Sociology & anthropology
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Sociology & anthropology
paperback. This book explores how antimodern nostalgia and modern sensibilities about the landscape, child rearing, and identity shaped the history of summer camps. Series: Nature, History, Society. Num Pages: 392 pages, 38 b&w photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBCO; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JHB; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774816403
- ISBN
- 9780774816403
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.17
€ 34.17
Hardcover. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKP; HDD; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 277 x 203 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1120.
- Publisher
- Peabody Museum Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Har/Cdr
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873652155
- ISBN
- 9780873652155
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.64€ 76.06
€ 83.64
€ 76.06
Understanding Modern Sociology (Theory, Culture & Society (Paperback))
Sharrock, Wes; Hughes, John A.; Pratt, Alan; ...
paperback. 'An introductory chapter situates the reader in the main changes in society and sociology following the classic period. What follows are four separate chapters giving a detailed account of the four perspectives which are regarded to be of seminal importance' - Functionalism, Critical Theory, Structuralism and Symbolic Interactionism. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 170 x 9. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761957072
- ISBN
- 9780761957072
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.57
€ 67.57
Paperback. Thoroughly updated new edition of this introduction to the sociology of law, full of up to date and relevant examples. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; JPV; LAQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 171 x 18. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781412945608
- ISBN
- 9781412945608
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.04
€ 68.04
Paperback. Intended for students who need to get a fast grasp on a range of social and political issues, this introductory text is a comprehensive guide to politics in the contemporary world. The book draws on examples from popular political culture to convey how politics operates in the contemporary world. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JH; JPA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 172 x 17. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First
- SKU
- V9780761971313
- ISBN
- 9780761971313
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.79
€ 56.79
Paperback. Shaun McNiff breaks new ground in defining and inspiring art-based research. He illustrates how practitioner-researchers can become involved in art-based inquiries during their educational studies and throughout their careers, and shows how new types of research can be created that resonate with the artistic process. Num Pages: 224 pages, references. BIC Classification: JHBC; MQTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Pub
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853026218
- ISBN
- 9781853026218
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 78.78
€ 78.78
Paperback. With its thunderous sounds and dazzling choreography, Japanese taiko drumming has captivated audiences in Japan and across the world, making it one of the most successful performing arts to emerge from Japan in the past century. This book explores the origins of taiko in the early postwar period and its popularization over the following decades. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 280 pages, 20 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380. Japanese Drumming in Place and Motion. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. 280 pages, illustrations. With its thunderous sounds and dazzling choreography, Japanese taiko drumming has captivated audiences in Japan and across the world, making it one of the most successful performing arts to emerge from Japan in the past century. This book explores the origins of taiko in the early postwar period and its popularization over the following decades. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JHMC. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 17. Weight: 380.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520272422
- ISBN
- 9780520272422
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.93
€ 33.99
€ 24.93
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1MK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 177 x 12. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Bard Graduate Center, Exhibitions Department United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781941792070
- ISBN
- 9781941792070
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.12
€ 25.99
€ 21.12
Paperback. Over the last twenty years the Journal of Historical Sociology has redefined what historical sociology can be. These essays by internationally distinguished historians, sociologists, anthropologists and geographers bring together the very best of the JHS. Editor(s): Wong, Yoke-Sum; Sayer, Derek. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 164 x 15. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405179331
- ISBN
- 9781405179331
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.44
€ 29.44
Paperback. Over the last twenty years the Journal of Historical Sociology has redefined what historical sociology can be. These essays by internationally distinguished historians, sociologists, anthropologists and geographers bring together the very best of the JHS. Editor(s): Wong, Yoke-Sum; Sayer, Derek. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 165 x 14. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405179348
- ISBN
- 9781405179348
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.06
€ 29.06
Paperback. Rainsford is a fourth-generation Chinese American named after the town where his great grandfather worked during the gold rush. Orphaned at fifteen, he attempts to claim America as his homebase, and his personal history is interwoven with dreams, stories, and letters of his family's life in America. Num Pages: 112 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; BGA; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 136 x 9. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295988160
