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Sociology & anthropology
Paperback. Embarking on an ethnographic journey to the inner barrios of Havana among practitioners of Ifa, a prestigious Afro-Cuban tradition of divination, this book reevaluates Western ideas about truth in light of the practices and ideas of a wildly different, and highly respected, model. Num Pages: 328 pages, 3 halftones, 6 line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KJC; HRKT; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 228 x 19. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226349213
- ISBN
- 9780226349213
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.83
€ 37.99
€ 29.83
Paperback. Num Pages: 388 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; HBTB; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 123 x 29. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- AK Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 388
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849350976
- ISBN
- 9781849350976
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.11
€ 20.99
€ 20.11
Paperback. Num Pages: 212 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: JFSL9; JHMP; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Publisher
- Aboriginal Studies Press Australia
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780855755461
- ISBN
- 9780855755461
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.81
€ 33.99
€ 24.81
Paperback. This is one of the first systematic discussions of the nature of trust as a means of social cohesion, discussing the works of leading social theorists on the issue of social solidarity. Num Pages: 308 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JH; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745616346
- ISBN
- 9780745616346
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.50
€ 28.50
Hardcover. This book explores how trust and community are affected by the rapid increase in the scope of communication. Uncertainty of relations generates many destructive reactions, yet it also creates the possibility of a community wider and more diverse than ever before. The book puts these contrasting scenarios in a historical and theoretical context. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: JFFP; JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 165 x 29. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198708551
- ISBN
- 9780198708551
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.97
€ 70.97
Hardback. The limiting of violence through state powers is one of the central projects of the modern age. Why then have recent centuries been so bloody? The author demonstrates that the aim of decreasing and deterring violence has gone hand in hand with the misleading idea that violence is abnormal and beyond comprehension. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JHBA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 392
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691142968
- ISBN
- 9780691142968
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.69€ 53.22
€ 68.69
€ 53.22
Paperback. In this important book, Niklas Luhmann uses his powers as an analyst of the social system to examine two of the most important concepts which hold that system together and allow it to evolve: trust and power. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFFP; JHB; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509519453
- ISBN
- 9781509519453
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.18
€ 26.18
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: JHM; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816643738
- ISBN
- 9780816643738
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.76
€ 19.99
€ 19.76
Paperback. Num Pages: 58 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; JM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 115 x 6. Weight in Grams: 70.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788771243536
- ISBN
- 9788771243536
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.87
€ 12.87
Hardback. Focusing on the Supreme Court of Canada, Craig attempts to overcome the constraints of theoretical frameworks and disciplinary boundaries by pursuing a more inclusive theory of law and sexuality. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JHBK5; LNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774821803
- ISBN
- 9780774821803
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.38
€ 112.38
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230348370
- ISBN
- 9780230348370
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.73€ 34.75
€ 94.73
€ 34.75
Hardback. Based on fieldwork on the socioeconomic aspects of conservation on the tourist destination of Zakynthos, Theodossopoulos (social anthropology, U. of Bristol) shifted his original focus from a general analysis of emerging Greek environmental politics to an ethnographic case study of the values shapin Series: New Directions in Anthropology. Num Pages: 212 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVGS; JHM; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571815965
- ISBN
- 9781571815965
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.02
€ 155.02
Paperback. Troubled Waters provides readers with an appreciation of the central role of religious meanings and ritual practices surrounding water, arriving at creative new ways to approach the growing water crisis worldwide. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRLF; JHMC; RBKF; RNF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742552456
- ISBN
- 9780742552456
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 46.88
€ 48.99
€ 46.88
Hardback. Troubled Waters provides readers with an appreciation of the central role of religious meanings and ritual practices surrounding water, arriving at creative new ways to approach the growing water crisis worldwide. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRLF; JHMC; RBKF; RNF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742552449
- ISBN
- 9780742552449
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.18
€ 151.18
Hardcover. Is the phenomenon of state failure better understood through a focus on the regional context? To what extent may studies of regional security benefit from a focus on the capacities and vulnerabilities of the states involved? This title addresses these questions. Editor(s): Harpviken, Kristian Berg. Series Editor(s): Enjolras, Bernard; Sivesind, Karl Henrik. Series: Comparative Social Research. Num Pages: 392 pages, ill. BIC Classification: GTJ; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 35. Weight in Grams: 738.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857241016
- ISBN
- 9780857241016
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.20
€ 143.20
Paperback. Tells how collective memories of troubled pasts emerge in public discourse and how these memories shape the representation of events. This work explores relationships among political leaders, journalists, and citizens, and explores how competing frameworks of memory are synthesized or abandoned in response to power relationships and events. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: GTC; JHMP; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5346 x 3564 x 407. Weight in Grams: 277.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592134977
- ISBN
- 9781592134977
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 32.92
€ 32.99
€ 32.92
In Oklahoma in the 1980s and 1990s, suicide-not accident as previously assumed-was the leading cause of agricultural fatalities among farmers. Men were five times more likely to die by suicide than by accident. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBSH; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JFSJ2; JHBZ; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231130240
- ISBN
- 9780231130240
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 129.59
€ 129.59
Paperback. Approximately two-thirds of all children referred to mental health agencies are labeled conduct-disordered. Typically such children exhibit antisocial behavior -- lying, cheating, stealing, firesetting, fighting, oppositional behavior and noncompliance to parental requests -- at abnormal rates. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBK; JKSN2; JMC; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471944485
- ISBN
- 9780471944485
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.53
€ 121.53
Paperback. Editor(s): Komesaroff, Paul A. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822316886
- ISBN
- 9780822316886
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.21
€ 27.99
€ 26.21
Hardback. Editor(s): Fisher, Tom; Gamman, Lorraine. Num Pages: 256 pages, 42 BW illus. BIC Classification: AC; AKP; JHMC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474277181
- ISBN
- 9781474277181
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 159.51
€ 159.51