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Society & culture: general

Hardcover. This book sets out an integrated systems model which utilizes a public health approach and 'whole of society' philosophy for preventing and responding to child sexual abuse. It guides those engaged in policy, practice and planning concerning gender based violence and child abuse towards a more systemic approach to tackling these problems. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 1KL; JFFE1; JFFE2; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137377654
ISBN
9781137377654
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.09

Paperback. This book sets out an integrated systems model which utilizes a public health approach and 'whole of society' philosophy for preventing and responding to child sexual abuse. It guides those engaged in policy, practice and planning concerning gender based violence and child abuse towards a more systemic approach to tackling these problems. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP; JKSB1; JKSN; JKV; JMU; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
283
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349478026
ISBN
9781349478026
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.34

In this book, Chiarot offers a uniquely poignant social commentary: the current generation, whether consciously or subconsciously, has taken a Nietzscheian approach to dealing with guilt. Clever prose, careful analysis, and witty anecdotes make this both an enjoyable and educational read. Num Pages: 74 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSP2; JMH; VFXC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 159 x 12. Weight in Grams: 295.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
74
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761857105
ISBN
9780761857105
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 86.12

Hardcover. This book demonstrates principles of Ancestor Veneration Avatars (AVAs), by running avatars based on eleven deceased members of one family through ten highly diverse virtual worlds from the violent Defiance to the intellectual Uru: Myst Online, from the early EverQuest to the recent Elder Scrolls Online. Series: Contemporary Religion and Popular Culture. Num Pages: 143 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM3; HRLK; JFCA; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 145 x 13. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Pivot
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137490544
ISBN
9781137490544
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.18

Paperback. An Infinity of Nations tells the story of the indigenous peoples who ruled the western interior of North America, focusing in particular on the Great Lakes and Northern Great Plains. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 456 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 33. Weight in Grams: 686.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812222869
ISBN
9780812222869
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.73

Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 24. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
Beacon Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807057834
ISBN
9780807057834
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 18.58

Paperback. Num Pages: 408 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; HBJD1; HBTB; JFFN; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 612.
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
408
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405859172
ISBN
9781405859172
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.29

Paperback. A compact guide to the gods and symbols of ancient Egypt, their interpretation, their significance and their cults. It answers questions such as why the jackal represents Anubis, the embalmer god, and why the dung beetle represents the sun god Khepri. Num Pages: 144 pages, 114 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; GBC; HRKP1; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 158 x 12. Weight in Grams: 400. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Edition
New Ed
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KOC0010694
ISBN
9780500272534
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 16.99
€ 12.59

Hardcover. Editor(s): Kastoryano, Riva. Translator(s): Emmanuel, Susan. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JFC; JPP; JPSN2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 210 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403975409
ISBN
9781403975409
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.09

Hardback. Racism in America is most-commonly studied as white racism against minority groups (racial, gender, cultural). This title reveals the pernicious, complex, and often misunderstood forms of skin color discrimination: their origins and their manifestations in modern world. It is suitable for researchers studying the Sociology of Race and Racism. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; JHB; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 18. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9781441955043
ISBN
9781441955043
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.02

Hardback. Num Pages: 65 pages, 19 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 231.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
65
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137560735
ISBN
9781137560735
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardback. This book utilizes personal narratives and survey data from over 2,100 respondents to explore the diversity of experiences across Black LGBT communities within the United States. The authors document and celebrate many of the everyday strengths and strategies employed by this extraordinary population to navigate and negotiate their daily lives. Num Pages: 67 pages, 19 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 231.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
67
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137565211
ISBN
9781137565211
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Health inequality is a global issue. Through a look at a remote Australian Aboriginal community characterized by a degree of premature morbidity and mortality, Burbank uses of cognitive anthropology, epidemiology, evolutionary theory, and social, psychological and biological sciences to illuminate the actions, emotions, and stresses of daily life. Series: Culture, Mind and Society. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1MBF; JFSL9; JHMC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 138 x 14. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137346162
ISBN
9781137346162
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 126.74

Hardcover. This book examines the global issue of health inequality through an in-depth look at a remote Australian Aboriginal community characterized by premature morbidity and mortality. Series: Culture, Mind and Society. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1MBF; JFSL9; JHMC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230110229
ISBN
9780230110229
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.54

Paperback. Through the figure of the "heterological historian", this text creates a framework for the understanding of history and the ethical duties of the historian. It also weighs the impact of modern archival methods, such as film and the Internet, which add new constraints to the writing of history. Series: Religion and Postmodernism. Num Pages: 304 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: HBA; HPQ; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226920450
ISBN
9780226920450
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 33.73

Paperback. This book holds up the Covenant Chain, the historical treaty relationship between the British Crown and indigenous people in North America, as a model for building an ethic of mutual respect to guide modern treaty disputes and land claims. Num Pages: 480 pages, 5 figures and 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL9; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774822459
ISBN
9780774822459
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

Hardback. This book holds up the Covenant Chain, the historical treaty relationship between the British Crown and indigenous people in North America, as a model for building an ethic of mutual respect to guide modern treaty disputes and land claims. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: HBLL; JFSL1; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774822442
ISBN
9780774822442
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.64

Paperback. A detailed discussion of Immanuel Kant's moral philosophy and Frances Power Cobbe's own theistic beliefs, first published in 1855. Series: Cambridge Library Collection -Philosophy. Num Pages: 198 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 284. 2 Volumes
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
198
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
9781108020268
ISBN
9781108020268
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.00

Hardback. In this original, topical book, leading experts from eight countries examine how early education and care is organised, funded and regulated in their countries. Bringing together recent statistical evidence, the book gives an up-to-date picture of access to services by different groups, providing rich insights on how policies play out in practice Editor(s): Gambaro, Ludovica; Stewart, Kitty; Waldfogel, Jane. Series: Case Studies on Poverty, Place and Policy. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFA; JKSB1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 167 x 241 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Bristol University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447310518
ISBN
9781447310518
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.87

Paperback. This is a history of the environment of England, Wales and Scotland, and of the interactions of people, place and nature since the last ice sheet withdrew some ten thousand years ago. Num Pages: 432 pages, 50 photographs, maps, diagrams. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; JFC; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 175 x 244 x 26. Weight in Grams: 736.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748612833
ISBN
9780748612833
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.73

Hardback. Tracing the historical evolution of debates concerning poverty, this book demonstrates that discussions about economic issues - downsizing, globalization, and financial regulation - were shaped by the ideological conflicts of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 127 x 23. Weight in Grams: 395.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231137829
ISBN
9780231137829
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.00

Paperback. Demonstrates that Islam and modernity are not merely compatible, but actually go hand-in-hand. This ethnographic portrayal of an Islamic community articulates how an alternative modernity, and specifically an enchanted modernity, may be constructed by Shi'I Muslims who consider themselves simultaneously deeply modern, cosmopolitan, and pious. Series: Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics. Num Pages: 288 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FBL; JFSJ1; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
275
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691124216
ISBN
9780691124216
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.81

Paperback. This text is concerned with dynamic relations between urban division of labour, division of consumption and determination of price structure within a perfectly competitive framework in spatial economy. Series: Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFS; KCA; PBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002
Number of pages
239
Condition
New
SKU
V9783540427674
ISBN
9783540427674
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.04

Hardback. Although the post-colonial situation has attracted considerable interest over recent years, one important colonial power - Portugal - has not been given any attention. This volume explores notions of ethnicity, "race", culture, and nation in the context of the debate on colonialism and postcolonialism. Series: New Directions in Anthropology. BIC Classification: JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 235 x 14. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571816078
ISBN
9781571816078
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.56

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