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Sociology & anthropology

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

Hardback. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784994327
ISBN
9781784994327
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.93
€ 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

€ 19.99
€ 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

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

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

€ 94.05
€ 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

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

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

Hardback. Cinema, Cross-Cultural Collaboration, and Criticism provides a platform for a new politics of criticism, a collaborative ethos for a different kind of relationship to cross-cultural cinema that invites further conversations between filmmakers and audiences, indigenous and others. Num Pages: 144 pages, 12 figures. BIC Classification: APF; APFA; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 170 x 17. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2014th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137411563
ISBN
9781137411563
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.20

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

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

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

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

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

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
€ 41.75

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

Paperback. A sociological approach to human rights, showing how rights language is used to address structural injustices around the world. Series: Key Topics in Sociology. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 380.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521148474
ISBN
9780521148474
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.90

Hardback. During the 1960s the German philosopher Jurgen Habermas introduced the notion of a bourgeois public sphere in order to describe the symbolic arena of political life and conversation that originated with the cultural institutions of the early eighteenth-century; since then the public sphere itself has become perhaps one of the most debated.. Editor(s): Emden, Christopher J.; Midgley, David. Num Pages: 234 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 448. Democracy, Knowledge, and the Public Sphere. 234 pages, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Emden, Christopher J.; Midgley, David. During the 1960s the German philosopher Jurgen Habermas introduced the notion of a bourgeois public sphere in order to describe the symbolic arena of political life and conversation that originated with the cultural institutions of the early eighteenth-century; since then the public sphere itself has become perhaps one of the most debated. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HPS; JHBA. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 17. Weight: 450.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
234
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857457219
ISBN
9780857457219
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.35

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

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