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Sociology & anthropology
Paperback. Seeking the truths that are found in the interstices between examiner and examined, world and word, and body and mind, and taking inspiration from James, Dewey, Arendt, Husserl, Sartre, Camus, and, especially, Merleau-Ponty, the author creates in these chapters a distinctive anthropological pursuit of existential inquiry. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226923659
- ISBN
- 9780226923659
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.29
€ 40.99
€ 31.29
Paperback. ""Be the best you can be" urge self-help books and makeover TV shows, but what kind of self is imagined as needing a makeover and what kind of self is imagined as the happy result? Drawing on recent sociology and psychology, this book explores the function of slummy mummies, headless zombies and living autopsies to creating an idea of self"-- Num Pages: 185 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JFSR; JHM; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 185
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349318124
- ISBN
- 9781349318124
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.01
€ 64.01
Paperback. In this rich and humane book Ann Orbach explores, from the point of view of a psychotherapist, the subject of death in all its manifestations. Her intention is to look at death and what it means to us, as a means of coming to terms with the inevitable, and helping others to do so. Num Pages: 200 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: JHBZ; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Pub
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853025532
- ISBN
- 9781853025532
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.27
€ 47.27
Hardcover. We celebrate, talk about, and worry a great deal about transitions in life. Going to college, having a first child, losing a job, and retiring constitute just a few of the pivotal moments in the lives of many. Sociologists and psychologists have devoted considerable attention to life transitions. Num Pages: 267 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures, graphs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHB; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 25. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 267
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745670614
- ISBN
- 9780745670614
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.55
€ 70.55
Paperback. We celebrate, talk about, and worry a great deal about transitions in life. Going to college, having a first child, losing a job, and retiring constitute just a few of the pivotal moments in the lives of many. Sociologists and psychologists have devoted considerable attention to life transitions. Num Pages: black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JH; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745670621
- ISBN
- 9780745670621
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.42
€ 25.42
Paperback. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK; JKSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 297 x 11. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Publisher
- coramBAAF
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910039410
- ISBN
- 9781910039410
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.55
€ 21.99
€ 20.55
Hardcover. Using research from an innovative, cross-national project, this book answers fundamental questions about the nature of work in modern life. An important contribution to the global study of human development across the lifespan, this book contains a wealth of information and valuable instruments. Num Pages: 398 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBL; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 257 x 183 x 32. Weight in Grams: 972.
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 398
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780787901004
- ISBN
- 9780787901004
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.77
€ 99.77
Hardcover. This text expounds the idea that life did not originate on earth, but was added to it from the comets. It argues that in recent years, evidence to support this theory has accumulated. This work should be of value to readers interested in general science, the origin of man and the meaning of life. Series: Controversy Series. Num Pages: 225 pages, illus. BIC Classification: JHM; PD; PGS; PS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Clinical Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854570413
- ISBN
- 9781854570413
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.94
€ 23.99
€ 16.94
Paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages, 7 b&w illus., 3 tables. BIC Classification: GTF; JHB; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253019837
- ISBN
- 9780253019837
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.12
€ 26.99
€ 25.12
hardcover. Num Pages: 168 pages, 7 b&w illus., 3 tables. BIC Classification: GTF; JHB; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253019806
- ISBN
- 9780253019806
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.53
€ 81.53
Paperback. This text is not just about air travel, it is about the emergent "social world" of flying. It concerns air space and behaviour in the air, and deals with the topic in the way someone else might look at cities and street behaviour. Num Pages: 224 pages, b&w photos. BIC Classification: JFC; JH; KNGV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 149 x 12. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742500297
- ISBN
- 9780742500297
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.38
€ 57.38
Paperback. Introduces lives and world of a poor urban neighborhood in Santiago in Chile. Tracing relations and lives between 1999 and 2010, this book explores how the moral and political subjects imagined and asserted by poverty and mental health policies and reparations for human rights violations are refracted through relational modes and their boundaries. Num Pages: 298 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; JHM; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520272101
- ISBN
- 9780520272101
