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Sociology & anthropology

Hardback. In this major contribution to debates about English identity, leading theorist Robert J.C. Young argues that Englishness was never really about England at all. In the nineteenth century, it was rather developed as a form of long-distance identity for the English diaspora around the world. Series: Blackwell Manifestos. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 167 x 23. Weight in Grams: 602.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405101288
ISBN
9781405101288
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.48

Paperback. In this major contribution to debates about English identity, leading theorist Robert J.C. Young argues that Englishness was never really about England at all. In the nineteenth century, it was rather developed as a form of long-distance identity for the English diaspora around the world. Series: Blackwell Manifestos. Num Pages: 312 pages, figures. BIC Classification: JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 450.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
312
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405101295
ISBN
9781405101295
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.02

Paperback. Focuses on discriminating different meanings of culture, as a way of introducing the debates around it. This book offers a critique of postmodern 'culturalism', arguing instead for a more complex relation between Culture and Nature, and trying to retrieve the importance of such concepts as human nature from a non-naturalistic perspective. Series: Blackwell Manifestos. Num Pages: 168 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBA; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631219668
ISBN
9780631219668
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.84

Paperback. As the countries of East-Central Europe struggle to create liberal democracy and the United States and other Western nations attempt to rediscover their own tarnished civil institutions, this title identifies the neglect of the idea of 'civil society' as a central concern common to both cultures today. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; JH; JMH; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691010816
ISBN
9780691010816
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.42
€ 46.32

Paperback. Analysing how materialistic capitalism is self-limiting, how efficiency may be the enemy of a cohesive society, this work examines the false certainties of science and religion. It builds a theory of meaning, based on the research for identity the role of the arts and the idea of immortality. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HP; JH; JPA; KJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 123 x 18. Weight in Grams: 208. Good clean copy with some reader wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Arrow Books Ltd
Edition
Revised
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTM0005971
ISBN
9780099227724
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

paperback. An exploration of the natural and cultural act of eating. The author reveals how the various aspects of this phenomenon, and the customs, rituals, and taboos surrounding it, relate to universal and profound truths about the human animal and its deepest yearnings. Num Pages: 268 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM; WB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 22. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780226425689
ISBN
9780226425689
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.87

Hardback. 'An impressive synthesis of semiotics and anthropology which puts human experience in a new light. Deely gives us the foundation for a new paradigm for anthropology.' -Nathan Houser, Peirce Edition Project Series: Sources in Semiotics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; GTC; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847678037
ISBN
9780847678037
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 158.93

Paperback. Examines how developments in physics, biology, medicine, psychology, politics, and art employed the metaphor of the working body as a human motor. This title demonstrates how the utopian obsession with energy and fatigue shaped social thought across the ideological spectrum. Num Pages: 432 pages, 26 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 156 x 238 x 31. Weight in Grams: 676.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520078277
ISBN
9780520078277
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 30.07

Paperback. Examines and applies theories of humans, environments and human-environment interaction to professional thinking and action. This work highlights values and assumptions that underlie theory generation and application to professional practice and challenge the reader to answer two questions how do we know, and what do we do with our knowledge? Num Pages: 312 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 256 x 180 x 20. Weight in Grams: 649.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742559394
ISBN
9780742559394
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 107.50

Hardcover. Chronicles the evolution of people from the earliest primates through the emergence of fully modern humans within the past 200,000 years. This book stresses advances in knowledge, including, for example, ever more abundant evidence that fully modern humans originated in Africa and spread from there. Num Pages: 976 pages, 272 line drawings, 49 tables. BIC Classification: JHMP; PSAJ; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 260 x 180 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1926.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
976
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Third
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226439655
ISBN
9780226439655
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.31
€ 79.99

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

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. A summation of native Andean religious tradition and an image of the superhuman and human world as imagined around A.D. 1600 Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 277 x 211 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1225.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292730533
ISBN
9780292730533
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.22

Paperback. Some people dwell alone, many in family-based households, and an adventuresome few in communes. This book presents the internal dynamics of these and other home arrangements. It explores issues such as the sharing of household output, the control of domestic misconduct, and the ownership of dwelling units. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2 line illus. 6 tables. BIC Classification: JHBK; LNMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 204 x 135 x 19. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691147994
ISBN
9780691147994
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.82

Hardback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: JHBD; PSAK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
Cloth/dust jacket Octavo
SKU
V9780801425691
ISBN
9780801425691
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.39

Hardback. Ranging over two millennia of history and culture, Koschorke considers such thinkers as Freud, Weber, Rousseau, and Kleist in an exploration that illuminates issues of historical, religious, artistic, psychological, and cultural importance. Translator(s): Dunlap, Thomas. Num Pages: 216 pages, 25 illus. BIC Classification: HRCG; JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 165 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231127561
ISBN
9780231127561
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.36
€ 50.63

Paperback. Examines the way the Holocaust has been remembered in Germany, Israel, and the US. This title shows how singular event has been detached from its precise context and instead used as a way of focusing abstract questions of good and evil, and how this use has given the Holocaust a resonance across the global stage. Series: Politics, History, & Social Change. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JHMP; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 210 x 20. Weight in Grams: 306.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592132768
ISBN
9781592132768
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 32.92

Paperback. How and when did the kiss become a vital sign of romance and love? In this wide-ranging book, pop culture expert Marcel Danesi takes the reader on a fascinating journey through the history of the kiss, from poetry and painting to movies and popular songs, and argues that its romantic incarnation signaled the birth of popular culture. Series: Semiotics and Popular Culture. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 12. Weight in Grams: 264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
2013th Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137376848
ISBN
9781137376848
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.19

Paperback. The History of the Family concerns the changing interactions between family and social, political and religious structures over the last thousand years of European history. The family is usually described in terms of patterns of kinship, inheritance, and relations between sexes and generations. Editor(s): Moore, R. I. Series: New Perspectives on the Past. Num Pages: 216 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFS; JHBK; JHM; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 14. Weight in Grams: 248.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631146698
ISBN
9780631146698
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.24

Hardback. Searching for a job has been an everyday affair in both modern and past societies, and employment a concern for both individuals and institutions. The case studies in this volume investigate job search and placement practices in European countries, Australia, and India in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Editor(s): Wadauer, Sigrid; Buchner, Thomas; Mejstrik, Alexander. Series: International Studies in Social History. Num Pages: 456 pages, 30 illustrations, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JHBL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 160 x 36. Weight in Grams: 758.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782385509
ISBN
9781782385509
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 167.86

Hardback. This book aims to provide the historical context necessary to understanding the concept of 'fetishism' and offers an overview of the ideologies, prejudices, and critical senses that shaped the Western observer's view of otherness and of his own world. Series: Marx, Engels, and Marxisms. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JH; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 400.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137541147
ISBN
9781137541147
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.35

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