Society & social sciences
Results 9961 - 9980 of 65018
Society & social sciences
Paperback. Presents a world history and cultural theory of aesthetic surgery. This book discusses how people have reshaped their noses to repair the ravages of war and disease, to match prevailing ideas of beauty, and to avoid association with negative images of the "Jew," the "Irish," the "Oriental," or the "Black." Num Pages: 424 pages, 95 halftones. BIC Classification: JFC; MBX; MNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 420
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691070537
- ISBN
- 9780691070537
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.13€ 39.91
€ 50.13
€ 39.91
Paperback. Presents leading statements of rights-based liberalism and of the communitarian, or civic republican alternatives to that position Editor(s): Sandel, Michael J. Num Pages: 278 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 278
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Edition
- New York University Press Paperback, 1984
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814778418
- ISBN
- 9780814778418
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.87
€ 32.99
€ 29.87
hardcover. 'Street capital' is aimed at postgraduates and academics in criminology, race and ethnicity, sociology, social theory and methodology. It will also be of interest to a wider social science audience, particularly those interested in using Bourdieu as a theoretical model. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JK; JKVG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 172. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9781847421203
- ISBN
- 9781847421203
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.89
€ 98.89
Hardcover. This text offers a rich investigation, both historical and ethnographic, of conflicting and transforming attitudes toward festivals in contemporary Egypt. Num Pages: 296 pages, ill. BIC Classification: JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815633006
- ISBN
- 9780815633006
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.38
€ 51.38
Hardcover. Everyday practice of religion is complex in its nature, ambivalent, and at times contradictory. The task of an anthropology of religious practice is therefore precisely to see how people navigate and make sense of that complexity, and what the significance of religious beliefs and practices in a given setting can be. Editor(s): Schielke, Samuli; Debevec, Liza. Series: EASA Series. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRA; JFSR; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 14. Weight in Grams: 360. An Anthropology of Everyday Religion. Series: EASA Series. 184 pages. Editor(s): Schielke, Samuli; Debevec, Liza. Everyday practice of religion is complex in its nature, ambivalent, and at times contradictory. The task of an anthropology of religious practice is therefore precisely to see how people navigate and make sense of that complexity, and what the significance of religious beliefs and practices in a given setting can be. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: HRA; JFSR; JHMC. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 14. Weight: 358.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857455062
- ISBN
- 9780857455062
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.94
€ 160.94
Hardback. A bracingly original dialogue on modernity, class, and difference in the 20th century Num Pages: 296 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Dartmouth College Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781512600186
- ISBN
- 9781512600186
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.70€ 75.92
€ 90.70
€ 75.92
Paperback. A bracingly original dialogue on modernity, class, and difference in the 20th century Num Pages: 296 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- University Press of New England
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781512600193
- ISBN
- 9781512600193
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 39.45
€ 50.99
€ 39.45
Paperback. In the two decades after World War II, New York was shaken by struggles over urban renewal. Manhattan Projects offers a fresh look at the history of those conflicts, showing how the idea of urban renewal was made and unmade as the state of the art technique for remaking cities. Num Pages: 496 pages, 76 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJP; HBJK; HBTB; JFSG; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199874057
- ISBN
- 9780199874057
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.51
€ 62.51
Hardback. This text argues that psychoanalysis is not just a theory of psychic conflict: it is a thought in conflict with itself. This is a study of Freud's defences of psychoanalysis and the conflicts into which psychoanalytic theory has been drawn. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 25. Weight in Grams: 495.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804731201
- ISBN
- 9780804731201
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.13
€ 129.13
Paperback. Reveals a productive aspect of Walter Benjamin's thought by focusing on a little-discussed stylistic trait in his formulation of concepts. This book explains that nouns formed with this suffix refer to a possibility or potentiality, to a capacity rather than an existing reality. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; DSB; HPC; HPN; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674046061
- ISBN
- 9780674046061
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 30.98
€ 36.99
€ 30.98
Paperback. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Cengage Learning, Inc United States
- Edition
- 6th Edition
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781337091862
- ISBN
- 9781337091862
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 250.67
€ 250.67
Paperback. Described as a "masterful critique" of American crime policies, this book cuts through popular myths and political rhetoric to confront both conservative and liberal propositions in the context of research and proven practice. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKV; JPQB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 163 x 232 x 17. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Publisher
- Cengage Learning, Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 8th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781285459028
- ISBN
- 9781285459028
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 103.19
€ 103.19
Hardback. After a crushing loss at Stalingrad, the German war machine regrouped in early 1943 to stave off total defeat, but it could not stem the rising Allied tide. In the Mediterranean, Rommel's early successes in Africa were erased by the surrender of Tunisia, and German forces barely escaped Sicily before the Allies seized the island. Num Pages: 316 pages, 62 b/w photos & 16 maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBG; HBW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 161 x 28. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811705332
- ISBN
- 9780811705332
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 24.10
€ 30.99
€ 24.10
Hardcover. Editor(s): Pufendorf, Samuel; Zurbuchen, Simone. Translator(s): Crull, Jodocus. Series: Natural Law & Enlightenment Classics. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPS; HRAB; JP; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865973701
- ISBN
- 9780865973701
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.61
€ 26.99
€ 20.61
Hardcover. The four major genocides the world has witnessed are: Iraq (1988), Rwanda (1994), Srebrenica (1995), and Darfur (2003). This volume deals with the subject of genocide, and provides an overview of a host of issues germane to this task. It includes a discussion of the issues of prevention and intervention during the Cold War years. Editor(s): Totten, Samuel. Series: Critical Bibliographic Review. Num Pages: 342 pages. BIC Classification: GTJ; HBTZ; JPVH; LB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 28. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Transaction Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780765803849
- ISBN
- 9780765803849
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.78
€ 116.78
Paperback. In this book, psychiatrists, speech, family and occupational therapists and neurodevelopment specialists present a range of behavioural and psychological strategies to help disorganized children improve concentration and performance in the classroom and deal with a variety of behaviour and social interaction difficulties. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: JNSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Pub
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843101482
- ISBN
- 9781843101482
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.92
€ 34.92
Paperback. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- NYU Press New York
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814780145
- ISBN
- 9780814780145
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.83
€ 32.99
€ 29.83
Schuman concludes that these schools-Baylor University, Anderson University, New Saint Andrews College, Calvin College, North Park University, George Fox University, Westmont College, Oral Roberts University, Northwestern College, and Wheaton College-and others like them offer important and timely lessons for the broader higher-education community. Num Pages: 336 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNLR; JNM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801893728
- ISBN
- 9780801893728
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.67
€ 67.67
Paperback. Old Main is an essential book for anyone who shares Schuman's conviction that small colleges occupy a central place in American higher education. Num Pages: 280 pages, 2, 2 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801891021
- ISBN
- 9780801891021
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.54
€ 34.99
€ 29.54
Paperback. We normally take it for granted that other people will live on after we ourselves have died. Even if we do not believe in a personal afterlife in which we survive our own deaths, we assume that there will be a "collective afterlife" in which humanity survives long after we are gone. Editor(s): Kolodny, Niko. Series: The Berkeley Tanner Lectures. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; HPQ; JHBZ; VXPR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 137 x 14. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190469177
- ISBN
- 9780190469177
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.97
€ 39.97