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Sociology & anthropology

Paperback. Editor(s): Riches, Graham. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JHBK; JHBS; JPA; JPB; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 285.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
215
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312214159
ISBN
9780312214159
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.26

Paperback. "First Time" traces the shape of historical thought among peoples who had previously been denied any history at all. Each page of the book presents s transcript of oral histories told by living Saramakas about their 18th century ancestors, with additional commentary. Num Pages: 208 pages, 44 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLSS; HBTB; JHMC; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 180 x 12. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226680606
ISBN
9780226680606
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.57

Paperback. Series: Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 162 x 8. Weight in Grams: 226.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444339321
ISBN
9781444339321
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.85

Hardback. The society-nature interaction of the Tsimane', an indigenous community in the Bolivian Amazon, is analyzed and presented as an empirical case study in this review. Socioecological research methods are used to address the challenges and constraints in the field. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSL; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
249
Condition
New
SKU
V9789048134861
ISBN
9789048134861
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 199.22

Paperback. The society-nature interaction of the Tsimane', an indigenous community in the Bolivian Amazon, is analyzed and presented as an empirical case study in this review. Socioecological research methods are used to address the challenges and constraints in the field. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JHBD; JHM; KCN; PSVS; RNU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 415.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
267
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400790872
ISBN
9789400790872
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 194.08

Hardcover. This book provides a sociological perspective on fitness culture as developed in commercial gyms, investigating the cultural relevance of gyms in terms of the history of the commercialization of body discipline, the negotiation of gender identities and distinction dynamics within contemporary cultures of consumption. Series: Consumption and Public Life. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFT; JHBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 392. Gyms and the Commercialisation of Discipline and Fun. Series: Consumption and Public Life. 248 pages, 0. This book provides a sociological perspective on fitness culture as developed in commercial gyms, investigating the cultural relevance of gyms in terms of the history of the commercialization of body discipline, the negotiation of gender identities and distinction dynamics within contemporary cultures of consumption. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFT; JHBS. Dimension: 226 x 148 x 19. Weight: 392.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230507494
ISBN
9780230507494
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.78

paperback. Pulitzer Prize winner Sheri Fink's gripping and riveting true story of the hospital doctors who struggled to survive and maintain life in a New Orleans hospital ravaged by Hurricane Katrina. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; 3JMC; JFFC; JFFH; JHBZ; JKSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 42. Weight in Grams: 464.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782393757
ISBN
9781782393757
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 242 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
Edition
Reissue
SKU
V9780691641911
ISBN
9780691641911
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.85

Paperback. Community-based development' (CBD) or'community-driven development' (CDD) has been the predominant approach to international development in recent years. Drawing on fieldwork and first-hand experience, this book explains why CBD/CDD produces outcomes that are incompatible with its underlying assumptions and intended objectives. Series: Africa Connects. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JHB; JHM; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349448159
ISBN
9781349448159
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.80

Hardcover. 'Community-based development' (CBD) or'community-driven development' (CDD) has been the predominant approach to international development in recent years. Drawing on fieldwork and first-hand experience, this book explains why CBD/CDD produces outcomes that are incompatible with its underlying assumptions and intended objectives. Series: Africa Connects. Num Pages: 216 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; GTF; JHB; JP; RP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 149 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137281401
ISBN
9781137281401
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.24

Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HR; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761807971
ISBN
9780761807971
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.64

Paperback / so. Editor(s): Szydlik, Marc (University of Zurich, Switzerland). Series: Sozialstrukturanalyse. Num Pages: 335 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, bibliography. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 437.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften United States
Number of pages
335
Condition
New
SKU
V9783531152165
ISBN
9783531152165
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.35

Paperback. Series: Forschung Gesellschaft. BIC Classification: JHB. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 586.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
VS Verlag fur Sozialwissenschaften
Condition
New
SKU
V9783531150789
ISBN
9783531150789
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 116.63

Hardcover. Flexibility is an ambiguous concept. This book contributes to expounding the importance of clearer concepts in the debates on economic systems, labour markets and work organization. The authors place 'flexibility' in a new theoretical context as juxtaposed to 'stability'. Much terminological confusion and is resolved by this suggestion. Editor(s): Furaker, Bengt; Hakansson, Kristina; Karlsson, Jan. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBL; KCFM; KJWX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230013643
ISBN
9780230013643
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.70

Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JHB; KJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 12. Weight in Grams: 281.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Deutscher Universitatsverlag United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9783824408511
ISBN
9783824408511
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.50

Hardback. Introducing anthropological exchange theory to a wider readership, this volume explores sociality in work environments marked by the kind of structural changes that have come to define contemporary "flexible" capitalism. It makes a novel contribution to a trans-disciplinary scholarship on contemporary economic practice.. Editor(s): Kjaerulff, Jens. Series: EASA Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: JHBL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 578.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782386155
ISBN
9781782386155
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 163.07

Paperback. By tracing the footprint of a unremarkable object across the globe, this book provides new ways of thinking about globalisation. Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JFCD; JFFS; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 137 x 13. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Pluto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745334110
ISBN
9780745334110
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.03

Hardback. By tracing the footprint of a unremarkable object across the globe, this book provides new ways of thinking about globalisation. Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCD; JFFS; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780745334127
ISBN
9780745334127
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.88
€ 84.39

Hardcover. Shows the shift of focus that occurred during Florence Nightingale's more than forty years of work on public health in India. This book documents concrete proposals for self-government, especially at the municipal level, and the encouragement of leading Indian nationals themselves. It also includes sections on village and town sanitation. Editor(s): Vallee, Gerrard. Num Pages: 976 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBTB; JHM. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1434.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Wilfrid Laurier University Press Canada
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
952
Condition
New
SKU
V9780889204959
ISBN
9780889204959
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 195.97

Hardback. This book examines religion as a key driver of cultural flows. It illustrates that religion and religious organization is a political and cultural force in a contemporary globalized world. Editor(s): Manderson, Lenore; Smith, Wendy; Tomlinson, Matt. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRA; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 549.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400729315
ISBN
9789400729315
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.41

Paperback. This book examines religion as a key driver of cultural flows. It illustrates that religion and religious organization is a political and cultural force in a contemporary globalized world. Editor(s): Manderson, Lenore; Smith, Wendy; Tomlinson, Matt. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRA; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 397.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400794290
ISBN
9789400794290
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.76

Paperback. BIC Classification: JHB. Dimension: 244 x 170. Weight in Grams: 403.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
VS Verlag fur Sozialwissenschaften
Condition
New
SKU
V9783531148151
ISBN
9783531148151
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 83.55

Paperback. Editor(s): Ottersbach, Markus; Prol, Claus-Ulrich. Series: Beitrage zur Regional- und Migrationsforschung. BIC Classification: JHB. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
VS Verlag fur Sozialwissenschaften
Condition
New
SKU
V9783531173955
ISBN
9783531173955
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.41

Paperback. An ethnography of Ayurvedic medicine which argues the ills it cures are largely effects of postcolonial identity. Series: Body, Commodity, Text. Num Pages: 328 pages, 16 illus., 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JHMP; MX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822329480
ISBN
9780822329480
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.79

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