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Hardback. Begun in 1971 as a French alternative to the Red Cross, the MSF has grown into an international institution with a reputation for outspoken protest as well as technical efficiency. This title tells the story of Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders or MSF) and its effort to "save lives" on a global scale. Num Pages: 338 pages, 4 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: JHM; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 165 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First
- Number of pages
- 338
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520274846
- ISBN
- 9780520274846
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.93€ 54.55
€ 69.93
€ 54.55
Paperback. Begun in 1971 as a French alternative to the Red Cross, the MSF has grown into an international institution with a reputation for outspoken protest as well as technical efficiency. This title tells the story of Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders or MSF) and its effort to "save lives" on a global scale. Num Pages: 338 pages, 4 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: JHM; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 442. The Ethical Journey of Doctors without Borders. 338 pages, illustrations. Begun in 1971 as a French alternative to the Red Cross, the MSF has grown into an international institution with a reputation for outspoken protest as well as technical efficiency. This title tells the story of Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders or MSF) and its effort to "save lives" on a global scale. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JHM; MBP. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 19. Weight: 418.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 338
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520274853
- ISBN
- 9780520274853
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.74
€ 33.99
€ 24.74
Paperback. Editor(s): Thurnheer, Katharina. Num Pages: 348 pages, 11 b/w illus. BIC Classification: GTJ; JHB; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag Germany
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837626018
- ISBN
- 9783837626018
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.93
€ 52.99
€ 37.93
Paperback. Takes us on a haunting ethnographic journey through two historical moments when life for the Canadian Inuit has hung in the balance: the tuberculosis epidemic (1940s to the early 1960s) and the subsequent suicide epidemic (1980s to the present). Num Pages: 272 pages, 8 b/w. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 1MTN; JFSL9; JHMC; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 230 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520282940
- ISBN
- 9780520282940
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.74
€ 33.99
€ 24.74
Paperback. An updated and expanded look at how under the shadow of authoritarian rule, ordinary people can make meaningful change through the practices of everyday life in the Middle East. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; JFSR2; JHB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 228 x 21. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804783279
- ISBN
- 9780804783279
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.31
€ 30.99
€ 27.31
Paperback. As home to 1920s excess and Hitler's Final Solution, Berlin's physical and symbolic landscape was an important staging ground for the highs and lows of modernity. In Cold War Berlin, social and political boundaries were porous, and the rubble gave refuge to a re-emerging gay and lesbian scene, youth gangs, prostitutes, hoods, and hustlers. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 317 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 487.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 317
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230202023
- ISBN
- 9780230202023
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.75
€ 69.75
Paperback. Editor(s): Inglis, Fred. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691156255
- ISBN
- 9780691156255
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.32
€ 37.99
€ 27.32
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTP; JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 149 x 12. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816626939
- ISBN
- 9780816626939
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.31
€ 30.99
€ 27.31
Paperback. Encourages competent parenting to ensure society's well-being through its children's well-being Num Pages: 366 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFE1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 411.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Da Capo Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780738206219
- ISBN
- 9780738206219
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 21.38
€ 31.99
€ 21.38
Hardcover. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 266 x 186 x 18. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606921418
- ISBN
- 9781606921418
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.51€ 80.34
€ 115.51
€ 80.34
Hardback. This is a study of contemporary changes in French employment relations and management. It includes an overview of the origins of employment institutions as well as an appreciation of French work sociology, but its focus is on the evolution of French political economy of work in the 21st century. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JM; JHBL; JPQB; KJ; KNXB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333741375
- ISBN
- 9780333741375
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.53
€ 122.53
Paperback. Kay Hymowitz explores the predicament of a generation growing up in a world where adults lavish them with expensive clothes, toys and vacations, but don't know how to provide them the ordinary truths that give life meaning. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 170 x 16. Weight in Grams: 299. Very good clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc Chicago, IL
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0250209
- ISBN
- 9781566635981
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99