Berghahn Books
Berghahn Books is a publisher of scholarly books and academic journals in the humanities and social sciences, with a special focus on social & cultural anthropology, European history, politics, and film & media studies.
A peer-review press, Berghahn is committed to the highest academic standards and seeks to enable innovative contributions to the scholarship in its fields of specialty.
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Kowal, Emma.
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(2015)
| 9781782386049 | Berghahn Books | pbk. | book | 214pp
AUD 71.95 (inc. GST), AUD 65.41 (ex. GST),
In Australia, a ‘tribe’ of white, middle-class, progressive professionals isactively working to improve the lives of Indigenous people. This book exploreswhat happens when well-meaning people, supported by the state, attempt to helpwithout harming. ‘White anti-racists’ find themselves trapped...
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(2015)
| 9781782387732 | Berghahn Books | hbk. | book | 258pp
AUD 277.95 (inc. GST), AUD 252.68 (ex. GST),
An ethnographic portrayal of the lives of white citizens of the Okavango Delta,Botswana, this book examines their relationships with the natural and socialenvironments of the region. In response to the insecurity of their position as aEuropean-descended minority in a postcolonial African state, Gressier...
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(2015)
| 9781782386520 | Berghahn Books | hbk. | book | 254pp
AUD 277.95 (inc. GST), AUD 252.68 (ex. GST),
Over the last seventy years, memories and narratives of the Holocaust haveplayed a significant role in constructing Jewish communities. The authorexplores one field where these narratives are disseminated: Holocaust pedagogyin Jewish schools in Melbourne and New York. Bringing together a diverse rangeof...
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Best Sellers
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Kowal, Emma.
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(2015)
| 9781782386049 | Berghahn Books | pbk. | book | 214pp
AUD 71.95 (inc. GST), AUD 65.41 (ex. GST),
In Australia, a ‘tribe’ of white, middle-class, progressive professionals isactively working to improve the lives of Indigenous people. This book exploreswhat happens when well-meaning people, supported by the state, attempt to helpwithout harming. ‘White anti-racists’ find themselves trapped...
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Eickelkamp, Ute.
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(2013)
| 9781782381266 | Berghahn Books | pbk. | book | 310pp
AUD 71.95 (inc. GST), AUD 65.41 (ex. GST),
Surprisingly little research has been carried out about how AustralianAboriginal children and teenagers experience life, shape their social world andimagine the future. This volume presents recent and original studies of lifeexperiences outside the institutional settings of childcare and education,...
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Dalley, Cameo.
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(2020)
| 9781789208856 | Berghahn Books | hbk. | book | 252pp
AUD 246.95 (inc. GST), AUD 224.50 (ex. GST),
Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork undertaken since 2006, the bookaddresses some of the most topical aspects of remote Aboriginal life inAustralia. This includes the role of kinship and family, relationships to landand sea, and cross-cultural relations with non-Aboriginal residents. There isalso...
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Riede, Felix. Sheets, Payson.
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(2020)
| 9781789208641 | Berghahn Books | hbk. | book | 539pp
AUD 318.95 (inc. GST), AUD 289.95 (ex. GST),
Catastrophes are on the rise due to climate change, as is their toll in terms oflives and livelihoods as world populations rise and people settle into hazardousplaces. While disaster response and management are traditionally seen as thedomain of the natural and technical sciences, awareness of the importance...
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Callan, Hilary. Finnegan, Morna. Power, Camilla.
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(2016)
| 9781785334269 | Berghahn Books | pbk. | book | 364pp
AUD 71.95 (inc. GST), AUD 65.41 (ex. GST),
Human Origins brings together new thinking by social anthropologists and otherscholars on the evolution of human culture and society. No other discipline hasmore relevant expertise to consider the emergence of humans as the symbolicspecies. Yet, social anthropologists have been conspicuously absent...
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