Sociology & anthropology
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Sociology & anthropology
Paperback. Political and public debate recently has centred on issues of community, family and culture. Presenting traditional and non-traditional approaches, the essays in this text challenge and refine thinking on issues of contemporary social and political importance. Editor(s): Snow, Nancy E. Series: Studies in Social, Political and Legal Philosophy. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFC; JFF; JHM; JKS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 164 x 14. Weight in Grams: 335.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847681457
- ISBN
- 9780847681457
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.72
€ 62.72
Paperback. Deals with fundamental practices of value creation on Gawa, a small island off the southeast coast of mainland Papua New Guinea, the inhabitants of which participate in the long-distance kula shell exchange ring. Num Pages: 352 pages, 5 line drawings, 16 photographs. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822312703
- ISBN
- 9780822312703
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.71
€ 31.99
€ 28.71
Paperback. Explains how and why Margaret Mead became the best-known anthropologist and female public intellectual in twentieth-century America. Using photographs, films, television appearances, and materials from newspapers, magazines, and scholarly journals, this title explores the ways in which Mead became an American cultural heroine. Num Pages: 392 pages, 37 halftones. 15 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691148083
- ISBN
- 9780691148083
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.15
€ 40.99
€ 29.15
Hardback. In an increasingly diverse social environment, misunderstandings often arise between practitioners in helping professions and clients from different backgrounds. This work investigates the culturally specific beliefs and child-rearing practices of five racial/ethnic groups in America. Editor(s): Webb, Nancy Boyd. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JFSL; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231118187
- ISBN
- 9780231118187
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.21
€ 106.21
hardcover. Features sixteen professional women who write as generational role models about the hard choices and real problems that surface throughout the life cycle. Because the economics of choice are not just monetary, but spiritual and psychological as well, this work is suitable for professionals at various stages of life. Editor(s): Kaltreider, Nancy B. Num Pages: 296 pages, index, bibliography. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBK; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780765700919
- ISBN
- 9780765700919
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.61
€ 148.61
Paperback. The majority of undergraduates at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - including a large population of Korean American students - come from nearby metropolitan Chicago. This book explores the tensions between liberal ideals and the particularities of race, family, and community in the contemporary university. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 1K; GTB; JHM; JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822346159
- ISBN
- 9780822346159
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.32
€ 26.99
€ 25.32
Paperback. This story of a South Korean social movement offers a window to a decade of tumultuous social protest. It describes the period in which farmers, student activists and organizers joined to protest the corporate ownership of tenant plots never distributed in the 1949 Land Reform. Num Pages: 467 pages, 19 photographs, 2 maps, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; HBJF; HBLW3; JHM; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 467
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520204188
- ISBN
- 9780520204188
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.36
€ 40.99
€ 29.36
Paperback. Presents studies attempting to define and dissect American humor for students and scholars. Editor(s): Walker, Nancy A. Series: American Visions: Readings in American Culture. Num Pages: 284 pages, illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842026888
- ISBN
- 9780842026888
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.21
€ 60.21
Hardback. This investigation of the economy and cultural politics of Sensoji shows that its culture of prayer and play reflected changes taking place in Tokugawa Japan, particularly in the city of Edo. The book provides a cultural critique of conventional scholarship on Tokugawa religion. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 328 pages, 13 line illustrations, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; GTB; HRKN; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674002401
- ISBN
- 9780674002401
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.84
€ 47.99
€ 39.84
Paperback. Paik Nak-chung is one of Korea's most incisive contemporary public intellectuals. By training a literary scholar, he is perhaps best known as an eloquent cultural and political critic. This volume deals with his life and work. Translator(s): Myung-Hwan, Kim; June-Kyu, Sol; Seung-chul, Song; Young-joo, Ryu. Series: Seoul-California Series in Korean Studies. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 68.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520289888
- ISBN
- 9780520289888
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.15
€ 40.99
€ 29.15
Paperback. A Story in the Anthropology of Ethics. 280 pages, 9 illustrations. Documents how activism oscillates between the potential for new social arrangements and the questions that arise once the activists' goals have been accomplished. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSK1; JHMC. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 17. Weight: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822353195
- ISBN
- 9780822353195
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
€ 30.99
€ 27.40
Hardback. This volume explores the implication of modern law in the seemingly ancient cultural practice of karo kari, which allows male family members to take the lives of female relatives accused of adultery. Series: New Directions in Anthropology. Num Pages: 300 pages, 34 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKP; JFSJ1; JHMC; LAQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785330810
- ISBN
- 9781785330810
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.60
€ 155.60
hardcover. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, black & white tables, bibliography. BIC Classification: JHB; JKSN; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1179.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften United States
- Edition
- 5., durchges. Aufl. 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531174785
- ISBN
- 9783531174785
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.96
€ 80.96
Hardcover. Discusses formations of blackness and whiteness in US culture Num Pages: 200 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253356567
- ISBN
- 9780253356567
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.98
€ 75.98
Paperback / so. Num Pages: colour illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: GTC; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 8. Weight in Grams: 195.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531163901
- ISBN
- 9783531163901
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.53
€ 68.53
Hardback. Examines how immigrants acquire American ideas about race, both pre- and post-migration, in light of U.S. military presence and U.S. cultural dominance over their home country, drawing on interviews and ethnographic observations of Koreans in Seoul and Los Angeles. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JHMC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804758864
- ISBN
- 9780804758864
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.91
€ 138.91
Paperback. Examines how immigrants acquire American ideas about race, both pre- and post-migration, in light of U.S. military presence and U.S. cultural dominance over their home country, drawing on interviews and ethnographic observations of Koreans in Seoul and Los Angeles. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JHMC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804758871
- ISBN
- 9780804758871
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
Hardback. Series: Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics. Num Pages: 304 pages, 15 halftones. 1 map. BIC Classification: HBTB; HBTG; JFSR2; JHM; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 246 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691164441
- ISBN
- 9780691164441
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.42€ 46.32
€ 59.42
€ 46.32
Paperback. Detroit is home to one of the largest and most diverse Arab communities outside the Middle East. This collection of memoirs, poetry, interviews and essays brings together the work of 25 contributors to paint a colourful portrait of Detroit's Arab community. Editor(s): Abraham, Nabeel; Shryock, Andrew. Series: Great Lake Books Series. Num Pages: 544 pages, 72 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNG; DQ; HBTB; JFSG; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 998.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Wayne State University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814328125
- ISBN
- 9780814328125
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.50
€ 39.50
Paperback. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFC; JHB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 375.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 287
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312235048
- ISBN
- 9780312235048
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.93
€ 50.93