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Sociology & anthropology

paperback. Editor(s): Pieper, Marianne; Atzert, Thomas; Karakayali, Serhat; Tsianos, Vassilis. Num Pages: 345 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JHB; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften Germany
Edition
2011th Edition
Number of pages
345
Condition
New
SKU
V9783531154978
ISBN
9783531154978
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.77

Paperback. Through case studies, theoretical research and interviews with leading players in science and governance, this book introduces a new understanding of change in governance of bioscience research. In particular it examines change as it is shaped by approaches developed by Science and Technology Studies and Sociology of Scientific Knowledge theorists. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; KN; MBS; MQW; TCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349477180
ISBN
9781349477180
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.56

Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: JH. Dimension: 152 x 228 x 24. Weight in Grams: 596.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Scranton Press
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9781589661844
ISBN
9781589661844
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.85

Paperback. Based on the 17th annual National Symposium on Family Issues, this book examines biosocial models and processes in the context of the family. There is focus on child development through adolescence, and the book includes the most up-to-date genetic research. Editor(s): Booth, Alan; McHale, Susan M.; Landale, Nancy S. Series: National Symposium on Family Issues. Num Pages: 272 pages, 3 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JHBK; MBN; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781461427810
ISBN
9781461427810
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.73

Hardback. Features contributions aligned with interdisciplinary explosion of research on biological and neurological foundations of social behavior and organization. This title focuses on complex and dynamic links between brain and human evolutionary heritage in relation to group dynamics and social interaction, anti-social behavior, and mental health. Editor(s): Kalkhoff, Will; Thye, Shane R.; Lawler, Edward J. Series Editor(s): Thye, Shane R.; Lawler, Edward. Series: Advances in Group Processes. Num Pages: 350 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFP; JHB; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
350
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781902561
ISBN
9781781902561
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.00

Paperback. Biotechnology, Security and the Search for Limits examines the post 9/11 security implications for life science research as well as the methodological issues associated with conducting social research. In doing so the book considers the place of biological and social research in creating and responding to societal problems. Series: New Security Challenges. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBC; JPS; JW; PDR; PSA; TCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
209
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349280674
ISBN
9781349280674
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.77

Paperback. Manic behavior holds an undeniable fascination in American culture. This work seeks to understand mania's appeal and how it weighs on the lives of Americans diagnosed with manic depression. It takes us into the fascinating and sometimes disturbing worlds of mental-health support groups, mood charts, psychiatric rounds and psychotropic drugs. Num Pages: 400 pages, 19 halftones. 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFH; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 592.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
First Paperback Prin
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691141060
ISBN
9780691141060
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 31.19

Paperback. What draws us to the beauty of a peacock, the flight of an eagle, or the song of a nightingale? Why are birds so significant in our lives and our sense of the world? And what do our ways of thinking about and experiencing birds tell us about ourselves? This title presents a meditation on the variety of human responses to birds. Num Pages: 384 pages, 8 color illus. 32 halftones. 25 line illus. BIC Classification: BM; JHBS; JHMC; PSVW6. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 149 x 27. Weight in Grams: 626.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
392
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691154282
ISBN
9780691154282
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 242 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBD; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 311.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226180328
ISBN
9780226180328
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.82

Hardback. "Birth in the Age of AIDS" is a vivid and poignant portrayal of the experiences and struggles of HIV-positive women in India during pregnancy, birth, and motherhood at the beginning of the 21st century. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFFH2; JHBF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804784221
ISBN
9780804784221
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.42

Paperback. Series: Critical Studies in Gender, Sexuality, and Culture. Num Pages: 259 pages, 2 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; JHBK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
259
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349711512
ISBN
9781349711512
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.62

Paperback. Adoptive, foster and stepmothers, like biological mothers, find their lives completely changed by motherhood although they are not always granted the rights and privileges accorded to those who give birth. Barbara Waterman explores the common experiences that are shared by all those who enter the motherhood portal. Num Pages: 272 pages, Bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JHBK; VFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 14. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843107248
ISBN
9781843107248
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.37

