Sociology & anthropology
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Sociology & anthropology
Hardcover. Editor(s): Jordao, Benigno; Sousa, Emilio. Num Pages: 378 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 262 x 185 x 27. Weight in Grams: 916.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 378
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608760114
- ISBN
- 9781608760114
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 278.52€ 189.03
€ 278.52
€ 189.03
Hardcover. This comprehensive and accessible guide to risk assessment, management and governance approaches the topic from two angles, explaining new insights and enabling a synthesis of the engineering, statistical and social science perspectives on risk management. Series: Risk, Governance and Society. Num Pages: 278 pages, 27 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JH; JPA; KJMV6; RNF; TBN; TGPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 2010th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642139253
- ISBN
- 9783642139253
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 196.77
€ 196.77
Paperback. Series: Studies in Human Ecology and Adaptation. Num Pages: 442 pages, 40 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JFS; JHM; PSAF; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2006
- Number of pages
- 442
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441939029
- ISBN
- 9781441939029
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 176.83
€ 176.83
Paperback. A range of distinguished anthropologists and sociologists re-examine the concept of risk in contemporary societies. Editor(s): Caplan, Pat. Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 264 pages, 2 figures / 2 photos. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745314631
- ISBN
- 9780745314631
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 36.42
€ 46.99
€ 36.42
Paperback. Underpinning this examination of Western societies is the notion of the 'risk society'. The changing nature of society's relation to production and distribution is related to the environmental impact as a totalizing, globalizing economy based on scientific and technical knowledge becomes more central to social organization and social conflict. Translator(s): Ritter, Mark. Series: Published in Association with Theory, Culture & Society. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 234 x 15. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd
- Number of pages
- 268
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803983465
- ISBN
- 9780803983465
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.65
€ 60.65
Paperback. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JHBC; MFN; MJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349409372
- ISBN
- 9781349409372
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.23
€ 63.23
Paperback. Num Pages: 195 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, 4 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JHBC; MBN; RNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 195
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319383828
- ISBN
- 9783319383828
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.27
€ 121.27
Hardback. Risk, Disaster and Crisis Reduction Num Pages: 195 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, 4 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JHBC; MBN; RNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 195
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319085418
- ISBN
- 9783319085418
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.99
€ 121.99
Hardback. Risk, Power, and Inequality in the 21st Century provides a groundbreaking new analysis of the increasingly important relationship between risk and widening inequalities. It shows how key processes associated with risk society - the social production and distribution of risks as side-effects - are intensifying inequalities in fundamental ways. Num Pages: 185 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFC; JFFJ; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 185
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137495563
- ISBN
- 9781137495563
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.33
€ 100.33
Paperback. Shows how our flawed strategies for perceiving risk influence our lives, often with unforeseen and sometimes - tragic consequences. This book uncovers one of the central puzzles of our time: why are the safest people in history living in a culture of fear? Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 131 x 29. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- Virgin Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753515532
- ISBN
- 9780753515532
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.91
€ 19.99
€ 15.91
Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, black & white tables, bibliography. BIC Classification: CBWJ; JFD; JHB; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer vs United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783658075514
- ISBN
- 9783658075514
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.13
€ 59.13
Paperback / so. Editor(s): Toru Hijikata; Armin Nassehi; Hijikata, Toru; Nassehi, Armin. Num Pages: 274 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JHB; KJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531130781
- ISBN
- 9783531130781
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.15
€ 69.15
Paperback. "This volume encompasses a rich world of political culture, from the Spanish kings of the Reconquest to German metal-workers in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. . . . A welcome contribution to the interdisciplinary study of ritual, symbolism, and power."-- Editor(s): Wilentz, Sean. Num Pages: 360 pages, 30 illus. BIC Classification: 3H; HBG; HBLC; HBTB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812216950
- ISBN
- 9780812216950
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.91
€ 37.99
€ 33.91
Hardback. Editor(s): Hicks, David. Num Pages: 496 pages, figures. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 266 x 190 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1153.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- 3 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759111554
- ISBN
- 9780759111554
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 190.23
€ 190.23
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292708907
- ISBN
- 9780292708907
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.70
€ 34.99
€ 31.70
paperback. Shows how the ritualized behaviors that define much of our daily lives can explain of the social causes and consequences of our actions. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBA; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781594518560
- ISBN
- 9781594518560
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.65
€ 63.65
Paperback. The mythic roots and modern future of Ecuadorian indigenous communities in the twenty-first century Series: Interpretations of Culture in the New Millenium. Num Pages: 232 pages, 18 photographs; 7 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KLSE; HRLF; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780252076039
- ISBN
- 9780252076039
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.12
€ 26.99
€ 25.12
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 522 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBLC1; JFSL4; JHBK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 885.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 522
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691640549
- ISBN
- 9780691640549
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 261.65
€ 261.65
Hardback. Series: Epistemologies of Healing. Num Pages: 296 pages, 20 illus. BIC Classification: 1FMNX; HRLF; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782385646
- ISBN
- 9781782385646
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.74
€ 152.74
Paperback. Propitiating the supernatural forces that could grant bountiful crops or wipe out whole villages through natural disasters was a sacred duty in ancient Peruvian societies. This book examines the evidence for ancient Peruvian sacrificial offerings of human beings and animals, as well as the cultural contexts in which the offerings occurred. Editor(s): Benson, Elizabeth P.; Cook, Anita G. Num Pages: 227 pages, 66 halftones, 47 line drawings, 3 maps, 2 charts. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; HDD; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 18. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 227
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292708945
- ISBN
- 9780292708945
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.72
€ 20.99
€ 20.72
Paperback. The principle of sacrifice is as old as human life itself. This book provides an overview of sacrificial practices around the world since prehistoric times. It also examines the reasons behind these rituals, and in the case of human sacrifice an attempt is made to understand the mentality of the 'victims' who often willingly went to their deaths. Num Pages: 192 pages, 48 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; HRLF; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 170 x 12. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750945004
- ISBN
- 9780750945004
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.41
€ 17.99
€ 16.41
Paperback. Editor(s): Mitchell, Jon P.; Bull, Michael. Series: Sensory Studies Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCR; HRLF; JFCD; JHMC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781350001510
- ISBN
- 9781350001510
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.12
€ 53.12
Paperback. In this Very Short Introduction, Barry Stephenson approaches ritual from theoretical and historical perspectives, detailing the efforts to understand the nature and function of ritual, and developing a narrative of ritual's place in social and cultural life. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 144 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAC; HRLF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 113 x 176 x 5. Weight in Grams: 114.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199943524
- ISBN
- 9780199943524
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.25
€ 11.99
€ 10.25
Paperback. Num Pages: 130 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRLF; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 130
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788763537346
- ISBN
- 9788763537346
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.61
€ 25.99
€ 19.61