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Sociology & anthropology
Paperback. Focuses on the "animal game," a kind of popular gambling entertainment or lottery originated in 1882 within Brazil, in which locals bet on a list of twenty-five animals. Written in English, this work moves smoothly between comprehensive analysis and field observations of specific behaviors and practices. Translator(s): Landers, Clifford E. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JHMC; WDP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 162 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268025809
- ISBN
- 9780268025809
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.37
€ 26.99
€ 25.37
Paperback. Mining the results of an extraordinary twelve-year study that followed 150 undocumented young adults in Los Angeles, this book exposes the failures of a system that integrates children into K-12 schools but ultimately denies them the rewards of their labor. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JFSP2; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520287266
- ISBN
- 9780520287266
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.06
€ 33.99
€ 30.06
Paperback. Anthropologists have a long tradition of prescient diagnoses of world events. This title collects over fifty commentaries by noted anthropologists such as Margaret Mead, Franz Boas, and Marshall Sahlins who seek to understand and explain the profound repercussions of US involvement in the Middle East, Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Editor(s): Gonzalez, Roberto J. Num Pages: 304 pages, 12 cartoons. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHMC; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 509. Weight in Grams: 545.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780292701694
- ISBN
- 9780292701694
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.67
€ 32.99
€ 29.67
Hardcover. A Companion to the Anthropology of Japan is an unprecedented collection of original essays by some of the field's most distinguished scholars of Japan which, taken together, offer a comprehensive overview of the field. Editor(s): Robertson, Jennifer. Series: Blackwell Companions to Anthropology. Num Pages: 544 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 263 x 187 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1162.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631229551
- ISBN
- 9780631229551
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 211.39
€ 211.39
Hardback. Provides a comprehensive analysis of family issues in Eastern Europe. Bringing together scholars from 14 Eastern European countries, this book explains family processes in that particular country focusing on the historic, social and economic contexts and the impact they have on families. It also provides demographic information about families. Editor(s): Robila, Mihaela. Series: Contemporary Perspectives in Family Research. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DV; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 15. Weight in Grams: 537.
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762311163
- ISBN
- 9780762311163
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.11
€ 122.11
Hardback. In the face of the destructive possibilities of resurgent nationalisms, unyielding ethnicities and fundamentalist religious affinities, there is hardly a more urgent task than understanding how humans can learn to live alongside one another. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509508792
- ISBN
- 9781509508792
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.66
€ 66.66
Paperback. In the face of the destructive possibilities of resurgent nationalisms, unyielding ethnicities and fundamentalist religious affinities, there is hardly a more urgent task than understanding how humans can learn to live alongside one another. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509508808
- ISBN
- 9781509508808
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.46
€ 23.46
Paperback. Num Pages: 220 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBF; MJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814730751
- ISBN
- 9780814730751
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73
Hardcover. This reader uses an alternative approach to gender at work to provoke new thinking about traditional management topics, such as leadership and negotiation. * Presents students with an alternative conceptual approach to gender in the workplace. Editor(s): Ely, Robin J.; Foldy, Erica Gabrielle; Scully, Maureen A. Num Pages: 456 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBL; KJMV2; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 172 x 25. Weight in Grams: 938.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405102551
- ISBN
- 9781405102551
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.01€ 81.00
€ 97.01
€ 81.00
Paperback. This reader uses an alternative approach to gender at work to provoke new thinking about traditional management topics, such as leadership and negotiation. * Presents students with an alternative conceptual approach to gender in the workplace. Editor(s): Ely, Robin J.; Foldy, Erica Gabrielle; Scully, Maureen A. Num Pages: 456 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBL; KJMV2; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 169 x 26. Weight in Grams: 736.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405102568
- ISBN
- 9781405102568
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Condition: New
€ 43.65
€ 43.65
Paperback. In this text, Robin L. Einhorn uses City Council records and census data to track the course of city government in Chicago, providing an important reinterpretation of the relationship between political and social structures. Num Pages: 296 pages, 7 halftones, 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JH; HBJK; JH; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226194868
- ISBN
- 9780226194868
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.45
€ 47.99
€ 37.45
Paperback. Addresses masculine gender expectations in a male-dominated political world, the connection between gendered identity and ethical being. This book follows the lives of two very different Japanese men entering political life in two very different communities. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFSJ2; JHMC; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520259171
- ISBN
- 9780520259171
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.27
€ 40.99
€ 29.27
Paperback. While the typical Japanese male politician glides through his district in air-conditioned taxis, the typical female voter trundles along the side streets on a simple bicycle. Studying the politics of the average female citizen in Japan, this title argues that this taxi-bicycle contrast reaches deeply into Japanese society. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 263 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFSJ1; JHM; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 54.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 263
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520212916
- ISBN
- 9780520212916
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.73
€ 35.99
€ 26.73
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 14 color plates, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226439785
- ISBN
- 9780226439785
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.73
€ 34.99
€ 27.73
Paperback. Explores the ritual concessions as acts of warfare, performances of submission, demonstrations of power, and representations of shifting, unstable worlds. The author considers the limits of sovereignty at conflict's end, showing how the ways we concede loss can be as important as the ways we claim victory. Num Pages: 224 pages, 9 colour pl 9halftones. BIC Classification: HBW; JH; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 186 x 15. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226869797
- ISBN
- 9780226869797
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.62
€ 37.99
€ 29.62
Paperback. Num Pages: 374 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JH; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 374
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226869841
- ISBN
- 9780226869841
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.64
€ 40.99
€ 31.64
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 24 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMP; JFFN; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Of Minnesota Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816665280
- ISBN
- 9780816665280
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.20
€ 26.99
€ 25.20
Paperback. Examining debates in interdisciplinary identity studies, this title studies debates in Women's Studies, American Studies, Queer Theory and Whiteness studies, especially at points when the key terms changed, as happened when Women's Studies was superseded by Gender Studies. Series: Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822351603
- ISBN
- 9780822351603
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.75
€ 32.99
€ 29.75
Hardcover. Zuck argues that, in the decades between the ratification of the Constitution and the publication of Sutton Griggs s novel "Imperium in Imperio" in 1899, four populations were most often referred to as racial and ethnic nations within the nation: the Cherokees, African Americans, Irish Americans, and Chinese immigrants." Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; JFSL1; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820345420
- ISBN
- 9780820345420
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.43
€ 71.43
Hardback. "No one tradition alone offers a sufficient respect for other species. Taken together, they may offer a prospect for saner human-animal relations." -- From the book Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFZ; JHM; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 4039 x 30. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774807241
- ISBN
- 9780774807241
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.05
€ 113.05