Paperback. Focusing on the birth experiences of lower-class women in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, this title reveals the complex ways in which modernity emerges in local contexts. Through vivid description and animated dialogue, it conveys the birth stories of the women of Tamil Nadu in their own voices. Num Pages: 310 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTB; JFSJ; JHBF; JHMP; PSXM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
310
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520223592
ISBN
9780520223592
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Hardback. Between 1965 and 1985 the Western world - and the US in particular - experienced a staggering amount of social and economic change. In "Birth quake" Macunovich argues that the common thread underlying these changes was the post-war baby boom, and their passage into adulthood. Series: Population and Development Series. Num Pages: 280 pages, 64 line drawings, 12 tables. BIC Classification: JHBD; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 574.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
2
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226500836
ISBN
9780226500836
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.34
€ 50.94

Paperback. Probes the experience of gestational surrogate motherhood. This book shows how surrogates and intended mothers negotiate their cooperative endeavor. It traces the processes by which surrogates relinquish any maternal claim to the baby even as intended mothers accomplish a transition to motherhood. Num Pages: 384 pages, 11 b/w photographs, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526. The Surrogate Body and the Pregnant Self. 384 pages, illustrations. Probes the experience of gestational surrogate motherhood. This book shows how surrogates and intended mothers negotiate their cooperative endeavor. It traces the processes by which surrogates relinquish any maternal claim to the baby even as intended mothers accomplish a transition to motherhood. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: JHM. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 23. Weight: 526.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520259645
ISBN
9780520259645
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.06

paperback. An historical and contemporary account of migrant crime in Australia, this book explores a range of issues from mental health and victimology to immigration policy and legal analysis, arguing that it is birthplace, not race, which impacts upon crimes committed by migrants. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JFFN; JHB; JKV; LNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
303
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2014
SKU
V9781349481606
ISBN
9781349481606
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.52

Hardcover. This book provides an accessible introduction to bisexuality studies, set within the context of contemporary social theory and research. Drawing on interviews conducted in the UK and Colombia, it maps out the territory, providing a means of understanding sexualities that are neither gay, nor lesbian, nor heterosexual. Series: Genders and Sexualities in the Social Sciences. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JFSK; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137007308
ISBN
9781137007308
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.38

Paperback / so. Num Pages: 108 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: HB; JHMC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 6. Weight in Grams: 150.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1917
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
108
Condition
New
SKU
V9783642940101
ISBN
9783642940101
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.54

Hardback. Scheduled for release in the Fall of 2017.

Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JF; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691158648
ISBN
9780691158648
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.41
€ 42.58

Paperback. Less than a half century ago, China experienced a cataclysmic famine, which was particularly devastating in the countryside. This book examines the role of food in one rural Chinese community, as it has shaped everyday lives over the course of several tumultuous decades. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 280 pages, 19 b/w photos, 1 map, 10 charts, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520293526
ISBN
9780520293526
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Hardcover. Editor(s): Rachveli, N.N.; Rachveli, N.N. Num Pages: 220 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JHMP; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 174 x 24. Weight in Grams: 656.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9781560721734
ISBN
9781560721734
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 131.72
€ 100.38

Paperback. Presents a framework for re-conceptualizing the relationship between neoliberal development and social movements. Moving beyond the notion that development is a hegemonic, homogenizing force that victimizes local communities, this book argues that development processes and social movements shape each other in uneven and paradoxical ways. Num Pages: 272 pages, 13 photographs, 1 table, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLS; JFC; JHMP; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 225 x 21. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822344834
ISBN
9780822344834
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.67

Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JFSL3; JHMC; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804799560
ISBN
9780804799560
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.36

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JFSL3; JHMC; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781503600546
ISBN
9781503600546
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.67

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