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Paperback. Is history more than (in Boswell's words) a 'chronological series of remarkable events'? Does it have a pattern? Is it fraught with 'meaning'? Can we discern its trends? What determines its course? This book explores these issues. Num Pages: 307 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBA; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 474.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media United States
- Number of pages
- 307
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306462733
- ISBN
- 9780306462733
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 131.32
€ 131.32
Hardback. Proceedings of the Symposium on Molecular Anthropology in the 21st Century, held during the 14th International Congress of the Association of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, 26 July to 1 August, 1998, in Williamsburg, Virginia, USA Editor(s): Papiha, Surinder Singh; Deka, Ranjan; Chakraborty, Ranajit. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHM; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 747.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media United States
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306462955
- ISBN
- 9780306462955
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 196.03
€ 196.03
Hardback. Based on the systemic perspectives of value theory, modelling, observation and quantification, this book offers a definition and analysis of the concept of performance of social systems. Editor(s): Parra-Luna, Francisco. Num Pages: 397 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JH; KJQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 2240.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media United States
- Number of pages
- 397
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306463099
- ISBN
- 9780306463099
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 213.57
€ 213.57
Hardback. Presents the study of premarital factors that predict breakup and marital quality. This book develops a theoretical rationale for predicted paths and tests those paths with the best statistical tools. It is useful to practitioners in their attempts to help individuals and couples make decisions about marriage, marital stability, and childrearing. Series: Longitudinal Research in the Social & Behavioral Sciences: an Interdisciplinary S. Num Pages: 345 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media United States
- Number of pages
- 345
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306463266
- ISBN
- 9780306463266
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.52
€ 134.52
hardcover. Employing both large-scale surveys and in-depth interviews, the authors document the mental health effects on workers caused by the closure of four General Motor plants. More than simply a study of unemployment and mental health, this book is also a story of coping and resilience. Series: Springer Studies in Work and Industry. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JH; KCFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1170.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media United States
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2001st Edition
- SKU
- V9780306463297
- ISBN
- 9780306463297
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.47
€ 132.47
Hardback. This book traces the development of employment relations in France since 1968 and analyzes the main forms of evolution and innovation in two areas; human resources management and industrial relations. Series: Springer Studies in Work and Industry. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJP; JH; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1220.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306463334
- ISBN
- 9780306463334
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.81
€ 132.81
Paperback. Talks about health demography. Series: The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis. Num Pages: 378 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBD; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1210.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed. 2001
- Number of pages
- 378
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306463372
- ISBN
- 9780306463372
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.95
€ 71.95
Hardback. Offers a comprehensive cross-disciplinary perspective on the role of justice research in studies of the legal system. This handbook analyzes justice research, including the various dimensions of justice, the interaction among these dimensions, and the relationship between law and culture. Editor(s): Sanders, Joseph; Hamilton, V. Lee. Num Pages: 400 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JH; LA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 2170.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306463402
- ISBN
- 9780306463402
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 213.08
€ 213.08
Hardback. Proceedings of an International Conference on Prehistoric Iberia: Genetics, Anthropology, and Linguistics, held November 16-17, 1998, in Madrid, Spain. Editor(s): Arnaiz-Villena, Antonio (Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain). Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1QDA; HBJD; HBLA; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 16. Weight in Grams: 1610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306463648
- ISBN
- 9780306463648
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.39
€ 135.39
Hardback. The authors argue that the family is now at a turning point between vitality or debilitation. This text addresses the status and fate of the family, including issues of the suffering produced by divorce, pathologies due to inadequate parenting and the mental health functions of family life. Series: Critical Issues in Psychiatry. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBK; MMH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media United States
- Number of pages
- 303
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306463969
- ISBN
- 9780306463969
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 199.90
€ 199.90
Hardback. What is the role of leadership in society? Why do people surrender their political autonomy to the decision-making authority of leaders and rulers? This volume features papers that draw on the archaeological record of societies from around the world to address these critical issues in contemporary social science. Editor(s): Haas, Jonathan. Series: Fundamental Issues in Archaeology. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HD; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media United States
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306464218
- ISBN
- 9780306464218
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.11
€ 200.11
Hardback. Considers the field at the turn of the 21st century and charts an agenda for the future. This book covers chapters that address issues of continuity and discontinuity in a range of topics including: markets and institutional structures; employment relations and work structures; patterns of stratification in the United States; and more. Editor(s): Berg, Ivar E.; Kalleberg, Arne L. Series: Springer Studies in Work and Industry. Num Pages: 766 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JH; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 265 x 185 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1598.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media United States
- Number of pages
- 766
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306464539
- ISBN
- 9780306464539
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 256.76
€ 256.76
Hardcover. Aims to rethink systemic intervention to enhance its relevance for supporting social change in the 21st Century. This book offers a systems philosophy and methodology, focusing upon the fundamental importance of exploring value and boundary judgments as part of the intervention process. Series: Contemporary Systems Thinking. Num Pages: 447 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 166 x 33. Weight in Grams: 836.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2000th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306464881
