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Paperback. An exciting factual romp through sexual desire, practises and deviance in the Victorian era. This book will be set out as a how-to guide of advice and ideas on sexuality from the Victorian period. Drawing on both satirical and real life events from the period, it explores every facet of sexuality that the Victorians encountered. Num Pages: 176 pages, 50 b/w integrated illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBTB; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 231 x 10. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781592861
- ISBN
- 9781781592861
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.24
€ 17.99
€ 14.24
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: BM; BTP; HR; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473631335
- ISBN
- 9781473631335
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.85
€ 14.99
€ 11.85
Paperback. Most adopted children and their families will, sooner or later, encounter the challenges of dealing with unresolved attachment issues or early traumatic experiences. This book is an accessible introduction to understanding these challenges and helping children and their families to develop a shared language and understanding of one another. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 16. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843102588
- ISBN
- 9781843102588
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.61
€ 34.61
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138841840
- ISBN
- 9781138841840
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.34
€ 57.34
Paperback. Featuring extensive revisions and updates, the Second Edition of The Sociology of Gender: An Introduction to Theory and Research presents an introductory overview of gender theory and research, and continues to offer a unique and compelling approach to one of the most important topics in the field of sociology. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470655689
- ISBN
- 9780470655689
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.16
€ 42.16
Paperback. For students who have never studied Sociology before, this book will give an idea of what to expect. For students already studying Sociology at school or college, it will provide a concise but comprehensive learning aid. Series: Get Set for University. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748620197
- ISBN
- 9780748620197
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.22
€ 25.99
€ 24.22
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JH; LA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 135. .
- Publisher
- Polity
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745660318
- ISBN
- 9780745660318
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.94
€ 25.94
Paperback. When lives are dominated by hunger, what becomes of love? When assaulted by daily acts of violence and untimely death, what happens to trust? Set in the lands of Northeast Brazil, this is an account of the everyday experience of scarcity, sickness and death that centres on the lives of the women and children of a hillside "favela". Num Pages: 632 pages, 65 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFC; JFFE; JFSJ1; JHBZ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1002. The Violence of Everyday Life in Brazil. 632 pages, 65 b&w photographs. Bringing her readers to the slopes above a modern plantation town, the author follows three generations of shanty-town women as they struggle to survive through hard work, cunning and trial. It is a story of class relations told at the basic level of bodies, emotions, desires and needs. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFC; JFFE; JFSJ1; JHBZ; JHM. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 40. Weight: 1006.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 632
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520075375
- ISBN
- 9780520075375
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.48
€ 43.99
€ 31.48
Hardcover. This is an investigation into what remains of the old city of Tokyo. The author explored the streets on foot using old maps, and found that, despite an almost completely new cityscape, present day inhabitants divide Tokyo's space in much the same way that their ancestors did 200 years earlier. Translator(s): Nishimura, Kimiko. Num Pages: 248 pages, 10 black-and-white photographs; 70 black-and-white line drawings, maps, and wood. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AMVD; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 231 x 25. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520071353
- ISBN
- 9780520071353
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.48€ 49.43
€ 62.48
€ 49.43
Paperback. Here, for the first time in English, is volume one of Jurgen Habermasa s long--awaited magnum opus: The Theory of Communicative Action. Num Pages: 512 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GTC; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Edition
- Volume 1
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745603865
- ISBN
- 9780745603865
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.41
€ 27.41
Paperback. Considers what happens to individual subjectivity when stable or imagined environments such as nations and communities are transformed or displaced by free trade economics, terrorism, and war. This book also considers how information and medical technologies reshape the relation one has to oneself. Editor(s): Biehl, Joao; Good, Byron J.; Kleinman, Arthur. Series: Ethnographic Studies in Subjectivity. Num Pages: 477 pages, 19 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: GPS; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 226 x 17. Weight in Grams: 918. Ethnographic Investigations. Series: Ethnographic Studies in Subjectivity. 477 pages, Illustrations. Editor(s): Biehl, Joao; Good, Byron J.; Kleinman, Arthur. Considers what happens to individual subjectivity when stable or imagined environments such as nations and communities are transformed or displaced by free trade economics, terrorism, and war. This book also considers how information and medical technologies reshape the relation one has to oneself. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: GPS; JHMP. Dimension: 154 x 226 x 17. Weight: 664.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 477
