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Hardback. Labour markets are a central element of any transition from planned economy to market-oriented system. This groundbreaking book examines the plight of Russian workers and employers during the first decade of post-Soviet reforms, providing the first integrated analysis of such scope and breadth. Num Pages: 248 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; JHBL; JP; KCF; KCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742509115
ISBN
9780742509115
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 184.32

Paperback. Labour markets are a central element of any transition from planned economy to market-oriented system. This groundbreaking book examines the plight of Russian workers and employers during the first decade of post-Soviet reforms, providing the first integrated analysis of such scope and breadth. Num Pages: 304 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; JHBL; JP; KCF; KCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 148 x 12. Weight in Grams: 331.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742509122
ISBN
9780742509122
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 74.79

paperback. In 1950s America, flag waving, martial pomp, and staged ceremony were presented and perceived as America's last best defence against the communist threat. In this volume, Fried explores the often absurd lengths the average citizen in McCarthyite America went to to help shore up patriotism and fend off the threat of the Red Menace. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 180 x 220 x 14. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780195134179
ISBN
9780195134179
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 8.29

paperback. Re-interpreting Durkheim's theory of the sacred, this book sets out a theory of the sacred for use across a range of humanities and social science disciplines and draws on contemporary case study material to show how sacred forms-whether in 'religious' or 'secular' guise-continue to shape social life in the modern world. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM2; HRCM; HRCR; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 144 x 252 x 14. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198705215
ISBN
9780198705215
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.05

Hardcover. For 250 years the Turkic Muslims of Tibet, who call themselves Uyghurs today, have cultivated a sense of history and identity that challenges Beijing's national narrative. The roots of this history run deeper than recent conflicts, Rian Thum says, to a time when manuscripts and pilgrimage along the Silk Road dominated understandings of the past. Num Pages: 316 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBJF; HRAX; HRH; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 237 x 26. Weight in Grams: 682.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674598553
ISBN
9780674598553
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 45.56

Paperback. .
Publisher
SAGE Publications Inc United States
Number of pages
520
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Fifth Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781483381763
ISBN
9781483381763
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 105.07

Paperback. This Handbook gives a comprehensive overview of the theory and practice of grounded theory, taking into account the many attempts to revise and refine Glaser and Strauss' original formulation. Editor(s): Bryant, Anthony; Charmaz, Kathy C. Num Pages: 656 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JHBA; JHBC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 175 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1130.
Publisher
SAGE Publications Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
656
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849204781
ISBN
9781849204781
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.61

Paperback. .
Publisher
SAGE Publications Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781446295830
ISBN
9781446295830
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.76

Paperback. Presents evidence that the saloon, played an important role in the working-class community life. Focusing on public drinking in Chicago and Boston, this book offers a discussion of the saloon, as a social institution and a locus of the struggle between middle-class notions of privacy and working-class uses of public space. Num Pages: 416 pages, 20 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 31. Weight in Grams: 596.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252067815
ISBN
9780252067815
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 42.18

Paperback. This critique of contemporary capitalism established Fromm as one of the most controversial political thinkers of his generation, and was originally published to wide acclaim and even wider disapproval. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBA; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 488.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
424
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415270984
ISBN
9780415270984
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.07

Paperback. An intelligent and sympathetic analysis of one of the true taboos of modern life. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 266. A Study of Suicide. 320 pages. An intelligent and sympathetic analysis of one of the true taboos of modern life. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DSB; JHBZ. Dimension: 196 x 130 x 21. Weight: 218.
Edition
New
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747559054
ISBN
9780747559054
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.74

Paperback. Surveys a wide range of cultural controversies, from the Mapplethorpe affair to Salman Rushdie's death sentence. This book seeks to show that the fear and outrage these events inspired were the result of dangerous misunderstandings about the relationship between art and life. Num Pages: 258 pages, 27 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 165 x 15. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226772240
ISBN
9780226772240
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 26.09

Paperback. Ethnographic studies trace the background to and impact of urbanisation and Christianisation, and the development of royal power, which stimulated the transition from the Viking age to the medieval period. Editor(s): Jesch, Judith. Series: Studies in Historical Archaeoethnology. Num Pages: 382 pages, 2, 2 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1DN; 3F; HBJD; HBLC1; HDDM; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 578.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
382
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843837282
ISBN
9781843837282
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 33.17

