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Sociology & anthropology
Paperback. Provides an account of complex adaptive social systems, by two of the field's leading authorities. This work focuses on the key tools and ideas that have emerged in the field since the mid-1990s, as well as the techniques needed to investigate such systems. It also demonstrates how the usual extremes used in modeling can be fruitfully transcended. Series: Princeton Studies in Complexity. Num Pages: 288 pages, 18 halftones. 16 line illus. 42 tables. BIC Classification: JHBC; PBWS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691127026
- ISBN
- 9780691127026
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.49
€ 46.99
€ 33.49
Paperback. 50 Great Myths of Human Evolution uses common misconceptions to explore basic theory and research in human evolution and strengthen critical thinking skills for lay readers and students. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JHMP; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470673928
- ISBN
- 9780470673928
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 21.99
€ 26.99
€ 21.99
Hardcover. 50 Great Myths of Human Evolution uses common misconceptions to explore basic theory and research in human evolution and strengthen critical thinking skills for lay readers and students. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JHMP; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470673911
- ISBN
- 9780470673911
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.85€ 60.55
€ 71.85
€ 60.55
Hardcover. Why do so many different people with widely dissimilar ideas and customs get along as Americans? In American Beliefs , John McElroy identifies and explains those essential ideas that promote the unity of a vast nation and a diverse people-because they have been shared and acted upon by generations of Americans. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566632317
- ISBN
- 9781566632317
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.64
€ 33.64
Paperback. Challenges perspectives on race that rely upon oft-repeated claims that race is culturally constructed and, hence, simply false and distorting. This book argues that we need to explain how race is experienced by people as a daily reality. Num Pages: 360 pages, 12 halftones 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBNG; JFSL; JHMC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691028859
- ISBN
- 9780691028859
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.84€ 51.18
€ 64.84
€ 51.18
Paperback. Series: Forerunners: Ideas First. Num Pages: 60 pages. BIC Classification: HP; JFFZ; JHMC; WNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 129 x 6. Weight in Grams: 95.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816696840
- ISBN
- 9780816696840
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.16
€ 13.16
Paperback. This book is a highly practical book that explains how best to help and support a child whose parent or carer has died. As well as offering valuable insight into the impact of death on children, the author provides practical guidelines for how teachers and parents can better support children through parental bereavement while they are at school. Num Pages: 224 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JHBZ; VFJX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 281.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843100164
- ISBN
- 9781843100164
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.65
€ 34.65
Paperback. This is a fully updated and expanded new edition of the successful undergraduate text. Providing a lucid examination of the pivotal theories of Marx, Durkheim and Weber, the authors submit that these figures have decisively shaped the discipline. Num Pages: 246 pages. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 169 x 15. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc
- Number of pages
- 246
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Second
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761954675
- ISBN
- 9780761954675
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.02
€ 63.02
Paperback. The United States is among the most affluent nations in the world and has its largest economy; nevertheless, it has more poverty than most countries with similar standards of living. This title includes discussions of poverty in the context of the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street movements and chapters on the Great Recession and global poverty. Num Pages: 226 pages, 25 line illustrations, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 13. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 226
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Third
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520276369
- ISBN
- 9780520276369
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.55
€ 34.55
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780897893466
- ISBN
- 9780897893466
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.80€ 71.14
€ 77.80
€ 71.14
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Pearson
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 16th edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781292161471
- ISBN
- 9781292161471
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 96.58
€ 96.58
Paperback. Optimality Theory revolutionized the field of phonology and had a huge impact on linguistics in general when it was first proposed in 1993. In Doing Optimality Theory, one of the key proponents of the theory explains how to do analysis and research using this model. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFH; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405151368
- ISBN
- 9781405151368
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.32
€ 53.32
Paperback. Harlem is one of the most famous neighbourhoods in the world - a historic symbol of both black cultural acheivements and of the rigid boundaries separating rich from poor. This work illustrates how Harlem is far more culturally diverse than its cariacature suggests. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226389998
- ISBN
- 9780226389998
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.92
€ 32.99
€ 25.92
