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Society & social sciences
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- CABI Publishing United Kingdom
- Edition
- First
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845936099
- ISBN
- 9781845936099
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 209.99
€ 209.99
Paperback. As the pace of life increases and the effects of globalisation invade more and more areas of everyday life, free time becomes a precious resource. This book brings together the results of national leisure participation surveys from around the world. It also covers time-budget surveys and includes themes such as public policy dimensions. Editor(s): Cushman, G.; Veal, A. J.; Zuzanek, Jimi. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JH; KNSP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 173 x 15. Weight in Grams: 708. International Perspectives. 320 pages. Editor(s): Cushman, G.; Veal, A.J.; Zuzanek, Jimi. As the pace of life increases and the effects of globalisation invade more and more areas of everyday life, free time becomes a precious resource. This book brings together the results of national leisure participation surveys from around the world. It also covers time-budget surveys and includes themes such as public policy dimensions. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: JH; KNSP. Dimension: 243 x 173 x 15. Weight: 708.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- CABI Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845934538
- ISBN
- 9781845934538
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 95.96
€ 95.96
Long Distance Transport and Welfare of Farm Animals
. Ed(S): Turner, J; Appleby, M.C.; Cussen, V....
Brings together studies from several animal scientists and researchers to review the implications and necessity of long distance animal transport for slaughter. This title combines reports on regional practices with discussions of the science, economics, legislation and procedures involved in this practice. Editor(s): Turner, J; Appleby, M.C.; Cussen, V.; Garces, L.; Lambert, L. A.; Turner, J. Num Pages: 480 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JFFZ; MZD; TVH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 252 x 173 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1192.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- CABI Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845934033
- ISBN
- 9781845934033
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 225.64
€ 225.64
Decentralization and the Social Economics of Development (Cabi Publish...
Barrett, Christopher B, Mude, Andrew G, Omiti...
Hardcover. Lessons from Kenya. 256 pages, Illustrations. Editor(s): Barrett, C.B.; Mude, Andrew G.; Omiti, J. M. Examining the successes, failures, possibilities and limitations of efforts across rural Kenya, this book analyses the socioeconomic and institutional prerequisites for decentralization, and the role of community groups and producer organizations in reducing poverty and promoting empowerment. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: JFSF; KCM. Dimension: 250 x 176 x 20. Weight: 666.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- CABI
- Edition
- First
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845932695
- ISBN
- 9781845932695
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 234.07
€ 234.07
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- CABI Publishing United Kingdom
- Edition
- First
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845930769
- ISBN
- 9781845930769
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 183.75
€ 183.75
Hardcover. From Pioneer to Policy. 336 pages, Illustrations. Editor(s): Holt, G.; Reed, M. (University of Exeter). Takes a fresh look at understanding the dynamics of the organic agricultural sector in Europe, Australia, South America, and the US. This book depicts organic agriculture as an engine of growth for the organic sector and examines the important roles played by producers, and other parts of the supply chain. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: JFSF; KNAC. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 28. Weight: 742.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- CABI
- Edition
- First
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845930387
- ISBN
- 9781845930387
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 197.44
€ 197.44
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, 50 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JNB; JNKS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 112 x 9. Weight in Grams: 112.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845887957
- ISBN
- 9781845887957
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.96
€ 14.99
€ 12.96
Paperback. Presenting the history of global electronic dance music countercultures, this title explores the trajectories of post-rave. This book documents a network of techno-tribes, exploring their pleasure principles and cultural politics. Series: Studies in Popular Music. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGV; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845536268
- ISBN
- 9781845536268
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.38
€ 43.38
Hardcover. Wogeo Island is well known to anthropologists of Papua New Guinea. Based on substantial fieldwork, the author builds on and expands previous research by showing how Wogeos establish and maintain social relationships and identities connected to place and movement in the physical landscape. Series: Person, Space and Memory in the Contemporary Pacific. Num Pages: 324 pages, 3 maps, 26 ills, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 156 x 236 x 19. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845457754
- ISBN
- 9781845457754
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.17
€ 155.17
Hardcover. There is a growing interest in studies that document the relationship between science and medicine-as ideas, practices, technologies and outcomes-across cultural, national, geographic terrain. Tibetan medicine is not only known as a scholarly medical tradition among other Asian medical systems.. Editor(s): Adams, Vincanne; Schreempf, Mona; Craig, Sienna R. Series: Epistemologies of Healing. Num Pages: 324 pages, 11 ills. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; HRAM3; JHM; MBS; MX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845457587
- ISBN
- 9781845457587
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.08
€ 156.08
