Sociology & anthropology
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Sociology & anthropology
Hardback. "Fairy Godfather: Straparola, Venice, and the Fairy Tale Tradition makes the case that the fairy tale, far from rising from the ground as a rural folk tradition, was invented by a city-bound sixteenth-century Italian literary hack, Zoan Francesco Straparola."-Adam Gopnik, New Yorker Num Pages: 176 pages, 6 illus. BIC Classification: 1D; DS; HBTB; JH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812236804
- ISBN
- 9780812236804
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.41
€ 80.41
Hardback. Explores the distinction between selflessness and self-interestedness, between acting for one's own advantage and acting, even when disadvantageous, for reasons of duty or conscience. This book aims to show that both versions are convenient fictions, with instrumental rather than ontological significance - they are not about truth but about power. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812237306
- ISBN
- 9780812237306
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.52
€ 92.52
Hardback. Rituals have always been a focus of ethnographies of Melanesia, providing a ground for important theorizing in anthropology. This book examines the role of females in Papua New Guinea male rituals. It builds on ethnographies that show how female kin had roles in male rituals that had previously gone unseen. Editor(s): Bonnemere, Pascale. Series: Social Anthropology in Oceania. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812237894
- ISBN
- 9780812237894
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.74
€ 98.74
Hardback. Anthropology Through a Double Lens calls for a renewed human theory that takes public and personal worlds seriously. Num Pages: 248 pages, 9 illus. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812238570
- ISBN
- 9780812238570
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.96
€ 86.96
Paperback. Num Pages: 258 pages, illustrations, music. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813101866
- ISBN
- 9780813101866
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.58
€ 38.58
Paperback. Exposes the racist assumptions underlying such "scientific" works as the Bell Curve. Num Pages: 164 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 164
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813108735
- ISBN
- 9780813108735
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.25
€ 41.25
Hardback. Num Pages: 8 pages, illustrations, portraits. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSL3; JHBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 165 x 19. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 8
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813116747
- ISBN
- 9780813116747
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.54
€ 49.54
Hardback. A fascinating new way to consider our relationships with money Num Pages: 279 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBL; KCF; KNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 279
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814720806
- ISBN
- 9780814720806
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.30
€ 56.30
Hardback. Analyses the work of recent American church coalitions that support and campaign for low wage workers. Series: Religion and Social Transformation. Num Pages: 217 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCX6; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 217
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814741122
- ISBN
- 9780814741122
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.28
€ 63.28
hardcover. Details how families are made and how bonds are created between families in the brave new world of reproductive technology Series: Families, Law, and Society. Num Pages: 250 pages, 1 table, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFMG; JHBK; LNMK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780814772034
- ISBN
- 9780814772034
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.54
€ 52.54
Hardback. An history of war brides in 20th-century American history. It uses relationships between American male soldiers and foreign women as a lens to view larger issues of sexuality, race, and gender in United States foreign relations. It traces how war and post-war anxieties about power and national identity have long been projected onto war brides. Num Pages: 312 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBG; HBLW3; JFC; JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 235 x 24. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814797174
- ISBN
- 9780814797174
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.64
€ 66.64
Paperback. The stirring story of the economic and cultural struggles of the eastern European immigrants to the United States in the early 1900's, as witnessed through the lives and contributions of eleven different men. Series: Brown Classics in Judaica Series. Num Pages: 386 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; G; HBTB; JFSR1; JHBD; JPFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 183 x 23. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 386
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819154934
- ISBN
- 9780819154934
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 91.33
€ 91.33
Hardback. This work addresses the relationship of humans to the non-human world by analysing Pannenberg's theology and ethics. It provides a close reading of his understanding of creation, redemption and theological anthropology, and demonstrates that his conception of God has implications for our age. Num Pages: 224 pages, Bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRCM; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822630548
- ISBN
- 9780822630548
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.09
€ 161.09
Paperback. This work addresses the relationship of humans to the non-human world by analysing Pannenberg's theology and ethics. It provides a close reading of his understanding of creation, redemption and theological anthropology, and demonstrates that his conception of God has implications for our age. Num Pages: 224 pages, Bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRCM; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 147 x 13. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822630555
- ISBN
- 9780822630555
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.56
€ 62.56
In Search of Community: Essays in Memory of Werner Stark, 1905-85
Leonard, Eileen B.; Strasser, Herman; Westhue...
hardcover. A collection of 13 essays by former students of Dr Werner Stark, influential historian of social thought. Amongst the areas covered are Stark's central theme of community and society and his theories of the sociology of knowledge and how it applies to his work. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 147 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780823213528
- ISBN
- 9780823213528
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.31
€ 70.31
Hardback. "An excellent volume, which will be useful to both professional philosophers and students."-Ethics Num Pages: 431 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBZ; JPVH; L; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 786.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 431
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823215621
- ISBN
- 9780823215621
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.73
€ 111.73
Paperback. This standard work in thanatology is updated with ten essays new to the second edition, and features a new introduction by Donnelly. The collection addresses certain basic issues inherent in a philosophy of death. Num Pages: 381 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 381
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823215829
- ISBN
- 9780823215829
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.67
€ 41.99
€ 37.67
Hardback. This work covers topics such as the history of humanitarian action, the scope of international humanitarian crises, developing a professional corps, team building, developing a common language, and funding international humanitarian action. Series: International Humanitarian Affairs. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC; JKSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 633.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823222421
- ISBN
- 9780823222421
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.73
€ 87.73
Paperback. This work covers topics such as the history of humanitarian action, the scope of international humanitarian crises, developing a professional corps, team building, developing a common language, and funding international humanitarian action. Series: International Humanitarian Affairs. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC; JKSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823222438
- ISBN
- 9780823222438
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.15
€ 51.15
Hardback. Posing a challenge to dominant trends in cultural analysis, this book covers the whole history of the concept of culture, providing the broadest study of this notion. It examines the principal methodological strategies or metaphors of anthropology and argues that they do not manage to escape anthropology's grounding in representational practices. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 23. Weight in Grams: 505.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823228775
- ISBN
- 9780823228775
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.61
€ 111.61