Sociology & anthropology
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Sociology & anthropology
Hardback. This book uncovers how working the night shift at India's transnational call centers affects the lives of women workers. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1 table, 2 figures, 4 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JHBL; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Number of pages
- 219
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804769136
- ISBN
- 9780804769136
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.84
€ 108.84
Paperback. This book compares different forms of racism and anti-racism in the United States and Britain from the 19th century to today, situating the development of various racial doctrines within the political movements of the modern capitalist world order. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804763356
- ISBN
- 9780804763356
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.98
€ 33.99
€ 30.98
Paperback. Approaches the theories, organization, and practices of criminal justice from a sociological perspective so that students can simultaneously develop expertise in criminal justice and understand how issues related to the police, courts, and corrections are informed by broader sociological principles and concepts. Editor(s): Kubrin, Charis E.; Stucky, Thomas D. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 25. Weight in Grams: 757.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804762601
- ISBN
- 9780804762601
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Condition: New
€ 52.16
€ 52.16
Paperback. Explores how social and economic changes to Chinese society create various cultural values and forms of inequality. This book examines changes to a particular set of jobs - service work, in this case salesclerk work - and the nature of the social interactions involved. It shows how change involves unequal relations between clerks and customers. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 tables, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804758376
- ISBN
- 9780804758376
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.52
€ 27.99
€ 26.52
Hardback. A history of perceptions of the blind and of their integration or lack thereof in French society, this book introduces us to a host of fictional and real individuals and paints a moving picture of their advances and disappointments, concluding with the triumphant invention of Louis Braille. Translator(s): Cohen, Emily-Jane. Num Pages: 424 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 403
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804757683
- ISBN
- 9780804757683
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.20
€ 87.20
Hardback. A study of Hannah Arendt's indictment of social science, approaches to totalitarianism (Bolshevism and National Socialism), and of the robust responses of her contemporary sociological critics: Raymond Aron, David Riesman, Jules Monnerot, and Theodor Abel. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JHB; JPHX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804756501
- ISBN
- 9780804756501
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Condition: New
€ 76.95
€ 76.95
Paperback. Analyzes what it is like to grow up as the state-appointed vanguard of modernization. Based on surveys and ethnographic research in China, this book explores the social, economic, and psychological consequences of the government's decision to accelerate the fertility transition. Num Pages: 256 pages, 17 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSP2; JHBD; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804753302
- ISBN
- 9780804753302
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.41
€ 26.99
€ 25.41
Hardback. This book presents a set of critical engagements by writers from a variety of disciplines with the work of noted anthropologist Talal Asad. Editor(s): Scott, David; Hirschkind, Charles. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804752657
- ISBN
- 9780804752657
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.57
€ 140.57
Hardback. The danwei (workunit) has been the fundamental social and spatial unit of urban China under socialism. With particular focus on the link between spatial forms and social organization, this book traces the origins and development of this critical institution up to the present day. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 table, 12 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JHBL; JPR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804750387
- ISBN
- 9780804750387
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.91
€ 88.91
Paperback. see copy for volume one. Series: Studies in Social Inequality. Num Pages: 360 pages, 1 table, 5 figures. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804750004
- ISBN
- 9780804750004
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.65
€ 30.99
€ 27.65
Hardback. Series: Jurists: Profiles in Legal Theory. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC; LAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 166 x 24. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804744751
- ISBN
- 9780804744751
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.87
€ 43.87
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 175
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803294448
- ISBN
- 9780803294448
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.25
€ 26.99
€ 25.25
Paperback. Lends clarity to the heated debate about the purpose and direction of Native American scholarship Editor(s): Mihesuah, Devon Abbott. Num Pages: 213 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBAH; JFSL9; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 138 x 12. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803282438
- ISBN
- 9780803282438
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.01
€ 21.01
American Anthropology, 1888-1920: Papers from the American Anthropolog...
