Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Hardcover. It is commonly assumed that we live in an age of unbridled individualism, but in this important new book Montserrat Guibernau argues that the need to belong to a group or community - from peer groups and local communities to ethnic groups and nations - is a pervasive and enduring feature of modern social life. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFS; JHB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 170 x 24. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745655062
- ISBN
- 9780745655062
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.14
€ 72.14
Paperback. What does it mean to call a place home? Who is allowed to become a member of a community? When can we say that we truly belong? This book examines these questions. It discusses the connections that link the environment and sustainability to the politics of race and class. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 212 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415968164
- ISBN
- 9780415968164
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.61
€ 39.61
Hardcover. Num Pages: 281 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJP; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 266 x 187 x 26. Weight in Grams: 842.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 281
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606924938
- ISBN
- 9781606924938
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.87€ 58.21
€ 82.87
€ 58.21
Hardback. Ethnographic case studies explore what it means to "belong" in Oceania, as contributors consider ongoing formations of place, self and community in connection with travelling, internal and international migration. The chapters apply the multi-dimensional concepts of movement, place-making and cultural identifications to explain contemporary life.. Editor(s): Hermann, Elfriede; Kempf, Wolfgang; Meijl, Toon Van. Series: Pacific Perspectives: Studies of the European Society for Oceanists. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MK; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 152 x 238 x 20. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782384151
- ISBN
- 9781782384151
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.40
€ 135.40
Hardback. Since the early 1990s, transnational adoptions have increased at an astonishing rate, not only in the United States, but worldwide. This title explores the consequences and implications of this unprecedented movement of children, usually from poor nations to the affluent West. Series: Chicago Series in Law and Society. Num Pages: 248 pages, 16 halftones, 2 line drawings, 9 tables. BIC Classification: JFSL; JHMC; JKSF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226964461
- ISBN
- 9780226964461
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.95
€ 121.95
Paperback. Since the early 1990s, transnational adoptions have increased at an astonishing rate, not only in the United States, but worldwide. This title explores the consequences and implications of this unprecedented movement of children, usually from poor nations to the affluent West. Series: Chicago Series in Law and Society. Num Pages: 248 pages, 16 halftones, 2 line drawings, 9 tables. BIC Classification: JFSL; JHMC; JKSF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 160 x 13. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226964478
- ISBN
- 9780226964478
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99
€ 40.99
Hardback. Editor(s): Fernandez, J.W. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 386 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HBTB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691641317
- ISBN
- 9780691641317
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 198.70
€ 198.70
Paperback. In this diverse collection of sixteen essays, lectures, and interviews Graham Harman lucidly explains the principles of Speculative Realism, including his own object-oriented philosophy. Num Pages: 303 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing
- Number of pages
- 310
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782790389
- ISBN
- 9781782790389
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 19.49
€ 27.99
€ 19.49
Hardback. Num Pages: ill. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845450212
- ISBN
- 9781845450212
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 173.89
€ 173.89
Paperback. Bell Hooks' writings have been touchstones for debates in the culture wars, fostering insight into many central questions in communication studies. This book provides readers with an introduction to how Hooks' writings on media and culture enhance our understanding of key concepts in communication. Series: A Critical Introduction to Media and Communication Theory. Num Pages: 129 pages. BIC Classification: CBP; GTC; JFSJ1; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 9. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Publisher
- Peter Lang Publishing Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781433115868
- ISBN
- 9781433115868
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.04
€ 62.04
Paperback. In this fully updated edition of Believing in Magic, renowned superstition expert Stuart Vyse investigates our tendency towards these irrational beliefs. Num Pages: 328 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFHX; JM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 205 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Edition
- Updated
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199996926
- ISBN
- 9780199996926
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.59
€ 41.59
Paperback. There were eighty of them. They were young, clever and cultivated; they were barely in their thirties when Adolf Hitler came to power. Their university studies in law, economics, linguistics, philosophy and history marked them out for brilliant careers. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBWQ; JFSC; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 269 x 229 x 32. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745660271
- ISBN
- 9780745660271
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.29
€ 20.99
€ 17.29
paperback. Num Pages: 162 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL; KJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 9. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Business Expert Press United States
- Number of pages
- 162
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606497043
- ISBN
- 9781606497043
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.13
€ 33.13
Paperback. This book illustrates the variety of religious, spiritual and other beliefs held by older people, including British Christians, Muslims, Humanists and witnesses of the Soviet persecution of religion. Series: Ageing and the Lifecourse Series. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HRLK; JFSP31. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 174 x 11. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847424594
- ISBN
- 9781847424594
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 38.50
€ 40.99
€ 38.50
Hardcover. Editor(s): Rosenkranz, Patrick. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACXJ; AKLC; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 203 x 50. .
