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Sociology & anthropology

Paperback. What are the principles that keep our society together? By examining simple models of social interaction, this volume addresses this question, offering surprising insights into the social, "macro-level" outcomes and dynamics implied by individual, "micro-level" interactions. Editor(s): Helbing, Dirk. Series: Understanding Complex Systems. Num Pages: 352 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JHBC; PBUD; PHS; PHU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 539.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9783642436802
ISBN
9783642436802
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 181.40

Hardback. What are the principles that keep our society together? By examining simple models of social interaction, this volume addresses this question, offering surprising insights into the social, "macro-level" outcomes and dynamics implied by individual, "micro-level" interactions. Editor(s): Helbing, Dirk. Series: Understanding Complex Systems. Num Pages: 352 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFP; JHBC; PBWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Edition
2012
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9783642240034
ISBN
9783642240034
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 182.35

Hardback. Sociology has long sought to find out how acting in a situation and observing that situation may differ and nevertheless belong to a single kind of social operation. Spencer-Brown's Law of Form provides one way to conceive of such an operation, and this book is the first to make sociological use of this mathematical calculus of form. Editor(s): Baecker, Dirk. Translator(s): Irmscher, Michael; Edwards, Leah. Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 260 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804734233
ISBN
9780804734233
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.90

paperback. Addresses the mythical figure of Europe that is often taken to be the original site of modernity in many histories of capitalist transition in non-Western countries. This book proposes that every case of transition to capitalism is a case of translation as well and categories into the categories and self-understandings of capitalist modernity. Series: Princeton Studies in Culture, Power, History. Num Pages: 336 pages, 3 line illus. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBTQ; JFCX; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New edition with a New preface by the author
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691130019
ISBN
9780691130019
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 30.67

Hardcover. Combining theory and evidence on small scale industries, farming, and more, this title argues that despite the promise of independence and liberalization, India remains caged in a backward state. Comparing the developed West, it underscores the point that affluence can be achieved only after living conditions improve across all social classes. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JHB; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 33. Weight in Grams: 598.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804771894
ISBN
9780804771894
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 33.29

Hardcover. Num Pages: 233 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 163 colour illustrations, 100 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: JHM; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319541051
ISBN
9783319541051
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.19

Paperback / so. Series: Qualitative Sozialforschung. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, black & white tables, bibliography. BIC Classification: JHB; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 8. Weight in Grams: 172.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9783531168630
ISBN
9783531168630
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.13

Paperback. In this original book cultural anthropologist Dina Siegel follows the route of a diamond from the mines of Africa to the shops of Europe and the United States. The book is about the diamond business itself as well as about the people involved in it. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHM; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 18. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
SKU
V9781489983572
ISBN
9781489983572
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 119.62

Hardcover. Based on a number of case studies, this book offers analysis of the life of the new Russian-Jewish immigrants and the interaction between them and other Israeli citizens. Series: New Directions in Anthropology. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 photos, 7 tables, Bibliog., Index. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1FBH; JFFN; JFSR1; JHM; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571819680
ISBN
9781571819680
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 151.04

paperback. Num Pages: 199 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, bibliography. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 12. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften Germany
Edition
2009th Edition
Number of pages
199
Condition
New
SKU
V9783531163185
ISBN
9783531163185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.58

Hardback. An ethnographic and historical study of the main Albania-Greece highway, exploring the post-Cold War political and cultural transformation of Europe through the examination of cross-border infrastructure. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 maps, 34 black & white illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVWA; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781526109330
ISBN
9781526109330
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.99

Hardback. Based on fieldwork on the socioeconomic aspects of conservation on the tourist destination of Zakynthos, Theodossopoulos (social anthropology, U. of Bristol) shifted his original focus from a general analysis of emerging Greek environmental politics to an ethnographic case study of the values shapin Series: New Directions in Anthropology. Num Pages: 212 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVGS; JHM; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571815965
ISBN
9781571815965
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 152.09

Hardback. Series: Understanding Complex Systems. Num Pages: 252 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, 44 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: GPFC; HPS; JHB; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 543.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319394190
ISBN
9783319394190
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.61

Paperback. Narrates the individual stories of artisans and traders of Kenyan arts and crafts as they overcome the loss of physical access to roadside market space by turning to new digital technologies to make their businesses more mobile and integrated into the global economy. Num Pages: 264 pages, 21 b/w, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; GTC; HBJH; HBTB; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 395.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520292895
ISBN
9780520292895
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.68

Hardcover. Editor(s): Patel, Dilip R.; Greydanus, Donald E.; Merrick, Professor Joav, MD, MMedSci, DMSc. Num Pages: 144 pages, tables. BIC Classification: JHBS; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 259 x 181 x 16. Weight in Grams: 518.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9781608767021
ISBN
9781608767021
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 169.50
€ 115.12

Paperback. North-East India, comprising the seven contiguous states around Assam, is a relatively unknown, yet fascinating region. This book offers a glimpse into the region's past and a comprehensive picture of its physical environment, people, resources and economy. Series: Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research. Num Pages: 843 pages, 62 black & white illustrations, 65 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; JHM; KCN; RBGD; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
Number of pages
843
Condition
New
SKU
V9789402400373
ISBN
9789402400373
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 246.97

hardcover. North-East India: Land, People and Economy Series: Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research. Num Pages: 843 pages, 62 black & white illustrations, 65 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HB; JHM; KCN; RBGD; RGCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1424.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
2014th Edition
Number of pages
843
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400770546
ISBN
9789400770546
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 299.55

Paperback / so. Editor(s): Diezmann, A. Num Pages: 590 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: DSB; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1057.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1844
Publisher
Vieweg+Teubner Verlag United Kingdom
Number of pages
590
Condition
New
SKU
V9783663153078
ISBN
9783663153078
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.95

Hardback. Through careful examination of the lives of East Germans in the decade after the fall of the Berlin Wall, this book details how a very sudden and very radical system change alters the interweaving of individual agency with institutions and social structures in shaping life-course trajectories. Editor(s): Diewald, Martin; Goedicke, Anne; Mayer, Karl Ulrich. Series: Studies in Social Inequality. Num Pages: 408 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 27. Weight in Grams: 699.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804752084
ISBN
9780804752084
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.17

Paperback / so. Series: WV-Studium. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: DSA; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9783531221571
ISBN
9783531221571
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.38

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