Sociology & anthropology
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Sociology & anthropology
Paperback. This study describes the daily existence of the Baining people of Papua New Guinea, who present a challenge to anthropologists because of their apparent lack of a cultural or social structure; but Jane Fajans argues that the Baining define themselves by their own productive and reproductive work. Num Pages: 328 pages, 12 halftones, 1 map, 6 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226234441
- ISBN
- 9780226234441
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.73
€ 40.99
€ 31.73
Paperback. Takes the reader on a tour of the melon and corn harvesting fields of California's Central Valley to understand why farmworkers suffer heatstroke and chronic illness at rates higher than workers in any other industry. The author documents in detail how a tightly interwoven web of public policies and private interests create needless suffering. Series: California Series in Public Anthropology. Num Pages: 312 pages, 13. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JHBL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520283275
- ISBN
- 9780520283275
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.74
€ 33.99
€ 24.74
Hardback. A multivolume reference work on various aspects of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman cults and rituals. Providing both an overview and in depth investigation, this work covers the period from Homeric times (1000 BC) to late Roman times (AD 400). It deals with the elements of cult, such as: divination; prayer, gestures, and acts of prayer; and others. Editor(s): Jaeger, Bertrand. Num Pages: 434 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 3D; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 201 x 283 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 434
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892367900
- ISBN
- 9780892367900
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 231.12€ 172.69
€ 231.12
€ 172.69
Hardcover. Editor(s): Jaeger, Bertrand. Num Pages: 664 pages, 52 drawings, 664 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 3D; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 279 x 191 x 51. Weight in Grams: 2087.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 664
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892367894
- ISBN
- 9780892367894
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 231.12€ 178.19
€ 231.12
€ 178.19
Hardback. Editor(s): Jaeger, Bertrand. Num Pages: 636 pages, 40 drawings, 556 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 3D; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 207 x 284 x 48. Weight in Grams: 2034.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 636
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892367887
- ISBN
- 9780892367887
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 231.12€ 178.30
€ 231.12
€ 178.30
Hardback. Num Pages: 265 pages. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Publisher
- Prometheus Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781633883079
- ISBN
- 9781633883079
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.09
€ 26.99
€ 24.09
Paperback. Analyzes the experience of gentrification for residents of two predominantly black New York City neighbourhoods. This book aims to dispute the conventional wisdom that gentrification is almost always a bad thing for long-term residents of disinvested neighborhoods. It also suggests ways for limiting the negative aspects of gentrification. Num Pages: 248 pages, 16 b&w illustrations, 2 tables, 1 figure. BIC Classification: JHMP; JPQB; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781592134373
- ISBN
- 9781592134373
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.03
€ 34.03
Paperback. Series: Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSK; JHB; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691168418
- ISBN
- 9780691168418
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.30
€ 30.99
€ 22.30
Paperback. This is a guide for helping women who call off a wedding or break an engagement. Itresource speaks frankly to women who are on the fence about breaking off a relationship, those who have broken their engagements, and to women whose fiances have called it off. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBK; VS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 361.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780787967482
- ISBN
- 9780787967482
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.34
€ 20.99
€ 18.34
Therapy of the Difficult Divorce: Managing Crises, Reorienting Warring...
Isaacs, Marla Beth, Montalvo, Braulio, Abelso...
