Sociology & anthropology
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Sociology & anthropology
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138675155
- ISBN
- 9781138675155
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.38
€ 59.38
Paperback. Analyzes the social side of technological risk. This book argues that the conventional engineering approach to ensuring safety - building in more warnings and safeguards - fails because systems complexity makes failures inevitable. It asserts that typical precautions, by adding to complexity, may help create new categories of accidents. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: JH; KNXC; TGPR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 386
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691004129
- ISBN
- 9780691004129
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.07
€ 46.99
€ 41.07
Paperback. Target success in sociology with this proven formula for effective, structured revision; key content coverage is combined with exam-style tasks and practical tips to create a revision guide that students can rely on to review, strengthen and test their knowledge. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 4KLR; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 213 x 298 x 17. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Publisher
- Hodder Education
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471882654
- ISBN
- 9781471882654
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.45
€ 27.99
€ 25.45
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- HarperCollins UK
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007597475
- ISBN
- 9780007597475
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 40.13
€ 44.99
€ 40.13
Hardback. In this topical book, expert scholars from the Nordic countries, the UK and the US demonstrate how modern fatherhood is supported in Nordic countries through family and social policies, and how these shape and influence the images, roles and practices of fathers in a diversity of family settings and variations of fatherhoods. Editor(s): Eydal, Gudny Bjork; Rostgaard, Tine. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: 1DN; JFSJ2; JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 159 x 28. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Publisher
- Bristol University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447310471
- ISBN
- 9781447310471
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.87
€ 105.87
Paperback. Collection of new essays on the past, present, and future of positivism in the various social sciences Editor(s): Steinmetz, George. Series: Politics, History, & Culture. Num Pages: 632 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 153 x 37. Weight in Grams: 858.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 632
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822335184
- ISBN
- 9780822335184
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.47
€ 38.99
€ 35.47
Paperback. Investigates the social history of skin color from prehistory to the present, showing how our body's most visible feature influences our social interactions in profound and complex ways. This book explains why skin color has become a biological trait with great social meaning - a product of evolution perceived differently by different cultures. Num Pages: 280 pages, 10 color illustrations, 49 b/w photographs, 1 line illustration, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSL; JHMC; JHMP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 151 x 227 x 19. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520283862
- ISBN
- 9780520283862
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Paperback. Music and dance play a central role in the 'healing arts' of the Senoi Temiar, a group of hunters and horticulturalists dwelling in the rainforest of peninsular Malaysia. This title shows how the sounds and gestures of music and dance acquire a potency that can transform thoughts, emotions, and bodies. Series: Comparative Studies of Health Systems & Medical Care. Num Pages: 278 pages, 15 b&w photographs, 9 figures. BIC Classification: 1FMM; JFSL9; JHM; MMZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520082816
- ISBN
- 9780520082816
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.81
€ 36.99
€ 26.81
Paperback. Translator(s): Rendall, Steven. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF7; JHB; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 177 x 10. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231177658
- ISBN
- 9780231177658
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.43
€ 30.99
€ 22.43
Paperback. A survey of the manifestations and meaning of Black Power in America, this work analyzes the ideology of the Black Power Movement in the 1960s and places it in the context of both African-American and Western political thought. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566391450
- ISBN
- 9781566391450
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.36
€ 37.99
€ 34.36
Paperback. First published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Num Pages: 284 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 165 x 17. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415515399
- ISBN
- 9780415515399
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.21
€ 59.21
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138200852
- ISBN
- 9781138200852
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 78.33
€ 78.33
Paperback. The accessible introduction to 'methodology' rather than 'methods' opens students up to critical questions about methodological concepts and frameworks in a way that will appeal to lecturers teaching research in education and wider social sciences. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 178 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781446208625
- ISBN
- 9781446208625
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Condition: New
€ 57.25
€ 57.25
Paperback. Goes behind the scenes in two urban luxury hotels to give a picture of the workers who care for and cater to wealthy guests. This work offers an analysis of what the luxury service consists of, how managers organize its production, and how workers and guests negotiate the inequality between them. Num Pages: 373 pages, 2 line illustrations, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JFFT; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 510. Service and Inequality in Luxury Hotels. 373 pages, 2 line illustrations, 5 tables. Goes behind the scenes in two urban luxury hotels to give a picture of the workers who care for and cater to wealthy guests. This work offers an analysis of what the luxury service consists of, how managers organize its production, and how workers and guests negotiate the inequality between them. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JFFT; JHM. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 22. Weight: 510.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 373
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520247826
- ISBN
- 9780520247826
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JHMP; VFDW; VFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349401287
- ISBN
- 9780349401287
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.29
€ 18.99
€ 14.29
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781483325217
- ISBN
- 9781483325217
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 105.39
€ 105.39
Paperback. In Vicarious Kinks, Ummni Khan looks at the mass of claims that film, feminism, the human sciences, and law make about sadomasochism and its practitioners, and the way those claims become the basis for the legal regulation of sadomasochist pornography and practice. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442615519
- ISBN
- 9781442615519
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 41.07
€ 45.99
€ 41.07
Hardback. Bringing together scholarship from across the social sciences and humanities, this handbook critically examines the relationship between society and outer space, exploring the history, present and future of outer space and the place of humans within it. Editor(s): Dickens, Peter; Ormrod, James S. Num Pages: 528 pages, 10. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137363510
- ISBN
- 9781137363510
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 318.51
€ 318.51
Paperback. Eminent researchers share their expertise, not 'telling' users what to do, but 'showing' what different methods look like in action, using 'stories from the field' and explaining the key issues involved in reflecting on research. Editor(s): Lewin, Cathy; Somekh, Bridget. Num Pages: 368 pages, figures. BIC Classification: JHBC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 186 x 20. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Second
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849200158
- ISBN
- 9781849200158
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.77
€ 59.77
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations, map, ports. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSJ5; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226707563
- ISBN
- 9780226707563
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.84
€ 38.84