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Hardcover. This collection explores the productive potential of uncertainty for people living in Africa as well as for scholars of Africa. Eight ethnographic case studies from across the continent examine how uncertainty is used to negotiate insecurity, create and conduct relationships, and act as a source for imagining the future. Editor(s): Cooper, Elizabeth; Pratten, David. Series: Anthropology, Change and Development. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFSL3; JHMC; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137350824
- ISBN
- 9781137350824
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.49
€ 66.49
Hardback. My Life with Things is Elizabeth Chin's meditation on her relationship with consumer goods and a critical statement on the politics and method of anthropology in which she uses everyday items to intimately examine the ways consumption resonates with personal and social meaning. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: JFFT; JHMC; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 477.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822361183
- ISBN
- 9780822361183
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.46
€ 111.46
Paperback. Series: Studies in Gender History. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSJ; JHBL; KCZ; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 325.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 1996
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349246465
- ISBN
- 9781349246465
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.10
€ 66.10
Paperback. Despite increased economic opportunities for women, sexual commerce has not only thrived in the Western world, it has diversified along technological, spatial, and social lines. This work paints a picture of the state of global sexual commerce and its relationship to a burgeoning consumer culture. Series: Worlds of Desire: The Chicago Series on Sexuality, Gender & Culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, 17 halftones, 6 maps, 6 line drawings, 3 tables. BIC Classification: JFMX; JHBL; KNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226044583
- ISBN
- 9780226044583
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.91
€ 37.99
€ 29.91
Hardcover. This book examines connections between personal, relational and material matters in everyday life in the context of broader and long standing social problems. It explores the connections between mundane practices in the reproduction of our bodies and our relations with those we live with, and the technological practices that inform daily life. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JHBK; JHMC; PDR; TB; YXF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230545489
- ISBN
- 9780230545489
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.78
€ 66.78
paperback. Series: International Series on Consumer Science. Num Pages: 199 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, 3 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JHBK; JMJ; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer Switzerland
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 199
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319345000
- ISBN
- 9783319345000
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 32 halftones. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 150 x 230 x 19. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226469553
- ISBN
- 9780226469553
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.82
€ 40.99
€ 31.82
Paperback. Madness and Responsibility in Modern Greece. 344 pages, 5 photographs, 1 map. As part of the agreement for Greece to join the European Union, the country had to undertake a massive psychiatric reform, moving patients out of custodial hospitals and returning them to the community to be treated as outpatients. This title shows how this played out at the edge of the nation, in the border region of Thrace. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DVG; JHMP; JKS; MBNH. Dimension: 155 x 231 x 12. Weight: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822351061
- ISBN
- 9780822351061
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Hardback. As part of the agreement for Greece to join the EU, the country had to undertake a massive psychiatric reform, moving patients out of custodial hospitals and returning them to the community to be treated as outpatients. In this subtle ethnography, Elizabeth Davis shows how this played out at the edge of the nation, in the border region of Thrace. Num Pages: 344 pages, 5 photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVG; JHMP; JKS; MBNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822350934
- ISBN
- 9780822350934
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.56
€ 116.56
Hardcover. A lively indictment of American culture's pervasive use of the psychotherapeutic metaphor to explain behaviours, a habit that has crossed the Atlantic in recent years, arguing that psychotherapy and excessive individualism has only ensured the continuance of social problems. Series: Culture, Mind and Society. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHMC; MMJT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 212 x 163 x 15. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230609457
- ISBN
- 9780230609457
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardback. Finding biopolitics unable to adequately reveal the mechanisms of power that govern contemporary life, Elizabeth A. Povinelli offers "geontopower" as a new theory of power that operates through the regulation of clear distinctions between life and nonlife. Num Pages: 232 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; JHMC; JPFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 238 x 18. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822362111
- ISBN
- 9780822362111
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.46
€ 111.46
Paperback. A study of the Belyuen community of northern Australia, showing how it draws identity from deep connections between labour, language and the landscape. Povinelli's findings challenge Western notions of "productive labour" and long-standing ideas about the role of culture in subsistence economies. Num Pages: 344 pages, 8 tables, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1MBF; JFC; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226676746
