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Sociology & anthropology
Hardback. Attiya Ahmad examines the practice of conversion to Islam by South Asian migrant domestic workers in the Arabian Peninsula and Persian Gulf region and how these women's conversions stem from an ongoing process rooted in their everyday experiences as migrant workers rather than a clean break from their preexisting lives. Series: Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JFSJ5; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822363330
- ISBN
- 9780822363330
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.28
€ 110.28
Hardcover. With the decline in rural population from forty percent at the turn of the century, to about 4 percent now, many small towns have been virtually depopulated. However, some communities are planning and taking action to assure their development in sustainable ways. Editor(s): Audirac, Ivonne. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: JFSF; JHBD; RNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 167 x 29. Weight in Grams: 858.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471152330
- ISBN
- 9780471152330
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 279.30
€ 279.30
Paperback. Editor(s): Genus, Audley. Series: The Anthropocene: Politik-Economics-Society-Science. Num Pages: 185 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, 4 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JHBC; LNKJ; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 297.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 185
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319296630
- ISBN
- 9783319296630
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Condition: New
€ 62.63
€ 62.63
Hardback. Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the linguistically and geographically diverse regions of the world. As in the rest of the world, deaf people live throughout sub-Saharan communities. This is a research on sub-Saharan signed languages and deaf community, organizing has created the opportunity to gather together and the perspectives presented herein. Editor(s): Cooper, Audrey C.; Rashid, Khadijat K. Num Pages: 232 pages, 15 figures. BIC Classification: 1HF; CFZ; JFFG; JFSL; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 70 x 100 x 15. Weight in Grams: 739.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781563686344
- ISBN
- 9781563686344
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Condition: New
€ 71.12€ 59.88
€ 71.12
€ 59.88
Paperback. Photography and Death reveals the beauty, meaning and significance of images once dismissed as disturbing, perverted or grotesque and charts changes in their stylistic treatment through the decades. Series: Exposures. Num Pages: 160 pages, 40 colour illustrations, 50 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AJC; JHBZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 192 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 776.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861897916
- ISBN
- 9781861897916
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.52
€ 31.52
Hardback. Through an ethnography of the social and medical worlds of a community of Tibetan refugees in India, this book addresses two main questions: first, how has the prolonged displacement of Tibetan refugees affected concepts of health in the exile community? Second, how has exile changed traditional Tibetan medical practices? Series: Epistemologies of Healing. Num Pages: Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFFD; JHM. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845454579
- ISBN
- 9781845454579
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.27
€ 151.27
paperback. "Hunger and Work in a Savage Tribe" examines the cultural aspects of food and eating among the Southern Bantu, taking as its starting point the bold statement "nutrition is a biological process more fundamental than sex". Series: Routledge Classic Ethnographies. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFGS; JFC; JHBT; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415320115
- ISBN
- 9780415320115
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Condition: New
€ 64.94
€ 64.94
Paperback. A sweeping work examining the evolution of "race" in the past three centuries as a cultural invention rationalizing inequality among the peoples of North America Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Westview Press
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813345543
- ISBN
- 9780813345543
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.46
€ 72.46
Hardback. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231061100
- ISBN
- 9780231061100
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.60€ 61.86
€ 80.60
€ 61.86
paperback. An essential primer for readers interested in tracing the development and dynamics of Canada's immigration program and understanding the impact of recent federal reforms on Canadian society. Num Pages: 1088 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFFN; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 36. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 1088
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774826808
- ISBN
- 9780774826808
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.76
€ 46.99
€ 41.76
Hardback. Ethnoarchaeology of Shuwa-Arab Settlements demonstrates the imperative need for ethnoarchaeology to include a deep sense of the history of the specific social group under analysis for its findings to truly impact archaeological thinking. Num Pages: 418 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1HFJA; HBTB; HDD; HDW; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 418
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739104071
- ISBN
- 9780739104071
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 169.87
€ 169.87
Hardcover. Series: African Histories and Modernities. Num Pages: 219 pages, 1 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; 1KBB; HBTB; JFSJ2; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319301853
- ISBN
- 9783319301853
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.61
€ 63.61
Hardcover. This authoritative work sheds light on the religious world of the Kalasha people of the Birir valley of the Pakistani district of Chitral, focusing on their winter feasts which culminate in a great winter solstice festival. Num Pages: 380 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKP; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 161 x 290 x 36. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Publisher
