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Monastery in Time
The Making of Mongolian Buddhism
Av Caroline Humphrey, Hurelbaatar Ujeed
Inbunden, 2013
1081 kr
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"A Monastery in Time" is the first book to describe the life of a Mongolian Buddhist monastery - the Mergen Monastery in Inner Mongolia - from inside its walls. From the Qing occupation of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries through the Cultural Revolution, Caroline Humphrey and Hurelbaatar …
Monastery in Time
The Making of Mongolian Buddhism
Av Caroline Humphrey, Hurelbaatar Ujeed
Häftad, 2013
299 kr
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"A Monastery in Time" is the first book to describe the life of a Mongolian Buddhist monastery - the Mergen Monastery in Inner Mongolia - from inside its walls. From the Qing occupation of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries through the Cultural Revolution, Caroline Humphrey and Hurelbaatar …
Urban Life in Post-Soviet Asia
Av Catharine Alexander, Victor Buchli m. fl.
Häftad, 2012
750 kr
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Capturing a unique historical moment, this book examines the changes in urban life since the collapse of the Soviet Union from an ethnographic perspective, thus addressing significant gaps in the literature on cities, Central Asia and post-socialism.It encompasses Tashkent, Almaty, Astana and …
Marx Went Away--But Karl Stayed Behind
E-bok, 2010
877 kr
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When it appeared in 1983, Caroline Humphrey''s Karl Marx Collective was the first detailed study of the Soviet collective farm system. Through careful ethnographic work on two collective farms operated in Buryat communities in Siberia, the author presented an absorbing--if dispiriting--account of …
Marx Went Away--But Karl Stayed Behind
Häftad, 1999
564 kr
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When it appeared in 1983, Caroline Humphrey's Karl Marx Collective was the first detailed study of the Soviet collective farm system. Through careful ethnographic work on two collective farms operated in Buryat communities in Siberia, the author presented an absorbing--if dispiriting--account of …
Shamanism, History, and the State
Av Nicholas Thomas, Caroline Humphrey
Häftad, 1996
383 kr
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The literature on shamanism and related topics is extensive, but has in general been biased toward curing and trance; the political and historical significance of shamanic activities has been largely neglected. The contributors to Shamanism, History, and the State--distinguished anthropologists and …
The Assembly of Listeners
Jains in Society
Av Michael Carrithers, Caroline Humphrey
Häftad, 2008
541 kr
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The Jains have exerted an influence on Indian Society and religion out of proportion with their relatively small numbers. The Assembly of Listeners: Jains in Society addresses the sociology of the Jains and discusses the notion of the 'community' based on religious affiliation in India. Topics …
The Assembly of Listeners
Jains in Society
Av Michael Carrithers, Caroline Humphrey
Inbunden, 1991
1563 kr
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The Jains have exerted an influence on Indian Society and religion out of proportion with their relatively small numbers. The Assembly of Listeners: Jains in Society addresses the sociology of the Jains and discusses the notion of the 'community' based on religious affiliation in India. Topics …
Barter, Exchange and Value
An Anthropological Approach
Av Caroline Humphrey, Stephen Hugh-Jones
Häftad, 1992
406 kr
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This book concerns barter, a transaction in which objects are exchanged directly for one another without the use of money. Economists treat barter as an inefficient alternative to market exchange, and assume that it is normal only in 'primitive' economies or marks the breakdown of more developed …
On the Edge
Life along the Russia-China Border
Av Franck Billé, Caroline Humphrey
Inbunden, 2021
312 kr
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A pioneering examination of history, current affairs, and daily life along the Russia–China border, one of the world’s least understood and most politically charged frontiers.The border between Russia and China winds for 2,600 miles through rivers, swamps, and vast taiga forests. It’s a thin line …
Unmaking of Soviet Life
Everyday Economies After Socialism
Inbunden, 2002
1700 kr
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In order to understand today's Russia and former Soviet republics, it is vital to consider their socialist past. Caroline Humphrey, one of anthropology's most highly regarded thinkers on a number of topics including consumption, identity, and ritual, is the ideal guide to the intricacies of …
Unmaking of Soviet Life
Everyday Economies After Socialism
Häftad, 2002
416 kr
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In order to understand today's Russia and former Soviet republics, it is vital to consider their socialist past. Caroline Humphrey, one of anthropology's most highly regarded thinkers on a number of topics including consumption, identity, and ritual, is the ideal guide to the intricacies of …
End of Nomadism?
