Sociology & anthropology
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Sociology & anthropology
Paperback. Series: Oxford India Short Introductions Series. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFS; JHB; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 189 x 15. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Publisher
- OUP India India
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198089360
- ISBN
- 9780198089360
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.59
€ 22.59
Paperback. When thinking of India, it is hard not to think of caste. This work argues that caste is, in fact, neither an unchanged survival of ancient India nor a single system that reflects a core cultural value. It traces the career of caste from the medieval kingdoms of southern India to the textual traces of early colonial archives. Num Pages: 392 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBTB; JFSC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691088952
- ISBN
- 9780691088952
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Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.50
€ 54.99
€ 39.50
Paperback. Explores the unintended consequences of compassion in the world of immigration politics. This book focuses on France and its humanitarian immigration practices to argue that a politics based on care and protection can lead the state to view issues of immigration and asylum through a medical lens. Num Pages: 312 pages, 10 b/w photographs, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1DDF; JFFN; JHM; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446. Immigration and the Politics of Humanitarianism in France. 312 pages, illustrations. Explores the unintended consequences of compassion in the world of immigration politics. This book focuses on France and its humanitarian immigration practices to argue that a politics based on care and protection can lead the state to view issues of immigration and asylum through a medical lens. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DDF; JFFN; JHM; JPVH. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 20. Weight: 522.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520269057
- ISBN
- 9780520269057
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.39
€ 40.99
€ 29.39
Paperback. Editor(s): Hoffman, Susanna M.; Oliver-Smith, Anthony. Series: School for Advanced Research Advanced Seminar Series. Num Pages: 316 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- SAR Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781930618152
- ISBN
- 9781930618152
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.30
€ 24.30
paperback. Argues that it was cooking that caused the transformation of our ancestors from apelike beings to Homo erectus. This title focuses on the idea: the habit of eating cooked rather than raw food permitted the digestive tract to shrink and the human brain to grow, helped structure human society, and created the male-female division of labour. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JHMP; PDZ; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Profile Books
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846682865
- ISBN
- 9781846682865
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.25
€ 17.99
€ 13.25
Hardcover. The second volume of a work dealing with spatial data analysis, this examines the problems presented by categorical and directional data; worked examples are included wherever possible and references to source literature are provided. Num Pages: 432 pages, author index, contents index, examples index. BIC Classification: JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 776.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Edition
- Volume 2
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471920861
- ISBN
- 9780471920861
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 536.79
€ 536.79
Hardback. Marcel Mauss (1872-1950), Durkheim's nephew, was a key figure among Durkheimians and helped to found the distinctive French tradition in the social sciences at the start of the 20th century. He dominated the teaching of social anthropology in Paris between the Wars, and his Essay on the Gift (1925) is a well established classic. Series: Methodology & History in Anthropology. Num Pages: 172 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571818089
- ISBN
- 9781571818089
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.15
€ 163.15
Hardcover. Drawing on anthropological, socio-psychological, religious, and philosophical material, this book engages in a discussion of what it means to be an 'individual' in relation to notions of selfhood, personality, and social role. This theme is explored with reference to the investigations of Louis Dumont into Hindu and other Indian ideologies.. Series: Methodology & History in Anthropology. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 224 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571816603
- ISBN
- 9781571816603
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.91
€ 163.91
Paperback. Develops the idea that there is another religious-based ethic permeating society, a Catholic ethic. This title outlines a Catholic ethic that is distinctive in its sympathy and outreach toward the poor, and in its emphasis on family and community over economic success. It explores the Catholic ethic. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRCC7; HRCM; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878408900
- ISBN
- 9780878408900
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.63
€ 75.63
Hardcover. This monograph discusses Portuguese eugenics within a strong international historiographical comparative framework and situates it within different regional, scientific and ideological types of eugenics in the same period. Series: CEU Press Studies in the History of Medicine. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSP; 3JJ; HRCC7; JFSL; JHBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 164 x 236 x 23. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Central European University Press Hungary
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789633860281
- ISBN
- 9789633860281
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.57
€ 88.57
Paperback. 'Shows how internally displaced persons are not passive victims of circumstance, and that policy makers and humanitarian organizations should plan accordingly.' Journal of Refugee Studies Editor(s): Vincent, Marc; Sorensen, Birgitte Refslund. Num Pages: 336 pages, 10 maps / 6 photographs. BIC Classification: JFFD; JFFM; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 137 x 22. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745318189
- ISBN
- 9780745318189
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.46
€ 40.99
€ 31.46
Hardback. Caught in Play reveals that though we engage stories, games, and images for fun, it does not follow that entertainment is trivial in its effect on our lives. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804761109
- ISBN
- 9780804761109
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.62
€ 134.62
Paperback. Takes a hard look at the consequences of intense conflict between divorced parents This book explores both the causes and consequences of high-level, stressful conflict between divorced parents on their children's development. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JFSP2; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 12. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780787938796
- ISBN
- 9780787938796
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.13
€ 37.13
Paperback. Panel data - information gathered from the same individuals or units at several different points in time - are commonly used in the social sciences to test theories of individual and social change. This book highlights the developments in this technique in a range of disciplines and analytic traditions. Series: Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences. Num Pages: 104 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBC; PBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 133 x 5. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 104
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803938960
- ISBN
- 9780803938960
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 46.83
€ 46.99
€ 46.83
Hardcover. Causality in a Social World introduces innovative new statistical research and strategies for investigating moderated intervention effects, mediated intervention effects, and spill-over effects using experimental or quasi-experimental data. Num Pages: 444 pages. BIC Classification: GPS; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 180 x 251 x 25. Weight in Grams: 808.
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118332566
- ISBN
- 9781118332566
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.62
€ 78.62
Paperback. Editor(s): McKim, Vaughan; Turner, Stephen. BIC Classification: JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Univ of Notre Dame Pr
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268008246
- ISBN
- 9780268008246
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.17
€ 26.99
€ 25.17
Paperback. Num Pages: 293 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Publisher
- Aboriginal Studies Press Australia
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780855755515
- ISBN
- 9780855755515
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.40
€ 35.99
€ 26.40
Hardback. This volume combines vivid descriptions of various public celebrations with a sophisticated methodological and theoretical approach. Editor(s): Heideking, Jurgen; Fabre, Genevieve. Num Pages: 316 pages, 12 ills. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571812377
- ISBN
- 9781571812377
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 165.16
€ 165.16
Hardback. Num Pages: Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845450250
- ISBN
- 9781845450250
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.71
€ 164.71
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- First edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816627257
- ISBN
- 9780816627257
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.14
€ 27.99
€ 26.14