Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. * A comprehensive overview of leading approaches to social stratification* Will be a leading textbook in this field* Scott develops an original contribution to the debate elaborating his own synthesis and position. . Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745610429
- ISBN
- 9780745610429
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.26
€ 28.26
Hardback. The mass expansion of higher education is one of the most important social transformations of the second half of the twentieth century. In this book, scholars from 15 countries, representing Western and Eastern Europe, East Asia, Israel, Australia, and the United States, show how this expansion benefits all social classes. Editor(s): Shavit, Yossi; Arum, Richard; Gamoran, Adam. Series: Studies in Social Inequality. Num Pages: 504 pages, 86 tables, 34 figures. BIC Classification: JFSC; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 32. Weight in Grams: 844.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804754620
- ISBN
- 9780804754620
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 159.45
€ 159.45
Paperback. Series: The Anthropology of Contemporary Issues. Num Pages: 360 pages, 44. BIC Classification: JF; KNAC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801482793
- ISBN
- 9780801482793
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.60
€ 46.99
€ 41.60
Hardback. Exploring causes of pet overpopulation in America, this volume also offers some new approaches to a solution. It focuses on practical problems of animal control and examines related issues that have received less attention. Series: New York State Humane Association. Num Pages: 260 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 25. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823212965
- ISBN
- 9780823212965
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.64
€ 55.64
Paperback. San Francisco's first Latino poet laureate offers new poems written in the native tongue of contemporary America: English-and-Spanish. Series: San Francisco Poet Laureate. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DCF; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 124 x 10. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- City Lights Books United States
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781931404136
- ISBN
- 9781931404136
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.31
€ 16.99
€ 15.31
Paperback. A study of how digital technology has altered contemporary filmmaking, including audience habits. -- The Chronicle of Higher Education "The Chronicle of Higher Education" Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: APF; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 281.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813142197
- ISBN
- 9780813142197
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.13
€ 26.13
Num Pages: 192 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, 16 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AFJG; JFCA; JHB; JKV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 16. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415538695
- ISBN
- 9780415538695
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 173.73
€ 173.73
Paperback. First published in 1943, this is an account of an Italian-American slum in Boston. Num Pages: 418 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSG; JHM; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 27. Weight in Grams: 560. Social Structure of an Italian Slum. 418 pages, illustrations. First published in 1943, this is an account of an Italian-American slum in Boston. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSG; JHM; JMH. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 27. Weight: 492.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 418
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- 4th Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226895451
- ISBN
- 9780226895451
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.82
€ 36.99
€ 28.82
Hardback. This is a comprehensive study of beggars' culture and the institution of mendicancy in China from late imperial times to the mid-twentieth century, with a reference to the resurgence of beggars in China today. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 tables, 20 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTB; JFFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804751483
- ISBN
- 9780804751483
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.38
€ 66.38
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253220752
- ISBN
- 9780253220752
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.20
€ 26.99
€ 25.20
Hardcover. On the surface, cities like Naples and Marrakech, New York and Tokyo, Paris and Sao Paolo might appear to have rather more differences and contrasts than affinities, but if you think about it, there is one thing that links all these cities, or rather all the world's big cities: street food. This book presents the very best in street food. Num Pages: 192 pages, Full colour throughout. BIC Classification: JFCV; WBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 187 x 22. Weight in Grams: 834.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Ullmann Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783833156151
- ISBN
- 9783833156151
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 7.09
€ 7.09
Paperback. John Peel first brought Judy's moving childhood story to light on 'Home Truths'. Abducted by her psychotic spiritualist father and kept like a dog in the backyard, she went on to suffer at the brutal hands of nuns in a Manchester orphanage, before living wild on the streets. An incredible, heart-wrenching story of a child who refused to give up. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; BTP; JFFE1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 230. Good, clean copy. Showing minor shelfwear to covers and some stains on page edges
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- SKU
- KSG0007641
- ISBN
- 9780007222018
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. An ethnographic investigation into the lives of street outreach workers and the homeless of New York City Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JFFB; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814732281
- ISBN
- 9780814732281
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.61
€ 33.99
€ 30.61
Paperback. A collection of writing by young homeless women, edited by the News Editor of the Big Issue. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: JFSC; YNNR. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 209 x 131. Weight in Grams: 95. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Livewire Books for Teenagers
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSS0000630
- ISBN
- 9780704349681
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. This volume focuses on two dimensions of globalization: the cultural and social realities of global connection and the uneasily shifting role of the state. Through a series of case studies, the editors assess the choices states have and the consequences of those choices for culture and society. Editor(s): Cameron, David R.; Stein, Janice Gross. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFFS; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 4039. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774808804
- ISBN
- 9780774808804
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.65
€ 113.65
Paperback. De-stigmatization of sex work encourages efforts toward legal changes to create safe communities for all. Num Pages: 272 pages, 11. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFFE; JFSJ1; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781772120059
- ISBN
- 9781772120059
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.14
€ 40.99
€ 29.14
Hardcover. Num Pages: 312 pages, 11 B/W photos interspersed. BIC Classification: JFSG; JPQB; WGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 241 x 31. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- PublicAffairs
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781610395649
- ISBN
- 9781610395649
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 24.42
€ 29.99
€ 24.42
Paperback. Series: Dress, Body, Culture. Num Pages: 336 pages, 148 colour illus. BIC Classification: JFCK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857855756
- ISBN
- 9780857855756
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 41.07
€ 49.99
€ 41.07
Paperback. Drawing from almost a decade of ethnographic research in largely Brazilian and Puerto Rican neighborhoods in Newark, New Jersey, the author examines how affect, emotion, and sentiment serve as waypoints for the navigation of interracial relationships among US-born Latinos, Latin American migrants, blacks, and white ethnics. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSG; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226703626
- ISBN
- 9780226703626
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.29
€ 43.99
€ 33.29
Hardback. From a multifaceted, global, and transnational perspective, the volume examines street vending and urban policies around the globe, comparing practices in the Global South to that in the Northern hemisphere. Essays show that though street vending activities vary depending on site-specific regulations.. Editor(s): Graaff, Kristina; Ha, Noa. Num Pages: 260 pages, 14 illustrations, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JFF; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782388340
- ISBN
- 9781782388340
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.32
€ 155.32
Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 9. Weight in Grams: 209.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783810030191
- ISBN
- 9783810030191
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.18
€ 69.18
paperback. "A wonderful example of contemporary anthropology." - Irene Glasser, Community Renewal Team (CRT), Hartford, Connecticut Series: Teaching Culture: UTP Ethnographies for the Classroom. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- SKU
- V9781551115337
- ISBN
- 9781551115337
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.07
€ 36.99
€ 33.07
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: JFSG; JPQB; KNG; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 213 x 33. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- Penguin Putnam Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143128977
- ISBN
- 9780143128977
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.36
€ 25.99
€ 19.36
Paperback. Emphasizing the importance of cultural theory for film history, this book guides readers on a series of "inferential walks" through Italian culture in the first decades of the 21st century. It draws a cultural history that persuasively argues for a spatial, corporal interpretation of film language. Num Pages: 436 pages, 100 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; APFA; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 436
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691025339
- ISBN
- 9780691025339
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.48€ 42.11
€ 53.48
€ 42.11