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Hardcover. Methods for the Study of Religious Change aims to redefine the study of religion as the study of worldviews, of ideas which are active in shaping the world. It argues that the study of religion should focus on people's worldview-making capacities and should contribute to the critical analysis of global problems. Editor(s): Droogers, Andre; Harskamp, Anton Van. Num Pages: 214 pages. BIC Classification: HRA; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 1732.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781790427
- ISBN
- 9781781790427
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.11
€ 129.11
Hardcover. Drawing on anthropological, socio-psychological, religious, and philosophical material, this book engages in a discussion of what it means to be an 'individual' in relation to notions of selfhood, personality, and social role. This theme is explored with reference to the investigations of Louis Dumont into Hindu and other Indian ideologies.. Series: Methodology & History in Anthropology. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 224 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571816603
- ISBN
- 9781571816603
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.60
€ 154.60
Paperback. Adding to the growing body of scholarship on the long civil rights struggle. Series: Radical Perspectives. Num Pages: 392 pages, 40 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBFM; 3JJG; JFSL1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 228 x 23. Weight in Grams: 550. Race and Class Struggles in Depression-Era Baltimore. Series: Radical Perspectives. 392 pages, 40 photographs. Adding to the growing body of scholarship on the long civil rights struggle. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBBFM; 3JJG; JFSL1; JHMC. Dimension: 160 x 228 x 23. Weight: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822353591
- ISBN
- 9780822353591
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 928
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803228436
- ISBN
- 9780803228436
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 182.95
€ 182.95
Paperback. Very little research exists on organization and leadership of elite sports in the Nordic countries. This book is both an attempt to start filling this gap and to stimulate further research in the area. Editor(s): Andersen, Svein S.; Ronglan, Lars Tore. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DN; JHBS; WS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 224 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- Copenhagen Business School Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788763002455
- ISBN
- 9788763002455
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.89
€ 42.99
€ 30.89
Paperback. Many Western countries now use electronic monitoring (EM) of some offenders as an alternative to more traditional forms of punishments such as imprisonment. This title presents a study of the causal effect of EM on social benefit dependency after the sentence has been served. Num Pages: 32 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: JHBL; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 195 x 164 x 3. Weight in Grams: 86.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Rockwool Foundation Research Unit Denmark
- Number of pages
- 32
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788790199678
- ISBN
- 9788790199678
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.99€ 7.92
€ 7.99
€ 7.92
Paperback. Classical and Modern Social Theory is comprehensive introduction to the field, covering a wide historical range of thinkers, from the classical to the postmodernist, as well as key themes in social theory and a guide to the major debates. Editor(s): Anderson, Heine; Kaspersen, Lars Bo. Num Pages: 544 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 181 x 28. Weight in Grams: 950.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631212881
- ISBN
- 9780631212881
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.04
€ 47.04
Hardback. Covers classical social theory, modern social theory, and contemporary challenges to both periods. This book includes chapters which contain biographical data, end of chapter lists of concepts and a bibliography listing the primary and secondary literature relevant to the material. Editor(s): Anderson, Heine; Kaspersen, Lars Bo. Num Pages: 544 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPS; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 178 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1086.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631212874
- ISBN
- 9780631212874
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 166.35
€ 166.35
Hardcover. Presents the international exchange of scientific information. This series represents a range of geographic and subject matter interests in economics, and includes books from various areas of macroeconomics and microeconomics. Editor(s): Klevmarken, Anders; Lindgren, Bjorn. Series: Contributions to Economic Analysis. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP31; JHBD; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780444532534
- ISBN
- 9780444532534
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 159.21
€ 159.21
Paperback. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 143 x 10. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 148
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788779347229
- ISBN
- 9788779347229
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.92
€ 12.92
Hardback. Focusing on pastoralist societies in East and West Africa, the Far North and Siberia, and the Eurasian steppes, this volume addresses the issue of property rights and the changes these societies have undergone due to the direct or indirect influence of modernization and globalization processes. Editor(s): Khazanov, Anatoly M.; Schlee, Gunther. Series: Integration and Conflict Studies. Num Pages: 344 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFZ; JFSF; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 162 x 230 x 23. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857453358
- ISBN
- 9780857453358
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.32
€ 167.32
Hardcover. Focusing on the return of the diasporic second generation to Greece, primarily in the first decade of the twenty-first century, Counter-Diaspora examines migration experiences of Greek-Americans and Greek-Germans growing up in the Greek diasporic setting, motivations for the counter-diasporic return, and evolving notions of the "homeland." Series: Cultural Politics, Socioaesthetics, Beginnings. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVG; HBJD; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- Harvard Department of the Classics United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674420069
- ISBN
- 9780674420069
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.01€ 67.60
€ 74.01
€ 67.60
Hardback. Worlding Cities is the first serious examination of Asian urbanism to highlight the connections between different Asian models and practices of urbanization. It includes important contributions from a respected group of scholars across a range of generations, disciplines, and sites of study. Editor(s): Roy, Ananya; Ong, Aihwa. Series: Studies in Urban and Social Change. Num Pages: 376 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; JFFS; JFSG; JHB; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405192774
- ISBN
- 9781405192774
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.17
€ 79.17
Paperback. Worlding Cities is the first serious examination of Asian urbanism to highlight the connections between different Asian models and practices of urbanization. It includes important contributions from a respected group of scholars across a range of generations, disciplines, and sites of study. Editor(s): Roy, Ananya; Ong, Aihwa. Series: Studies in Urban and Social Change. Num Pages: 376 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; JFFS; JFSG; JHB; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405192767
- ISBN
- 9781405192767
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.32
€ 27.32
Hardback. In this work, the author issues a call for scholars of contemporary social history and practice to grapple with late modernity's most pressing social and political issues. He counterposes Western thought with Indian social theory across an array of Indian texts and ideas. Series: Global Encounters: Studies in Comparative Political Theory. Num Pages: 376 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTF; JHBA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739103210
- ISBN
- 9780739103210
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 159.51
€ 159.51
Hardcover. Series: Key Issues in Modern Sociology. Num Pages: 332 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK; JFF; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Publisher
- Anthem Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857284525
- ISBN
- 9780857284525
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.49
€ 134.49
Hardback. Crumpled Paper Boat is an exploration of the possibilities and limits of a literary anthropology that bends the conventions of ethnographic voice and form to engage with writing as a material practice rather than a transparent representational medium. Editor(s): Pandian, Anand; McLean, Stuart. Num Pages: 264 pages, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822363293
- ISBN
- 9780822363293
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.28
€ 110.28
Hardback. With an adventurous writing style, Anand Pandian explores the transformative potential of cinema, following Tamil films from the spark of artistic impulse through their production, marketing, and reception to show how cinema recasts the ordinary experience of everyday life. Num Pages: 360 pages, 51 illustrations, incl. 1 in color. BIC Classification: 1FK; APFA; HBJF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822359579
- ISBN
- 9780822359579
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.33
€ 115.33
Paperback. With an adventurous writing style, Anand Pandian explores the transformative potential of cinema, following Tamil films from the spark of artistic impulse through their production, marketing, and reception to show how cinema recasts the ordinary experience of everyday life. Num Pages: 360 pages, 51 illustrations, incl. 1 in color. BIC Classification: 1FK; APFA; HBJF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822360001
- ISBN
- 9780822360001
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.70
€ 32.99
€ 29.70
Paperback. An ethnography on the meaning of virtue amongst the Kallar people of rural southern India, who were considered to be a criminal caste by the British colonizers. Num Pages: 344 pages, 33 photographs, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5906 x 3971 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822345312
- ISBN
- 9780822345312
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60