Sociology & anthropology
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Sociology & anthropology
Paperback. Chinese American authors often find it necessary to represent Asian history in their literary works. Tracing the development of the literary production of Maxine Hong Kingston, Amy Tan, Lisa See, and Russell Leong, among others, this book captures the effects of international politics and globalization on Chinese American diasporic consciousness. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH5; HBG; HBJK; JF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 207
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349342648
- ISBN
- 9781349342648
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Condition: New
€ 62.86
€ 62.86
Paperback. The DREAMers provides the first investigation of the undocumented youth movement that has transformed the national immigration debate, from its start in the early 2000s through the present day. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804788847
- ISBN
- 9780804788847
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€ 30.99€ 27.31
€ 30.99
€ 27.31
Paperback. Examines the "golden age" of the culture of the Ottoman empire in the 16th century, exploring sexuality, gender and literary society, as well as the demographics, economics, politics, society of love and other cultural productions of the Ottomans. In part Num Pages: 440 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822334248
- ISBN
- 9780822334248
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.63
€ 33.99
€ 30.63
Paperback. Do schools socialize students to become productive workers? Does schooling reproduce social class and pass on ethnic and gender biases? Can a teacher avoid passing on social and cultural values? What besides subjects do students really learn in schools? This book tackles these questions using case studies, dialogs, and open-ended questions. Series: Thinking About Education. Num Pages: 168 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; JNA; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 227.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Teachers´ College Press
- Edition
- 5th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807749852
- ISBN
- 9780807749852
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Condition: New
€ 45.62
€ 45.62
Hardback. This text focuses on Japanese weddings as a window on contemporary values, analyzing the relation between the commercialization of these services and their symbolic content. Weddings mark the attainment of full adult status in Japan and this book looks at what marriage and adulthood means in Japan. Num Pages: 188 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 28. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804715126
- ISBN
- 9780804715126
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Condition: New
€ 112.38
€ 112.38
Paperback. Japanese weddings have become commercial affairs, with most conducted at specialized establishments offering expensive, lavish services. This book focuses on these ceremonies as a window on contemporary values, analyzing the relation between commercialization and symbolic content. Num Pages: 188 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 13. Weight in Grams: 254.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804718158
- ISBN
- 9780804718158
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.28
€ 27.99
€ 26.28
Hardback. Series: African Histories and Modernities. Num Pages: 170 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, 9 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; 1HFJA; JFHF; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 218 x 16. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349949274
- ISBN
- 9781349949274
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Condition: New
€ 63.36
€ 63.36
Paperback. Towards a democratic division of labour? starts from the challenge of balancing values of 'equality' and 'freedom' in all sections of modern societies, introducing the Combination Model as a scientific tool for studying the division of professional and family work and for elaborating adequate policy perspectives. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 172. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847422699
- ISBN
- 9781847422699
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Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 47.99
€ 49.99
€ 47.99
Paperback. Explores the crucial notion of "colonial difference" in the study of the modern colonial world and traces the emergence of an epistemic shift, which author calls "border thinking". This title expands the horizons of debates under way in postcolonial studies of Asia and Africa by dwelling in the genealogy of thoughts of South/Central America. Series: Princeton Studies in Culture, Power, History. Num Pages: 416 pages, 3 line illus. 3 tables. 9 maps. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBTQ; HBTR; JFFS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- With a New preface by the author
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691156095
- ISBN
- 9780691156095
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.15
€ 40.99
€ 29.15
Paperback. Includes papers and conversations that derive from a conference that pursued the possibility and utility of a general theory of religion and culture, especially one based on violence. Editor(s): Hamerton-Kelly, Robert. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804715188
- ISBN
- 9780804715188
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.25
€ 37.99
€ 34.25
Paperback. Blood sacrifice, the ritual slaughter of animals, has been basic to religion through history, so that it survives in spiritualized form even in Christianity. How did this violent phenomenon achieve the status of the sacred? This study examines this question. Translator(s): Bing, Peter. Num Pages: 360 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 518. The Anthropology of Ancient Greek Sacrificial Ritual and Myth. 360 pages, Ill. Blood sacrifice, the ritual slaughter of animals, has been basic to religion through history, so that it survives in spiritualized form even in Christianity. How did this violent phenomenon achieve the status of the sacred? This study examines this question. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; JHM. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 23. Weight: 510. Translator(s): Bing, Peter.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520058750
- ISBN
- 9780520058750
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 30.13
€ 41.99
€ 30.13
Paperback. Argues that the contemporary commitment to the importance of cultural identity has reovated rather than replaced an earlier commitment to r4acial identity and asserts that the idea of culture, far from constituting a challenge to racism, is actually a for Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFF; JFSL1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822320647
- ISBN
- 9780822320647
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.32
€ 26.99
€ 25.32
Applied Research and Practice from the Next Generation
Wallace, Tim; Liebow, Edward; Kedia, Satish; ...
