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Paperback. * A provocative defence of the idea that parents should be allowed to enhance their children's genetic characteristics. * Gets away from fears of a Huxleyan 'Brave New World' or a return to the fascist eugenics of the past. * Written from a philosophically and scientifically informed point of view. Num Pages: 216 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405123907
- ISBN
- 9781405123907
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.05
€ 40.05
Hardback. aeo Completely re--written third edition of an established and well--known textbook. aeo Comprehensive and up--to--date coverage of the social structure of contemporary British society. aeo Clear, jargon--free and approachable style. aeo Attractive and varied presentation. aeo Cross--referenced to accompanying new Reader. Num Pages: 624 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 251 x 170 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1190.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 3rd Edition Completely Revised and Updated
- Number of pages
- 624
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745622965
- ISBN
- 9780745622965
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.98
€ 85.98
Paperback. This brief book introduces the ways in which contemporary anthropology engages with the "psych" disciplines: psychology, psychiatry, and medicine. Series: Anthropological Insights. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC; JMP; MBPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 304 x 10. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442635333
- ISBN
- 9781442635333
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.33
€ 25.99
€ 24.33
Paperback. This exciting new reader brings together some of the best recent sociological writing on British society. The volume features carefully selected extracts from books and journals, which have been chosen for the high quality of their sociological analysis and their relevance to understanding social change. Editor(s): Abercrombie, Nicholas; Warde, Alan. Num Pages: 560 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 178 x 249 x 34. Weight in Grams: 770.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745622637
- ISBN
- 9780745622637
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.73
€ 47.73
Paperback. Num Pages: 482 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 29. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 482
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349043163
- ISBN
- 9781349043163
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.66
€ 51.66
Hardback. This is the first book to provide a critical criminological perspective on sport and the connections between sport and crime. Part of the New Horizons in Criminology series, it draws on the inter-disciplinary nature of criminology and incorporates emerging perspectives like social harm, gender and sexuality, and green criminology. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: JHBS; JKV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 167 x 241 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447323150
- ISBN
- 9781447323150
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.76
€ 86.76
Paperback. Understanding Limerick is an edited collection featuring contributions from leading Irish scholars in the fields of Sociology, Social Policy, Criminology and Urban Geography. Editor(s): Hourigan, Niamh (University College Cork). Num Pages: 316 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JFFJ; JHB; JKV. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Publisher
- Cork University Press Cork
- Number of pages
- 316
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859184844
- ISBN
- 9781859184844
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.00€ 21.31
€ 25.00
€ 21.31
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415696203
- ISBN
- 9780415696203
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.63
€ 28.63
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMV; JFCA; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816665709
- ISBN
- 9780816665709
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.52
€ 26.99
€ 25.52
Beyond Caring Labour to Provisioning Work offers a powerful new framework for understanding women's work in a holistic sense, acknowledging both their responsibilities in supporting others as well as their employment duties. Num Pages: 208 pages, 5 figures. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBL; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442643253
- ISBN
- 9781442643253
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.42
€ 69.42
paperback. Beyond Caring Labour to Provisioning Work offers a powerful new framework for understanding women's work in a holistic sense, acknowledging both their responsibilities in supporting others as well as their employment duties. Num Pages: 208 pages, 5 figures. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBL; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442611757
- ISBN
- 9781442611757
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.36
€ 36.99
€ 34.36
Hardback. Wide-ranging study of American prospects in the next millennium it offers a survey of America's changing values, how it copes with race relations and changing demographics, domestic and global constraints and how social exclusion can be tackled. The authors examine new models of civic society and social values for a fast-changing world. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFC; JH; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333733790
- ISBN
- 9780333733790
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Paperback. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 311.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349407552
- ISBN
- 9781349407552
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.82
€ 126.82
hardcover. The Second Edition of this comprehensive text on the sociology of the family features: improved implementation of the 'inductive' teaching style, upon which the book is based; reorganization and restructuring for more flexible teaching; revised demographic essays; and 2000 United States Census data incorporated throughout. Num Pages: 624 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 187 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1293.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications, Inc United States
- Edition
- Second
- Number of pages
- 624
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761987499
- ISBN
- 9780761987499
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 278.87
€ 278.87
Hardcover. Dance is more than an aesthetic of life, dance embodies life. This is evident from the social history of jive, the marketing of transnational ballet, ritual healing dances in Italy or folk dances performed for tourists in Mexico, Panama or Canada. Dance often captures those essential dimensions of social life that cannot be easily put into words. Editor(s): Neveu Kringelbach, Helene; Skinner, Jonathan. Series: Dance & Performance Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ASD; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 442. Globalization, Tourism and Identity in the Anthropology of Dance. Series: Dance & Performance Studies. 260 pages, 11 ills. Editor(s): Neveu Kringelbach, Helene; Skinner, Jonathan. Dance is more than an aesthetic of life, dance embodies life. This is evident from the social history of jive, the marketing of transnational ballet, ritual healing dances in Italy or folk dances performed for tourists in Mexico, Panama or Canada. Dance often captures those essential dimensions of social life that cannot be easily put into words. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: ASD; JHMC. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 17. Weight: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857455758
- ISBN
- 9780857455758
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.59
€ 162.59
Paperback / so. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JHB; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 13. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783810034601
- ISBN
- 9783810034601
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.31
€ 77.31
Hardback. This comprehensive reader offers some of the best writing currently available on health and illness in contemporary society. Edited by Sarah Nettleton, author of the best--selling The Sociology of Health and Illness textbook. Provides up--to--date, empirical material as well as covering the major theoretical perspectives. Editor(s): Nettleton, Sarah; Gustafsson, Ulla. Num Pages: 384 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JH; MB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 175 x 32. Weight in Grams: 818.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745622903
- ISBN
- 9780745622903
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.61
€ 79.61
Paperback. Half of all known languages have disappeared in the last 500 years and 90 per cent of all languages are in danger of becoming extinct in the next 100. The authors argue that the loss of linguistic and biological diversity is part of a much larger problem - the collapse of our worldwide ecosystem. Num Pages: 256 pages, 27 half-tones, 7 line, 12 maps. BIC Classification: CFB; JHMC; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195152463
- ISBN
- 9780195152463
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.31
€ 35.31
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785333583
- ISBN
- 9781785333583
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.19
€ 137.19
Paperback. Maps the circuits of cross fertilizations among disciplines in the humanities and social sciences that have developed from Clifford Geertz's "interpretive turn." This volume interrogate the fixity of interpretation and open new spaces of inquiry. Editor(s): Panourgia, Neni. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823228874
- ISBN
- 9780823228874
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.73
€ 41.99
€ 37.73