Sociology & anthropology
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Sociology & anthropology
New Perspectives on Human Sacrifice and Ritual Body Treatments in Anci...
. Ed(S): Tiesler, Vera; Cucina, Andrea
Hardback. This lavishly-illustrated book brings together archaeologists as well as anthropologists, forensic anthropologists, art historians and bioarchaeologists for a wider exploration into Mayan sacrifice and related posthumous body manipulation. Editor(s): Tiesler, Vera; Cucina, Andrea. Series: Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology. Num Pages: 319 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLC; HDD; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 319
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387488707
- ISBN
- 9780387488707
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€ 192.22
€ 192.22
Paperback. Demonstrating that the family is both distinctive in its own right and deeply interwoven with other institutions, this title examines the roles of education, work, leisure, consumption, legal regulation, public administration, and biology in shaping the ways we court and marry, bear and raise children, and make and break family bonds. Editor(s): Tipton, Steven M.; Witte, John, Jr. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBK; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589010666
- ISBN
- 9781589010666
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€ 71.49
€ 71.49
paperback. Contains sixteen essays which approach the literature of the Puerto Rican diaspora from theoretical positions with insightful results. This book analyzes how the diasporic experience of Puerto Ricans is played out in the context of class, race, gender, and sexuality. Editor(s): Torres-Padilla, Jose L.; Rivera, Carmen Haydee. Series: American Ethnic & Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJP; DSB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 149 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295988245
- ISBN
- 9780295988245
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€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73
Hardback. Focuses on the most basic of human interactions - love and attachment in all of their permutations and the barriers that exist to achieving closeness. This work addresses specific topics such as: gender, class, race, and ethnicity. It presents a comprehensive understanding of love in all of its various configurations. Editor(s): Tosone, Carol; Aiello, Theresa. Num Pages: 236 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JHBK; JMAL; JMH; MMJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780765701855
- ISBN
- 9780765701855
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Condition: New
€ 130.78
€ 130.78
Paperback. Editor(s): Tosse, Falkencrone; Puurula, Bergstedt; Tosese, Sigrart. Num Pages: 276 pages, charts. BIC Classification: 1DN; JHBC; JNP; JNRV; KJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 160 x 14. Weight in Grams: 498.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Tapir Academic Press Norway
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788251913072
- ISBN
- 9788251913072
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€ 24.99€ 18.72
€ 24.99
€ 18.72
Paperback. This book offers a comprehensive view of 'expertise' and how it is developed and applied by organizations and workers. Chapters explore how expertise can be viewed as constituted through various forms of communication and how we can use this perspective to better understand the role of expertise in processes of organizing. Editor(s): Treem, Jeffrey W.; Leonardi, Paul M. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: GTC; JHBL; KJP; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 452.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198739234
- ISBN
- 9780198739234
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€ 58.31
€ 58.31
Dynamic Process Methodology in the Social and Developmental Sciences
. Ed(S): Valsiner, Jaan; Molenaar, Peter C. M...
Hardback. All psychological and social processes are dynamic. This handbook emphasizes that reality as it details methodologies of the dynamics of single systems in all relevant social sciences. It includes a new methodology based on individual performance profiles. Editor(s): Valsiner, Jaan; Molenaar, Peter C. M.; Lyra, Maria C. D. P.; Chaudhary, Nandita. Num Pages: 668 pages, 13 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JHBC; JMC; JMH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1150.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 668
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387959214
- ISBN
- 9780387959214
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€ 190.16
€ 190.16
paperback. A diverse and comprehensive dialogue between sex workers, advocates, and researchers that looks at sex work in a new way. Editor(s): van der Meulen, Emily; Durisin, Elya M.; Love, Victoria. Series: Sexuality Studies. Num Pages: 364 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBK5; JKV; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774824491
- ISBN
- 9780774824491
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.39
€ 40.99
€ 36.39
The U.S. South and Europe. Transatlantic Relations in the Nineteenth a...
. Ed(S): Van Minnen, Cornelis A (Roosevelt St...