American Anthropological Association
Paperback. The 55 selections in this volume represent the interests and accomplishments in American anthropology from the establishment of the American Anthropologist through World War I. Editor(s): Laguna, Frederica de. Num Pages: 838 pages, Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1134.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press Nebraska
- Number of pages
- 868
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803280083
- ISBN
- 9780803280083
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.35€ 53.29
€ 53.35
€ 53.29
Paperback. Presents an intimate look at the typical but often misunderstood practice of adoption and naming of anthropologists by Native families and communities. Leading anthropologists in the United States and Canada discuss this issue by focusing on the cases of such prominent earlier scholars as Lewis Henry Morgan and Franz Boas. Editor(s): Kan, Sergei A. Num Pages: 270 pages, Map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 341.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press Nebraska
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803277977
- ISBN
- 9780803277977
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.42
€ 26.99
€ 25.42
Paperback. The Canadian Sioux are descendants of Santees, Yanktonais, and Tetons from the United States who sought refuge in Canada during the 1860s and 1870s. This book helps fill that gap in the literature and remains relevant even in the twenty-first century. Series: Studies in the Anthropology of North American Indians. Num Pages: 226 pages, 24 photographs, 1 map, 3 tables, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 13. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803271760
- ISBN
- 9780803271760
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.86
€ 32.99
€ 29.86
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803271579
- ISBN
- 9780803271579
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.33
€ 37.99
€ 34.33
Paperback. Games figured prominently in the myths of North American Indian tribes, and also in their ceremonies for bringing rain and fertility and combating misfortune. This work describes the practice of archery and games like snow-snake, in which darts or javelins were hurled over snow or ice. Num Pages: 490 pages, 13ill. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFSL; JHBT; WDM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 35. Weight in Grams: 840.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803263567
- ISBN
- 9780803263567
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.56
€ 31.99
€ 28.56
Paperback. Offers a different interpretation of the genesis of "kinship" and of the role it played in late nineteenth-century intellectual history. Num Pages: 312 pages, 9 illustrations, 5 figures, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JHBA; JHMC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803260061
- ISBN
- 9780803260061
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.38
€ 26.99
€ 25.38
Hardback. Modern antisemitism and the modern discipline of sociology not only emerged in the same period, but - antagonism and hostility between the two discourses notwithstanding - also overlapped and complemented each other. This book offers a collection of twelve essays providing a comparative analysis of modern antisemitism and the rise of sociology. Editor(s): Stoetzler, Marcel. Num Pages: 390 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSR1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803248649
- ISBN
- 9780803248649
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.87
€ 71.87
Hardback. In a sad irony, Hannah Freeman was establishing her residency - a claim that paved the way for her removal to the poorhouse. This book reconstructs Hannah Freeman's history, traveling from the days of her grandmothers before European settlement to the beginning of the nineteenth century. Num Pages: 240 pages, 3 photographs, 6 illustrations, 4 maps, 2 appendixes. BIC Classification: JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803248403
- ISBN
- 9780803248403
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.14
€ 31.14
Hardback. Examines North American Aboriginal peoples' use of Indigenous and European distance weapons in big-game hunting and combat. Beyond the capabilities of European weapons, Aboriginal peoples' ways of adapting and using this technology in combination with Indigenous weaponry contributed greatly to the impact these weapons had on Aboriginal cultures. Num Pages: 488 pages, 57 illustrations, 2 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 41. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803248380
- ISBN
- 9780803248380
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.13
€ 87.13
Hardback. Moves toward an examination of the institutions, theories, and social networks of scholars as never before, maintaining a healthy scepticism toward anthropologists' views of their own methods and theories Series: Critical Studies in the History of Anthropology. Num Pages: 400 pages, 3 figures, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 825.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- 0th edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803243958
- ISBN
- 9780803243958
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.91
€ 71.91
Paperback. Discovers that the hidden lives of her ancestors reveal as much about the present as they do about the past Num Pages: 256 pages, 25 photographs, 1 geneology. BIC Classification: JFSR1; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803243903
- ISBN
- 9780803243903
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.74
€ 18.99
€ 18.74