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Sociology & anthropology
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Sociology & anthropology
Paperback. Examines the question-answer process that is basic to polls and surveys, as it is in so much of life. This title concerns the nature of questioning itself, with issues of validity and bias, and with the scope and limitations of meaning sought through polls and surveys. Num Pages: 232 pages, 11 line illustrations, 30 tables. BIC Classification: JHBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674060432
- ISBN
- 9780674060432
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.06
€ 36.99
€ 31.06
Paperback. Looking at every kind of fatherhood - being a father in and out of marriage, fathering from a distance, stepfathering, and parenting by gay males, this book presents a picture of how being a parent fits with men's broader social and work lives, how fatherhood evolved, and how it differs across cultures and through time. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JFSJ2; JHBK; JHM; JMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674064188
- ISBN
- 9780674064188
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 30.03
€ 34.99
€ 30.03
Paperback. As a young anthropologist, the author undertook fieldwork in Jamaica, Haiti, and Puerto Rico. This title presents a summation of his work in the region and is a reminder of how anthropology allows people to explore the deep truths that history may leave unexamined. Series: W. E. B. Du Bois Lectures. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JFSL3; JFSL4; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674066212
- ISBN
- 9780674066212
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 30.11
€ 34.99
€ 30.11
Hardback. The Puritans were not as busy policing their neighbors' behavior as Nathaniel Hawthorne or many early American historians would have us believe. Keeping their own households in line occupied too much of their time. Under Household Government reveals that family members took on the role of watchdogs in matters of sexual indiscretion. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 326 pages, 15 charts, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 167 x 23. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674066335
- ISBN
- 9780674066335
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.73€ 56.94
€ 61.73
€ 56.94
Hardback. Born in Europe's shadow, haunted by the Holocaust, and inspired by the Enlightenment, Israel has changed. Where is this diverse and self-absorbed country heading today? How do its citizens see themselves, globally and historically? Israel Has Moved is a profound and sometimes unsettling account of a country that is no longer where we might think. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBJF1; HBTB; HRJ; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674073425
- ISBN
- 9780674073425
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.39
€ 47.99
€ 40.39
Hardback. Tarun Chhabra offers detailed ethnographic descriptions of multiple aspects of the culture of the Todas, the oldest inhabitants of the Nilgiri Hills of South India. Chhabra s prologue details his journey to becoming a Toda insider. The text and appendices include significant new data, and the book represents a major breakthrough in Toda studies." Series: Harvard Oriental Series. Num Pages: 721 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 263 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1560.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 721
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674088504
- ISBN
- 9780674088504
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.29€ 60.05
€ 65.29
€ 60.05
Paperback. This text traces the history of contraception and abortifacients from ancient Egypt to the 17th century, and discusses the scientific merit of the ancient remedies and why this knowledge about fertility control was gradually lost over the course of the Middle Ages. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 tables, 6 halftones, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFMA; JHBD; MBNH4; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674168763
- ISBN
- 9780674168763
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.13
€ 38.99
€ 33.13
Paperback. "Through the use of folklore, apocryphal stories, poetry, jokes, and discussion of split factions and advocacy organizations, Padden and Humphries gracefully explain how deaf culture works, what it means to its members, how they define themselves within it, and how they interact with the world outside".--Booklist. Illustrated. Num Pages: 144 pages, 10 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674194243
- ISBN
- 9780674194243
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 30.03
€ 34.99
€ 30.03
Hardcover. Num Pages: 650 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 162 x 60. Weight in Grams: 1314.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 650
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674258655
- ISBN
- 9780674258655
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.22€ 48.67
€ 52.22
€ 48.67
Paperback. The question explored in this book is: if women once had access to effective means of birth control, why was this knowledge lost to them in modern times? The book examines the widespread knowledge of herbal treatments, theories behind them, and the loss of this knowledge. Num Pages: 352 pages, 8 tables, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: HBG; JFSJ1; JHBD; MBNH4; MX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674270268
- ISBN
- 9780674270268
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.32
€ 45.99
€ 38.32
Hardcover. Series: Economic Studies. Num Pages: 176 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1D; JHBL; KCC; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674451759
- ISBN
- 9780674451759
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.22€ 48.67
€ 52.22
€ 48.67
Hardcover. Rise of a Japanese Chinatown focuses on a Chinese immigrant community in the Japanese port city of Yokohama from the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 to the normalization of Sino-Japanese ties in 1972 and beyond. It tells the story of how Chinese immigrants found an enduring place within a monoethnic state during periods of war and peace. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 270 pages, Illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBJF; HBTB; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674491984
- ISBN
- 9780674491984
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.32
€ 45.99
€ 38.32
Hardcover. Through an exploration of contemporary Chinese popular religion from its cultural, social, and material perspectives, Wei-Ping Lin paints a broad picture of the dynamics of popular religion in Taiwan. Analyzing these aspects of religious practice in a unified framework, she traces their transformation as adherents move from villages to cities. Num Pages: 217 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HRA; JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674504363
- ISBN
- 9780674504363
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.32
€ 45.99
€ 38.32
Hardcover. Heroic figures such as Heracles, Perseus, and Jason were seen by the Greeks not as mythical figures but as real people from a bygone age. The people who shared this ancestry used it for many alliances of trade and war. This is a study of the political uses of perceived kinship. Series: Revealing Antiquity. Num Pages: 193 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBG; HBLA; JHBK; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 335.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 193
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674505278
- ISBN
- 9780674505278
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.74€ 73.50
€ 80.74
€ 73.50
Hardcover. Gordon Fain's Molecular and Cellular Physiology of Neurons, Second Edition> is intended for anyone who seeks to understand nerve cell function: undergraduate and graduate students in neuroscience, students of bioengineering and cognitive science, and practicing neuroscientists who want to deepen their knowledge of recent discoveries. Num Pages: 740 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMP; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 211 x 242 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1642.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674599215
- ISBN
- 9780674599215
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.56€ 89.04
€ 98.56
€ 89.04
Hardcover. Harry Austryn Wolfson, world-renowned scholar and most lucid of scholarly writers, here presents in ordered detail his long-awaited study of the philosophic principles I and reasoning by which the Fathers of the Church sought to explain the mysteries of the Trinity and the Incarnation. Num Pages: 666 pages. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1200.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1970
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- Third revised edition
- Number of pages
- 666
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674665514
- ISBN
- 9780674665514
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.20€ 103.54
€ 115.20
€ 103.54
Hardcover. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHBC; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 37. Weight in Grams: 908.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 592
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674687608
- ISBN
- 9780674687608
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.88€ 96.28
€ 106.88
€ 96.28
Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHMP; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674831858
- ISBN
- 9780674831858
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.13€ 92.14
€ 102.13
€ 92.14
Hardback. Num Pages: 648 pages. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 155 x 41. Weight in Grams: 998.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1973
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 648
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674847651
- ISBN
- 9780674847651
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 182.93€ 162.55
€ 182.93
€ 162.55
Hardback. Num Pages: 658 pages. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 155 x 0. Weight in Grams: 998.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 658
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674847668
- ISBN
- 9780674847668
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 174.61€ 155.29
€ 174.61
€ 155.29