Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Hardback. The role of competition within communities, in shaping the structure and composition of the community matrix itself and in influencing day to day functioning of the system is particularly controversial. This book offers a synthesis of these arguments and suggests avenues for further research. Series: Population and Community Biology Series. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JKS; JMAL; PSAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1090.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Chapman and Hall United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780412313509
- ISBN
- 9780412313509
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.76
€ 68.76
Paperback. This text argues that it is the nature of modernity to foster compassion. It offers a historical view to disprove the idea that modernity erodes moral sentiment and breaks down older social bonds. The book looks at the way in which modern society is building new and different social bonds. Series: Postmodern Social Futures. Num Pages: 144 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JF; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 147 x 10. Weight in Grams: 215.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847695560
- ISBN
- 9780847695560
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.54
€ 55.54
Hardback. This study considers the various aspects of conscription, its ideology and role in various countries. It also examines issues of gender, children as soldiers, globalization, citizenship, dissent and democracy. Editor(s): Mjoset, Lars; Van Holde, Stephen. Series: Comparative Social Research. Num Pages: 444 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JPQB; JWD; JWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 168 x 31. Weight in Grams: 844.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 444
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762308361
- ISBN
- 9780762308361
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.35
€ 132.35
Paperback. A study of the evolution of the Community Economic Development movement, paying particular attention to the institutional and legal mechanisms it utilises. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 tables, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF; JKS; JPQB; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 176 x 235 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822328155
- ISBN
- 9780822328155
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.21
€ 27.99
€ 26.21
Paperback. Community development emerged as a recognisable occupational activity in the United Kingdom in the 1950s. Since then, whilst struggling to remain true to its basic values it has often been manipulated to serve differing policy and political purposes. This title traces its changing fortunes through a selection of readings from key writers. Editor(s): Craig, Gary; Mayo, Marjorie; Popple, Keith. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: JFSF; JFSG; RP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 173 x 242 x 19. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847427045
- ISBN
- 9781847427045
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 47.87
€ 50.99
€ 47.87
hardcover. The Communitarian Reader: Beyond the Essentials brings together essays by prominent social thinkers reflecting on issues ranging from moral obligations to civil liberties after 9/11. The result is a book both practical and theoretical, and an essential guide for all interested in further exploring this important social movement. Editor(s): Etzioni, Amitai; Volmert, Andrew; Rothschild, Elanit. Series: Rights & Responsibilities. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JF; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 188 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742542181
- ISBN
- 9780742542181
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 180.65
€ 180.65
line drawings. Illustrator(s): Firenza, Caroline. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JFFG; MMZL. Dimension: 310 x 355 x 90. Weight: 3326.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Connect Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780953604265
- ISBN
- 9780953604265
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.03€ 140.48
€ 148.03
€ 140.48
Hardback. Since 2002 the author has written the chief "Comment" column for the "Jewish Chronicle", the world's oldest continuously circulating Jewish newspaper. This work brings together over a hundred of these contributions, on subjects such as Jewish Orthodoxy, Ultra-Orthodoxy, Non-Orthodoxy, Islamic Judeophobia, and Jewish approaches to politics and sex. Num Pages: 290 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 165 x 29. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Academic Studies Press United States
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934843468
- ISBN
- 9781934843468
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.48€ 101.61
€ 103.48
€ 101.61
Paperback. Num Pages: 512 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226854588
- ISBN
- 9780226854588
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.29€ 45.53
€ 53.29
€ 45.53
Paperback. Series: Indigenous Americas. Num Pages: 352 pages, 11 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816647842
- ISBN
- 9780816647842
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.25
€ 26.99
€ 25.25
Paperback. Series: Working Class in American History. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252066290
- ISBN
- 9780252066290
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.26
€ 25.99
€ 24.26
Paperback. Through a study of industry publications over much of the century, shows how the U.S. children's clothing industry produced increasingly refined categories of childhood Num Pages: 224 pages, 9 illus., 2 tables. BIC Classification: JFSP1; KNSX; TDPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 19. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822332688
- ISBN
- 9780822332688
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.35
€ 27.99
€ 26.35
Paperback. Gathers some of the author's widely read articles. This book reflects on the complex negotiations we make day to day to juggle the conflicting demands of love and work. Num Pages: 322 pages, 2 charts. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 322
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520214880
- ISBN
- 9780520214880
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Paperback. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, best known as the author of Sherlock Holmes stories, was entirely convinced by a set of photographs showing two young girls from Cottingley in Yorkshire playing with a group of tiny, translucent fairies. This book lays out the story of the photographs, their supposed provenance, and the implications of their existence. Series: Extraordinary World. Num Pages: 189 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 136 x 12. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- Bison Books ed.
- Number of pages
- 189
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803266551
- ISBN
- 9780803266551
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.47
€ 17.99
€ 17.47
Paperback. : A call to arms by a group of French intellectuals that rejects leftist reform and aligns itself with younger, wilder forms of resistance. Series: Semiotext(e) / Intervention Series. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JPFB; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 117 x 10. Weight in Grams: 128.
- Publisher
- Autonomedia
- Number of pages
- 136
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781584350804
- ISBN
- 9781584350804
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.53
€ 15.99
€ 13.53
Paperback. Lays out a picture of impending planetary crisis - a global food shortage that threatens to hit by mid-century - that would dwarf any in our previous experience. This book describes a dangerous confluence of shortages - of water, land, energy, technology, and knowledge - combined with the increased demand created by population and economic growth. Num Pages: 264 pages, 8 line illustrations, 3 maps, 13 tables. BIC Classification: JFFR; RNF; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 223 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376. The Global Food Crisis and What We Can Do to Avoid it. 264 pages, illustrations. Lays out a picture of impending planetary crisis - a global food shortage that threatens to hit by mid-century - that would dwarf any in our previous experience. This book describes a dangerous confluence of shortages - of water, land, energy, technology, and knowledge - combined with the increased demand created by population and economic growth. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JFFR; RNF; RNT. Dimension: 154 x 223 x 17. Weight: 370.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520271234
- ISBN
- 9780520271234
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.74
€ 33.99
€ 24.74
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Random House USA Paperbacks
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780375707599
- ISBN
- 9780375707599
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.10
€ 20.99
€ 18.10
Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages, 7tabs.5M. BIC Classification: 1H; JFMX; JFSJ1; JHM; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 231 x 23. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226895079
- ISBN
- 9780226895079
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.73
€ 40.99
€ 31.73
Paperback. In an era marked by atrocities perpetrated on a grand scale, the tragedy of the comfort women - mostly Korean women forced into prostitution by Japanese army - endures as one of the darkest events of World War II. This study reveals that the forces of Japanese colonialism and Korean patriarchy together determined the fate of Korean comfort women. Series: Worlds of Desire: The Chicago Series on Sexuality, Gender & Culture. Num Pages: 304 pages, 16 halftones, 4 maps, 1 line drawing, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1FPK; 3JJH; HBTB; JFMX; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226767772
- ISBN
- 9780226767772
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.63
€ 37.99
€ 29.63
Hardback. The diversity of contemporary London is extraordinary, and begs to be better understood. Never before have so many people from such diverse backgrounds been free to mix and not to mix in close proximity to each other. But increasingly people's lives take place behind the closed doors of private houses. Num Pages: 316 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 163 x 31. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745644035
- ISBN
- 9780745644035
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.54
€ 66.54