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Sociology & anthropology

Paperback. Examines the impact of globalized culture and tradition, on the Koryak people living in post-Soviet Siberia. Num Pages: 348 pages, 23 illustrations, 2 maps, 1 glossary. BIC Classification: 1FCS; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 167 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803235090
ISBN
9780803235090
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

Hardcover. The quadrennial summer Olympic Games produces the world's biggest single-city cultural event. Drawing on ethnographic work around the London 2012 Games, this book contrasts the rhetoric and reality of mega-event delivery and shows that the notions of beneficial Olympic legacies and delivery benefits for host communities are, for most, unobtainable. Series: Palgrave Studies in Urban Anthropology. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; JHBS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 218 x 16. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137456724
ISBN
9781137456724
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.52

Paperback. The quadrennial summer Olympic Games produces the world's biggest single-city cultural event. Drawing on ethnographic work around the London 2012 Games, this book contrasts the rhetoric and reality of mega-event delivery and shows that the notions of beneficial Olympic legacies and delivery benefits for host communities are, for most, unobtainable. Series: Palgrave Studies in Urban Anthropology. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JHBS; JHM; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 236 x 17. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st ed. 2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349498550
ISBN
9781349498550
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.70

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 14. Weight in Grams: 329.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9783531183374
ISBN
9783531183374
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.58

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 8. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC; HBTB; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
F First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801480980
ISBN
9780801480980
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 32.13

Paperback. This book tackles the problem of overpopulation with an honesty and fearlessness that is unrivalled. Hardin suggests radical approaches to overpopulation and considers the consequences. This book is an intellectual feast that will enrage, disturb, and challenge the reader at every page. Num Pages: 352 pages, line figures. BIC Classification: JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 564.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195093858
ISBN
9780195093858
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.36

Hardback. Illustrates how ethnographic research itself can become a tool for activism. This book features ten studies that present activist groups across US - from transgender activists in New York City, to South Asian teenagers in Silicon Valley, to evangelical Christians and Palestinian Americans. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 165 x 19. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231128506
ISBN
9780231128506
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.91
€ 90.75

Paperback. Illustrates how ethnographic research itself can become a tool for activism. This book features ten studies that present activist groups across US - from transgender activists in New York City, to South Asian teenagers in Silicon Valley, to evangelical Christians and Palestinian Americans. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231128513
ISBN
9780231128513
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. This interdisciplinary textbook examines children's lives across the world, acknowledging the great differences as well as points of comparison, between childhoods in different contexts. Editor(s): Montgomery, Heather. Series: Childhood. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSP1; JHBK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 189 x 17. Weight in Grams: 738.
Publisher
Bristol University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
312
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447305835
ISBN
9781447305835
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 36.59

Paperback. Based on the empirical analysis of the effectiveness of four provincial centres for the diffusion of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), a market mechanism for emission reductions, Miriam Schroder scrutinizes the strengths and weaknesses of hybrid actors' performance on the local Chinese carbon market." Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB; JPA; JPS; RND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
241
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349337217
ISBN
9781349337217
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Series: Geojournal Library. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JH; KCA; KCM; KJM; RGCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 15. Weight in Grams: 519.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2001
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9789048156597
ISBN
9789048156597
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 128.27

Paperback. Editor(s): Salih, M.A. Num Pages: 203 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: GTB; JHBC; RGC; RN; TQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2000
Number of pages
203
Condition
New
SKU
V9789401721059
ISBN
9789401721059
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.22

Hardcover. Num Pages: 201 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JP; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137264176
ISBN
9781137264176
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.54

Paperback. Explores the crucial notion of "colonial difference" in the study of the modern colonial world and traces the emergence of an epistemic shift, which author calls "border thinking". This title expands the horizons of debates under way in postcolonial studies of Asia and Africa by dwelling in the genealogy of thoughts of South/Central America. Series: Princeton Studies in Culture, Power, History. Num Pages: 416 pages, 3 line illus. 3 tables. 9 maps. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBTQ; HBTR; JFFS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 594.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
With a New preface by the author
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691156095
ISBN
9780691156095
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 35.66

Series: Culture and Social Practice. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Transcript Verlag, Roswitha Gost, Sigrid Nokel u. Dr. Karin Werner United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9783899423785
ISBN
9783899423785
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.43

Paperback. Editor(s): Darnell, Regna; Gleach, Frederic W. Series: Histories of Anthropology Annual Series. Num Pages: 354 pages, 24 photographs, 1 chart. BIC Classification: JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
354
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803288102
ISBN
9780803288102
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 38.84

Paperback. Editor(s): Anderson-Levitt, Kathryn M. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHM; JNA; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 305.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
2003rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403961631
ISBN
9781403961631
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.90
€ 46.48

Paperback. Editor(s): Beyen, Marnix; Deseure, Brecht. Num Pages: 291 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBG; HBL; HBTB; JHB; JMR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
291
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349500475
ISBN
9781349500475
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.46

Paperback. The contributors link innovative analytical concepts and ethnographic in-depth case studies from the Arab world. Based on the debates on politics from below and dynamic concepts of state, all the chapters focus on informal institutions, non-elite actors, and the dynamic and contradictory relationship between state and society. Editor(s): Bouziane, Malika; Harders, Cilja. Series: Governance and Limited Statehood. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JHB; JPA; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
257
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349464104
ISBN
9781349464104
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.16

Hardcover. The focus of the study is Subang Jaya's field of residential affairs, a digitally mediated social field in which residents, civil servants, politicians, online journalists and other social agents struggle over how the locality is to be governed at the dawn of the Information Era.A" Series: Anthropology of Media. Num Pages: 152 pages, 15 ills. BIC Classification: 1FMM; JFD; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 14. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857451972
ISBN
9780857451972
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.04

Paperback. This work critically examines standard assumptions of transitional justice through the lens of survivors' standpoints, and argues for more responsive and place-based approaches to social reconstruction after mass violence and egregious human rights violations. Editor(s): Shaw, Rosalind; Waldorf, Lars; Hazan, Pierre. Series: Stanford Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: JHM; JPVH; LBBR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 498.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804761505
ISBN
9780804761505
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Paperback. Views Pierre Bourdieu's work within the context of his life and times. Series: New Anthropologies of Europe. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 17. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253217325
ISBN
9780253217325
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.10

Hardback. This volume raises questions about two inter-related aspects of historical process and academic production. It aims to contribute to ongoing debates about the degree to which the developments of the latter decades of the 20th century represent the advent of a new historical era. Editor(s): Nugent, David. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW3; JHM; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804742306
ISBN
9780804742306
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 192.74

Paperback. This volume raises questions about two inter-related aspects of historical process and academic production. It aims to contribute to ongoing debates about the degree to which the developments of the latter decades of the 20th century represent the advent of a new historical era. Editor(s): Nugent, David. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW3; JHM; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804742382
ISBN
9780804742382
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 42.88

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