- ISBN
- 9780295988160
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.69
€ 20.99
€ 17.69
Paperback. De-stigmatization of sex work encourages efforts toward legal changes to create safe communities for all. Num Pages: 272 pages, 11. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFFE; JFSJ1; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781772120059
- ISBN
- 9781772120059
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.22
€ 40.99
€ 29.22
Paperback. Examines how the lives of dispossessed men and women are affected by the rise of narco-trafficking along the US - Mexico border. This book explores the everyday reality of the drug trade by living alongside its low-level workers: those living at the edges of the violence generated by the militarization of "the war on drugs." Series: California Series in Public Anthropology. Num Pages: 240 pages, 10 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JHMC; JKVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 209 x 17. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 255
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520276789
- ISBN
- 9780520276789
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.74
€ 33.99
€ 24.74
Hardback. In the Indian outsourcing industry, employees are expected to be "dead ringers" for the more expensive American workers they have replaced. This book chronicles the rise of a workforce for whom mimicry is a job requirement and a passion. Num Pages: 288 pages, 3 halftones. 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFFS; JHB; JHMC; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691147871
- ISBN
- 9780691147871
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.05€ 42.15
€ 53.05
€ 42.15
Paperback. In the Indian outsourcing industry, employees are expected to be "dead ringers" for the more expensive American workers they have replaced. This book chronicles the rise of a workforce for whom mimicry is a job requirement and a passion. Num Pages: 288 pages, 3 halftones. 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFFS; JHBL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691159652
- ISBN
- 9780691159652
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.32
€ 37.99
€ 27.32
Hardback. Num Pages: 329 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590. Clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press New York
- Number of pages
- 329
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1987
- SKU
- KEX0201953
- ISBN
- 9780231064804
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardback. Covering a forty-year period, this comparative and longitudinal study traces the medicalization of birth in Guatemala and its effects on women's lives and their economic and social status. Num Pages: 318 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; JHMC; KNAC; MJT; PSXM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 661. Weight in Grams: 587.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781477311387
- ISBN
- 9781477311387
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.27
€ 91.27
Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 227 x 22. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226276526
- ISBN
- 9780226276526
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.58
€ 41.99
€ 32.58
Paperback. The field of science and technology studies has made considerable progress toward illuminating the relationship between scientific knowledge and political power. This book offers a collection of essays by leading scholars, showing how scientific knowledge embeds, and is embedded, in social identities, institutions, representations and discourses. Editor(s): Jasanoff, Sheila. Series: International Library of Sociology. Num Pages: 332 pages, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415403290
- ISBN
- 9780415403290
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.17
€ 66.17
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5499 x 3488 x 12. Weight in Grams: 247.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804719599
- ISBN
- 9780804719599
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.37
€ 29.99
€ 27.37
Hardback. Sheila Kitzinger, passionate campaigner for women's and babies' rights, childbirth educator and author, describes the experiences that have shaped her since childhood and the enormous changes that have taken place over the last 50 years on the subject of birth. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; JHM; VFXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 242 x 39. Weight in Grams: 786.
- Publisher
- Pinter & Martin Ltd.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780661704
- ISBN
- 9781780661704
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.48
€ 26.99
€ 19.48
paperback. The politics of parental leave policies addresses how and why, and by whom, particular policies are created and subsequently developed in particular countries. It examines the factors that bring about variations in leave policy, covering fifteen countries in Europe and beyond. Editor(s): Kamerman, Sheila B.; Moss, Peter. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBK; JHBL; KCF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 171 x 16. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847429032
- ISBN
- 9781847429032
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 38.54
€ 40.99
€ 38.54
Paperback. From Janis Joplin to P.J. Harvey, Women and Popular Music explores the changing role of women musicians and the ways in which their songs resonate in popular culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, music. BIC Classification: AVGP; JFSJ1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415211901
- ISBN
- 9780415211901
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.38
€ 52.38
Hardcover. The politics of parental leave policies addresses how and why, and by whom, particular policies are created and subsequently developed in particular countries. It examines the factors that bring about variations in leave policy, covering fifteen countries in Europe and beyond. Editor(s): Kamerman, Sheila B.; Moss, Peter. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 251 x 181 x 22. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- First
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847420671
- ISBN
- 9781847420671
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.30
€ 97.30