Sociology & anthropology
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Sociology & anthropology
Hardback. An ethnographic study of a community of Mongolian herders who have been undergoing dramatic environmental and social transformations since 1980. It observes a remote region of modern China, documenting some of the unintended harmful consequences of decollectivization and economic development. Num Pages: 272 pages, 32 illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPM; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804742788
- ISBN
- 9780804742788
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.09
€ 82.09
paperback. Non-payment of child support is often categorized as an individual act of deviance or moral failing, reinforcing resistance and disengagement on the part of fathers by causing them to see themselves as victims whose personal rights are under threat. Num Pages: 272 pages, 3 figures. BIC Classification: JHBK; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780802083180
- ISBN
- 9780802083180
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 39.44
€ 43.99
€ 39.44
Hardcover. The people of Oaxaca, Mexico, believe the souls of the dead, the antepasados, return every year for a twenty-four-hour visit. They are welcomed into their former homes with gaily decorated altars and offerings of food and gifts. This text supplies background understanding of the beliefs and practices of the observance. Num Pages: 160 pages, 65 colour photos, 28 b&w photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; ASZP; JHBT; JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1002.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875653495
- ISBN
- 9780875653495
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 40.85
€ 41.99
€ 40.85
Hardback. County and City Extra: Special Historical Edition is an essential single-volume source for information on the United States as a whole as well as the states, counties, and cities from 1790-2010. It complements the popular and trusted County and City Extra: Annual Metro, City, and County Data Book, also published by Bernan Press. Editor(s): Gaquin, Deirdre A.; Ryan, Mary Meghan. Series: County and City Extra Series. Num Pages: 282 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GBC; JHBC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 287 x 222 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1030.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Special
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781598888041
- ISBN
- 9781598888041
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 215.34
€ 215.34
Witches, Midwives, and Nurses: A History of Women Healers (Contemporar...
Deirdre English Barbara Ehrenreich
Paperback. Num Pages: 108 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBT; VXH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 135 x 188 x 6. Weight in Grams: 100.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The Feminist Press at CUNY
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 108
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558616615
- ISBN
- 9781558616615
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.83
€ 15.83
Paperback. Discusses changes and continuities produced by globalization Series: Tracking Globalization. Num Pages: 264 pages, 7 b&w illus., 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMP; JFFN; JFFS; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253002051
- ISBN
- 9780253002051
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.33
€ 29.99
€ 27.33
Hardback. Series: Global Research Studies. Num Pages: 196 pages, 10 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1FMP; JFFN; JFFS; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253024671
- ISBN
- 9780253024671
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.22
€ 92.22
paperback. Series: Global Research Studies. Num Pages: 196 pages, 10 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1FMP; JFFN; JFFS; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 11. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253024831
- ISBN
- 9780253024831
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.86
€ 32.99
€ 29.86
Hardcover. This book is the first full-length study of utopianism in eighteenth-century Ireland. It reveals that a distinct utopianism emerged in the early decades of the eighteenth century based on the improving visions of the Dublin Society Num Pages: 246 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JF; HBJD1; HBTB; JHMC; JPA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Cork University Press Ireland
- Number of pages
- 246
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782051688
- ISBN
- 9781782051688
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.00€ 31.26
€ 39.00
€ 31.26
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBK; JKSB1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 145 x 16. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195182767
- ISBN
- 9780195182767
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.63
€ 68.63
Hardback. Considering issues such as pain and fertility, and exploring both the language of medical discourse and the silence of personal mystery, she reveals the numerous ways in which giving birth is narrated in the contemporary U.S. Pollock draws on cultural criticism, performance studies, and narrative theory to unpack this long-ignored genre. Series: Popular Cultures, Everyday Lives. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFHF; JHBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231109147
- ISBN
- 9780231109147
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.55€ 89.98
€ 117.55
€ 89.98
Paperback. Chronicles how Indians came to represent themselves in Wild West shows, Hollywood films, sports, music, and their use of the automobile. This book examines longstanding stereotypes of Indians as invariably violent, suggesting that, even as such views continued in American popular culture, they were also transformed by the violence at Wounded Knee. Series: CultureAmerica. Num Pages: 312 pages, 51 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JHMP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700614592