- Gingko Library
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909942844
- ISBN
- 9781909942844
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Condition: New
€ 53.16
€ 53.16
Hardback. Contributions from scholars in anthropology, religion, and area studies--stemming from research in East and Southeast Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas collected to represent a form of historically grounded, ethnographically driven social science that seeks to understand social phenomena by dialogically engaging global and local perspectives. Num Pages: 336 pages, 5 b/w illus. BIC Classification: JFSL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823241897
- ISBN
- 9780823241897
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.62
€ 86.62
paperback. Contributions from scholars in anthropology, religion, and area studies--stemming from research in East and Southeast Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas collected to represent a form of historically grounded, ethnographically driven social science that seeks to understand social phenomena by dialogically engaging global and local perspectives. Num Pages: 336 pages, 5 b/w illus. BIC Classification: JFSL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823241903
- ISBN
- 9780823241903
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.03
€ 37.99
€ 34.03
Hardback. Series: Ethnobiology. Num Pages: 264 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, 10 colour illustrations, 10 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: JHM; PSTS; RNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 561.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319246796
- ISBN
- 9783319246796
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.59
€ 122.59
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138214934
- ISBN
- 9781138214934
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.17
€ 66.17
Paperback. Aggression and competition are customarily presented as the natural state of affairs in both human society and the animal kingdom. This book shows that our species relies heavily on cooperation for survival as do many others - from wolves and dolphins to monkeys and apes. Editor(s): Aureli, Filippo. Num Pages: 422 pages, 38 b/w photographs, 31 line illustrations, 19 tables. BIC Classification: JHM; JMAL; PSAJ; PSVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 204 x 26. Weight in Grams: 818.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press California
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 422
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520223462
- ISBN
- 9780520223462
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.48
€ 38.99
€ 28.48
Hardback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1QFG; GTF; HBTS; JFMX; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231181822
- ISBN
- 9780231181822
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.15
€ 40.99
€ 29.15
Paperback. Provides an introduction to the topics, theories and debates in modern social theory. Fourteen chapters have been written by specialists in the field, providing guidance of the modern sociological imagination, from the legacies of the classical figures of Marx, Durkheim, Weber, Simmel and Parsons to the work of contemporary theorists. Editor(s): Harrington, Austin. Num Pages: 400 pages, numerous text boxes. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 247 x 186 x 23. Weight in Grams: 770.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Second Impression
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199255702
- ISBN
- 9780199255702
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.99
€ 74.99
Hardback. Art and Social Theory provides a comprehensive introduction to sociological studies of the arts. It examines the central debates of social theorists and sociologists about the place of the arts in society and the social significance of aesthetics. Num Pages: 248 pages, 0. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745630380
- ISBN
- 9780745630380
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.21
€ 72.21
Paperback. Art and Social Theory provides a comprehensive introduction to sociological studies of the arts. It examines the central debates of social theorists and sociologists about the place of the arts in society and the social significance of aesthetics. Num Pages: 248 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745630397
- ISBN
- 9780745630397
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.00
€ 27.00
Hardback. Presenting a diverse array of articles by an interdisciplinary group of scholars, this work covers social science disciplines and law. Some articles in this issue examine the interactions of law and "vulnerable" populations. Other articles focus on indigenous groups and particular legal controversies in which they are involved. Series: Studies in Law, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 202 pages. BIC Classification: JH; JP; LA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 420. Series: Studies in Law, Politics, and Society. 202 pages. Presenting a diverse array of articles by an interdisciplinary group of scholars, this work covers social science disciplines and law. Some articles in this issue examine the interactions of law and "vulnerable" populations. Other articles focus on indigenous groups and particular legal controversies in which they are involved. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JH; JP; LA. Dimension: 235 x 154 x 20. Weight: 420.
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited
- Number of pages
- 202
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762312726
- ISBN
- 9780762312726
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.53
€ 128.53
Hardback. Once hailed as a promising new way to think about law and as opening a vital conversation about literature the question is whether the law and literature enterprise has lived up to its initial promise. This is a contemporary study of law and literature. It includes contributions by an international group of leading scholars. Editor(s): Sarat, Austin. Series: Studies in Law, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762314829
- ISBN
- 9780762314829
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.29
€ 114.29