Sociology & anthropology
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Sociology & anthropology
Paperback. Editor(s): Soen, Dan; Ben-David, Sarah. Num Pages: 302 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFJ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 180 x 16. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781631179563
- ISBN
- 9781631179563
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 167.38€ 115.01
€ 167.38
€ 115.01
Paperback. Ideas, Dan Sperber argues, may be contagious. They may invade whole populations. In the process, the people, their environment, and the ideas themselves are being transformed. To explain culture is to describe the causes and the effects of this contagion of ideas. Num Pages: 192 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM; JMH; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631200451
- ISBN
- 9780631200451
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Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 48.90
€ 48.99
€ 48.90
Paperback. The latest War on Drugs in the United States targeted cocaine and later crack as an "epidemic" sweeping the nation with tragic and irreversible effects. This title presents a study of heavy cocaine users in an effort to understand how they got started, their uses of cocaine, and the "natural" progression of use and abuse. Series: Health, Society, & Policy. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 19. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566390132
- ISBN
- 9781566390132
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.12
€ 38.99
€ 35.12
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781446259054
- ISBN
- 9781446259054
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 48.92
€ 50.99
€ 48.92
Paperback. Series: Intersections. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479825264
- ISBN
- 9781479825264
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.83
€ 33.99
€ 30.83
hardcover. Series: Intersections. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479847945
- ISBN
- 9781479847945
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.43
€ 96.43
Paperback. This text examines the benefits and risks of international economic integration, and criticizes mainstream economists for not emphasizing its dangers. It argues that the "winners" have as much at stake from the possible consequences of social instability exposed by globalization, as the "losers". Num Pages: 128 pages, tables, figures. BIC Classification: JFFS; JH; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 8. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The Peterson Institute for International Economics United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780881322415
- ISBN
- 9780881322415
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.43
€ 26.99
€ 20.43
Paperback. The 20th century has seen people displaced on an unprecedented scale and has brought concerns about refugees into sharp focus. These essays maintain a balance between providing specific details of the refugee experience and exploring corresponding theories of trust and mistrust. Editor(s): Daniel, E. V.; Knudsen, John Chr. Num Pages: 330 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFD; JFS; JHM; JPVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 68.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520088993
- ISBN
- 9780520088993
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.53
€ 35.99
€ 26.53
Paperback. On any given day nearly half of the world's population is wearing blue jeans - this is the first serious attempt to understand the causes, nature and consequences of the rise of 'global' denim. Editor(s): Miller, Daniel; Woodward, Sophie. Num Pages: 224 pages, 12 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCK; JHB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847886316
- ISBN
- 9781847886316
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 36.10
€ 42.99
€ 36.10
Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JHMC; JPA; JPF; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 218 x 149 x 46. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691173047
- ISBN
- 9780691173047
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.86
€ 24.99
€ 18.86
Paperback. Reveals mask performance as an expression of individual and community identity. Series: African Expressive Cultures. Num Pages: 41 b&w photos, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1H; ASD; GTB; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253216120
- ISBN
- 9780253216120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.95
€ 26.99
€ 26.95
Paperback.
