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Hardback. Research on Indigenous participation in sport offers many opportunities to better understand the political issues of equality, empowerment, self-determination and protection of culture and identity. This volume compares and conceptualises the sociological significance of Indigenous sports in different international contexts. Editor(s): Hallinan, Chris; Judd, Barry. Series Editor(s): Young, Kevin. Series: Research in the Sociology of Sport. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL9; JHBS; WSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 300
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781905913
- ISBN
- 9781781905913
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.04
€ 129.04
Paperback. Most Native Americans in the United States live in cities, where many find themselves caught in a bind, neither afforded the rights granted US citizens nor allowed access to the tribal programs and resources. This book investigates how urban Native Americans negotiate what the author argues is, in effect, a transnational existence. Num Pages: 288 pages, 9 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 168 x 17. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822340300
- ISBN
- 9780822340300
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.28
€ 36.99
€ 34.28
Paperback. A story of how gender, culture, class, and personality intersect as a group of indigenous Hawaiian men work to overcome the dislocations of colonial history. It analyzes how middle-aged, middle-class, and mixed-race members assert a warrior masculinity through practices including martial arts, wood-carving, and cultural ceremonies. Num Pages: 296 pages, 25 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; JFSJ2; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822343219
- ISBN
- 9780822343219
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.83
€ 32.99
€ 29.83
Paperback. The words of the author, a revered Sun Dance chief of the Crow Indian tribe, are brought to life by the internationally known American Indian actor, Gordon Tootoosis. This book is illustrated with over 100 previously unpublished color and sepia photographs from as early as 1903 and traditional American Indian motifs. Num Pages: 120 pages, 100 colour and sepai photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBWM; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 203 x 10. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Publisher
- World Wisdom Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933316277
- ISBN
- 9781933316277
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.16
€ 21.99
€ 21.16
Paperback. Here, a dozen Native American writers reclaim their rightful role as influential "voices" in the debates about Native communities at the dawn of a new millennium, They examine the issues of politics, law and religion in the context of ongoing Native American resistance to the dominant culture. Editor(s): Grounds, Richard A.; Tinker, George E.; Wilkins, David E. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Edition
- First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700612598
- ISBN
- 9780700612598
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Condition: New
€ 45.57
€ 45.57
Paperback. Lends clarity to the heated debate about the purpose and direction of Native American scholarship Editor(s): Mihesuah, Devon Abbott. Num Pages: 213 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBAH; JFSL9; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 138 x 12. Weight in Grams: 244.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803282438
- ISBN
- 9780803282438
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.93
€ 20.99
€ 20.93
Hardback. Editor(s): Bankhoff, Greg; Christensen, Joseph. Series: Palgrave Series in Indian Ocean World Studies. Num Pages: 318 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 25 colour illustrations, 10 black & white tables, biograph. BIC Classification: 1QSN; JFFC; JHB; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 565.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349948567
- ISBN
- 9781349948567
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.42
€ 161.42
Paperback. This collection of ethnographies demonstrates that the divide between fleeting discursive practice and formed text is a constructed one, and that the constructional process reveals "culture". The cultural processes of "entextualization" and "contextualization" are examined. Num Pages: 362 pages, 8 line drawings, 9 tables. BIC Classification: CFG; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 362
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226757704
- ISBN
- 9780226757704
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 34.69
€ 43.99
€ 34.69
Paperback. Num Pages: 290 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JPA; JPQB; RND; RNU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 389.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349336340
- ISBN
- 9781349336340
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Condition: New
€ 66.29
€ 66.29
Hardback. Building on recent developments in social ecology, this book advances a new critical theory of society and nature, exploring social metabolism and global resource flows in contemporary society. Barriers to global sustainability are identified and conditions for transforming industrial economies towards new sustainable resource use are described. Num Pages: 304 pages, 22 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFF; JHB; RNC; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 226 x 21. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2013 ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230300606
- ISBN
- 9780230300606
