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paperback. Series: Studientexte Zur Soziologie. Num Pages: 231 pages, 2 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 13. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften Germany
Edition
2003rd Edition
Number of pages
231
Condition
New
SKU
V9783531140223
ISBN
9783531140223
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.62

Hardback. This ethnographic account invites readers to consider a fascinating case of globalized labor -- a Korean-owned and managed factory in China, operated by Chinese laborers, where the clash of cultures, traditions, and classes threatens both productivity and peace on the factory floor. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPK; GTF; JFFS; JHBL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804784542
ISBN
9780804784542
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.22

Hardback.
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
441
Condition
New
Format
Hardback
SKU
V9781560721529
ISBN
9781560721529
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 231.77
€ 172.82

Hardback. In this important new book, Jacques Derrida talks with Bernard Stiegler about the effect of teletechnologies on our philosophical and political moment. Improvising before a camera, the two philosophers are confronted by the very technologies they discuss and so are forced to address all the more directly the urgent questions that they raise. Translator(s): Bajorek, Jennifer. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GTC; JHM; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745620367
ISBN
9780745620367
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.93

Paperback. An in-depth study of lesbian, bi, and queer women's experiences of thinking about and trying to become a parent, Beyond Expectation draws on eighty-two narrative interviews conducted during the late 1990s in British Columbia. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442610088
ISBN
9781442610088
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.28

Hardcover. This book offers insights into the lives of children and youth in Britain, Japan, Spain, Israel/Palestine, Pakistan, and Ethiopia. Attention is focused on the child's perspective within the social-power dynamics involved in child-adult relations, which reveals the dilemmas of policy, planning, and parenting in a changing world. Editor(s): Waldren, Jacqueline; Kaminski, Ignacy-Marek. Series: New Directions in Anthropology. Num Pages: 206 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 160 x 234 x 16. Weight in Grams: 416. Childhood, Culture and Identity in a Changing World. Series: New Directions in Anthropology. 212 pages, 3 ills. Editor(s): Waldren, Jacqueline; Kaminski, Ignacy-Marek. This book offers insights into the lives of children and youth in Britain, Japan, Spain, Israel/Palestine, Pakistan, and Ethiopia. Attention is focused on the child's perspective within the social-power dynamics involved in child-adult relations, which reveals the dilemmas of policy, planning, and parenting in a changing world. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JHM. Dimension: 160 x 234 x 16. Weight: 416.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857453259
ISBN
9780857453259
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.85

Suggests that there is an irony in the festivities surrounding death and that the American response to death often develops into an event celebrating the ties between family members and friends. The author explores how modern American funerals and their accompanying rituals seem meant to benefit the living rather than the dead. Series: Material World. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JHBT; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 481.
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813123806
ISBN
9780813123806
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.15

Paperback. The port city of Liverpool, England, is home to one of the oldest Black communities in Britain. This title analyzes how this worldly origin story supports an avowedly local Black politic and identity. It also examines the rise and consequent dilemmas of Black identity. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; HBTB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691115634
ISBN
9780691115634
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.99

Hardcover. Contributing to identity formation in ethnically and religiously diverse postcolonial societies, this book examines the role played by creole identity in Indonesia, and in particular its capital, Jakarta. Series: Integration and Conflict Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages, 15 ills. BIC Classification: 1FMN; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782382683
ISBN
9781782382683
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.08

paperback. To study the settlement process of undocumented migrants, this work examines one of Houston's Maya communities, the approximately 900 Maya from a township in the Department of Totonicapan, Guatemala. It traces this Maya community from its genesis in 1978 to the complex effects of the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA). Num Pages: 256 pages, 5 tables, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCG; JFFN; JFSL9; JHMP; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 15. Weight in Grams: 281.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566392570
ISBN
9781566392570
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 34.03

Hardback. Most labor and migration studies classify migrants with limited formal education or credentials as unskilled. This book uncovers these migrants' lifelong human capital and identifies mobility pathways associated with the acquisition and transfer of skills across the migratory circuit, including reskilling, job jumping, and entrepreneurship. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFFN; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 146 x 26. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780520283725
ISBN
9780520283725
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.07
€ 73.01

Paperback. Most labor and migration studies classify migrants with limited formal education or credentials as unskilled. This book uncovers these migrants' lifelong human capital and identifies mobility pathways associated with the acquisition and transfer of skills across the migratory circuit, including reskilling, job jumping, and entrepreneurship. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFFN; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520283732
ISBN
9780520283732
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.74

Paperback. A history of a past phenomenon - racial art - which has ramifications for the present Series: McLellan Endowed Series. Num Pages: 264 pages, 59 illus., 12 in color. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACXD; AFC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 178 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Edition
Original
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295991450
ISBN
9780295991450
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 38.57

Paperback. With an abundance of examples and exercises, this practically oriented workbook presents a step-by-step approach to help social work students develop and implement their research projects in human services organizations. Num Pages: 240 pages, 16 line-cuts and 2 half-tones. BIC Classification: JHBC; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 217 x 10. Weight in Grams: 574.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199753512
ISBN
9780199753512
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 116.82

Paperback. A study on fiddling in the Fulbe, Hausa, and Dagbamba cultures of West Africa. This book not only explains the history of the instrument itself, but also discusses the processes of stylistic transference and adaptation, suggesting how these may have contributed to differing performance practices. Num Pages: 352 pages, 53 b&w illus., 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFD; AVGH; AVRL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 23. Weight in Grams: 549.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253219299
ISBN
9780253219299
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.48

Hardcover. Children and Families in Communities: Theory, Research and Policy contains the latest research on the relationship between children, families and communities and explores policy and practice implications. Material for practitioners and community development workers is also included. Series: Wiley Child Protection & Policy Series. Num Pages: 252 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 176 x 20. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470093573
ISBN
9780470093573
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 172.54

Hardback. Written in honor of prominent anthropologist Richard B Lee who is concerned with understanding and acting upon issues of indigenous rights, the impact of colonialism and post colonial state formation on local communities and cultures. This book defines persistent problems that deeply affect the majority of the world's cultures. Editor(s): Solway, Jacqueline. Series: Methodology & History in Anthropology. Num Pages: 270 pages, black & white illustrations, Bibliog., index. BIC Classification: JHMC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 531.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845451141
ISBN
9781845451141
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.37

Paperback. Editor(s): Van Stekelenburg, Jacquelien; Roggeband, Conny. Series: Social Movements, Protest and Contention. Num Pages: 456 pages, 21 black and white illustrations and 4 tables. BIC Classification: JHBC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 642.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
456
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816686544
ISBN
9780816686544
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback / so. Num Pages: 242 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, bibliography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 14. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften United States
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
SKU
V9783531155777
ISBN
9783531155777
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.04

Paperback. Editor(s): Jacobsen, Michael Hviid. Num Pages: 336 pages, 5 colour photos. BIC Classification: JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 174 x 27. Weight in Grams: 724.
Publisher
University Press of Southern Denmark
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9788776745950
ISBN
9788776745950
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 31.31

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