Society, State, and the Environment in Inner Asia
Av Caroline Humphrey, David Andrews Sneath
Inbunden, 1999
1323 kr
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Those who herd in the vast grassland region of Inner Asia face a precarious situation as they struggle to respond to the momentous political and economic changes of recent years. In The End of Nomadism? Caroline Humphrey and David Sneath confront the romantic, ahistorical myth of the wandering …
Post-cosmopolitan Cities
Explorations of Urban Coexistence
Av Caroline Humphrey, Vera Skvirskaja
Inbunden, 2012
1921 kr
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Examining the way people imagine and interact in their cities, this book explores the post-cosmopolitan city. The contributors consider the effects of migration, national, and religious revivals (with their new aesthetic sensibilities), the dispositions of marginalized economic actors, and …
Post-cosmopolitan Cities
Explorations of Urban Coexistence
Av Vera Skvirskaja, Caroline Humphrey
E-bok, 2012
326 kr
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Examining the way people imagine and interact in their cities, this book explores the post-cosmopolitan city. The contributors consider the effects of migration, national, and religious revivals (with their new aesthetic sensibilities), the dispositions of marginalized economic actors, and …
Property in Question
Value Transformation in the Global Economy
Av Katherine Verdery, Caroline Humphrey
E-bok, 2020
669 kr
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How has it come about that indigenous cultures, body parts, and sequences of musical notes are considered property? How has the movement from collective to privatized systems affected notions of property? At what point in transaction chains do native cultures, indigenous medicines, or cyberdata …
Property in Question
Value Transformation in the Global Economy
Av Katherine Verdery, Caroline Humphrey
E-bok, 2020
669 kr
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How has it come about that indigenous cultures, body parts, and sequences of musical notes are considered property? How has the movement from collective to privatized systems affected notions of property? At what point in transaction chains do native cultures, indigenous medicines, or cyberdata …
Markets and Moralities
Ethnographies of Postsocialism
Av Ruth Mandel, Caroline Humphrey
E-bok, 2020
762 kr
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Before the collapse of the Eastern Bloc, private marketeering was regarded not only as criminal, but even immoral by socialist regimes. Ten years after taking on board western market-orientated shock therapy, post-socialist societies are still struggling to come to terms with the clash between …
Markets and Moralities
Ethnographies of Postsocialism
Av Ruth Mandel, Caroline Humphrey
E-bok, 2020
762 kr
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Before the collapse of the Eastern Bloc, private marketeering was regarded not only as criminal, but even immoral by socialist regimes. Ten years after taking on board western market-orientated shock therapy, post-socialist societies are still struggling to come to terms with the clash between …
Frontier Encounters
Knowledge and Practice at the Russian, Chinese and Mongolian Border
Av Grégory Delaplace, Franck Billé m. fl.
Häftad, 2020
499 kr
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Frontier Encounters
Knowledge and Practice at the Russian, Chinese and Mongolian Border
Av Grégory Delaplace, Franck Billé m. fl.
Inbunden, 2020
546 kr
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Trust and Mistrust in the Economies of the China-Russia Borderlands
Häftad, 2025
706 kr
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The first English-language book to focus on northeast Sino-Russian border economies, Trust and Mistrust in the Economies of the China-Russia Borderlands examines how trans-border economies function in practice. The authors offer an anthropological understanding of trust in juxtaposition to the …
Urban Life in Post-Soviet Asia
Av Caroline Humphrey, Victor Buchli m. fl.
E-bok, 2007
864 kr
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Capturing a unique historical moment, this book examines the changes in urban life since the collapse of the Soviet Union from an ethnographic perspective, thus addressing significant gaps in the literature on cities, Central Asia and post-socialism. It encompasses Tashkent, Almaty, Astana and …
Urban Life in Post-Soviet Asia
Av Caroline Humphrey, Victor Buchli m. fl.
E-bok, 2007
883 kr
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Capturing a unique historical moment, this book examines the changes in urban life since the collapse of the Soviet Union from an ethnographic perspective, thus addressing significant gaps in the literature on cities, Central Asia and post-socialism. It encompasses Tashkent, Almaty, Astana and …
Barter, Exchange and Value
An Anthropological Approach
Av Stephen Hugh-Jones, Caroline Humphrey
E-bok, 1992
392 kr
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This book concerns barter, a transaction in which objects are exchanged directly for one another without the use of money. Economists treat barter as an inefficient alternative to market exchange, and assume that it is normal only in ''primitive'' economies or marks the breakdown of more developed …
Becoming a Social Worker
A Guide for Students
E-bok, 2010
636 kr
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This book explores the journey of becoming a social worker. It is based upon the experiences of social work students themselves and therefore provides a unique ′inside-out′ perspective. By showing that personal, professional and political elements are interwoven in students′ journeys, the author …
Post-cosmopolitan Cities
Explorations of Urban Coexistence
Av Caroline Humphrey, Vera Skvirskaja
Häftad, 2014
527 kr
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Examining the way people imagine and interact in their cities, this book explores the post-cosmopolitan city. The contributors consider the effects of migration, national, and religious revivals (with their new aesthetic sensibilities), the dispositions of marginalized economic actors, and …
Working With Diagrams
Av Lukas Engelmann, Caroline Humphrey m. fl.
Inbunden, 2022
1701 kr
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Arising from the need to go beyond the semiotic, cognitive, epistemic and symbolic reading of diagrams, this book looks at what diagrams are capable of in scholarly work related to the social sciences. Rather than attempting to define what diagrams are, and what their dietic capacity might be, …
Working With Diagrams
Av Lukas Engelmann, Caroline Humphrey m. fl.
Häftad, 2022
454 kr
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Arising from the need to go beyond the semiotic, cognitive, epistemic and symbolic reading of diagrams, this book looks at what diagrams are capable of in scholarly work. Rather than attempting to define what diagrams are, and what their dietic capacity might be, contributions to this volume draw …
Urban Life in Post-Soviet Asia
Av Catharine Alexander, Victor Buchli m. fl.
Inbunden, 2007
2519 kr
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Capturing a unique historical moment, this book examines the changes in urban life since the collapse of the Soviet Union from an ethnographic perspective, thus addressing significant gaps in the literature on cities, Central Asia and post-socialism.It encompasses Tashkent, Almaty, Astana and …
