Sociology & anthropology
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Sociology & anthropology
Paperback. Develops a theory of organizational leadership and governance to explain why some organizations expand their scope of action in ways that do not benefit their members directly. This title reveals how activist labor unions expand the community of fate and provoke preferences that transcend the private interests of individual members. Num Pages: 336 pages, 31 line illus. 14 tables. BIC Classification: JHB; JPWH; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691158570
- ISBN
- 9780691158570
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Paperback. Examines the intersections of social marginality, morality, and magic in contemporary Brazil by analyzing the beliefs and religious practices related to the Afro-Brazilian spirit entity Pomba Gira. This title provides an intimate account of the intricate relationship between Pomba Gira and one of her devotees, Nazare da Silva. Num Pages: 312 pages, 18 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; HRQ; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Pap/DVD
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520262652
- ISBN
- 9780520262652
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Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 35.10
€ 48.99
€ 35.10
Paperback. A field guide to the world's scary creatures, along with an intriguing explanation why monsters won't go away. Gilmore considers the role of monsters in the human psyche and in society, looking at art, folktales, fantasy, literature, and other sources. Num Pages: 224 pages, 30 illus. BIC Classification: JHM; VXQM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 219 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812220889
- ISBN
- 9780812220889
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.70
€ 32.99
€ 29.70
Paperback. Translation of: Les metamorphoses du gras. Translator(s): Delogu, C. Jon. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 296 pages, 25. BIC Classification: JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 222 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231159777
- ISBN
- 9780231159777
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.22
€ 30.99
€ 22.22
Paperback. Finding biopolitics unable to adequately reveal the mechanisms of power that govern contemporary life, Elizabeth A. Povinelli offers "geontopower" as a new theory of power that operates through the regulation of clear distinctions between life and nonlife. Num Pages: 232 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; JHMC; JPFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362333
- ISBN
- 9780822362333
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.48
€ 27.99
€ 26.48
Paperback. This book explores the possibilities and limitations re-theorizing disability using historical materialism in the interdisciplinary contexts of social theory, cultural studies, social and education policy, feminist ethics, and theories of citizenship. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFFG; JFFK; JFSC; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137577320
- ISBN
- 9781137577320
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Condition: New
€ 64.63
€ 64.63
Paperback. Drawing on his lifelong fascination with the game, the author guides readers into the world of twenty-first-century chess to help us understand its unique pleasures and challenges, and to advance a new 'anthropology of passion.' Num Pages: 266 pages, 2 b/w photographs, 7 line illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 143 x 16. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 266
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520272606
- ISBN
- 9780520272606
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.28
€ 27.99
€ 21.28
Paperback. A Companion to the Anthropology of Education presents a comprehensive and state-of-the-art overview of the field, exploring the social and cultural dimension of educational processes in both formal and nonformal settings. Editor(s): Levinson, Bradley A.; Pollock, Mica. Series: Wiley-Blackwell Companions to Anthropology. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 171. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 592
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119111665
- ISBN
- 9781119111665
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Condition: New
€ 48.30
€ 48.30
Paperback. Gierzynski's captivating analysis of media's impact on political views, combined with the enjoyable Potter story details, makes for an irresistible project that social scientists can use to work a little magic in their classrooms. Num Pages: 136 pages, 12, 12 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: DSK; JHB; JPA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 10. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Number of pages
- 136
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421410333
- ISBN
- 9781421410333
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.63
€ 31.99
€ 26.63
Paperback. No further information has been provided for this title. Num Pages: 520 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 263 x 195 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1188.
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 520
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405858502
- ISBN
- 9781405858502
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Condition: New
€ 74.41
€ 74.41
Paperback. Series: Theory Out of Bounds. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: APF; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 175 x 14. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- First edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816622948
- ISBN
- 9780816622948
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.31
€ 30.99
€ 27.31
Hardback. Series: Bioarchaeology and Social Theory. Num Pages: 218 pages, 18 black & white illustrations, 44 colour illustrations, 5 black & white tables, biograph. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; 3H; HDDA; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319284026
- ISBN
- 9783319284026
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.50
€ 65.50
Paperback. This book, the second title in the Rethinking Community Development series, argues for the centrality of class analysis and its associated divisions of power to any discussion of the potential benefits of community development. Editor(s): Shaw, Mae; Mayo, Marjorie. Series: Rethinking Community Development. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: JFSC; JHB; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 158 x 233 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447322467
- ISBN
- 9781447322467
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 36.34
€ 37.99
€ 36.34
Paperback. Create confident, literate students with skills-focused, topic-specific workbooks. Num Pages: 48 pages. BIC Classification: 4KL; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 211 x 297 x 6. Weight in Grams: 120.
- Publisher
- Hodder Education
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471845345
- ISBN
- 9781471845345
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.16
€ 12.16
paperback. Gregory Bateson was a philosopher, anthropologist, photographer, naturalist and poet, as well as the husband and collaborator of Margaret Mead. This anthology of his major work contains a foreword by his daughter Mary Katherine Bateson. Num Pages: 564 pages, 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPM; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 138 x 30. Weight in Grams: 668. Collected Essays in Anthropology, Psychiatry, Evolution and Epistemology. 564 pages, 5 line drawings. Gregory Bateson was a philosopher, anthropologist, photographer, naturalist and poet, as well as the husband and collaborator of Margaret Mead. This anthology of his major work contains a foreword by his daughter Mary Katherine Bateson. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPM; JH. Dimension: 217 x 138 x 30. Weight: 680.
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 564
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226039053
- ISBN
- 9780226039053
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 23.01
€ 27.99
€ 23.01
paperback. Ann Swidler's work is an attempt to discover how people find and sustain real love in the midst of that talk, and how the culture of love shapes their expectations and behaviour. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JH; JMM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226786919
- ISBN
- 9780226786919
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.96
€ 31.99
€ 24.96
Hardback. Bringing together an international range of experts in the history of China, Japan, India and the Ottoman Empire/Turkey, this pioneering volume demonstrates the importance of Asia in the multifaceted global transformations that revolved around the Paris Peace Conference and its aftermath. Editor(s): Zachmann, Urs Matthias. Series: Edinburgh East Asian Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBT; JH; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474417167
- ISBN
- 9781474417167
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.95€ 102.41
€ 106.95
€ 102.41
Paperback. Discusses the contradictions whereby Asians have been included in the workplaces and markets of the US nation-state, yet, through exclusion laws and bars from citizenship, have been distanced from the terrain of national culture. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFFN; JHMP; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822318644
- ISBN
- 9780822318644
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.45
€ 30.99
€ 27.45
Paperback.
Sex in China introduces readers to some of the dramatic shifts that have taken place in Chinese sexual behaviours and attitudes, and public discussions of sex, since the 1980s. The book explores what it means to talk about sex in present-day China, where sex and sexuality are more and more visible in everyday life. Series: China Today. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 211 x 16. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- Polity
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745656144
- ISBN
- 9780745656144
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.23
€ 23.23
Paperback. This book draws together a range of case studies by international experts to assess the impacts of social mix policies and the degree to which they might represent gentrification by stealth. Editor(s): Bridge, Gary; Butler, Tim; Lees, Loretta. Num Pages: 304 pages, figures. BIC Classification: JFSG; JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847424921
- ISBN
- 9781847424921
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 38.58
€ 40.99
€ 38.58