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Society & social sciences

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814759424
ISBN
9780814759424
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.98

Hardcover. Asks bold and direct questions about parenthood in contemporary society Editor(s): McClain, Linda C.; Cere, Daniel. Series: Families, Law, and Society. Num Pages: 405 pages, 10 tables, 12 figures. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
405
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780814729151
ISBN
9780814729151
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.31

Paperback. * An exploration of one of the thorniest, and most important, questions of contemporary social and political thought* Written in lively and accessbile style, this will appeal to a wide scholarly and educated audience. . Num Pages: 304 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HP; JFCX; RNB; WN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 484.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631188919
ISBN
9780631188919
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.04

paperback. What Is Nanotechnology and Why Does It Matter? provides a balanced understanding of this important emerging technology and the social and ethical issues that come from it. The text starts with an introduction to the science of nanotechnology, and attends to basic issues and principles needed to evaluate nanotechnology's impact. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFMG; PDA; TBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781405175449
ISBN
9781405175449
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.40

Paperback. * First single authored introduction to an emergent area of media studies. * Media Archaeology is a hot topic which is principally concerned with providing more of a historical view of new media and technology. * This book lays out the key ideas, thinkers and examples to give readers an entry point to this complex area. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745650265
ISBN
9780745650265
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 23.94

Hardback. * First single authored introduction to an emergent area of media studies. * Media Archaeology is a hot topic which is principally concerned with providing more of a historical view of new media and technology. * This book lays out the key ideas, thinkers and examples to give readers an entry point to this complex area. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 234 x 22. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745650258
ISBN
9780745650258
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.09

Paperback. As head of the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund, Kenneth Feinberg was asked to do the impossible: calculate the dollar value of over 5,000 dead and injured as a result of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; JKSN1; JPQB; JPWL2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 143 x 15. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The Perseus Books Group United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781586484514
ISBN
9781586484514
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.04

paperback. This publication is a multi-authored investigation into HIV reporting in South Africa, and combines journalism with research to present an analysis that is at once broad in its scope and focused on the important issues. Editor(s): Palitza, Kristin; Ridgard, Natalie; Struthers, Helen; Harber, Anton. Num Pages: 288 pages, 24-page colour section. BIC Classification: JFFH2; MJCJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Jacana Media
Condition
New
SKU
V9781920196257
ISBN
9781920196257
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.63

Paperback. Discusses the endemic nature of Islamophobia in the West across various sections of society, both left and right. Editor(s): Massoumi, Narzanin; Mills, Tom; Miller, David M. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR2; JKV; JPS; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 135. .
Publisher
Pluto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745399577
ISBN
9780745399577
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.07

Hardback. What is intellectual history? Those who practice intellectual history have described themselves as eavesdroppers upon the conversations of the past, explorers of alien ideological worlds, and translators between historic societies and our own, while their critics have often derided them as narrow-mindedly studying the ideas of dead white men. Series: What is History Series. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: HBT; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745644929
ISBN
9780745644929
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.54

Paperback. What is intellectual history? Those who practice intellectual history have described themselves as eavesdroppers upon the conversations of the past, explorers of alien ideological worlds, and translators between historic societies and our own, while their critics have often derided them as narrow-mindedly studying the ideas of dead white men. Series: What is History Series. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: HBT; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745644936
ISBN
9780745644936
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.50

Paperback. Drawing on the discoveries of neuroscience, this book explains why the information overload of contemporary life makes us dramatically more receptive to sensational news, while rendering the staid, objective voice of standard journalism ineffective, and the result is a toxic mix that threatens to prove fatal to journalism as we know it. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 352. The Information Explosion and the Crisis in Journalism. 224 pages. Drawing on the discoveries of neuroscience, this book explains why the information overload of contemporary life makes us dramatically more receptive to sensational news, while rendering the staid, objective voice of standard journalism ineffective, and the result is a toxic mix that threatens to prove fatal to journalism as we know it. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; KNTJ. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226005027
ISBN
9780226005027
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.49

Hardcover. This fully revised edition of Martin Shaw s classic, award-winning text proposes a way through the intellectual confusion surrounding genocide. In a thorough account of the idea s history, Shaw considers its origins and development and its relationships to concepts like ethnic cleansing and politicide. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTZ; JPS; JWXK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Polity
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745687063
ISBN
9780745687063
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.14

Paperback. This fully revised edition of Martin Shaw s classic, award-winning text proposes a way through the intellectual confusion surrounding genocide. In a thorough account of the idea s history, Shaw considers its origins and development and its relationships to concepts like ethnic cleansing and politicide. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: HBTZ; JPS; JWXK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
Polity
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2nd ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745687070
ISBN
9780745687070
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.12

Paperback. .
Publisher
SAGE Publications Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761947134
ISBN
9780761947134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.49

Paperback. This programme contains detailed instructions and photocopiable handouts for teaching children about friendship. It combines group activities, individual work, homework exercises and games, and will be especially useful for groups containing children with developmental and social difficulties, such as ADHD or autism. Num Pages: 96 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JNLB; JNUM; YQNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 279 x 6. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849050487
ISBN
9781849050487
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.78

Hardcover. What is existential anthropology, and how would you define it? Contributing anthropologists join editors Michael Jackson and Albert Piette in answering these questions and exploring how various approaches to the human condition might be brought together on the levels of method and of theory. Editor(s): Jackson, Michael; Piette, Albert. Num Pages: 280 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782386360
ISBN
9781782386360
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.64

hardcover. Compares the psychoanalytic technique in the 1930s with today's more rational concept of the therapeutic action based on a developmentally rooted, parent-child model. The author stresses that collaborative efforts between patient and analyst is central to the working of the analytic process. Num Pages: 217 pages. BIC Classification: JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1977
Publisher
Jason Aronson, Inc. United States
Number of pages
217
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780876685723
ISBN
9780876685723
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.28

Hardcover. Editor(s): Bartlett, Adjunct Research Fellow at the Research Unit in European Philosophy A J (Monash University); Clemens, Senior Lecturer in the School of Culture and Communication Justin (University of Melbourne). BIC Classification: HPS; JHB; JNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748675326
ISBN
9780748675326
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.61

Hardcover. Most contemporary approaches to education follow a strictly empirical track, aiming to discover pragmatic solutions for teachers and school administrators. This title offers a philosophical exploration of how we transmit knowledge in human society and how we think about accomplishing that vital task. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: JNA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226389387
ISBN
9780226389387
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.84
€ 79.56

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