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Paperback. This work takes a look at the changes that have taken place in Egyptian society since the 1950s, and considers the disruptions brought about by the surge in population. It discusses how runaway population growth has effects on aspects of society and also predictable effects on the economy. Translator(s): Wilmsen, David. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 1HBE; 3JJP; GTB; HBTB; JHBD; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 126 x 13. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774248191
ISBN
9789774248191
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.03

Paperback. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: JFCV; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 156.
Publisher
Demeter Press Canada
Number of pages
250
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781926452180
ISBN
9781926452180
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.56

Paperback. An ethnographic case study of sex tourism in the Dominican Republic, showing how the sex trade is linked to economic and cultural globalization Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 296 pages, 9 b&w photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KJD; JFFS; JFMX; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
unknown
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822332978
ISBN
9780822332978
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.48

Hardback. This book argues that the financial crash of 2008-9 has exposed the disastrous consequences of applying economic theory to the collective life of societies. Series: Polity What's Wrong Series. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 146 x 24. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745647401
ISBN
9780745647401
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.93

Paperback. This book argues that the financial crash of 2008-9 has exposed the disastrous consequences of applying economic theory to the collective life of societies. Series: Polity What's Wrong Series. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745647418
ISBN
9780745647418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.30

Paperback. When A Baby Dies describes the tragic and bewildering experience of losing a baby through miscarriage, stillbirth and neonatal death. The book is based on the experiences of many hundreds of bereaved parents. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBZ; VFJX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 213 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
2Rev Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415252768
ISBN
9780415252768
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.52

Paperback. An account of the traditional customs that are put into practice when a Jewish person dies. It provides both an informative anthropological perspective on Jewish rites of mourning and a chronicle of the loss of the author's father. Num Pages: 271 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSR1; JHBT; JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 68.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
271
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520236783
ISBN
9780520236783
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Paperback. Experiences, observations and practical advice enabling those encountering death to meet it in an active manner, both mentally and physically. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: JHBZ; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 138 x 12. Weight in Grams: 202. Fine copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Floris Books
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KSS0009580
ISBN
9780863153891
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. In this exploration of the concept of formality, or governing by abstraction, Arthur Stinchcombe breathes life into an idea that scholars have all but ignored. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: JH; KJ; L. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 168 x 16. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226774961
ISBN
9780226774961
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.71

Paperback. Provides a primer on the current state of the same-sex marriage debate, and a new way of framing the issue that provides valuable new insights into the political, social, and personal stakes involved Num Pages: 307 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSK; JHBK; LNMB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
307
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814709306
ISBN
9780814709306
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Hardback. Around 1800 roughly three per cent of the human population lived in urban areas; by 2030 this number is expected to have gone up to some seventy per cent. This poses problems for traditional religions that are all rooted in rural, small-scale societies. Editor(s): Pinxten, Rik; Dikomitis, Lisa. Series: Culture and Politics/Politics and Culture. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations, plans. BIC Classification: JFSR; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845455545
ISBN
9781845455545
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.32

Paperback. The authors in this volume question what the possible appeal of these old religions, such as Christianity, Judaism, or Islam could be in the new urban environment and, conversely, what impact global urbanization will have on learning and on the performance and nature of ritual. Editor(s): Pinxten, Rik; Dikomitiz, Lisa. Series: Culture and Politics/Politics and Culture. Num Pages: 166 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSR; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 9. Weight in Grams: 234. Religious Traditions in Urban Contexts. Series: Culture and Politics/Politics and Culture. 166 pages, 12 ills. Editor(s): Pinxten, Rik; Dikomitiz, Lisa. The authors in this volume question what the possible appeal of these old religions, such as Christianity, Judaism, or Islam could be in the new urban environment and, conversely, what impact global urbanization will have on learning and on the performance and nature of ritual. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JFSR; JHMC. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 9. Weight: 234.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
166
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857458070
ISBN
9780857458070
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 30.49

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 134 x 12. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761808107
ISBN
9780761808107
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 76.66

paperback. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; DSK; DSRC; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 281.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9781625342409
ISBN
9781625342409
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.85

Paperback. Examines how the lives of dispossessed men and women are affected by the rise of narco-trafficking along the US - Mexico border. This book explores the everyday reality of the drug trade by living alongside its low-level workers: those living at the edges of the violence generated by the militarization of "the war on drugs." Series: California Series in Public Anthropology. Num Pages: 240 pages, 10 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JHMC; JKVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 209 x 17. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
255
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520276789
ISBN
9780520276789
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.74

paperback. This book focuses on middle-class urban women as participants in new forms of consumer culture. Abelson argues that in the interest of concealing the darker side of consumerism, women of the middle class, but not those of the working class, were allowed to shoplift and lead incapacitating illness--kleptomania. Num Pages: 320 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHMC; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Oxford University Press USA United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195071429
ISBN
9780195071429
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 99.54

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, halftones, figures, tables. BIC Classification: CFB; CFF; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195372069
ISBN
9780195372069
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.06

Paperback. Focusing on a contract involving Mexico's National Autonomous University, this book examines the practices through which researchers, plant vendors, indigenous cooperatives, and other actors put prospecting to work. It considers the consequences of linking scientific research and rural 'enfranchisement' to the logics of intellectual property. Series: In-Formation. Num Pages: 304 pages, 6 halftones. 3 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JHM; KNDP; RNC; RNF; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691095578
ISBN
9780691095578
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.37

Paperback. Gossip is one of the most common, and most condemned, forms of discourse in which we engage - even as it is often absorbing and socially significant, it is also widely denigrated. This volume examines fascinating moments in the history of gossip in America, from witchcraft trials to People magazine, helping us to see the subject with new eyes. Num Pages: 281 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTB; JHB; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
281
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349495023
ISBN
9781349495023
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 121.55

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 14. BIC Classification: 1KJH; JHMC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 371.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801486739
ISBN
9780801486739
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.25

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