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Paperback. Takes a fresh view of the culture of consumption. This book examines the interplay of culture and consumer behavior from the anthropologist's point of view and provides new insights into the way we view ourselves and our society. Series: A Midland Book. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 11. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253206282
- ISBN
- 9780253206282
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.68
€ 18.99
€ 18.68
Paperback. Provides an overview of the social and economic factors, the determinants of population health in modern societies. Providing summaries of the scientific justification for isolating different aspects of social and economic life, this book includes chapters on ethnicity and health, sexual behaviours, the elderly, housing and neighbourhoods. Editor(s): Marmot, Michael; Wilkinson, Richard. Num Pages: 376 pages, 3 maps, numerous tables and line illustrations. BIC Classification: JH; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 168 x 46. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 376
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198565895
- ISBN
- 9780198565895
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 104.61
€ 104.61
Paperback. Num Pages: 197 pages, 20 b&w photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 228 x 14. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781477307823
- ISBN
- 9781477307823
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.48
€ 29.99
€ 27.48
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784994327
- ISBN
- 9781784994327
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.20€ 16.55
€ 100.20
€ 16.55
Paperback. In The Dominion of the Dead, Robert Pogue Harrison explores the many places where the dead cohabit the world of the living - the graves, images, literature, architecture, and monuments that house the dead in their afterlife among us. This elegantly conceived work devotes particular attention to the practice of burial. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBZ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226317939
- ISBN
- 9780226317939
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.21
€ 23.99
€ 19.21
Hardback. The Cultural Nature of Human Development presents an account of human development that looks at the differences and similarities among cultures. Rogoff focuses on how culture matters in human development. The volume examines multiple aspects of development. Num Pages: 448 pages, numerous black and white photographs. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBA; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 158 x 27. Weight in Grams: 744.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195131338
- ISBN
- 9780195131338
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.98
€ 57.98
Paperback. Now revised and updated, this cutting-edge reader introduces undergraduate students to the complexities of inequality in America, showing how race, class, and gender are interrelated through both classic and contemporary readings by the top names in the field. Editor(s): Grusky, David B.; Szelenyi, Szonja. Num Pages: 784 pages, 100+ tables, figures, cgarts, graphs. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFS; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 168 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1250. Contemporary and Foundational Readings in Race, Class, and Gender. 784 pages. Editor(s): Grusky, David B.; Szelenyi, Szonja.
Now revised and updated, this cutting-edge reader introduces undergraduate students to the complexities of inequality in America, showing how race, class, and gender are interrelated through both classic and contemporary readings by the top names in the field. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFS; JHB. Dimension: 233 x 168 x 41. Weight: 1020.
- Publisher
- Westview Press
- Number of pages
- 784
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Second Edition, Second Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813344843
- ISBN
- 9780813344843
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 93.89
€ 93.89
Hardback. What is a person? This fundamental question is a perennial concern of philosophers and theologians. This book argues that it also lies at the center of the social scientist's quest to interpret and explain social life. It presents a model for social theory that does justice to the best of our humanistic visions of people, life, and society. Num Pages: 528 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: HPS; JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 60 x 90 x 36. Weight in Grams: 839.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226765914
- ISBN
- 9780226765914
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.31€ 78.49
€ 94.31
€ 78.49
Paperback. Traces the history of contraception use and population management in colonial India, while illuminating its connection to contemporary debates in India and birth control movements in Great Britain and United States. This book draws attention to the interactive and relational history of Indian birth control. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFM; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252074806
- ISBN
- 9780252074806
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.40
€ 29.99
€ 27.40
Paperback. Challenges the presupposition that work, or waged labour, is inherently a social and political good Series: A John Hope Franklin Center Book. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; JHBL; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 236 x 18. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822351122
- ISBN
- 9780822351122
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.19
€ 31.99
€ 30.19
Paperback. Rethinks the criteria governing agency and receptivity, health and toxicity, productivity and stillness Series: Perverse Modernities. Num Pages: 312 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822352723
- ISBN
- 9780822352723
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.51
€ 33.99
€ 28.51
Paperback. Why do so many poor American youth continue to have children before they can afford to take care of them? This title offers a look at what marriage and motherhood mean to these women and provides the study of why they put children before marriage despite the daunting challenges they know lie ahead. Num Pages: 320 pages, 14 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; JFFA; JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446. Why Poor Women Put Motherhood Before Marriage. 308 pages, Illustrations. Why do so many poor American youth continue to have children before they can afford to take care of them? This title offers a look at what marriage and motherhood mean to these women and provides the study of why they put children before marriage despite the daunting challenges they know lie ahead. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; JFFA; JFSJ1; JHBK. Dimension: 150 x 229 x 20. Weight: 430.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 308
