Sociology & anthropology
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Sociology & anthropology
Hardcover. A human lifespan is, on average, 79 years. In that time a person living in the UK eats on average 479 fish fingers, takes 7163 baths, sheds 121 pints of tears, dreams 104,390 dreams, goes through 1033 chickens, buys 733 balloons and spends GBP658 on Christmas crackers. This title builds up a picture of the numbers that make up a human life. Num Pages: 408 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: GBCY; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 710.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 408
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780224086233
- ISBN
- 9780224086233
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.08
€ 19.99
€ 15.08
Paperback. Examines the profound impact of therapeutic discourse on our lives and on our contemporary notions of identity. This book examines a range of sources to show how self-help culture has transformed contemporary emotional life and how therapy complicates individuals' lives even as it claims to dissect their emotional experiences and heal trauma. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 434. Therapy, Emotions, and the Culture of Self-Help. 304 pages. Examines the profound impact of therapeutic discourse on our lives and on our contemporary notions of identity. This book examines a range of sources to show how self-help culture has transformed contemporary emotional life and how therapy complicates individuals' lives even as it claims to dissect their emotional experiences and heal trauma. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JHMC; JM. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 18. Weight: 406.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520253735
- ISBN
- 9780520253735
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.12
€ 40.99
€ 29.12
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Napier Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780954007928
- ISBN
- 9780954007928
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.63
€ 43.63
Hardback. * Focuses on the effects of current changes on workers and work, rather than on organizations as a whole. * Covers topical issues such as work--family concerns, teleworking, outsourcing and flexible work hours. * Complements and supplements Burke and Coopera s "The Organization in Crisis" (Blackwell Publishers, 2000). Editor(s): Cooper, Cary L. Series: Manchester Business & Management S. Num Pages: 360 pages, 8. BIC Classification: JHBL; KJW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 247 x 173 x 31. Weight in Grams: 756. "Includes bibliographical references and index. Commissioning organisation: edited by Cary Cooper and Ronald Burke. 320 p. 25 cm. Associated Names: Cooper, Cary L. Associated Names: Burke, Ronald J. Paperback. Good clean copy in tight binding with clean and crisp pages, very small tear to edge on top spine band." Keywords: "Subjects - Business, Finance & Law - Management - Human Resources - Human Resources Management,Subjects - Business, Finance & Law - Management - General,Subjects - Society, Politics & Philosophy - Soc"
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- SKU
- KEX0161798
- ISBN
- 9780631222781
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 65.42
€ 65.42
paperback. The Accursed Share provides an excellent introduction to Bataille the philosopher. Translator(s): Hurley, Robert. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 15. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- Zone Books
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780942299113
- ISBN
- 9780942299113
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.26
€ 30.99
€ 22.26
Paperback. Social semiotics reveals language's social meaning its structures, processes, conditions and effects in all social contexts, across all media and modes of discourse. This important new book uses social semiotics as a one-stop shop to analyse language and social meaning, enhancing linguistics with a sociological imagination. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; GTE; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 25. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- Polity
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745696218
- ISBN
- 9780745696218
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.43
€ 24.43
Paperback. In Plastic Bodies Emilia Sanabria examines how women's use of sex hormones in Bahia, Brazil for menstrual suppression shapes social relations, having become central to contemporary understandings of the body, class, gender, sex, personhood, modernity, and Brazilian national identity. Series: Experimental Futures. Num Pages: 264 pages, 12 photographs. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHMC; VFDW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822361619
- ISBN
- 9780822361619
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.99
€ 37.99
€ 33.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 380 pages. BIC Classification: JFD; JFSP2; JHBC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 227 x 21. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138013445
- ISBN
- 9781138013445
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.42
€ 77.42
Paperback. An Introducing Graphic Guide to the father of modern anthropology. Series: Introducing.. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF7; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 147 x 14. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Publisher
- Icon Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848316935
- ISBN
- 9781848316935
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.89
€ 11.99
€ 9.89
