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Society & culture: general

Paperback. The analysis of social distinction cannot indefinitely remain confined to logics of reasoning that are markedly ethnocentric. Rather than just applying the consecrated schemes of Veblen or Bourdieu, Daloz provides new foundations in this book for understanding 21st Century Dubai, China, Russia and settings of the past. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSR; JHBA; JHM; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 21. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349336180
ISBN
9781349336180
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.74

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBF; JFF; JFSL9; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 232 x 19. Weight in Grams: 514.
Publisher
Aboriginal Studies Press Australia
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2022
Condition
New
SKU
V9781922059161
ISBN
9781922059161
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.81

Hardcover. Num Pages: 61 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: JFSP31. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 242.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
61
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594544309
ISBN
9781594544309
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 131.90
€ 90.59

Paperback. This text offers a comprehensive overview of the key aspects of globalisation, their impact on social work and the resulting challenges in practice. The authors draw on post-colonialism to consider the global issues facing social work, such as mass migration, and the ways in which social workers can respond to such difficulties. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JKSN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230201354
ISBN
9780230201354
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.71

Paperback. If the conservative view of the American race problem is frightening, the traditional liberal view seems impotent. Analyzing the race problem from neither right nor left, this book sheds light on America's longest running social and moral dilemma. It examines the intractable racial problems confronting Americans at the end of the 20th century. Num Pages: 240 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JPA; JPVH; LNDA; LNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 63. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear. Tiny crease on edge of cover, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0002694
ISBN
9780520078789
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Series: American Social and Political Movements of the 20th Century. Num Pages: 170 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 13. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415826143
ISBN
9780415826143
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.46

Paperback. Lucrative and complex, the fur trade bound together Europeans and Native peoples of North America in the 17th and 18th centuries. This title offers a look at the broad range of contracts that characterized the fur trade. It explains the working mechanisms of the fur trade and explores how and why it evolved in a North Atlantic context. Editor(s): Sleeper-Smith, Susan. Num Pages: 702 pages, 9 photographs, 5 maps, 14 tables, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJD; HBTB; JFSL9; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 38. Weight in Grams: 885.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
702
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803243293
ISBN
9780803243293
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 42.06

Paperback. A study of the Holocaust, evaluating accepted views of its history and meaning. Yehuda Bauer offers his own interpretation of why the Holocaust occurred and how another can be prevented. He also examines topics such as the relationship between the Holocaust and the establishment of Israel. Series: Yale Nota Bene. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 200 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 410.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300093001
ISBN
9780300093001
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 17.01

Hardcover. Latin American cities have always been characterized by a strong tension between what is vaguely described as their formal and informal dimensions. However, the terms formal and informal refer not only to the physical aspect of cities but also to their entire socio-political fabric. Editor(s): Hernandez, Felipe; Kellett, Peter; Allen, Lea K. Series: Remapping Cultural History. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KL; AMVD; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490. Critical Perspectives from Latin America. Series: Remapping Cultural History. 240 pages, Illustrations, maps. Editor(s): Hernandez, Felipe; Kellett, Peter; Allen, Lea K. Latin American cities have always been characterized by a strong tension between what is vaguely described as their formal and informal dimensions. However, the terms formal and informal refer not only to the physical aspect of cities but also to their entire socio-political fabric. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1KL; AMVD; JFSG. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 21. Weight: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845455828
ISBN
9781845455828
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.12

Paperback. This collection of 18 articles shows how conceptions of the political are expanded and revised when viewed through the lens of gender. It re-examines such basic notions as citizenship, collectivity, political resistance and the state. Editor(s): Brenner, Johanna; etc.; Arat, Yesim (Associate Professor of Politics, Bogazici University, USA); Laslett, Barbara (Professor of Sociology, University of Minnesota, USA). Num Pages: 498 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 27. Weight in Grams: 660.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
498
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226073996
ISBN
9780226073996
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.52

Paperback. Rethinking the Sociology of Mental Health is a collection of original papers introducing new ways of thinking sociologically about the terrain of mental health. There are more general papers about mental health and mental health policy and papers about specific types of mental illness and particular policy issues such as dangerousness. Editor(s): Busfield, Joan. Series: Sociology of Health and Illness Monographs. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFG; JFFH; MBPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 258.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631221852
ISBN
9780631221852
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.43

Paperback. Offers a nuanced, empirically grounded picture of therapeutic culture. This title includes both an extended history and a series of critical interventions organized around keywords like pain, privacy, and narcissism. It will change the way we've been taught to see the landscape of therapy and self-help. Editor(s): Aubry, Timothy Richard; Travis, Trysh. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JM; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226250137
ISBN
9780226250137
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.85

Hardcover. This book investigates unemployed people's attitudes to employment. It reviews literature, identifies gaps in research and then presents findings from several new empirical studies. Num Pages: 240 pages, 18 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFFA; JHBL; JKSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2014th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137032102
ISBN
9781137032102
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.06

Hardcover. Fin-de-siecle Vienna remains a central event in the birth of the century's modern culture. Our understanding of what happened in those key decades in Central Europe at the turn of the century has been shaped in the last years by an historiography presided over by Carl Schorske's Fin de Siecle Vienna.. Editor(s): Beller, Steven. Series: Austrian History, Culture & Society S. Num Pages: 304 pages, 16 ills. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 1QDU; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 513.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571811394
ISBN
9781571811394
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.23

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 12, 8 black & white halftones, 3 black & white tables, 1 charts. BIC Classification: JFSP31. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 17. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801477782
ISBN
9780801477782
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.42

Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; JFFN; JFSJ1; JFSP31. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 16. Weight in Grams: 448.
Publisher
Bristol University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447313304
ISBN
9781447313304
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.30

Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 32 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFN; JPQB; PDA; RGBP; RND; RNPG; WNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231168441
ISBN
9780231168441
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.74

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JFFK; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801484179
ISBN
9780801484179
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.34

Paperback. Updated with a new Introduction by the authors and a foreword by Richard Florida, this book is a comprehensive guide book for urban designers, planners, architects, developers, environmentalists, and community leaders that illustrates how existing suburban developments can be redesigned into more urban and more sustainable places. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps (some col.). BIC Classification: AM; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 790.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470934326
ISBN
9780470934326
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.13

Paperback. Intends to make sense of 21st Century pop. Pulling together parallel threads from music, fashion, art, and new media, this title confronts a central paradox of our era: from iPods to YouTube, we're empowered by mind-blowing technology, but too often it's used as a time machine or as a tool to shuffle and rearrange music from yesterday. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 370.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571232093
ISBN
9780571232093
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.02

Paperback / so. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 12. Weight in Grams: 277.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9783810011428
ISBN
9783810011428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.55

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447301226
ISBN
9781447301226
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.10

Hardback. Suitable for those who wish to understand the peril confronting Jews, Isreal, and Western democracy as a whole. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSL; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 177 x 21. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Encounter Books,USA United States
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9781893554894
ISBN
9781893554894
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.84

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRQ; JFHF; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 136 x 15. Weight in Grams: 212.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
HarperOne
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062501882
ISBN
9780062501882
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.52

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