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  • Indigenous Knowledge
    Sarah Johnson
    The third volume in the reader series, ’Themes in Environmental History’.Comprising essays selected from our journals, Environment and History and Environmental Values, these inexpensive paperbacks address important aspects of environmental history, by means of theoretical essays and case studies. Indigenous Knowledge investigates how indigenous peoples from various cultures in...
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    38,83 €

  • Race Relations at the Margins
    Jeff Forret
    "Forret... has deepened our understanding of the complexity of relations between slaves and poor whites." -- Georgia Historical QuarterlyCovering a broad geographic scope from Virginia to South Carolina between 1820 and 1860, Jeff Forret scrutinizes relations among rural poor whites and slaves, a subject previously unexplored and certainly under-reported. Forret's findings ...
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    44,45 €

  • Soils and Societies
    Described in Nature as ’a delight for the soil aficionado’, this multi-authored collection examines the complex interrelations between societies in different parts of the world and the soils they relied on from the perspectives of geomorphology, archaeology, pedology and history. The geographical spread includes Mesoamerica, Africa, Europe, Australia, India and Easter Island. F...
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    50,36 €

  • Investigating Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherer Identities
    Edited by H. L. Cobb, F. Coward, L. Grimshaw and S. Price.This volume stems from sessions at the 2004 Theoretical Archaeology Conference at Glasgow University, entitled "Hunter-Gatherers in Early Prehistory" and "Hunting for Meaning: Interpretive Approaches to the Mesolithic". The sessions came about as a response to a continuing lack of appreciation of new developments in theo...
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    60,70 €

  • Cypriana
    'A restoration of Justina’s place in the Cyprianic pantheon.' -JHDSAINT CYPRIAN of Antioch and (to a far lesser extent) SAINT JUSTINA of Antioch have experienced a resurgence of interest in the English-speaking world. It has been remarked that they stand at a crossroads of the so-called Old and New Worlds, forming an intermediary nexus of Christian thaumaturgy and older pagan m...
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    51,75 €

  • Localism in the Mass Age
    In the United States the conventional left/right distinction has become increasingly irrelevant, if not harmful. The reigning political, cultural, and economic visions of both the Democrats and the Republicans have reached obvious dead ends. Liberalism, with its hostility to any limits, is collapsing. So-called Conservatism has abandoned all pretense of conserving anything at a...
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    26,75 €

  • El poder y sus contextos
    Alfonso Barquín Cendejas / José Luis Escalona Victoria / Kitzia Mayela González González / Martha Silva Antonio / Martin Larsson / Noelia Soledad López
    Esta obra corresponde a un esfuerzo colectivo por imaginar cómo utilizar el término «poder» hoy en día, tomando en cuenta las críticas formuladas a ciertos entendimientos del concepto durante las últimas décadas, así como las nuevas posibilidades que se han abierto durante este tiempo. Se trata de discusiones que abordan tanto las conceptualizaciones del poder como las variadas...
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    12,48 €

  • La unidad ausente
    Saúl Millán
    El dilema entre la unidad y la diferencia ha marcado al pensamiento antropológico en sus distintas modalidades, como un péndulo que no encuentra aún su equilibrio en el centro de gravedad necesario.Los ensayos reunidos en este volumen se inscriben en esa encrucijada y constituyen momentos de reflexión sobre los vínculos que unen a la antropología con la diversidad cultural. El ...
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    17,16 €

  • Historias amerindias contemporáneas ESPAÑA
    María Isabel Martínez Ramírez
    Durante los últimos veinte años la literatura etnográfica ha reportado distintas formas de comprender, crear y experimentar la temporalidad y la historia en el continente americano. Para los Piro de la Amazonía peruana, el parentesco es su historia; para los Achuar de Ecuador, el olvido; para los Yoremem o Yaquis del noroeste mexicano, la ritualidad; para las poblaciones hispan...
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    15,08 €

