Sociology & anthropology
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Sociology & anthropology
Hardback. Drawing on extensive ethnographic engagement with youth in Tehran and Isfahan as well as with migrant workers in rural areas, Shahram Khosravi weaves a tapestry from individual stories, government reports, statistics, and cultural analysis to depict how Iranians react to the experience of precarity and the possibility of hope. Series: Contemporary Ethnography. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6 illus. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JM; JHB; JHMC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812248876
- ISBN
- 9780812248876
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.64
€ 73.64
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814731208
- ISBN
- 9780814731208
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.77
€ 36.99
€ 31.77
Paperback. Interracial Intimacy and Racial Literacy. 328 pages, 57 b&w photographs, 3 figures. Focuses on the struggles of white mothers parenting African-descent children in Britain, analyzing the complex, racialized status of these women and their commitments to antiracism. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFSL; JHBK. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 17. Weight: 634.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822348764
- ISBN
- 9780822348764
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.95
€ 36.99
€ 33.95
Paperback. Lisa Messeri traces how planetary scientists-whether working in the Utah desert, a Chilean observatory, or the labs of MIT-transform celestial bodies into places in order to understand the universe as densely inhabited by planets, in turn telling us more about Earth, ourselves, and our place in the cosmos. Series: Experimental Futures. Num Pages: 248 pages, 38 illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM; PGS; RG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 477.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362036
- ISBN
- 9780822362036
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.32
€ 36.32
Paperback. Num Pages: 488 pages, 27 photograps, 17 illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; JFHF; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 27. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803285644
- ISBN
- 9780803285644
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.97
€ 36.99
€ 33.97
Paperback. This book examines how ordinary families and communities of minority groups in Sri Lanka have dealt with prolonged civil war and resulting issues as diverse as child recruitment, generational and gender conflicts, political terror, refugee camp life, ethnic nationalism, and migration and mobility. Series: The Ethnography of Political Violence Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 illus. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812222845
- ISBN
- 9780812222845
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.19
€ 36.99
€ 34.19
Paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; A; JFC; JHM; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 150 x 229 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816629251
- ISBN
- 9780816629251
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.10
€ 29.99
€ 29.10
Paperback. This collection of articles written by feminist scholars focuses on intimate Arab familial relationships. The authors identify key family relationships - mother-son, brother-sister, co-wives, father-daughter - to explore women's contribution to shaping and defining themselves in relation to others. Editor(s): Joseph, Suad. Series: Gender & political history in the Middle East. Num Pages: 304 pages, index. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JFSR2; JHBK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Syracuse Univ Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815628170
- ISBN
- 9780815628170
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.58
€ 37.58
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896802834
- ISBN
- 9780896802834
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 29.56
€ 31.99
€ 29.56
Paperback. Cultural Forests of the Amazon is a comprehensive and diverse account of how indigenous people transformed landscapes and managed resources in the most extensive region of tropical forests in the world. Num Pages: 288 pages, 14 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC; RNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780817358327
- ISBN
- 9780817358327
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.74
€ 50.74
Paperback. In this powerful anthropological study of a Bolivian tin mining town, Nash explores the influence of modern industrialization on the traditional culture of Quechua-and-Aymara-speaking Indians. Num Pages: 363 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSL; JHBL; JHM; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231080514
- ISBN
- 9780231080514
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.59
€ 53.59
Paperback. Discusses extinction as a force shaping socio-cultural and biological life Editor(s): Sodikoff, Genese Marie. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 b&w illus. BIC Classification: JHM; RNKH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 227 x 19. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780253223647
- ISBN
- 9780253223647
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.35
€ 29.99
€ 27.35
Paperback. Editor(s): Bauman, H-Dirksen L.; Murray, Joseph J. Num Pages: 568 pages, 60 black & white illustrations, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JFFG; JHMC; JNSC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 255 x 179 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1010.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816691227
- ISBN
- 9780816691227
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.95
€ 38.99
€ 33.95
Paperback. In the final book of her love trilogy that began with "all about love" and "salvation, " bell hooks explores the ways ideas about women and love were changed by the feminist movement, by women's full participation in the workforce, by the culture of self-help, and by popular media forces such as television and movies. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA; JH; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- William Morrow Paperbacks
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780060938291
- ISBN
- 9780060938291
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.29
€ 14.99
€ 11.29
Paperback. In this defence of the secularization paradigm, Bruce elaborates just what Weber, Durkheim, Berger and Wilson thought was happening to religion in the West, and responds to critics of this concept. Topics covered include new age spirituality, and the influence of Eastern religions. Series: Religion and Spirituality in the Modern World. Num Pages: 288 pages, 14. BIC Classification: 1QFH; HRAB; HRC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631232759
- ISBN
- 9780631232759
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.30
€ 56.30
Paperback. A groundbreaking book based on research carried out in Australia by the author on the needs of children whose parents experience periods of mental illness. Other profesional contributors encompass areas such as the effects of mental illness on children; service provision for children and their parents; foster care and child protection. Editor(s): Cowling, Vicki. Num Pages: 222 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBF; JFFG; JHBK; JKSB; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 175 x 13. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- ACER Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780864312822
- ISBN
- 9780864312822
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.41
€ 39.41
Paperback. A guide to the meanings of the postmodern era, that charts the options before us as we seek alternatives to the joyless and artificial culture of consumption. Num Pages: 182 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPM; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 283.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Third Impression
- Number of pages
- 182
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226066271
- ISBN
- 9780226066271
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.34
€ 36.34
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JHM; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 229 x 27. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226326870
- ISBN
- 9780226326870
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.68
€ 42.68
Paperback. Examines public opinion as a form of social control in which individuals, almost instinctively sensing the opinions of those around them, shape their behaviour to prevailing attitudes about what is acceptable. For the second edition, Noelle-Neumann has added three new chapters. Num Pages: 260 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JH; JMH; JPVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226589367
- ISBN
- 9780226589367
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.10
€ 37.10
Paperback. Editor(s): Meier, August. Series: Blacks in the New World. Num Pages: 360 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL3; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 26. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252062131
- ISBN
- 9780252062131
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.35
€ 29.99
€ 27.35