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Paperback. This topical new book by Zygmunt Bauman explores the notion of identity in the modern world. As we grapple with the insecurity and uncertainty of liquid modernity, Bauman argues that our socio-political, cultural, professional, religious and sexual identities are undergoing a process of continual transformation. Series: Themes for the 21st Century Series. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: JH; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 189 x 137 x 9. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 140
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745633091
- ISBN
- 9780745633091
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.55
€ 21.55
Hardback. Searching for a job has been an everyday affair in both modern and past societies, and employment a concern for both individuals and institutions. The case studies in this volume investigate job search and placement practices in European countries, Australia, and India in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Editor(s): Wadauer, Sigrid; Buchner, Thomas; Mejstrik, Alexander. Series: International Studies in Social History. Num Pages: 456 pages, 30 illustrations, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JHBL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 160 x 36. Weight in Grams: 758.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782385509
- ISBN
- 9781782385509
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 175.92
€ 175.92
Paperback. While becoming less relevant in the United States, shopping malls are booming throughout urban Latin America. But what does this mean on the ground? Are shopping malls a sign of the region's "coming of age"? This title explores how malls and consumption are shaping the conversation about class and social inequality in Latin America. Num Pages: 248 pages, 25 black and white. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520286856
- ISBN
- 9780520286856
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Paperback. Why have the minutiae of how parents raise their children become routine sources of public debate and policy making? This book provides in-depth answers to these features drawing on a wide range of sources from sociology, history, anthropology and psychology, covering developments in both Europe and North America. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 black & white tables, 1 black & white line drawings, 1 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: JHBK; JKSB1; JMF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137304636
- ISBN
- 9781137304636
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 182.63
€ 182.63
Paperback. Immigration is the primary cause of population change in developed countries and a major component of population change in many developing countries. This clear and perceptive text discusses how immigration impacts population size, composition, and distribution. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHBD; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 151 x 17. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Polity
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745664163
- ISBN
- 9780745664163
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.53
€ 23.53
Paperback. Takes us on a journey into an iconic Western landscape - northern New Mexico's Espanola Valley, home to the highest rate of heroin addiction and fatal overdoses in the United States. This title chronicles the lives of several Hispano addicts, introducing us to the intimate, physical, and institutional dependencies in which they are entangled. Num Pages: 264 pages, 10 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520262089
- ISBN
- 9780520262089
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.23
€ 33.99
€ 30.23
Paperback. Shows that America's history of racial oppression has had a deep and fundamental effect on the religious beliefs and practices of blacks and whites across America Series: Religion and Social Transformation. Num Pages: 290 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCM; JFFJ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 290
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814722763
- ISBN
- 9780814722763
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.10
€ 33.99
€ 31.10
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Springer
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400706460
- ISBN
- 9789400706460
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.78€ 46.96
€ 130.78
€ 46.96
Paperback. In this Very Short Introduction, Barry Stephenson approaches ritual from theoretical and historical perspectives, detailing the efforts to understand the nature and function of ritual, and developing a narrative of ritual's place in social and cultural life. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 144 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAC; HRLF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 113 x 176 x 5. Weight in Grams: 114.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199943524
- ISBN
- 9780199943524
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
€ 10.89
Paperback. Health Geographies: A Critical Introduction explores health and biomedical topics from a range of critical geographic perspectives. Building on the field s past engagement with social theory it extends the focus of health geography into new areas of enquiry. Series: Critical Introductions to Geography. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: JH; RG; VF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118739020
- ISBN
- 9781118739020
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.50
€ 37.50
Hardback. Based on seventeen months of ethnographic research among Indonesian eldercare workers in Japan, this book is the first ethnography to research Indonesian care workers' relationships with the cared-for elderly, their Japanese colleagues and their employers. Num Pages: 242 pages, 2 maps, 10 figures. BIC Classification: 1FMN; 1FPJ; JHMC; JKSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 236 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785332692
- ISBN
- 9781785332692
