Sociology & anthropology
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Sociology & anthropology
Paperback. An introduction to the philosophy of social research which relates philosophical ideas to actual research practice. The book makes effective use of illustrations from the UK, US and Europe to examine specific problems and broader issues. Series: Social Research Today. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; HP; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 145 x 218 x 17. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857283129
- ISBN
- 9781857283129
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 103.44
€ 103.44
Paperback. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- The Chinese University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789622014169
- ISBN
- 9789622014169
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.40
€ 33.40
paperback. This lively and critical account of the impact of social change on the experience of health and illness also examines the different sociological perspectives that have been used to analyse health matters and highlights those in need of revision. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFF; JHM; JKS; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 143 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415115155
- ISBN
- 9780415115155
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.58
€ 71.58
paperback. The Indian subdistrict of Shahabad, located in the southeastern tip of Rajasthan, is an area of extreme poverty. It is the home of the Sahariyas, classified as Rajasthan's only "primitive tribe." The author organizes his study around two themes: power and ethics, through which he explores a complex terrain of material and spiritual forces. Num Pages: 328 pages, 4 halftones, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSL3; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 30. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KJH0000529
- ISBN
- 9780226194547
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.31
€ 8.31
hardcover. Presenting an autobiographical account, this book discusses the author's research and various methodological debates. It reflects on various challenges associated with management and social science research such as the search for a 'behavioral science', the limits of rationality, the unreliability of research findings, and more. Num Pages: 208 pages, 6 tables, 19 figures. BIC Classification: HPK; JHBC; JMAL; KJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199288533
- ISBN
- 9780199288533
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.94
€ 123.94
Parenting Beliefs, Behaviors, and Parent-Child Relations
. Ed(S): Rubin, Kenneth H.; Chung, Ock Boon
Paperback. Editor(s): Rubin, Kenneth H.; Chung, Ock Boon. Num Pages: 240 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 10 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JHBK; JMF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415650663
- ISBN
- 9780415650663
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 80.41
€ 80.41
paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFS; JFSJ; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Wadsworth Publishing United States
- Edition
- 4th edition
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781337109680
- ISBN
- 9781337109680
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 128.65
€ 128.65
paperback. Reviews the traditional family communication theories of roles theory, family systems theory, and rules theory. This book organizes the study of family communication around the concepts of nurturing and control in the family relationships, across various family forms, and their relationships to psychological processes and communicative outcomes. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CJB; GTC; JHBK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 251 x 176 x 20. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications, Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781412904063
- ISBN
- 9781412904063
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 218.87
€ 218.87
Paperback. Introduces the sociology of music to those who may not be familiar with it and provides a historical perspective on popular music. Num Pages: 332 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AV; JHBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612053134
- ISBN
- 9781612053134
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 95.40
€ 95.40
Paperback. This book provides a critical review of the varied interpretations of modernity and development supported by original case studies from the Netherlands, the former USSR, Tanzania, Sri Lanka and Guatemala. Editor(s): Arce, Alberto; Long, Norman. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GTF; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 15. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415205009
- ISBN
- 9780415205009
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.39
€ 75.39
Paperback. Num Pages: 217 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 231 x 2. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University Press of Colorado United States
- Number of pages
- 217
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781607324874
- ISBN
- 9781607324874
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.51
€ 33.51
Village Life in Hong Kong: Politics, Gender, and Ritual in the New Ter...
Watson, James L., Watson, Rubie S.
