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Hardback. By participating in the everyday life of fitness professionals, gym-goers and bodybuilders, The Global Gym explores fitness centres as sites of learning. The authors consider how physical, psychological and cultural knowledge about health and the body is incorporated into people's identity in a local and global gym and fitness context. Series: Global Culture and Sport Series. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBS; JMRL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 222 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137346612
- ISBN
- 9781137346612
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.37
€ 66.37
Paperback. Explores how members of Guanajuato's Santa Fe Cooperative, Mexico's cooperatively owned silver mine, give meaning to their labor in an era of globalization and neoliberalism. This work analyzes the cooperative's practices and the importance of patrimonio in their understanding of work, kinship, and morality. Num Pages: 296 pages, 21 photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JHBL; KCF; KNAT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231132398
- ISBN
- 9780231132398
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.19
€ 43.99
€ 31.19
Paperback. The late Elliot Richardson, Washington's ultimate insider, examines the growing hostility of American citizens toward government and explores what it means to be a responsible American today. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBD; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 402. Clean copy with very light shelfwear. Good to very good
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- SKU
- KST0018200
- ISBN
- 9780813397849
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. This major work, now available in paperback, by one of the worlda s leading anthropologists discusses the style, imagery and metaphor of the great anthropologists, thereby developing Geertza s claim that doing good anthropology is like writing good literature. Num Pages: 168 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 8. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Polity
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745607597
- ISBN
- 9780745607597
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99
€ 23.99
Hardcover. Using research from an innovative, cross-national project, this book answers fundamental questions about the nature of work in modern life. An important contribution to the global study of human development across the lifespan, this book contains a wealth of information and valuable instruments. Num Pages: 398 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBL; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 257 x 183 x 32. Weight in Grams: 972.
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 398
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780787901004
- ISBN
- 9780787901004
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.21
€ 101.21
Paperback. With the advent of digital devices and software, self-tracking practices have gained new adherents and have spread into a wide array of social domains. The Quantified Self movement has emerged to promote self knowledge through numbers . Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: GTC; JFD; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publisher
- Polity Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509500604
- ISBN
- 9781509500604
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.76
€ 22.76
Hardback. This volume offers a comprehensive guide to methods used in the sociocultural, linguistic and historical research of food use. This volume is unique in offering food-related research methods from multiple academic disciplines, and includes methods that bridge disciplines to provide a thorough review of best practices. Editor(s): Chzran, Janet; Brett, John. Num Pages: 304 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCV; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785332890
- ISBN
- 9781785332890
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 178.99
€ 178.99
Paperback. An analysis of migration, labor-management collaboration, and the mobility of capital based on case studies in New England and Colombia. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 416 pages, 20 b&w photos. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 24. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822341901
- ISBN
- 9780822341901
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. It is well known that the world is transitioning to an irrevocable urban future whose epicentre has moved into the cities of Asia and Africa. What is less clear is how this will be managed and deployed as a multi-polar world system is being born. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JFSG; JHB; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 135. .
