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Hardback. David McDermott Hughes investigates why climate change is not yet a moral issue by examining the history of energy use in Trinidad and Tobago. Drawing parallels between Trinidad's history of slavery and its oil industry, Hughes shows how treating oil as "ordinary" prevents us from making the moral choice to abandon it. Num Pages: 208 pages, 29 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBJK; JHMC; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822363064
- ISBN
- 9780822363064
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.76
€ 108.76
Paperback. Most incidents of urban unrest in recent decades - including the riots in France, Britain and other Western countries - have followed lethal interactions between the youth and the police. Usually these take place in disadvantaged neighborhoods composed of working-class families of immigrant origin or belonging to ethnic minorities. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; JFSG; JHMC; JKSW1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745664804
- ISBN
- 9780745664804
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.31
€ 27.31
paperback. A guide for organizational and social research in business studies and the social sciences, providing a clear framework for research design and methodology. It will be an invaluable tool for academics, researchers, and graduate students across the social sciences concerned with rigorous and relevant research in the contemporary world. Num Pages: 344 pages, Numerous figures and tables. BIC Classification: JHBC; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199226306
- ISBN
- 9780199226306
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.50
€ 70.50
Paperback. Looking at why the discipline has not gained the popularity and respect it deserves in the twenty-first century, this title takes the anthropological community to task for its unwillingness to engage more proactively with the media in a wide range of debates. It makes a plea for positioning anthropology as the universal intellectual discipline. Num Pages: 160 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 9. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845200657
- ISBN
- 9781845200657
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.28
€ 45.28
Paperback. Focusing on anti-essentialist themes in films and film production, this book examines how social and spatial identities are produced (or dissolved) in films and how mobility is used to create different experiences of time and space. Editor(s): Cresswell, Tim; Dixon, Deborah. Num Pages: 368 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: APFA; JFC; JHBA; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742508859
- ISBN
- 9780742508859
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 95.11
€ 95.11
hardcover. Focusing on anti-essentialist themes in films and film production, this book examines how social and spatial identities are produced (or dissolved) in films and how mobility is used to create different experiences of time and space. Editor(s): Cresswell, Tim; Dixon, Deborah. Num Pages: 368 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: APFA; JFC; JHBA; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Annotated
- SKU
- V9780742508842
- ISBN
- 9780742508842
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 210.37
€ 210.37
Hardcover. This is a book for anyone who has ever considered engaging in the scholarship of teaching and learning known familiarly as SoTL and needs a better understanding of what it is, and how to engage in it. The authors describe how to create a SoTL project, its implications for promotion and tenure, and how it fosters: Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBC; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 288 x 17. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stylus Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781579224707
- ISBN
- 9781579224707
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 227.63
€ 227.63
Engaging in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: A Guide to the P...
Bishop-Clark, Cathy, Dietz-Uhler, Beth
Paperback. This is a book for anyone who has ever considered engaging in the scholarship of teaching and learning known familiarly as SoTL and needs a better understanding of what it is, and how to engage in it. The authors describe how to create a SoTL project, its implications for promotion and tenure, and how it fosters: Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JHBC; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 11. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stylus Publishing
- Edition
- Firsttion ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781579224714
- ISBN
- 9781579224714
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.83
€ 36.83
Paperback. Editor(s): Monkkonen, Eric H. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822314400
- ISBN
- 9780822314400
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.89
€ 32.99
€ 29.89
Engaging the Spirit World: Popular Beliefs and Practices in Modern Sou...
Kirsten W. Endres And Andrea Lauser
Hardcover. With case studies from Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar, and Vietnam, these contributions reveal contemporary religious practices in Southeast Asia as thoroughly modern manifestations of uncertainties, moral disquiet and unequal rewards in the contemporary moment. Editor(s): Endres, Kirsten W.; Lauser, Andrea. Series: Asian Anthropologies. Num Pages: 246 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FM; JFH; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 18. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857453587
- ISBN
- 9780857453587
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.54
€ 161.54
Hardback. The volume addresses how capitalism has been very effective in generating wealth and technological innovation, but has also been associated with social inequity and environmental damage. Its inherent flaws have been highlighted by the escalation of ecological problems arising from growth-oriented capitalism and various economic crises. Editor(s): McCormack, Fiona; Barclay, Kate. Series: Research in Economic Anthropology. Num Pages: 350 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC; KCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781905418
- ISBN
- 9781781905418
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.84
€ 92.84
Paperback. Engaging with Fathers is written for the busy professional and avoids jargon. Each chapter contains summaries of the main points, examples of research, exercises, key issues to consider and suggestions for further reading. While developing practice with fathers, it remains firmly focused on what is best for children. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBK; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Pub
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853027949
- ISBN
- 9781853027949
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.09
€ 45.09
Hardcover. Writing of Ranongga Island, the author tracks engagements with foreigners across many realms of life, describing startling reversals in which strangers become attached to local places, even as kinspeople are estranged. Series: ASAO Studies in Pacific Anthropology. Num Pages: 320 pages, 24 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKLS; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 237 x 23. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785330209
- ISBN
- 9781785330209
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.08
€ 162.08
Paperback. Engles' was not only the father of dialectical and historical materialism, the official philosophies of history and science in many communist countries; he was also the first Marxist historian, anthropologist, philosopher, and commentator on early Marx. This introductory book explores the importance of Engels's thought and work. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 128 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: HBTB; HPS; JHBA; JPA; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 111 x 6. Weight in Grams: 112.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192804662
- ISBN
- 9780192804662
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.77
€ 13.99
€ 11.77
Paperback. For Prespa Albanians, both at home in Macedonia and in the diaspora, the most significant events of any year are wedding ceremonies. This account of Prespa weddings combines photographs, song texts and recordings of the wedding music, demonstrating the importance of singing within Prespa society. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 360 pages, 20 halftones, 9 line drawings, 23 musical examples, compact disk with 25 tracks. BIC Classification: 1DVWA; AVGH; HBTB; JFSL; JHBT; JHM; WJW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 724.
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 2
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- V9780226779737
- ISBN
- 9780226779737
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.04
€ 52.99
€ 41.04
Paperback. Presents an ethnography of the engineering division of a large American high-tech corporation. This book offers a critical analysis of an American company's well-known and widely emulated "corporate culture." Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 Tables, 5 Figures. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBL; KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 227 x 20. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592135462
- ISBN
- 9781592135462
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.21
€ 33.21
Hardcover. Num Pages: 188 pages, charts. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 264 x 189 x 20. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594540066
- ISBN
- 9781594540066
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.51€ 104.62
€ 137.51
€ 104.62
Paperback. This text looks at examples of the changing nature of 20th-century British identity (including people such as Townshend and Westwood), and identifies the problems facing modernizers hampered by traditional nationalism, which fails to engage with the complexities of contemporary culture. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; JFC; JHM; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Lawrence & Wishart Ltd London
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853158684
- ISBN
- 9780853158684
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.60
€ 23.99
€ 20.60
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; JFSR1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691641782
- ISBN
- 9780691641782
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.77
€ 193.77
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691614113
- ISBN
- 9780691614113
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.65€ 48.64
€ 61.65
€ 48.64