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Sociology & anthropology

Hardcover. The provocative title of this book is deliberately and challengingly universalist, matching the theoretically experimental essays, where contributors try different ideas to answer distinct concerns regarding cosmopolitanism. Leading anthropologists explore what cosmopolitanism means in the context of everyday life.. Editor(s): Josephides, Lisette; Hall, Alexandra. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 159 x 231 x 19. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782382768
ISBN
9781782382768
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.13

Hardback. This volume focuses on how knowledge is relationally created, how local knowledge can be transmuted into 'universal knowledge', and how transactions and consumption of knowledge monitors knowledge. Editor(s): Josephides, Lisette; Gronseth, Anne Sigfrid. Series: Methodology & History in Anthropology. Num Pages: 264 pages, 2 figures, 1 table. BIC Classification: HPQ; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785334047
ISBN
9781785334047
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.53

paperback. This report explores the possibilities of more flexible forms of work that bridge the gap between a steady career job and retirement. It examines such jobs in the wider context of the types of transition that are being made by people leaving work early. Series: Transitions After 50 Series. Num Pages: 52 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 5. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
52
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861344755
ISBN
9781861344755
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 25.81

Hardback. Series: Anthem European Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, 13+ images. BIC Classification: 1DST; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1044.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Anthem Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857289988
ISBN
9780857289988
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.15

Paperback. Editor(s): Meier, August. Series: Blacks in the New World. Num Pages: 360 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL3; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 26. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252062131
ISBN
9780252062131
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.64

Paperback. Offering an original contribution to understanding an often-ignored aspect of our much-heralded knowledge-based economy, this book decisively explodes the dual myths that working-class adults have inferior learning capacities and that talented youths naturally leave blue-collar careers. Num Pages: 360 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742529175
ISBN
9780742529175
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 78.14

Paperback. This book is based on the life accounts of 244 children of minority ethnic origin who were placed with predominantly white foster carers and adopters. The book provides a most interesting overview of the decision-making and planning processes that shape the placement in care of children of minority ethnic origin in the UK. Num Pages: 224 pages, index. BIC Classification: JFF; JHBK; JHMP; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 353.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Pub
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853028755
ISBN
9781853028755
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 36.87

Hardback. From Aristotle to contemporary soap operas, friendship has always been a subject of fascination. This book describes the varied nature of personal relationships, and also locates friendship in contemporary debates about individualization and the supposed "collapse of community." Num Pages: 320 pages, 15 line illus. 12 tables. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 576.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691127422
ISBN
9780691127422
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.36
€ 55.68

Paperback. Liz Stephens has come from Los Angeles to Utah for graduate school, and her brief stint working on a Taco Bell commercial is not much in the way of preparation for taking on the real West. In The Days Are Gods Stephens chronicles a move that is far more than a shift in geographical coordinates. Series: American Lives. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 12. Weight in Grams: 263.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803243545
ISBN
9780803243545
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.49

Paperback. Published with a new preface, this bestseller offers an intimate glimpse into a unique female community. Liz Dalby, the only non-Japanese woman ever to have trained as a geisha, reveals the realities of geisha life. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFSJ1; JFSL; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 276.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
Edition
1st UK Paperback Edition
SKU
V9780099286387
ISBN
9780099286387
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.48

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
SIMON & SCHUSTER EXPORT
Number of pages
327
Condition
New
SKU
V9781439197721
ISBN
9781439197721
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.50

Paperback. Num Pages: 576 pages, 64 colour tables. BIC Classification: JHB; JMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 187. Weight in Grams: 975.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138284692
ISBN
9781138284692
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 139.67

Paperback. "Women who kill rupture the assumptions about what a woman is. This book explores different socio-cultural understandings of women who commit, or are accused, of murder. It discusses a wide range of cases in order to highlight the ways in which such women have been perceived"-- Series: Cultural Criminology. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFC; JFSJ; JHB; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 323.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349308385
ISBN
9781349308385
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.80

Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 15 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLW; JFS; JHB; JPFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781526106315
ISBN
9781526106315
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.92

paperback. "Thiessen crafts a fine ethnography of a changing society after the fall of socialism and independent nationhood." - Anastasia Karakasidou, Wellesley College Series: Teaching Culture: Utp Ethnographies for the Classroom. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551117195
ISBN
9781551117195
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.21

Paperback. Offers an anthropological analysis and critique of American injury law. This book approaches injury law as a symptom of a larger American injury culture. It offers an understanding of the problematic role that law plays in Americans' relations with the objects they consume. It shows that American law sets out injury as an exceptional state. Num Pages: 248 pages, 14 halftones. 7 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHMC; LAQ; LNTJ; LNV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691119083
ISBN
9780691119083
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.80

Paperback. Includes nine sections organized around themes such as everyday life, sex and gender, and science. This title features articles and book excerpts focused on bodies using tools and participating in rituals, on bodies walking and eating, and on the female circumcision controversy, as well as pieces on medical classifications, and spirit possession. Editor(s): Lock, Margaret M.; Farquhar, Judith. Series: Body, Commodity, Text. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBA; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 163 x 93. Weight in Grams: 970.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
688
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822338451
ISBN
9780822338451
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.70

Paperback. Num Pages: 148 pages, b/w photos & illus. BIC Classification: 1D; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 9. Weight in Grams: 296.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
148
Condition
New
SKU
V9788763508858
ISBN
9788763508858
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 32.02

Paperback. Editor(s): Lofgren, Orvar; Bendix, Regina F. Num Pages: 69 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 169 x 6. Weight in Grams: 156.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
69
Condition
New
SKU
V9788763506915
ISBN
9788763506915
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.39

Paperback. Editor(s): Lofgren, Orvar; Bendix, Regina F. Num Pages: 86 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 7. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
86
Condition
New
SKU
V9788763507561
ISBN
9788763507561
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.39

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