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Sociology & anthropology
Paperback. How many languages are there? What differentiates one language from another? Are new languages still being discovered? Why are so many languages disappearing? These are some of the questions considered in this Very Short Introduction. By examining the science of languages, we find that the answers are not as simple as we might expect. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 152 pages, Approximately 15 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: CBX; CFF; CFZ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 173 x 114 x 8. Weight in Grams: 120.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 152
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199590599
- ISBN
- 9780199590599
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
€ 10.89
Paperback. Following transnational Mexicans as they experience the alienation and unpredictability of deportation, tracing the particular ways that US immigration policies and state removals affect families, this book includes accounts of displacement, struggle, and profound loss, but also those of resilience, flexibility, and imaginings of what may come. Series: California Series in Public Anthropology. Num Pages: 181 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520287082
- ISBN
- 9780520287082
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Anthropologies of Value: Cultures of Accumulation Across the Global No...
Luis Fernando Angosto-Ferrandez (Ed.)
Hardback. An edited collection which contains unusual and global case studies providing a Marxist analysis of the commodification of life Editor(s): Angosto-Ferrandez, Luis Fernando; Presterudstuen, Geir Henning. Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 224 x 23. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745336633
- ISBN
- 9780745336633
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Condition: New
€ 59.45€ 50.94
€ 59.45
€ 50.94
Paperback. Series: The Kauffman Foundation Series on Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Num Pages: 312 pages, 29 line illus. 46 tables. BIC Classification: JHBK; JHBL; KJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 152 x 225 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691163949
- ISBN
- 9780691163949
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.43
€ 30.99
€ 22.43
Paperback. "Critical Perspectives on Technology and Education shows how researchers working in the area of technology and education can use critical perspectives to broaden the "ed-tech" research imagination, opening up new topics, asking new questions, developing theory and articulating an agenda for informed action"-- Series: Digital Education and Learning. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JHB; JNF; JNV; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349481248
- ISBN
- 9781349481248
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Condition: New
€ 52.90€ 46.33
€ 52.90
€ 46.33
Paperback. Addresses two developments in the conceptualization of citizenship that arise from the 'war on terror', namely the reculturalization of membership in a polity and the re-moralization of access to rights. This book takes an anthropological perspective of the subject. Editor(s): Eckert, Julia M., PhD. Num Pages: 196 pages, col. maps. BIC Classification: JHMC; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 137 x 225 x 15. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783899429640
- ISBN
- 9783899429640
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.68
€ 37.99
€ 27.68
Paperback. Combines an account of some of the disciplines guiding principles and methodology with examples and illustrations of anthropologists. This book discusses about the anthropology's contributions to modern thought, and examines specific ways in which social and cultural anthropology have advanced our understanding of human society and culture. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 176 pages, halftones, line drawings. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 114 x 10. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 9th ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192853462
- ISBN
- 9780192853462
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
€ 10.89
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781446274934
- ISBN
- 9781446274934
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Condition: New
€ 59.77
€ 59.77
Paperback. Digital technologies are a key feature of contemporary education. Schools, colleges and universities operate along high-tech lines, while alternate forms of online education have emerged to challenge the dominance of traditional institutions. Series: Digital Futures. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JH; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 168 x 123. .
- Publisher
- Polity
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745696478
- ISBN
- 9780745696478
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.76
€ 22.76
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198701880
- ISBN
- 9780198701880
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Condition: New
€ 28.63
€ 28.63
Paperback. Working with Spoken Discourse provides a comprehensive account of the expanding multidisciplinary field of discourse analysis. It discusses current approaches, concepts and debates in the field of spoken discourse and provides a grounding in the practical techniques of discourse analysis and how to apply them to real data. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; GTC; JH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 170 x 13. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761957737
- ISBN
- 9780761957737
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Condition: New
€ 57.25
€ 57.25
Hardback. This is the first detailed criminological account of the role of blame in which the authors present a novel study of the legal process of blame attribution, set in the context of criminalisation as a social and political process. It will also be of wider interest to anyone wishing to discover the role of blame in modern society. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JHBA; JKV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 163 x 240 x 16. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Publisher
- Bristol University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447305002
- ISBN
- 9781447305002
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Condition: New
€ 168.22
€ 168.22
Paperback. In this important book, Niklas Luhmann uses his powers as an analyst of the social system to examine two of the most important concepts which hold that system together and allow it to evolve: trust and power. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFFP; JHB; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509519453
- ISBN
- 9781509519453
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Condition: New
€ 26.45
€ 26.45
Hardback. Masculine Identities and Male Sex Work Between East Java and Bali introduces the reader to the stories of young male sex workers in South Bali. These are accounts of gang warfare, bodies, and violence which speak to the dreams, aspirations, and failures of a generation of young men in contemporary Indonesia. Series: Critical Studies in Gender, Sexuality, and Culture. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMN; JFMX; JFSJ2; JFSS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137541451
- ISBN
- 9781137541451
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.54
€ 66.54
Hardback. American Jewish Year Book 2013 Editor(s): Dashefsky, Arnold; Sheskin, Ira M. Series: American Jewish Year Book. Num Pages: 872 pages, 72 black & white illustrations, 73 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFFN; JHBD; JNLR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1422.