- Publisher
- Polity
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745691565
- ISBN
- 9780745691565
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.35
€ 27.35
Paperback. Translator(s): Lathe, Robert; Whittaker, Nancy. Series: Foundations of Waldorf Education. Num Pages: 347 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; JHM; JNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 143 x 22. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Publisher
- Anthroposophic Press
- Number of pages
- 347
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880103923
- ISBN
- 9780880103923
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.79
€ 24.99
€ 21.79
Paperback. Editor(s): Tanabe, Shigeharu. Num Pages: 270 pages, 1 illus., 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9786162151170
- ISBN
- 9786162151170
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Paperback. He argues that "religionis a construction of European modernity, a construction that authorizes-for Westerners and non-Westerners alike-particular forms of "history making." Num Pages: 344 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRAX; HRH; JFCX; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801846328
- ISBN
- 9780801846328
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.19
€ 38.99
€ 33.19
paperback. This text tells the story of the development of artificial light in the 19th century. The book reveals the ways that the technology of artificial light helped forge modern consciousness. It discusses such topics as the political symbolism of street lighting and the rise of nightlife. Translator(s): Davies, Angela. Num Pages: 227 pages, 74 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBTB; JH; KNBL; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 136 x 14. Weight in Grams: 288. The Industrialization of Light in the Nineteenth Century. 227 pages, 74 illustrations. This text tells the story of the development of artificial light in the 19th century. The book reveals the ways that the technology of artificial light helped forge modern consciousness. It discusses such topics as the political symbolism of street lighting and the rise of nightlife. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBTB; JH; KNBL; PDX. Dimension: 214 x 136 x 14. Weight: 270. Translator(s): Davies, Angela.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 227
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520203549
- ISBN
- 9780520203549
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.26
€ 34.99
€ 31.26
Paperback. A Marxist investigation into the forms of resistance occurring in the UK call centre today Series: Wildcat. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JHBL; KJS; KNTT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 136 x 215 x 18. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745399065
- ISBN
- 9780745399065
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.70
€ 23.99
€ 16.70
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442636187
- ISBN
- 9781442636187
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.20
€ 34.20
paperback. .
- Publisher
- Spokesman Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851247304
- ISBN
- 9780851247304
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.72
€ 28.72
Paperback. A timely, ethnographically informed account of the "development state" of Tanzania, showing how development practice and culture have become integrated into everyday life, politically, socially and economically. Series: African Issues. Num Pages: 229 pages, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- James Currey
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847011084
- ISBN
- 9781847011084
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.04
€ 27.04
Hardcover. Part of the popular Big Ideas series, this book introduces you to the subject that tells you all about what society is and what makes it tick. It includes over 80 ideas from the world's renowned sociologists, covering topics as diverse as issues of equality, diversity, identity and human rights; the effects of globalization; and more. Series: Big Ideas. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 203 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1156.
- Publisher
- DK
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241182291
- ISBN
- 9780241182291
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.02
€ 26.99
€ 19.02
Paperback. Editor(s): Kuhn, Michael; Okamoto, Kazumi. Num Pages: 306 pages, fig: 3, b&w, table: 13, b&w. BIC Classification: HPK; JHB; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 168 x 18. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Publisher
- ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2021
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783838205267
- ISBN
- 9783838205267
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.59
€ 26.99
€ 20.59
Hardback. The volume is the first monograph on Sicily's rural antimafia movement, contributing to the anthropology and sociology of cooperatives, as well as to broader debates about small-scale democratic institutions, food movements and agrarian activism. Series: The Human Economy. Num Pages: 244 pages, 19 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; JHMC; KCP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785334009
- ISBN
- 9781785334009
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.47
€ 162.47
Paperback. Editor(s): Cohen, Jeffrey Jerome. Num Pages: 288 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816628551
- ISBN
- 9780816628551
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.62
€ 30.62
Paperback. Comparing global experiences of childhood, this book examines children as social actors and citizens. Looking at theories around the social construction of childhood and substantive examples of the active contributions of children to society, this is an essential introduction to how the social sciences conceptualise childhood. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JHBK; JMC; JNAM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- Macmillan Education UK
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230308343
- ISBN
- 9780230308343
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 42.48
€ 50.99
€ 42.48
Paperback. A commoner's presentation to the emperor of a lucky omen from his garden, the repercussions for his family, and several retellings of the incident provide the background for an introduction to Ming society, culture, and politics, including discussions of the founding of the Ming dynasty. Num Pages: 176 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTB; JHMC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 35. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 141
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872208247
- ISBN
- 9780872208247
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.42
€ 18.99
€ 15.42
Paperback. Num Pages: 323 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSL; JHB; VFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 217 x 22. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 2005th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403965684
- ISBN
- 9781403965684
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.76
€ 66.76