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Paperback. Why do truckers accept these conditions and pay? Why can't they achieve what workers did in the past through collective action and union organization? This book looks at what has happened to blue-collar jobs since the trucking industry was deregulated. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBL; KCF; KNGR; KNXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520278127
- ISBN
- 9780520278127
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Hardback. Trucking used to be one of the best working-class jobs in the United States. Drawing on more than 100 in-depth interviews and years of extensive observation, this book explains how this massive degradation in the quality of work has occurred, and how companies achieve a compliant and dedicated workforce despite it. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBL; KCF; KNGR; KNXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520278110
- ISBN
- 9780520278110
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.11€ 73.24
€ 95.11
€ 73.24
Paperback. Globalization and Work challenges conceptions of globalization as a project orchestrated by governments, multinational companies and international agencies. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHBL; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 174 x 24. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 300
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745652122
- ISBN
- 9780745652122
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.35
€ 27.35
Hardback. Globalization and Work challenges conceptions of globalization as a project orchestrated by governments, multinational companies and international agencies. Num Pages: 300 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHBL; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 178 x 29. Weight in Grams: 710.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745652115
- ISBN
- 9780745652115
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.61
€ 79.61
Paperback. * New edition maintains the book s acclaimed level of research, analysis, and readability * Explores topics including urbanization, ethnicity, class, sport in educational institutions, women in sport, and sport s role in manifesting city, regional, and national pride. Series: The American History Series. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; JHBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118537718
- ISBN
- 9781118537718
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.93
€ 43.93
Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 25. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 3rd Revised edition
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804782470
- ISBN
- 9780804782470
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.76
€ 47.76
Paperback. An ethnographic study of Yemeni tribal poetry that reveals a folkloric system where poetry is a creation of art and a political and social act. Drawing on field research in North Yemen, it shows the significance of poetry in Yemeni society, analyzing verse genres and their use in weddings, war mediations, and political discourse on the state. Num Pages: 330 pages, 8 b&w photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBXY; JFHF; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520082618
- ISBN
- 9780520082618
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.56
€ 38.99
€ 28.56
Paperback. Editor(s): Carter, Steven D. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; DQ; HBJF; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 728.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231167710
- ISBN
- 9780231167710
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 36.36
€ 50.99
€ 36.36
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442235007
- ISBN
- 9781442235007
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 89.92
€ 89.92
Paperback. Rescuing the pre-modern family from the grim picture many historians have given us of life in early Europe, this text offers a major reassessment of a crucial aspect of European history, and tells a story of age-old domesticity inextricably linked, and surprisingly similar, to our own. Num Pages: 192 pages, 6 halftones, 4 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBTG; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674004849
- ISBN
- 9780674004849
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 30.99
€ 36.99
€ 30.99
Paperback. Panel data - information gathered from the same individuals or units at several different points in time - are commonly used in the social sciences to test theories of individual and social change. This book highlights the developments in this technique in a range of disciplines and analytic traditions. Series: Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences. Num Pages: 104 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBC; PBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 133 x 5. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 104
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803938960
- ISBN
- 9780803938960
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.75
€ 47.75
Paperback. Agent-based modeling is a new technique for understanding how the dynamics of biological, social, and other complex systems arise from the characteristics and behaviors of the agents making up these systems. This book gives students and scientists the skills to design, implement, and analyze agent-based models. Num Pages: 352 pages, 67 line illus. 6 tables. BIC Classification: JHBC; PS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 205 x 256 x 20. Weight in Grams: 836.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 59468th
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691136745
- ISBN
- 9780691136745
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Condition: New
€ 59.45€ 46.96
€ 59.45
€ 46.96
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JHM; JNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Tarcher
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874779554
- ISBN
- 9780874779554
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.03
€ 18.99
€ 17.03
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 35 half-tones, 1 map. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 230 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- First Edition, with a New Pref ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520282254
- ISBN
- 9780520282254
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.32
€ 39.32
Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442206236
- ISBN
- 9781442206236
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 183.36
€ 183.36
Paperback. Drawing upon fieldwork conducted over 30 years, the author to this text examines the Sri Lankan advertising industry to show how executives draw on their skills as folk ethnographers to "Sri Lankanize" commodities and practices to make them locally desirable, essentially creating new culture. Num Pages: 248 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKS; JFD; JFFT; JHM; KNTY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226430416
- ISBN
- 9780226430416
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.73
€ 43.99
€ 33.73
Paperback. Num Pages: 230 pages, x, 220 p., 4 line drawings, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBTB; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 137 x 14. Weight in Grams: 283.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226345857
- ISBN
- 9780226345857
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.91
€ 37.99
€ 29.91
Paperback. This book provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the key aspects of Norbert Elias's work. Editor(s): Loyal, Steven; Quilley, Stephen. Num Pages: 300 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521535090
- ISBN
- 9780521535090
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.13
€ 59.13
Paperback. With debates on the meaning of 'liberal society' more heated than ever, this is a timely re-issue of a classic text Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: JF; JHBA; JHM; JPFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 210 x 16. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Verso Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784786472
- ISBN
- 9781784786472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.64
€ 21.99
€ 18.64
Paperback. Considers psychological factors involved in theft and fraud, workplace violence, employee discrimination, and sexual harassment Editor(s): Elias, Steven M. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5 tables, 7 figures. BIC Classification: JHBL; JKV; JMJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814722619
- ISBN
- 9780814722619
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Paperback. For the Tumbuka people of Malawi, traditional medical practices are filled with music. This ethnography explores a health care system populated by dancing prophets, singing patients and drummed spirits. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 260 pages, 16 halftones, 4 figures. BIC Classification: 1HFMM; AVGH; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226265025
- ISBN
- 9780226265025
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 30.01
€ 37.99
€ 30.01
Paperback. A book on the critical role of music in African ritual which focuses on the Brekete/Gorovodu religion of the Ewe people. It analyzes their practices through a historical and ethnographic study of one of the dominant ritual sites on the southern coast of Ghana: a medicine shrine whose origins lie in the northern region of the country. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 colour plates, 25 halftones, 3 line drawings, 23 musical examples. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; AVGH; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226265056
- ISBN
- 9780226265056
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.96
€ 36.99
€ 28.96
Paperback. Authoritative, informative, and illustrated, this guide provides a vivid introduction to a way of life many find fascinating but few truly understand. Series: Young Center Books in Anabaptist and Pietist Studies. Num Pages: 160 pages, 28 black & white halftones, 6 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HRA; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. .
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421419565
- ISBN
- 9781421419565
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.72
€ 21.99
€ 19.72
Paperback. Comprehensive and versatile, The Sociology of Work: Structures and Inequalities is ideal for courses in the sociology of work and occupations, and the sociology of organizations and corporations, as well as labor studies and human resource management. Num Pages: 384 pages, 7 line illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; JFSJ; JHBL; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 195 x 237 x 35. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780195381726
- ISBN
- 9780195381726
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 83.42
€ 83.42