Sociology & anthropology
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Sociology & anthropology
paperback. Based on eyewitness accounts of rituals conducted at the height of Inca rule, this is a key document that provides an unparalleled account of the prayers and religious celebrations of the Inca in a context of rapidly changing cultural practices. Series: The William and Bettye Nowlin Series in Art, History, and Culture of the Western Hemisphere. Num Pages: 186 pages, 5 maps, 9 b&w photos, 7 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; HRKP; JFHF; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 508. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292743984
- ISBN
- 9780292743984
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.72
€ 20.99
€ 20.72
Hardback. Building on the possibilities opened up by Ethnic Studies, this volume promotes open dialogue, discussion, and debate regarding Critical Ethnic Studies' expansive, politically complex, and intellectually rich concerns on topics ranging from multiculturalism and the neoliberal university to the militarized security state. Editor(s): Elia, Nada; Hernandez, David Manuel; Kim, Jodi; Redmond, Shana L.; Rodriguez, Dylan; See, Sarita Echavez. Num Pages: 567 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL3; JFSL4; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 36. Weight in Grams: 885.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 567
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822361084
- ISBN
- 9780822361084
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.50
€ 137.50
Paperback. Building on the possibilities opened up by Ethnic Studies, this volume promotes open dialogue, discussion, and debate regarding Critical Ethnic Studies' expansive, politically complex, and intellectually rich concerns on topics ranging from multiculturalism and the neoliberal university to the militarized security state. Editor(s): Elia, Nada; Hernandez, David Manuel; Kim, Jodi; Redmond, Shana L.; Rodriguez, Dylan; See, Sarita Echavez. Num Pages: 576 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL3; JFSL4; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 231 x 34. Weight in Grams: 834.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822361275
- ISBN
- 9780822361275
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Condition: New
€ 34.17
€ 34.17
paperback. With the increase in mothers' employment both the government and many employers are promoting flexible working policies to improve work-life 'balance'. This report considers the effects of these changes on the lives of both women and men. It examines three employment sectors in detail - banking, grocery retail and local authorities. Series: Family and Work Series. Num Pages: 60 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFF; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 297 x 210 x 6. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 60
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9781861345004
- ISBN
- 9781861345004
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 25.66
€ 25.99
€ 25.66
Hardback. In June 1976 political demonstrations in the black township of Soweto exploded into an insurrection that would continue sporadically and spread to urban areas across South Africa. This title sets out to demonstrate that liquor outlets were not simply convenient symbols of oppression. Editor(s): Crush, Jonathan; Ambler, Charles H. Num Pages: 447 pages, Maps, notes. BIC Classification: JFF; JHM; JKS; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 33. Weight in Grams: 894.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 447
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821410271
- ISBN
- 9780821410271
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Condition: New
€ 75.98
€ 75.98
hardcover. Num Pages: 201 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; JF; JHBC; VFVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 168 x 16. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press United States
- Number of pages
- 201
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611491012
- ISBN
- 9781611491012
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.10
€ 120.10
hardcover. Throughout a year of ethnographic fieldwork among the Lanoh hunter-gatherers of Peninsular Malaysia, Csilla Dallos studied and interpreted social change in order to better understand the processes leading to inequality and the concurrent development of social complexity within a community. Series: Anthropological Horizons. Num Pages: 368 pages, 12, 6 figures; 3 maps. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442642225
- ISBN
- 9781442642225
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.82
€ 86.82
Paperback. This collection offers first-hand accounts, research studies and in-depth theoretical explorations of disabled children's childhoods. The accounts oppose the global imposition of problematic views of disability and childhood and instead, offer an open discussion of responsive and ethical research approaches. Editor(s): Curran, T; Runswick-Cole, Katherine. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSP; JHB; JHBK; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349435555
- ISBN
- 9781349435555
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 94.29€ 94.12
€ 94.29
€ 94.12
Paperback. Deals with equal opportunities and the power of women in men's organizations. Editor(s): Campling, Jo. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1991st Edition
- SKU
- V9780333549131
- ISBN
- 9780333549131
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Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.40
€ 54.99
€ 46.40
Paperback. Immigration and globalization have significantly altered Europe's cultural and ethnic landscape, foregrounding questions of national belonging. This title provides an ethnographic analysis of how patterns of national identity are constructed and transformed across generations. Series: Politics, History, & Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DFG; JHMC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 227 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822345442
- ISBN
- 9780822345442
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.39
€ 27.99
€ 26.39
Paperback. This comparative frontier history explores the role that natural environments played in shaping the contours of European-indigenous encounters and processes of colonization Num Pages: 456 pages, 28 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFC; JHMC; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 30. Weight in Grams: 653.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822336891
- ISBN
- 9780822336891
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.61
€ 33.99
€ 30.61
paperback. Focusing on the native subjects of Sonora in Northwestern Mexico, this book explores the social process of peasant class formation and the cultural persistence of Indian communities, during the transitional period between Spanish colonialism and Mexican national rule. It is useful for those in the fields of Latin American and postcolonial studies. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 432 pages, 6 illustrations, 5 maps, 4 graphs. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; HBJK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 31. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822318996
- ISBN
- 9780822318996
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.77
€ 33.99
€ 30.77
Paperback.
