Sociology & anthropology
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Sociology & anthropology
Hardcover. In what many consider to be his masterwork, Evola contrasts the characteristics of the modern world with those of traditional societies, from politics and institutions to views on life and death. Num Pages: 412 pages. BIC Classification: HP; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 31. Weight in Grams: 804.
- Publisher
- Inner Traditions Bear and Company United States
- Number of pages
- 412
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892815067
- ISBN
- 9780892815067
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.17
€ 31.99
€ 30.17
Paperback. The author is a pivotal figure in the development of ethnographic cinema and visual anthropology. This title provides an overview of the history of visual anthropology, as well as commentaries on specific subjects, such as point-of-view and subjectivity, reflexivity, the use of subtitles, and the role of the cinema subject. Editor(s): Taylor, Lucien. Num Pages: 328 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: APFA; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 330
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691012346
- ISBN
- 9780691012346
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.68
€ 54.99
€ 39.68
Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; APFN; JFFN; JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748642908
- ISBN
- 9780748642908
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.67€ 102.03
€ 106.67
€ 102.03
Paperback. In Moral, Believing Animals , Christian Smith advances a creative theory of human persons and culture that offers innovative, challenging answers to these and other fundamental questions in sociological, cultural, and religious theory. Num Pages: 172 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRAM; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 11. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 172
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199731978
- ISBN
- 9780199731978
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.49
€ 46.49
Paperback. The second edition of this remarkably lucid text, provides a wide-ranging historical introduction to social theory. The new edition preserves, and further enhances, the book's striking qualities - its clarity, reliability, comprehensiveness and scholarship. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745638409
- ISBN
- 9780745638409
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.35
€ 34.35
Paperback. "Just as philosophy begins with doubt, so also a life that may be called human begins with irony" so wrote Kierkegaard. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509505739
- ISBN
- 9781509505739
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.38
€ 23.38
Paperback. In the new edition of this widely praised text, Alan Aldridge examines the complex realities of religious belief, practice and institutions. Religion is a powerful and controversial force in the contemporary world, even in supposedly secular societies. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HR; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 3rd ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745653471
- ISBN
- 9780745653471
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.37
€ 26.37
Paperback. A textbook on gaining access to field settings for qualitative researchers in the social sciences. Prescriptive advice and a series of vignettes from actual research projects. Num Pages: 192 pages, bibliog , index. BIC Classification: JHBC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 149 x 12. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759102163
- ISBN
- 9780759102163
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.60
€ 59.60
Paperback. This index helps to illuminate why women's sexuality, dress, and image so compel militant Muslim outrage and sometimes violent action, revealing a deeper human story of how women's status defines competing moral visions of society and why this present clash is erupting with such ferocity. Series: Themes in Global Social Change. Num Pages: 272 pages, 14, 14 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBK5. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421407548
- ISBN
- 9781421407548
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.66
€ 33.99
€ 28.66
Hardback. Leading family sociologist David Morgan revisits his highly influential 'family practices' approach in this new book. Exploring its impact, and how it has been critiqued, Morgan shows the continued relevance of the approach with reference to time and space, the body, emotions, ethics and work/life balance. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFP; JFSJ; JHBK; VFV; YX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 149 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230527232
- ISBN
- 9780230527232
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.63
€ 63.63
Hardback. In the Roman and Byzantine Near East, the holy fool emerged in Christianity as a way of describing individuals whose apparent madness allowed them to achieve a higher level of spirituality. Youval Rotman examines how the figure of the mad saint or mystic was used as a means of individual and collective transformation prior to the rise is Islam. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAZ; HRAX; HRC; JHMC; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 206 x 243 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674057616
- ISBN
- 9780674057616
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 43.18
€ 51.99
€ 43.18
Paperback. What do we think about when we think about human evolution? This book explores our scientific narrative of human origins - the study of evolution - and examines its cultural elements and theoretical foundations. Num Pages: 240 pages, 4 b/w. BIC Classification: JHMP; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520285828
- ISBN
- 9780520285828
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.74
€ 33.99
€ 24.74
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HP; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226400426
- ISBN
- 9780226400426
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.41
€ 40.99
€ 31.41
Paperback. A sociology collection reviewing the state-of-historical-study in a wide range of areas while showcasing the use of poststructuralist approaches to studying family, gender, war, protest & revolution, state-making, social provisions, colonialism, transitio Editor(s): Adams, Julia; Clemens, Elisabeth S.; Orloff, Ann Shola. Series: Politics, History, & Culture. Num Pages: 632 pages, 6 illus. BIC Classification: HB; JH; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 153 x 41. Weight in Grams: 884.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 632
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822333630
- ISBN
- 9780822333630
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 34.95
€ 38.99
€ 34.95
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
€ 40.99
€ 31.73
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKN; HREX; JHBZ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226355870
- ISBN
- 9780226355870
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.53
€ 34.99
€ 27.53
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 181 x 111. .
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141983226
- ISBN
- 9780141983226
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.80
€ 15.99
€ 11.80
Paperback. Num Pages: 549 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: JH; KFFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 39. Weight in Grams: 962.
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 549
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865972407
- ISBN
- 9780865972407
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.61
€ 14.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. Editor(s): Glickman, Lawrence B. Num Pages: 432 pages, 7. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3J; HBTB; JFFT; JHM; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801484865
- ISBN
- 9780801484865
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.23
€ 40.99
€ 36.23
Paperback. Clark looks at life and death at the level of the cell, as he addresses questions such as why we age, why death exists and why sex and death go hand in hand. Originally published in 1997. Num Pages: 208 pages, 7 line drawings. BIC Classification: JHMP; PSAJ; PSAK; PSF; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 12. Weight in Grams: 307.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195121193
- ISBN
- 9780195121193
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.94
€ 23.94
Hardback. Presents an analysis of the international cotton trade and argues for a novel understanding of global markets. This book examines the arrangements, institutions, and power relations on which cotton trading and production depend, and provides an alternative approach to the analysis of pricing mechanisms. Num Pages: 248 pages, 6 halftones. 4 line illus. BIC Classification: JHBL; KCB; KCLT; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 166 x 22. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691142418
- ISBN
- 9780691142418
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.19€ 50.41
€ 65.19
€ 50.41
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847889041
- ISBN
- 9781847889041
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 36.10
€ 42.99
€ 36.10
Paperback. 'Head and shoulders above almost all other new books about China' Simon Winchester Num Pages: 320 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFC; JFSJ1; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 28. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Picador
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Main Market
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780330447362
- ISBN
- 9780330447362
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.37
€ 17.99
€ 13.37
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 14 illus. BIC Classification: 1HBE; JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812214246
- ISBN
- 9780812214246
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 35.64
€ 37.99
€ 35.64