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 600
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319016573
- ISBN
- 9783319016573
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.47
€ 200.47
Hardback. Using an entirely new conceptual vocabulary through which to understand men's experiences and expectations at the dawn of the 21st century, this path-breaking volume focuses on fatherhood around the globe, including transformations in fathering, fatherhood, and family life. Editor(s): Inhorn, Marcia C.; Chavkin, Wendy; Navarro, Jose-Alberto. Series: Fertility, Reproduction & Sexuality. Num Pages: 400 pages, 3 illus. BIC Classification: JFSJ2; JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 157 x 230 x 30. Weight in Grams: 814.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782384373
- ISBN
- 9781782384373
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 175.80
€ 175.80
Paperback. Series: Working Class in American History. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HRAX; HRC; JFSC; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 228 x 22. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252081897
- ISBN
- 9780252081897
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Hardback. Among both male and female young urban professionals in Nairobi, sexuality is a key to achieving a "modern" identity. These young men and women see themselves as the avant garde of a new Africa, while they also express the recurring worry of how to combine an "African" identity with the new lifestyles with which they are experimenting. Num Pages: 324 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; JFSC; JFSJ; JHBK5; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 603.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 324
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857454782
- ISBN
- 9780857454782
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.31
€ 163.31
Paperback. Providing guidance to ethnographic research methods, this work examines why reflexivity, at both personal and broader cultural levels, should be integrated into ethnographic research and discusses how this can be accomplished for a variety of research methods. It also includes a chapter on internet-based research and 'interethnography'. Series: The ASA Research Methods. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JHBC; JHMP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415409018
- ISBN
- 9780415409018
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.12
€ 54.12
Hardback. Series: Princeton Analytical Sociology Series. Num Pages: 312 pages, 9 halftones. 16 line illus. 5 tables. 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFFN; JHBC; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691161068
- ISBN
- 9780691161068
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Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 38.20
€ 52.99
€ 38.20
Hardback. A rich and sophisticated ethnography of a stateless indigenous society and its complex and troubling relations with its natural environment and the Soviet state that dominated it. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FCS; GTB; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804734622
- ISBN
- 9780804734622
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.16
€ 82.16
Paperback. Series: Conduct & Communication. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812211122
- ISBN
- 9780812211122
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 36.59
€ 37.99
€ 36.59
Paperback. Draws on past philosophical debates to propose a new way of conceiving the commons in today's neo-liberal era. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 135 x 215 x 16. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745325316
- ISBN
- 9780745325316
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.90
€ 37.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. An ethnographic examination of how northern Ugandans understand and attempt to control their moral universe and material circumstances in the midst of civil war. Series: The Cultures and Practices of Violence. Num Pages: 286 pages, 8 photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFGU; JFFE; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406. War, History, and Everyday Moments in Northern Uganda. Series: The Cultures and Practices of Violence. 304 pages, 8 illustrations. Since 1986, the Acholi people of northern Uganda have lived in the crossfire of a violent civil war, with the Lord's Resistance Army and other groups fighting the Ugandan government. This title describes how the Acholi - the younger generation, those born into the era of civil strife - understand and attempt to control their moral universe. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1HFGU; JFFE; JHMC. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 18. Weight: 448.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822341918
- ISBN
- 9780822341918
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.79
€ 31.99
€ 28.79