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Sociology & anthropology
Paperback. This volume reviews Africa's past experiences of social policy, with an eye on the future. Contributions examine a range of social policy issues around healthcare, education, the labour market and social welfare, and highlight important conceptual and policy issues for rebuilding Africa. Editor(s): Adesina, Jimi. Series: Social Policy in a Development Context. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFC; JHBA; JPQB; KCL; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2007
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349355884
- ISBN
- 9781349355884
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.12
€ 127.12
Paperback. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JPA; JPS; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349999620
- ISBN
- 9781349999620
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 120.58
€ 120.58
Paperback / so. Series: Sozialwissenschaft. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, black & white tables, bibliography. BIC Classification: JHB; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 24. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Deutscher Universit?tsverlag United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783824445905
- ISBN
- 9783824445905
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.17
€ 73.17
Hardback. In considering medieval illustrated Buddhist manuscripts as sacred objects of cultic innovation, this book explores how and why South Asian Buddhist book-cult has survived for almost two millennia to present. It also shows how human agency was critical in perpetuating and intensifying the potency of a manuscript as a sacred object throughout time. Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 432 pages, 50 b/w photographs, 12 line illustrations, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JHMC; WFU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 178 x 31. Weight in Grams: 892.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520273863
- ISBN
- 9780520273863
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.62€ 65.36
€ 83.62
€ 65.36
Hardcover. The book primarily employs Coser's (1956) social conflict theory for a discussion of tourism development in Chinese communities. Series: Tourism Social Science Series. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JHB; JHMC; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784413569
- ISBN
- 9781784413569
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.24
€ 141.24
Paperback. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JKSN; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 209
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349472802
- ISBN
- 9781349472802
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.69
€ 65.69
Hardcover. This is an investigation into what remains of the old city of Tokyo. The author explored the streets on foot using old maps, and found that, despite an almost completely new cityscape, present day inhabitants divide Tokyo's space in much the same way that their ancestors did 200 years earlier. Translator(s): Nishimura, Kimiko. Num Pages: 248 pages, 10 black-and-white photographs; 70 black-and-white line drawings, maps, and wood. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AMVD; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 231 x 25. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520071353
- ISBN
- 9780520071353
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.42€ 49.59
€ 62.42
€ 49.59
hardcover. Series: Politics and Development of Contemporary China. Num Pages: 215 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSJ1; JFSL3; JHBL; KCP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Number of pages
- 215
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137554642
- ISBN
- 9781137554642
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.34
€ 116.34
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447325550
- ISBN
- 9781447325550
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 36.59
€ 36.99
€ 36.59
Paperback. Explores ethical interpretations of biotechnology and examines whether sufficient consensus exists or is emerging to enable this technology to occupy a stable role in the techno-economic, social and cultural order. The contributors address the nature and implications of biotechnologies for nature, life and social organisation. Editor(s): Campling, Jo; O'Mahony, Patrick. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GPF; HPQ; JFFR; JHBA; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333665886
- ISBN
- 9780333665886
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.58
€ 71.58
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138244627
- ISBN
- 9781138244627
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31
Landscapes Beyond Land: Routes, Aesthetics, Narratives (EASA Series)
Jo Vergunst, Arnar Arnason, Nicolas Ellison, ...
Hardcover. The contributors explore how landscapes become known primarily through movement and journeying rather than stasis. Working across four continents, they explain how landscapes are constituted and recollected in the stories people tell of their journeys through them, and how, in turn, these stories are embedded in landscaped forms. Editor(s): Arnason, Arnar; Ellison, Nicolas; Vergunst, Jo Lee; Whitehouse, Andrew. Series: EASA Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC; RNT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 154 x 227 x 16. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857456717
- ISBN
- 9780857456717
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.23
€ 162.23
Hardback. This book, the first to be written about the Lake Babine Nation in north-central British Columbia, examines its traditional legal order, self-identity, and their involvement in current treaty negotiations. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; JFSL9; JHM; LBBC; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774808118
- ISBN
- 9780774808118
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.01
€ 114.01
Paperback / so. Series: Sozialwissenschaft. Num Pages: 271 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, bibliography. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Deutscher Universitatsverlag United States
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783824444830
- ISBN
- 9783824444830
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 88.57
€ 88.57
Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, black & white tables, bibliography. BIC Classification: JHB; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Deutscher Universitatsverlag United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783835060210
- ISBN
- 9783835060210
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 83.71
€ 83.71
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The Merlin Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780850366877
- ISBN
- 9780850366877
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.74
€ 25.99
€ 22.74
Paperback. In The Anthropology of Politics: A Reader in Ethnography, Theory and Critique, editor Joan Vincent offers her readers a selection of classic and contemporary articles on the anthropology of politics. Her introduction, headnotes, and suggested readings make this an indispensable resource for students, scholars, and instructors alike. Editor(s): Vincent, Joan. Series: Blackwell Anthologies in Social and Cultural Anthropology. Num Pages: 488 pages, 10. BIC Classification: JHMC; JHMP; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 172 x 27. Weight in Grams: 856.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 488
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631224402
- ISBN
- 9780631224402
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.69
€ 47.69
Hardback. This reference dictionary describes the development of physical or biological anthropology concepts, tracing the history of their usage from their origins to the contemporary and usually multidisciplinary contexts in which physical anthropologists participate. Series: Reference Sources for the Social Sciences & Humanities. Num Pages: 448 pages, index. BIC Classification: GBC; JHMP; PSX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 158 x 30. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313247569
- ISBN
- 9780313247569
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.65
€ 94.65
Hardcover. Presents a toolkit for getting ahead in today's workplace. Num Pages: 394 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 251 x 34. Weight in Grams: 674.
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479835454
- ISBN
- 9781479835454
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.76
€ 47.76
Paperback. Charting the cultural imagination of Haiti, this text argues for the recognition of both vodou rituals and narrative fictions as repositories of history. The book gives human dimensions to the 18th-century French colony and provides a template for understanding the Haiti of today. Num Pages: 362 pages, 34 b&w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KJH; HBJK; HBTB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 362
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520213685
- ISBN
- 9780520213685
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.75
€ 35.99
€ 26.75