  • LA SANGRE DE LA TIERRA. DISTOPÍA Y ESPERANZA UWA
    Castro Hernández, Héctor Emilio
    La sangre de la tierra: distopía y esperanza U’wa es un testimonio que surge de la voz ancestral de los U’wa, pueblo indígena que habita las montañas del nororiente colombiano, donde los ríos cantan y el viento teje sueños entre la niebla y el resplandor como Sisuma o Cocuy. Desde su cosmovisión, que entiende la tierra no como propiedad, sino como vida, este libro explora la te...
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    13,00 €

  • Tsiuni - Nuestras historias silenciadas
    Leonardo Tello
    Tsiuni invita a escuchar la palabra que rompe el silencio. Una palabra sostenida por voces que durante décadas guardaron silencio como forma de protección, supervivencia y cuidado de los suyos, y que hoy los pueblos indígenas de la Amazonía peruana deciden hacer oír. Este libro recoge testimonios encarnados sobre la fiebre del caucho, vivida sobre todo entre finales del siglo X...
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    17,16 €

  • Etnografía en el diseño
    Francis Müller
    Este libro parte de una constatación incómoda: quienes diseñan suelen saber poco sobre los mundos sociales a los que dirigen su trabajo. Esos puntos ciegos son, precisamente, el territorio que Francis Müller se propone explorar, argumentando que la etnografía es la herramienta fundamental para cerrar esa brecha, no como un método importado de las ciencias sociales, sino como un...
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    27,04 €

  • Cultural Influences and International Students
    Kruti S. Chaliawala
    Navigating the intricate landscape of U.S. higher education can be profoundly challenging for international students. This groundbreaking work offers a vital, dual perspective, interweaving deeply personal lived experiences with rigorous academic research to illuminate the multifaceted journey of cultural and academic adaptation.Beyond the author’s compelling narrative in the p...
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    55,87 €

  • Grace or Money
    Justin Pack
    Justin Pack’s Grace or Money: Rediscovering the Gift of Grace in an Age of Greed is a provocative and timely exploration of two fundamentally different ways of understanding the world: the divine 'order of grace' and the human-made 'order of money.' Drawing from scripture, anthropology, and philosophy, Pack challenges the modern assumption that scarcity is natural, arguing inst...
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    22,45 €

  • Why We Hurt
    John Dishwasher
    Across eons our ancestors evolved to behave in one way. But through recent millennia we humans have been trained to behave in a different way. The disconnect between how we evolved to behave and how we are now trained to behave creates a break within us, a rift. When we feel empty or vulnerable, or just somehow wrong inside, we are feeling that rift. This short book describes h...
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    6,33 €

  • Luminous
    CARL SAFINA / Kike Calvo
    In Luminous: A Field Guide for Visual Explorers and Storytellers,award-winning photographer and visual storyteller Kike Calvo-Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and The Explorers Club,and a National Geographic Certified Educator-invites readersinto the mindset of a photographic explorer: someone who movesslowly, listens deeply, and photographs with intention.Bridging phot...
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    34,95 €

  • BEYOND CONVICTION
    Eric Danso Ampofo
    Why do people believe so strongly - and think so little?Across politics, religion, culture, and social movements, humanity is driven by conviction. Yet history shows that some of the greatest harm has been done by people who were completely certain they were right. Beyond Conviction examines how beliefs are formed, how they become distorted, and why sincerity and passion are no...
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    22,27 €

  • The Behavioral Ecology of Food
    Elic M. Weitzel / Natalie D. Munro
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    29,87 €

  • The Evolution of the Dragon
    G. Elliot Smith
    The Evolution of the Dragon (1919) is a landmark work of early anthropology and comparative mythology by G. Elliot Smith-an ambitious investigation into how one of humanity’s most enduring symbols, the dragon, took shape and traveled across cultures.Why do distant civilizations share strikingly similar myths, rituals, and sacred imagery? Smith approaches this question through a...
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    19,83 €

