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South Asian Migration to Gulf Countries: History, Policies, Development
ISBN: 9781138898943 / Angielski / Twarda / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. South Asians constitute the largest expatriate population in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. Their contribution in the socio-economic, technological and educational development of GCC nations is immense. This book offers one of the first systematic analysis of South Asia-Gulf migration dynamics and its varied impact on countries such as India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. It deals with public policy, socio-economic mobility, remittance policy, global financial crisis and labour issues. Bringing together essays from contributors from around the world, the volume... South Asians constitute the largest expatriate population in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. Their contribution in the socio-economic... |
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759,15 |
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Evolutionary Ethnobiology
ISBN: 9783319199160 / Angielski / Twarda / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ethnobiology is a fascinating science. To understand this vocation it needs to be studied under an evolutionary point of view that is very strong and significant, although this aspect is often poorly approached in the literature. This is the first book to compile and discuss information about evolutionary ethnobiology in English.
Ethnobiology is a fascinating science. To understand this vocation it needs to be studied under an evolutionary point of view that is very strong and ...
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402,53 |
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Sino-Iranica: China and Ancient Iran: Commodities and Cultural Exchange from 1000bc to Medieval Times
ISBN: 9781784532017 / Angielski / Twarda / 472 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this major study - regarded as his most important work - the pioneering anthropologist, Berthold Laufer documents the cultural transfers that took place between China and Iran in ancient times.
In this major study - regarded as his most important work - the pioneering anthropologist, Berthold Laufer documents the cultural transfers that took ...
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618,66 |
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Food, Ecology and Culture: Readings in the Anthropology of Dietary Practices
ISBN: 9781138883451 / Angielski / Miękka Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 1980. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First published in 1980. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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190,96 |
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Islamic World View: Socio-Scientific Perspectives
ISBN: 9781138883925 / Angielski / Miękka / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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225,25 |
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Heritage, Pilgrimage and the Camino to Finisterre: Walking to the End of the World
ISBN: 9783319202112 / Angielski / Twarda / 211 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book presents research concerning the effects of the Camino to Finisterre on the daily lives of the populations who live along the route, and the heritagization processes that exploitation of the Camino for tourism purposes involves. Rather than focusing on the route to Santiago de Compostela and the pilgrimage itself, it instead examines a peculiar part of the route, the Camino to Finisterre, employing multiple perspectives that consider the processes of heritagization, the effects of the pilgrimage on local communities, and the motivations of the pilgrims. The book is based on a... This book presents research concerning the effects of the Camino to Finisterre on the daily lives of the populations who live along the route, and ... |
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201,24 |
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Health Care in Eleventh-Century China
ISBN: 9783319204260 / Angielski / Twarda / 223 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. By examining all the prevalent varieties of therapy from self-care to religious ritual, this book explores health care practices in China, before modern times. In ancient China most people were unable to afford a doctor, even in the unlikely case that one lived near their village and was willing to treat peasants. What did they do when their children got sick? The answer is to be found in this book, which goes far beyond the history of medicine. The author uses methods of medical anthropology to explain the curative roles of popular religion, Daoism, Buddhism and the therapeutic rites...
By examining all the prevalent varieties of therapy from self-care to religious ritual, this book explores health care practices in China, before mode...
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523,30 |
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Flashback: Drugs and Dealing in the Golden Age of the London Rave Scene
ISBN: 9781138861541 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is a detailed and close examination of the rave club drugs market as it took place in nightclubs, dance parties, pubs and bars and among friendship networks in London, in the mid to late 1990s. It focuses on the organizational features of drugs purchasing and selling and differentiates anonymous drugs trading in public nightclub settings, from selling among extended networks of friends and others. The stories of different people and friendship groups illustrate the varied drug selling roles and highlight the enterprise and entrepreneurship supporting their involvement.
Told from... This book is a detailed and close examination of the rave club drugs market as it took place in nightclubs, dance parties, pubs and bars and among fri...
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215,45 |
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Juventud, Espacio Urbano E Industria Cultural: Un Estudio del Medio Sonidero
ISBN: 9781433129087 / Angielski / Twarda / 121 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. En este libro Eduardo Gonzalez Castillo presenta el estudio de una de las manifestaciones de la cultura popular urbana menos estudiadas en el Mexico contemporaneo: el medio sonidero. Desarrollado por los habitantes pobres de ese pais y por algunos de sus inmigrantes en los Estados Unidos, este medio de consumo cultural representa un caso ejemplar del modo como las culturas juveniles, las practicas de economia popular y la industria cultural convergen en la definicion de las practicas subalternas dentro de la sociedad mexicana. Un marco teorico multitematico permite al autor tanto...
En este libro Eduardo Gonzalez Castillo presenta el estudio de una de las manifestaciones de la cultura popular urbana menos estudiadas en el Mexico c...
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414,16 |
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The Migration of Symbols
ISBN: 9780415604819 / Angielski / Miękka / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Originally published between 1920 and 1970,The History of Civilization was a landmark in early twentieth century publishing. It was published at a formative time within the social sciences, and during a period of decisive historical discovery. The aim of the general editor, C.K. Ogden, was to summarize the most up to date findings and theories of historians, anthropologists, archaeologists and sociologists. This reprinted material is available as a set or in the following groupings: * Prehistory and Historical Ethnography Set of 12: 0-415-15611-4: GBP800.00 * Greek Civilization Set of 7:...
Originally published between 1920 and 1970,The History of Civilization was a landmark in early twentieth century publishing. It was published at a for...