Hardcover. The protest movements that followed the Second World War have recently become the object of study for various disciplines; however, the exchange of ideas between research fields, and comparative research in general, is lacking. Editor(s): Romanos, Eduardo. Series: Protest, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 244 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJP; JPW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845457471
- ISBN
- 9781845457471
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.57
€ 155.57
Hardcover. Series: Epistemologies of Healing. Num Pages: 284 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRQX5; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845457358
- ISBN
- 9781845457358
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.65
€ 155.65
Hardcover. As the European Union faces the ongoing challenges of legitimacy, identity, and social cohesion, an understanding of the social purpose and direction of EU citizenship becomes increasingly vital. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JFFN; JPVH1; KCP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 21. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845457334
- ISBN
- 9781845457334
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.37
€ 155.37
Hardcover. This book is both a critical contribution to the anthropology of contemporary modernity and a radical intervention in contemporary cross-disciplinary debates on the city of Berlin. Series: Space and Place. Num Pages: 228 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; JFSG; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 167 x 19. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845457235
- ISBN
- 9781845457235
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.17
€ 155.17
Hardcover. Memory studies has become a rapidly growing area of scholarly as well as public interest. This volume brings together world experts to explore the current critical trends in this new academic field. It embraces work on diverse but interconnected phenomena, such as twenty-first century museums, shocking memorials in present-day Rwanda.. Editor(s): Crownshaw, Richard; Kilby, Jane; Rowland, Antony. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBA; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845456931
- ISBN
- 9781845456931
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.14
€ 167.14
Hardcover. Re-examining Mary Douglas' work on pollution and concepts of purity, this volume explores modern expressions of these themes in urban areas, examining the intersections of material and cultural pollution. It presents ethnographic case studies from a range of cities affected by globalization processes such as neoliberal urban policies.. Editor(s): Durr, Eveline; Jaffe, Rivke. Series: Environmental Anthropology and Ethnobiology. Num Pages: 218 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSG; JHM; RNT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845456924
- ISBN
- 9781845456924
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.08
€ 155.08
Hardcover. Two decades after the publication of Clifford and Marcus' volume Writing Culture, this collection provides a fresh and diverse reassessment of the debates that this pioneering volume unleashed. At the same time, Beyond Writing Culture moves the debate on by embracing the more fundamental challenge.. Editor(s): Zenker, Olaf; Kumoll, Karsten. Series: Integration and Conflict Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 488. Current Intersections of Epistemologies and Representational Practices. Series: Integration and Conflict Studies. 256 pages, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Zenker, Olaf; Kumoll, Karsten. Two decades after the publication of Clifford and Marcus' volume Writing Culture, this collection provides a fresh and diverse reassessment of the debates that this pioneering volume unleashed. At the same time, Beyond Writing Culture moves the debate on by embracing the more fundamental challenge. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: JHMC. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 19. Weight: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845456757
- ISBN
- 9781845456757
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.43
€ 155.43
Hardcover. Although the end of the Cold War was greeted with great enthusiasm by people in the East and the West, the ensuing social and especially economic changes did not always result in the hoped-for improvements in people's lives. This led to widespread disillusionment that can be observed today all across Eastern Europe. Editor(s): Todorova, Maria; Gille, Zsuzsa. Num Pages: 310 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DV; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 622. 310 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Todorova, Maria; Gille, Zsuzsa. Although the end of the Cold War was greeted with great enthusiasm by people in the East and the West, the ensuing social and especially economic changes did not always result in the hoped-for improvements in people's lives. This led to widespread disillusionment that can be observed today all across Eastern Europe. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1DV; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; JP. Dimension: 229 x 161 x 21. Weight: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845456719
- ISBN
- 9781845456719
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.88
€ 155.88
Hardcover. After two centuries of nation-building, the world has entered an era of region-building in search of political stability, cultural cohesion, and socio-economic development. Nations involved in the regional structures and integration schemes that are emerging in most regions of the world are deepening their ambitions.. Num Pages: 510 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPS; KCM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 168 x 34. Weight in Grams: 864.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 510
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845456559
- ISBN
- 9781845456559
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 206.15
€ 206.15
Hardcover. The last century has seen radical social changes in Ireland, which have impacted all aspects of local life but none more so than traditional Irish music, an increasingly important identity marker both in Ireland and abroad. The author focuses on a small village in County Clare, which became a kind of pilgrimage site for those interested.. Series: Dance & Performance Studies. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBR; AVGH; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845456238
- ISBN
- 9781845456238
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.54
€ 154.54