- Publisher
- Fantagraphics
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606999998
- ISBN
- 9781606999998
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.58
€ 36.99
€ 35.58
Paperback. In this reflective yet practical book, the author challenges white helping professionals to recognize their own cultural identity and the impact it has when practising in a multicultural environment. Ryde offers a model for 'white awareness' in a diverse society and offers advice on how to implement white awareness training in an organization. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843109365
- ISBN
- 9781843109365
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.45
€ 38.45
Hardback. This is a major ethnography of unemployment and the first community-based book on contemporary unemployment in the United Kingdom. Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; JFFA; JHMP. Dimension: 228 x 152. Weight in Grams: 55. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear. Dust wrapper has some minor edge wear but remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0003492
- ISBN
- 9780521382397
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Challenges to ethnographic authority and to the ethics of representation have led many contemporary anthropologists to abandon fieldwork in favor of strategies of theoretical puppeteering, textual analysis, and surrogate ethnography. This title argues that ethnographies based on these strategies elide important insights. Editor(s): Borneman, John; Hammoudi, Abdellah. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JFS; JHMC; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 227 x 22. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520257764
- ISBN
- 9780520257764
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.43
€ 50.43
Paperback. As they immerse themselves in foreign cultures, trained anthropologists find that accepting difference is one thing, experiencing it is quite another. This title shows how the moral and intellectual challenges of living cross-culturally revealed to them the limits of their perception and understanding. Editor(s): Davis, Sarah H.; Konner, Melvin. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 210 x 17. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674049277
- ISBN
- 9780674049277
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 31.50
€ 35.99
€ 31.50
Hardcover. The clearest picture we have of what life is like for men and women who have been diagnosed HIV positive, based upon unique in-depth interviews and remarkable for its candor. "An unforgettable picture of what extremity looks like and how it is dealt with."-Clifford Geertz. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFH2; MJCJ2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 188 x 26. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc Dublin, Ireland
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566631648
- ISBN
- 9781566631648
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.98
€ 34.98
Paperback. What does it means to be Palestinian in the diaspora? This book offers a collection of 100 reflections on being Palestinian. It contributes to the debate on what it means to be Palestinian. It asks what the diaspora is for Palestinians. It looks at how being Palestinian varies across gender, generation, religious affiliation and more. Editor(s): Suleiman, Yasir; Suleiman, Yasir. Num Pages: 320 pages, 120 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474405393
- ISBN
- 9781474405393
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.17
€ 26.99
€ 25.17
hardcover. A series of 100 personal reflections on what it means to be Palestinian in the diaspora. Num Pages: 320 pages, 100 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFD; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 156 x 25. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780748634026
- ISBN
- 9780748634026
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 169.03
€ 169.03
Paperback. Gives an ethnographic account of Bosnian Muslims' lives in a rural village located near Sarajevo. Although they represent a majority of the population in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian Muslims are still members of a minority culture in the region that was once Yugoslavia. Series: Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics. Num Pages: 312 pages, 10 halftones, 2 maps, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; HBJD; JFF; JFSL1; JFSR2; JHM; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691001753
- ISBN
- 9780691001753
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 78.81
€ 78.81
Editor(s): Donner, Henrike. Series: Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series. Num Pages: 232 pages, 4 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSC; JHB; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 163 x 241 x 18. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415671675
- ISBN
- 9780415671675
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 191.48
€ 191.48