- ISBN
- 9780226676746
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.73
€ 43.99
€ 33.73
Paperback. Examines how alternative social worlds and projects generate new possibilities of life in the context of ordinary and extraordinary acts of neglect and surveillance Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 table, 6 figures. BIC Classification: JHBA; JPFK; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 166 x 16. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822350842
- ISBN
- 9780822350842
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.49
€ 27.99
€ 26.49
Paperback. Finding biopolitics unable to adequately reveal the mechanisms of power that govern contemporary life, Elizabeth A. Povinelli offers "geontopower" as a new theory of power that operates through the regulation of clear distinctions between life and nonlife. Num Pages: 232 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; JHMC; JPFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362333
- ISBN
- 9780822362333
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.63
€ 27.99
€ 26.63
Paperback. In an era of skyrocketing tuition and concern over whether college is worth it, this is an indispensable contribution to the dialogue assessing the state of American higher education. A powerful expose of unmet obligations and misplaced priorities, it explains in detail why so many leave college with so little to show for it." Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; JNKS; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674088023
- ISBN
- 9780674088023
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.85
€ 27.99
€ 24.85
Paperback. "Critical Chain," a gripping fast-paced business novel, does for Project Management what Eli Goldratt's other novels have done for Production and Marketing. Dr. Goldratt's books have transformed the thinking and actions of management throughout the world. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: JH; KJMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 492. 254 pages. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: JH; KJMP. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 18. Weight: 392.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Number of pages
- 254
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780566080388
- ISBN
- 9780566080388
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.20
€ 45.20
Paperback. The Mother in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction examines the uncanny properties of the maternal function in psychoanalysis, technology, and literature in order to show that the event of birth is radically unthinkable and often becomes expressed through uncontrollable repetitions that exceed the bounds of any subject. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 168 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823240562
- ISBN
- 9780823240562
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.63
€ 41.99
€ 37.63
Paperback. This study of local perceptions of population and development in a rural southwestern Nigerian town questions some of the underlying assumptions of the demographic theory of fertility transition. Series: International African Library. Num Pages: 256 pages, 41 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; GTB; JHBD; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748618156
- ISBN
- 9780748618156
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.63
€ 41.99
€ 37.63
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; HBTB; JHM; JWD; JWT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 14. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691636412
- ISBN
- 9780691636412
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.12
€ 124.12
Russia's Age of Serfdom 1649-1861 offers a broad interpretive history of the Russian Empire from the time of serfdom's codification until its abolition following the Crimean War. Series: Blackwell History of Russia. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405134576
- ISBN
- 9781405134576
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.50
€ 152.50
Hardcover. This book examines how collective memory and material culture are used to support present political and ideological needs in contemporary society. Using the memorialization of the Troubles in contemporary Northern Ireland as a case study.. Num Pages: 268 pages, 20 ills, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; JFCD; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 24. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782384076
- ISBN
- 9781782384076
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.04
€ 163.04
Hardback. The book aims to show that, in the 21st century, it is possible to live, love, form a family without sex, without children, without a shared home, without a partner, without a working husband, without a heterosexual orientation or without a "biological" sexual body. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 242 x 161 x 14. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Bristol University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447300939
- ISBN
- 9781447300939
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.70
€ 98.70
Hardback. Balancing Work and Family in a Changing Society explores the changing roles of men and fathers in a global context and how contemporary fathers deal with the work-life balance. The editors discuss the social issues associated with changing male and father identities and with the existing social and policy agendas. Series: Global Masculinities. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ2; JHBK; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 224 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137595270
- ISBN
- 9781137595270
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Bristol University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447300922
- ISBN
- 9781447300922
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.39
€ 36.99
€ 35.39