Sociology & anthropology
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Sociology & anthropology
Paperback. A field guide to the world's scary creatures, along with an intriguing explanation why monsters won't go away. Gilmore considers the role of monsters in the human psyche and in society, looking at art, folktales, fantasy, literature, and other sources. Num Pages: 224 pages, 30 illus. BIC Classification: JHM; VXQM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 219 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812220889
- ISBN
- 9780812220889
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.70
€ 32.99
€ 29.70
paperback. From antiquity to the Enlightenment, monstrous children were attributed to the power of the mother's imagination to distort the act of procreation. How this idea reappeared transformed in the Romantic period is explored in this study of theories linking imagination, art and monstrous progeny. Num Pages: 344 pages, 16 halftones, 2 line illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674586499
- ISBN
- 9780674586499
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 38.81
€ 46.99
€ 38.81
Monte Carlo Simulation and Resampling Methods for Social Science
Carsey, Thomas M.; Harden, Jeffrey J.
Paperback. Taking the topics of a quantitative methodology course and illustrating them through Monte Carlo simulation, this book illustrates abstract principles, such as bias, efficiency, and measures of uncertainty in an intuitive, visual way. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: GPS; JHB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 190 x 16. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781452288901
- ISBN
- 9781452288901
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 104.33
€ 104.33
Hardcover. Once a major metropolis in North America, Montreal now finds itself increasingly marginal to the continental economy while remaining the heartland of the province of Quebec; it is facing a major identity crisis. This book discusses the city's economic decline due to the shift of corporate and financial leadership from Montreal to Toronto. Series: World Cities S. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; GTB; JFSG; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471949077
- ISBN
- 9780471949077
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.41
€ 132.41
Hardback. The epidemic of scandals unleashed by the Savile Scandal highlights the precarious status of relations of trust. The rapid escalation of this crisis offers insights into the relationship between anxieties about childhood and the wider moral order. This book explains why western society has become so uncomfortable with the exercise of authority. Num Pages: 116 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JFFE1; JFFE2; JHB; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 116
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137338013
- ISBN
- 9781137338013
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.18
€ 45.18
Hardback. Offers a window into gray zones through its look at the manufacture and exchange of illegal goods called homers, tolerated in a French aeronautic plant. This book argues that when patrolled, gray zones like the production of homers offer workplaces balanced opportunities for supervision as well as expression. Num Pages: 224 pages, 5 halftones. 4 line illus. 1 table. BIC Classification: JHBL; KJG; KJMV2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691135243
- ISBN
- 9780691135243
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.66€ 50.91
€ 64.66
€ 50.91
Paperback. Offers an ethnography and a foray into the anthropology of morality. This book takes us on a journey into the lives of African American families caring for children with serious chronic medical conditions, and it foregrounds the uncertainty that affects their struggles for a good life. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFH; JFSL3; JHBK; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 228 x 17. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520281202
- ISBN
- 9780520281202
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.41
€ 36.99
€ 27.41
Paperback. Focuses on case studies ranging from sex education to AIDS to race to illustrate how sexuality is at the heart of many political controversies. This book reveals how moral and sexual panics have become a mainstay of certain kinds of conservative efforts to win elections and gain power in moral, social, and political arenas. Editor(s): Herdt, Gilbert. Series: Intersections. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBK5; JPVH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814737231
- ISBN
- 9780814737231
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.61
€ 33.99
€ 30.61
Paperback. Packed with new examples and material, this second edition provides a fully up-to-date exploration of the genesis, dynamics, and demise of moral panics and their impacts on the societies in which they take place. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JHB; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 172 x 18. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405189330
- ISBN
- 9781405189330
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 38.54
€ 38.99
€ 38.54
Hardback. Packed with new examples and material, this second edition provides a fully up-to-date exploration of the genesis, dynamics, and demise of moral panics and their impacts on the societies in which they take place. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 169 x 21. Weight in Grams: 692.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405189347
- ISBN
- 9781405189347
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.83
€ 114.83
Hardback. Exploring sensitive issues often hidden to outsiders, this engaging study traces the transformation of Ku Village during the first tumultuous decade of reform. Series: Asian Voices. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTF; JHMP; JKS; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742509276
- ISBN
- 9780742509276
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.88
€ 156.88
Hardcover. Series: Epistemologies of Healing. Num Pages: 284 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRQX5; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845457358
- ISBN
- 9781845457358
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.65
€ 155.65
Paperback. This byte teases out some of the fundamentally moral questions that continue to perplex us, about life and death, good and evil, and sex and the body Editor(s): Smith, Mark. Series: Moral Panics in Theory and Practice. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 129 x 198 x 16. Weight in Grams: 106.
