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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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 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
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 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
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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

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

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

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 31.74

Paperback.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845203603
ISBN
9781845203603
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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

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

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

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