Sociology & anthropology
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Sociology & anthropology
The Condition of Postmodernity: An Enquiry into the Origins of Cultura...
Distinguished Profess David Harvey
Paperback. In this new book, David Harvey seeks to determine what is meant by the term in its different contexts and to identify how accurate and useful it is as a description of contemporary experience. Num Pages: 392 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631162940
- ISBN
- 9780631162940
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 38.46
€ 38.99
€ 38.46
Paperback. A broad, pioneering interpretation of the scope, patterns, and consequences of human migrations over the past ten centuries Series: Comparative & International Working-Class History. Num Pages: 808 pages, 71 maps. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFN; JHBD; RG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 172 x 55. Weight in Grams: 1344. World Migrations in the Second Millennium. Series: Comparative & International Working-Class History. 808 pages, 71 maps. A broad, pioneering interpretation of the scope, patterns, and consequences of human migrations over the past ten centuries. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFN; JHBD; RG. Dimension: 252 x 172 x 55. Weight: 1344.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 808
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822349013
- ISBN
- 9780822349013
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.92
€ 46.99
€ 41.92
Paperback. Sociology has long sought to find out how acting in a situation and observing that situation may differ and nevertheless belong to a single kind of social operation. Spencer-Brown's Law of Form provides one way to conceive of such an operation, and this book is the first to make sociological use of this mathematical calculus of form. Editor(s): Baecker, Dirk. Translator(s): Irmscher, Michael; Edwards, Leah. Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 260 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 151 x 228 x 19. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804734240
- ISBN
- 9780804734240
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.91
€ 37.99
€ 33.91
Hardback. Sociology has long sought to find out how acting in a situation and observing that situation may differ and nevertheless belong to a single kind of social operation. Spencer-Brown's Law of Form provides one way to conceive of such an operation, and this book is the first to make sociological use of this mathematical calculus of form. Editor(s): Baecker, Dirk. Translator(s): Irmscher, Michael; Edwards, Leah. Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 260 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804734233
- ISBN
- 9780804734233
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Condition: New
€ 157.90
€ 157.90
Paperback. Series: Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development (Mono). Num Pages: 316 pages. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119186267
- ISBN
- 9781119186267
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Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 43.51
€ 44.99
€ 43.51
paperback. Addresses the mythical figure of Europe that is often taken to be the original site of modernity in many histories of capitalist transition in non-Western countries. This book proposes that every case of transition to capitalism is a case of translation as well and categories into the categories and self-understandings of capitalist modernity. Series: Princeton Studies in Culture, Power, History. Num Pages: 336 pages, 3 line illus. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBTQ; JFCX; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New edition with a New preface by the author
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691130019
- ISBN
- 9780691130019
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.89
€ 42.99
€ 30.89
Hardcover. Combining theory and evidence on small scale industries, farming, and more, this title argues that despite the promise of independence and liberalization, India remains caged in a backward state. Comparing the developed West, it underscores the point that affluence can be achieved only after living conditions improve across all social classes. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JHB; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 33. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804771894
- ISBN
- 9780804771894
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.29
€ 40.99
€ 33.29
Photographic and Descriptive Musculoskeletal Atlas of Bonobos: With No...
Diogo, Rui, Shearer, Brian, Potau, Josep M., ...