Editor(s): Van Minnen, Cornelis A (Roosevelt Study Center); Berg, Manfred (Heidelberg University Freie Universitat Berlin Heidelberg University Heidelberg University Heidelberg University Freie Universitat Berlin German Historical Institute, Washington DC Freie Universitat Berlin Ruprecht-Karls-Universitat Heidelberg, Germany). Series: New Directions in Southern History. Num Pages: 307 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBBS; HBJD; HBJK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 237 x 28. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813143088
- ISBN
- 9780813143088
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Condition: New
€ 48.56
€ 48.56
Hardback. This book has its origins in the annual conference of the British Sociological Association in 1987, held in the University of Leeds on the theme "Science, Technology and Society". These papers, selected from those presented, explore aspects of the current scientific-technological "revolution". Editor(s): Varcoe, Ian; McNeil, Maureen; Yearley, Steven. Series: Explorations in Sociology. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JH; P; TB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 495.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 267
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333465547
- ISBN
- 9780333465547
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Condition: New
€ 122.80
€ 122.80
Paperback. Clumsy Solutions for a Complex World is a powerful and original statement on why well-intended attempts to alleviate pressing social ills too often derail, and how effective, efficient and broadly acceptable solutions to social problems can be found. Editor(s): Verweij, Marco; Thompson, Michael. Series: Global Issues. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBA; JPA; JPP; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230319516
- ISBN
- 9780230319516
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Condition: New
€ 63.34
€ 63.34
Hardback. Clumsy Solutions for a Complex World is a powerful and original statement on why well-intended attempts to alleviate pressing social ills too often derail, and how effective, efficient and broadly acceptable solutions to social problems can be found. Editor(s): Verweij, Marco; Thompson, Michael. Series: Global Issues. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBA; JPA; JPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230002302
- ISBN
- 9780230002302
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Condition: New
€ 64.54
€ 64.54
Hardback. This work presents research conducted in Ireland, Kenya, Japan, the Philippines, Canada, the USA, India, Brazil, and Venezuela. It illustrates the useful techniques of projective techniques as a means for eliciting culturally relevant information from informants. Editor(s): Vos, George A. De; De Vos, Eric S. Series: Psychocultural Research with the Thematic Apperception Test. Num Pages: 576 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: GTC; JFC; JHM; JMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 164 x 37. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742526747
- ISBN
- 9780742526747
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Condition: New
€ 197.13
€ 197.13
Paperback. Intended to provide both a stimulus and source materials for the development of a more substantial and systematic literature in the field, this book is suitable for those teaching research methods courses within social science disciplines. Editor(s): Garner, Mark; Wagner, Claire; Kawulich, Barbara. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 504. 256 pages. Editor(s): Garner, Mark; Wagner, Claire; Kawulich, Barbara. Intended to provide both a stimulus and source materials for the development of a more substantial and systematic literature in the field, this book is suitable for those teaching research methods courses within social science disciplines. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: JHBC. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 19. Weight: 492.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780754673545
- ISBN
- 9780754673545
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Condition: New
€ 61.12
€ 61.12
Paperback. Comparing the UK, US, Germany and Japan, this book draws on innovative concepts of varieties of gender regime as well as varieties of capitalism. The volume re-thinks the processes of de-gendering and re-gendering of working practices in the context of both de-regulation and re-regulation of employment. Editor(s): Walby, Sylvia; Gottfried, Heidi; Gottschall, Karin; Osawa, Mari. Num Pages: 336 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBL; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230575707
- ISBN
- 9780230575707
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Condition: New
€ 121.55
€ 121.55
Hardback. This book is a collection of grounded accounts by feminist popular educators reflecting critically on processes of collective learning andself- and social transformation in various geopolitical settings.The contributorsadd to the debateon the forging of feminist praxis today. Editor(s): Walters, Shirley; Manicom, Linzi. Series: Comparative Feminist Studies. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHMC; JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 283
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230339132
- ISBN
- 9780230339132
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Condition: New
€ 64.29
€ 64.29
Education and Civic Culture in Post-Communist Countries
. Ed(S): Webber, Stephen L.; Liikanen, Ilkka
Hardback. This text analyzes the inter-relationship between education and civic culture in post-communist countries. It examines such issues as the everyday patterns of civic culture, and the linkage between education and national identity, ethnicity, gender and religion. Editor(s): Webber, Stephen L.; Liikanen, Ilkka. Series: Studies in Russia and East Europe. Num Pages: 298 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJPR; JH; JNK; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333963845
- ISBN
- 9780333963845
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Condition: New
€ 64.29
€ 64.29
hardcover. This book illuminates the remarkable resilience of South Asian Sufi saints and their cults in the face of radical economic and political dislocations. It breaks new ground in current research. Editor(s): Werbner, Pnina; Basu, Helene (University of Munster). Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKB; HRH; HRLB; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415150996
- ISBN
- 9780415150996
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Condition: New
€ 173.81
€ 173.81
Paperback. Public sociologists describe how they have used sociology to understand and influence issues concerning race, class, gender, ethnicity, nationality and sexuality. Editor(s): White, Michelle K.; White, Jonathan M.; Korgen, Kathleen O. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 11. Weight in Grams: 288.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781452242026
- ISBN
- 9781452242026
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Condition: New
€ 75.64
€ 75.64
Hardback. In Spoils of War, a diverse group of distinguished contributors suggest that acts of aggression resulting from the racism and sexism inherent in social institutions can be viewed as a sort of "war," experienced daily by women of color. Editor(s): White, Renee T.; Sharpley-Whiting, T. Denean. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847686049
- ISBN
- 9780847686049
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Condition: New
€ 178.18
€ 178.18
Paperback. Editor(s): Wille, Christian; Reckinger, Rachel; Kmec, Sonja; Hesse, Professor Markus. Num Pages: 400 pages, 40 b/w illus. BIC Classification: JFC; JHMC; RGC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 578.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag Germany
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837626506
- ISBN
- 9783837626506
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Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.61
€ 45.99
€ 32.61
Paperback. Grasps some of the essentials of the North American experience Editor(s): Wilson, Douglas Calvin; Langford, Theresa E. Num Pages: 128 pages, 134 illus., 100 in color, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWR; HDD; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6466 x 5193 x 10. Weight in Grams: 477.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295991580
- ISBN
- 9780295991580
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.57
€ 26.99
€ 23.57
Hardback. Marks the culmination of the Priority Program on Population Issues, an eight-year research program sponsored by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research. This volume evaluates the Priority Program's research results from an international perspective by comparing and contrasting Dutch population trends with those observed elsewhere. Editor(s): Wissen, Leo J. G. van; Dykstra, P.A. Series: The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDN; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media United States
- Number of pages
- 287
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306461965
- ISBN
- 9780306461965
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Condition: New
€ 190.83
€ 190.83
hardcover. Is inbreeding harmful? Are human beings and other primates naturally inclined to mate with their closest relatives? Why is incest widely prohibited? Why does the scope of the prohibition vary from society to society? Why does incest occur despite the prohibition? What are the consequences? This book reexamines these questions. Editor(s): Wolf, Arthur P.; Durham, William. Num Pages: 240 pages, 16 tables, 8 figures, 1 map. BIC Classification: JHBK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804745963
- ISBN
- 9780804745963
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.43
€ 118.43