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.02€ 15.90
€ 94.02
€ 15.90
Paperback. This volume brings together international scholars reflecting on the theory and practice of international security, human security, natural resources and environmental change. It contributes by 'centring the margins' and privileging alternative conceptions and understandings of environmental (in)security. Editor(s): Schnurr, Matthew A.; Swatuk, Larry A. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JHB; JPA; JW; KCP; RND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 263
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349334209
- ISBN
- 9781349334209
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. * highlights the historical evolution of land and forestry management policies among the developed nations and especially in the United States. * 14 essays that scope out major landmarks that exist in natural resource economics * Wide ranging in its inclusion of topics and conceptualapproaches. . Editor(s): Moss, Laurence S. Series: Studies in Economic Reform and Social Justice. Num Pages: 300 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405159968
- ISBN
- 9781405159968
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.89
€ 54.89
Hardback. * highlights the historical evolution of land and forestry management policies among the developed nations and especially in the United States. * 14 essays that scope out major landmarks that exist in natural resource economics * Wide ranging in its inclusion of topics and conceptualapproaches. . Editor(s): Moss, Laurence S. Series: Economics and Sociology Thematic Issue. Num Pages: 300 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 740.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405159951
- ISBN
- 9781405159951
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.03
€ 105.03
Paperback. Written against the backdrop of the student uprisings of the late 1960s, this text took seriously the revolutionary fervour of the times. Instead of seeking to destroy the rituals and symbols that can govern and oppress, the author claimed that if transformation were needed, it could only be made possible through better understanding. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM; PGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415314541
- ISBN
- 9780415314541
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.83
€ 19.99
€ 19.83
Hardcover. What is a human being? Philosophical anthropology has approached this question with unusual sophistication, experimentalism, and subtlety. This volume explores the philosophical anthropologies of Scheler, Gehlen, Plessner, and Blumenberg in terms of their relevance to contemporary theories of nature, naturalism, organic life, and human affairs. Editor(s): Honenberger, Phillip. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; JHMP; PDA; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 167 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137500878
- ISBN
- 9781137500878
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.01
€ 67.01
Paperback. Editor(s): Kiwan, D. Series: Palgrave Politics of Identity and Citizenship Series. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSL; JHB; JPB; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 227
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349338092
- ISBN
- 9781349338092
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.93
€ 65.93
Hardcover. While the historical development of symbolic power has benefitted humanity enormously, there is an insidious and seldom recognised price that goes beyond environmental degradation and cultural disintegration. With insights from both social and natural sciences, this book explores the changing character of subjectivity in contemporary life. Num Pages: 336 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBA; JMH; RNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 338
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230308480
- ISBN
- 9780230308480
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.41
€ 128.41
Paperback. Explores ethical interpretations of biotechnology and examines whether sufficient consensus exists or is emerging to enable this technology to occupy a stable role in the techno-economic, social and cultural order. The contributors address the nature and implications of biotechnologies for nature, life and social organisation. Editor(s): Campling, Jo; O'Mahony, Patrick. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GPF; HPQ; JFFR; JHBA; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333665886
- ISBN
- 9780333665886
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.58
€ 71.58
Paperback. 18th-century natural historians created a peculiar but durable vision of nature, embodying the sexual and racial tensions of that era. Plants were found to reproduce sexually, and great apes were just becoming known. This text uncovers the ways in which assumptions about sex, and race have shaped scientific explanations of nature. Num Pages: 312 pages, 39 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813535319
- ISBN
- 9780813535319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 42.08
€ 46.99
€ 42.08
Hardback. Places emphasis on developments in the social theory of environmental issues, the environment, and the environmental crisis. This also emphasises on the increasingly questionable possibility of shared knowledge at a time of increasing fragmentation of common frameworks, distraction from key issues, and dilution of the idea of objectivity. Series: Current Perspectives in Social Theory. Num Pages: 364 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBA; RNK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849506052
- ISBN
- 9781849506052
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.10
€ 133.10