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Paperback. Offers vivid, literary descriptions of Fontana del Re, an impoverished Neapolitan neighborhood. This book documents the struggles of Neapolitans surrounded by crumbling buildings and economic insecurity. It details family dynamics as well as the workings of Naples's informal economy. Num Pages: 280 pages, 2 photos. BIC Classification: 1DST; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 2 Expanded
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231133715
- ISBN
- 9780231133715
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.42
€ 40.99
€ 29.42
Paperback. Offers an analysis of the uncertainties, dreams, and anxieties that have accompanied postapartheid freedoms in Chatsworth, a formerly Indian township in Durban. This title tells the stories of ordinary Indians whose lives were racialized and framed by the township, and how these residents domesticated and inhabited this urban space. Num Pages: 384 pages, 10 halftones. 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1HFMS; JFSL1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 235 x 23. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691152967
- ISBN
- 9780691152967
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.77
€ 46.99
€ 33.77
Hardback. Offers an analysis of the uncertainties, dreams, and anxieties that have accompanied post apartheid freedoms in Chatsworth, a formerly Indian township in Durban. This title describes how the racial segmentation of South African society still informs daily life, notions of race, personhood, morality, and religious ethics. Num Pages: 384 pages, 10 halftones. 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1HFMS; JFSL1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691152950
- ISBN
- 9780691152950
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.80€ 83.51
€ 109.80
€ 83.51
hardcover. Series: Suffolk Records Society. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations, notes, bibliographical references, index. BIC Classification: 1D; JFS; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Monthly Review Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853459606
- ISBN
- 9780853459606
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 36.97
€ 44.99
€ 36.97
paperback. Series: Cornerstone Books. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations, notes, bibliographical references, index. BIC Classification: 1D; JFS; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Monthly Review Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853459613
- ISBN
- 9780853459613
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.49
€ 17.99
€ 16.49
Hardback. Was population held in check by high mortality or low fertility, or by some combination of the two? This book suggests an answer through analysis of the population and tax registers of the village of Nakahara between 1717 and 1830. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804709286
- ISBN
- 9780804709286
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.16
€ 86.16
hardcover. These 15 essays engage topics from architecture to politics and from fast food to film, aiming to reveal the problems and potential of postmodern cultural criticism. It looks at the value and limits of postmodernist approaches to present-day society and culture. Editor(s): Carmichael, Thomas; Lee, Alison. Num Pages: 250 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780875802510
- ISBN
- 9780875802510
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.36
€ 47.36
Hardcover. As timely now as when it was first published, Thomas D. Clark's classic history of agrarianism prepares readers for a new era that promises to bring rapid change to the land and the people of Kentucky. Series: Kentucky Bicentennial Bookshelf. Num Pages: 152 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: JHBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813102375
- ISBN
- 9780813102375
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.83
€ 41.83
Hardcover. In stories that range from the discovery of a religious truth to remembering a childhood trauma to coming out of the closet, the author reveals a common social pattern: When people escape a place of darkness by discovering a life-changing truth, they typically ally with a new community. Num Pages: 256 pages, 11 halftones, 4 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226175744
- ISBN
- 9780226175744
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.48€ 79.50
€ 95.48
€ 79.50
Hardback. This volume brings together leading scholars in the field of organisation studies to reflect on the universal phenomena of hierarchy (vertical organisation of tasks) and bureaucracy (rule-bound execution of tasks), resulting in a colourful kaleidoscope of thought-provoking, critical and refreshingly non-mainstream analysis. Editor(s): Diefenbach, Thomas; By, Rune Todnem. Series: Research in the Sociology of Organizations. Num Pages: 252 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; KJU. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780527826
- ISBN
- 9781780527826
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 216.41
€ 216.41
Hardback. Introduction to Social Statistics is a basic statistics text with a focus on the use of models for thinking through statistical problems, an accessible and consistent structure with ongoing examples across chapters, and an emphasis on the tools most commonly used in contemporary research. Num Pages: 608 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBC; PBT. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 251 x 182 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1200.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 608
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405169028
- ISBN
- 9781405169028
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.03
€ 54.03
Paperback. In the wake of a suicide, the most troubling questions are invariably the most difficult to answer: How could we have known? What could we have done? And always, unremittingly: why? Written by a clinical psychologist whose own life has been touched by suicide, this book offers an account of why some people choose to die. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JHBZ; JMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 142 x 12. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674025493
