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Sociology
Hardback. Focuses on the rites of giving birth from a cross-cultural perspective. This book describes the many customs surrounding birth through infancy, such as attitudes and techniques in childbirth, and the influence of societal factors that differentiate Western from non-Western maternal birthing positions, the art of midwifery, and customs and beliefs. Editor(s): Dundes, Lauren. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBT; JHMC; MBNH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759102644
- ISBN
- 9780759102644
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 169.68
€ 169.68
Paperback. Focuses on the rites of giving birth from a cross-cultural perspective. This book describes the many customs surrounding birth through infancy, such as attitudes and techniques in childbirth, the influence of societal factors that differentiate Western from non-Western maternal birthing positions, the art of midwifery, and customs and beliefs. Editor(s): Dundes, Lauren. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBT; JHMC; MBNH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 143 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759102651
- ISBN
- 9780759102651
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Hardback. Professor Salda-a briefly discusses the basic elements of longitudinal qualitative data, examines time and change in longitudinal qualitative studies, and then offers sixteen specific questions through which researchers may approach the analysis of longitudinal qualitative data. Num Pages: 216 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: JHBC; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759102958
- ISBN
- 9780759102958
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 159.58
€ 159.58
Hardback. Tells the full story of the author's intimate and tumultuous relationship with the young man who was the subject of his long-term study on how the educational system can fail students. This work offers a suitable starting point for discussing the complex public and personal dimensions of qualitative research with students. Num Pages: 224 pages, bibliography, references, indices. BIC Classification: JHBC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759103115
- ISBN
- 9780759103115
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.96
€ 161.96
Hardback. Reader outlining key developments in the recent history of interpretive social science methods. Editor(s): Denzin, Norman K.; Lincoln, Dr. Yvonna S. Series: Crossroads in Qualitative Inquiry. Num Pages: 504 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JHBC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 36. Weight in Grams: 894.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759103474
- ISBN
- 9780759103474
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 172.59
€ 172.59
Hardback. Reprint of a classic work by one of the leading early feminist writers. Series: Classics in Gender Studies. Num Pages: 328 pages, bibliog , index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ; JHBK; JNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 141 x 26. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759103887
- ISBN
- 9780759103887
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.43
€ 162.43
hardcover. Examines Chinese American funerary rituals and cemeteries from the late nineteenth century in order to understand the importance of Chinese funerary rites and their transformation through time. This volume discusses the meaning of funerary rituals and their normative dimension and the social practices that have been influenced by tradition. Editor(s): Chung, Sue Fawn; Wegars, Priscilla. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780759107335
- ISBN
- 9780759107335
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 169.73
€ 169.73
Paperback. Examines Chinese American funerary rituals and cemeteries from the late nineteenth century in order to understand the importance of Chinese funerary rites and their transformation through time. This volume discusses the meaning of funerary rituals and their normative dimension and the social practices that have been influenced by tradition. Editor(s): Chung, Sue Fawn; Wegars, Priscilla. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759107342
- ISBN
- 9780759107342
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.36
€ 76.36
Paperback. Through authors' letters and commentaries, this book reveals the key relationship between anthropologist and subject. It is a reflection on the survival of contemporary Portuguese nobility. It is suitable for scholars of anthropological methods and fieldwork, and to researchers interested in the anthropology of elites and in Portuguese culture. Series: Alterations. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: JHBC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 228 x 28. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759107779
- ISBN
- 9780759107779
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.13
€ 67.13
Hardback. Clarifies the need for and the use of transcription methodology and provides a useful, efficient guide to creating good transcripts for a variety of people using ethnographic methods. This title is a suitable tool for transcriptionists, ethnographers, researchers, oral historians, and even amateurs who plan to write their family history. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 178 x 15. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759108424
- ISBN
- 9780759108424
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.47
€ 137.47
paperback. Clarifies the need for and the use of transcription methodology and provides a useful, efficient guide to creating good transcripts for a variety of people using ethnographic methods. This title is a suitable tool for transcriptionists, ethnographers, researchers, oral historians, and even amateurs who plan to write their family history. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 198 x 9. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759108431
- ISBN
- 9780759108431
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.12
€ 52.12
Hardback. Cinderella Story is an experimental autoethnography that explores critical racial issues in America through the media of language and images. Series: Crossroads in Qualitative Inquiry. Num Pages: 228 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759111769
- ISBN
- 9780759111769
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.34
€ 143.34
Hardback. This book presents the voices of foreign brides from 123 countries who married Korean men in response to a critical shortage of marriageable women in rural Korea since the early 1990s. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPK; JHBK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759120358
- ISBN
- 9780759120358
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.29
€ 127.29
Hardback. This study aims to show how gender, capitalism, race and ethnic minority status, and patriarchal social structure lead to the formation of new roles for Korean working women in the US. It also examines how immigrant women's work experiences in a new society affect their perception of gender roles. Num Pages: 166 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JHBL; KCF; TDG; TDH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 144 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 166
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761804635
- ISBN
- 9780761804635
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.07
€ 108.07
Hardback. This text provides a survey of martyrs over the past 500 years with an emphasis on their "last words". The approach of the book is chronological, from the burning at the stake of Joan of Arc in Rouen 1431 to the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin in Tel Aviv in 1995. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: 3H; 3J; HRLK; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761804871
- ISBN
- 9780761804871
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.80
€ 108.80
Hardback. This book belongs to a long tradition of thought on Native identity. However, in a more or less explicit manner, it intends to break away from other studies in the field. Instead of viewing identity in reference to a phantasmagorical past, it aims at setting up the framework within which identity can express and project itself into the future. Num Pages: 250 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: GTF; JFSL9; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761806844
- ISBN
- 9780761806844
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.13
€ 121.13
hardcover. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JHBK; JMC; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780761809128
- ISBN
- 9780761809128
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.02
€ 137.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 147 x 32. Weight in Grams: 835.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761815785
- ISBN
- 9780761815785
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 113.50
€ 113.50
hardcover. In The Science of Human Diversity, Richard Lynn gives an account of the research sponsored by the Pioneer Fund of New York. The Fund was established in 1937 by the textile millionaire Wickliffe Draper to support research in genetics, heredity and eugenics. Num Pages: 648 pages, ports. BIC Classification: HBJK; JHBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 151 x 39. Weight in Grams: 826.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 648
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761820406
- ISBN
- 9780761820406
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 173.27
€ 173.27
Hardback. In this book, Mohammad Ahsanullah provides a detailed description of the general theory and applications of record values. Professor Ahsanullah thoroughly discusses the most useful distributions and inferences based on record values, resulting in conclusions that are not available in previously published works. Series: Record Values S. Num Pages: 322 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: GBC; JHBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 221 x 165 x 27. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 322
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761827948
- ISBN
- 9780761827948
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.96
€ 140.96
Hardback. This book presents a class-based analysis of poststructuralism and race. The author positions this fundamental question at the heart of his project: why does race still work if it is commonly misunderstood to be a social construct? Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761845058
- ISBN
- 9780761845058
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.18
€ 106.18
Hardback. Num Pages: 94 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 12. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 94
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761847526
- ISBN
- 9780761847526
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.71
€ 88.71
Hardback. Num Pages: 226 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761850878
- ISBN
- 9780761850878
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.34
€ 120.34
Paperback. Num Pages: 226 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures, charts. BIC Classification: JHB; KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761850885
- ISBN
- 9780761850885
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.15
€ 64.15