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Sociology & anthropology
Hardback. Series: Critical Perspectives on Youth. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCV; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479842704
- ISBN
- 9781479842704
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.38
€ 97.38
Hardback. Over several generations, villagers of Dominica have been shifting from Patwa, an Afro-French creole, to English, the official language. Despite government efforts at Patwa revitalization and cultural heritage tourism, rural caregivers and teachers prohibit children from speaking Patwa in their presence. Num Pages: 266 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJWWD; 2JS; CFB; JFSP1; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 478. Children and Change in a Caribbean Village. 252 pages, 20 ills & tables, 3 maps. Over several generations, villagers of Dominica have been shifting from Patwa, an Afro-French creole, to English, the official language. Despite government efforts at Patwa revitalization and cultural heritage tourism, rural caregivers and teachers prohibit children from speaking Patwa in their presence. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1KJWWD; 2JS; CFB; JFSP1; JHMC. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 18. Weight: 478.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 266
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857457608
- ISBN
- 9780857457608
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.53
€ 161.53
Paperback. Advances in the social sciences have emerged through a variety of research methods: field-based research, laboratory and field experiments, and agent-based models. This title examines how different methods have promoted various theoretical developments related to collective action and the commons. Num Pages: 376 pages, 21 line illus. 8 tables. BIC Classification: JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 49951st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691146041
- ISBN
- 9780691146041
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.75€ 42.48
€ 53.75
€ 42.48
Hardcover. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVKC; 1KBB; JFSJ1; JHMC; MFKC1; MJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479827664
- ISBN
- 9781479827664
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.31
€ 97.31
Paperback. Drawing on interviews with parents and teens, this title offers an intimate account of the different ways that girls and boys in the United States and the Netherlands negotiate love, lust, and growing up. It provides a probing analysis of the way family culture shapes not just sex but also alcohol consumption and parent-teen relationships. Num Pages: 280 pages, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 1KBB; JFC; JFSP2; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 170 x 17. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226736198
- ISBN
- 9780226736198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.69
€ 37.99
€ 29.69
Hardback. Drawing on interviews with parents and teens, this title offers an intimate account of the different ways that girls and boys in the United States and the Netherlands negotiate love, lust, and growing up. It provides a probing analysis of the way family culture shapes not just sex but also alcohol consumption and parent-teen relationships. Num Pages: 280 pages, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 1KBB; JFC; JFSP2; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226736181
- ISBN
- 9780226736181
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.88€ 90.06
€ 107.88
€ 90.06
Paperback. Presents facts about what Americans think and feel about sex, including: more men than women turn down sex because of stress; men are more willing to wait until marriage before copulating than women; 64 per cent of Americans have sex at least once a week; missionary is the preferred position (go figure); and, more. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBK5; JMU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781616084196
- ISBN
- 9781616084196
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.94
€ 14.99
€ 14.94
Drawing on a decade of fieldwork in these communities, Isla exposes the duplicity of a neoliberal model in which the environment is converted into commercial assets, few of whose benefits flow to the local population. Num Pages: 224 pages, 4, 4 figures, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCR; GTF; JFSJ; JHB; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442649361
- ISBN
- 9781442649361
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.42
€ 70.42
Paperback. A groundbreaking examination of Chile's Mapuche shamans and their use of a unique tree in ritual transvestitism and political defiance. Num Pages: 335 pages, 31 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; HRKT; JFSJ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 335
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780292716599
- ISBN
- 9780292716599
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.88
€ 34.99
€ 31.88
Hardcover. Editor(s): Davis, Joseph E.; Gonzalez, Dr Ana Marta. Series: Biopolitics. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; LNTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 159 x 33. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479878246
- ISBN
- 9781479878246
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.31
€ 97.31
Paperback. "More Than Two to Tango gives a detailed portrait of the Argentine immigrant community, where tango is both an art form and a means of survival"-- Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; ASD; JFSL4; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Arizona Press
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816529469
- ISBN
- 9780816529469
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.54
€ 42.54
hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; JHMC; JPWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804797986
- ISBN
- 9780804797986
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.80
€ 143.80
