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Sociology & anthropology

Hardback. Based on fieldwork in Kinshasa and Paris, Breaking Rocks examines patronage payments within Congolese popular music. This book offers insights into both the ideologies of power and value in central Africa's troubled post-colonial political economy, and the economic flows that make up the hidden side of the globalization. Series: Dislocations. Num Pages: 290 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: AV; JHMC; KCP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 2. Weight in Grams: 518.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785333989
ISBN
9781785333989
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 164.54

Paperback. This text brings together Henry A. Giroux's best-known essays from the last 20 years, centring on important subjects on the cultural studies and pop culture agenda, including violence, race, class, gender, identity, politics, and children's culture. Num Pages: 312 pages, 0. BIC Classification: APFA; JFCA; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631226048
ISBN
9780631226048
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.78

Hardback. This text brings together Henry A. Giroux's best-known essays from the last 20 years, centring on important subjects on the cultural studies and pop culture agenda, including violence, race, class, gender, identity, politics, and children's culture. Num Pages: 312 pages, 0. BIC Classification: APFA; JFCA; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631226031
ISBN
9780631226031
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.52

Hardback. .
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782387664
ISBN
9781782387664
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.83

Hardback. Num Pages: biography. BIC Classification: GPFC; JHBC; PHU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Condition
New
SKU
V9783662544716
ISBN
9783662544716
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 231.68

Hardback. This thought-provoking volume argues that, far from being a post-colonial world, the struggle for independence of polity and culture is alive and relevant. The book offers the first comparative study of the US and Canada from an anti-colonial perspective. Editor(s): Kempf, Arlo. Series: Critical Studies of Education. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1290.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Edition
annotated ed
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402099434
ISBN
9781402099434
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.25

Paperback. A fascinating history of sex and relationships. Breach of Promise was an archaic legal action brought about by a jilted lover (male or female) when their former intended broke off their engagement. This is the first ever non-academic book on the topic and reveals a fascinating romantic and legal underworld from the 1790s - 1960s. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 164 x 16. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783030361
ISBN
9781783030361
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.15

Paperback. The Yanomami and Kayapo, two indigenous groups of the Amazon rainforest, have become internationally known through their dramatic and highly publicized encounters with 'civilization'. This title examines the relationship of the Kayapo and Yanomami to Brazilian society and the wider world. Num Pages: 232 pages, 8 illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFSL9; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295983622
ISBN
9780295983622
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Hardback. Brazilian Bodies, and their Choreographies of Identification retraces the presence of a particular way of swaying the body that, in Brazil, is commonly known as ginga. Cristina Rosa its presence across distinct and specific realms: samba-de-roda (samba-in-a-circle) dances, capoeira angola games, and the repertoire of Grupo Corpo. Series: New World Choreographies. Num Pages: 296 pages, 17 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; ASD; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 23. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137462268
ISBN
9781137462268
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.41

Paperback. The author examines Brazil's emerging role as an important actor in various sectors of global governance. By exploring how Brazil's exercise of power developed over the last decade in the sectors of health, food security and bioenergy, this book sheds light on the power strategies of an emerging country from the global south. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHB; JPS; KCM; KCP; RND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
237
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349504428
ISBN
9781349504428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.92

Paperback. Editor(s): De Castro, Fabio. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JPA; JPHF; JPQB; JPS; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
285
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349445431
ISBN
9781349445431
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.06

Paperback. .
Publisher
Iberoamericana Editorial Vervuert S.L.U
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9788484893752
ISBN
9788484893752
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.79

Paperback. A study of how the traditional nuclear family has been supplanted by a variety of relationships that are not defined by blood ties and traditional gender roles. Num Pages: 342 pages, 1 b/w illustration, 4 line figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JHBK; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
342
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520214002
ISBN
9780520214002
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.56

Paperback. Editor(s): Gabriel, Karl; Grosse Kracht, Hermann-Josef. Num Pages: 210 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 12. Weight in Grams: 283.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
SKU
V9783531147666
ISBN
9783531147666
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.37

Paperback. Architecture as imprint, as brand, as the new media of transformation--of places, communities, corporations, and people. Num Pages: 378 pages, 100 b&w illus. BIC Classification: AMA; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 174 x 25. Weight in Grams: 990.
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd United States
Number of pages
378
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262515030
ISBN
9780262515030
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 38.90

Hardback. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JHMC; KJSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 421.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137496553
ISBN
9781137496553
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.58

Paperback. In a series of tightly argued essays, Turner traces out implications that discarding the notion of shared frameworks has for relativism, social constructivism, normativity and a number of other concepts. Num Pages: 224 pages, 224 p., 1 table. BIC Classification: JH; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 2. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226817408
ISBN
9780226817408
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.82

Paperback. Series: SpringerBriefs in Education. Num Pages: biography. BIC Classification: JHBC; JNF; JNFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319551692
ISBN
9783319551692
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.70

Paperback. This unique book offers a timely analysis of the impact of rapidly advancing knowledge about the brain, mind and behaviour on contemporary public policy and practice. It analyses the global spread of research agendas, policy experiments and everyday practice informed by 'brain culture'. Num Pages: 214 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBA; JP; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 328 x 2. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Policy Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447314059
ISBN
9781447314059
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 38.98

Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JHBA; JPQB; PSAN; RGC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 17. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
Policy Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447314042
ISBN
9781447314042
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.70

Paperback. Braiding their own stories with those of the villagers of Asagbe and Kosangbe, the authors recounts a host of unexpected dramas with these West African villages, prompting serious questions about the fraught nature of cultural contact. Num Pages: 176 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFDY; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226305288
ISBN
9780226305288
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 25.14

Hardback. This book draws upon data collected over an 18 year period with over 1000 boys and young men across Northern Ireland. Providing critical reflections on violence, masculinity and education, it uses the voices and experiences of young men to inform and influence research, practice and policy. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; JFSJ2; JFSP2; JHBA; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 425.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
225
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137297341
ISBN
9781137297341
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.76

Paperback. Exploringcurrent approaches to addressing boys' education in schools, this bookhighlights the limitations of structural reform initiativesand the failure to address the impact of socioeconomic status, race, sexuality, disability and hegemonic masculinity on both boys' and girls' participation in schooling." Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JFSP; JHB; JNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
219
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349354801
ISBN
9781349354801
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.82

Hardback. Series: Cultural Sociology. Num Pages: 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JHBS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319560281
ISBN
9783319560281
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.07

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