Hardcover. By integrating family therapy principles and individual dynamics, the authors have devised a unique method of face-to-face problem solving, sometimes with the entire family, often in sessions with individual members, to help restore parental responsibility and to realign relationships with the divorcing family. Num Pages: 302 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBK; JKSB1; MMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780765702128
- ISBN
- 9780765702128
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Condition: New
€ 148.18
€ 148.18
Hardcover. Num Pages: 191 pages, Ill.ch. BIC Classification: JH; VSP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 191
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781560723790
- ISBN
- 9781560723790
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Condition: New
€ 100.73€ 76.80
€ 100.73
€ 76.80
Paperback. A collection of essays that systematically reviews the role of critical social theory in fostering justice and change in several relevant, though problematic, social contexts. It presents a fresh direction regarding theory development in the social sciences. Series: Critical Issues in Social Justice. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBA; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2004
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306485213
- ISBN
- 9780306485213
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 124.10
€ 124.10
Hardback. Includes a series of essays that systematically reviews or extends the role of critical social theory in fostering justice and change in several relevant, though problematic, social contexts. Series: Critical Issues in Social Justice. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBA; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1090.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306485206
- ISBN
- 9780306485206
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.99
€ 125.99
Paperback. Theory on the Edge brings together some of the foremost specialists working at the interdisciplinary interface between Irish Studies, feminist theory, queer theory, and gender and sexuality studies in order to trace the contemporary development of feminist thinking and activism in Ireland. Editor(s): Giffney, Noreen. Series: Breaking Feminist Waves. Num Pages: 311 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTB; JFC; JFFK; JFSJ; JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 389.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 311
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349455331
- ISBN
- 9781349455331
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Condition: New
€ 63.36
€ 63.36
Paperback. This is the second volume of the author's magnum opus, which offers a complex theory of modern society that simultaneously considers issues of communication, the media, differentiation, and evolution. Translator(s): Barrett, Rhodes. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 472 pages. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 789. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 472
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804771603
- ISBN
- 9780804771603
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.61
€ 33.99
€ 30.61
Paperback. This book offers a complex theory of modern society that simultaneously considers issues of communication, the media, differentiation, and evolution. Translator(s): Barrett, Rhodes. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 488 pages. BIC Classification: HRAB; JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804739504
- ISBN
- 9780804739504
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.71
€ 33.99
€ 30.71
Hardback. Theory of Social Involvement examines the dynamic interplay between church, state, and society. Sunday A. Aigbe considers the Christian factor as it relates to the sociopolitical responsibility and development in Nigeria and identifies ways in which Christianity can serve as an agent of change and promote unity within Nigeria. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; HRA; HRCX6; JHM; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819188731
- ISBN
- 9780819188731
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.00
€ 127.00
Theory of Heart: Biomechanics, Biophysics, and Nonlinear Dynamics of C...
. Ed(S): Glass, Leon; Hunter, Peter; McCulloc...
paperback. Editor(s): Glass, Leon; Hunter, Peter; McCulloch, Andrew. Series: Institute for Nonlinear Science (Closed). Num Pages: 628 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHM; MJD; MQW; PHS; PHVN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 32. Weight in Grams: 942.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer/Sci-Tech/Trade United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1991
- Number of pages
- 628
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461278030
- ISBN
- 9781461278030
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 125.43
€ 125.43
Hardcover. Editor(s): Larson, James S. Num Pages: 97 pages. BIC Classification: JH; JMH; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 10. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 97
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594540622
- ISBN
- 9781594540622
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Condition: New
€ 100.73€ 76.80
€ 100.73
€ 76.80
Hardback. Examines the contributions of anthropologists to general economic theory. This book challenges our understanding of human economies in the expanding global systems of interaction, with models and analyses from cross-cultural research. It is suitable for anthropologists, economists, economic historians, and political economists. Editor(s): Ensminger, Jean. Series: Society for Economic Anthropology Monograph Series. Num Pages: 336 pages, references, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JHM; KCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 631.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759102057
- ISBN
- 9780759102057
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.54
€ 157.54
Hardback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231181648
- ISBN
- 9780231181648
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.30€ 79.41
€ 104.30
€ 79.41
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231181655
- ISBN
- 9780231181655
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.32
€ 37.99
€ 27.32
Paperback. Editor(s): Boyer, Dominic; Faubion, James D.; Marcus, George E. Num Pages: 296 pages, 6, 5 black & white halftones, 1 charts. BIC Classification: JHBC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501700088
- ISBN
- 9781501700088
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.92
€ 32.92
Paperback. Moving subtly through a diverse range of thinkers and topics - aesthetics, affect, animation and film studies, bibliography, cognitive science, this book shows that a more sustained, less apocalyptic attention to ideas might lead to a richer discussion of our intellectual landscapes and the place of the humanities and social sciences in it. Editor(s): Potts, Jason; Stout, Daniel. Num Pages: 328 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: DSA; HP; JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822356813
- ISBN
- 9780822356813
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.51
€ 31.99
€ 28.51