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Paperback. Series Editor(s): Harrell, Stevan. Series: Studies on Ethnic Groups in China. Num Pages: 176 pages, 19 black & white illustrations, 2 recorded music items, 3 maps, 19 b&w illus., 3 maps, 2. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; HBJF; HREX; JFSC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 267 x 14. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295999487
ISBN
9780295999487
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.03

Paperback. Eleven diverse scholars interrogate the belief that polygamy is inherently harmful, questioning the ways in which society assigns value to family and intimacy, and its right to do so. Editor(s): Calder, Gillian; Beaman, Lori G. Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM1; JFM; JHBK; LNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780774826167
ISBN
9780774826167
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.34

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

€ 167.06

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
€ 23.59

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

€ 53.56

Paperback. This work uses cross-national and longitudinal empirical research to explain the rise, nature, and impact of science as an authoritative worldwide institution. The authors analyze the ever-increasing investment in science, the diffusion of scientific discourse, and the hegemony of scientific organizations. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; JFFS; JH; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804744928
ISBN
9780804744928
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.10

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
€ 29.06

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

€ 73.56
€ 52.00

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

€ 191.60

Paperback. Translator(s): Biebuyck, B. Num Pages: 416 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: AVA; JFC; JHM; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226730066
ISBN
9780226730066
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.03
€ 43.65

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

€ 81.21

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
€ 31.61

Paperback. Focuses on case studies ranging from sex education to AIDS to race to illustrate how sexuality is at the heart of many political controversies. This book reveals how moral and sexual panics have become a mainstay of certain kinds of conservative efforts to win elections and gain power in moral, social, and political arenas. Editor(s): Herdt, Gilbert. Series: Intersections. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBK5; JPVH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
New York University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814737231
ISBN
9780814737231
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.61

Paperback. This unique study of boy-inseminating rituals among the Sambia of New Guinea challenges our deepest assumptions about the role of culture in understanding homosexuality and gender-identity development. Num Pages: 401 pages, 2 halftones, 1 map, 2 line drawings, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; JFC; JFSJ; JFSK2; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 153 x 29. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
401
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226327495
ISBN
9780226327495
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.41

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
€ 29.91

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

€ 28.35

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

€ 20.99
€ 20.72

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

€ 45.24

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

€ 98.48
€ 35.94

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

€ 79.04

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