Sociology & anthropology
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Sociology & anthropology
Paperback. This title uses the Asian concept of yin and yang to explain how American virtues and vices are opposite sides of the same coin. Unlike the dualism characteristic of the West, in much of Asia the forces of yin and yang are seen to co-exist in everything, and complete each other in cosmic harmony. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Nicholas Brealey Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781877864858
- ISBN
- 9781877864858
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.62
€ 26.99
€ 18.62
Paperback. The Nigerian diaspora is now world-wide, and when Yoruba travel, they take with them their religious organizations. As a member of the Cherubim and Seraphim church in London for over thirty years, anthropologist Hermione Harris explores a world of prayer, spirit possession, and divination through dreams and visions. Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRA; HRAC; JFC; JHM; PGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2006
- Number of pages
- 303
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349535507
- ISBN
- 9781349535507
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 119.13
€ 119.13
Hardcover. Num Pages: 144 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: JH; VS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Select Books Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590790571
- ISBN
- 9781590790571
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.08
€ 19.99
€ 19.08
Paperback. In his major investigation into the nature of humans, Peter Sloterdijk presents a critique of myth - the myth of the return of religion. Num Pages: 500 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 227 x 38. Weight in Grams: 770.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745649221
- ISBN
- 9780745649221
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 24.80
€ 24.99
€ 24.80
Paperback. Argues that it was the working people's interest in equitable access to the country's most obvious asset - land - that led them to advocate a federal Homestead Act granting land to the landless, state legislation to prohibit the foreclosure of family farms, and antimonopolistic limitations on land ownership. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 photographs, 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTB; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252072307
- ISBN
- 9780252072307
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 24.78
€ 24.99
€ 24.78
Paperback. In this ethnography of contemporary youth culture in Iran's capital, Shahram Khosravi examines the practices of everyday life through which young Tehranis demonstrate defiance against the official culture and the parental generation. Series: Contemporary Ethnography. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: JFSP3; JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 166 x 14. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812220681
- ISBN
- 9780812220681
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.30
€ 32.99
€ 31.30
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442229792
- ISBN
- 9781442229792
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.51€ 13.81
€ 80.51
€ 13.81
Hardback. Based on the findings of a unique longitudinal study, this volume provides experts with unprecedented analysis of prospectively collected data following the road from childhood to early adulthood of 1,517 boys and young men from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Series: Longitudinal Research in the Social & Behavioral Sciences: an Interdisciplinary Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; JHB; JKVQ2; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 493.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441999481
- ISBN
- 9781441999481
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.04
€ 123.04
Paperback. Series: Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691176284
- ISBN
- 9780691176284
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.43
€ 33.99
€ 24.43
Hardback. Series: Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; JFSR2; JHB; JPFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 165 x 243 x 27. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691159843
- ISBN
- 9780691159843
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.40
€ 46.99
€ 33.40
Hardcover. Anthropology is particularly well suited to explore the contemporary predicament in the coming of age of young men. Its grounded and comparative empiricism provides the opportunity to move beyond statistics, moral panics, or gender stereotypes in order to explore specific aspects of life course transitions.. Editor(s): Amit, Vered; Dyck, Noel. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ2; JFSP2; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 636. 328 pages. Editor(s): Amit, Vered; Dyck, Noel. Anthropology is particularly well suited to explore the contemporary predicament in the coming of age of young men. Its grounded and comparative empiricism provides the opportunity to move beyond statistics, moral panics, or gender stereotypes in order to explore specific aspects of life course transitions. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: JFSJ2; JFSP2; JHM. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 23. Weight: 622.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857452498
- ISBN
- 9780857452498
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.83
€ 163.83
Paperback. An in-depth look at urban youth in the Republic of Georgia offering new perspectives on how time and marginality are interlinked" Series: Global Youth. Num Pages: 214 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUG; JFSJ2; JFSP2; JHBL; KCFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S.
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439909195
- ISBN
- 9781439909195
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.39
€ 32.99
€ 29.39
Paperback. This collection is the first to examine the life experiences of young adult immigrants in Europe, as transmitted by the young adults themselves, and together with the analytical framework, seeks to uncover mechanisms at work in these individuals' lives. Editor(s): Fangen, Katrine; Johansson, T.; Hammaren, Nils. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFN; JFSL; JFSP; JHBK; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349335084
- ISBN
- 9781349335084
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Paperback. Young Offenders provides one of the most in-depth studies of young males seeking, if often failing, to find a life beyond crime and punishment. Through rich interview data of young offenders over a ten year period, this book explores the complex personal and situational factors that promote and derail the desistance process. Series: Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JHB; JKV; JKVP; JKVQ2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 283
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349489213
- ISBN
- 9781349489213
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.72
€ 61.72
Paperback. This book examines how young people understand and live politics, using innovative research methods. It treats age, class, gender and ethnicity as political 'lived experiences'. It concludes that young people are alienated, rather than apathetic, and that their interests and concerns are rarely addressed within mainstream political institutions. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JPA; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349279753
- ISBN
- 9781349279753
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Hardback. This book examines how young people understand and live politics, using innovative research methods. It treats age, class, gender and ethnicity as political 'lived experiences'. It concludes that young people are alienated, rather than apathetic, and that their interests and concerns are rarely addressed within mainstream political institutions. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFSP2; JHMC; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230001312
- ISBN
- 9780230001312
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.51
€ 62.51
Hardcover. Mulholland offers a scholarly, yet wholly accessible, critical engagement with young people's negotiation with the pornification of culture. This work foregrounds the affective dynamics in young people's institutional and everyday sexual peer cultures. Series: Critical Studies in Gender, Sexuality, and Culture. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JFSJ; JFSP2; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137332936
- ISBN
- 9781137332936
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.98
€ 61.98
Paperback. Mulholland offers a scholarly, yet wholly accessible, critical engagement with young people's negotiation with the pornification of culture. This work foregrounds the affective dynamics in young people's institutional and everyday sexual peer cultures. Series: Critical Studies in Gender, Sexuality, and Culture. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JFSJ; JFSR; JHB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349461981
- ISBN
- 9781349461981
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.55
€ 61.55
Hardcover. This book innovatively re-envisions the possibilities of sexuality education. Utilising student critiques of programmes it reconfigures key debates in sexuality education including: Should pleasure be part of the curriculum? Who makes the best educators? Do students prefer single or mixed gender classes? Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFMA; JFSP2; JHBK5; JNF; MBNH4; VFVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230579439
- ISBN
- 9780230579439
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.20
€ 62.20
Hardback. Editor(s): Pilcher, Jane; Williams, John; Pole, Christopher. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP2; JHBL; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403933683
- ISBN
- 9781403933683
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.43
€ 62.43