Paperback. Authenticity is considered the best way to distinguish the real from the phony, the genuine from the fake. The author proposes a new model for thinking about these issues - racial sincerity. This book offers a kaleidoscope of subjects and stories that directly and indirectly address how race is negotiated in today's world. Num Pages: 288 pages, 4halftones, 6line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JFFJ; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226390024
- ISBN
- 9780226390024
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.05
€ 25.99
€ 21.05
Hardback. Gives an account of the social and cultural aspects of modernity over the past two centuries. This work covers topics such as: the civilizing process, gender identity, sexuality, consumerism, city life, the role of popular culture and the media in structuring experience and aspirations, and the significance of 'modernism' in culture and the arts. Num Pages: 368 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 177 x 32. Weight in Grams: 790.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631196211
- ISBN
- 9780631196211
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.38
€ 127.38
Paperback. Gives an account of the social and cultural aspects of modernity over the past two centuries. This work covers topics such as: the civilizing process, gender identity, sexuality, consumerism, city life, the role of popular culture and the media in structuring experience and aspirations, and the significance of 'modernism' in culture and the arts. Num Pages: 368 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 255 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631196228
- ISBN
- 9780631196228
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.12
€ 67.12
Hardback. Examines modern Western cultural and social explorations of "other" forms or aspects of life that are devalued or coded as unacceptable in the modern ethos. The author describes how the body seeks to go beyond the conventional pieties of modern "rationality" to uncover these "other" dimensions. Num Pages: 240 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 177 x 23. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631211099
- ISBN
- 9780631211099
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.38
€ 127.38
Hardback. Explores the historical origins, present-day meanings and political potential of a global civil society. Series Editor(s): Shapiro, Ian; Hardin, Russell; Holmes, Stephen; Isaac, Jeffrey; Kiss, Elizabeth; Okin, Susan; Parijs, Phillipe Van; Pettit, Phillip. Series: Contemporary Political Theory S. Num Pages: 236 pages, 2 b/w illus. BIC Classification: JFFS; JH; JPA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521815437
- ISBN
- 9780521815437
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.69
€ 97.69
paperback. Explores the historical origins, present-day meanings and political potential of a global civil society. Series: Contemporary Political Theory S. Num Pages: 236 pages, 2 b/w illus. BIC Classification: JFFS; JH; JPA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 394. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0024725
- ISBN
- 9780521894623
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
Paperback. Series: Discovering Books. Num Pages: 96 pages, colour and b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBTB; JHBL; KN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 128 x 10. Weight in Grams: 270. New.
- Publisher
- Shire Publications Ltd
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 6th
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780747805595
- ISBN
- 9780747805595
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.57
€ 9.57
Paperback. In Beyond Shandri-La, a former CIA officer provides unique insight into the efforts of the U.S. government and committed U.S. citizens to support a free Tibet. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 376 pages, 22 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; HBJF; JHB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 550. America and Tibet's Move into the Twenty-first Century. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. 384 pages, 22 illustrations, 1 map. Beyond Shangri-La provides unique insight into the efforts of the U.S. government and committed U.S. citizens to support a free Tibet. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; HBJF; JHB; JPA. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 23. Weight: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822352341
- ISBN
- 9780822352341
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
Paperback. An interdisciplinary analysis that draws from interviews, official documents, and media reports to pursue different directions in the study of the cultural and cognitive aspects of political activism. This work aims to instigate a dialogue among students of culture, labor and social movements, welfare policy, and urban political economy. Num Pages: 320 pages, 3 halftones, 23 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JHBL; JKS; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226453668
- ISBN
- 9780226453668
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.66
€ 35.99
€ 28.66
Paperback. Tells about institutional change, how to recognize it, when it occurs, and the mechanisms that cause it to happen. This book confronts several important problems in institutional analysis, and offers conceptual, methodological, and theoretical tools for resolving them. Num Pages: 264 pages, 4 line illus. 10 tables. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691089218
- ISBN
- 9780691089218
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.72
€ 46.99
€ 33.72
Paperback. These essays explore the diverse, unexpected and controversial ways in which the idea of civil society has entered into populist politics and public debate throughout Africa. It shows how struggles over civil society reveal much about larger historical forces in the post-Cold War era. Editor(s): Comaroff, John L.; Comaroff, Jean. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; JHM; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226114149
- ISBN
- 9780226114149
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.41
€ 40.99
€ 31.41