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Sociology & anthropology

Paperback. A study on fiddling in the Fulbe, Hausa, and Dagbamba cultures of West Africa. This book not only explains the history of the instrument itself, but also discusses the processes of stylistic transference and adaptation, suggesting how these may have contributed to differing performance practices. Num Pages: 352 pages, 53 b&w illus., 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFD; AVGH; AVRL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 23. Weight in Grams: 549.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253219299
ISBN
9780253219299
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.67

Paperback. A history of a past phenomenon - racial art - which has ramifications for the present Series: McLellan Endowed Series. Num Pages: 264 pages, 59 illus., 12 in color. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACXD; AFC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 178 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Edition
Original
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295991450
ISBN
9780295991450
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 38.84

Paperback. Most labor and migration studies classify migrants with limited formal education or credentials as unskilled. This book uncovers these migrants' lifelong human capital and identifies mobility pathways associated with the acquisition and transfer of skills across the migratory circuit, including reskilling, job jumping, and entrepreneurship. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFFN; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520283732
ISBN
9780520283732
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.06

Hardback. Most labor and migration studies classify migrants with limited formal education or credentials as unskilled. This book uncovers these migrants' lifelong human capital and identifies mobility pathways associated with the acquisition and transfer of skills across the migratory circuit, including reskilling, job jumping, and entrepreneurship. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFFN; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 146 x 26. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780520283725
ISBN
9780520283725
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.06
€ 73.24

paperback. To study the settlement process of undocumented migrants, this work examines one of Houston's Maya communities, the approximately 900 Maya from a township in the Department of Totonicapan, Guatemala. It traces this Maya community from its genesis in 1978 to the complex effects of the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA). Num Pages: 256 pages, 5 tables, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCG; JFFN; JFSL9; JHMP; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 15. Weight in Grams: 281.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566392570
ISBN
9781566392570
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 32.13

Hardcover. Series: New Directions in Latino American Cultures. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFC; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403970343
ISBN
9781403970343
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.91
€ 47.17

Paperback. The port city of Liverpool, England, is home to one of the oldest Black communities in Britain. This title analyzes how this worldly origin story supports an avowedly local Black politic and identity. It also examines the rise and consequent dilemmas of Black identity. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; HBTB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691115634
ISBN
9780691115634
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 38.30

Suggests that there is an irony in the festivities surrounding death and that the American response to death often develops into an event celebrating the ties between family members and friends. The author explores how modern American funerals and their accompanying rituals seem meant to benefit the living rather than the dead. Series: Material World. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JHBT; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 481.
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813123806
ISBN
9780813123806
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.91

Paperback. An in-depth study of lesbian, bi, and queer women's experiences of thinking about and trying to become a parent, Beyond Expectation draws on eighty-two narrative interviews conducted during the late 1990s in British Columbia. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442610088
ISBN
9781442610088
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.47

Paperback. Editor(s): Attali, Jacques. Translator(s): Massumi, Brian. Series: Theory & History of Literature S. Num Pages: 194 pages. BIC Classification: AV; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 157 x 10. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
194
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816612871
ISBN
9780816612871
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.21

Paperback. In this important new book, Jacques Derrida talks with Bernard Stiegler about the effect of teletechnologies on our philosophical and political moment. Improvising before a camera, the two philosophers are confronted by the very technologies they discuss and so are forced to address all the more directly the urgent questions that they raise. Translator(s): Bajorek, Jennifer. Num Pages: 184 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: GTC; JHM; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
184
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745620374
ISBN
9780745620374
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.53

Hardback. In this important new book, Jacques Derrida talks with Bernard Stiegler about the effect of teletechnologies on our philosophical and political moment. Improvising before a camera, the two philosophers are confronted by the very technologies they discuss and so are forced to address all the more directly the urgent questions that they raise. Translator(s): Bajorek, Jennifer. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GTC; JHM; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745620367
ISBN
9780745620367
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.86

Hardback.
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
441
Condition
New
Format
Hardback
SKU
V9781560721529
ISBN
9781560721529
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 231.69
€ 173.97

Hardback. Editor(s): Poot, Jacques; Roskruge, Matthew. Series: New Frontiers in Regional Science: Asian Perspectives. Num Pages: 45 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; 1QRP; GTB; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2020
Publisher
Springer Verlag, Singapore Singapore
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2020
SKU
V9789811002298
ISBN
9789811002298
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 228.97

Paperback. An incisive engagement with the subject of intimacy and interpersonal relationships and the methods used to research families and personal life, this book introduces readers to contemporary conceptual and methodological frameworks for understanding intimacy and sexuality in families. Series Editor(s): Morgan, David H. J.; Allan, Professor Graham; Jamieson, Lynn. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 218 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
231
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230248090
ISBN
9780230248090
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.22

Hardback. An incisive engagement with the subject of intimacy and interpersonal relationships and the methods used to research families and personal life, this book introduces readers to contemporary conceptual and methodological frameworks for understanding intimacy and sexuality in families. Series Editor(s): Morgan, David H. J.; Allan, Professor Graham; Jamieson, Lynn. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
231
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230527225
ISBN
9780230527225
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.64

Hardcover. Num Pages: 162 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AN; JFSR; JHBS; WSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 164 x 2. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9789811025723
ISBN
9789811025723
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.78

Hardback. This ethnographic account invites readers to consider a fascinating case of globalized labor -- a Korean-owned and managed factory in China, operated by Chinese laborers, where the clash of cultures, traditions, and classes threatens both productivity and peace on the factory floor. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPK; GTF; JFFS; JHBL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804784542
ISBN
9780804784542
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.97

Paperback / so. Series: Analysen Zum Terrorismus. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JHB; JHM; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
Condition
New
SKU
V9783531115900
ISBN
9783531115900
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.05

Paperback / so. Series: Medien - Kultur - Kommunikation. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: GTC; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
Condition
New
SKU
V9783531150727
ISBN
9783531150727
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.44

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