- ISBN
- 9780674025493
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.82
€ 30.99
€ 25.82
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 350 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691608099
- ISBN
- 9780691608099
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.67€ 46.89
€ 59.67
€ 46.89
Paperback. Examines the lives of transnational sport migrants: players, journalists, coaches and administrators who toil far away from the sporting limelight. Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 248 pages, 6 maps. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHBS; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745330143
- ISBN
- 9780745330143
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.58
€ 37.99
€ 29.58
Paperback. In parks and cafes, homes and stadium stands, Cubans talk baseball. This work contends that when they are analyzing and debating plays, teams, and athletes, Cubans are exchanging ideas not just about baseball but also about Cuba and cubanidad, or what it means to be Cuban. It explores the interconnections between baseball and Cuban identity. Num Pages: 239 pages, 6 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KJC; JHBS; WSJT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822342762
- ISBN
- 9780822342762
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.32
€ 37.99
€ 34.32
Paperback. An investigation of the boundaries of science. Gieryn argues that when scientific claims reach courtrooms, boardrooms and living rooms, we use cultural 'maps' to decide whom to believe and to demarcate science from ideology, faith or nonsense. He argues that there are no stable criteria to distinguish science from non-science. Num Pages: 376 pages, 1 halftone, 1 map, 1 line drawing, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JHM; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 230 x 22. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 376
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226292625
- ISBN
- 9780226292625
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.35
€ 47.99
€ 37.35
Hardback. Collection of provocative essays on how to improve cultural resource management practice by the leading consultant in the field. Series: Heritage Resource Management Series. Num Pages: 216 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759102132
- ISBN
- 9780759102132
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.32
€ 164.32
Using naturally occurring, extended transcripts of stories told by the group's hunters, Thomas McIlwraith explores how Iskut hunting culture and the memories that the Iskut share have been maintained orally. Series: Anthropological Horizons. Num Pages: 172 pages, 3 tables; 1 map; 7 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 18. .
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442643246
- ISBN
- 9781442643246
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.00
€ 59.00
Paperback. Examines the concept of place in the language, social structure, and ritual of southeast Alaska's Tlingit Indians. This book makes a contribution to the literature on the Tlingit, the Northwest Coast cultural area, Native American and indigenous studies, and to the social scientific and humanistic literature on space, place, and landscape. Series: Culture, Place, and Nature. Num Pages: 280 pages, 7 bw photos, 2 maps, 1 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWK; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 17. Weight in Grams: 409.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295987491
- ISBN
- 9780295987491
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.70
€ 26.99
€ 23.70
Hardback. This collection interrogates the notion of authenticity from an anthropological point of view and considers authenticity in terms of how meaning is produced in and through discourses about authenticity. Incorporating case studies from four continents, the topics reach from art and colonialism to exoticism-primitivism, film, ritual, and wilderness. Editor(s): Fillitz, Thomas; Saris, A. Jamie. Num Pages: 276 pages, 36 ills. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 186 x 234 x 18. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 276
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857454966
- ISBN
- 9780857454966
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.10
€ 137.10
paperback. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JH; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Transaction Publishers United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781560006930
- ISBN
- 9781560006930
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.52
€ 61.52
Paperback. An evocative symbol of the 1960s was its youth counterculture. This study reveals that the youthful revolutionaries were augmented by such unlikely allies as the advertising industry and the men's clothing business. The ad industry celebrated irrepressible youth and promoted defiance and revolt. Num Pages: 298 pages, 19 halftones, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; HBTB; JFC; JFFT; JHM; KNTY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226260129
- ISBN
- 9780226260129
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.41
€ 27.41
Hardback. Studies of religion have a tendency to conceptualise 'the Spirit' and 'the Letter' as mutually exclusive and intrinsically antagonistic. However, the history of religions abounds in cases where charismatic leaders deliberately refer to and make use of writings. This book challenges prevailing scholarly notions.. Num Pages: 286 pages, 7 ills. BIC Classification: 1H; HRC; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845454838
- ISBN
- 9781845454838
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.66
€ 161.66
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 57
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590335086
- ISBN
- 9781590335086
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 27.80
€ 42.99
€ 27.80