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Paperback. This book documents the conventional wisdom that Japanese workers displayed significantly more commitment to their organizations than did American workers. As pointed out in the new prologue, the world is very different from when this survey first appeared; the Japanese are now moving closer to the American "market individualist" model. Series: Ewp Foundations of Sociology. Num Pages: 314 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFSL; JHB; KJN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Eliot Werner Publications Inc United States
Number of pages
314
Condition
New
SKU
V9780971958722
ISBN
9780971958722
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.28

Hardback. As reproduction is seen as central to kinship and the biological link as the primary bond between parents and their offspring, Western perceptions of kin relations are primarily determined by ideas about "consanguinity," "genealogical relations," and "genetic connections." Editor(s): Rao, Aparnu; Bock, Monika. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 map, 13 figs, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1FM; JFSJ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 27. Weight in Grams: 602.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571819116
ISBN
9781571819116
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 164.78

Hardback. Series: Anthem South Asian Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBLL; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Anthem Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843310525
ISBN
9781843310525
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.46

Paperback. Editor(s): Dorfman, Ben. Num Pages: 326 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 168 x 20. Weight in Grams: 598.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Number of pages
326
Condition
New
SKU
V9788773077290
ISBN
9788773077290
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.70

Hardback. Editor(s): McCracken-Flesher, Caroline. Num Pages: 279 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 167 x 20. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
279
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611481846
ISBN
9781611481846
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 131.57

Hardcover. Editor(s): Spierenburg, Marja J.; Wels, Harry. Num Pages: 145 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: GTB; JFFJ; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 264 x 183 x 10. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
145
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594541858
ISBN
9781594541858
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.91
€ 107.22

Hardcover. Editor(s): Garnham, Neal; Jeffery, Keith. Series: Historical Studies. Num Pages: 248 pages, 15 colour and b&w plates. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Univ College Dublin Pr
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904558347
ISBN
9781904558347
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.46
€ 47.07

Paperback. In the early twentieth century, the Chinese state made strenuous efforts to broaden and deepen its authority over rural society. This book is an ambitious attempt to offer both a method and a framework for analyzing Chinese social history in the state-making era. Num Pages: 340 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBG; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 25. Weight in Grams: 421.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804718882
ISBN
9780804718882
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.99

Paperback. Anthropology has traditionally relied on a spatially localised society or culture as its object of study. This title features essays that demonstrate how over the years this anthropological convention and its attendant assumptions about identity and cultural difference have undergone a series of important challenges. Editor(s): Gupta, Akhil; Ferguson, James. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 234 x 27. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
n
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822319405
ISBN
9780822319405
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.13

Hardback. In Culture, Relevance, and Schooling: Exploring Uncommon Ground, Lisa Scherff, Karen Spector, and the contributing authors conceive of culturally relevant and critically minded pedagogies in terms of opening up new spatial, discursive, and/or embodied learning terrains. Editor(s): Scherff, Lisa; Spector, Karen. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JNFR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781607098881
ISBN
9781607098881
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.21

Hardback. Inspired by the Rhetoric Culture Project, this volume focuses on the use of imagery, narrative, and cultural schemes to deal with predicaments that arise during the course of life. The contributors explore how people muster their resources to understand and deal with emergencies such as illness, displacement, or genocide. Editor(s): Carrithers, Michael. Series: Studies in Rhetoric and Culture. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845454296
ISBN
9781845454296
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 163.51

Hardback. Suicide is a puzzling phenomenon. Not only is its demarcation problematic but it also eludes simple explanation. The cultures in which suicide mortality is high do not necessarily have much else in common, and neither is a single mental illness such as depression sufficient to lead a person to suicide. Editor(s): Honkasalo, Marja-Lisa; Tuominen, Mira. Num Pages: 212 pages, 4 ills, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JHBZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 159 x 232 x 20. Weight in Grams: 506.
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
212
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782382348
ISBN
9781782382348
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 163.99

Paperback. Offers a perspective on social theory in the contemporary moment. This readers includes essays that address Foucault's "new economy of power relations" in a number of different, contestatory directions. Editor(s): Dirks, Nicholas B.; Eley, Geoff; Ortner, Sherry B. Series: Princeton Studies in Culture, Power, History. Num Pages: 640 pages, 18 halftones 1 line illus. BIC Classification: JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 38. Weight in Grams: 900.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
644
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691021027
ISBN
9780691021027
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.37
€ 46.87

Paperback. Youth, Gender, and Modern Style in 1960s Dar es Salaam. 312 pages, 22 illustrations. Sheds new light on the connections between culture and politics in early postcolonial East Africa. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1HFG; JFC. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 18. Weight: 396.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822347705
ISBN
9780822347705
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.99

Hardback. A history of postcolonial state power, the cultural politics of youth and gender, and global visions of modern style in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania during the 1960s and early 1970s. Num Pages: 288 pages, 22 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFG; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822347491
ISBN
9780822347491
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.18

Paperback.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846318733
ISBN
9781846318733
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.43

Hardback. The entire series, "Anglo-America in the Transatlantic World,engages the major organizing themes of the subject through a collection of high-level, debate-inspiring essays, inviting readers to think anew about the complex ways in which the Atlantic experience shaped both American societies and the Atlantic world itself. Editor(s): Olwell, Robert; Tully, Alan. Series: Anglo-America in the Trans-Atlantic World. Num Pages: 360 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJK; HBLH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801882517
ISBN
9780801882517
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 45.61

Paperback. Written in honor of one of the foremost observers of nationalism and culture in Central and Eastern Europe, this volume brings together 35 eminent scholars from the United States, Canada, Ukraine, and Poland. Supplemented by a bibliography of the work of Roman Szporluk, these fresh, urgent essays mirror Szporluk's broad and comparativist approach. Editor(s): Gitelman, Zvi Y.; etc. Num Pages: 646 pages, 25ill.22tabs. BIC Classification: 1DF; 1DV; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1110.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Harvard University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
646
Condition
New
SKU
V9780916458935
ISBN
9780916458935
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.64

paperback. A study of how the place where we grew up shapes the way we think, feel, and act - with new dimensions and perspectives. Based on research conducted in more than seventy countries over a forty-year span, this title examines what drives people apart - when cooperation is so clearly in everyone's interest. Num Pages: 576 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 35. Weight in Grams: 696.
Publisher
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe United States
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780071664189
ISBN
9780071664189
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 38.96

Paperback. This Fourth Edition introduces the sociology of culture and explores cultural phenomena including stories, beliefs, media, ideas, art, religious practices, fashions and rituals from a global-sociological perspective. Series: Sociology for a New Century Series. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 153 x 226 x 7. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
SAGE Publications Inc United States
Edition
Fourth Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781412990547
ISBN
9781412990547
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 76.14

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