  • The Ordinary Signs
    Livia Hartley
    The Ordinary Signs explores how people across history have understood meaning in the small moments of everyday life.Long before systems of prediction or formal belief, people paid attention to timing, interruption, repetition, sound, weather, movement, and silence. These ordinary experiences were not dismissed as random. They were treated as part of a living world that responde...
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    17,78 €

  • The Ordinary Signs
    Livia Hartley
    The Ordinary Signs explores how people across history have understood meaning in the small moments of everyday life.Long before systems of prediction or formal belief, people paid attention to timing, interruption, repetition, sound, weather, movement, and silence. These ordinary experiences were not dismissed as random. They were treated as part of a living world that responde...
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    13,25 €

  • Women And Economics (Illustrated)
    Charlotte Perkins Gilman
    Illustrated Edition: Includes 20 original illustrations, visually enhancing the themes and ideas discussed.Includes a Comprehensive Summary: Helps readers understand the core concepts and discussions.Character List: Although the book is non-fiction, this edition provides a breakdown of societal roles and archetypes discussed, aiding in comprehension.Author Biography: Learn abou...
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    26,43 €

  • Daily Life of Women in Ancient Egypt
    Lisa K. Sabbahy
    Providing an indispensable resource for students and scholars studying the history of women in Ancient Egypt, this book provides areadable and scholarly view of every aspect of the life of women in ancient Egypt.Daily Life of Women in Ancient Egypt focuses on the life of women in ancient Egypt, while also putting forth a vast array of information about ancient Egyptians in gene...
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    38,31 €

  • Daily Life of Women in Ancient Rome
    Sara Elise Phang
    Providing an indispensable resource for students and scholars studying the history of Roman women and gender, this book provides an invaluable introduction to the social, economic, and legal status of women in ancient Rome.Daily Life of Women in Ancient Rome is an invaluable introduction to the lives of women in the late Roman Republic and first three centuries of the Roman Emp...
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    37,61 €

  • Daily Life of Women in Chaucer’s England
    Jennifer C. Edwards
    Providing an indispensable resource for students and scholars studying the history of medieval women and gender, this book provides a comprehensive depiction of women’s lives in the 14th and 15th centuries.The late medieval period in England was one rich with opportunities for women, who played fundamental roles in family businesses as well as in the peasant community and econo...
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    37,78 €

  • Conceptualising China through translation
    James St André
    This monograph provides an innovative methodology for investigating how China has been conceptualised historically by tracing the development of four key cultural terms (filial piety, face, fengshui, and guanxi) between English and Chinese. It addresses how specific ideas about what constitutes the uniqueness of Chinese culture influence the ways users of these concepts think a...
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    44,20 €

  • The loneliness room
    Sean Redmond
    This remarkably unique book takes the conceit of the loneliness room to show how everyday artistic practice opens up loneliness to new definitions and new understandings. Refusing to pathologise loneliness, the book draws on the creative submissions supplied by its participants to demonstrate that being lonely can mean different things to different people in differing contexts....
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    44,32 €

  • The anthropology of ambiguity
    This volume puts ambiguity and its generative power at the centre of analytical attention. Rather than being cast negatively as a source of confusion, bewilderment or as a dangerous portent, ambiguity is held as the source of the dynamic between knowledge and experience and of certainty amid uncertainty. It positions human life between the realms of mystery and mastery where am...
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    54,08 €

  • Families of Europa
    Lochlainn Seabrook
    Discover the Living Foundations of European Culture Through Family, Tradition, and Visual History.Families of Europa: A Visual Journey Through the Traditional Cultures of Old Europe by bestselling author-artist and award-winning historian Lochlainn Seabrook, is a richly illustrated exploration of Europe’s foundational ethnic families as they existed before the full impact of mo...
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    23,54 €

  • The Origins of Early Christian Ireland
    Harold Mytum
    First published in 1992, this book (now with a new preface by the author) explains changes in the period up to AD 800 in Ireland. External stimuli, most notably from Irish settlers in western Britain acted as catalysts which transformed a relatively moribund Iron Age culture into one of extraordinary vigour. ...
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    60,57 €


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