Paperback. With an adventurous writing style, Anand Pandian explores the transformative potential of cinema, following Tamil films from the spark of artistic impulse through their production, marketing, and reception to show how cinema recasts the ordinary experience of everyday life. Num Pages: 360 pages, 51 illustrations, incl. 1 in color. BIC Classification: 1FK; APFA; HBJF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822360001
- ISBN
- 9780822360001
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 46.59
€ 51.99
€ 46.59
Hardback. With an adventurous writing style, Anand Pandian explores the transformative potential of cinema, following Tamil films from the spark of artistic impulse through their production, marketing, and reception to show how cinema recasts the ordinary experience of everyday life. Num Pages: 360 pages, 51 illustrations, incl. 1 in color. BIC Classification: 1FK; APFA; HBJF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822359579
- ISBN
- 9780822359579
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 213.10
€ 213.10
Hardback. Crumpled Paper Boat is an exploration of the possibilities and limits of a literary anthropology that bends the conventions of ethnographic voice and form to engage with writing as a material practice rather than a transparent representational medium. Editor(s): Pandian, Anand; McLean, Stuart. Num Pages: 264 pages, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822363293
- ISBN
- 9780822363293
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.75
€ 150.75
Hardcover. Series: Key Issues in Modern Sociology. Num Pages: 332 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK; JFF; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Publisher
- Anthem Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857284525
- ISBN
- 9780857284525
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.74
€ 139.74
Paperback. Worlding Cities is the first serious examination of Asian urbanism to highlight the connections between different Asian models and practices of urbanization. It includes important contributions from a respected group of scholars across a range of generations, disciplines, and sites of study. Editor(s): Roy, Ananya; Ong, Aihwa. Series: Studies in Urban and Social Change. Num Pages: 376 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; JFFS; JFSG; JHB; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405192767
- ISBN
- 9781405192767
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.65
€ 27.65
Hardback. Worlding Cities is the first serious examination of Asian urbanism to highlight the connections between different Asian models and practices of urbanization. It includes important contributions from a respected group of scholars across a range of generations, disciplines, and sites of study. Editor(s): Roy, Ananya; Ong, Aihwa. Series: Studies in Urban and Social Change. Num Pages: 376 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; JFFS; JFSG; JHB; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405192774
- ISBN
- 9781405192774
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.38
€ 79.38
Hardcover. Focusing on the return of the diasporic second generation to Greece, primarily in the first decade of the twenty-first century, Counter-Diaspora examines migration experiences of Greek-Americans and Greek-Germans growing up in the Greek diasporic setting, motivations for the counter-diasporic return, and evolving notions of the "homeland." Series: Cultural Politics, Socioaesthetics, Beginnings. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVG; HBJD; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- Harvard Department of the Classics United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674420069
- ISBN
- 9780674420069
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.19€ 68.25
€ 75.19
€ 68.25
Hardback. Focusing on pastoralist societies in East and West Africa, the Far North and Siberia, and the Eurasian steppes, this volume addresses the issue of property rights and the changes these societies have undergone due to the direct or indirect influence of modernization and globalization processes. Editor(s): Khazanov, Anatoly M.; Schlee, Gunther. Series: Integration and Conflict Studies. Num Pages: 344 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFZ; JFSF; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 162 x 230 x 23. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857453358
- ISBN
- 9780857453358
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.41
€ 162.41
Paperback. The object of this study is to clarify the meanings and uses of social innovation in contemporary societies. The author makes use of the forms of analysis provided by theories of social change and the multi-disciplinary, long-term approach that is associated with Big History, with its focus on evidence and insights from different scientific and .. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 171 x 14. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845195137
- ISBN
- 9781845195137
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.36
€ 37.99
€ 34.36
Hardcover. Nearly half the people born on the remote Mbuke Islands become teachers, businessmen, or bureaucrats in urban centers, while those who stay at home ask migrant relatives "What about me?" This detailed ethnography sheds light on remittance motivations and documents how terms like "community" can be useful in places otherwise permeated by kinship. Series: Pacific Perspectives: Studies of the European Society for Oceanists. Num Pages: 224 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782387817
- ISBN
- 9781782387817
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.25
€ 161.25
Paperback. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 143 x 10. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 148
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788779347229
- ISBN
- 9788779347229
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.31
€ 13.31
Hardcover. Presents the international exchange of scientific information. This series represents a range of geographic and subject matter interests in economics, and includes books from various areas of macroeconomics and microeconomics. Editor(s): Klevmarken, Anders; Lindgren, Bjorn. Series: Contributions to Economic Analysis. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP31; JHBD; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780444532534
- ISBN
- 9780444532534
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.32
€ 161.32