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Social groups
Hardback. This study focuses on the elderly who are without children for a variety of reasons and are therefore lacking in family support networks in the face of shrinking or non-existent state welfare systems. Num Pages: Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP31. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571816146
- ISBN
- 9781571816146
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.77
€ 154.77
Hardback. In light of the curve balls the times are throwing at the identity, priorities, and world views of young Israelis, Hazan (social anthropology, Tel Aviv U.) constructs an ethnographically informed discourse pertaining to the tension and interplay between the mythical framework and formulae of Zionism Series: New Directions in Anthropology. BIC Classification: 1FBH; JFSP2; JFSR1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 303.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571818218
- ISBN
- 9781571818218
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 153.92
€ 153.92
Hardback. The authors of this collection of original essays, most of whom are social scientists at the Moscow Academy of Science, examine those aspects of life of women in Russia today which are most pressing, not least those arising from the multi-ethnic composition of the Russian Federation that comprises more than one hundred different nationalities. Editor(s): Koval, Vitalina. Num Pages: 160 pages, 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571818850
- ISBN
- 9781571818850
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.54
€ 154.54
Hardback. This study shows how, under the impact of wars, migration, national politics, global economic and technological developments and especially tourism, the categories of Insider and Outsider are contracted and expanded, and reinterpreted to fit the constantly changing "reality" of the society; they assume different meanings at different times. Series: New Directions in Anthropology. Num Pages: 290 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSEB; HBJD; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571818898
- ISBN
- 9781571818898
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.72
€ 155.72
Hardback. As reproduction is seen as central to kinship and the biological link as the primary bond between parents and their offspring, Western perceptions of kin relations are primarily determined by ideas about "consanguinity," "genealogical relations," and "genetic connections." Editor(s): Rao, Aparnu; Bock, Monika. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 map, 13 figs, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1FM; JFSJ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 27. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571819116
- ISBN
- 9781571819116
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 166.82
€ 166.82
Hardback. Most studies of the so-called tribal communities in India stress their social, economic, and political differences from communities that are organized on the basis of caste. It was this apparent contrast between tribal and caste lifestyle and, moreover, the paucity of material on tribal groups, that motivated the author to undertake this study.. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 map, 16 tables, 4 figs, 2 appendices. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTF; JFSJ; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571819185
- ISBN
- 9781571819185
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.32
€ 155.32
Hardback. A collection of social anthropologist Ardener's papers concerning the Bakweri people of Mount Cameroon on the coast of West Africa. The studies of the culture and history of the Cameroon Kingdom cover the Bakweri's early contacts with the Portuguese, the defeat of the first German expedition.. Series: Cameroon Studies. Num Pages: 400 pages, 4 maps, 1 fig., 9 ills, 4 appendices, Bibliog., Index. BIC Classification: 1HFJA; 3J; HBJH; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220. Weight in Grams: 699.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571819291
- ISBN
- 9781571819291
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.40
€ 167.40
Hardback. This study not only makes farm women's subordination explicit, but in discerning the sources and force of their influence within and outside the farm family, it offers a challenge to existing explanations of the evolution of Irish rural social structures. Num Pages: 192 pages, 6 tables, Bibliog., Index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JFSF; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 379.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571819390
- ISBN
- 9781571819390
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.37
€ 154.37
Hardback. Since Israel is primarily a country of immigrants, the state takes on the responsibility for the settlement and integration of each new group. It therefore sees its role as benevolent and indispensable to the welfare of the immigrants. This be true to some extent. Series: New Directions in Anthropology. Num Pages: 240 pages, 3 maps, 10 ills. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1HFGA; JFFN; JFSR1; JHM; JPQB; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220. Weight in Grams: 441.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571819413
- ISBN
- 9781571819413
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.74
€ 154.74
Hardback. Points to the important role of women as key characters in Polish films, such as the enduring female figure in Polish culture, the "Polish Mother," female characters in socialist realistic cinema, women depicted in the films of the Polish School, solidarity heroines, and women in the films from the postcommunist period. Editor(s): Mazierska, Ewa; Ostrowska, Elzbieta. Num Pages: 256 pages, 36 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; APF; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571819475
- ISBN
- 9781571819475
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.94
€ 154.94
Hardback. This is the first of two volumes of edited sermons spanning the greater part of the second half of the twentieth century, and the first major collection of sermons from a Liberal Jewish point ofview produced in Britain since Claude G. Montefiore's Truth in Religion of 1906. Series: Progressive Judaism Today S. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HRA; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571819710