Paperback. * peer reviewed publication of the National Association for the Practice of Anthropology * dedicated to the practical problem-solving and policy applications of anthropological knowledge and methods * most editions available for course adoption. Series: NAPA Bulletin. Num Pages: 244 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 256 x 177 x 12. Weight in Grams: 430.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- American Anthropological Association United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781931303330
- ISBN
- 9781931303330
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Condition: New
€ 40.80
€ 40.80
Paperback. Early Photography and the Making of African American Identity. 408 pages, 71 photographs. Editor(s): Wallace, Maurice O.; Smith, Shawn Michelle. Brings to light the wide-ranging practices of early African American photography, as well as the effects of photography on racialized thinking. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AJC; GTB; JFC; JHMP. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 29. Weight: 712.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822350859
- ISBN
- 9780822350859
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
Work and Identity: Historical and Cultural Contexts (Identity Studies ...
Wall, Christine, Kirk, John
Hardcover. A fascinating account of theoretical debates around identity and work, recent trends and methodological arguments concerning the role of oral testimony and its interpretation. Series: Identity Studies in the Social Sciences. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460. Historical and Cultural Contexts. Series: Identity Studies in the Social Sciences. 264 pages, 11 figures, 6 black & white tables, 10 charts. A fascinating account of theoretical debates around identity and work, recent trends and methodological arguments concerning the role of oral testimony and its interpretation. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHBL. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 20. Weight: 422.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230580824
- ISBN
- 9780230580824
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.51
€ 64.51
Paperback. Series: Identity Studies in the Social Sciences. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JHB; JHBL; JMS; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349319732
- ISBN
- 9781349319732
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Condition: New
€ 63.14
€ 63.14
Hardcover. This book explores the processes of community, regeneration, relationality and affect in a small Welsh town after the closure of its iron and steel works - an industry at the heart of this community. Series: Identity Studies in the Social Sciences. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; JFSF; JFSJ; JHBL; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230247062
- ISBN
- 9780230247062
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Condition: New
€ 64.11
€ 64.11
Hardback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, 3 colour illustrations, 3 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JNF; JNM; JNR; JNZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 473.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137584519
- ISBN
- 9781137584519
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Condition: New
€ 133.28
€ 133.28
Paperback. Portrays the three indigenous rebellions that threatened Spanish control of its South American colonies more than a quarter century before the Wars of Independence (1808-1825). This collection includes maps, a chronology of the rebellions, and a glossary of terms. Num Pages: 288 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBTB; HBTV; JHM; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 247
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872208452
- ISBN
- 9780872208452
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.74
€ 24.99
€ 18.74
Paperback. This interdisciplinary collection places corporate security in a theoretical and international context. Arguing that corporate security is becoming the primary form of security in the twenty-first century, it explores a range of issues including regulation, accountability, militarization, strategies of securitization and practitioner techniques. Editor(s): Lippert, Randy. Series: Crime Prevention and Security Management. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JKV; JPS; KJ; LNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 279
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349466818
- ISBN
- 9781349466818
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Condition: New
€ 185.11
€ 185.11
Hardcover. Series: Studies in Crime and Public Policy. Num Pages: 248 pages, 37 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHB; JKVP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199989225
- ISBN
- 9780199989225
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.83
€ 108.83
Paperback. Amazon Town: A Study of Human Life in the Tropics is Charles Wagley's classic ethnography of peasant life in the Amazon, with updated material by Conrad Kottak and Richard Pace. Num Pages: 344 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JHMC; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199335251
- ISBN
- 9780199335251
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 78.97
€ 78.97
Thatcher's Grandchildren?: Politics and Childhood in the Twenty-First ...
Wagg, Stephen, Pilcher, Jane
Paperback. Thatcher's Grandchildren explores sociological and political issues about childhood that have that have become increasingly significant in the twenty first century within a political landscape framed by neo-liberalism. Issues addressed include child protection and abuse, the media, education and schooling, and poverty. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Childhood. Num Pages: 327 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBTB; JHBK; JPA; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 215 x 23. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349448210
- ISBN
- 9781349448210
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.69
€ 63.69
Hardback. Examines the biocultural character of fathering with a focus on the American father. This study draws on empirical data from a cross-cultural study of over 59,000 father-child groupings from 23 countries, illuminating the societal importance of the paternal bond and its roots in male physiology. Series: The Springer Series in Adult Development and Aging. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBK; JMR. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1270.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media United States
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306453373
- ISBN
- 9780306453373
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.15
€ 69.15