Sociology & anthropology
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Sociology & anthropology
Paperback. Behavior genetics has always been a breeding ground for controversies. From the "criminal chromosome" to the "gay gene," claims about the influence of genes like these have led to often vitriolic national debates about race, class, and inequality. The author traces the field of behavior genetics back to its origins in the 1950s. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5 line drawings, 6 tables. BIC Classification: JHB; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 228 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226058450
- ISBN
- 9780226058450
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.41
€ 32.99
€ 25.41
Hardcover. Behavior genetics has always been a breeding ground for controversies. From the "criminal chromosome" to the "gay gene," claims about the influence of genes like these have led to often vitriolic national debates about race, class, and inequality. The author traces the field of behavior genetics back to its origins in the 1950s. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5 line drawings, 6 tables. BIC Classification: JHB; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 235 x 24. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226058313
- ISBN
- 9780226058313
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.08€ 77.39
€ 94.08
€ 77.39
Paperback. Centered around an ethnographic case study of a dragon king temple, this book examines the social and political dynamics underlying the revival of popular religion in contemporary rural China. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 table, 13 illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HR; JHMC; JHMP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804761000
- ISBN
- 9780804761000
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.63
€ 33.99
€ 33.63
hardcover. Centered around an ethnographic case study of a dragon king temple, this book examines the social and political dynamics underlying the revival of popular religion in contemporary rural China. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 table, 13 illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HRKN; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804751605
- ISBN
- 9780804751605
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.98
€ 137.98
Paperback. The miraculous blends with the mundane in this book as the Samburu continue their day-to-day twenty-first-century existence. Straight describes miracles inside the cultural logic that makes them possible, questioning how anthropology can best engage with the improbable. Series: Contemporary Ethnography. Num Pages: 296 pages, 15 illus. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812220926
- ISBN
- 9780812220926
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.23
€ 32.99
€ 31.23
Paperback. An issue facing transitional democracies around the world has been what to do with the security apparatuses left over from the old regime. This text explores this using true stories of torture victims in Brazil and Uruguay who, faced with the paralysis of the new regime, settled their own accounts. Num Pages: 318 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 1KLSU; BG; JHM; JPH; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 204 x 20. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226893945
- ISBN
- 9780226893945
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.51
€ 31.99
€ 24.51
Paperback. Talks about gender, ethnicity, and nation in China, as seen through an ethnography of the changing cultural production of the Miao, a minority population. Series: Body, Commodity, Text. Num Pages: 384 pages, 42 b&w photographs, 1 table, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFC; JFS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822324447
- ISBN
- 9780822324447
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.35
€ 32.99
€ 29.35
Paperback. Editor(s): Soen, Dan; Ben-David, Sarah. Num Pages: 302 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFJ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 180 x 16. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781631179563
- ISBN
- 9781631179563
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 166.99€ 113.56
€ 166.99
€ 113.56
Hardcover. Editor(s): Soen, Dan; Shechory, Mally. Num Pages: 302 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 258 x 183 x 24. Weight in Grams: 808.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781621008446
- ISBN
- 9781621008446
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 203.45€ 137.67
€ 203.45
€ 137.67
Hardcover. Num Pages: 367 pages, 4col.ill. BIC Classification: 1FMT; 2G; CF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 245 x 171 x 28. Weight in Grams: 890.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 367
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772892948
- ISBN
- 9788772892948
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 33.95
€ 47.99
€ 33.95
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780813563671
- ISBN
- 9780813563671
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.53
€ 44.53
Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 15 black & white illustrations and 3 maps. BIC Classification: JHB; KCD; KCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520281714
- ISBN
- 9780520281714
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.41
€ 33.99
€ 24.41
Paperback. This book addresses fundamental questions about marriage in moral and political philosophy. It examines promise, commitment, care, and contract to argue that marriage is not morally transformative. It argues that marriage discriminates against other forms of caring relationships and that, legally, restrictions on entry should be minimized. Series: Studies in Feminist Philosophy. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JHBK; LNMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199774135
- ISBN
- 9780199774135
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.65
€ 52.65
Paperback. Rejecting abstractions of "culture", this text proposes an existential anthropology that recognizes even abstract relationships as modalities of interpersonal life. Michael Jackson's work shows how general ideas are always anchored in particular social events and critical concerns. Num Pages: 250 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFS; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 0002-
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226389462
- ISBN
- 9780226389462
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 30.98
€ 40.99
€ 30.98
Hardback. Num Pages: 343 pages, 14-11 photos and 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBTQ; JFFN; JHBD; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publisher
- OUP India
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199469864
- ISBN
- 9780199469864
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.40
€ 69.40
hardcover. The experience of time in families can both permeate all activities but nevertheless be hidden. The papers in this volume, representing a range of disciplines (history, sociology, psychology, family therapy, and leisure studies) foreground the way that time shapes everyday family worlds. Editor(s): Daly, Kerry. Series: Contemporary Perspectives in Family Research. Num Pages: 440 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBA; JHBK; JMRP; PGZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 791.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762307753
- ISBN
- 9780762307753
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.86
€ 147.86
Paperback. George Herbert Mead is widely recognized as one of the most brilliantly original American pragmatists. Although he had a profound influence on the development of social philosophy, he published no books in his lifetime. This book captures his wry humor and shrewd reasoning, showing a man comfortable quoting Aristotle alongside Alice in Wonderland. Editor(s): Morris, Charles W. Num Pages: 536 pages. BIC Classification: HPM; HPS; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 33. Weight in Grams: 754.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- First Edition, Enlarged ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226112732
- ISBN
- 9780226112732
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.24
€ 34.99
€ 27.24
Hardback. A leading interpreter of modernity argues that our culture of limitless self-fulfillment is making millions mentally ill. Training her analytic eye on manic depression and schizophrenia, Liah Greenfeld, in the culminating volume of her trilogy on nationalism, traces these dysfunctions to society's overburdening demands for self-realization. Num Pages: 610 pages, 1 line illustration, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JHB; JMH; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 166 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1156.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 610
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674072763
- ISBN
- 9780674072763
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.10€ 55.86
€ 61.10
€ 55.86
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 19ill. BIC Classification: JHBT; VS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Sitric Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903305140
- ISBN
- 9781903305140
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.22
€ 16.99
€ 15.22
Hardback. This study proposes an integration of anthropological and psychological approaches, concluding with a new analytical framework for understanding spirit possession and resolving the controversy surrounding the "reality" of possession. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: HRQM2; JHMC; JMT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742526761
- ISBN
- 9780742526761
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.18
€ 140.18