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761906599
- ISBN
- 9780761906599
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 105.25
€ 105.25
Paperback. Where do concepts such as "welfare state" and "social security" come from and how has their meaning changed over time?. This edited collection, written by a cross-disciplinary group of leading social policy researchers, analyses the concepts and language used to make sense of contemporary social policy. Editor(s): Beland, Daniel; Petersen, Klaus. Num Pages: 334 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; JKS; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 20. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447306436
- ISBN
- 9781447306436
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.10
€ 36.10
Paperback. "With a new afterword by the author, this classic analysis of Western liberal capitalist society contends that capitalism--and the culture it creates--harbors the seeds of its own downfall by creating a" Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; JPA; KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Edition
- 20th Anniversary Ed
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465014996
- ISBN
- 9780465014996
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 18.64
€ 23.99
€ 18.64
Paperback. Offers an alternative to the Euro-American warrior/patriarch model of masculinity and recovers the Jewish ideal of the gentle, receptive male. Analyzing ancient and modern texts, this book reveals early rabbis - studious, family-oriented - as exemplars of manhood and the prime objects of female desire in traditional Jewish society. Series: Contraversions: Critical Studies in Jewish Literature, Culture & Society. Num Pages: 433 pages, 16. BIC Classification: JFCX; JFSJ; JFSR1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 433
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520210509
- ISBN
- 9780520210509
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.19
€ 38.99
€ 28.19
Paperback. Explores the vibrancy and variety of humans' sacred encounters with the natural world, gathering a range of stories culled from Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Mayan, Himalayan, Buddhist, and Chinese shamanic traditions. Num Pages: 321 pages, 25 b/w images. BIC Classification: HRAC; JFHF; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520290426
- ISBN
- 9780520290426
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.73
€ 33.99
€ 24.73
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107129337
- ISBN
- 9781107129337
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.10
€ 119.10
paperback. The modern meanings of kinship, marriage, parenthood, gender, and sexuality are being questioned, and debates on same-sex marriages and parenthood or on divorce and blended families are reflective of these challenges. This book covers family sociology to provide an interpretive model for understanding contemporary changes in the family. Translator(s): Brierley, Jane. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- UBC Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774815215
- ISBN
- 9780774815215
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.09
€ 34.09
Paperback. As a metaphor, the island has been a fecund source of inspiration across many domains. Yet the concept seems to contradict trends toward interconnectedness in the geographic and design fields. An atlas of islands, New Geographies, 8 explores the new limits of islandness and gathers examples to reassert its relevance for design disciplines." Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 206 x 254 x 19. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934510452
- ISBN
- 9781934510452
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.53
€ 27.99
€ 24.53
Paperback. Cannibalism is one of the oldest and deepest seated taboos. This work provides a lively and easily digestible account from the earliest incidents through to the modern day. It includes ritual cannibalism in primitive societies; cases in mythology, literature and fairy tales and contemporary figures. Num Pages: 360 pages, 16 illusrations. BIC Classification: BTC; HBTB; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750943734
- ISBN
- 9780750943734
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.51
€ 17.99
€ 16.51
The Western Construction of Religion not only provides a critical assessment of the whole history of "religionas it is understood in the West but offers better ways of constructing the study of this central part of human experience. Translator(s): Sayers, William. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: HRAB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801873201
- ISBN
- 9780801873201
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.69
€ 66.69
Hardback. Explains how the human head works, and why our heads evolved in this peculiarly human way. This book documents how the many components of the head function, how they evolved since we diverged from the apes, and how they interact in diverse ways both functionally and developmentally, causing them to be highly integrated. Num Pages: 768 pages, 55 halftones, 110 line illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMP; PSAJ; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 173 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1166.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 768
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674046368
- ISBN
- 9780674046368
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.52€ 52.21
€ 56.52
€ 52.21
Paperback. An innovative re-thinking of the placebo effect, first published in 2002, that opens up new ways of understanding the phenomenon. Series Editor(s): Harwood, Alan. Series: Cambridge Studies in Medical Anthropology. Num Pages: 182 pages, 3 b/w illus. 3 tables. BIC Classification: JHMC; MB; MMH; MMJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 154 x 9. Weight in Grams: 286. Series: Cambridge Studies in Medical Anthropology. 182 pages, 3 b/w illus. 3 tables. An innovative re-thinking of the placebo effect, first published in 2002, that opens up new ways of understanding the phenomenon. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: JHMC; MB; MMH; MMJ. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 9. Weight: 310. Series Editor(s) :Harwood, Alan.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 182
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521000871
- ISBN
- 9780521000871
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.33
€ 31.99
€ 30.33
Hardback. In The Voice and its Doubles Daniel Fisher explores the production of Aboriginal Australian audio media, showing how the mediatization of the Aboriginal voice provides the means to representing and linking Indigenous communities, maintaining distinct linguistic and cultural traditions, and gaining access to Australian political life. Num Pages: 339 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 613.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 339
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822360896
- ISBN
- 9780822360896
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.89
€ 114.89