- Publisher
- Bristol University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447322009
- ISBN
- 9781447322009
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.09
€ 16.09
Paperback. In Moral, Believing Animals , Christian Smith advances a creative theory of human persons and culture that offers innovative, challenging answers to these and other fundamental questions in sociological, cultural, and religious theory. Num Pages: 172 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRAM; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 11. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 172
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199731978
- ISBN
- 9780199731978
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.85
€ 47.85
Hardcover. This book unveils a new paradigm of economic change in the West African savannah, demonstrating how rural accumulation in a polygynous society actually limits the extent of inequality while at the same time promoting technical change. A uniquely African non-capitalist trajectory of accumulation subordinates the acquisition of capital.. Num Pages: 470 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFD; JHBL; JHMC; KCS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 776.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782382706
- ISBN
- 9781782382706
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 205.55
€ 205.55
Hardback. Not only does this multidisciplinary text explore new dimensions of ethics and morality, it also discusses the importance of applying highly intelligent minds to ethical issues and considers ways to strengthen the ethical awareness of the creative and gifted. Editor(s): Ambrose, Don; Cross, Tracy. Num Pages: 385 pages, 25 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JHB; JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 385
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387893679
- ISBN
- 9780387893679
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.12
€ 129.12
Paperback. Series: Legacy Editions. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JHB; KFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231183352
- ISBN
- 9780231183352
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.32
€ 36.99
€ 27.32
Hardback. Series: Legacy Editions. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JHB; KFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780231183345
- ISBN
- 9780231183345
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.01
€ 128.01
Paperback. Looks back on twenty-five years of what Hodgson calls "the conservative ascendancy" in America, demonstrating how it has come to dominate American politics. This title addresses a range of issues, with chapters on politics, the economy, immigration, technology, women, race, and foreign policy, among others. Series: Politics and Society in Modern America. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW3; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 145 x 226 x 25. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691127675
- ISBN
- 9780691127675
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.59
€ 46.99
€ 33.59
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 580 color photos. BIC Classification: JHBT; WC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 12. Weight in Grams: 848.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764306587
- ISBN
- 9780764306587
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 25.12
€ 36.99
€ 25.12
Hardback. The American fixation with marriage owes much of its intensity to a small group of reformers who introduced Americans to marriage counseling in the 1930s. This book tells the American story of a culture gripped with the hope that, with enough effort and the right guidance, more perfect marital unions are within our reach. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HRLM5; JFSJ; JHBK; JKS; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 165 x 26. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674047969
- ISBN
- 9780674047969
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.84
€ 47.99
€ 39.84
Paperback. Num Pages: 392 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAB; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195188547
- ISBN
- 9780195188547
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.31
€ 68.31
Paperback. Highlighting the work of several food justice groups-including Community Services Unlimited, a South Los Angeles organization founded as the nonprofit arm of the Southern California Black Panther Party, this title explores the possibilities and limitations of the community-based approach, and more. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 b/w line art. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCV; JFFA; JFFJ; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520287457
- ISBN
- 9780520287457
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.74
€ 33.99
€ 24.74
Hardback. Focusing on the work of several food justice groups - including Community Services Unlimited, a South Los Angeles organization founded as the nonprofit arm of the Southern California Black Panther Party - this title explores the possibilities and limitations of the community-based approach, and more. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 296 pages, 10 b/w line art. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCV; JFFA; JHB; KNDF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520287440
- ISBN
- 9780520287440
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.05€ 72.40
€ 94.05
€ 72.40