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Society & culture: general

Paperback. Is the United States "the land of equal opportunity" or is the playing field tilted in favor of those whose parents are wealthy, well educated, and white? If family background is important in getting ahead, why? This title provides answers to these questions by leading economists, sociologists, biologists, behavioral geneticists, and philosophers. Editor(s): Bowles, Samuel; Gintis, Herbert; Osborne-Groves, Melissa. Num Pages: 304 pages, 18 line illus. 64 tables. BIC Classification: JFSC; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 28.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691136202
ISBN
9780691136202
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.48
€ 42.46

Hardback. Revolving around the central figure of the rebbe, this book explores two families with too few successors, two with too many successors, and one that believes their last rebbe continues to lead them even after his death. Num Pages: 336 pages, 24 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520277236
ISBN
9780520277236
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.82

Paperback. An account of the traditional customs that are put into practice when a Jewish person dies. It provides both an informative anthropological perspective on Jewish rites of mourning and a chronicle of the loss of the author's father. Num Pages: 271 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSR1; JHBT; JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 68.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
271
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520236783
ISBN
9780520236783
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Hardback. Editor(s): Ward, Samuel C. Num Pages: 142 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 155. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Edition
UK ed.
Number of pages
142
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634837309
ISBN
9781634837309
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.88
€ 145.67

Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, black & white tables, bibliography. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9783531195735
ISBN
9783531195735
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.27

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 290 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSP1; JHBD; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 18. Weight in Grams: 714.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691631806
ISBN
9780691631806
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.46

Paperback. From the 1950s until his death in 1994, Menachem Mendel Schneerson - revered by his followers worldwide simply as the Rebbe - built the Lubavitcher movement from a relatively small sect within Hasidic Judaism into the powerful force in Jewish life that it is today. This title paints a portrait of Schneerson. Num Pages: 368 pages, 28 halftones. BIC Classification: BGX; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 153 x 235 x 16. Weight in Grams: 602.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691154428
ISBN
9780691154428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.43

Hardcover. Num Pages: 312 pages, 11 B/W photos interspersed. BIC Classification: JFSG; JPQB; WGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 241 x 31. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781610395649
ISBN
9781610395649
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 24.42

Paperback. .
Publisher
Policy Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447334149
ISBN
9781447334149
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.43

Paperback. Series: Cornell Studies in Comparative History. Num Pages: 336 pages, 64. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 1KLSA; HBTB; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801488825
ISBN
9780801488825
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 535.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Cornell Univ East Asia Program
Condition
New
SKU
V9781885445414
ISBN
9781885445414
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.12

Paperback. Presents a fresh perspective that helps us understand the damaged social relations that incubate racial and sexual discrimination. Num Pages: 296 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBA; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Temple University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592139132
ISBN
9781592139132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 36.10

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1. BIC Classification: HPC; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780801473661
ISBN
9780801473661
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.07

Paperback. To find more information on Rowman & Littlefield titles, please visit us at www.rowmanlittlefield.com. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 137 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers United States
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780876684450
ISBN
9780876684450
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.18

Hardback. Editor(s): Thompson, Roger. Translator(s): Pollard, David. Num Pages: 302 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1977
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780231042802
ISBN
9780231042802
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.28
€ 101.83

Paperback. Tackles the question of why public restrooms, peepshows, and tree-filled parks are necessary to a city's physical and psychological landscape. This book paints a portrait of a society dismantling the institutions that promote communication between classes, and disguising its fears of cross-class contact as "family values". Series: Sexual Cultures. Num Pages: 208 pages, 18 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 203 x 12. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814719206
ISBN
9780814719206
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.48

Paperback. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
NYU Press New York
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814780145
ISBN
9780814780145
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.75

Paperback. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Cengage Learning, Inc United States
Edition
6th Edition
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
SKU
V9781337091862
ISBN
9781337091862
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 262.05

Paperback. Reveals a productive aspect of Walter Benjamin's thought by focusing on a little-discussed stylistic trait in his formulation of concepts. This book explains that nouns formed with this suffix refer to a possibility or potentiality, to a capacity rather than an existing reality. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; DSB; HPC; HPN; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674046061
ISBN
9780674046061
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 30.75

Paperback. In the two decades after World War II, New York was shaken by struggles over urban renewal. Manhattan Projects offers a fresh look at the history of those conflicts, showing how the idea of urban renewal was made and unmade as the state of the art technique for remaking cities. Num Pages: 496 pages, 76 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJP; HBJK; HBTB; JFSG; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 694.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199874057
ISBN
9780199874057
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.05

Paperback. A bracingly original dialogue on modernity, class, and difference in the 20th century Num Pages: 296 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
University Press of New England
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781512600193
ISBN
9781512600193
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 38.94

Hardback. A bracingly original dialogue on modernity, class, and difference in the 20th century Num Pages: 296 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Dartmouth College Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781512600186
ISBN
9781512600186
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.31
€ 75.36

Hardback. This companion offers a comprehensive and sophisticated exploration of the history of economic thought. It has a threefold focus: the history of economic thought; the history of economics as a discipline; and the historiography of economic thought. Editor(s): Samuels, Warren J.; Biddle, Jeff E.; Davis, John B. Series: Blackwell Companions to Contemporary Economics. Num Pages: 736 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCX; KCA; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 259 x 186 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1530.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
736
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631225737
ISBN
9780631225737
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 225.91

Hardcover. Everyday practice of religion is complex in its nature, ambivalent, and at times contradictory. The task of an anthropology of religious practice is therefore precisely to see how people navigate and make sense of that complexity, and what the significance of religious beliefs and practices in a given setting can be. Editor(s): Schielke, Samuli; Debevec, Liza. Series: EASA Series. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRA; JFSR; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 14. Weight in Grams: 360. An Anthropology of Everyday Religion. Series: EASA Series. 184 pages. Editor(s): Schielke, Samuli; Debevec, Liza. Everyday practice of religion is complex in its nature, ambivalent, and at times contradictory. The task of an anthropology of religious practice is therefore precisely to see how people navigate and make sense of that complexity, and what the significance of religious beliefs and practices in a given setting can be. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: HRA; JFSR; JHMC. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 14. Weight: 358.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857455062
ISBN
9780857455062
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.60

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