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Paperback. The authors in this volume question what the possible appeal of these old religions, such as Christianity, Judaism, or Islam could be in the new urban environment and, conversely, what impact global urbanization will have on learning and on the performance and nature of ritual. Editor(s): Pinxten, Rik; Dikomitiz, Lisa. Series: Culture and Politics/Politics and Culture. Num Pages: 166 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSR; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 9. Weight in Grams: 234. Religious Traditions in Urban Contexts. Series: Culture and Politics/Politics and Culture. 166 pages, 12 ills. Editor(s): Pinxten, Rik; Dikomitiz, Lisa. The authors in this volume question what the possible appeal of these old religions, such as Christianity, Judaism, or Islam could be in the new urban environment and, conversely, what impact global urbanization will have on learning and on the performance and nature of ritual. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JFSR; JHMC. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 9. Weight: 234.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 166
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857458070
- ISBN
- 9780857458070
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 30.49
€ 32.99
€ 30.49
hardcover. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 330 pages, 6 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; JFSC; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 218 x 24. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137580726
- ISBN
- 9781137580726
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Condition: New
€ 133.08
€ 133.08
Hardcover. Instead of seeing the family as a 'monolithic' entity, as though separate from its surroundings, this new approach draws attention to assemblages of various types that in different constellations and through different transactions relate people to each other as families and kin. Editor(s): Widmer, E. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBK; JHMC; JMH; VFV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230284289
- ISBN
- 9780230284289
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Condition: New
€ 64.25
€ 64.25
Hardback. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBK; JKSF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137524744
- ISBN
- 9781137524744
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Condition: New
€ 122.19
€ 122.19
Paperback. Num Pages: 255 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; JM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 240 x 22. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 255
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788771240122
- ISBN
- 9788771240122
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Condition: New
€ 22.74
€ 22.74
Paperback. "Told through the voices of local community leaders, this book analyzes how communities respond to natural disasters and how outsiders contribute positively--or negatively--to their response, promoting debate on the role of aid and the media in times of crisis"-- Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JFF; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 275.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 207
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349295852
- ISBN
- 9781349295852
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Condition: New
€ 64.01
€ 64.01
Paperback. Series: Rick Steves. Num Pages: 248 pages, Color photos throughout. BIC Classification: 1D; 5HE; JHBT; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 178. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Avalon Travel Publishing
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781631213595
- ISBN
- 9781631213595
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Condition: New
€ 15.03
€ 15.03
Hardback. Where do neighborhoods come from and why do certain resources and effects such as social capital and collective efficacy bundle together in some neighborhoods and not in others? This title argues that neighborhood communities emerge from neighbor networks, and shows that these social relations are unique because of particular geographic qualities. Num Pages: 288 pages, 43 line illus. 32 tables. BIC Classification: JFSG; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 166 x 22. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691140254
- ISBN
- 9780691140254
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Condition: New
€ 59.26€ 46.71
€ 59.26
€ 46.71
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBL; KNXB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 315
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520067950
- ISBN
- 9780520067950
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.19
€ 38.99
€ 28.19
paperback. Shows how Filipino Americans counter exclusion by actively engaging in alternative practices of community building. This book presents an ethnographic study of Filipino American communities in Los Angeles and San Diego that presents a multi-disciplinary cultural analysis of the relationship between ethnic identity and social space. Series: Asian American History and Culture Series. Num Pages: 217 pages, 3tabs. BIC Classification: JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 217
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566397797
- ISBN
- 9781566397797
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.51
€ 33.99
€ 30.51
Paperback. The pace of the new century with a global 24-hour market and warp-speed developments in information and communications technology have blurred even further the boundaries between work and personal life. Num Pages: 134 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 171 x 7. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 134
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470094617
- ISBN
- 9780470094617
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Condition: New
€ 69.63
€ 69.63
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780813561981
- ISBN
- 9780813561981
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.34
€ 41.99
€ 37.34
paperback. The Valley of South Texas is a region of puzzling contradictions, but the Valley typically experiences high unemployment and low per capita income. This book clarifies why Valley culture presents so many apparent contradictions as they delve into issues that are 'on the edge of the law'. Num Pages: 367 pages, 38 figures, 1 map, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 1KLCM; GTB; JHMC; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 367
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292714755
- ISBN
- 9780292714755
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.91
€ 37.99
€ 33.91
Hardcover. Editor(s): Richardson, Tom I.; Williams, Marsha V. Num Pages: 175 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: JH; VFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 186 x 17. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 175
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604561289
- ISBN
- 9781604561289
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.55€ 110.46
€ 163.55
€ 110.46
Ethical Research with Children: Untold Narratives and Taboos
Richards, Sarah, Clark, Jessica, Boggis, Alli...