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520271463
- ISBN
- 9780520271463
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.82
€ 33.99
€ 24.82
Paperback. Clean copy.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF) London
- Number of pages
- 140
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- SKU
- KEX0233284
- ISBN
- 9781903699706
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. This is a fully updated and expanded new edition of the successful undergraduate text. Providing a lucid examination of the pivotal theories of Marx, Durkheim and Weber, the authors submit that these figures have decisively shaped the discipline. Num Pages: 246 pages. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 169 x 15. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc
- Number of pages
- 246
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Second
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761954675
- ISBN
- 9780761954675
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.02
€ 63.02
Paperback. Presents a fresh theoretical ground for the study of ritual, iconographic technologies, and oral traditions among nonliterate peoples. The author unfolds fresh approaches to research in the anthropology of ritual and memory, ultimately building a new theory of imagination and an original anthropology of thought. Translator(s): Lloyd, Janet. Num Pages: 375 pages, 96 halftones. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 32. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Publisher
- HAU
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780990505051
- ISBN
- 9780990505051
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.31
€ 35.99
€ 28.31
Paperback. We are living through a period of dramatic political change Brexit, the election of Trump, the rise of extreme right movements in Europe and elsewhere, the resurgence of nationalism and xenophobia and a concerted assault on the liberal values and ideals associated with cosmopolitanism and globalization. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: JH; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 135. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509522361
- ISBN
- 9781509522361
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.46
€ 19.46
Paperback. Anthropology Matters places the study of anthropology concretely in the world by which it is surrounded. It uses a question-based approach to introduce important anthropological concepts, embedding those concepts in contemporary global issues that will interest readers. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL; JHM; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781487593209
- ISBN
- 9781487593209
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.91
€ 46.99
€ 41.91
Paperback. Confronting the cultural stereotypes that have been attached to Asian-Americans over the last 150 years, this title seizes the label "Oriental" and asks where it came from. It shows how the bewildering array of racialized images first proffered by music hall songsters and social commentators have evolved and become generalized to Asian-Americans. Series: Asian American History and Culture Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 19 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFC; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Publisher
- Temple University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 50318th
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566397537
- ISBN
- 9781566397537
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
Paperback. Stories accompany us through life from birth to death. This title offers both a theory of how stories shape us and a useful method for analyzing them. It uses literary concepts to ask social scientific questions: how do stories make life better, and when do they endanger it? Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFHF; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 13. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226004839
- ISBN
- 9780226004839
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 23.17
€ 27.99
€ 23.17
Paperback. Interfaces are back, or perhaps they never left. The familiar Socratic conceit from the Phaedrus, of communication as the process of writing directly on the soul of the other, has returned to center stage in today's discussions of culture and media. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745662534
- ISBN
- 9780745662534
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.23
€ 23.23
Paperback. A Reader in the Anthropology of Religion is a collection of some of the most significant classic and contemporary writings in the field. Editor(s): Lambek, Michael. Series: Wiley Blackwell Anthologies in Social and Cultural Anthropology. Num Pages: 696 pages, ill. BIC Classification: HRA; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 173 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1058.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 696
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405136143
- ISBN
- 9781405136143
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 47.99
€ 48.99
€ 47.99
Paperback. This book replaces the Dickenson: Death, Dying and Bereavement 2ED as the set text for the OU course Death and Dying (K260), which means guaranteed sales of 800 copies per year through the bookshops. Editor(s): Earle, Sarah; Komaromy, Carol; Bartholomew, Caroline. Series: Published in Association with the Open University. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 172 x 15. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847875105
- ISBN
- 9781847875105
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.75
€ 53.75
Paperback. From pregnant virgins to desperate housewives, from fearless activists to religious firebrands, this title takes a fresh look at the sexual history of the Arab region and gives us an insight into everyday lives in a part of the world that is changing in front of our very eyes. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 24. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099526384
- ISBN
- 9780099526384
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. A beautifully-written, insightful and urgent enquiry into man's relationship with nature and our impact on the planet. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: JHM; PDZ; RNT; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780755365012
- ISBN
- 9780755365012
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.88
€ 14.99
€ 11.88