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Society & culture: general

Hardback. By examining the underlying biological and psychological nature of alcoholism and drug taking, this book is intended to present advances in a number of relevant disciplines and to demonstrate some of the problems in collecting and interpreting information from particular groups. Editor(s): Bonner, Adrian; Waterhouse, James. Num Pages: 329 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFH1; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 29. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
329
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333645550
ISBN
9780333645550
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.82

Hardback. Experts from psychiatry, psychology, sociology and social work concisely review the addictive process and the characteristic behaviours of women who are dependent on alcohol and/or drugs. Series: Drug and Alcohol Abuse Reviews. Num Pages: 526 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFH1; JFSJ1; JMAL; MMZR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 2050.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Humana Press Inc. United States
Number of pages
526
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896032576
ISBN
9780896032576
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 212.38

Paperback. This volume reviews recent research into the nature and effects of addiction and considers the usefulness of policies which aim to prevent it. The contributors focus on topics such as smoking, alcoholism, gambling and injecting drug use, examining treatment and the effectiveness of prevention and intervention programmes. Editor(s): Wood, Fiona; Bloor, Mick; Bloor, Michael. Series: Research Highlights in Social Work. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFFH1; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Pub
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853024382
ISBN
9781853024382
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.20

Paperback. Num Pages: 81 pages. BIC Classification: JFFH1. Dimension: 154 x 226 x 7. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781631177064
ISBN
9781631177064
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 101.06
€ 70.85

Paperback. Num Pages: 696 pages. BIC Classification: JFFH1; JKSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1111.
Publisher
Cengage Learning, Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
4th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781305943308
ISBN
9781305943308
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 83.02

Paperback. Drawing on medical anthropology and science and technology studies,the contributors to Addiction Trajectories examine the epistemic, therapeutic, and experiential dimensions of contemporary addiction. Editor(s): Raikhel, Eugene A.; Garriott, William. Series: Experimental Futures. Num Pages: 360 pages, 7 illustrations, 3 tables. BIC Classification: JFFH1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822353645
ISBN
9780822353645
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. Addiction Dilemmas explores the impact of addiction on those closest to the individuals affected and their families. Drawing on a wide range of sources, the book discusses the stresses and strains that family members are subjected to, the dilemmas that they face, and the coping strategies that they have found useful. Num Pages: 234 pages. BIC Classification: JFFH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470977026
ISBN
9780470977026
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.51

Hardcover. Addiction Dilemmas explores the impact of addiction on those closest to the individuals affected and their families. Drawing on a wide range of sources, the book discusses the stresses and strains that family members are subjected to, the dilemmas that they face, and the coping strategies that they have found useful. Num Pages: 234 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470977019
ISBN
9780470977019
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.85

Paperback. Takes readers into the intriguing world of machine gambling, an increasingly popular and absorbing form of play that blurs the line between human and machine, compulsion and control, risk and reward. Num Pages: 456 pages, 29 halftones. BIC Classification: JFFH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 30. Weight in Grams: 770.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691160887
ISBN
9780691160887
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.63

Hardback. Stunning and occasionally unsettling, this unique portfolio reveals addiction art as a powerful complement to addiction science. Editor(s): Santora, Patricia B.; Dowell, Margaret L.; Henningfield, Jack E. Num Pages: 184 pages, 61, 61 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; JFFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 267 x 203 x 17. Weight in Grams: 838.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801894817
ISBN
9780801894817
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 32.14

Hardback. In this ethnography of addicted, pregnant, and poor women living in daily-rent hotels in San Francisco, Kelly Ray Knight examines the myriad struggles these women face, as well as their encounters with social and medical institutions. She asks: what kinds of futures are possible for these women? Series: Critical Global Health: Evidence, Efficacy, Ethnography. Num Pages: 328 pages, 34 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 239 x 23. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822359531
ISBN
9780822359531
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.56

paperback. In this ethnography of addicted, pregnant, and poor women living in daily-rent hotels in San Francisco, Kelly Ray Knight examines the myriad struggles these women face, as well as their encounters with social and medical institutions. She asks: what kinds of futures are possible for these women? Series: Critical Global Health: Evidence, Efficacy, Ethnography. Num Pages: 328 pages, 34 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSG; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822359968
ISBN
9780822359968
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.79

Hardcover. In what is both a critique and a manifesto for cultural change, Stuart Sim explains what we could be doing to cure our addiction to profit, why we ought to be doing it, and how to set about achieving it. Life needn't all be about profit. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JF; JP; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 420. Reclaiming Our Lives from the Free Market. 160 pages. In what is both a critique and a manifesto for cultural change, Stuart Sim explains what we could be doing to cure our addiction to profit, why we ought to be doing it, and how to set about achieving it. Life needn't all be about profit. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JF; JP; KC. Dimension: 223 x 161 x 17. Weight: 420.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748646715
ISBN
9780748646715
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 39.85

Hardback. A spirited exploration of the culture created when advertising becomes not just a central institution, but the central institution. Num Pages: 296 pages, 181 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JHM; KJSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 175 x 239 x 24. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231103244
ISBN
9780231103244
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.64
€ 80.25

Paperback. Series: Studies in Gender History. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; JFSJ; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 311.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
1st ed. 1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349244584
ISBN
9781349244584
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 193.21

Hardback. Considering patterns of women's employment from 1700 to 1850, this text focuses on Essex to examine contemporary debates such as the sexual division of labour, continuity or change in women's employment, "separate spheres", "domestic ideology", and the effects of capitalism on women's employment. Series: Studies in Gender History. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAS; 3JF; JFSJ1; JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 455.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
237
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333633915
ISBN
9780333633915
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.05

Paperback. An analysis of immigrant life in the USA which focuses on the habits of consumption. The author describes how Jews responded to the prospect of mass consumption, familiarizing themselves with such activities as installment buying, advertising and vacationing. Series: The Columbia History of Urban Life. Num Pages: 276 pages, 17 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JFFT; JFSR1; JHMP; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780231068536
ISBN
9780231068536
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. Editor(s): Perry, D.; Sederholm, Carl H. Num Pages: 294 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AP; DSA; DSB; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2012
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349298983
ISBN
9781349298983
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.82

Hardcover. The first book to examine in detail the ways in which people adapt their understanding and behaviours towards poverty as a direct result to their experiences of poverty in developing countries, including world-leading academics and case studies from China, India, Ethiopia and South Africa. Editor(s): Clark, David Alexander. Series: Rethinking International Development Series. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFG; GTF; JFFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 220 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230360563
ISBN
9780230360563
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.85

Hardback. Editor(s): Kennedy-Karpat, Colleen; Sandberg, Eric. Series: Palgrave Studies in Adaptation and Visual Culture. Num Pages: 234 pages, 4 colour illustrations, 4 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; APFX; D; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319528533
ISBN
9783319528533
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.47

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