This volume demonstrates how archaeological data viewed through the lens of gender studies can lead researchers to question and reformulate current models of household organization, subsistence and craft production, ritual performance, and the structure of ancient states. Editor(s): Brumfiel, Elizabeth M. Series: Archaeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association. Num Pages: 125 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 215 x 8. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Number 18
- Number of pages
- 125
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444334036
- ISBN
- 9781444334036
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Condition: New
€ 49.50
€ 49.50
Paperback. Latin America is a profoundly philanthropic region with deeply rooted traditions of solidarity with the less fortunate. This volume brings together groundbreaking perspectives on such diverse themes as corporate philanthropy, immigrant networks, and new grant-making and operating foundations with corporate, family, and community origins. Editor(s): Portocarrero, Felipe. Series: David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies. Num Pages: 390 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; JHM; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 29. Weight in Grams: 768.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press Massachusetts
- Number of pages
- 390
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674019652
- ISBN
- 9780674019652
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.53
€ 27.99
€ 24.53
Paperback. Deals with problems of men aged 35-40 who have invested half a work-life in one career and may now be at turning-point. Series: Cambridge Studies in Sociology. Num Pages: 400 pages, 40tabs. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590. Clean copy.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press Cambridge
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1970
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KEX0205733
- ISBN
- 9780521096065
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Editor(s): Czerny, Miroslawa; Castillo, Guadalupe Hoyos. Num Pages: 179 pages. BIC Classification: JHB. Dimension: 160 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781631174292
- ISBN
- 9781631174292
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 251.08€ 170.94
€ 251.08
€ 170.94
Paperback. These eleven essays offer critical engagement in understanding the sky in human imagination and culture and contribute to this new field emerging within the academy. Editor(s): Gunzburg, Darrelyn. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HRAC; HRLK; JFHF; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 5135.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Equinox
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781791684
- ISBN
- 9781781791684
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.49
€ 59.49
Paperback. Organizational Ethnography brings contributions from leading scholars in organizational studies that help to develop an ethnographic perspective on organizations and organizational research. Editor(s): Yanow, Dvora; Ybema, Sierk; Kamsteeg, Frans H.; Wels, Harry. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JHMP; KJU. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 242 x 172 x 20. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847870469
- ISBN
- 9781847870469
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.06
€ 70.06
Hardcover. Editor(s): D'Aubigne, Paul. Num Pages: 147 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JHB; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 13. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- GAZELLE BOOK SERVICES
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781629485058
- ISBN
- 9781629485058
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 188.60€ 129.19
€ 188.60
€ 129.19
Paperback. In 2004, Michael Burawoy, speaking as president of the American Sociological Association, generated far-reaching controversy when he issued an ambitious and impassioned call for a 'public sociology'. He argued that sociology should speak beyond the university. This book features the debate on the perils and the potentials of his challenge. Editor(s): Clawson, Dan; Zussman, Robert; Misra, Joya; Gerstel, Naomi; Stokes, Randall; Anderton, Douglas L. Num Pages: 286 pages, 3 tables, 1 figure. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 63.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 286
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520251380
- ISBN
- 9780520251380
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Hardcover. Num Pages: 177 pages, tabs. BIC Classification: JHM; MBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 164 x 16. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 177
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781560722281
- ISBN
- 9781560722281
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.73€ 103.66
€ 136.73
€ 103.66
Hardcover. Focuses on the politics, economics, sociology, and history of work and workers in Europe. This title places the labor markets, workplaces, jobs and workers of Europe in comparative perspective, and compares contemporary patterns and the history of European workers with other models of work worldwide. Editor(s): Brady, David. Series Editor(s): Keister, Lisa. Series: Research in the Sociology of Work. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1D; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 55. Weight in Grams: 1146.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780857249319
- ISBN
- 9780857249319
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.04
€ 133.04
Hardcover. Solutions to the pressing social and economic problems of our times, as outlined in the pioneering economic texts of Anthony Downs, Mancur Olson and Fred Hirsch, are explored in this book. The author seeks to examine and to evaluate important theories on collective action. Num Pages: 354 pages, reference notes, index. BIC Classification: JH; KFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 143 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Edition
- 1990th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333494714
- ISBN
- 9780333494714
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 181.54€ 112.34
€ 181.54
€ 112.34
hardcover. She combines one-on-one interviews with detailed observations of how song provides a window into Amish cultural beliefs, values, and norms. Series: Young Center Books in Anabaptist and Pietist Studies. Num Pages: 216 pages, 48, 47 black & white line drawings, 1 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HRCR; JFSR; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781421414652
- ISBN
- 9781421414652
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.52
€ 49.52