Paperback. Today's unprecedented migration of people around the globe in search of work has had a widespread and troubling result: the separation of families. In this book, the author offers a sophisticated examination of this phenomenon among Ghanaians living in Ghana and abroad. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 halftones, 2 maps, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; JFFN; JHBK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226072388
ISBN
9780226072388
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 28.00

Hardback. In his philosophical reflections on the art of lingering, acclaimed cultural theorist Byung-Chul Han argues that the value we attach today to the vita activa is producing a crisis in our sense of time. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: HP; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 138. .
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509516049
ISBN
9781509516049
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 52.21

Paperback. Calling into question the prevailing narrative of how sociology developed, the author uncovers the seminal theoretical work of Du Bois in developing a "scientific" sociology through a variety of methodologies and examines how the leading scholars of the day disparaged and ignored Du Bois' work. Num Pages: 320 pages, 23 gathered plates, 3 scattered b/w figs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520286764
ISBN
9780520286764
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.06

Hardback. Uncovering the seminal theoretical work of Du Bois in developing a scientific" sociology through a variety of methodologies, this book examines how the leading scholars of the day disparaged and ignored his work. It exposes the economic and political factors that marginalized the contributions of Du Bois. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 162 x 31. Weight in Grams: 632.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520276352
ISBN
9780520276352
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. Leslie White was one of the most important-and controversial-figures in American anthropology. This classic work, initially published in 1949, contains White's definitive statement on what he termed 'culturology.' Series: Ewp Foundations of Anthropology. Num Pages: 502 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 201 x 137 x 33. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Percheron Press United States
Number of pages
502
Condition
New
SKU
V9780975273821
ISBN
9780975273821
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.48

hardcover. In The Science of Human Diversity, Richard Lynn gives an account of the research sponsored by the Pioneer Fund of New York. The Fund was established in 1937 by the textile millionaire Wickliffe Draper to support research in genetics, heredity and eugenics. Num Pages: 648 pages, ports. BIC Classification: HBJK; JHBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 151 x 39. Weight in Grams: 826.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
648
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761820406
ISBN
9780761820406
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 177.58

Paperback. How can economics become genuinely quantitative? This is the question that French sociologist Gabriel Tarde tackled at the end of his career. This title offers an introduction to the work of that forgotten genius of nineteenth-century social thought. Num Pages: 87 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC; KCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 115 x 178 x 6. Weight in Grams: 84.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Prickly Paradigm Press, LLC
Number of pages
87
Condition
New
SKU
V9780979405778
ISBN
9780979405778
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.75

Paperback. Blaikie explores how our different ways of seeing influence the relationship between place and belonging. He argues that our memories, however brief or complex, invoke imagined pasts. But do our recollections share a common frame of reference? Blaikie's cross-disciplinary exploration sets out to answer this question. Includes numerous case studies. Num Pages: 272 pages, 20 b+w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JJ; HBTB; JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 186 x 232 x 15. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748617876
ISBN
9780748617876
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 33.17

Hardback. All memories invoke imagined pasts, but do the ways we remember share a common imaginary? In seeking to interpret Scottish culture in the recent past as a series of encounters with modernity, this study draws on a wide range of sources to explore relationships between perceptions of place, belonging and identity in one nation. Num Pages: 272 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JJ; HBTB; JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 556.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748617869
ISBN
9780748617869
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.96
€ 103.24

Paperback. Defining the demands and expectations that parents place upon their offspring from the very beginning, this book explains how even the youngest can adapt to a role that is expected of them. It demonstrates how parents can transfer problems from their own childhood into this new relationship. Num Pages: 216 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JFSP2; JHBK; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780765701367
ISBN
9780765701367
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 76.64

Paperback. This book explores how Arab workers (mainly women) and Jewish managers in the Israeli textile industry negotiate the terms and meanings of factory work. It examines the tension between traditional familial and social roles and the demands of industrial life, as well as the complications created by Arab-Jewish political and military conflict. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 half-tones 1 map. BIC Classification: JHBA; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 18. Weight in Grams: 345.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804737876
ISBN
9780804737876
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

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