- ISBN
- 9780700614592
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.62
€ 29.99
€ 29.62
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442636613
- ISBN
- 9781442636613
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.73
€ 34.99
€ 31.73
Paperback. A fascinating history of sex and relationships. Breach of Promise was an archaic legal action brought about by a jilted lover (male or female) when their former intended broke off their engagement. This is the first ever non-academic book on the topic and reveals a fascinating romantic and legal underworld from the 1790s - 1960s. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 164 x 16. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783030361
- ISBN
- 9781783030361
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.01
€ 26.99
€ 24.01
Paperback. An ethnographic case study of sex tourism in the Dominican Republic, showing how the sex trade is linked to economic and cultural globalization Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 296 pages, 9 b&w photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KJD; JFFS; JFMX; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- unknown
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822332978
- ISBN
- 9780822332978
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.32
€ 36.99
€ 34.32
Paperback. Explores the emergence of rituals in America that celebrate the dying and reinvent the roles of family and community at the deathbed. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBT; JHBZ; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520268739
- ISBN
- 9780520268739
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.38
€ 40.99
€ 29.38
Paperback. aeo An exciting and challenging examination of how womena s minds are defined and treated by the medical establishment. aeo Whereas other books examine the history of mental illness in women, this book looks at the contemporary approaches of modern psychiatry. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHM; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 312. Good copy with some shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0010239
- ISBN
- 9780745612614
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. A painstaking and skillful autopsy of ruinous western-style rational economic development policy forced upon a fragile, yet self- sustaining society. It is also a disquieting demonstration of the general folly of such an approach and an attempt to articulate a better, more sensitive, and more productive model of change. Num Pages: 331 pages, 9 line illustrations, 3 maps, 18 tables. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 331
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520235915
- ISBN
- 9780520235915
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.20
€ 40.99
€ 29.20
Paperback. Editor(s): Waskul, Asst. Prof. Dennis; Vannini, Professor Phillip. Num Pages: 322 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white tables, 2 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: JFCA; JHB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 322
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138833395
- ISBN
- 9781138833395
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.65
€ 71.65
hardcover. This leading sociologist brings his distinctive method of social criticism to bear on some of the most significant ideas, political and social events, and thinkers of the late twentieth century. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 21. Weight in Grams: 475.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804732390
- ISBN
- 9780804732390
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.19
€ 144.19
Paperback. Many modern theories hold that the function of grief and mourning is to cut bonds with the deceased, freeing the survivor to develop new relationships. This work, however, argues that proper resolution of grief should enable one to develop and maintain a continuing healthy bond with the deceased. Editor(s): Klass, Dennis E.; Silverman, Phyllis Rolfe; Nickman, Steven L. Series: Death Education, Aging and Health Care. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBZ; JKSN2; VFJX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 260
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781560323396
- ISBN
- 9781560323396
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.15
€ 63.15
Hardback. Using a biophysical perspective, this text aims to demonstrate that there are many ways of knowing, methods of inquiry, and perspectives that can guide one's understanding of human behaviour. It encourages the development of critical thinking as opposed to memorization of theories. Series: Foundations of Social Work Knowledge Series. Num Pages: 459 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBA; JMAL; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 180 x 33. Weight in Grams: 817.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 459
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231112802
- ISBN
- 9780231112802
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.04€ 73.18
€ 94.04
€ 73.18
Paperback. In this exciting new book, Dennis Smith argues that we need to look afresh at globalization. So far, he argues, analysts have not properly explained religious extremism, the War on Terror, and the dynamics of fear, anger and resentment. Num Pages: 288 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 22. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745617039
- ISBN
- 9780745617039
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.06
€ 26.06
Paperback. In 1726, an illiterate woman from Surrey named Mary Toft announced that she had given birth to 17 rabbits. This study recreates the story of this incident and shows how it illuminates 18th-century beliefs about the power of imagination and the problems of personal identity. Num Pages: 358 pages, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBD; JFC; JHM; JMS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 358
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226805566
- ISBN
- 9780226805566
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.72
€ 42.99
€ 33.72