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Hardback. Offers a historical and sociological interpretation of classical Athens centered on the notion of greed. Integrating ancient philosophy, poetry, and history, and drawing on modern political thought, this work demonstrates that the Athenian discourse on greed was an essential component of Greek social development and political history. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; HPQ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691048550
- ISBN
- 9780691048550
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.58€ 79.12
€ 104.58
€ 79.12
Hardback. Drawing on ethnographic inquiry and the anthropological literature on doubt and atheism, this volume explores people's reluctance to pursue religion. Editor(s): Blanes, Ruy Llera. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HRQA5; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785336287
- ISBN
- 9781785336287
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.00
€ 157.00
Paperback. Spirits can be haunters, informants, possessors, and transformers of the living, but more than anything anthropologists have understood them as representations of something else - symbols that articulate facets of human experience in much the same way works of art do. This book challenges this notion. Editor(s): Blanes, Ruy Llera; Santo, Diana Espirito. Num Pages: 296 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226081779
- ISBN
- 9780226081779
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.97
€ 26.97
Hardback. The second edition of The Gender of Sexuality remains a lively introduction to the concepts of gender and sexuality, with updates from research and popular culture throughout. The new edition features significant new material on the changing status of gender, same sex marriage, and transgender. Series: Gender Lens Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742570030
- ISBN
- 9780742570030
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 181.33
€ 181.33
Hardback. Intended to be a corrective to the literature on marginality. In addition to theoretical and methodological concerns a major theme for this volume is the combination of both theory and method towards an investigation of issues and problems that emanate from the social structure, and are closely linked to power and domination. Series: Research in Race & Ethnic Relations. Num Pages: 234 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSL1; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 225 x 31. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780762302772
- ISBN
- 9780762302772
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.97
€ 128.97
Hardback. Disability Servitude traces the history of peonage-unpaid, forced labor-by people with disabilities in public and private institutions. Describing the work they performed and lawsuits filed to get paid, it links that history with the continued segregation and exploitation of workers with disabilities that are paid far less than minimum wage. Num Pages: 184 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; JFFG; JHBL; LNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137540300
- ISBN
- 9781137540300
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.57
€ 134.57
Paperback. Num Pages: 298 pages. BIC Classification: JHBS; KJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 176 x 19. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Sagamore Publishing United States
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571676795
- ISBN
- 9781571676795
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 135.04
€ 135.04
Paperback. Num Pages: 226 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781138845510
- ISBN
- 9781138845510
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.08
€ 56.08
Paperback. Gives political-economic analysis that provides historical background on the way American social policy has evolved and compares the situation in the US to the social policies and ideologies of other countries. This book introduces courageous population of women committed to their families, holding fast to quintessential American values. Num Pages: 268 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 265
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520247727
- ISBN
- 9780520247727
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.93
€ 33.99
€ 24.93
Hardback. Series Editor(s): Smith, Alexander. Series: New Ethnographies. Num Pages: 216 pages, 2 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FBH; 1FBP; HRAM2; JHMC; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 164 x 284 x 21. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784993146
- ISBN
- 9781784993146
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.55
€ 149.55
Paperback. Num Pages: 408 pages, x, 398 p., 53 illustrations, 11 maps. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJK; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 118 x 23. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1971
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226841656
- ISBN
- 9780226841656
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.02
€ 32.99
€ 26.02
Paperback. Series: Working Class in American History. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSJ1; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780252081774
- ISBN
- 9780252081774
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.31
€ 30.99
€ 27.31
Hardback. Series: Working Class in American History. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSJ1; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252040320
- ISBN
- 9780252040320
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.98
€ 133.98
Paperback. Series: The Working Class in American History. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780252013577
- ISBN
- 9780252013577
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 32.92
€ 36.99
€ 32.92
Paperback. Traditional marriage was not the only option for couples in medieval Europe. Alternative forms of union could make lives precarious but also provided a degree of flexibility. The study draws on a wide geographical and chronological range of examples in order to illustrate local difference while bringing out broad patterns. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 3H; HBLC1; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780812222982
- ISBN
- 9780812222982
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.03
€ 37.99
€ 34.03
Paperback. Explores Germany's relation to the more than two million Turkish immigrants and their descendants living within its borders. This title examines the tensions in Germany between race-based ideologies of blood and belonging on the one hand and ambitions of multicultural tolerance and cosmopolitanism on the other. Num Pages: 440 pages, 25 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; GTB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822341932
- ISBN
- 9780822341932
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.71
€ 33.99
€ 30.71
Paperback. Utopia should be understood as a method rather than a goal. This book rehabilitates utopia as a repressed dimension of the sociological and in the process produces the Imaginary Reconstitution of Society, a provisional, reflexive and dialogic method for exploring alternative possible futures. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFR; JHB; JPA; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 286
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230231979
- ISBN
- 9780230231979
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 187.96
€ 187.96
Paperback. From bottle gardens, batman and the bachelor pad to garden gnomes and monogamy spray, this book uses a range of objects to explore the meanings and uses of kitsch. An accessible, comprehensive introduction for students and informed readers, it adds to debates on taste in cultural theory and sociology and provides a review of the literature. Num Pages: 256 pages, 36 black & white illustrations, 5 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; JFCA; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719066160
- ISBN
- 9780719066160
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.79
€ 26.99
€ 26.79
Hardback. Voices of women heard worldwide Editor(s): Hellier, Ruth. Num Pages: 264 pages, 17 black and white photographs, 2 charts, 1 musical example. BIC Classification: AV; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780252037245
- ISBN
- 9780252037245
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.85
€ 117.85
Hardcover. The study of sociology is now an essential part of all midwifery training, but it can often seem removed from the reality of midwifery practice. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; MQD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 180 x 255 x 23. Weight in Grams: 716.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745662800
- ISBN
- 9780745662800
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.49
€ 78.49