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520247932
- ISBN
- 9780520247932
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Paperback. The study of South Asian music falls under the purview of ethnomusicology; whereas that of South Asian literature falls under South Asian studies. This book examines the history of Sinhala-language song and poetry in twentieth-century Sri Lanka. Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 171 pages, 6 music ex, 4 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1FM; AVA; HBJF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520294714
- ISBN
- 9780520294714
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.24
€ 40.99
€ 29.24
Paperback. Inequality is not just about the size of our wallets. It is a socio-cultural order which, for most of us, reduces our capabilities to function as human beings, our health, our dignity, our sense of self, as well as our resources to act and participate in the world. Num Pages: 180 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFS; JHB; KCL; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 180
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745662596
- ISBN
- 9780745662596
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.32
€ 21.32
Paperback. As conflicts across the globe span decades and generations, this work suggests that we need a fresh perspective on war when it becomes the context for normal life. It calls for a fresh point of departure in the ethnography of war that investigates how the inhabitants of war zones live under trying new conditions. Num Pages: 400 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: JHMC; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226496429
- ISBN
- 9780226496429
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.51
€ 42.99
€ 33.51
Paperback. Focuses on an everyday item - blue jeans - to learn what one simple article of clothing can tell us about our individual and social lives and challenging, by extension, the foundational anthropological presumption of the normative. Num Pages: 184 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; JFC; JFS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 13. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520272194
- ISBN
- 9780520272194
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.98
€ 33.99
€ 24.98
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415522366
- ISBN
- 9780415522366
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.56
€ 53.56
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486434940
- ISBN
- 9780486434940
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.41
€ 18.99
€ 18.41
Paperback. Praise for the First Edition : "The book makes a valuable contribution by synthesizing current research and identifying areas for future investigation for each aspect of the survey process. " - Journal of the American Statistical Association "Overall, the high quality of the text material is matched by the quality of writing.. Series: Wiley Series in Survey Methodology. Num Pages: 488 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: GPS; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 180 x 26. Weight in Grams: 910.
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 488
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470465462
- ISBN
- 9780470465462
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 98.41
€ 98.41
Paperback. * Brings together key writings in the emergent field of the anthropology of media for the first time. * Offers critical overview of how mass media represents and constructs both Western and non--Western cultures. * Integrates key themes in the anthropology of media by means of editorial commentary. Editor(s): Askew, Kelly; Wilk, Richard R. Series: Wiley Blackwell Readers in Anthropology. Num Pages: 432 pages, 11. BIC Classification: JFD; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 174 x 24. Weight in Grams: 739.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631220947
- ISBN
- 9780631220947
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.30
€ 48.30
Hardcover. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HRE; JFSJ1; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 295 x 23. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804799546
- ISBN
- 9780804799546
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.18
€ 76.18
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781446274453
- ISBN
- 9781446274453
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.81
€ 32.99
€ 29.81
Paperback. Unique to Human Behavior and the Social Environment, Micro Level is the focus on trauma and resilience in its exploration of human behavior across the life span. Illustrations are drawn from the arts as well as recent brain research from recent biological research. Num Pages: 344 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFF; JFFP; JFS; JHBA; JHBC; JKSN; JMF; JMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190211097
- ISBN
- 9780190211097
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 110.52
€ 110.52
Paperback. What does it mean to be an illegal immigrant, or the child of immigrants, in this era of restrictive immigration laws in the United States? This book recounts the stories of children and parents in eighty-one families to show what happens when a restrictive immigration system emphasizes deportation over legalization. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 227 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520283404
- ISBN
- 9780520283404
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.73
€ 33.99
€ 24.73
Paperback. Immigration has long shaped US society in fundamental ways. With Latinos recently surpassing African Americans as the largest minority group in the US, attention has been focused on the important implications of immigration for the character and role of race in US life, including patterns of racial inequality and racial identity. Series: Immigration and Society. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSL1; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745647920
- ISBN
- 9780745647920
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.38
€ 23.38