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Paperback. Investigates the cultural meaning system and resulting sensorium of Anlo-Ewe-speaking people in southeastern Ghana. This book relates how Anlo society privileges and elaborates what we would call kinesthesia, which most Americans would not even identify as a sense. Series: Ethnographic Studies in Subjectivity. Num Pages: 330 pages, 21 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520234567
- ISBN
- 9780520234567
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.08
€ 40.99
€ 29.08
Culture and the Politics of Welfare: Exploring Societal Values and Soc...
Hudson, John, Jo, Nam Kyoung, Keung, Antonia
Hardcover. This text offers an in-depth examination of the influence of culture on welfare states. It suggests new ways in which cross-national differences in culture might be measured and, using a range of approaches, utilizes these measures to explore the role culture plays in shaping differences in social policy frameworks across high income countries. Num Pages: 138 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; JHB; JHBC; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137457486
- ISBN
- 9781137457486
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.75
€ 61.75
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Left Coast Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781629585192
- ISBN
- 9781629585192
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 29.83
€ 49.99
€ 29.83
Paperback. Num Pages: 339 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 174 x 245 x 27. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 2
- Number of pages
- 339
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226069333
- ISBN
- 9780226069333
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 36.58
€ 47.99
€ 36.58
Hardcover. This book offers a dynamic new cultural-historical approach to developmental psychology based on the subtle interplay of personal, cultural, physiological, and psychological factors in a child's development. Num Pages: 364 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 760.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471135906
- ISBN
- 9780471135906
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.41
€ 98.41
Paperback. This, the first book in the Wiley Series in Culture and Professional Practice, is designed as a practical guide for professionals who work with children from differing cultural backgrounds. It relates cultural differences in development to the problems and practice of child care with a special contribution from cross-cultural psychology. Series: Wiley Series in Culture & Professional Practice. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFF; JFSL1; JFSP1; JKSB1; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 168 x 10. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471966258
- ISBN
- 9780471966258
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 92.09
€ 92.09
Hardcover. Taking military charter schools as her subject, and drawing on years of research at one school in particular, Brooke Johnson explores the underpinings of a culture based on militarization and neoliberal educational reforms and probes its effects on individual identity and social interactions at the school. Series: New Frontiers in Education, Culture and Politics. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNL; JWT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137360922
- ISBN
- 9781137360922
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 43.69
€ 54.99
€ 43.69
Paperback. Taking military charter schools as her subject, and drawing on years of research at one school in particular, Brooke Johnson explores the underpinings of a culture based on militarization and neoliberal educational reforms and probes its effects on individual identity and social interactions at the school. Series: New Frontiers in Education, Culture and Politics. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JNA; JNF; JNK; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349472123
- ISBN
- 9781349472123
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 42.79
€ 54.99
€ 42.79
Hardcover. This book strives to understand the social and cultural dynamics in Mediterranean tourist destinations through ethnographic examples from Greece, Spain, Egypt, France, Malta and Crete. It observes and examines the social, cultural and relational processes involved as migrants, tourists and new residents converge with locals in daily life. Editor(s): Nogues-Pedregal, Antonio Migu. Series: Tourism Social Science Series. Num Pages: 300 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QRM; JF; KNSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857246837
- ISBN
- 9780857246837
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.12
€ 135.12
Paperback. Following a definition of culture, the authors examine the role of culture in society by drawing on such themes as the media, education, class and race. Series: Sociology for a changing world. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 231
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1991st Edition
- SKU
- V9780333460399
- ISBN
- 9780333460399
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.61€ 46.81
€ 50.61
€ 46.81
paperback. Editor(s): Leys, Colin; Mendell, Marguerite. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: JH; KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Black Rose Books Canada
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781895431285
- ISBN
- 9781895431285
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.27
€ 17.99
€ 16.27
Hardback. While some scholars have said that there is no such thing as culture and have urged to abandon the concept altogether, the contributors to this volume overcome this impasse by understanding cultures and their representations for what they ultimately are - rhetorical constructs. Editor(s): Strecker, Ivo; Tyler, Stephen. Series: Studies in Rhetoric and Culture. Num Pages: 255 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845454630
- ISBN
- 9781845454630
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.29
€ 152.29
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Porcupine Press United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781899438327
- ISBN
- 9781899438327
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.25
€ 19.99
€ 18.25
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 6 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; HRA; JFC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780691049649
- ISBN
- 9780691049649
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.11
€ 36.99
€ 27.11
Hardback. Contends that the uneven separation of church and state in America, far from safeguarding an arena for democratic flourishing, has functioned instead to promote particular forms of religious possibility while containing, suppressing, or excluding others. Num Pages: 352 pages, 6 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; HRA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691049632
- ISBN
- 9780691049632
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.63€ 54.16
€ 70.63
€ 54.16
Hardback. Issues are examined in an inter-disciplinary dialogue between distinguished anthropologists and economists and cover community development, famine relief, fundamentalism, HIV-AIDS, discrimination and heritage. Editor(s): Walton, Michael; Rao, Vijayendra. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: JFS; JHMC; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 163 x 35. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804747868
- ISBN
- 9780804747868
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.90
€ 157.90
Hardback. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 211 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1111.
- Publisher
- Cengage Learning, Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 6th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781305648951
- ISBN
- 9781305648951
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.42
€ 97.42
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 311.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226733616
- ISBN
- 9780226733616
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.16
€ 35.99
€ 28.16
Paperback. Num Pages: 130 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 8. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 130
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780877271352
- ISBN
- 9780877271352
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 24.89
€ 24.99
€ 24.89
Hardback. John Storey's best and most significant contributions to the field of cultural studies - together in a single volume. Num Pages: 216 pages, 13 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748640157
- ISBN
- 9780748640157
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.94€ 101.00
€ 105.94
€ 101.00