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Social issues & processes
Hardback. The Principles and Practice of Narrative Medicine articulates the ideas, methods, and practices of narrative medicine. Written by the originators of the field, this book provides the authoritative starting place for any clinicians or scholars committed to learning of and eventually teaching or practicing narrative medicine. Num Pages: 360 pages, 1. BIC Classification: JFFE; JHBC; JWK; MBNH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199360192
- ISBN
- 9780199360192
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.26
€ 83.26
Hardback. Editor(s): Eide, Elisabeth; Tegelberg, Matthew. Num Pages: 309 pages, 48 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPA; JPP; JPQB; KNTJ; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 219 x 24. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137523204
- ISBN
- 9781137523204
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.39
€ 112.39
Paperback. Editor(s): Risio, Andreas; Noguchi, Bao. Num Pages: 55 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 227 x 5. Weight in Grams: 138.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 55
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781621001737
- ISBN
- 9781621001737
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.60€ 48.30
€ 67.60
€ 48.30
Hardback. Informed by witness testimonies, Eurafrican Migration details how the perilous journeys undertaken by irregular migrants are enabled by complex networks of guides during the Sahara phase, and explores the relationship between migrants and the criminal groups who arrange for them to be transported across the sea to southern Europe. Editor(s): Coluccello, Rino; Massey, Simon. Num Pages: 131 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1H; JFFD; JFFN; JFSL1; LNDA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 319.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137391346
- ISBN
- 9781137391346
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.46
€ 63.46
Hardcover. This book provides an analysis of the changes the Sicilian mafia has undergone from legitimisation to denunciation. It argues that conceptualisations of the mafia in public and scientific debate, during the nineteenth and more than half of the twentieth century, created a mystique that legitimised the mafia and contributed to their success. Num Pages: 280 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE; JFSV; JKVM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137280497
- ISBN
- 9781137280497
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.41
€ 64.41
Hardcover. Editor(s): Yoshida, Rin. Num Pages: 300 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFH; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 267 x 189 x 24. Weight in Grams: 894.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781600213830
- ISBN
- 9781600213830
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 273.91€ 186.05
€ 273.91
€ 186.05
Paperback. Leaping waterfalls, struggling through rocky shallows, only the strongest salmon survive to spawn a new generation. These remarkable fish seem to be pure nature, unfathomable, all instinct. But are they? This title shows how political, bureaucratic, and economic forces have directed salmon science for their own purposes. Series: Animals, Culture, & Society. Num Pages: 236 pages, 1 figure. BIC Classification: JFFZ; JHBA; PSVW1; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 331.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566397292
- ISBN
- 9781566397292
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.38
€ 37.38
Paperback. In this exciting new book, Rieger and Leibfried argue persuasively for the need to understand developments in welfare and social provision alongside the processes of globalization. Num Pages: 416 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFFS; JKS; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 169 x 32. Weight in Grams: 750.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745628516
- ISBN
- 9780745628516
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99
€ 36.99
Mobility Impairment and the Construction of Identity (Disability in So...
Ridolfo, Heather, Ward, Brian W.
Hardcover. Heather Ridolfo and Brian Ward explore the experiences of people with impaired mobility, enhancing our understanding of why some embrace a disabled identity, why others reject it, and the personal and societal implications of both choices. Num Pages: 180 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- FirstForumPress
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781935049579
- ISBN
- 9781935049579
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.46
€ 29.99
€ 25.46
Paperback. "Told through the voices of local community leaders, this book analyzes how communities respond to natural disasters and how outsiders contribute positively--or negatively--to their response, promoting debate on the role of aid and the media in times of crisis"-- Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JFF; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 275.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 207
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349295852
- ISBN
- 9781349295852
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31
Paperback. As advocacy moves into the mainstream of health and social care provision, and the prospect of a legal right to advocacy inches closer, so the need to scrutinize key values in advocacy becomes urgent. This work offers an analysis of the benefits of advocacy. Num Pages: 176 pages, 7tabs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFF; JKS; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861343062
- ISBN
- 9781861343062
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.94
€ 33.99
€ 31.94
Paperback. In spring of 2001, across the South, padlocks and logging chains bind the doors of silent mills, and it seems a miracle to blue-collar people in Jacksonville, Alabama, that their mill survived. In these real-life stories, Pulitzer Prize winner Bragg brilliantly evokes the hardscrabble lives of those who lived and died by an American cotton mill. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817356835
- ISBN
- 9780817356835
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.29
€ 17.29
Paperback. Modern epistemology has run into several paradoxes in its efforts to explain how knowledge acquisition can be both socially based (and thus apparently context-relative) and still able to determine objective facts about the world. In this book, Richmond Campbell attempts to dispel some of these paradoxes. Series: Studies in Epistemology and Cognitive Theory S. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 149 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847689194
- ISBN
- 9780847689194
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.93
€ 63.93
Hardback. Modern epistemology has run into several paradoxes in its efforts to explain how knowledge acquisition can be both socially based (and thus apparently context-relative) and still able to determine objective facts about the world. In this book, Richmond Campbell attempts to dispel some of these paradoxes. Series: Studies in Epistemology and Cognitive Theory S. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847689187
- ISBN
- 9780847689187
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 176.04
€ 176.04
Hardcover. Num Pages: 122 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 13. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 122
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590338810
- ISBN
- 9781590338810
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.37€ 98.18
€ 129.37
€ 98.18
Paperback. This book, now in paperback and with a new preface by the editors, explores the debates between feminist and queer theorizing to seek out interconnections and identify new directions in thinking about sexuality and gender that may emerge out of and at the interface. Editor(s): Richardson, Diane; McLaughlin, Janice; Casey, Mark E. Series: Genders and Sexualities in the Social Sciences. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 136 x 7. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230296350
- ISBN
- 9780230296350
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 104.90€ 65.82
€ 104.90
€ 65.82
Ethical Research with Children: Untold Narratives and Taboos
Richards, Sarah, Clark, Jessica, Boggis, Alli...
Hardcover. An increasing interest in children's lives has tested the ethical and practical limits of research. Rather than making tricky ethical decisions, transparent researchers tend to gloss over stories that do not fit with sanitized narratives. This book aims to fill this gap by making explicit the lived experiences of research with children. Num Pages: 185 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFFP; JFSP1; JHBA; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 222 x 16. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137351302
- ISBN
- 9781137351302
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.81
€ 63.81
Hardback. Offers a perspective on human-animal relations. This book reveals the ways in which various cultures have reinforced, symbolized, and rationalized their relations with animals. It identifies and explores four stages in the history of the human-animal relationship - separation, pre-domesticity, domesticity, and post-domesticity. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFZ; TVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231130769
- ISBN
- 9780231130769
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.24€ 81.43
€ 107.24
€ 81.43
Hardcover. A provocative look at the remarkable contributions of high-skill immigrant entrepreneurs in America Both a revelation and a call-to-action, Immigrant, Inc. explores the uncommon skill and drive of America's new immigrants and their knack for innovation and entrepreneurship. Num Pages: 226 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFN; KJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470455715
- ISBN
- 9780470455715
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 24.51
€ 30.99
€ 24.51
Paperback. Most studies on transnational migration either stress assimilation, circulatory migration, or the negative impact of migration. This remarkable study, which covers migrants from one Jordanian village to 17 different countries in Europe, Asia, and North America, emphasizes the resiliency of transnational migrants after long periods of absence.. Series: New Directions in Anthropology. Num Pages: 338 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBJ; JFFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 338
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845456498
- ISBN
- 9781845456498
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.17
€ 45.17