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Sociology & anthropology

Paperback. Presents an argument for attention to various dimensions of everyday life and the potential that animates the ordinary. This book shows how ordinary impacts create the subject as a capacity to affect and be affected. It relates the intensities and banalities of common experiences and encounters, and the lingering resonance of passing events. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822341079
ISBN
9780822341079
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.37

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JHBL; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691171135
ISBN
9780691171135
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 22.32

Hardback. By focusing on such commonplace, prosaic and mundane matters as dog-fouling, swearing, drinking, smoking, nudity, public toilets and parking, Orderly Britain very entertainingly tells us much about social change and, more particularly, about the changing nature of British society. Num Pages: 288 pages, N/A. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTB; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 156. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2022
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472137968
ISBN
9781472137968
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.24

Hardback. Delivers a reexamination of sociopolitical evolution among Native American groups in California, a region known for its wealth of prehistoric languages, populations, and cultural adaptations. The author argues that "orderly anarchy," the emergence of small, autonomous groups, provided a crucial strategy in social organization. Series: Origins of Human Behavior and Culture. Num Pages: 312 pages, 10 maps, 9 line drawings, 73 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 151 x 25. Weight in Grams: 626.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520283336
ISBN
9780520283336
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.55
€ 54.08

Paperback. Thinking beyond the page, and providing a rich nexus of human thought Num Pages: 312 pages, 13 black and white photographs, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: JFHF; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 538.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252078699
ISBN
9780252078699
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.86

Paperback. Explores how oral history, using video recordings and storytelling as well as interviews, can be used for a number of purposes in communities of colour Editor(s): Barnett, Teresa; Noriega, Chon A. Num Pages: 160 pages, 11 illus. BIC Classification: HBTD; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780895511447
ISBN
9780895511447
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.80

Paperback. "The New York Times Magazine" recently portrayed women who leave their careers in order to become full-time mothers as "opting out." But, are high-achieving professional women really choosing to abandon their careers in order to return home? This study tackles this issue from the perspective of the women themselves. Num Pages: 310 pages, 2 line illustrations, 3 tables. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520256576
ISBN
9780520256576
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 23.15

Hardback. Introduces optimal experimental design, in an accessible style that means very minimal mathematical background knowledge is needed. Provides guidelines for practitioners to increase the efficiency of their designs, demonstrating how optimal designs can reduce a study's costs and sample sizes. Series: Statistics in Practice. Num Pages: 346 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBC; PB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 642.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
346
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470694503
ISBN
9780470694503
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.99

paperback. Based on the longest-running survey of its kind in Canada, this book examines events in the lives of a generation of Ontario residents who graduated from grade 12 in 1973 and recreates the world in which these high school students faced the future. Num Pages: 368 pages, 42 tables and figures. BIC Classification: 1KBCO; JHBC; JHBL; JNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780802083647
ISBN
9780802083647
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 39.64

Paperback. More and more men and women in China are having sex before marriage, creating a new youth sex culture based on romance, leisure and free choice. Farrer explores this change by tracing the basic elements in talk about sex and sexuality in Shanghai. Series: Chicago Visual Library-French Popular Lithographic Imagery. Num Pages: 412 pages, 10 halftones, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; JFSJ; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 30. Weight in Grams: 632.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
412
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226238715
ISBN
9780226238715
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.58

Paperback. This book argues that the Jewish community should take a positive attitude to the reality of intermarriage and use it as an opportunity to increase participation and reinvigorate the community. The text includes an action plan for Jewish leaders to recast Judaism as a positive choice for non-Jews. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, form. BIC Classification: HRJ; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780787908812
ISBN
9780787908812
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 26.68

Paperback. Offers an alternative vision of how US borders might be reconfigured, grounded in moral, economic, and policy arguments for open borders. This book suggests that open borders are entirely consistent with efforts to prevent terrorism that have dominated immigration enforcement since the events of September 11, 2001. Series: Critical America Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JHMP; JPA; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
New York University Press
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814743096
ISBN
9780814743096
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.63