Hardcover. Num Pages: 233 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 163 colour illustrations, 100 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: JHM; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319541051
- ISBN
- 9783319541051
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Condition: New
€ 140.12
€ 140.12
Paperback. Narrates the individual stories of artisans and traders of Kenyan arts and crafts as they overcome the loss of physical access to roadside market space by turning to new digital technologies to make their businesses more mobile and integrated into the global economy. Num Pages: 264 pages, 21 b/w, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; GTC; HBJH; HBTB; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520292895
- ISBN
- 9780520292895
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.24
€ 40.99
€ 29.24
Hardcover. Editor(s): Patel, Dilip R.; Greydanus, Donald E.; Merrick, Professor Joav, MD, MMedSci, DMSc. Num Pages: 144 pages, tables. BIC Classification: JHBS; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 259 x 181 x 16. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608767021
- ISBN
- 9781608767021
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Condition: New
€ 169.74€ 115.12
€ 169.74
€ 115.12
Hardback. Through careful examination of the lives of East Germans in the decade after the fall of the Berlin Wall, this book details how a very sudden and very radical system change alters the interweaving of individual agency with institutions and social structures in shaping life-course trajectories. Editor(s): Diewald, Martin; Goedicke, Anne; Mayer, Karl Ulrich. Series: Studies in Social Inequality. Num Pages: 408 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 27. Weight in Grams: 699.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804752084
- ISBN
- 9780804752084
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.62
€ 86.62
Paperback. Shows graduate students and researchers how to construct theory frames and use them to develop valid empirical hypotheses in the course of empirical social and political research. This title seeks to mobilize the implicit theoretical social knowledge used in everyday life. It also relates theoretical ideas to problems of methodology. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: GPS; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691129594
- ISBN
- 9780691129594
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Condition: New
€ 54.55
€ 54.55
Paperback. Editor(s): Moller, Dietmar P. F. Series: Advances in Simulation. Num Pages: 203 pages, 18 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JHM; MBG; MQW; PS; UGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1990
- Number of pages
- 203
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387971841
- ISBN
- 9780387971841
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.46
€ 63.46
Hardback. Shows how corruption operates through informal rules, personal connections and wider social contexts. Editor(s): Haller, Dieter; Shore, Cris. Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC; JPZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 23. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745321585
- ISBN
- 9780745321585
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Condition: New
€ 100.75€ 82.74
€ 100.75
€ 82.74
Paperback. Shows how corruption operates through informal rules, personal connections and wider social contexts. Editor(s): Haller, Dieter; Shore, Cris. Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC; JPZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 138 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745321578
- ISBN
- 9780745321578
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.14
€ 40.99
€ 31.14
Hardcover. This book presents some in-depth cases regarding specific informal economic activities in Brazil. Using an ethnographic approach, the author shows the social and economic processes that allow the informal economy to be reproduced, revealing the complex and heterogeneous relations between the formal and the informal parts of economy. Num Pages: 270 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; HBTB; JH; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 209 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230618176
- ISBN
- 9780230618176
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.03
€ 64.03
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319517919
- ISBN
- 9783319517919
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Condition: New
€ 94.29€ 93.89
€ 94.29
€ 93.89
Paperback. A Companion to Moral Anthropology features a collection of readings from international experts that explore the various currents, approaches, and issues in the emerging field of moral anthropology. This companion includes coverage of morality and ethics, moral philosophy, moral psychology, evolutionary biology, neuroethics, and bioethics. Editor(s): Fassin, Didier. Series: Wiley-Blackwell Companions to Anthropology. Num Pages: 664 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JHB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 171 x 29. Weight in Grams: 996.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118959503
- ISBN
- 9781118959503
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.03
€ 65.03
Hardcover. Most incidents of urban unrest in recent decades - including the riots in France, Britain and other Western countries - have followed lethal interactions between the youth and the police. Usually these take place in disadvantaged neighborhoods composed of working-class families of immigrant origin or belonging to ethnic minorities. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; JFSG; JHMC; JKSW1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 161 x 29. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745664798
- ISBN
- 9780745664798
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.17
€ 79.17
Hardcover. A Companion to Moral Anthropology features a collection of readings from international experts that explore the various currents, approaches, and issues in the emerging field of moral anthropology. This companion includes coverage of morality and ethics, moral philosophy, moral psychology, evolutionary biology, neuroethics, and bioethics. Editor(s): Fassin, Didier. Series: Wiley-Blackwell Companions to Anthropology. Num Pages: 664 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 184 x 254 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1172.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 664
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470656457
- ISBN
- 9780470656457
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Condition: New
€ 229.69
€ 229.69
Paperback. Takes on one of the most tragic stories of the global AIDS crisis - the failure of the ANC government to stem the tide of the AIDS epidemic in South Africa. This work traces the deep roots of the AIDS crisis to apartheid and, before that, to the colonial period. Series: California Series in Public Anthropology. Num Pages: 390 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 390
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520250277
- ISBN
- 9780520250277
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.32
€ 37.99
€ 27.32
Paperback. Most incidents of urban unrest in recent decades - including the riots in France, Britain and other Western countries - have followed lethal interactions between the youth and the police. Usually these take place in disadvantaged neighborhoods composed of working-class families of immigrant origin or belonging to ethnic minorities. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; JFSG; JHMC; JKSW1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745664804
- ISBN
- 9780745664804
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.35
€ 28.35
Paperback. An edited collection that explores all aspects of the state and its institutions. Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HPS; JHMC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745335599
- ISBN
- 9780745335599
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.40
€ 40.99
€ 31.40
Paperback. Translator(s): Lucey, Michael. Series: Semiotext(e) / Foreign Agents. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JFSK2; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Autonomedia United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781584351238
- ISBN
- 9781584351238
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.87
€ 18.99
€ 16.87