclopaedic look at the wonder of the female body.' WOMAN'S JOURNAL Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; PDZ; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 197 x 35. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
Virago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Revised and updated
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844089901
ISBN
9781844089901
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.00
€ 12.95

Paperback. In this concisely argued short book, philosopher Naomi Zack explores the scientific and philosophical problems in applying a biological conception of race to human beings. She provides a comprehensive conceptual account of how "race" in the ordinary sense has no basis in science. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL; JHMP; PDA; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 9. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415941648
ISBN
9780415941648
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.15

Hardcover. All cultures are concerned with the business of childbirth, so much so that it can never be described as a purely physiological or even psychological event. This volume draws together work from a range of anthropologists and midwives who have found anthropological approaches useful in their work. Editor(s): McCourt, Chris. Series: Fertility, Reproduction & Sexuality. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: MQD; PSXM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845455866
ISBN
9781845455866
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 158.81

Hardcover. As bio-capital in the form of medical knowledge, skills, and investments moves with greater frequency from its origin in First World industrialized settings to resource-poor communities with weak or little infrastructure, countries with emerging economies are starting to expand new indigenous science bases of their own. Editor(s): Konrad, Monica. Num Pages: 308 pages, 4 figs. BIC Classification: JHM; PSXM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 550. Counterparts in Anthropologicial Knowledge and International Research Relations. 308 pages, 4 figs. Editor(s): Konrad, Monica. As bio-capital in the form of medical knowledge, skills, and investments moves with greater frequency from its origin in First World industrialized settings to resource-poor communities with weak or little infrastructure, countries with emerging economies are starting to expand new indigenous science bases of their own. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: JHM; PSXM. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 21. Weight: 550.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857454805
ISBN
9780857454805
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 159.17

Hardback. This compelling study is an in-depth journey, the first of its kind, into how heterosexual, lesbian and gay couples using programmes of gamete donation conceptualize and make Italian kinship. It explores the provision of treatment in clinical and non-clinical settings at a time when Italy was considered the 'Wild-West' of assisted conception. Series: Fertility, Reproduction & Sexuality. Num Pages: 10 illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DS; JFSJ; JFSK; JHBK; PSXM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 162 x 235 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845451127
ISBN
9781845451127
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 158.16

Paperback. Conceiving Kinship is an in-depth journey, the first of its kind, into how heterosexual, lesbian and gay couples using programmes of gamete donation conceptualize and make Italian kinship. It explores the provision of treatment in clinical and non-clinical settings at a time when Italy was considered the 'Wild-West' of assisted conception. Series: Fertility, Reproduction & Sexuality. Num Pages: 149 pages, 10 illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DS; JFSJ; JFSK; JHBK; PSXM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
149
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845451134
ISBN
9781845451134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.62

Paperback. Building on the success of the second edition, this truly accessible textbook comprehensively covers the 2008 AS and A2 level Human Biology specifications for all the main UK exam boards.The book also has a companion website which is free to book users providing extra resources. Series: Collins Advanced Science. Num Pages: 608 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 4KL; PSX. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 279 x 222 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1746.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
608
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Third edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007267514
ISBN
9780007267514
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.72
€ 35.50

Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; JHMC; PSAK; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 564.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231168748
ISBN
9780231168748
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 38.20

Paperback. Culture and Health offers an overview of different areas of culture and health, building on foundations of medical anthropology and health behavior theory. Num Pages: 512 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: MBS; PSXM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 179 x 26. Weight in Grams: 818.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Jossey-Bass
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470283554
ISBN
9780470283554
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 94.02

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