Sociology & anthropology
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Sociology & anthropology
Paperback. This text traces the history of contraception and abortifacients from ancient Egypt to the 17th century, and discusses the scientific merit of the ancient remedies and why this knowledge about fertility control was gradually lost over the course of the Middle Ages. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 tables, 6 halftones, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFMA; JHBD; MBNH4; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674168763
- ISBN
- 9780674168763
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 32.69
€ 38.99
€ 32.69
Paperback. The question explored in this book is: if women once had access to effective means of birth control, why was this knowledge lost to them in modern times? The book examines the widespread knowledge of herbal treatments, theories behind them, and the loss of this knowledge. Num Pages: 352 pages, 8 tables, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: HBG; JFSJ1; JHBD; MBNH4; MX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674270268
- ISBN
- 9780674270268
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.20
€ 45.99
€ 38.20
Paperback. Num Pages: 440 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: CB; JHBC; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 702.
- Publisher
- The University of Michigan Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472034758
- ISBN
- 9780472034758
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.78
€ 32.99
€ 29.78
Paperback. Num Pages: 1064 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 266 x 196 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1964.
- Publisher
- Prentice Hall New Jersey
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 5th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780273727910
- ISBN
- 9780273727910
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.60
€ 74.60
Paperback. This work seeks to incorporate the "postmodern" debate on the self with a philosophical exploration of identity and cultural formation, and the dynamics of social power underlying them. It analyzes the historical, social, political, religious and psychoanalytical dimensions of civilized life. Series: Postmodern Social Futures. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBA; JHM; JMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 149 x 12. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847691777
- ISBN
- 9780847691777
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.35
€ 69.35
Hardback. This topical and authoritative book examines how the regulation of doctors has been modernised by the introduction of the quality assurance process medical revalidation. In doing so, it questions if there indeed is evidence to support the argument that revalidation serves the public interest by ensuring individual doctors are fit to practice. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447325444
- ISBN
- 9781447325444
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 29.04
€ 30.99
€ 29.04
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: JHBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 170 x 11. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Aboriginal Studies Press Australia
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Third edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781922059543
- ISBN
- 9781922059543
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 18.00
€ 23.99
€ 18.00
Paperback. A survey of the manifestations and meaning of Black Power in America, this work analyzes the ideology of the Black Power Movement in the 1960s and places it in the context of both African-American and Western political thought. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566391450
- ISBN
- 9781566391450
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 36.23
€ 37.99
€ 36.23
Paperback. John McKnight and Peter Block show that we have the capacity to find real and sustainable satisfaction right in our neighbourhood and community. This book reports on voluntary, self-organising structures that focus on gifts and value hospitality, the welcoming of strangers. It shows how to reweave our social fabric. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JFFP; JFSG; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 210 x 13. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Berrett-Koehler United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781609940812
- ISBN
- 9781609940812
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 19.57
€ 24.99
€ 19.57
Paperback. Thinking beyond the page, and providing a rich nexus of human thought Num Pages: 312 pages, 13 black and white photographs, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: JFHF; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252078699
- ISBN
- 9780252078699
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.86
€ 33.99
€ 30.86
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 30 plates. BIC Classification: 1H; AVGH; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226103457
- ISBN
- 9780226103457
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.19
€ 36.99
€ 28.19
Paperback. Tracing the life course of American teenagers in the mid-twentieth century, this book presents a historical portrait of growing up. Num Pages: 428 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 428
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520076419
- ISBN
- 9780520076419
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.26
€ 38.99
€ 28.26
Paperback. Combines an account of some of the disciplines guiding principles and methodology with examples and illustrations of anthropologists. This book discusses about the anthropology's contributions to modern thought, and examines specific ways in which social and cultural anthropology have advanced our understanding of human society and culture. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 176 pages, halftones, line drawings. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 114 x 10. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 9th ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192853462
- ISBN
- 9780192853462
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.41
€ 13.41
Hardback. Offers a study of sounds that aims to write the resonance and response they call for. This book critiques on the existing models field of sound studies and draw attention to sound as an object of study that solicits a humanistic approach encompassing many types of sounds. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520284623
- ISBN
- 9780520284623
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.07€ 72.45
€ 95.07
€ 72.45
Paperback. Offers a study of sounds that aims to write the resonance and response they call for. This book critiques on the existing models field of sound studies and draw attention to sound as an object of study that solicits a humanistic approach encompassing many types of sounds. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 194 x 18. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520284630
- ISBN
- 9780520284630
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.86
€ 33.99
€ 24.86
Hardback. Series: Human-Computer Interaction Series. Num Pages: 310 pages, 96 colour illustrations, 2 black & white tables, 96 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: JHM; UYZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319244198
- ISBN
- 9783319244198
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.30
€ 65.30
Paperback. White southern writers are frequently associated with the racism of blackface minstrelsy in their representations of African American characters, however, this book makes visible the ways in which southern novelists repeatedly imagine their white characters as in some sense fundamentally black. Num Pages: 213 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349539369
- ISBN
- 9781349539369
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.69
€ 37.69
Hardcover. To most outsiders, the hills of the Scottish Borders are a bleak and foreboding space - usually made to represent the stigmatized Other, Ad Finis, by the centers of power in Edinburgh, London, and Brussels. At a time when globalization seems to threaten outr sense of place, people of the Scottish borderlands provide a vivid case study.. Num Pages: 282 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKSB; 3JJ; JFSF; JHM; RGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571817396
- ISBN
- 9781571817396
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.02
€ 155.02
hardcover. 'The Field and the Forge' offers an innovative approach to the pre-industrial history of Europe and the Mediterranean basin from Roman times through to the Industrial Revolution. It not only considers the who and what of history, but provides a clear demonstration of why things happened. Num Pages: 456 pages, numerous tables and figures. BIC Classification: 1D; 3D; 3F; 3J; HBJD; JHBD; JHM; JP; JW; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 162 x 28. Weight in Grams: 844.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199249169
- ISBN
- 9780199249169
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.03
€ 116.03
Paperback. An essential, illustrated primer on what makes society tick. Illustrator(s): Piero. Series: Introducing.. Num Pages: 176 pages, 176 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FXZ; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 120 x 168 x 14. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Publisher
- Icon Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785780738
- ISBN
- 9781785780738
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.86
€ 11.99
€ 10.86