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Sociology & anthropology
Gender Capital at Work: Intersections of Femininity, Masculinity, Clas...
Huppatz, Kate, Goodwin, Susan
Hardcover. Drawing on interviews with nurses, social workers, exotic dancers and hairdressers, this book explores the processes involved in producing and reproducing gendered and classed workers and occupations. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSC; JFSJ1; JFSJ2; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 224 x 17. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230251991
- ISBN
- 9780230251991
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.53
€ 66.53
Paperback. According to politics and the media, immigration and individualization drive citizens apart but in neighbourhoods social life is often thriving, depending on the talents of particular citizens or of local institutions. This book examines new forms of active citizenship and the actual conditions that hinder social cohesion. Num Pages: 184 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB; JPQB; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349317271
- ISBN
- 9781349317271
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.57
€ 65.57
Hardback. An anthropological study of the intersecting roles of gender and schooling in the lives of rural Venezuelan youth as they make the transition to adulthood during times of national political and economic crisis. It helps us to see how gender roles and social class are reproduced in a culture experiencing profound upheaval. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSV; JFSF; JFSJ; JHMC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312293574
- ISBN
- 9780312293574
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.99
€ 66.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; 1FPKS; JHBL; JPF; JPWF; RNB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816689521
- ISBN
- 9780816689521
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.37
€ 29.99
€ 27.37
Hardback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; 1FPKS; JHBL; JPF; JPWF; RNB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 236 x 18. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816689514
- ISBN
- 9780816689514
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.80
€ 89.80
Paperback. Provides a step-by-step guide for planning and executing consumer studies that lead to innovations in products, services, and communications. The author provides real-world examples, used successfully for over 15 years at his own company, to set standards for practices in planning, managing, executing, and generating strategic insights. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMP; KJSM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761969471
- ISBN
- 9780761969471
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 190.80
€ 190.80
Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 175 x 109 x 26. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553269147
- ISBN
- 9780553269147
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.95
€ 10.95
Hardback. Num Pages: 400 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPK; HBJF; JHBL; JHMC; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231171922
- ISBN
- 9780231171922
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.77€ 51.34
€ 64.77
€ 51.34
Paperback. A distinguished international group of scholars traces the history of the social sciences, describes the recent debates surrounding them, and discusses in what ways they can be intelligently restructured in light of this history and the debates. Editor(s): Wallerstein, Immanuel. Series: Mestizo Spaces/Espaces Metisses. Num Pages: 124 pages. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 10. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Number of pages
- 124
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804727273
- ISBN
- 9780804727273
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.49
€ 27.99
€ 26.49
Paperback. Though 9/11 tightened borders against hard threats, why were soft threats able to create havoc in the cracks? The studies explored by the contributors of this volume lead to the conclusion that the state is not, and should not be, the only viable actor in successful border governance. Editor(s): Hussain, I. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JPA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349466436
- ISBN
- 9781349466436
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.90
€ 65.90
Paperback. Following Ronald Reagan's statement to the Soviet press that living standards in the USSR were a third of that in the USA, this book was written to examine the CIA study upon which his statement was based. The author also analyzes the Soviet economy and reveals how Soviets really live. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; KCB; PBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 355.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 253
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349103515
- ISBN
- 9781349103515
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.82
€ 71.82
Paperback. On the basis of a national research project undertaken in England, this volume explores how and why young people's engagement is so important globally in education and society, and looks at what teachers and students think about citizenship and community. The authors make recommendations to enhance understanding and the potential for engagement. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP; JHB; JNK; JPA; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 251
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349474790
- ISBN
- 9781349474790
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.92
€ 126.92
Paperback. This is the first book to provide an analysis of racism in the Mediterranean region. Ian Law reassesses contemporary processes of racialization, employing theoretical tools including polyracism, racial Arabization and racial Nawarization and drawing on new evidence on racism in North Africa, Lebanon, Cyprus, Greece and the Roma campland in Italy. Series: Mapping Global Racisms. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFF; JFSL; JHB; JPA; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 215
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349442577
- ISBN
- 9781349442577
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.81
€ 65.81
Paperback. The quadrennial summer Olympic Games produces the world's biggest single-city cultural event. Drawing on ethnographic work around the London 2012 Games, this book contrasts the rhetoric and reality of mega-event delivery and shows that the notions of beneficial Olympic legacies and delivery benefits for host communities are, for most, unobtainable. Series: Palgrave Studies in Urban Anthropology. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JHBS; JHM; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 236 x 17. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349498550
- ISBN
- 9781349498550
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.22
€ 66.22
Paperback. Num Pages: 316 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFGR; JHB; JMA; JMH; JMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349503735
- ISBN
- 9781349503735
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
hardcover. Drawing on the research, this book examines the tourism and leisure needs of older people. This book highlights how important an understanding of the emerging market is to tourism and leisure providers. It also suggests ways to effectively market to and provide for this expanding group in the future. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBS; KNSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- CABI Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781845930653
- ISBN
- 9781845930653
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.27
€ 111.27
Hardcover. The quadrennial summer Olympic Games produces the world's biggest single-city cultural event. Drawing on ethnographic work around the London 2012 Games, this book contrasts the rhetoric and reality of mega-event delivery and shows that the notions of beneficial Olympic legacies and delivery benefits for host communities are, for most, unobtainable. Series: Palgrave Studies in Urban Anthropology. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; JHBS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 218 x 16. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137456724
- ISBN
- 9781137456724
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Paperback. What does human suffering mean for society? And how has this meaning changed from the past to the present? In what ways does "the problem of suffering" serve to inspire us to care for others? How does our response to suffering reveal our moral and social conditions? The author offers some answers to these questions. Series: California Series in Public Anthropology. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520287235
- ISBN
- 9780520287235
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Hardback. What does human suffering mean for society? And how has this meaning changed from the past to the present? In what ways does "the problem of suffering" serve to inspire us to care for others? How does our response to suffering reveal our moral and social conditions? The author offers some answers to these questions. Series: California Series in Public Anthropology. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520287228
- ISBN
- 9780520287228
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.22€ 72.92
€ 94.22
€ 72.92
Paperback. * Provides a convincing exploration of a central theme of our times: human suffering. The author writes well; his remarks on the brute fact of suffering are very powerfully made. * There are no real rivals to this book, since until its publication there had been no really systematic sociological theorisation of pain and suffering. Num Pages: 240 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JH; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745631974
- ISBN
- 9780745631974
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.80
€ 25.80
Hardback. * Provides a convincing exploration of a central theme of our times: human suffering. The author writes well; his remarks on the brute fact of suffering are very powerfully made. * There are no real rivals to this book, since until its publication there had been no really systematic sociological theorisation of pain and suffering. Num Pages: 240 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JH; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745631967
- ISBN
- 9780745631967
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.49
€ 60.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 274 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHBD; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Haymarket Books United States
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608461400
- ISBN
- 9781608461400
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.80
€ 23.99
€ 20.80
Paperback. Cultural and literary study of the 1781 massacre on the slaveship Zong for the insurance money and the aftereffects of the event on the development of modernity Num Pages: 400 pages, 2 illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1H; HBG; HBLL; HBTS; JHBA; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6161 x 3971 x 29. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822335962
- ISBN
- 9780822335962
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.85
€ 32.99
€ 29.85
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; PBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691610207
- ISBN
- 9780691610207
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.00€ 42.58
€ 53.00
€ 42.58