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Paperback. This book is based on the life accounts of 244 children of minority ethnic origin who were placed with predominantly white foster carers and adopters. The book provides a most interesting overview of the decision-making and planning processes that shape the placement in care of children of minority ethnic origin in the UK. Num Pages: 224 pages, index. BIC Classification: JFF; JHBK; JHMP; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 353.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Pub
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853028755
- ISBN
- 9781853028755
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.47
€ 37.47
Hardcover. The in-depth ethnography provides evidence of how the political construction of security and surveillance as a strategic program actually conceals intricate institutional relationships between political decision-makers and common citizens. Series: EASA Series. Num Pages: 196 pages, 8 ills & tables. BIC Classification: JHMC; JPV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782380238
- ISBN
- 9781782380238
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.94
€ 160.94
Paperback. Editor(s): Boesen, Elisabeth; Lentz, Fabienne; Margue, Michel; Scuto, Denis; Wagener, Renee. Series: Histoire. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 b/w. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag Germany
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837621167
- ISBN
- 9783837621167
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 36.34
€ 50.99
€ 36.34
Paperback. The first volume of "Late Editions" presents conversations between American scholars, most of whom are anthropologists, and individuals situated amidst political and social upheaval with whom they share affinities. The cast is primarily but not exclusively from Eastern Europe. Series: Late Editions: Cultural Studies for the End of the Century S. Num Pages: 400 pages, 14 halftones, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226504476
- ISBN
- 9780226504476
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.80
€ 40.99
€ 31.80
hardcover. Traces the global history of human change and survival under the sway of capitalism since the voyages of Columbus. Series: World Social Change. Num Pages: 422 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 167 x 28. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 422
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742539204
- ISBN
- 9780742539204
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.11
€ 152.11
Paperback. Since its founding in 1964 Tanzania has used music, dance and other cultural productions as ways of imagining and legitimizing the new nation. Focusing on the politics surrounding Swahili performance, Kelly Askew demonstrates the crucial role of popular culture in Tanzania's history. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 392 pages, 22 halftones, 5 maps, 4 line drawings, 25 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; 1M; ASZ; AVGE; GTB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 74
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226029818
- ISBN
- 9780226029818
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.28€ 43.77
€ 51.28
€ 43.77
Hardcover. During the 1970s a wave of "counter-culture" people moved into rural communities in many parts of Australia. This study focuses in particular on the town of Kuranda in North Queensland and the relationship between the settlers and the local Aboriginal population, concentrating on a number of linked social dramas.. Series: Space and Place. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBF; JFSL9; JFSS; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 161 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 512. Aboriginal Australians, Hippies and the State. Series: Space and Place. 284 pages, 17 ills, 3 maps. During the 1970s a wave of "counter-culture" people moved into rural communities in many parts of Australia. This study focuses in particular on the town of Kuranda in North Queensland and the relationship between the settlers and the local Aboriginal population, concentrating on a number of linked social dramas. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1MBF; JFSL9; JFSS; JHMC. Dimension: 161 x 229 x 19. Weight: 512.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857455086
- ISBN
- 9780857455086
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.93
€ 161.93
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292717084
- ISBN
- 9780292717084
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.71
€ 31.99
€ 28.71
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816630110
- ISBN
- 9780816630110
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.52
€ 29.99
€ 26.52
Hardcover. This text provides an analysis of the social and cultural impacts of war, social unrest and political violence in two societies that have undergone traumatic conflict and upheaval. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1HFMS; JFSJ; JHB; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815633433
- ISBN
- 9780815633433
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.59
€ 53.59
Paperback. The jali - a member of a hereditary group of Mandinka professional performers - is a charismatic but contradictory figure. This book shows how the jali's talents at performance make him a genius at representation - the ideal figure to tell us about the "Africa" that the world imagines, which is always a thing of illusion, magic, and contradiction. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; AS; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691074894
- ISBN
- 9780691074894
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.40
€ 40.99
€ 29.40
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138789029
- ISBN
- 9781138789029
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 28.92
€ 47.99
€ 28.92
Hardback. * This is a new study of the relationship between performance and power from one of the world s leading social theorists * In this volume, Jeffrey Alexander develops a cultural pragmatics that shifts cultural sociology from texts to gestural meanings and examines the elements of social performance. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745648170
- ISBN
- 9780745648170
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.18
€ 73.18
Paperback. An insight into the meaning and value of popular forms of expression during a time of political and social change in East Africa. Series: African Expressive Cultures. Num Pages: 192 pages, 20 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; GTB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 163 x 14. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253219121
- ISBN
- 9780253219121
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.41
€ 26.99
€ 25.41
Paperback. Series: Princeton Studies in Complexity. Num Pages: 248 pages, 9 halftones. 21 line illus. 14 tables. BIC Classification: 1FMNB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691156262
- ISBN
- 9780691156262
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.53
€ 37.99
€ 27.53
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Czech Institute of Egyptology Czech Republic
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780861591886
- ISBN
- 9780861591886
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.44
€ 75.44
Hardback. Addresses questions about how feminist scholars conceptualize gender and view it in relationship to other attributes of individuals and of social systems. This book strives for intersectional analyses broadening that approach beyond the gender, race and class paradigm to include sexuality, employing a variety of methodologies. Editor(s): Demos, Vasilikie P.; Segal, Marcia Texler. Series Editor(s): Demos, Vasilikie P. Series: Advances in Gender Research. Num Pages: 322 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 322
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848557529
- ISBN
- 9781848557529
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.11
€ 122.11
Paperback. Peoplewatching is the culmination of a career of watching people - their behaviour and habits, their personalities and their quirks. Desmond Morris shows us how people, consciously and unconsciously, signal their attitudes, desires and innermost feelings with their bodies and actions, often more powerfully than with their words. Num Pages: 544 pages, 32 illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC; JMAL; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 41. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099429784
- ISBN
- 9780099429784
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.66
€ 23.99
€ 16.66
Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHMC; JWMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816638604
- ISBN
- 9780816638604
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.60
€ 30.99
€ 27.60
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814720042
- ISBN
- 9780814720042
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.99
€ 33.99
€ 30.99