Sociology & anthropology
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Sociology & anthropology
Paperback. This text combines ethical theory and personal experience to explore family and community influences on individual behaviour within an ethnic setting. Concentrating on Italian-Americans, the author assesses the links with often conflicting groups such as family, friends, neighbourhood and country. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF; JFSL1; JHBK; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 431.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700607303
- ISBN
- 9780700607303
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.83
€ 30.83
Hardcover. A biography of Pitirim Sorokin (1889-1968), a major figure in American sociology. Exiled from Russia, he was chair of Harvard's sociology department until he was ousted by rival Talcott Parsons. His work was recognised in 1963 when he was made President of the American Sociological Association. Num Pages: 416 pages, 15 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1KBB; BG; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 771.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700607365
- ISBN
- 9780700607365
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.57
€ 63.57
Paperback. This work looks at why moral values enhance and solidify erotic and marital relationships. In the process, it challenges cynicism about marriage while remaining sensitive to the innumerable problems confronting couples. Its approach to marital love is both traditional and modern. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HPQ; JFC; JHBK; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 367.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700607679
- ISBN
- 9780700607679
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.83
€ 30.83
Paperback. The emergence of the presidential couple is one of the most contentious developments in US post-war political history. Reaction to the First Couple reflects the country's changing morality and attitudes. This work traces these shifts through ten presidential marriages, including the Clintons. Num Pages: 472 pages, 33 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBK; JPA; JPHL; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 35. Weight in Grams: 839.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Edition
- 2 Rev Sub
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700610341
- ISBN
- 9780700610341
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.48
€ 47.48
Steeltown U.S.A.: Work and Memory in Youngstown (Culture America) (Cul...
Linkon, Sherry Lee, Russo, John
Paperback. Exploring conflicting representations of Youngstown across a century of growth, struggle and heartbreaking decline, this study looks at the roles of work and memory. It acts as a cautionary tale about corporate responsibility in an era of globalization. Series: CultureAmerica. Num Pages: 288 pages, maps, 37photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBNH; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700612925
- ISBN
- 9780700612925
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.78
€ 29.99
€ 29.78
Hardcover. Will the settlement of Mars prove much different from the settlement of the West? This study shows us how the ways we remember the past greatly influence our ability to imagine multiple futures - in distant universes that appear very strange and yet utterly familiar. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; JHM. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 176 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700614301
- ISBN
- 9780700614301
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.14
€ 56.14
Paperback. Chronicles how Indians came to represent themselves in Wild West shows, Hollywood films, sports, music, and their use of the automobile. This book examines longstanding stereotypes of Indians as invariably violent, suggesting that, even as such views continued in American popular culture, they were also transformed by the violence at Wounded Knee. Series: CultureAmerica. Num Pages: 312 pages, 51 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JHMP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 430.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700614592
- ISBN
- 9780700614592
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.62
€ 29.99
€ 29.62
Paperback. Series: American Political Thought (University Press of Kansas). Num Pages: 270 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC; JPA; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 402.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700619696
- ISBN
- 9780700619696
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Condition: New
€ 30.83
€ 30.83
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 476.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801479571
- ISBN
- 9780801479571
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Condition: New
€ 49.66
€ 49.66
Paperback. John C Cremony's first encounter with the Indians of the Southwest occurred in the early 1850s, when he accompanied John R Bartlett's boundary commission surveying the US-Mexican border. Some ten years later, as an officer of the California Volunteers, he renewed his acquaintance whom he came to know as few white Americans before him had. Num Pages: 322 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 138 x 203 x 20. Weight in Grams: 384.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 322
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803263123
- ISBN
- 9780803263123
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.87
€ 32.99
€ 29.87
Paperback. Horrible Prettiness: Burlesque and American Culture Series: Cultural Studies of the United States. Num Pages: 350 pages, illustrations (some colour). BIC Classification: JH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 658.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807843161
- ISBN
- 9780807843161
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.76
€ 54.76