- ISBN
- 9780306464881
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 236.41
€ 236.41
Hardback. Focuses on the methodology and analysis of state and local population projections. This book describes the commonly used data sources and application techniques within each of three classes of projection methods and covers the components of population growth, the development of evaluation criteria, and the determinants of forecast accuracy. Series: The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis. Num Pages: 442 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBD; RG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1780.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media United States
- Number of pages
- 442
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306464928
- ISBN
- 9780306464928
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 202.81
€ 202.81
Paperback. Focuses on the methodology and analysis of state and local population projections. This book describes some of the most commonly used data sources and application techniques within each of 3 classes of projection methods and covers the components of population growth, the formation of assumptions, and the development of evaluation criteria. Series: The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis. Num Pages: 442 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBD; RG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media United States
- Number of pages
- 442
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306464935
- ISBN
- 9780306464935
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 200.17
€ 200.17
Paperback. This work highlights the contributions to the study of social stratification and the labour force by the late Clifford C. Clogg, telling the cumulative story of his research and adding update analysis that advances the story beyond the early 1980s to the mid-1990s. Series: Springer Studies in Work and Industry. Num Pages: 272 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JH; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 940.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2001
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306465376
- ISBN
- 9780306465376
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.15
€ 70.15
Hardback. Includes the works of over 30 systemic theorists under 5 themes: designing social systems, the structure of the social world, communication, cognition and epistemology. This book presents a coherent, dynamic model of a self-organizing world and proposes a creative and ethical method of decision-making and design. Num Pages: 419 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1830.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media United States
- Number of pages
- 419
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306465390
- ISBN
- 9780306465390
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 203.15
€ 203.15
hardcover. Presents in-depth discussions on the array of subspecialties that comprise the field of sociological theory. This work discusses methodologies and strategies; the cultural turn in sociological theorizing; interaction processes; theorizing from the systemic and macro level; directions in evolutionary theorizing; and more. Editor(s): Turner, Jonathan H. Series: Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research. Num Pages: 745 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1727.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Boston Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 745
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2001st Edition
- SKU
- V9780306465543
- ISBN
- 9780306465543
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.42
€ 75.42
Hardback. Considers issues relating to accountability in social research. This book focuses on reviewing discourses around the practice of 'professional' inquiry, with a view to highlighting differing arguments around the question of what it might mean to assess researchers' accountabilities. Num Pages: 317 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1890.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media United States
- Number of pages
- 317
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306465642
- ISBN
- 9780306465642
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.90
€ 80.90
Reconstructing Behavior in the Primate Fossil Record
. Ed(S): Plavcan, J. Michael; Kay, Richard F....
Hardback. Addresses the topic of reconstructing behavior in the primate fossil record. The authors review not only the types of evidence that can be used to reconstruct behavior, but also the limitations of the evidence, only emphasizing the weakness of behavioral reconstruction as a basis and inspiration for further research. Editor(s): Plavcan, J. Michael; Kay, Richard F.; Jungers, William L. (State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA); Van Schaik, Carel P. Series: Advances in Primatology. Num Pages: 450 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHMP; PSVW79; PSX; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 32. Weight in Grams: 2380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media United States
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306466045
- ISBN
- 9780306466045
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 205.48
€ 205.48
Hardback. The advent of transnational economic production and market integration compels sociologists to address the human, scientific, and practical challenges posed by global economic transnationalism. This volume aims to promote transnational dialogue about the sociology of work, and help build an international discipline in this field. Editor(s): Cornfield, Daniel B.; Hodson, Randy. Series: Springer Studies in Work and Industry. Num Pages: 380 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media United States
- Number of pages
- 380
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306466052
- ISBN
- 9780306466052
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.44
€ 135.44
hardcover. Looks at the ways in which the fear of death operates on a back burner throughout our lives, and how it influences the choices we make and the paths that we follow in life. This book presents a 'moral hierarchy' of behavior used in coping with the fear of death and dying. Series: Path in Psychology. Num Pages: 323 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBZ; JM; MMGW; MMJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media United States
- Number of pages
- 323
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2002nd Edition
- SKU
- V9780306466076
- ISBN
- 9780306466076
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.31
€ 200.31
Hardback. Presents a comprehensive theoretical statement about the social and social psychological processes involved in the onset and course of deviant behavior. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; JH; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 165 x 17. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306466106
- ISBN
- 9780306466106
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.69
€ 71.69
Hardback. Proposes that the four earliest British North American colonies in the United States promoted the development of distinct regional identities and that this cultural legacy affected identity development as well as behavioral patterns differently in each region. This work compares data from the North American colonies to the situation in England. Series: Path in Psychology. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHM; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media United States
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306466502
- ISBN
- 9780306466502
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.97
€ 127.97