.png){kind=logo}
Sociology & anthropology
Results 7641 - 7660 of 8440
Sociology & anthropology
Paperback. Explains how the leaders China decided to limit all couples to one child. This book focuses on the historic period 1978-80 and documents the manner in which a handful of leading aerospace engineers hijacked the population policymaking process and formulated a strategy that treated people like missiles. Num Pages: 426 pages, 17 b/w photographs, 5 line illustrations, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JHBD; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 426
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520253391
- ISBN
- 9780520253391
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.27
€ 40.99
€ 29.27
Paperback. This account of the author's experience with a chronic pain disorder and subsequent interaction with the American health care system goes to the heart of the workings of power and culture in the biomedical domain, illustrating medicine's power to create and inflict suffering. Num Pages: 383 pages, 7 line illustrations, 3 tables. BIC Classification: JFFH; JHMC; MB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 231 x 25. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 383
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520223981
- ISBN
- 9780520223981
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.34
€ 38.99
€ 28.34
Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 11, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801453953
- ISBN
- 9780801453953
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.86
€ 139.86
Paperback. Based on internal documents, long-term fieldwork, and interviews, this book charts the emergence of population as a central source of power in the People's Republic of China, documenting the gradual shift from hard birth planning techniques toward soft neoliberal approaches. Num Pages: 412 pages, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; 3JMC; JHBD; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 412
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804748803
- ISBN
- 9780804748803
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.75
€ 32.99
€ 29.75
Hardcover. Series: Economic Studies. Num Pages: 176 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1D; JHBL; KCC; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674451759
- ISBN
- 9780674451759
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 48.36
€ 51.99
€ 48.36
Hardback. This groundbreaking study goes inside France's juvenile court system and follows young people, largely of foreign ancestry, from arrest to court trials, revealing an alarming shift in the nation's approach to its youth offenders. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804759595
- ISBN
- 9780804759595
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.57
€ 128.57
Paperback. This groundbreaking study goes inside France's juvenile court system and follows young people, largely of foreign ancestry, from arrest to court trials, revealing an alarming shift in the nation's approach to its youth offenders. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 227 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804759601
- ISBN
- 9780804759601
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73
Paperback. A tale of adolescent girls coming of age in the South during the most explosive decades for the region. Focusing on the period from 1920 to 1960, it reveals how both the life of the South and the meaning of adolescence underwent enormous political, economic, and social shifts. Num Pages: 384 pages, 19 halftones. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBK5; JM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674063938
- ISBN
- 9780674063938
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.87
€ 35.99
€ 30.87
Paperback. In this interdisciplinary study of Asian-white miscegenation from the late 19th to the end of the 20th century, Koshy traces the shifting gender and racial hierarchies produced by antimiscegenation laws and their role in shaping cultural norms. These laws thus turned sex acts into race acts and engendered new meanings for both. Series: Asian America. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804747295
- ISBN
- 9780804747295
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.51
€ 30.99
€ 27.51
Paperback. Num Pages: 546 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 203. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 546
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138687684
- ISBN
- 9781138687684
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 142.37
€ 142.37
Hardback. True to the nature of the Gedenkschrift, this commemorative publication celebrates the work of sociologist Dr. William Freudenburg, one of the founding editors of RSPPP and Dehlsen Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara. Editor(s): Maret, Susan. Series: Research in Social Problems and Public Policy. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: JF; JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 31. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781907344
- ISBN
- 9781781907344
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.39
€ 135.39
Paperback. Offering an analysis of legislative responses to surrogacy in the bellwether states of New York and California, this book explores how discourses about gender, family, race, genetics, rights, and choice have shaped policies. It examines the views of key players, including legislators, women's organizations, religious groups, the media, and others. Num Pages: 277 pages, 1 line illustration, 12 tables. BIC Classification: JFM; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 230 x 18. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520252042
- ISBN
- 9780520252042
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.35
€ 40.99
€ 29.35
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822325987
- ISBN
- 9780822325987
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.48
€ 27.99
€ 26.48
Paperback. Recent years have seen a growing impetus to explain social life almost exclusively in biological and mechanistic terms, and to dismiss cultural meaning and difference. Editor(s): McKinnon, Susan; Silverman, Sydel. Num Pages: 296 pages, 2 figures, 5halftones. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 264 x 28. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226500249
- ISBN
- 9780226500249
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.83
€ 37.99
€ 29.83
Paperback. Observations of the sun, moon, planets, and stars played a central role in ancient Maya lifeways, as they do among contemporary Maya who maintain the traditional ways. This book constructs Maya astronomy and cosmology through the astronomical information encoded in Precolumbian Maya art and confirmed by the practices of living Maya peoples. Series: The Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies. Num Pages: 382 pages, 48 figures, 22 b&w plates, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLS; ACBK; JFHF; JHMC; PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 217 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1043.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292752269
- ISBN
- 9780292752269
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.17
€ 37.99
€ 34.17
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473998148
- ISBN
- 9781473998148
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 44.39
€ 44.99
€ 44.39
Paperback. "In the first feminist critique of modern political theory, Okin shows how the failure to apply theories of justice to the family not only undermines our most cherished democratic values but has led to" Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK; JHBK; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Edition
- 50843rd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465037032
- ISBN
- 9780465037032
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.53
€ 26.53
Paperback. This analysis of the causes of racial and ethnic conflict in American cities between 1877-1914 presents evidence that suggests that the explanation for ethnic unrest is to be found in competition processes. Editor(s): Olzak, Susan. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 287
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804723374
- ISBN
- 9780804723374
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Paperback. A trans-national study of female beauty based in an ethnographic study of beauty salons in Cairo, Casablanca, and Paris. Num Pages: 216 pages, 19 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 1HBM; JFCA; JFFS; JHMP; KNSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 17. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822328964
- ISBN
- 9780822328964
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.29
€ 26.99
€ 25.29
Paperback. Argues compellingly that nature and nurture are not alternative influences on human development but, rather, developmental products and the developmental processes that produce them. This title shows that what developmental information" does depends on what is already in place and what alternatives are available. Series: Science & Cultural Theory. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: JHMP; JMA; JMC; PSAJ; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822324669
- ISBN
- 9780822324669
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82