×


 x 

Shopping cart

Sociology & anthropology

Results 2329 - 2352 of 9763

Sociology & anthropology

Hardback. An assessment of the relative importance of previous school performance and choice in creating social background inequalities in educational attainment. Editor(s): Jackson, Michelle. Series: Studies in Social Inequality. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804783026
ISBN
9780804783026
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.98

Hardback. Offers the first comprehensive overview of how the rational choice paradigm can inform empirical research within the social sciences. Editor(s): Wittek, Rafael; Snijders, Tom A. B.; Nee, Victor. Num Pages: 624 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1225.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Number of pages
624
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804784184
ISBN
9780804784184
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.18

Hardback. Examines the recent and diverse proliferation of responses that challenge, reform, and even retrench neoliberalism's hegemony in Latin America. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL4; JHBA; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804784528
ISBN
9780804784528
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.45

Paperback. This book offers a nuanced understanding of the contexts, culturally conditioned rationality, local networks, and innovation in contentious action across the Middle East and North Africa to give the reader a substantive understanding of events in the Arab world before and since 2011. Editor(s): Beinin, Joel; Vairel, Frederic. Series: Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JHB; JPVN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804785693
ISBN
9780804785693
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Hardback. This groundbreaking book investigates comparatively how transnational and interracial adoptions are affecting the dynamics of family-making in America. Num Pages: 344 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804786058
ISBN
9780804786058
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.11

Paperback. This groundbreaking book investigates comparatively how transnational and interracial adoptions are affecting the dynamics of family-making in America. Num Pages: 344 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804786065
ISBN
9780804786065
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.91

Paperback. This book argues that regional food culture is intrinsic to how Chinese connect to the past, live in the present, and imagine their future. It focuses on Shanghai-a food lover's paradise-and identifies the importance of regional food culture at pivotal moments in the city's history, and in Chinese history more generally. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, maps, fig. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804786911
ISBN
9780804786911
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. Focuses on women and households as significant productive units of global production systems and brings gender and social reproduction into the theoretical center of global commodity and value chain analysis. Editor(s): Dunaway, Wilma A. Num Pages: 312 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; KCM; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 271 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804789080
ISBN
9780804789080
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.64

Hardback. Advocates a crucial shift from looking at theory in social science, to the act of theorizing and the construction of theories. Editor(s): Swedberg, Richard. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804789417
ISBN
9780804789417
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.75

Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804789509
ISBN
9780804789509
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.40

Paperback. Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 14. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804789677
ISBN
9780804789677
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.23

Paperback. Series: Anthropology of Policy. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: JF; JHB; JHMC; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804797788
ISBN
9780804797788
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.43

Paperback. This book considers the intimate lives of migrant laborers and highlights the shortcomings of policies that criminalize migrants and their loved ones. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 251 x 20. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804798839
ISBN
9780804798839
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.31

Paperback. The fourteen essays in this collection explore the place of women in archaeology in the twentieth century, arguing that they have largely been excluded from "an essentially all-male establishment." Editor(s): Claassen, Cheryl. Num Pages: 264 pages, 34 illus. BIC Classification: HD; JH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 21. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812215090
ISBN
9780812215090
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.12

Paperback. "Beautifully crafted, powerfully illustrated with conversation, theoretically important, and almost unique as an ethnography."-Arthur Kleinman, Harvard University Series: Contemporary Ethnography. Num Pages: 320 pages, 7 illus. BIC Classification: JFFB; JFSC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812216226
ISBN
9780812216226
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.91

Paperback. Investigates the cultural politics of immigration and citizenship, education and identity-formation among Sikh youth whose parents migrated to England from India and East Africa. This work chronicles the stories of Sikh youth, the cultural dilemmas they face, and the identities they perform as they navigate their own journeys to citizenship. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Edition
First Printing
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812218114
ISBN
9780812218114
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.03

Paperback. "Hosay Trinidad contributes substantially to the anthropology of contemporary identity politics as well as to the study of 'boundaries' which has come to play a key role in important new lines of scholarship across the social sciences."-Anthropos Num Pages: 320 pages, 31 illus. BIC Classification: 1KJW; GT; JH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812218251
ISBN
9780812218251
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.55

Paperback. "Magliocco impressively corrals the diverse writings and experiences of U.S. neo-pagans into this highly readable and deeply researched ethnographic study.. Highly recommended."-Choice Series: Contemporary Ethnography. Num Pages: 280 pages, 1illustration. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; HRKP; JHBT. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812218794
ISBN
9780812218794
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.91

Paperback. Feminist Anthropology probes critical issues in the study of gender, sex, and sexuality. While feminist anthropology is often perceived as fragmented, this vital new work establishes common ground and situates feminist inquiries within the larger context of social theory and anthropological practice. Editor(s): Geller, Pamela L.; Stockett, Miranda K. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 152 x 228 x 22. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812220056
ISBN
9780812220056
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.70

Paperback. Building on the author's thirty-six years of experience with North Town, Texas, this second edition presents an ethnographic study of the ways the town's youth learn traditional American values through participation in sports, membership in formal and informal social groups, dating, and interactions with teachers in the classroom. Series: Contemporary Ethnography. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 381.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Edition
Second Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812220988
ISBN
9780812220988
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. By analyzing how Sri Lankan free trade zone factory workers claim political subjectivity and revealing a vibrant subaltern political universe where they can express alternative perspectives, Stitching Identities in a Free Trade Zone challenges conventional notions about marginalized women at the bottom of the global economy. Series: Contemporary Ethnography. Num Pages: 296 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 173 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812221121
ISBN
9780812221121
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.91

Hardback. Describes the social fabric of a rural community that has become a reservoir of soldiers for the Sri Lankan nation in the brutal war against Tamil separatists. Series: The Ethnography of Political Violence Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 illus. BIC Classification: 1FKS; JH; JP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 163 x 239 x 27. Weight in Grams: 564.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Edition
unknown
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812236880
ISBN
9780812236880
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.25

Hardback. As more and more Asian medical practices cross into Western culture through the popularity of yoga and herbalism, and as Western medicine finds its way east in the form of plastic surgery, these systems of meaning become inextricably interrelated. The essays in this volume consider the larger implications of transmissions between cultures. Editor(s): Alter, Joseph S. Series: Encounters with Asia. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; JFFS; JHMC; MX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 238 x 26. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Edition
y First printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812238662
ISBN
9780812238662
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.36

Paperback. Deals with the human/companion animal relationship and what happens when that bond is broken. This book acknowledges the significance of the relationship and the grief involved when a pet dies or is terminally ill. It covers multidisciplinary care that can be given by veterinarians, psychiatrists, social workers, philosopher-ethicists, and others. Editor(s): Kay, William; Nieburg, Herbert; Kutscher, Austin; Grey, R.; Fudin, Carole. Num Pages: 198 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFFZ; JHBZ; VFJX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 278.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Iowa State University Press United States
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
198
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813813271
ISBN
9780813813271
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.83

Subscribe to our newsletter

News on special offers, signed editions & more!