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Paperback. Presents evidence that the saloon, played an important role in the working-class community life. Focusing on public drinking in Chicago and Boston, this book offers a discussion of the saloon, as a social institution and a locus of the struggle between middle-class notions of privacy and working-class uses of public space. Num Pages: 416 pages, 20 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 31. Weight in Grams: 596.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252067815
ISBN
9780252067815
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 41.71

Paperback. This critique of contemporary capitalism established Fromm as one of the most controversial political thinkers of his generation, and was originally published to wide acclaim and even wider disapproval. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBA; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 488.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
424
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415270984
ISBN
9780415270984
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.67

Paperback. An intelligent and sympathetic analysis of one of the true taboos of modern life. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 266. A Study of Suicide. 320 pages. An intelligent and sympathetic analysis of one of the true taboos of modern life. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DSB; JHBZ. Dimension: 196 x 130 x 21. Weight: 218.
Edition
New
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747559054
ISBN
9780747559054
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.47

Hardback. Explores the distinction between selflessness and self-interestedness, between acting for one's own advantage and acting, even when disadvantageous, for reasons of duty or conscience. This book aims to show that both versions are convenient fictions, with instrumental rather than ontological significance - they are not about truth but about power. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812237306
ISBN
9780812237306
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.97

Paperback. Explores the need for political science to pay more attention to complex interactions involvingpolitically relevant groups. Distinguished contributors report on data from around the world and at different levels of political decision making from 'below the radar' in local communities to global negations at the World Trade Organization." Editor(s): Halpin, D.; Jordan, G. Series: Interest Groups, Advocacy and Democracy Series. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JPA; JPB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349329618
ISBN
9781349329618
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.36

Paperback. Surveys a wide range of cultural controversies, from the Mapplethorpe affair to Salman Rushdie's death sentence. This book seeks to show that the fear and outrage these events inspired were the result of dangerous misunderstandings about the relationship between art and life. Num Pages: 258 pages, 27 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 165 x 15. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226772240
ISBN
9780226772240
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.81

Paperback. Ethnographic studies trace the background to and impact of urbanisation and Christianisation, and the development of royal power, which stimulated the transition from the Viking age to the medieval period. Editor(s): Jesch, Judith. Series: Studies in Historical Archaeoethnology. Num Pages: 382 pages, 2, 2 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1DN; 3F; HBJD; HBLC1; HDDM; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 578.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
382
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843837282
ISBN
9781843837282
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.17

Paperback. Today's unprecedented migration of people around the globe in search of work has had a widespread and troubling result: the separation of families. In this book, the author offers a sophisticated examination of this phenomenon among Ghanaians living in Ghana and abroad. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 halftones, 2 maps, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; JFFN; JHBK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226072388
ISBN
9780226072388
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.71

Paperback. In his philosophical reflections on the art of lingering, acclaimed cultural theorist Byung-Chul Han argues that the value we attach today to the vita activa is producing a crisis in our sense of time. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: HP; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 190 x 130. .
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509516056
ISBN
9781509516056
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.86

Hardback. In his philosophical reflections on the art of lingering, acclaimed cultural theorist Byung-Chul Han argues that the value we attach today to the vita activa is producing a crisis in our sense of time. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: HP; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 138. .
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509516049
ISBN
9781509516049
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 51.62

Paperback. Calling into question the prevailing narrative of how sociology developed, the author uncovers the seminal theoretical work of Du Bois in developing a "scientific" sociology through a variety of methodologies and examines how the leading scholars of the day disparaged and ignored Du Bois' work. Num Pages: 320 pages, 23 gathered plates, 3 scattered b/w figs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520286764
ISBN
9780520286764
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.68

Hardback. Uncovering the seminal theoretical work of Du Bois in developing a scientific" sociology through a variety of methodologies, this book examines how the leading scholars of the day disparaged and ignored his work. It exposes the economic and political factors that marginalized the contributions of Du Bois. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 162 x 31. Weight in Grams: 632.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520276352
ISBN
9780520276352
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.12

Paperback. Series: Worlds of Consumption. Num Pages: 289 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTB; JHBL; VFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Number of pages
289
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349504282
ISBN
9781349504282
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.23

Paperback. Leslie White was one of the most important-and controversial-figures in American anthropology. This classic work, initially published in 1949, contains White's definitive statement on what he termed 'culturology.' Series: Ewp Foundations of Anthropology. Num Pages: 502 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 201 x 137 x 33. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Percheron Press United States
Number of pages
502
Condition
New
SKU
V9780975273821
ISBN
9780975273821
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.48

Paperback. How can economics become genuinely quantitative? This is the question that French sociologist Gabriel Tarde tackled at the end of his career. This title offers an introduction to the work of that forgotten genius of nineteenth-century social thought. Num Pages: 87 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC; KCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 115 x 178 x 6. Weight in Grams: 84.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Prickly Paradigm Press, LLC
Number of pages
87
Condition
New
SKU
V9780979405778
ISBN
9780979405778
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.75

paperback. Editor(s): Boulloche, Andre. Num Pages: 149 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 206.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1976
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 1976
Number of pages
149
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349030729
ISBN
9781349030729
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.30

Hardback. Presents an abstract discussion of social science, in a period when science in all forms is under attack, does little to inform the debate on its role and progress. This book undertakes the novel approach of reviewing the journal literature on six different topics by each of the five social sciences. Num Pages: 464 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBC; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 166 x 34. Weight in Grams: 862.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402073212
ISBN
9781402073212
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.49

Hardcover. Bringing some of the most prominent social and cultural anthropologists into discussion around the work of Maurice Godelier, this volume explores and revisits some of the most complex practices and structures social scientists have had to elucidate. Editor(s): Dousset, Laurent; Tcherkezoff, Serge. Series: Methodology & History in Anthropology. Num Pages: 276 pages, 10 ills. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 552. Maurice Godelier's Work in Context. Series: Methodology & History in Anthropology. 276 pages, 10 ills. Editor(s): Dousset, Laurent; Tcherkezoff, Serge. Bringing some of the most prominent social and cultural anthropologists into discussion around the work of Maurice Godelier, this volume explores and revisits some of the most complex practices and structures social scientists have had to elucidate. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: JHM. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 21. Weight: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857453310
ISBN
9780857453310
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 164.36

Paperback. Blaikie explores how our different ways of seeing influence the relationship between place and belonging. He argues that our memories, however brief or complex, invoke imagined pasts. But do our recollections share a common frame of reference? Blaikie's cross-disciplinary exploration sets out to answer this question. Includes numerous case studies. Num Pages: 272 pages, 20 b+w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JJ; HBTB; JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 186 x 232 x 15. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748617876
ISBN
9780748617876
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.83

Hardback. All memories invoke imagined pasts, but do the ways we remember share a common imaginary? In seeking to interpret Scottish culture in the recent past as a series of encounters with modernity, this study draws on a wide range of sources to explore relationships between perceptions of place, belonging and identity in one nation. Num Pages: 272 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JJ; HBTB; JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 556.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748617869
ISBN
9780748617869
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.89
€ 103.24

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