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Sociology & anthropology

Paperback. New Choices, New Families provides thoughtful insights into questions about sexual identity, social and cultural expectations, and what and who constitute a family. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSK1; JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801890000
ISBN
9780801890000
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.98

paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Smithsonian Books United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935623762
ISBN
9781935623762
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.42

Paperback. The book traces current Indian activism in Bolivia, arguing that a new social formation is emerging to challenge racism and the harsh effects of the dominant neoliberal economic model. Num Pages: 312 pages, 6 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSL; JFSL9; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 238 x 17. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804755207
ISBN
9780804755207
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. Offers lessons about civil society and regime change - and about the paths to democratic consolidation. This book shows that the German experience was exceptional, and that what is often labeled polarization is the result of such factors as expansion of the franchise, elite defections, and the mobilization of new voters. Num Pages: 288 pages, 17 line illus. 50 tables. BIC Classification: JHBC; JPHV; JPHX; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 371.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691089706
ISBN
9780691089706
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816617784
ISBN
9780816617784
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.67

Multiple-component retail product. From framing a question to presenting research, this is a go-to guide each time Educators embark on a new inquiry. Includes real-life vignettes, self-guided worksheets, and a DVD. Num Pages: 120 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBC; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 8. Weight in Grams: 288.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
SAGE Publications Inc United States
Edition
Pap/DVD
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
SKU
V9781452241951
ISBN
9781452241951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.60

Paperback. A study of the role of marriage in national policy, law and political rhetoric. This book examines the political history of marriage, analyzing the shaping of the accepted model of consensual, lifelong monogamy by legislators and judges throughout American history. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674008755
ISBN
9780674008755
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.06

paperback. Engaging the question of whether waged work gives Chinese women power in their families, this book analyzes the finding that women use jobs and urban status as a tool in negotiating their family status, to strengthen their contribution as wives and mothers. Num Pages: 172 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHB; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 9. Weight in Grams: 273.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
2013th Edition
Number of pages
172
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400798748
ISBN
9789400798748
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 126.44

Hardback. Engaging the question of whether waged work gives Chinese women power in their families, this book analyzes the finding that women use jobs and urban status as a tool in negotiating their family status, to strengthen their contribution as wives and mothers. Num Pages: 172 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHB; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
172
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400755239
ISBN
9789400755239
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.54

Hardcover. China is home to a fifth of the world's inhabitants. For the last several decades, this huge population has been in flux: fertility has fallen sharply, mortality has declined, and massive rural-to-urban migration is taking place. Series: China Today. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Polity
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745688633
ISBN
9780745688633
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.86

Paperback. China is home to a fifth of the world's inhabitants. For the last several decades, this huge population has been in flux: fertility has fallen sharply, mortality has declined, and massive rural-to-urban migration is taking place. Series: China Today. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 209 x 24. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
Polity
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745688640
ISBN
9780745688640
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.53

Paperback. Illustrates the harmful impact of laws concerning divorce, welfare, and employment. This book details the primary justifications for stigmatizing single-parent families, marshalling an array of resources about single parents that portray a different picture of these families. Num Pages: 222 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 174 x 16. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814719169
ISBN
9780814719169
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

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

€ 65.56

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 31.02

Hardcover. Series: Comparative Feminist Studies. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKP; GTF; JFSJ1; JHMC; JHMP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403979919
ISBN
9781403979919
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.97

Paperback. An ethnographic study showing how Western women living in Pakistan as international development workers constructed new identities in a Muslim community. Cook shows how these transnational migrants both perpetuate and resist unequal global power relations in everyday life, tracing the legacy of this from the colonial period to the present. Series: Comparative Feminist Studies. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; JFFK; JFSJ; JHMC; JPA; RBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
241
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349538522
ISBN
9781349538522
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.04

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

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

€ 111.29

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

€ 157.56

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

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

€ 63.73

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
€ 40.39

Hardback. Series: Palgrave Pivots in Sports Economics. Num Pages: 200 pages, 43 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JHBS; KCK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 411.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319480749
ISBN
9783319480749
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.20

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