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Paperback. This work provides an exploration of how the mind's defences work. What is often seen as the mind's trickery, the author tells us, is actually healthy and can reveal the mind at its most creative and mature, providing protection in the face of unbearable reality and ordering disorder. Num Pages: 408 pages, 17 tables, 5 figures. BIC Classification: JMS; JMT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 167 x 26. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674953734
- ISBN
- 9780674953734
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 36.90
€ 44.99
€ 36.90
Paperback. Based on a long-term study begun in 1939 exploring the human life cycle, this work provides an analysis of individual differences in coping with stress in life. The author presents a clearly defined scheme of "adaptive mechanisms" that are rated mature, immature, neurotic or psychotic. Num Pages: 416 pages, 7 tables and 4 figures. BIC Classification: JMC; JMS; MMJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 209 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674004146
- ISBN
- 9780674004146
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.99
€ 40.99
€ 33.99
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- American Psychiatric Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880484046
- ISBN
- 9780880484046
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.32
€ 95.32
Paperback. At a time when people are living into their tenth decade, the longest longitudinal study of human development ever undertaken offers welcome news for old age: our lives evolve in our later years and often become more fulfilling. Among the surprising findings: people who do well in old age did not necessarily do so well in midlife, and vice versa. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: JMD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 142 x 37. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Publisher
- Belknap Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674503816
- ISBN
- 9780674503816
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.23
€ 23.99
€ 22.23
Hardcover. * Continues a unique "Through The New Teacher's Eyes" feature covering each chapter's main topic from the perspective of three new teachers from diverse backgrounds and teaching in different (elementary, middle, and high school) environments. Num Pages: 576 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 190 x 27. Weight in Grams: 988.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 8th Edition
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470087589
- ISBN
- 9780470087589
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 262.97
€ 262.97
Paperback. Provides an overview of the research on emotion in politics and where it is likely to lead. This book also outlines the philosophical and neuroscientific foundations of emotion in politics. It focuses on how emotions function among individuals. It explores how politics work at the societal level and suggests various steps in political activity. Editor(s): Neuman, W.Russell; Marcus, George E.; Crigler, Ann N.; MacKuen, Michael. Num Pages: 432 pages, 21 line drawings, 37 tables. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 228 x 28. Weight in Grams: 728.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226574424
- ISBN
- 9780226574424
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.74
€ 40.99
€ 31.74
Paperback. This text examines conspiracy theories and tackles paranoia as a style of debate within science, psychotherapy, and popular entertainment. A conspiracy theory emerges as a way to address the inadequacies of rational expertise and organization in the face of the changes that undermine them. Editor(s): Marcus, George E. Series: Late Editions: Cultural Studies for the End of the Century S. Num Pages: 454 pages, 14 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: JFC; JFH; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 165 x 21. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 454
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226504582
- ISBN
- 9780226504582
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.27
€ 52.99
€ 41.27
Paperback. This text is designed to prepare the students to understand the ancient questions raised by our elders, from Ancient Greece through the Enlightenment and to today. And, to see how the newer approaches enable us to escape static disputes by using new tools, conceptual, theoretical, and methodological to seek new answers. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JM; JPA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 191 x 233 x 16. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195370645
- ISBN
- 9780195370645
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 136.64
€ 136.64
Paperback. The first volume of "Late Editions" presents conversations between American scholars, most of whom are anthropologists, and individuals situated amidst political and social upheaval with whom they share affinities. The cast is primarily but not exclusively from Eastern Europe. Series: Late Editions: Cultural Studies for the End of the Century S. Num Pages: 400 pages, 14 halftones, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226504476
- ISBN
- 9780226504476
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.74
€ 40.99
€ 31.74
Paperback. How have shifts in power and in assumptions about knowledge affected scientific practice? Who controls the new technologies, and how are moral and professional issues addressed during a time of global change? This work explores such questions of relevance in the current scientific climate. Editor(s): Marcus, George E. Series: Late Editions: Cultural Studies for the End of the Century S. Num Pages: 570 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: JHM; PDA; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 165 x 30. Weight in Grams: 810.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 570
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226504445
- ISBN
- 9780226504445
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.37
€ 47.99
€ 37.37
Paperback. Presents a series of essays on the changes that continue to sweep across anthropology. This book examines how the discipline's central practice of ethnography has been changed by "multi-sited" approaches to anthropology and how new research patterns are transforming anthropologists' careers. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 line illus. BIC Classification: JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691002538
- ISBN
- 9780691002538
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.29€ 42.15
€ 53.29
€ 42.15
Paperback. Using cultural anthropology to analyze debates that reverberate throughout the human sciences, this text looks at cultural anthropology's past accomplishments, its current predicaments, its future direction, and the insights it has to offer other fields of study. Num Pages: 228 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFS; JHM; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 228
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- Second
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226504506
- ISBN
- 9780226504506
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.06
€ 31.99
€ 25.06
Hardback. The Oxford Handbook of Critical Improvisation Studies gathers contributions from more than sixty authors pioneering new scholarly approaches to improvisation in the arts, humanities, social, and natural sciences. Editor(s): Lewis, George E.; Piekut, Benjamin. Series: Oxford Handbooks. Num Pages: 616 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; GTR; HPN; JMR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 294 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1206.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 616
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195370935
- ISBN
- 9780195370935
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 248.77
€ 248.77
Paperback. As well as providing a theoretical basis to museum education, this volume serves as a practical guide for all museum professionals on how to adapt their museums to maximise the educational experience of every visitor. Series: Museum Meanings. Num Pages: 216 pages, 5 line figures, 2 graphs, 11 tables. BIC Classification: GM; JNV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 189 x 12. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415097765
- ISBN
- 9780415097765
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.56
€ 53.56
Arguing that the personally and culturally complex concepts of love and emotional intimacy offer a more useful perspective for understanding male-male relations of the eighteenth century than scholarship which focuses exclusively on sexual behavior, Haggerty examines several eighteenth -century archetypes of same-sex relations in which sensibility and sexuality emerge as interdependent. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; DSBD; JFSK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 158. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231110426
- ISBN
- 9780231110426
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 136.12
€ 136.12
Hardback. Num Pages: 414 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JKVF1; LNF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 184 x 257 x 25. Weight in Grams: 762.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 414
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439858318
- ISBN
- 9781439858318
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.82
€ 156.82
Paperback. Using a series of over 40 case studies, this valuable text illustrates the processes and pitfalls involved in evaluating psychological research. Invites students to consider whether the conclusion drawn at the end of each case is correct, or whether the results could have an alternative explanation. Num Pages: 200 pages, 6. BIC Classification: GPS; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405120753
- ISBN
- 9781405120753
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 44.53
€ 44.99
€ 44.53
Hardcover. Using a series of over 40 case studies, this valuable text illustrates the processes and pitfalls involved in evaluating psychological research. Invites students to consider whether the conclusion drawn at the end of each case is correct, or whether the results could have an alternative explanation. Num Pages: 200 pages, 6. BIC Classification: GPS; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405120746
- ISBN
- 9781405120746
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.83
€ 114.83
Paperback. 'Domestic politics matters' has become a rallying cry for international relations scholars over the years, yet the question still remains: Just how does it matter? This book argues that an important part of the international impact of domestic politics springs from the institutional responses to its many uncertainties. Num Pages: 176 pages, 12 figs. 6 tables. BIC Classification: JPQB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691016252
- ISBN
- 9780691016252
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.29€ 42.15
€ 53.29
€ 42.15
Hardback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HRCC7; HRCV4; JFMA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442205772
- ISBN
- 9781442205772
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.99
€ 68.99