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Sociology & anthropology

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
206
Condition
New
SKU
V9789747100853
ISBN
9789747100853
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.72

Paperback. Demonstrating how the Buddhist revival in Tibet must contend with tensions between the Chinese state and aspirations for greater Tibetan autonomy, the authors discuss ways that Tibetan Buddhists are restructuring their religion through a process of social, political and economic adaptation. Editor(s): Goldstein, Melvyn C.; Kapstein, Matthew T. Num Pages: 235 pages, 37 black-and-white photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; HREX; JFC; JHM; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 49. Religious Revival and Cultural Identity. 235 pages, 37 b&w photographs. Editor(s): Goldstein, Melvyn C.; Kapstein, Matthew T. Demonstrating how the Buddhist revival in Tibet must contend with tensions between the Chinese state and aspirations for greater Tibetan autonomy, the authors discuss ways that Tibetan Buddhists are restructuring their religion through a process of social, political and economic adaptation. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; HREX; JFC; JHM; JPS. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 15. Weight: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520211315
ISBN
9780520211315
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.74

Paperback. Exploring the interactions of the Buddhist world with the dominant cultures of Iran in pre- and post-Islamic times, Vaziri demonstrates that the traces and cross-influences of Buddhism have brought the material and spiritual culture of Iran to its present state even after the term was eradicated from the literary and popular language of the region. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRE; JFC; JHM; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2012
Number of pages
285
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349437993
ISBN
9781349437993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 142.49

Hardcover. Exploring the interactions of the Buddhist world with the dominant cultures of Iran in pre- and post-Islamic times, Vaziri demonstrates that the traces and cross-influences of Buddhism have brought the material and spiritual culture of Iran to its present state even after the term was eradicated from the literary and popular language of the region. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HRE; JFSR; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 167 x 21. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137022936
ISBN
9781137022936
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.24

Paperback. Natural disasters in Asian countries have brought global attention to the work of local Buddhist communities and groups. Here, the contributors examine local Buddhist communities and international Buddhist organizations engaged in a variety of relief work in countries including India, Thailand, Sri Lanka, China, and Japan. Editor(s): Kawanami, Hiroko; Samuel, Geoffrey. Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; HR; JFC; JHM; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349479160
ISBN
9781349479160
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.26

Paperback. Num Pages: 151 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRE; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 212.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1980
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
151
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349163120
ISBN
9781349163120
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.66

paperback. Explores night and darkness in Latina /o art and literature Num Pages: 326 pages, 3 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KL; GTB; JFC; JFSL4; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
326
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253001894
ISBN
9780253001894
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

Paperback. Buffalo conjure up the West the way no other symbol can. They hold a special place in our culture and imagination. In this prize-winning collection, writers reveal the buffalo in plains ecology and culture from prehistoric times to its present and uncertain future. Editor(s): Foster, John; etc.; Harrison, Dick; MacLaren, I. Num Pages: 258 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JHMP; PS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
245
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888642370
ISBN
9780888642370
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.28

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, colour plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AGH; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Canada
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888394798
ISBN
9780888394798
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 19.69

Paperback. Series: Routledge Advances in Ethnography. Num Pages: 208 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, 2 black & white halftones, 5 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JHB; JHBL; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 235 x 12. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415527194
ISBN
9780415527194
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 42.06

Paperback. Presents the cultural history of eugenics in America that emphasizes the movement's central, continuing interaction with popular notions of gender and morality. This book shows how eugenics could seem a viable solution to problems of moral disorder and sexuality, especially female sexuality, during the first half of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 233 pages, 7 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
233
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520246744
ISBN
9780520246744
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.80

Paperback. An Introduction to the Labour Movement in Canada. 3rd edition. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JH. .
Publisher
Fernwood Publishing
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781552667873
ISBN
9781552667873
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.54

Paperback. "No one who anticipates developing a full--service school should proceed without first studying this manual. " ----Joy G. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations, map. BIC Classification: JH; JNK; JNT; JPQB; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 276 x 213 x 20. Weight in Grams: 780.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780787940584
ISBN
9780787940584
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.96

Paperback. This book looks at what is needed to prevent the proliferation of harm and the gradual collapse of civil society. A wide range of expert contributors outline what might help to make better societies and which mechanisms, interventions and evidence are needed when we think about a better society Editor(s): Atkinson, Rowland; McKenzie, Lisa; Winlow, Simon. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Policy Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447332039
ISBN
9781447332039
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 29.04

Paperback. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JHB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 353.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349444113
ISBN
9781349444113
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.34

Paperback. Ranging from abstract theory to practical design solutions, this book provides the reader with the understandings needed to design and run cutting edge experiments. Num Pages: 176 pages, 1 table, 14 figures. BIC Classification: JHBC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 276.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Edition
Annotated
SKU
V9780804752466
ISBN
9780804752466
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.90

Hardcover. Building Noah's Ark for Migrants, Refugees, and Religious Communities examines religion within the framework of refugee studies as a public good, with the spiritual and material use of religion shedding new light on the agency of refugees in reconstructing their lives and positioning themselves in hostile environments. Editor(s): Horstmann, Alexander; Bach, Daniel. Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion. Num Pages: 297 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSR; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137501530
ISBN
9781137501530
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.31

paperback. The toughness model proposed in this book incorporates psychological research and neuroscience to explain how a variety of toughening activities - ranging from confronting mental and physical challenges to meditation - sustain our brains and bodies, and ultimately build our mental and psychological capacities degenerated by stress and by aging. Num Pages: 380 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBK; JMC; JMJ; JMM; JMS; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 487.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
380
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2015
SKU
V9781349498031
ISBN
9781349498031
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 121.49

Paperback. This book uses historical and contemporary materials to document the ways in which policy-makers, in different eras, have sought to use state powers and regulations to create better, more balanced, and sustainable communities and citizens. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: JFS; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861347435
ISBN
9781861347435
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 41.08

Paperback. Ghana has always held a position of primacy in the African political and historical imagination, due in no small part to the indelible impression left president Kwame Nkrumah. This study examines the symbolic strategies he used to construct the Ghanaian state through currency, stamps, museums, flags, and other public icons. Series: African Histories and Modernities. Num Pages: 294 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJH; HBTQ; JHB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 377.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349496525
ISBN
9781349496525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.08

Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479855308
ISBN
9781479855308
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.43

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479882304
ISBN
9781479882304
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.71

Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 4, 4 charts. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; JFSF; JHBL; KNAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801450747
ISBN
9780801450747
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.27

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDT; 3JB; DSB; HBJF; JHM; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691638447
ISBN
9780691638447
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 192.12

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