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107,70 |
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Reflections on Imagination: Human Capacity and Ethnographic Method
ISBN: 9781472417282 / Angielski / Twarda / 316 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this innovative volume, anthropologists turn their attention to a topic that has rarely figured as a focus of concerted investigation and yet which can be described as an intrinsic aspect of all human knowing and part of all processes by which human beings process information about themselves, their identities, their environments and their relations: the imagination. How do anthropologists use imagination in coming to know their research subjects? How might they, and how should they, use their imagination? And how do research subjects themselves understand, describe, justify and limit...
In this innovative volume, anthropologists turn their attention to a topic that has rarely figured as a focus of concerted investigation and yet which...
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710,17 |
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Rethinking Representations of Asian Women: Changes, Continuity, and Everyday Life
ISBN: 9781137531513 / Angielski / Twarda / 202 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Based on historic and ethnographic approaches, this volume examines how ideological images of Asian women are produced, circulated, appropriated, and pluralized. Contributors reflect on the interaction between the formation process of ideological representation (within the contexts of imperialism, colonialism, nationalism, and the post-colonial present) and the everyday practices of women who re-contextualize and resist these images. Chapters describe women's efforts to reconstruct relationships as well as their struggles for independence when they experience removal, separation, and...
Based on historic and ethnographic approaches, this volume examines how ideological images of Asian women are produced, circulated, appropriated, and ...
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201,24 |
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Handbook of Anthropology in Business
ISBN: 9781611321722 / Angielski / Miękka / 837 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In recent years announcements of the birth of business anthropology have ricocheted around the globe. The first major reference work on this field, the Handbook of Anthropology in Business is a creative production of more than 60 international scholar-practitioners working in universities and corporate settings from high tech to health care. Offering broad coverage of theory and practice around the world, chapters demonstrate the vibrant tensions and innovation that emerge in intersections between anthropology and business and between corporate worlds and the lives of individual...
In recent years announcements of the birth of business anthropology have ricocheted around the globe. The first major reference work on this field, th...
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293,81 |
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The Archaeology of Engagement: Conflict and Revolution in the United States
ISBN: 9781623492946 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When a historic battlefield site is discovered and studied, the focus is often on the hardware: remnants of weaponry, ammunition, supplies, and equipment that archaeologists carefully unearth, analyze, conserve, and frequently place on display in museums.
But what about the software ? What can archaeology teach us about the humans involved in the conflict: their social mores and cultural assumptions; their use and understanding of power? In The Archaeology of Engagement: Conflict and Revolution in the United States, Dana L. Pertermann and Holly K. Norton have assembled a... When a historic battlefield site is discovered and studied, the focus is often on the hardware: remnants of weaponry, ammunition, supplies, and equipm...
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205,71 |
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The Forest People
ISBN: 9781847923806 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An account of a hunter - gatherer tribe living in harmony with nature. This is about earthly paradise and of a legendary and people.
An account of a hunter - gatherer tribe living in harmony with nature. This is about earthly paradise and of a legendary and people.
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85,50 |
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Arguing Sainthood: Modernity, Psychoanalysis, and Islam
ISBN: 9780822320265 / Angielski / Twarda / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Examines Sufi religious meanings and practices in Pakistan, and their relation to the westernising influences of modernity and the shaping of the postcolonial self. This book is of interest to scholars of Islamic studies, postcolonial studies, and anthropology.
Examines Sufi religious meanings and practices in Pakistan, and their relation to the westernising influences of modernity and the shaping of the post...
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479,98 |
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Memoirs of a Korean Queen
ISBN: 9781138863507 / Angielski / Miękka Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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244,84 |
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Rereading Schleiermacher: Translation, Cognition and Culture
ISBN: 9783662479483 / Angielski / Twarda / 315 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book celebrates the bicentenary of Schleiermacher's famous Berlin conference "On the Different Methods of Translating" (1813). It is the product of an international Call for Papers that welcomed scholars from many international universities, inviting them to discuss and illuminate the theoretical and practical reception of a text that is not only arguably canonical for the history and theory of translation, but which has moreover never ceased to be present both in theoretical and applied Translation Studies and remains a mandatory part of translator training. A further reason for...
This book celebrates the bicentenary of Schleiermacher's famous Berlin conference "On the Different Methods of Translating" (1813). It is the product ...
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603,81 |
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Food, Families and Work
ISBN: 9780857855084 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With dual-working households now the norm, Food, Families and Work is the first comprehensive study to explore how families negotiate everyday food practices in the context of paid employment. As the working of hours of British parents are among the highest in Europe, the United Kingdom provides a key case study for investigating the relationship between parental employment and family food practices. Focusing on issues such as the gender division of foodwork, the impact of family income on diet, family meals, and the power children wield over the food they eat, the book offers... With dual-working households now the norm, Food, Families and Work is the first comprehensive study to explore how families negotiate everyd... |
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154,61 |
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Food, Families and Work
ISBN: 9780857857507 / Angielski / Twarda / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With dual-working households now the norm, Food, Families and Work is the first comprehensive study to explore how families negotiate everyday food practices in the context of paid employment. As the working of hours of British parents are among the highest in Europe, the United Kingdom provides a key case study for investigating the relationship between parental employment and family food practices. Focusing on issues such as the gender division of foodwork, the impact of family income on diet, family meals, and the power children wield over the food they eat, the book offers... With dual-working households now the norm, Food, Families and Work is the first comprehensive study to explore how families negotiate everyd... |
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618,66 |
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