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Sociology & anthropology
hardcover. Baby Trouble in the Last Best West explores the ways that women's childbearing became understood as a social problem in early twentieth-century Alberta. Num Pages: 192 pages, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; JHBK; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442645684
- ISBN
- 9781442645684
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.93
€ 67.93
Paperback. An ethnographic analysis of the Japanese embrace of dancehall reggae and other elements of Jamaican culture, including Rastafari, roots reggae, and dub music. Num Pages: 304 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AVG; GTB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 460. Performing Dancehall, Roots Reggae, and Rastafari in Japan. 304 pages, 5 illustrations. Traces the history of the Japanese embrace of dancehall reggae and other elements of Jamaican culture, including Rastafari, roots reggae, and dub music. This title provides an ethnographic analysis of the ways that many Japanese involved in reggae as musicians and dancers, seek to reimagine their lives through Jamaican culture. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AVG; GTB; JHMP. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 19. Weight: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822347224
- ISBN
- 9780822347224
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.62
€ 31.99
€ 28.62
Paperback. Analyzes the babysitty, who embodies adult apprehension about girls' pursuit of autonomy and empowerment Num Pages: 336 pages, 22 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JFSP2; JHBK; VFXC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814728956
- ISBN
- 9780814728956
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.83
€ 33.99
€ 30.83
Paperback. An ethnographic exploration of the relationship between music and social and political consciousness on the island of Trinidad. Num Pages: 280 pages, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1KJWWT; AV; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3971 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822341659
- ISBN
- 9780822341659
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.51
€ 30.99
€ 27.51
paperback. Published in 1929, Robert Lynd and Helen Merrell Lynd's "Middletown: A Study in Modern American Culture" was destined to become a sociological point of reference for the quality of life in an average American town in the 1920s. This study sheds new light on the Middletown project. Num Pages: 176 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBND; 3JJG; HBTB; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 12. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804738460
- ISBN
- 9780804738460
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
€ 30.99
€ 27.40
Paperback. Series: Theory Out of Bounds. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, 1map. BIC Classification: 1MBF; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 258 x 201 x 16. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816623419
- ISBN
- 9780816623419
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.51
€ 30.99
€ 27.51
Bad Boys and Tough Tattoos: A Social History of the Tattoo With Gangs,...
Dececco, John, Phd; Williams, Michael
paperback. Num Pages: 214 pages. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Routledge United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780918393760
- ISBN
- 9780918393760
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.21
€ 74.21
Paperback. Turning the tables on the pornography debate, this is an analysis of taboo-shattering fiction, film and performance art. It investigates the role of fantasy in art, politics and popular culture and shows how technological advances in science and medicine have altered concepts of the human body. Num Pages: 324 pages, 36 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: A; DSBH; JFC; JFD; JFMP; JHM; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520210325
- ISBN
- 9780520210325
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.65
€ 35.99
€ 26.65
Paperback. Tracing the evolution of each of the bad habits, this title shows how liquor control boards encouraged the consumption of alcohol; how alcoholic beverage producers got their workers deferred from the draft during World War II; and how convenience stores and accounting firms pursued profits by pushing legalized gambling. Editor(s): Burnham, John C. Series: Bad Habits. Num Pages: 378 pages, 34 photographs, 13 black and white drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFF; JHM; JMAL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 378
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780814712245
- ISBN
- 9780814712245
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.83
€ 33.99
€ 30.83
Paperback. Uncovering the verbal and nonverbal patterns in the bearing of news on everyday conversations, as well as hospitals and other settings, Maynard shows how people give and receive good or bad news, how they come to realize the news and share it with others. Num Pages: 320 pages, 4 halftones, 2 charts, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: GTC; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226511955
- ISBN
- 9780226511955
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.34
€ 47.99
€ 37.34
Hardback. As part of the agreement for Greece to join the EU, the country had to undertake a massive psychiatric reform, moving patients out of custodial hospitals and returning them to the community to be treated as outpatients. In this subtle ethnography, Elizabeth Davis shows how this played out at the edge of the nation, in the border region of Thrace. Num Pages: 344 pages, 5 photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVG; JHMP; JKS; MBNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822350934
- ISBN
- 9780822350934
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.81
€ 115.81
Paperback. Madness and Responsibility in Modern Greece. 344 pages, 5 photographs, 1 map. As part of the agreement for Greece to join the European Union, the country had to undertake a massive psychiatric reform, moving patients out of custodial hospitals and returning them to the community to be treated as outpatients. This title shows how this played out at the edge of the nation, in the border region of Thrace. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DVG; JHMP; JKS; MBNH. Dimension: 155 x 231 x 12. Weight: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822351061
- ISBN
- 9780822351061
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.67
€ 32.99
€ 29.67
Paperback. Intrigued by reports of poverty and despair within America's white-collar corporate workforce, the author decided to infiltrate their world as an undercover reporter, and learn about the problems facing middle-class executives. Her story is funny, and delivers a warning about the future that faces corporate employees everywhere. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSC; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 133 x 18. Weight in Grams: 188. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Granta Books London
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- SKU
- KAK0011262
- ISBN
- 9781862078970
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. An examination of children of immigrants in New York and London. Using ethnographic, survey, and interview data in two racially diverse, low-achieving high schools, it analyzes seemingly oppositional styles, tastes in music, and school behaviors and finds that most teens try to find a balance between success with peers and success in school. Num Pages: 248 pages, 20 tables. BIC Classification: JFSP2; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 342. Good clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0031643
- ISBN
- 9780520262119
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 6.49
€ 6.49
Paperback. In Balinese Worlds, Fredrik Barth proposes a new model for anthropological analysis of complex civilizations that is based on a fresh, synthetic account of culture and society in North Bali and one that takes full notice of individual creativity in shaping the contours of this dynamic culture. Num Pages: 380 pages, 13ill.2M. BIC Classification: 1FMNB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226038346
- ISBN
- 9780226038346
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.13
€ 52.99
€ 41.13
Paperback. Series: Sporting. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; WSJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439912430
- ISBN
- 9781439912430
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.92
€ 20.99
€ 20.92
paperback. The author of this study turns his attention to the everyday, less visible forms of nationalism that are deeply ingrained in contemporary consciousness. This form of nationalism, which is neither exotic nor remote, he describes as "banal nationalism". Num Pages: 208 pages, indexes, bibliography. BIC Classification: JFD; JH; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803975255
- ISBN
- 9780803975255
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.47
€ 63.47
Hardback. Why do some music styles gain mass popularity while others thrive in small niches? This title explores this question and reveals the attributes that together explain the growth of twentieth-century American popular music. It also uncovers the shared grammar that allows us to understand the cultural language and evolution of popular music. Num Pages: 256 pages, 4 tables. BIC Classification: AV; JHBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 188 x 25. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691150765
- ISBN
- 9780691150765
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.29€ 42.46
€ 53.29
€ 42.46
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Amnesty International UK United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781873328590
- ISBN
- 9781873328590
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.51
€ 17.99
€ 16.51
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 13. Weight in Grams: 311.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226726113
- ISBN
- 9780226726113
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.74
€ 37.99
€ 29.74