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Paperback. This byte teases out some of the fundamentally moral questions that continue to perplex us, about life and death, good and evil, and sex and the body Editor(s): Smith, Mark. Series: Moral Panics in Theory and Practice. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 129 x 198 x 16. Weight in Grams: 106.
Publisher
Bristol University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447322009
ISBN
9781447322009
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.29

Hardcover. Series: Epistemologies of Healing. Num Pages: 284 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRQX5; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845457358
ISBN
9781845457358
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 163.16

Hardback. Exploring sensitive issues often hidden to outsiders, this engaging study traces the transformation of Ku Village during the first tumultuous decade of reform. Series: Asian Voices. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTF; JHMP; JKS; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742509276
ISBN
9780742509276
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 166.34

Hardback. Packed with new examples and material, this second edition provides a fully up-to-date exploration of the genesis, dynamics, and demise of moral panics and their impacts on the societies in which they take place. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 169 x 21. Weight in Grams: 692.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405189347
ISBN
9781405189347
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.50

Paperback. Packed with new examples and material, this second edition provides a fully up-to-date exploration of the genesis, dynamics, and demise of moral panics and their impacts on the societies in which they take place. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JHB; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 172 x 18. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405189330
ISBN
9781405189330
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 38.66

Paperback. Focuses on case studies ranging from sex education to AIDS to race to illustrate how sexuality is at the heart of many political controversies. This book reveals how moral and sexual panics have become a mainstay of certain kinds of conservative efforts to win elections and gain power in moral, social, and political arenas. Editor(s): Herdt, Gilbert. Series: Intersections. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBK5; JPVH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
New York University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814737231
ISBN
9780814737231
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Paperback. Offers an ethnography and a foray into the anthropology of morality. This book takes us on a journey into the lives of African American families caring for children with serious chronic medical conditions, and it foregrounds the uncertainty that affects their struggles for a good life. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFH; JFSL3; JHBK; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 228 x 17. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520281202
ISBN
9780520281202
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.68

Hardback. Offers a window into gray zones through its look at the manufacture and exchange of illegal goods called homers, tolerated in a French aeronautic plant. This book argues that when patrolled, gray zones like the production of homers offer workplaces balanced opportunities for supervision as well as expression. Num Pages: 224 pages, 5 halftones. 4 line illus. 1 table. BIC Classification: JHBL; KJG; KJMV2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 496.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691135243
ISBN
9780691135243
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.40
€ 51.34

Hardback. The epidemic of scandals unleashed by the Savile Scandal highlights the precarious status of relations of trust. The rapid escalation of this crisis offers insights into the relationship between anxieties about childhood and the wider moral order. This book explains why western society has become so uncomfortable with the exercise of authority. Num Pages: 116 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JFFE1; JFFE2; JHB; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
116
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137338013
ISBN
9781137338013
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.19

Hardcover. Once a major metropolis in North America, Montreal now finds itself increasingly marginal to the continental economy while remaining the heartland of the province of Quebec; it is facing a major identity crisis. This book discusses the city's economic decline due to the shift of corporate and financial leadership from Montreal to Toronto. Series: World Cities S. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; GTB; JFSG; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 614.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471949077
ISBN
9780471949077
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.33

Paperback. Montesquieu is often considered the first social thinker. Today, when 'the end of the social' has been proclaimed, it is time to reconsider its beginnings. In a wide-ranging, original interpretation of The Spirit of the Laws, this book explores what did it mean to 'discover the social', and what can it mean to recover the social today? Num Pages: 324 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JHB; JHBA; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349439706
ISBN
9781349439706
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.70

Hardcover. Montesquieu is often considered the first social thinker. Today, when 'the end of the social' has been proclaimed, it is time to reconsider its beginnings. In a wide-ranging, original interpretation of The Spirit of the Laws, this book explores what did it mean to 'discover the social', and what can it mean to recover the social today? Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JHBA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 514.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
328
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137027696
ISBN
9781137027696
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.57

Paperback. Taking the topics of a quantitative methodology course and illustrating them through Monte Carlo simulation, this book illustrates abstract principles, such as bias, efficiency, and measures of uncertainty in an intuitive, visual way. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: GPS; JHB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 190 x 16. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
SAGE Publications Inc United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781452288901
ISBN
9781452288901
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 106.37

paperback. From antiquity to the Enlightenment, monstrous children were attributed to the power of the mother's imagination to distort the act of procreation. How this idea reappeared transformed in the Romantic period is explored in this study of theories linking imagination, art and monstrous progeny. Num Pages: 344 pages, 16 halftones, 2 line illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Edition
New
SKU
V9780674586499
ISBN
9780674586499
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.34

Paperback. Editor(s): Cohen, Jeffrey Jerome. Num Pages: 288 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816628551
ISBN
9780816628551
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.49

Hardcover. Offering a dialogue between anthropology and literature, culture, and media, this book presents fine-grained ethnographic vignettes of monsters dwelling in the contemporary world. These monsters hail from Aboriginal Australia, the Pacific, Asia, and Europe, and their presence is inextricably intertwined with the lives of those they haunt. Editor(s): Musharbash, Yasmine; Presterudstuen, Geir Henning. Num Pages: 237 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1M; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137472793
ISBN
9781137472793
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.54

Paperback. Offering a dialogue between anthropology and literature, culture, and media, this book presents fine-grained ethnographic vignettes of monsters dwelling in the contemporary world. These monsters hail from Aboriginal Australia, the Pacific, Asia, and Europe, and their presence is inextricably intertwined with the lives of those they haunt. Editor(s): Musharbash, Yasmine; Presterudstuen, Geir Henning. Num Pages: 237 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSR; JHM; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 309.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
237
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349501298
ISBN
9781349501298
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 126.58

paperback. Describes the government's efforts to persuade retailers and clothing companies to participate in private monitoring programs. This work shows the different approaches to monitoring that firms have taken, and the variety of private monitors employed, from large accounting companies to local non-profits. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6 b/w illustrations, 8 tables, 6 figures. BIC Classification: JHBL; KND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781592132560
ISBN
9781592132560
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

paperback. Num Pages: 39 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBD; VSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 277 x 214 x 6. Weight in Grams: 281.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
RAND Corporation United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
39
Condition
New
SKU
V9780833039613
ISBN
9780833039613
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.01

Paperback. This collection examines the economic, social and cultural manifestations that go to make up the multiple vision of money. The essays look at some of the ways in which this world of money is discursively constituted through particular social-cultural practices. Series: International Library of Sociology. Num Pages: 424 pages, 29 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JH; KCBM; KFF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 567. Very good copy with light shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Routledge
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0012242
ISBN
9780415038355
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

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