Sociology & anthropology
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Sociology & anthropology
Paperback. This text provides an interpretation of isicathamiya performance and its relation to the culture and consciousness of the Zulu migrant labourers who largely compose its choirs. It addresses issues in anthropology and looks to the future of live performance in the new South Africa. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 296 pages, 24 halftones, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFM; AVGH; JFC; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 35. Weight in Grams: 804.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226217215
- ISBN
- 9780226217215
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.39
€ 52.99
€ 41.39
Hardcover. Nighttime breastfeeding and sleep for many new parents in the United States is fraught with intense challenges. Through a close ethnographic examination, this volume explores the impact of conflicting medical guidelines about breastfeeding and infant sleep, and uncovers cultural tensions about expectations for children and parents. Series: Fertility, Reproduction & Sexuality. Num Pages: 296 pages, 4 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBK; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782384359
- ISBN
- 9781782384359
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.21
€ 163.21
Paperback. In researching this book, the author took on the role of a hostess in one of Tokyo's many "hostess clubs". The resulting text critically examines how such establishments create bonds among white-collar men and forge a masculine identity that suits the needs of their corporations. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFSJ1; JHBK5; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226014876
- ISBN
- 9780226014876
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.73
€ 33.73
Paperback. Scholars discuss the theme of resistance within 20th-century Japanese American communities. Editor(s): Fiset, Louis; Nomura, Gail M. Series: Emil and Kathleen Sick Series in Western History and Biography. Num Pages: 22 illus. BIC Classification: 1F; 1K; GTB; HBJK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295984612
- ISBN
- 9780295984612
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.92
€ 39.92
Hardcover. The authors of this title describe how, from the perspective of his "sociological enlightenment", Niklas Luhmann continually calls to account the certainties, the ambitions and rational foundations of The Enlightenment and the idealized versions of law and politics which they have produced. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 455.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333993101
- ISBN
- 9780333993101
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.05
€ 128.05
paperback. This work is an introduction to modernity as envisioned by Germany's leading social theorist of the late 20th century, Niklas Luhmann. For Luhmann, modernity is neither an Enlightenment project nor a ludic rejection of that project, but rather the pre-condition of all our deliberations. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 369.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804739924
- ISBN
- 9780804739924
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.59
€ 40.99
€ 36.59
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 109 x 17. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 266
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403998019
- ISBN
- 9781403998019
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.06
€ 127.06
Paperback. Each type of cloth made in Kerek is created for a specific purpose - to be worn by a person of a particular age, social or residential group; to serve in life-cycle events such as marriage or funerals; and to act as a focal point in agricultural ceremonies or curing rites. This book deals with this topic. Series: Textile Series. Num Pages: 92 pages, 110 color illus. BIC Classification: 1FM; AFW; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 301 x 231 x 8. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Fowler Museum of Cultural History,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 92
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780977834426
- ISBN
- 9780977834426
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.11
€ 28.11
Paperback. Num Pages: 301 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; JHB; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 389.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 301
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349135578
- ISBN
- 9781349135578
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.53
€ 66.53
Paperback. The first ethnographic study of how genre-bending satirical activists engage America's great wealth divide and the role of big money in politics. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHM; KCB; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804781534
- ISBN
- 9780804781534
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. While teaching at an all-Black middle school in Atlanta, Levinson realized that her students individual self-improvement would not necessarily enable them to overcome their historical marginalization. In order to overcome their civic empowerment gap, students must learn how to reshape power relationships through public political and civic action. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: HPS; JFFJ; JFSL; JHMC; JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 130 x 197 x 27. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674284241
- ISBN
- 9780674284241
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.89
€ 29.99
€ 25.89
Paperback. The autobiography of A.H. Halsey, a working-class boy who became an Oxford professor. Halsey reflects on the past and future of sociology, his personal, political and religious opinions, and his travels in time and space. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BGA; JH; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 263
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333677100
- ISBN
- 9780333677100
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.94
€ 71.94
Paperback. Series: Expertise: Cultures and Technologies of Knowledge. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBN; JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801478055
- ISBN
- 9780801478055
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.47
€ 38.99
€ 35.47
Paperback. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520243149
- ISBN
- 9780520243149
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.52
€ 40.99
€ 29.52
Paperback. In No Place Like Home, Brian McCabe challenges the ideology of homeownership as a tool for building stronger communities and crafting better citizens. McCabe argues that homeowners often engage in their communities as a way to protect their property values, and this participation leads to the politics of exclusion. Num Pages: 240 pages, 21 (bw line art). BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFB; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 167 x 13. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190270469
- ISBN
- 9780190270469
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.29
€ 51.29
Paperback. Six candid interviews introduce readers to a class of Muslim women rarely acknowledged in the West. The book aims to shed light on the status, conflicts and social realities of educated Muslim women in Pakistan. They tell of the conflicts and compromises with family and community. Series: Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East. Num Pages: 368 pages, notes. BIC Classification: 1FKP; JFSJ1; JFSR2; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 671.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815629795
- ISBN
- 9780815629795
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.15
€ 37.15
Hardback. Today's progressives have given up on organizing and now work for professional organizations more comfortable with the inside game in Washington. Meanwhile, promising movements like Occupy Wall Street and Black Lives Matter cannot build enough power to accomplish meaningful change. Num Pages: 272 pages, 5 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBL; JPWD; KNXB2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 171 x 24. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190624712
- ISBN
- 9780190624712
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.13
€ 71.13
Hardback. Highlights the problematic nature of mainstream perspectives, and the growing need to reaffirm how the specific kind of critique the early Frankfurt School theorists advocated is not less, but far more important today. This book also includes chapters that offer a broad and diverse look at social science and critical theory. Editor(s): Dahms, Harry F. Series: Current Perspectives in Social Theory. Num Pages: 414 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 35. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited
- Edition
- Serial
- Number of pages
- 414
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762314836
- ISBN
- 9780762314836
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.51
€ 115.51
Paperback. Highlights the problematic nature of mainstream perspectives, and the growing need to reaffirm how the specific kind of critique the early Frankfurt School theorists advocated is not less, but far more important today. This book also includes chapters that offer a broad and diverse look at social science and critical theory. Editor(s): Dahms, Harry F. Series Editor(s): Dahms, Harry F. Series: Current Perspectives in Social Theory. Num Pages: 401 pages. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 401
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781901540
- ISBN
- 9781781901540
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.94
€ 55.94
Paperback. While the Internet bubble has burst, the New Economy that the Internet produced is still with us, along with the myth of a workplace built around more humane notions of how people work and spend their days in offices. This is a study of New Economy workplaces in their heyday. Num Pages: 312 pages, 28 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 19. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781592131501
- ISBN
- 9781592131501
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.67
€ 30.99
€ 27.67
Hardcover. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 26. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674015579
- ISBN
- 9780674015579
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.39
€ 47.99
€ 40.39
Paperback. Editor(s): Luven, Lynne Van; Gillespie, Bruce. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ2; JHBK; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 142 x 189 x 17. Weight in Grams: 31.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- TouchWood Editions
- Edition
- First
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894898744
- ISBN
- 9781894898744
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 19.88
€ 27.99
€ 19.88
Paperback. Editor(s): Luven, Lynne Van. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBK; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 191 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894898409
- ISBN
- 9781894898409
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 19.88
€ 27.99
€ 19.88
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Atria Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501124969
- ISBN
- 9781501124969
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.61
€ 18.99
€ 16.61