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Paperback. This book is the first in-depth exploration of grandparents' relationships with adult children and grandchildren in divorced families. It asks what part grandparents might play in public policy and whether measures should be taken to support their grandparenting role. Do they have a special place in family life that ought to be recognised in law? Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JHB; JKSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 233 x 13. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861344984
- ISBN
- 9781861344984
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.45
€ 37.45
Hardback. Grassroots memorials have become major areas of focus during times of trauma, danger, and social unrest. These improvised memorial assemblages continue to display new and more dynamic ways of representing collective and individual identities and in doing so reveal the steps that shape the national memories of those who struggle to come to terms.. Editor(s): Margry, Peter Jan; Sanchez Carretero, Cristina. Series: Remapping Cultural History. Num Pages: 356 pages, 40 ills. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHBZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 356
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857451897
- ISBN
- 9780857451897
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 180.01
€ 180.01
Paperback. Editor(s): Stafford, Philip B. Series: School for Advanced Research Advanced Seminar Series. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 227 x 24. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- SAR Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781930618305
- ISBN
- 9781930618305
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.67
€ 34.67
Paperback. The author covers all the common questions that children ask about adoption and provides sensitive, candid answers in a way that children will be able to understand and relate to. Each chapter is devoted to a particular issue, such as why a child is adopted, who chose the child's first name and what happens when the child grows up. Num Pages: 112 pages, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBK; JKSB1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 8. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843106715
- ISBN
- 9781843106715
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.13
€ 17.13
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 12. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226511702
- ISBN
- 9780226511702
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.08
€ 32.99
€ 26.08
Hardcover. The negotiation of expectations in tourism is a complex and dynamic process - one that is central to the imagination of cultural difference. Expectations not only affect the lives and experiences of tourists, but also their hosts, and play an important part in the success or failure of the overall tourism experience. Editor(s): Skinner, Jonathan; Theodossopoulos, Dimitrios. Series: New Directions in Anthropology. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM; KNSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857452771
- ISBN
- 9780857452771
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.06
€ 161.06
paperback. Great Minds revisits key social thinkers that have made significant, distinctive, and controversial contributions to the development of modern social theory. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 229 x 14. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804772143
- ISBN
- 9780804772143
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.35
€ 29.99
€ 26.35
Paperback. Shattering the tired old cliches about older people, Great Myths of Aging utilizes current research to explore the myths, generalizations, and anti-aging stereotypes associated with the elderly. Series: Great Myths of Psychology. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP31; JHB; JMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 230 x 9. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118521472
- ISBN
- 9781118521472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 24.10
€ 30.99
€ 24.10
Hardcover. Shattering the tired old cliches about older people, Great Myths of Aging utilizes current research to explore the myths, generalizations, and anti-aging stereotypes associated with the elderly. Series: Great Myths of Psychology. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFSP31; JHB; JMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781118521458
- ISBN
- 9781118521458
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.72€ 75.64
€ 90.72
€ 75.64
Hardcover. Num Pages: 200 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL3; JHBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 286 x 224 x 10. Weight in Grams: 764.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- African American Images United States
- Edition
- Third Edition, Third edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780913543658
- ISBN
- 9780913543658
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 30.43
€ 32.99
€ 30.43
Hardback. This book looks at how American rap/metal has engaged with America's defining role in the world after the Cold War. It offers a highly original approach in relating rap/metal to critical theories of economy and culture and introduces a new method of cultural analysis based on theories of negativity and expenditure. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA; JHBA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719074639
- ISBN
- 9780719074639
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.63
€ 155.63
Hardback. Offers a historical and sociological interpretation of classical Athens centered on the notion of greed. Integrating ancient philosophy, poetry, and history, and drawing on modern political thought, this work demonstrates that the Athenian discourse on greed was an essential component of Greek social development and political history. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; HPQ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691048550
- ISBN
- 9780691048550
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.11€ 80.20
€ 105.11
€ 80.20
Paperback. Num Pages: 45 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 119 x 6. Weight in Grams: 60.
- Publisher
- Haus Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908323798
- ISBN
- 9781908323798
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.50
€ 10.99
€ 9.50
Paperback. Attempts to account for the widespread phenomenon of sport. Drawing upon ethnological findings to demonstrate the ritual character of sport, the text explores the relationship between ancient Greek sport and sacrificial ritual and traces elements common to both back to primitive origins. Num Pages: 136 pages, with 24 figs. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBTB; JFC; JHM; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 36.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520080959
- ISBN
- 9780520080959
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.40
€ 40.40
Hardcover. In many contexts of Greek social life, Scotch whisky has coincidentally become a symbol of "Greekness," national identity, modernity and middle class. This ethnographic study follows the social life of Scotch in Greece through three distinct trajectories in time and space in order to investigate how the meanings of the beverage are projected.. Series: Food, Nutrition, and Culture. Num Pages: 268 pages, 21 ills, 3 tabs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVG; JFCV; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857458773
- ISBN
- 9780857458773
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.57
€ 161.57
Paperback. Series: Environment Human Condition. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JH; RNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252065101
- ISBN
- 9780252065101
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.98
€ 24.99
€ 22.98
Paperback. In this text, the author, Arun Agrawal uses the story of the Raikas, a little-known group of migrant shepherds in western India, to re-examine scholarship on markets and exchange, local and state politics, and community and hierarchy. Num Pages: 240 pages, 17 tables, 4 figures, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFS; JHM; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Duke University Press Durham
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822321224
- ISBN
- 9780822321224
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.42
€ 26.99
€ 25.42
Paperback. Alex Haley's "Roots" introduced griots to the world outside of West Africa and generated an enormous amount of interest in their profession. This work is a comprehensive portrait of the world of this uniquely African profession, starting with their discovery by the outside world in 1352 by a North African traveller, Ibn Battuta. Series: African Expressive Cultures. Num Pages: 432 pages, 20 b&w photos, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFD; GTB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Number of pages
- 426
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253219619
- ISBN
- 9780253219619
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.60
€ 30.99
€ 27.60
Hardback. This book examines the gripes which plague the lives of modern couples Jean-Claude Kaufmann is one of the best-selling sociologists in France and always provides interesting and accessible accounts of everyday life Often amusing, this study explains the importance of overcoming conflict in strengthening a relationship. Translator(s): Morrison, Helen. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745643618
- ISBN
- 9780745643618
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.14
€ 73.14
Paperback. This book examines the gripes which plague the lives of modern couples Jean-Claude Kaufmann is one of the best-selling sociologists in France and always provides interesting and accessible accounts of everyday life Often amusing, this study explains the importance of overcoming conflict in strengthening a relationship. Translator(s): Morrison, Helen. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 356. 224 pages. This book examines the gripes which plague the lives of modern couples Jean-Claude Kaufmann is one of the best-selling sociologists in France and always provides interesting and accessible accounts of everyday life Often amusing, this study explains the importance of overcoming conflict in strengthening a relationship. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JHBK. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 17. Weight: 356. Translator(s): Morrison, Helen.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745643625
- ISBN
- 9780745643625
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.06
€ 26.06