Hardback. Part intellectual biography, part cultural history, and part history of the human sciences, this book is a reminder that the Second World War and the Cold War were a clash of cultures, not just ideologies. It examines how far intellectuals should involve themselves in politics. It also looks at US' relationship with Afghanistan, Iraq and Iran. Num Pages: 352 pages, 8 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLW; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 166 x 36. Weight in Grams: 780.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300187854
- ISBN
- 9780300187854
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.60
€ 43.99
€ 31.60
Paperback. Understanding Cultural Globalization is a comprehensive and highly accessible introduction to the critical debates surrounding cultural globalization. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745635583
- ISBN
- 9780745635583
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.78
€ 24.78
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472458612
- ISBN
- 9781472458612
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.40
€ 63.40
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Guilford Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781462506781
- ISBN
- 9781462506781
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.56
€ 67.56
Paperback. Uncertainty is interwoven into human existence. It is a powerful incentive in the search for knowledge and an inherent component of scientific research. We have developed many ways of coping with uncertainty. We make promises, manage risks and make predictions to try to clear the mists and predict ahead. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JH; JN; JPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745687629
- ISBN
- 9780745687629
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.75
€ 23.99
€ 17.75
Paperback. This book explores the politics of modernisation and transformation of probation in the criminal justice system. It draws upon innovative social theories and moral perspectives to analyse changes in the probation service and makes a timely contribution to criminal justice and probation theory. Num Pages: 260 pages, 17 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JHBA; JKVQ; JKVS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 2nd New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447327660
- ISBN
- 9781447327660
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 38.54
€ 40.99
€ 38.54
Hardback. This volume contributes to our understanding of the complexities which shape attitudes and behaviour at work. Series: Cambridge Papers in Sociology. Num Pages: 166 pages. BIC Classification: JH. Weight in Grams: 383. "Bibliography: p. 171-173. Commissioning organisation: by Dorothy Wedderburn and Rosemary Crompton. 176 p. 23 cm. Associated Names: Crompton, Rosemary,. Paperback. Good clean copy with tight binding, suggestion of dust dulling to edges of cover, clean and crisp pages." Keywords: "Subjects - Society, Politics & Philosophy - Social Sciences - Sociology - General,Education Resources - Books - Social Sciences - Sociology - General"
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1972
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 166
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KEX0137389
- ISBN
- 9780521074322
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Combines into a single volume, two of Adorno's most important postwar works - "Interventions: Nine Critical Models" (1963) and "Catchwords: Critical Models II" (1969). This book reflects the intellectually provocative Adorno as he addresses such issues as the dangers of ideological conformity, and the fragility of democracy, educational reform. Translator(s): Pickford, Henry W. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231135054
- ISBN
- 9780231135054
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.20
€ 37.99
€ 27.20
Paperback. Provides an introduction to key research methods and approaches for the study of media and mass communications processes. This book outlines the main methods and approaches for the study of, for example, media organizations and the practices of media professionals. Num Pages: 360 pages, index. BIC Classification: JFD; JHBC; KNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456. Clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1998th Edition
- SKU
- KEX0248372
- ISBN
- 9780333617106
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Reveals the central role that Islam has played in European history. Following the movement of people, culture and religion from East to West, this work breaks down the perceived opposition between Islam and Europe, showing Islam to be a part of Europe's past and present. Num Pages: 188 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HRH; JFSR2; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 14. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 188
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745631936
- ISBN
- 9780745631936
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.54
€ 22.54
Paperback. Strickland argues that Indians can better sustain their worldview through law and culture, by remaining true to their heritage, tradition, and spirituality. Series: The Calvin P. Horn Lectures in Western History & Culture. Num Pages: 154 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTB; JH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 291. Paperback, in very good condition.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press
- Number of pages
- 154
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- SKU
- KRF0011710
- ISBN
- 9780826318220
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99