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Sociology & anthropology

Paperback. As countless love songs, movies, and self-help books attest, men and women have long sought different things. The result? Seemingly inevitable conflict. Drawing on biology, sociology, anthropology, and economics, this title shows that conflict between the sexes is, paradoxically, the product of cooperation. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6 line illus. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBK; JHMC; PDZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 166 x 19. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691159720
ISBN
9780691159720
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.43

Paperback. Num Pages: 6 illus. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF; JHMC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 211 x 18. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP
Condition
New
SKU
V9786162151163
ISBN
9786162151163
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.99

Paperback. How do the ways we argue represent a practical philosophy or a way of life? This book analyzes arguments in literary, cultural, and political theory, with special attention to the ways in which theorists understand ideals of critical distance, forms of subjective experience, and the determinants of belief and practice. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 254 x 15. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691114040
ISBN
9780691114040
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.59

Paperback. An Irish physician explores the ways in which society has lost the ability to deal with death. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 26. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Head of Zeus
Condition
New
SKU
9781784974282
ISBN
9781784974282
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.06

Hardcover. Friendship is an essential part of human experience, involving ideas of love and morality as well as material and pragmatic concerns. Making and having friends is a central aspect of everyday life in all human societies. Yet friendship is often considered of secondary significance in comparison to domains such as kinship, economics, and politics. Editor(s): Desai, Amit; Killick, Evan. Num Pages: 222 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFP; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845457310
ISBN
9781845457310
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.12

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
NYU Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814724057
ISBN
9780814724057
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.71

Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Publisher
NYU Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814724101
ISBN
9780814724101
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.39

Paperback. Explores the significance of the wedding ceremony by asking what the wedding becomes when you separate it from the idea of marriage. This book finds that weddings - as performances, fantasies, and rituals of transformation - are sites for imagining and enacting forms of social intimacy other than monogamous heterosexuality. Series: Series Q. Num Pages: 312 pages, 8 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSJ; JHBK; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5665 x 3963 x 22. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822329893
ISBN
9780822329893
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.42

Paperback. Based on years of fieldwork, this book offers poignant stories of how obesity is lived and experienced by Guatemalans who have recently found their diets - and their bodies - radically transformed. It is suitable for anyone who cares about the politics of healthy eating. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 248 pages, 19 b/w, 1 map. BIC Classification: JHM; JKS; MBNH3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520286825
ISBN
9780520286825
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.74

Paperback. Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion. Num Pages: 340 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HSM; HRL; JFSR; JHMC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 478.
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403960689
ISBN
9781403960689
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.50

Hardback. Papers presented at the International Conference on 'Religion, Violence, Language', jointly sponsored by ICPR and IIAS held at Indian Institute of Advanced Study during 9-11 April, 2012. Editor(s): Das, Saitya Brata; Choudhury, Soumyabrata. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM2; JFSR; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 226 x 27. Weight in Grams: 492.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199453726
ISBN
9780199453726
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.14

Paperback. The well-being of children is a vital and highly topical issue. This title presents the findings from a wide range of data to evaluate the outcomes of the Labour Government's policies for children. It uses a framework to compare policy areas. It is suitable for researchers, policy makers and students. Editor(s): Bradshaw, Jonathan. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JHBK; JKSB1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 173 x 18. Weight in Grams: 570.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Edition
3rd Revised
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847428363
ISBN
9781847428363
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 33.75

Hardback. This volume is comprised of empirical research and theoretical papers about children's well being, children and youth peer cultures, and the rights of children and youth. These empirical studies include children's voices and experiences from four continents and a range of methodological and theoretical orientations. Editor(s): Bass, Loretta E.; Kinney, David A. Series Editor(s): Johnson, Heather. Series: Sociological Studies of Children and Youth. Num Pages: 352 pages, port. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JHB; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 656.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780520742
ISBN
9781780520742
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.87

Paperback. This volume is comprised of empirical research and theoretical papers about children's well being, children and youth peer cultures, and the rights of children and youth. These empirical studies include children's voices and experiences from four continents and a range of methodological and theoretical orientations. Editor(s): Bass, Loretta; Kinney, David A. Series: Sociological Studies of Children & Youth. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 20. Weight in Grams: 516.
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784413262
ISBN
9781784413262
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.16

Hardcover. Reprint of: Garden City, N.Y.: Anchor Press, 1978. With new preface. Num Pages: 176 pages, 6 b&w illus. BIC Classification: JHBS; UGG; WDM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
The MIT Press
Number of pages
176
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262019170
ISBN
9780262019170
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.72

Hardcover. What is national wellbeing and what is progress? Why measure these definitions? Why are measures beyond economic performance needed and how will they be used? How do we measure national wellbeing & turn the definitions into observable quantities? Where are we now and where to next? This book deals with these questions. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 176 x 246 x 20. Weight in Grams: 596.
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118489574
ISBN
9781118489574
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.62

The Western Construction of Religion not only provides a critical assessment of the whole history of "religionas it is understood in the West but offers better ways of constructing the study of this central part of human experience. Translator(s): Sayers, William. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: HRAB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801873201
ISBN
9780801873201
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.69

Paperback. Reflecting the decline in college courses on Western Civilization, this book aims to accelerate the trend by reducing "Western Civ" to about two hours. It cites Nietzsche to the effect that deep issues are like cold baths; one should get into and out of them as quickly as possible. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 116 x 178 x 7. Weight in Grams: 104.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Prickly Paradigm Press, LLC United States
Edition
74th Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780979405723
ISBN
9780979405723
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.40

Hardcover. This book tells the fascinating story of how the development of a public transportation system helped transform a small trading community at the southern tip of Manhattan Island into a world financial capital that is today home to more than 8,000,000 people. Series: Springer Tracts on Transportation and Traffic. Num Pages: 432 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFZ; JHB; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 836.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer
Edition
2013th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9783642304835
ISBN
9783642304835
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.72

Paperback. Engages with developments in the anthropology of ethics and migration studies to explore in empirical depth and detail the life experiences of three young men - a Ugandan migrant in Copenhagen, a Burkina Faso migrant in Amsterdam, and a Mexican migrant in Boston - in ways that significantly broaden our understanding of the existential situations. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
315
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520276727
ISBN
9780520276727
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

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