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Sociology & anthropology

Hardcover. Draws on thirty-five years of fieldwork (1965-1990) in the region to present a masterful ethnographic historical account of how nine communities in the Oaxaca Valley have striven to maintain land, livelihood, and civility in the face of transformational and cumulative change across five centuries. Series: Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American & Latino Art & Culture. Num Pages: 403 pages, 62 b&w photos, 7 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 814. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292754768
ISBN
9780292754768
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.16

Paperback. Num Pages: 234 pages, 34 black & white illustrations, 4 maps, 34 b&w illus., 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295741734
ISBN
9780295741734
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

Paperback. An insider's account of the Saami reindeer hunters of Swedish Lapland. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DNS; 3JJ; BG; JHM; WTL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Edition
1 Reprint
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295980379
ISBN
9780295980379
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. The Yanomami and Kayapo, two indigenous groups of the Amazon rainforest, have become internationally known through their dramatic and highly publicized encounters with 'civilization'. This title examines the relationship of the Kayapo and Yanomami to Brazilian society and the wider world. Num Pages: 232 pages, 8 illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFSL9; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295983622
ISBN
9780295983622
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Hardback. A companion volume to "Symmetries of Culture", this book applies the method of symmetry analysis to actual case studies from cultures around the world. It explores how cultural information is embedded in the symmetrical structure of pattern. It is intended as a reference for anthropologists, archaeologists, art historians, and mathematicians. Editor(s): Washburn, Dorothy K. Num Pages: 392 pages, 204 illus., 19 in color. BIC Classification: ABA; ACBK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 262 x 188 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1414.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295983660
ISBN
9780295983660
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.97

Paperback. Illustrates the complexity of social ties among groups and individuals, and their connections with the natural world Series: Culture, Place, and Nature. Num Pages: 304 pages, 20 illustrations, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFJA; GTB; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 546.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295991061
ISBN
9780295991061
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

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

Hardcover. Forces us to consider how profoundly tourism changed Colorado and America and to grapple with both the potential and the problems of our familiar ways of relating to environment, nature, and place Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books. Num Pages: 37 illus. BIC Classification: JHBS; KNSG; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 163 x 40. Weight in Grams: 830.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295992730
ISBN
9780295992730
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.85

Paperback. Presents a description of the economic and ecological organization of rural Korean domestic groups Series: Korean Studies of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies. Num Pages: 27 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPK; GTB; JFSL9; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
318
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295992761
ISBN
9780295992761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

Paperback. While the number of domestic leisure travelers has increased dramatically in reform-era China, the persistent gap between urban and rural living standards attests to ongoing social, and political inequalities. This book investigates the contested meanings and unintended consequences of tourism for those people whose lives and livelihoods. Series: Studies on Ethnic Groups in China. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSL3; JHBS; KNSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295993669
ISBN
9780295993669
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

Paperback. Series: Culture, Place, and Nature. Num Pages: 19 black & white illustrations, 4 maps, 19 illus., 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; JHMC; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 18. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295995298
ISBN
9780295995298
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

Paperback. A practicing attorney views the sexual harassment of working women as a pervasive social problem and presents a legal argument that it is discrimination based on sex. Series: Yale Fastback Series. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSJ1; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1979
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300022995
ISBN
9780300022995
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.52

Paperback. Discusses the dynamics of religious conversion, presenting it as a process of change with personal, cultural, social and religious implications. The text draws on insights from psychology, anthropology, theology, missiology and interviews with converts from disparate backgrounds. Num Pages: 260 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HRA; HRCS; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 297 x 21. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Yale University Press
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300065152
ISBN
9780300065152
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.25

Hardback. Did Britain's permissive society start with swinging London? This title challenges the sexual myth of the 1960s, arguing that its roots lay further back in the city's dramatic cultures of austerity and affluence that marked the post-war years. It focuses on sex and urban culture through a series of historical narratives. Num Pages: 400 pages, 6 colour images & 40 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1; JHBK5. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1260.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300118797
ISBN
9780300118797
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 36.02

Paperback. Well-written and eminently accessible, this book explores and celebrates the Upper Palaeolithic art of the Dordogne, admirably conveying the author's enthusiasm for her subject. Num Pages: 272 pages, 38 b/w + 8 color illus. BIC Classification: 1DDF; ACBK; ACC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 159 x 16. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300188028
ISBN
9780300188028
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.06

Paperback. In January 1935, the Vernay-Hopwood Chindwin Expedition departed from Rangoon to explore the Chindwin River valley on behalf of the American Museum of Natural History. This book includes documentation and photographs made during the journey as well as biographical narratives of its organizers, sponsors, and field scientists. Series: Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design & Culture. Num Pages: 176 pages, 75 colour images + 75 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMB; 3JJG; JFSL3; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 177 x 13. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300190236
ISBN
9780300190236
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.06

Paperback. This groundbreaking study focuses on the importance of place, scale, and nation to the study of globalization. Series: Contemporary Societies Series. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 210 x 20. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393927269
ISBN
9780393927269
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.46

Paperback. Learn the facts and debunk the fictions about contemporary families. Num Pages: 592 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 207 x 258 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1152.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393933956
ISBN
9780393933956
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 106.94
€ 103.50

Paperback. Teach students how to think about sociological theory. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 9. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393937688
ISBN
9780393937688
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.27

Hardback. Editor(s): Soderstrom, Ola; Ruedin, Didier; Randeria, Shalini; D'Amato, Gianni; Panese, Francesco. Num Pages: 240 pages, 15 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JHB; RGC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 165 x 21. Weight in Grams: 614.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415828161
ISBN
9780415828161
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.29
€ 60.49

Hardcover. This book describes in detail the design, implementation and analysis of longitudinal surveys. Focusing primarily on surveys that involve collecting data from subjects on multiple occasions, it also covers issues that arise in surveys that collect longitudinal data via retrospective methods and ethical issues, including confidentiality and consent. Editor(s): Lynn, Peter. Series: Wiley Series in Survey Methodology. Num Pages: 414 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 177 x 28. Weight in Grams: 850.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
414
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470018712
ISBN
9780470018712
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.87

Hardcover. Sampling of Populations: Methods and Applications, 4th Edition is an all-inclusive resource on the basic and most current practices in population sampling. Find the essential statistical methods for survey design and analysis, while also exploring techniques that have developed over the past decade. Series: Wiley Series in Survey Methodology. Num Pages: 616 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBC; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 164 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1002.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
Edition
4th Edition
Number of pages
616
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470040072
ISBN
9780470040072
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 190.40

Hardcover. Children and Families in Communities: Theory, Research and Policy contains the latest research on the relationship between children, families and communities and explores policy and practice implications. Material for practitioners and community development workers is also included. Series: Wiley Child Protection & Policy Series. Num Pages: 252 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 176 x 20. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470093573
ISBN
9780470093573
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 173.84

Hardcover. This book provides educators with an engaging introduction to educational research that places a greater emphasis on which research was conducted. They'll gain a strong understanding of why certain concepts are important, why certain methods are used, and why certain conclusions are drawn. Num Pages: 566 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBC; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 256 x 209 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1172.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
566
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470131329
ISBN
9780470131329
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 265.58

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