Hardcover. An increasing interest in children's lives has tested the ethical and practical limits of research. Rather than making tricky ethical decisions, transparent researchers tend to gloss over stories that do not fit with sanitized narratives. This book aims to fill this gap by making explicit the lived experiences of research with children. Num Pages: 185 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFFP; JFSP1; JHBA; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 222 x 16. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137351302
- ISBN
- 9781137351302
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.48
€ 63.48
Paperback. In 21st century Britain, a 'perfect storm' seems to have engulfed many of its institutions. This book is the first wholesale consideration of the crisis of legitimacy that has taken root in Britain's key institutions and explores the crisis across them to determine if a set of shared underlying pathologies exist to create this collective crisis. Editor(s): Smith, Martin; Hay, Colin. Series: Understanding Governance. Num Pages: 334 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JPA; JPHF; JPHV; JPP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349462698
- ISBN
- 9781349462698
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.81
€ 121.81
Paperback. Drawing on ethnographic accounts of children's media-referenced play, this book explores children's engagement with media cultures and playground experiences, analyzing a range of issues such as learning, fantasy, communication and identity. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JFSP; JFSR; JHBK; JHBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 279
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349340231
- ISBN
- 9781349340231
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Condition: New
€ 63.61
€ 63.61
Paperback. Sets the pieces of the story that are known to historians into their cultural, religious, and political context. This book explores important questions about the period and about historical memory that is of interest to both the general reader and students of the period. Num Pages: 176 pages, b&w photo. BIC Classification: HBJD; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- 62987th
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253207517
- ISBN
- 9780253207517
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.17
€ 14.17
paperback. Argues that it was cooking that caused the transformation of our ancestors from apelike beings to Homo erectus. This title focuses on the idea: the habit of eating cooked rather than raw food permitted the digestive tract to shrink and the human brain to grow, helped structure human society, and created the male-female division of labour. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JHMP; PDZ; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Profile Books
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846682865
- ISBN
- 9781846682865
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.23
€ 17.99
€ 13.23
Paperback. Editor(s): Lofgren, Orvar; Wilk, Richard R. Num Pages: 164 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1D; GTB; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 247 x 170 x 9. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 164
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788763505116
- ISBN
- 9788763505116
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Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 31.74
€ 44.99
€ 31.74
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845203603
- ISBN
- 9781845203603
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 36.10
€ 42.99
€ 36.10
Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 21 b&w illus., 3 tables. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 631.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253018816
- ISBN
- 9780253018816
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.58
€ 97.58
Paperback. Examines the charismatic Christian reformation underway in Botswana's time of AIDS and the moral crisis that divides the church between the elders and the young, apostolic faith healers. This book focuses on Eloyi, an Apostolic faith-healing church in Botswana's capital. Series: The Anthropology of Christianity. Num Pages: 268 pages, 13 b/w photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFMB; HRCX; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- Pap/DVD
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520268548
- ISBN
- 9780520268548
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.74
€ 33.99
€ 24.74
Paperback. Num Pages: 21 b&w illus., 3 tables. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253018892
- ISBN
- 9780253018892
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.71
€ 33.99
€ 30.71