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Sociology & anthropology
Hardcover. Throughout southwestern Nigeria, Yoruba men and women create objects called aale to protect their properties-farms, gardens, market goods, piles of collected firewood-from the ravages of thieves and Vigilant Things argues that aale are keys to understanding how images function in Yoruba social and cultural life. Num Pages: 416 pages, 87 illus., 77 in color. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; ACBK; JFCD; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 257 x 185 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1228.
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295990736
- ISBN
- 9780295990736
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.00
€ 70.00
Paperback. A study of the social theorist Pierre Bourdieu's work, this work focuses on a central theme, the complex relationship between culture and power, and explains that sociology for Bourdieu is a mode of political intervention. The book aims to clarify Bourdieu's concepts and correct misinterpretations. Num Pages: 340 pages, 1 line drawing, 1 table. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 340
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226785950
- ISBN
- 9780226785950
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.11
€ 36.99
€ 29.11
Paperback. Power is the central organizing principle of all social life, from culture and education to stratification and taste. In this title, the author delves deeply into Bourdieu's work to show how central - but often overlooked - power and politics are to an understanding of sociology. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226925011
- ISBN
- 9780226925011
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.12
€ 36.99
€ 29.12
Paperback. Series: American Intellectual Culture. Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 179 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742511972
- ISBN
- 9780742511972
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.30
€ 70.30
Paperback. In work, as in other areas of life, it is not always clear what standards we are being judged by or how our worth is being determined. Drawing on the notion that "perplexing situations" provide opportunities for innovative inquiry, this title argues that the dissonance of diverse principles can lead to discovery. Num Pages: 264 pages, 2 line illus. BIC Classification: JHBL; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 231 x 20. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691152486
- ISBN
- 9780691152486
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.68
€ 40.99
€ 28.68
Paperback. Series: Wellcome. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK5; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 218 x 32. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781253298
- ISBN
- 9781781253298
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.63
€ 19.99
€ 14.63
Paperback. Num Pages: 166 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 18. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 166
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439912980
- ISBN
- 9781439912980
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.29
€ 27.29
Hardback. Num Pages: 166 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 169 x 22. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 166
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439912973
- ISBN
- 9781439912973
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.49
€ 91.49
Paperback. A collection of cautionary tales about the undignified ways you can kick the bucket - and they're all true. It includes stories of: the vegetarian who was killed with a frozen leg of lamb, the cyclist who swallowed his own dentures and the burglar who fell head-first into a toilet and drowned. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JHBZ; WHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 209 x 28. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- Prion Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0295752
- ISBN
- 9781853759710
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Dispels the myths surrounding the history of steppe societies and proposes a fresh understanding of the nature and formation of the state. Drawing on his extensive anthropological fieldwork in the region, the author persuasively challenges the legitimacy of the tribal model, which continues to distort scholarship on the history of Inner Asia. Num Pages: 288 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1F; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231140546
- ISBN
- 9780231140546
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.97€ 60.96
€ 79.97
€ 60.96
Paperback. In today's prisons, gangs protect inmates and enforce deals in illicit markets. In doing so, prison gangs promote order in prison. This book uses economics to explore the secret world of the convict culture, inmate hierarchy, and prison gang politics to explain why and how prison gangs form and operate. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JHMC; JKVQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 235 x 16. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199328505
- ISBN
- 9780199328505
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.92
€ 58.92
Paperback. Suitable for all those for whom the politics of subjectivity pose real problems of authority, identity, and belief, this book discusses its roles within the fields of legal theory, social science, fiction, philosophy, and ethics. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HP; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822328391
- ISBN
- 9780822328391
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.19
€ 31.99
€ 30.19
Paperback. Harvey Sacksa s early death in 1975 robbed the social sciences of one of its most original thinkers. Although he published relatively little in his lifetime, his lectures and papers were enormously influential in sociology and sociolinguistics and they played a major role in the development of ethnomethodology and conversation analysis. Series: Key Contemporary Thinkers. Num Pages: 232 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFB; CFG; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745617114
- ISBN
- 9780745617114
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 24.80
€ 24.99
€ 24.80
Paperback. In this fabulous little book, David Silverman lays bare what he considers to be good and bad qualitative research and gets readers thinking about how they can come to understand the world and each other better through qualitative methods. Series: Very Short, Fairly Interesting & Cheap Books. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: GPS; JHBC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781446252185
- ISBN
- 9781446252185
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.99
€ 22.99
Hardback. This book presents a set of critical engagements by writers from a variety of disciplines with the work of noted anthropologist Talal Asad. Editor(s): Scott, David; Hirschkind, Charles. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804752657
- ISBN
- 9780804752657
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.76
€ 146.76
Hardback. In these series of letters-which David Scott wrote to Stuart Hall following his death-Scott characterizes Hall's voice and his practice of speaking, listening, and generosity as the foundational elements of Hall's intellectual work. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822363637
- ISBN
- 9780822363637
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.64
€ 35.64
paperback. Sociology in Action is a highly practical introduction to interpreting and analyzing situations sociologically, which uses case studies to promote active learning of key thinking skills. Num Pages: 360 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780761986638
- ISBN
- 9780761986638
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 132.26
€ 132.26
Hardback. Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2015 More than three decades of economic growth have led to significant social change in the People's Republic of China. Series: China Today. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSC; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745653365
- ISBN
- 9780745653365
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.97
€ 64.97
Paperback. Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2015 More than three decades of economic growth have led to significant social change in the People's Republic of China. Series: China Today. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSC; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745653372
- ISBN
- 9780745653372
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.42
€ 25.42
Hardcover. This book is the first of three projected volumes to be published with the support of the Scholarly Resources Project of the Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education (NetVUE) with the goal of deepening and broadening current scholarly engagement with the themes of calling and vocation. Editor(s): Cunningham, David S. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; JNM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 165 x 32. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190243920
- ISBN
- 9780190243920
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.06
€ 91.06