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Paperback. Debates the question of whether family preservation or adoption serves the best interests of abused and neglected children. Arguing the merits of keeping families together whenever possible, this title examines the background, theory, and effectiveness of family preservation programs. Series: Controversies in Public Policy Series. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE1; JFM; JHBK; JKSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780878407873
ISBN
9780878407873
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.82

Paperback. Weeping Violins provides a history of the Gypsy people in Europe. Betty Alt and Silvia Folts trace the origins of the Gyspsy people and tell the story of their expansion, treatment by other ethnic groups, and struggles during the Holocaust. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; HBTB; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 147 x 11. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Jefferson (Thomas) University Press United States
Number of pages
148
Condition
New
SKU
V9780943549392
ISBN
9780943549392
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.31

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: JHM; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816643738
ISBN
9780816643738
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.67

Paperback. These interdisciplinary essays explore the notion of community in its many theoretical, practical and cultural manifestations. It examines the nature of community, the relation of individual and group identity to community norms and values and the possibilities for cross-cultural understanding. Editor(s): Alperson, Philip. Num Pages: 368 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC; JFS; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 546.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631219477
ISBN
9780631219477
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL1; JHBK5; MFN; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 176 x 17. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Barricade Books
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781569808023
ISBN
9781569808023
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.75

Paperback / so. Series: Sozialwissenschaft. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, black & white tables, bibliography. BIC Classification: JHB; JKSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Deutscher Universit?tsverlag United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9783824445899
ISBN
9783824445899
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.43

hardcover. When Alma Bond, a practicing psychoanalyst for 38 years, discovered she was to be a grandparent, she started a diary to record the child's intrauterine development and any psychological changes within her family. She found more than she expected. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK; JM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Bridge Works Publishing Co ,U.S. United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781882593088
ISBN
9781882593088
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.87

Paperback. Braiding their own stories with those of the villagers of Asagbe and Kosangbe, the authors recounts a host of unexpected dramas with these West African villages, prompting serious questions about the fraught nature of cultural contact. Num Pages: 176 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFDY; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226305288
ISBN
9780226305288
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 24.82

Paperback. In this companion volume to "Parallel Worlds," Alma Gottlieb explores ideology and social practices among the Beng people of Cote d'Ivoire. Num Pages: 302 pages, 2 maps, 10 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1H; JFS; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226305073
ISBN
9780226305073
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.76

Paperback. A memoir of Africa recounting the experiences of Alma Gottlieb, an anthropologist, and Philip Graham, a fiction writer, as they lived in two remote villages in the rain forest of Cote d'Ivoire. Num Pages: 350 pages, xii, 336, 2 maps. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226305066
ISBN
9780226305066
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.52

Paperback. What does a move from a village in the West African rain forest to a West African community in a European city entail? This book brings together eight eminent scholars to recount the personal and intellectual dynamics of uprooting one's life - and decades of work - to embrace a new fieldsite. Editor(s): Gottlieb, Alma. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226304908
ISBN
9780226304908
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.64

Paperback. In this ethnography of babies, Alma Gottlieb focusses on the Beng people of West Africa. A Beng infant is thought to begin life filled with spiritual knowledge, having been reincarnated after a rich life in a previous world. Num Pages: 392 pages, 53 halftones, 2 maps, 2 line drawings, 6 figures. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 622.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
392
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226305028
ISBN
9780226305028
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.73

Hardback. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784994327
ISBN
9781784994327
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.03
€ 16.55

Paperback. aeo The first book to engage the study of childhood with central issues of sociological theory. aeo The three authors are highly respected and widely read in this area. aeo The book draws together an enormous amount of international research. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JFSP2; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745615653
ISBN
9780745615653
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 24.98

Paperback. Explores the function of money in everyday life in Vietnam Series: Critical Dialogues in Southeast Asian Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, 20 illus. BIC Classification: 1FMV; JHMC; KCBM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295992747
ISBN
9780295992747
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.27

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138675155
ISBN
9781138675155
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.61

Hardcover. Many social leaders and nonprofits are stuck in old ways of doing business - keeping constituents at arms length, depending on inefficient forms of communication, and relying on hierarchical forms of leadership. As a result, they can struggle to cope with today's complex and pressing social problems. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: GTC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc San Francisco, CA
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780787984441
ISBN
9780787984441
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 26.43

Paperback. The history of civil rights for people with intellectual disabilities in 20th century America Num Pages: 286 pages, 30 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFFG; JHBA; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592136988
ISBN
9781592136988
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 34.25

Hardback. For this new edition, the authors have thoroughly rewritten the theoretical argument for greater clarity, updated the case studies to incorporate new research, and added a new chapter that extends their perspective to the problem of industrialization and globalization. Num Pages: 456 pages, 11 line diagrams 9 tables 3 graphs. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 706.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804740319
ISBN
9780804740319
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 158.83

Paperback. For this new edition, the authors have thoroughly rewritten the theoretical argument for greater clarity, updated the case studies to incorporate new research, and added a new chapter that extends their perspective to the problem of industrialization and globalization. Num Pages: 456 pages, 11 line diagrams 9 tables 3 graphs. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 617.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804740326
ISBN
9780804740326
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.10

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