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Sociology & anthropology
Paperback. A healthy pregnancy is now defined well before pregnancy even begins. This book examines the dramatic shift in ideas about reproductive risk and birth outcomes over the last several decades, unearthing how these ideas intersect with the politics of women's health and motherhood at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Num Pages: 292 pages, 2 line drawings and 3 halftones, scattered. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520288072
- ISBN
- 9780520288072
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.36
€ 39.36
Paperback. The reader includes a number of different perspectives on health and illness, is international in scope, and will provide an invaluable resource to students across a wide range of courses in sociology and the social sciences. Editor(s): Bury, Michael; Gabe, Jonathan. Series: Routledge Student Readers. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JH; MBNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 175 x 23. Weight in Grams: 768.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415257565
- ISBN
- 9780415257565
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.77
€ 71.77
Paperback. How do you judge the quality of a school, a district, a teacher, a student? By the test scores, of course. Yet for all the talk, what educational tests can and can't tell you, and how scores can be misunderstood and misused, remains a mystery to most. This book demystifies educational testing - from MCAS to SAT to WAIS. Num Pages: 368 pages, 24 line illustrations, 6 tables. BIC Classification: JHBC; JNKD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 210 x 25. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 8/16/09
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674035218
- ISBN
- 9780674035218
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.59
€ 29.99
€ 26.59
Paperback. The transformation of Delhi into a twenty-first century metropolis is an intoxicating, at times terrifying story - that has repercussions for the future not only in India but everywhere Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JM; JHB; JHMC; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857860040
- ISBN
- 9780857860040
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.09
€ 17.99
€ 13.09
Paperback. A classic treatise, available now for the first time in paperback, on the folk beliefs of the Jews, with a new introduction by arguably the most important contemporary scholar of Jewish mysticism. Num Pages: 392 pages, illus. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSR1; JHBT. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Number of pages
- 392
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812218626
- ISBN
- 9780812218626
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.36
€ 36.99
€ 34.36
Paperback. As part of the "Explorations in Anthropology" series and based on extensive fieldwork, this volume addresses a range of subjects of interest to peoples of the Pacific Island nations. Editor(s): Wassmann, Jurg. Series: Explorations in Anthropology. Num Pages: 384 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1M; 1QSP; GTB; JHM; JPFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 574. An excellent, clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Berg Publishers Oxford
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- SKU
- KRS0018175
- ISBN
- 9781859731598
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Hardback. Making a comeback in Northern Europe and North America, wolf populations cause conflicts by affecting the livelihoods of rural peoples. However, their arrivals also become embedded in more general societal tensions. Series: Interspecies Encounters. Num Pages: 270 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DNN; JHB; RNT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785334207
- ISBN
- 9781785334207
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.56
€ 164.56
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, 27ill. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252012495
- ISBN
- 9780252012495
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.56
€ 27.99
€ 26.56
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520294288
- ISBN
- 9780520294288
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 35.56
€ 40.99
€ 35.56
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 40th anniversary
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195133738
- ISBN
- 9780195133738
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.19
€ 25.99
€ 22.19
Hardback. Editor(s): Whitehead, Jean; Telfer, Hamish; Lambert, John. Num Pages: 280 pages, 33 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFSP2; JHBS; WS; WSDP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415533065
- ISBN
- 9780415533065
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 219.66
€ 219.66
Hardback. Within the growing attention to the diverse forms and trajectories of modern societies, the Nordic countries are now widely seen as a distinctive and instructive case. While discussions have centered on the Nordic modelA" of the welfare state and its record of adaptation to the changing global environment of the late twentieth century.. Editor(s): Arnason, Johann Pall; Wittrock, Bjorn. Num Pages: 298 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DN; HBJD; HBTB; JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 160 x 233 x 21. Weight in Grams: 530. 298 pages, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Arnason, Johann Pall; Wittrock, Bjorn. Within the growing attention to the diverse forms and trajectories of modern societies, the Nordic countries are now widely seen as a distinctive and instructive case. While discussions have centered on the Nordic modelA" of the welfare state and its record of adaptation to the changing global environment of the late twentieth century. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1DN; HBJD; HBTB; JHB. Dimension: 160 x 233 x 21. Weight: 530.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 298
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857452696
- ISBN
- 9780857452696
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.09
€ 163.09
Hardback. In The Slow Professor, Maggie Berg and Barbara K. Seeber discuss how adopting the principles of the Slow movement in academic life can counter the erosion of humanistic education. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: HP; JHB; JNM; JNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442645561
- ISBN
- 9781442645561
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 32.94
€ 33.99
€ 32.94
Paperback. Num Pages: 624 pages, Charts: 4,. BIC Classification: JHBC; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 29. Weight in Grams: 810.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 624
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- second edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231161398
- ISBN
- 9780231161398
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.02€ 57.47
€ 73.02
€ 57.47
Hardback. This book looks at labor in agriculture and food in a global era by studying salient characteristics of the conditions and use of labor in global agri-food. Written by experienced and also emerging scholars, the chapters present a wealth of empirical data and robust theorizations that allow readers to grasp the complexity of this topic. Editor(s): Marsden, Terry; Barbosa Cavalcanti, Josefa Salete; Bonanno, Alessandro. Series: Research in Rural Sociology & Development. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: JFCV; JHBL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 160 x 234 x 32. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783507115
- ISBN
- 9781783507115
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.48
€ 157.48
Paperback. "First Time" traces the shape of historical thought among peoples who had previously been denied any history at all. Each page of the book presents s transcript of oral histories told by living Saramakas about their 18th century ancestors, with additional commentary. Num Pages: 208 pages, 44 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLSS; HBTB; JHMC; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 180 x 12. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226680606
- ISBN
- 9780226680606
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.14
€ 47.99
€ 37.14
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- illustrated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340808504
- ISBN
- 9780340808504
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.73
€ 42.99
€ 38.73
Hardback. This is the first book to provide a critical criminological perspective on sport and the connections between sport and crime. Part of the New Horizons in Criminology series, it draws on the inter-disciplinary nature of criminology and incorporates emerging perspectives like social harm, gender and sexuality, and green criminology. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: JHBS; JKV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 167 x 241 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447323150
- ISBN
- 9781447323150
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.76
€ 86.76
Paperback. Shedding light on the black power movement, Black Studies programs, and American higher education, this historical analysis reveals how radical politics are assimilated into the university system. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8, 6 black & white halftones, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFSL3; JHB; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801898259
- ISBN
- 9780801898259
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.56
€ 34.99
€ 29.56
Paperback. The authors in this volume question what the possible appeal of these old religions, such as Christianity, Judaism, or Islam could be in the new urban environment and, conversely, what impact global urbanization will have on learning and on the performance and nature of ritual. Editor(s): Pinxten, Rik; Dikomitiz, Lisa. Series: Culture and Politics/Politics and Culture. Num Pages: 166 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSR; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 9. Weight in Grams: 234. Religious Traditions in Urban Contexts. Series: Culture and Politics/Politics and Culture. 166 pages, 12 ills. Editor(s): Pinxten, Rik; Dikomitiz, Lisa. The authors in this volume question what the possible appeal of these old religions, such as Christianity, Judaism, or Islam could be in the new urban environment and, conversely, what impact global urbanization will have on learning and on the performance and nature of ritual. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JFSR; JHMC. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 9. Weight: 234.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 166
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857458070
- ISBN
- 9780857458070
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 30.82
€ 32.99
€ 30.82