Sociology & anthropology
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Sociology & anthropology
Hardcover. From a comparative perspective, human life histories are unique and raising offspring is unusually costly: humans have relatively short birth intervals compared to other apes, childhood is long, mothers care simultaneously for many dependent children (other apes raise one offspring at a time), infant mortality is high in natural fertility/mortality Editor(s): Bentley, Gillian R.; Mace, Ruth. Series: Studies of the BioSocial Society. Num Pages: 8 ills. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845451066
- ISBN
- 9781845451066
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 179.67
€ 179.67
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 230 x 9. Weight in Grams: 238. Readings for Introductory Sociology. 200 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JHB. Dimension: 152 x 230 x 9. Weight: 238.
- Publisher
- Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781552665367
- ISBN
- 9781552665367
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.63
€ 26.99
€ 23.63
Paperback. Editor(s): Thomson, Gill; Dykes, Fiona; Downe, Soo. Num Pages: 268 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, 3 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JHBC; MQD; VFXB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415575027
- ISBN
- 9780415575027
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.12
€ 53.12
Paperback. In conflict zones from Iraq and Afghanistan to Guatemala and Somalia, the rules of war are changing dramatically. This book brings the highly gendered and racialized dimensions of these changes into sharp relief. It explores the gendered politics of ethno-nationalism in Sri Lanka, the post-Yugoslav states, and Israel and Palestine. Editor(s): Giles, Wenona; Hyndman, Jennifer. Num Pages: 373 pages, 1 line illustration, 12 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First
- Number of pages
- 373
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520237919
- ISBN
- 9780520237919
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.42
€ 40.99
€ 29.42
Paperback. Num Pages: 150 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 10. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 150
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781607417569
- ISBN
- 9781607417569
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.65€ 52.45
€ 73.65
€ 52.45
Hardback. Series: Studies in the modernization of Japan. Num Pages: 372 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691645797
- ISBN
- 9780691645797
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 199.51
€ 199.51
Hardback. Provides valuable details of Hidatsa daily life during the nineteenth century, from courtship rituals that took place while gathering Juneberries, to descriptions of how the women kept young boys from stealing wild plums as they prepared them for use, to recipes for preparing and cooking local plants - including the roots, fruits, seeds, and sap. Editor(s): Scullin, Michael. Num Pages: 472 pages, 71 figures, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBNR; JFSL9; JHMC; PST. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 37. Weight in Grams: 835.
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803246744
- ISBN
- 9780803246744
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.05
€ 82.05
Paperback. This collection of essays on the sexual culture of the Sambia of Papua New Guinea examines: fetish and fantasy; ritual nose-bleeding; the role of homoerotic insemination; the role of the father and mother in the process of identity formation; and the creation of a "third sex" in nature and culture. Series: Worlds of Desire S. Num Pages: 334 pages, 21 halftones, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; JFC; JFSJ; JHM; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226327525
- ISBN
- 9780226327525
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.80
€ 40.99
€ 31.80
Paperback. A collection of essays by anthropologists on the subject of ritualized homosexuality. Their studies in cross-cultural variations in homosexual behaviour in a non-Western culture area indicate that contemporary theories of sex and gender development need revision. Editor(s): Herdt, Gilbert H. Series: Studies in Melanesian Anthropology. Num Pages: 476 pages, 3 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1MKL; JFC; JFSJ; JFSK2; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 476
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520080966
- ISBN
- 9780520080966
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 30.30
€ 41.99
€ 30.30
Hardback. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM1; HRCV4; JHBK; JKSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press United States
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268100681
- ISBN
- 9780268100681
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 28.59
€ 28.59
Paperback. This text proposes different ways of thinking about work. It explores many of the ways in which human beings have thought about the place of work in life - its meanings, its limits, and its relation to other obligations, to the life cycle, to play and to rest. Editor(s): Meilaender, Gilbert C. Series: Ethics of Everyday Life S. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268019624
- ISBN
- 9780268019624
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.96
€ 20.96
Paperback. The emergence of the presidential couple is one of the most contentious developments in US post-war political history. Reaction to the First Couple reflects the country's changing morality and attitudes. This work traces these shifts through ten presidential marriages, including the Clintons. Num Pages: 472 pages, 33 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBK; JPA; JPHL; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 35. Weight in Grams: 839.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Edition
- 2 Rev Sub
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700610341
- ISBN
- 9780700610341
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.48
€ 47.48
Hardback. This collection of outstanding essays addresses the concern of an astructural bias. Contemporary interactionists and their critics, social theorists, and students of sociology who are interested in assessing the ability of SI to fully address the social circumstances and social problems of an increasingly precarious world should read this book. Editor(s): Musolf, Gil Richard. Series Editor(s): Denzin, Norman K. Series: Studies in Symbolic Interaction. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: JFFP; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 161 x 287 x 18. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781786350367
- ISBN
- 9781786350367
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.31€ 120.58
€ 143.31
€ 120.58
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 halftone, 4 figures, 17 tables. BIC Classification: 1DVK; HBJD; HBLW; JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816640324
- ISBN
- 9780816640324
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.52
€ 27.99
€ 26.52
Hardback. * This book is a highly original, path-breaking analysis of the huge increase in the number of cases of diagnosed autism in the US, the UK and other societies. It brings a distinctive sociological perspective to bear on the autism epidemic . Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, maps, fig. BIC Classification: JHB; MJNA; MMJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 29. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745643991
- ISBN
- 9780745643991
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.50
€ 79.50
Hardback. Presents a different paradigm, which opens up several perspectives for understanding and analyzing Hindu life and culture. This book attempts to 'connect the dots', moving beyond isolated local village-based studies in order to bridge the gulf between anthropology and Hindu studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HRG; JHM. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 177 x 23. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739111734
- ISBN
- 9780739111734
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 178.72
€ 178.72
Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, photos. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HRH; JHBZ; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845195847
- ISBN
- 9781845195847
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.85
€ 127.85
Paperback. Presents an ethnography of the engineering division of a large American high-tech corporation. This book offers a critical analysis of an American company's well-known and widely emulated "corporate culture." Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 Tables, 5 Figures. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBL; KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 227 x 20. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592135462
- ISBN
- 9781592135462
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.21
€ 36.99
€ 33.21
Hardback. This book illustrates how analytical sociology is progressively refining its theoretical framework and how powerful this framework is in explaining a large array of social phenomena. Editor(s): Manzo, Gianluca. Series: Wiley Series in Computational and Quantitative Social Science. Num Pages: 448 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; PBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 178 x 26. Weight in Grams: 834.
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119940388
- ISBN
- 9781119940388
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.76
€ 115.76
paperback. Great Minds revisits key social thinkers that have made significant, distinctive, and controversial contributions to the development of modern social theory. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 229 x 14. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804772143
- ISBN
- 9780804772143
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.35
€ 27.99
€ 26.35