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Sociology & anthropology

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 138 x 10. Weight in Grams: 228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
A Cappella Books United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781556524523
ISBN
9781556524523
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.23

Paperback. The author of "The Mother Trip" and "The Hip Mama Survival Guide" offers a humorous and moving collection of essays examining motherhood from a Generation X perspective. Illustrations & charts. Editor(s): Gore, Ariel; Lavender, Bee. Series: Live Girls. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBK; VFXC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Seal Press
Edition
First Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580050517
ISBN
9781580050517
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.21

Paperback. This book is a highly practical book that explains how best to help and support a child whose parent or carer has died. As well as offering valuable insight into the impact of death on children, the author provides practical guidelines for how teachers and parents can better support children through parental bereavement while they are at school. Num Pages: 224 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JHBZ; VFJX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 281.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843100164
ISBN
9781843100164
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.65

Paperback. With a unique focus on the effects of poverty on parenting in Britain, this book explores what professionals and policy makers can do to support families living in poverty. The authors examine community-level poverty and its relationship to family and individual problems such as low income, poor mental health and child behavioural difficulties. Series: Supporting Parents. Num Pages: 320 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFFA; JHBK; JKSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Pub
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843100690
ISBN
9781843100690
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.06

Paperback. In this sympathetic book, Tamar Granot explains the immediate and long-term effects of loss on children and adolescents. She describes how loss is experienced at different ages, explaining the significant consequences it can have on the development of personality. Without You provides valuable guidance for parents and carers of bereaved children. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBZ; JKSN2; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843102977
ISBN
9781843102977
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.44

Paperback. Dealing with Death is a comprehensive and authoritative source of information for professionals on the procedures, laws and cultural customs that should be observed when someone dies. This completely updated and expanded second edition takes into account changes in UK law and the impact of the Harold Shipman and Alder Hey enquiries. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: JHBZ; VFJX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 174 x 24. Weight in Grams: 642.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843103813
ISBN
9781843103813
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.17

Paperback. Over 3000 definitions offer clear explanations of statistical procedures commonly used in psychology; major psychometric and other psychological tests; categories of mental illness, mental disability, and brain damage; frequently used medical terms; basic neuroanatomy; and types of psychological therapies. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CBD; JHBC; JMBT; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843104940
ISBN
9781843104940
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.09

Paperback. This book presents an overview of worldwide research on working children that considers children's own views of employment in favour of adult-constructed arguments about child work. This is a key text for social work practitioners that encourages re-evaluation of the notion of childhood and understands the complex phenomenon of working children. Editor(s): Hungerland, Beatrice; Liebel, Manfred; Milne, Brian; Wihstutz, Anne. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBC; JHBL; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843105237
ISBN
9781843105237
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 44.74

Paperback. The author covers all the common questions that children ask about adoption and provides sensitive, candid answers in a way that children will be able to understand and relate to. Each chapter is devoted to a particular issue, such as why a child is adopted, who chose the child's first name and what happens when the child grows up. Num Pages: 112 pages, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBK; JKSB1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 8. Weight in Grams: 150.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843106715
ISBN
9781843106715
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.01

Paperback. Adoptive, foster and stepmothers, like biological mothers, find their lives completely changed by motherhood although they are not always granted the rights and privileges accorded to those who give birth. Barbara Waterman explores the common experiences that are shared by all those who enter the motherhood portal. Num Pages: 272 pages, Bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JHBK; VFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 14. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843107248
ISBN
9781843107248
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.25

Paperback. A frank, salacious and often shocking portrait of an institution Num Pages: 448 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Murray Press
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848544017
ISBN
9781848544017
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Child Adoption is a straightforward, concise and comprehensive guide which adoptive parents and the professionals who advise them will find invaluable. R.A.C. Hoksbergen covers the practical and emotional issues and possible problems which affect child and parents in adoption. Num Pages: 118 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK; JKSB1; JKSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 9. Weight in Grams: 208.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Pub
Number of pages
118
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853024153
ISBN
9781853024153
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 40.96

Paperback. In The Social Symbolism of Grief and Mourning Roger Grainger focuses on the role of funerals in promoting the personal and social adjustment of the bereaved. Tying together folklore with funeral practices, the author has created a work that examines the anthropological, psychological and superstitious aspects of our relationship to death and dying. Num Pages: 160 pages, appendix, bibliography. BIC Classification: JHBZ; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 9. Weight in Grams: 226.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Pub
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853024801
ISBN
9781853024801
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 44.74

Paperback. In this rich and humane book Ann Orbach explores, from the point of view of a psychotherapist, the subject of death in all its manifestations. Her intention is to look at death and what it means to us, as a means of coming to terms with the inevitable, and helping others to do so. Num Pages: 200 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: JHBZ; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 371.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Pub
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853025532
ISBN
9781853025532
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.27

Paperback. Writing from a dramatherapist's perspective, Grainger looks at methods of researching the arts therapies, and how particular definitions of research affect our understanding and practising of arts therapies. He places approaches to research in four categories: quantitative research, qualitative research, action research and art-based research. Num Pages: 180 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JHBC; MMZ; MQTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 12. Weight in Grams: 296.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853026546
ISBN
9781853026546
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.65

Paperback. This comprehensive study explores the region's 'forgotten' narratives, myths and traditions. Drawing on stories from Ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, Anatolia, Syria-Palestine and Persia, Wasilewska shows how these narratives of creation, destruction and rebirth reach to the very roots of the Biblical and Quranic Genesis. Num Pages: 224 pages, bibliography, chronological charts, maps, index. BIC Classification: 1FB; HRLB; JFC; JFHF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Pub
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853026812
ISBN
9781853026812
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.17

Paperback. Reflecting current political and policy priorities, this book focuses on new developments designed to promote these family and network relationships. The book examines both care policies and individual schemes which involve families and other network members in the planning and care of children looked after in residential units or children's homes. Editor(s): Chakrabarti, Mono; Hill, Malcolm. Num Pages: 248 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JHBK; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 281.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Pub
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853026874
ISBN
9781853026874
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.44

Paperback. Focusing on the nature of relationships, this book continues the story of the five people with learning disabilities from Helping People with a Learning Disability Explore Choice. Sections for the carer draw out the issues raised in each chapter and suggest ways of exploring them in discussions and exercises for groups and individuals. Illustrator(s): Baker, Tim. Num Pages: 120 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 6. Weight in Grams: 154.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Pub
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853026881
ISBN
9781853026881
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.13

Paperback. The contributors to this topical volume explore the role of family support in promoting the welfare of children and their families. The book integrates concepts and experiences from an international perspective, different levels of analysis (society, community and family) and different loci of intervention. Editor(s): Canavan, John; Dolan, Pat; Pinkerton, John. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Pub
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853028502
ISBN
9781853028502
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.65

Paperback. This book is based on the life accounts of 244 children of minority ethnic origin who were placed with predominantly white foster carers and adopters. The book provides a most interesting overview of the decision-making and planning processes that shape the placement in care of children of minority ethnic origin in the UK. Num Pages: 224 pages, index. BIC Classification: JFF; JHBK; JHMP; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 353.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Pub
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853028755
ISBN
9781853028755
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.18

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