- ISBN
- 9781571819710
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.88
€ 154.88
Hardback. In this second volume of Liberal Jewish sermons spanning the greater part of the second half ofthe twentieth century, the author again combines a radically progressive stance with Jewish commitment and seeks to understand contemporary history from a "prophetic" point of view. Series: Progressive Judaism Today S. BIC Classification: HRA; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571819734
- ISBN
- 9781571819734
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.45
€ 154.45
Hardcover. A comprehensive, all-new collection bringing together the most thoughtful, inspiring, and wisest voices from the Black diaspora across history. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: GBCQ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 183 x 62. Weight in Grams: 1398.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Company United States
- Number of pages
- 720
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780316010177
- ISBN
- 9780316010177
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.65
€ 42.99
€ 38.65
Hardback. This study discusses chiefs and the institution of chieftaincy generally in modern Ghana. It examines the public and secret rites and procedures for the installation and deposition of chiefs, the creation of stools and sacred burial rites. Num Pages: 624 pages, 14 photographs. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; HRKT; JFC; JFSL3; JFSL9; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 153 x 36. Weight in Grams: 921.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Austin & Winfield,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 624
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781572921214
- ISBN
- 9781572921214
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.34
€ 118.34
Paperback. Num Pages: 228 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; BG; HRCC1; HRCC8; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 137 x 11. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- International Scholars Publications,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781573093415
- ISBN
- 9781573093415
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 96.43
€ 96.43
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: DS; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 149 x 12. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- International Scholars Publications,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781573094160
- ISBN
- 9781573094160
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 78.23
€ 78.23
Paperback. Num Pages: 215 pages, 25 B&W photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBJK; JFSJ1; WHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Viva Editions United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 215
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781573443562
- ISBN
- 9781573443562
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.18
€ 17.99
€ 16.18
Hardback. Num Pages: 176 pages, illus. BIC Classification: JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 205 x 19. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Prometheus Books United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781573928113
- ISBN
- 9781573928113
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 34.13
€ 42.99
€ 34.13
Hardback. This study, based primarily on vernacular sources, explores the transition of Sarada's life of missed motherhood to a career of holy motherhood. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: BG; HRG; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 157 x 8. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781575910734
- ISBN
- 9781575910734
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.51
€ 110.51
Hardcover. Num Pages: 104 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; HBJK; JFSL; WQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 289 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1062.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- powerHouse Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781576877678
- ISBN
- 9781576877678
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 36.54
€ 42.99
€ 36.54
Paperback. In this deluxe gift book, more than 50 women share their grandmothers' deeply moving life stories and favorite family recipes. Num Pages: 288 pages, photographs. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; WBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 202 x 16. Weight in Grams: 817.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Fairview Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781577491071
- ISBN
- 9781577491071
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.27
€ 22.27
Hardback. Editor(s): Moseley, Lyndsay. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HRLM; JFSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Counterpoint United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781578051601
- ISBN
- 9781578051601
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.84
€ 23.99
€ 19.84
Paperback. This book chronicles the life of Effa Manley: the first woman inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Series: American Sports History Series. Num Pages: 298 pages, 16 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: BGS; JFSJ1; JFSL3; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781578860012
- ISBN
- 9781578860012
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.79
€ 42.99
€ 33.79
Hardback. Succeeding as a Female Superintendent provides a comprehensive look at the journey that several women superintendents of schools took in their pursuit of the top school leadership position. Real life stories relate what these women encountered and how they dealt with a wide variety of issues. Num Pages: 178 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JNKH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 178
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781578869251
- ISBN
- 9781578869251
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.69
€ 139.69