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Paperback. Americans are obsessed with celebrities. While our fascination with fame intensified throughout the twentieth century, the rise of the weekly gossip magazine in the early 2000s confirmed and fueled our popular culture s celebrity mania. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745682198
- ISBN
- 9780745682198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.23
€ 23.23
Paperback. This new book introduces readers to the contributions of different sciences from economics to psychology that seek to shed light on how we make choices in our day-to-day lives Harper and his co-authors show that the Internet is transforming what we choose and how we choose. Num Pages: 229 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; UYZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 229
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745683874
- ISBN
- 9780745683874
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.74
€ 25.74
Hardcover.
In the social sciences and in everyday speech we often talk about groups as if they behaved in the same way as individuals, thinking and acting as a singular being. We say for example that "Google intends to develop an automated car", "the U.S. Series: Polity Key Concepts in Philosophy. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 332.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745684833
- ISBN
- 9780745684833
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Condition: New
€ 60.10
€ 60.10
Hardcover. White identity is in ferment. White, European Americans living in the United States will soon share an unprecedented experience of slipping below 50% of the population. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745685441
- ISBN
- 9780745685441
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.10
€ 66.10
Hardcover. The family has long been viewed as both a microcosm of the state and a barometer of social change in China. It is no surprise, therefore, that the dramatic changes experienced by Chinese society over the past century have produced a wide array of new family systems. Series: China Today. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 148 x 22. Weight in Grams: 424.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745685540
- ISBN
- 9780745685540
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.93
€ 65.93
Hardcover. China is home to a fifth of the world's inhabitants. For the last several decades, this huge population has been in flux: fertility has fallen sharply, mortality has declined, and massive rural-to-urban migration is taking place. Series: China Today. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745688633
- ISBN
- 9780745688633
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.93
€ 65.93
Paperback. The idea of progress guided human expectations and actions for over two centuries. From the Enlightenment onwards, it was widely believed that the condition of humankind could be radically improved. History had embarked on an unstoppable forward trajectory, realizing the promise of freedom and reason. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745691008
- ISBN
- 9780745691008
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.98
€ 21.98
Hardcover. In this engaging dialogue, Zygmunt Bauman, sociologist and philosopher, and Stanislaw Obirek, theologian and cultural historian, explore the place of spirituality and religion in the world today and in the everyday lives of individuals. Translator(s): Bartoszynska, Katarzyna. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: HRA; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 17. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745695686
- ISBN
- 9780745695686
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.44
€ 66.44
Paperback. In this engaging dialogue, Zygmunt Bauman, sociologist and philosopher, and Stanislaw Obirek, theologian and cultural historian, explore the place of spirituality and religion in the world today and in the everyday lives of individuals. Translator(s): Bartoszynska, Katarzyna. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: HRA; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 222.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745695693
- ISBN
- 9780745695693
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.12
€ 22.12
Hardcover. Social semiotics reveals language's social meaning its structures, processes, conditions and effects in all social contexts, across all media and modes of discourse. This important new book uses social semiotics as a one-stop shop to analyse language and social meaning, enhancing linguistics with a sociological imagination. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; GTE; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745696201
- ISBN
- 9780745696201
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.21
€ 72.21
Hardcover. 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. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745696461
- ISBN
- 9780745696461
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.65
€ 59.65
Hardcover. Understanding the Life Course provides a uniquely comprehensive guide to the entire life course from an interdisciplinary perspective. Combining important insights from sociology and psychology, the book presents the concept's theoretical underpinnings in an accessible style, supported by real-life examples. Num Pages: 282 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 179 x 21. Weight in Grams: 692.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745697925
- ISBN
- 9780745697925
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.69
€ 78.69
Hardback. Highlights the problematic nature of mainstream perspectives, and the growing need to reaffirm how the specific kind of critique the early Frankfurt School theorists advocated is not less, but far more important today. This book also includes chapters that offer a broad and diverse look at social science and critical theory. Editor(s): Dahms, Harry F. Series: Current Perspectives in Social Theory. Num Pages: 414 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 35. Weight in Grams: 730.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited
- Edition
- Serial
- Number of pages
- 414
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762314836
- ISBN
- 9780762314836
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.86
€ 113.86
Paperback. Deeply researched and eloquently written, Settlers on the Edge .. makes an important and long-overdue contribution to our understanding of who belongs in the North. -- Farley Mowat Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1MTN; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774814683
- ISBN
- 9780774814683
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.10
€ 40.99
€ 36.10
Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; GM; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774825405
- ISBN
- 9780774825405
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.10
€ 106.10
Paperback. A lucid and unflinching argument for the reframing of the debate on sex work, ending limiting moralistic approaches, and respecting the unique perspectives of workers. Translator(s): Roth, Kathe. Series: Sexuality Studies Series. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK5; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 10. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774826129
- ISBN
- 9780774826129
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.31
€ 27.99
€ 26.31
Hardback. A consideration of the impact of racism and questions of sovereignty on genetic research, which details the exploitative history of research on Taiwanese Aborigines. Num Pages: 260 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774826594
- ISBN
- 9780774826594
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.10
€ 106.10
Paperback. A provocative meditation on how "Metis" has come to signify an ever-expanding racial category rather than an indigenous people with a shared sense of history and culture. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL9; JHB; JPH; LAQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774827225
- ISBN
- 9780774827225
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.12
€ 34.12
Paperback. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: JFCV; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774828581
- ISBN
- 9780774828581
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99
€ 33.99
Paperback. 'SOCIAL, ETHICAL, AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF ENGINEERING' is an informative guide to the professional, societal, and ethical responsibilities that face practicing engineers today. Editor(s): Herkert, Joseph R. Num Pages: 354 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFM; JHBA; TBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 280 x 212 x 20. Weight in Grams: 806.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 354
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780780347120
- ISBN
- 9780780347120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 166.30
€ 166.30
Paperback. Designed for therapists operating in managed care, this is a guide to treating couples with specific problems including health and life cycle issues, sexuality, parenting, domestic violence, and acute and chronic marital crises. It also targets crucial issues in specific populations. Editor(s): Kessler, Hilda. Series: Jossey-Bass Library of Current Clinical Technique. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBK; MMH; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 379.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780787902056
- ISBN
- 9780787902056
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.11
€ 62.11
Hardcover. This work provides a guide to the theory, research and clinical treatment of lesbian and gay couples and families. Coverage includes: transgenerational homophobia; custodial lesbian mothers and children; straight therapists working with gay families; working with gay fathers; and childhood trauma. Editor(s): Laird, Joan; Green, Robert-Jay. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSK; JHBK; JKSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 180 x 33. Weight in Grams: 842.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780787902223
- ISBN
- 9780787902223
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.56
€ 76.56
Hardcover. In this revised edition, Coulson reveals how the family mediation process works from the first step of persuading parties to mediate through nailing down a settlement. The guide offers a blueprint for developing the skills needed to master this often complex and emotionally charged process. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; JHBK; JKSB; LAS; LNM; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780787903121
- ISBN
- 9780787903121
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.18
€ 51.18
Paperback. This book argues that the Jewish community should take a positive attitude to the reality of intermarriage and use it as an opportunity to increase participation and reinvigorate the community. The text includes an action plan for Jewish leaders to recast Judaism as a positive choice for non-Jews. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, form. BIC Classification: HRJ; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780787908812
- ISBN
- 9780787908812
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 26.68
€ 33.99
€ 26.68