Paperback. A distinguished international group of scholars traces the history of the social sciences, describes the recent debates surrounding them, and discusses in what ways they can be intelligently restructured in light of this history and the debates. Editor(s): Wallerstein, Immanuel. Series: Mestizo Spaces/Espaces Metisses. Num Pages: 124 pages. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 10. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Number of pages
124
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804727273
ISBN
9780804727273
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.48

Paperback. Analyzes what it is like to grow up as the state-appointed vanguard of modernization. Based on surveys and ethnographic research in China, this book explores the social, economic, and psychological consequences of the government's decision to accelerate the fertility transition. Num Pages: 256 pages, 17 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSP2; JHBD; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804753302
ISBN
9780804753302
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.20

Paperback. This unique collection of the writings of Rudolf Klein -- historian, journalist, political scientist and policy analyst -- represents the products of his career as an observer of politics and society over the last four decades. Num Pages: 480 pages, index. BIC Classification: DNF; JHM; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9781577181323
ISBN
9781577181323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.86

Paperback. A comprehensive analysis of the world of open air marketplaces of West Africa. Clark studies the market women of Kumasi, Ghana, in order to understand the key social forces that generate, maintain, and continually reshape shifting market dynamics. Num Pages: 488 pages, 16 halftones, 9 maps, 2 line drawings, 32 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFD; JFSJ1; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 707.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226107806
ISBN
9780226107806
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.69
€ 43.65

Paperback. Jill Quadagno reveals the deep roots of America's failure to address the health care need of its citizens. Num Pages: 288 pages, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: JFF; JHBA; JKSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195312034
ISBN
9780195312034
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.88

Hardback. This book reveals how ethnicity and notions of a traditional homeland interact in shaping a community's values and images through a close look at the Kazakhs of Mongolia. Num Pages: 408 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPM; GTB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 789. Weight in Grams: 748.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804761918
ISBN
9780804761918
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.62

Paperback. Finally, Silverman traces the formative influence of Franz Boas, the expansion of the discipline after World War II, and the "fault lines" and promises of contemporary anthropology in the United States. Series: Halle Lectures. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; 1DFG; 1KBB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226038292
ISBN
9780226038292
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.83

Paperback. Situating the Maasai in the larger political, economic, and social context of Kenya and world events, this book shows how broader forces have had an impact on the construction of Maasai lifeways, especially gender relations. It focuses on how development has affected Maasai lives. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 b&w. BIC Classification: 1HFG; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 524.
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253214515
ISBN
9780253214515
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.20

Paperback. Documents the challenges facing seven vulnerable populations during the transition to adulthood - former foster-care youth, youth formerly involved in juvenile justice system, youth in criminal justice system, runaway and homeless youth, former special-education students, young people in mental health system, and youth with physical disabilities. Editor(s): Osgood, D.Wayne; Foster, E. Michael; Flanagan, Constance; Ruth, Gretchen R. Series: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Series on Mental Health and Development. Num Pages: 416 pages, 8 figures, 1 line drawing, 7 tables. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226637846
ISBN
9780226637846
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.77

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JH; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 17. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780816638963
ISBN
9780816638963
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.31

Paperback. Hughes was the first sociologist to pay sustained attention to occupations as a field for study. The writings in this volume highlight his contributions to: the sociology of work and professions; race and ethnicity; and the central themes and methods of the discipline. Num Pages: 218 pages, 3 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSL1; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 15. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226359724
ISBN
9780226359724
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.41

Paperback. This volume focuses on the nature of schooling and its links with the family, occupations, and politics. Robert Dreeben emphasizes the relationship between school structure and learning outcomes, the importance of these outcomes to other social institutions, and the contrasts between school structure and other socializing agencies. Series: Ewp Foundations of Sociology. Num Pages: 194 pages. BIC Classification: JF; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 150 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Eliot Werner Publications Inc United States
Number of pages
194
Condition
New
SKU
V9780971958708
ISBN
9780971958708
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.62

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