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.47
€ 162.47
Paperback. Traces Japan's coffee craze from the turn of the twentieth century, when Japan helped to launch the Brazilian coffee industry, to the present day. This title shows how coffee and coffee spaces have been central to the formation of Japanese notions about the uses of public space, social change, modernity, and pleasure. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 240 pages, 23 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFCV; JHBS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332. Series: California Studies in Food & Culture. 240 pages, illustrations. Traces Japan's coffee craze from the turn of the twentieth century, when Japan helped to launch the Brazilian coffee industry, to the present day. This title shows how coffee and coffee spaces have been central to the formation of Japanese notions about the uses of public space, social change, modernity, and pleasure. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFCV; JHBS; JHMC. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 15. Weight: 328.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- First Edition; 1st P
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520271159
- ISBN
- 9780520271159
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Paperback. Series: Non-State Actors in International Law, Politics and Governance Series. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHB; JP; LB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138258990
- ISBN
- 9781138258990
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.85
€ 66.85
Paperback. Num Pages: 156 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; JNAM; JNKP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 2. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- Orion Magazine
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781935713050
- ISBN
- 9781935713050
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Hardback. This volume addresses concerns about the impact of current systems for the management of research ethics in the social sciences. Many procedures in place are seen as inappropriate as they were originally designed for use in biomedical research. The content identifies areas of 'common ground', core ethics principles and areas of particular concern. Series: Advances in Research Ethics and Integrity. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781787141315
- ISBN
- 9781787141315
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.67
€ 104.67
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137371089
- ISBN
- 9781137371089
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.00€ 17.49
€ 107.00
€ 17.49
Paperback. Editor(s): Thomason, Terry; Burton, John F., Jr.; Hyatt, Douglas. Series: LERA Research Volumes. Num Pages: 340 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBL; KCF; KNXC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press New York
- Number of pages
- 340
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- KNH0004146
- ISBN
- 9780913447741
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HBLW; HBTQ; HBTR; JFSL3; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 234 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publisher
- Monash University Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781921867347
- ISBN
- 9781921867347
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 24.18
€ 32.99
€ 24.18
Paperback. Suitable for students, teachers, designers, and scholars interested in using ethnographic methods, this title provides practical and detailed techniques for ethnographic research customized to reflect the specific issues of online virtual worlds, both game and nongame. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL; JHMC; UBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 234 x 16. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691149516
- ISBN
- 9780691149516
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.48
€ 37.99
€ 33.48
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781350022270
- ISBN
- 9781350022270
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.45
€ 26.99
€ 25.45
Paperback. In "Erin and Iran, " North American and European scholars consider parallel themes in and interactions between Irish and Iranian cultures from ancient times to the twentieth century. These studies of mythology, literature, and travelogues constitute the first-ever volume dealing with cultural encounters between the Irish and the Iranians. Series: Ilex Series. Num Pages: 215 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1FBN; HBJD; HBJF1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 215
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674088283
- ISBN
- 9780674088283
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.52
€ 30.99
€ 26.52
paperback. .
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719038273
- ISBN
- 9780719038273
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.02
€ 33.99
€ 33.02
Hardback. The Heritage Arena describes the ways in which cheese has been reinvented as a form of cultural heritage through the negotiation and competition of many actors, including cheese-makers, merchants, and Slow Food activists. Series: Food, Nutrition, and Culture. Num Pages: 216 pages, 13 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; GM; JFC; JHMC; KNDF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785332944
- ISBN
- 9781785332944
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.25
€ 162.25
Paperback. 'The publication of this second edition of Culture's Consequences marks an important moment in the field of cross-cultural studies!. Hofstede's framework for understanding national differences has been one of the most influential and widely used frameworks in cross-cultural business studies, in the past ten years' - Australian Journal of Management Num Pages: 616 pages. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 252 x 177 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1026.
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 616
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803973244
- ISBN
- 9780803973244
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 194.41
€ 194.41