Paperback. Demography and Degeneration: Eugenics and the Declining Birthrate in Twentieth-Century Britain Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: JHBD; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 41. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807845547
- ISBN
- 9780807845547
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.42
€ 63.42
Paperback. Through the life of Benjamin Ryan Tillman (1847-1918), South Carolina's self-styled agrarian rebel, this book traces the history of white male supremacy and its discontents from the era of plantation slavery to the age of Jim Crow. Series: Fred W.Morrison Series in Southern Studies. Num Pages: 448 pages, 1 map, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807848395
- ISBN
- 9780807848395
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Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 48.83
€ 48.99
€ 48.83
Paperback. Exploring the social significance of the devil in the folklore of contemporary plantation workers and miners in South America, the author finds that the fetishization of evil, in the image of the devil, mediates the conflict between precapitalist and capitalist modes of objectifying the human condition. Num Pages: 320 pages, 7 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- Thirtieth Anniversary Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807871331
- ISBN
- 9780807871331
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Condition: New
€ 44.69
€ 44.69
Paperback. Blackness in the White Nation: A History of Afro-Uruguay Num Pages: 272 pages, 14 illustrations, 9 tables, notes, biblography, index. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807871584
- ISBN
- 9780807871584
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.22
€ 49.22
Paperback. Colonial Entanglement: Constituting a Twenty-First-Century Osage Nation Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807872901
- ISBN
- 9780807872901
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.69
€ 44.69
Paperback. Around 1900, when the last blank spaces on their maps were filled, Europeans traveled to far-flung places hoping to find traces of the spectacularly foreign. They discovered instead what Freud called, several years later, the uncannily familiar: disturbing reflections of themselves either actual Europeans or Westernized natives." Num Pages: 240 pages, 27 images. BIC Classification: 2ACG; 3JJ; DSBH; JFC; JHBT; JMAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 525.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810132092
- ISBN
- 9780810132092
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.72
€ 38.72
Paperback. This work analyzes and discusses current cultural issues and aims to offer clues as to where the next American culture wars may be waged. The contributors examine new developments in the culture wars, such as common-ground efforts and whether the wars represent a global phenomenon. Editor(s): Nolan, James L. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813916972
- ISBN
- 9780813916972
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.50
€ 43.50
Paperback. In this social history of the cinema during the silent-film era, Kathryn H. Fuller charts the gradual homogenization of a diverse American movie audience as itinerant shows gave way first to nickelodeon theatres and then to more luxurious picture palaces. Num Pages: 272 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; HBT; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813920825
- ISBN
- 9780813920825
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.66
€ 42.66
Paperback. This volume interweaves such diverse themes as colonial slavery and apartheid, human and carnivore evolution and science and romance, to show how we create the past and understand the present. Num Pages: 60 pages, 60 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBJH; JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 210 x 6. Weight in Grams: 259.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Number of pages
- 60
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813921297
- ISBN
- 9780813921297
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.80
€ 26.80
Hardcover. Explores the lives and work of fifteen black labor historians and social scientists as seen through the prisms of gender, class, and time. This biography offers portraits of these seminal figures, following them through their educations, their often groundbreaking work in economic and labor studies, and their invaluable public advocacy. Series: Carter G. Woodson Institute Series in Black Studies. Num Pages: 352 pages, 15 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; JFSL3; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813925509
- ISBN
- 9780813925509
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.37
€ 61.37
Paperback. The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990 provides a legal framework within which Native Americans can seek the repatriation of human remains and certain categories of cultural objects from federally funded institutions. This book analyzes the ways in which religious discourse is used to articulate repatriation claims. Series: Studies in Religion and Culture. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL9; JHBZ; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813926629
- ISBN
- 9780813926629
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.60
€ 34.60
Hardcover. Tracing the evolution of the "Jew of culture", this title provides an insight into author's theory of society and the self. Editor(s): Piver, Kenneth S.; Eisen, Arnold M.; Lewis-Kraus, Gideon. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813927060
- ISBN
- 9780813927060
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.47€ 86.50
€ 92.47
€ 86.50
Hardcover. Offers a comparative study of child labor in eighteenth-century America. Focusing on Philadelphia, Boston, and Charleston, this title examines the work experiences of children and analyzes regional differences in child labor according to gender, race, and class. Num Pages: 320 pages, 7 figures, 16 tables. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLH; JHBL; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813927138
- ISBN
- 9780813927138
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.25
€ 80.25