Sociology & anthropology
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Sociology & anthropology
Paperback. Bringing an alternative philosophical foundation to the study of economics, this book explores the views of Antonio Rosmini (1797-1855), whose interpretation of economic action was fundamentally at odds with today's prevailing, all-conquering utilitarianism. Series: Ethical Economy. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JHBC; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 433.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401781145
- ISBN
- 9789401781145
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 118.77
€ 118.77
Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 13, 13 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: JHMC; RNK; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801453304
- ISBN
- 9780801453304
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.85
€ 32.85
Paperback. Though his subjects were diverse, French social theorist Roger Caillois focused on issues crucial to modern intellectual life, and his essays offer a perspective on many of twentieth-century France's most significant intellectual movements and figures. This book offers an introduction to the writing of Caillois (1913-1978). Editor(s): Frank, Claudine. Translator(s): Naish, Camille. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 157 x 30. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822330684
- ISBN
- 9780822330684
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.47
€ 33.99
€ 33.47
paperback. 'A superb book notable for its effective synthesis of quantitative, qualitative, historical, and theoretical approaches. Livingstone explores an issue of vital importance: the growing disjunction between education and paid work in advanced industrial economies.' (Beverley H. Burris, University of New Mexico) Num Pages: 374 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Garamond Press Canada
- Edition
- 2004 ed.
- Number of pages
- 374
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551930176
- ISBN
- 9781551930176
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.01
€ 54.01
paperback. This report examines links between parents' employment patterns while raising children and what happens when those children become young adults. Some of its findings carry important implications for public policy and for further research. A number are likely to prove controversial, arousing public debate concerning their meaning and relevance. Series: Family and Work Series. Num Pages: 48 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBK; JHBL; JKSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 275. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 48
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781901455601
- ISBN
- 9781901455601
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.68
€ 21.68
Paperback. A compilation of essays by the author that reveals the value for science studies of examples arising within the history of economics Series: Science & Cultural Theory. Num Pages: 472 pages, 9 tables, 1 illus. BIC Classification: JHBC; KCZ; PDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 151 x 24. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822333227
- ISBN
- 9780822333227
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 33.47
€ 34.99
€ 33.47
Paperback. Explores Ancient Egyptian civilization. This book covers seven broad themes. Editor(s): Wilkinson, Toby. Series: Routledge Worlds. Num Pages: 592 pages, 89 black & white halftones, 41 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HBJH; HBLA; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 245 x 176 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1038.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 592
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415562959
- ISBN
- 9780415562959
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.80
€ 60.80
Paperback. aeo Offers a wide--ranging overview of Egyptian peoples and their society from origins to the present. aeo Interweaves political narrative with insights into economy and culture, stressing continuities as well as change. aeo Charts internal development alongside external relations especially with other Arab countries and the West. Series: Peoples of Africa S. Num Pages: 368 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HBJH; HBTB; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631211952
- ISBN
- 9780631211952
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 46.59
€ 46.99
€ 46.59
The Eighteen Stages of Love. Its Natural History, Fragrance, Celebrati...
Leggett, John C.; Malm, Suzanne
Paperback. Series: Eighteen Stages of Love. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- General Hall Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781882289332
- ISBN
- 9781882289332
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.66
€ 58.66
The Elements of Social Science. Physical, Sexual, and Natural Religion...
Drysdale, George. Ed(S): Darby, Robert
Paperback. Editor(s): Darby, Robert. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 136 x 33. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Prometheus Books United States
- Edition
- abridged ed
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781616141790
- ISBN
- 9781616141790
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.21
€ 19.21
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, 2 line illus. BIC Classification: JH; JMH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 144 x 12. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195332605
- ISBN
- 9780195332605
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.76
€ 25.76
Paperback. Examining the industry of reproductive technology from the perspective of the consumer, this book scrutinizes the staggering array of medical options available to women and men with fertility problems and assesses the toll - both financial and emotional - that the quest for a biological child often exacts from would-be parents. Num Pages: 330 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFF; JHM; MBX; MFKC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520224315
- ISBN
- 9780520224315
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.54
€ 33.99
€ 24.54
Paperback. This study demonstrates how the recent reforms in Jamaican legislation have failed to close the discrepancies between social laws reflecting a nuclear family structure and the needs of a culture where serial mating, out-of-wedlock births and absentee paternity is common. Num Pages: 250 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KJWJ; JHBK; LNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 144 x 13. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Austin & Winfield,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781880921913
- ISBN
- 9781880921913
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.33
€ 77.33
Hardback. Describes the emergent nature of human culture, based on the human ability to create and pass on social codes through instruction and example. This book proposes hypotheses to explain how a phenomenon that is potentially maladaptive for individuals could have evolved, and to explain why culture plays such a pervasive role in human life. Num Pages: 217 pages, 2 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1100.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 217
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387305127
- ISBN
- 9780387305127
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.53
€ 66.53
Paperback. Num Pages: 217 pages, 2 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 355.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2006
- Number of pages
- 217
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441940285
- ISBN
- 9781441940285
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Hardcover. This volume seeks to develop processual understandings of how novelty emerges in the processes of organizing by drawing on scholarship from a diverse range of perspectives. The volume covers creativity, improvisation, invention, entrepreneurship, and innovation in organizations. Editor(s): Garud, Raghu; Simpson, Barbara; Langley, Ann; Tsoukas, Haridimos. Series: Perspectives on Process Organization Studies. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBL; KJC; KJD; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 167 x 31. Weight in Grams: 744.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198728313
- ISBN
- 9780198728313
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 173.61
€ 173.61
Paperback. Where do new alternatives, new organizational forms, and types of people come from? Combining biochemical insights about the origin of life with innovative and historically oriented social network analyses, this book develops a theory about the emergence of organizational, and biographical novelty from the coevolution of multiple social networks. Num Pages: 608 pages, 142 color illus. 46 tables. BIC Classification: JHBL; JPA; KC; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 178 x 254 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1484.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 608
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691148878
- ISBN
- 9780691148878
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.09€ 45.72
€ 59.09
€ 45.72
Hardback. Includes the works of over 30 systemic theorists under 5 themes: designing social systems, the structure of the social world, communication, cognition and epistemology. This book presents a coherent, dynamic model of a self-organizing world and proposes a creative and ethical method of decision-making and design. Num Pages: 419 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1830.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media United States
- Number of pages
- 419
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306465390
- ISBN
- 9780306465390
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 189.33
€ 189.33
Paperback. Num Pages: 419 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHMC; KJT; PBF; PBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2001
- Number of pages
- 419
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461354680
- ISBN
- 9781461354680
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 182.27
€ 182.27
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BM; HBJF; JHMC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408864289
- ISBN
- 9781408864289
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.09
€ 17.99
€ 13.09