Paperback. Constituting an ethnographic record of a cultural system teetering on the threshold of the historic transition, this book explores the cultural traditions of Cantonese villagers who first settled in South China's Pearl River Delta during the Tang and Song dynasties. It features two villages in particular: San Tin and Ha Tsuen. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; 3JJP; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The Chinese University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789629961183
- ISBN
- 9789629961183
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.35
€ 33.35
Hardcover. This collection of papers highlights the research achievements in the field of Chinese Anthropology, particularly those of Mainland scholars. The authors examine the reproduction of traditions in post-Mao southern Fujian, surveying lineages, religion, status of women, and other aspects of the cultural life. Editor(s): Tan, Chee-Beng. Num Pages: 300 pages, With a number of pictures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The Chinese University Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789629962333
- ISBN
- 9789629962333
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.72
€ 49.72
Paperback. Bringing together 19 Caribbean specialists, this text examines the people of the Caribbean, their social organization, religion, language, lifeways, and contribution to the culture of their modern descendants - to provide a comprehensive reader on Caribbean archaeology, ethnohistory, and ethnology. Editor(s): Wilson, Samuel M. Series: Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P.Bullen Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, 19 b&w photographs, 3 line drawings, 2 tables, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1QSC; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813016924
- ISBN
- 9780813016924
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.56
€ 29.56
Paperback. Addresses what it means to be black in Peru. Based on extensive ethnographic work in the country and informed by more than eighty interviews with Peruvians of African descent, this ground breaking study explains how ideas of race, colour, and mestizaje in Peru differ greatly from those held in other Latin American nations. Series: New World Diasporas. Num Pages: 246 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813044491
- ISBN
- 9780813044491
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.05
€ 27.05
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HDD; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813049212
- ISBN
- 9780813049212
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.56
€ 29.56
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; HBJK; HDD; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813061337
- ISBN
- 9780813061337
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.56
€ 29.56
Hardcover. This volume compares archaic rituals across civilizations, exploring theoretical models and interpretations for a variety of cultures and ritual practices, focusing especially on the location, frequency, and role of ritual in each of these societies and their resulting archaeological signatures. Editor(s): Murphy, Joanne M. Num Pages: 320 pages, 28 black & white illustrations, 11 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: HBG; HD; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 585.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813062785
- ISBN
- 9780813062785
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.32
€ 101.32
Paperback. This text focuses on how people construct fatness and thinness, examining different strategies used to interpret body weight, such as negotiating weight identities, reinterpreting weight, and becoming involved in weight-related organizations. Editor(s): Sobal, Jeffrey; Maurer, Donna. Series: Social Problems & Social Issues S. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFF; JHM; JMAL; JMS; MBNH3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Aldine Transaction
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780202305783
- ISBN
- 9780202305783
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.65
€ 59.65
Paperback. An exploration of the heritage of soccer culture around the world, and the potential for development in fringe nations in world soccer that lie mostly outside the developed European and Latin American football world. This book was previously published as a special issue of Soccer and Society. Editor(s): Bandyopadhyay, Kausik; Mallick, Sabyasachi. Num Pages: 262 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA; JHB; WSJA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 174. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415494878
- ISBN
- 9780415494878
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.83
€ 20.83
Hardback. This Handbook provides an innovative, interdisciplinary perspective on theory, research and methodology on dynamic processes in parent-child relations. It focuses on cognitive, behavioural and relational processes that govern immediate parent-child interactions and long-term relationships. Editor(s): Kuczynski, Leon. Num Pages: 492 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBK; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 262 x 182 x 32. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 492
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761923640
- ISBN
- 9780761923640
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 198.91
€ 198.91
paperback. George Bird Grinnell was a zoologist by training. He accompanied Custer's Black Hills expedition as a naturalist in 1874 and from that time until his death in 1938 was closely associated with the Cheyennes and other Plains tribes. In this title, he looks at its warmaking and warrior societies, healing practices and responses to European diseases. Num Pages: 478 pages, Illus., map. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBTB; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 31. Weight in Grams: 667.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1972
- Publisher
- Bison Books
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KAC0004493
- ISBN
- 9780803257726
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
Paperback. Can Western modernity be analyzed and critiqued through the lens of enslavement and colonial history? This book assembles contributions from renowned scholars that offer timely and critical perspectives from a variety of disciplines, including history, sociology, political science, gender studies, cultural and literary studies, and philosophy. Editor(s): Broeck, Sabine; Junker, Carsten. Num Pages: 358 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 213 x 29. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Campus Verlag
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783593501925
- ISBN
- 9783593501925
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.51€ 43.89
€ 50.51
€ 43.89
paperback. Editor(s): Davis, John A.; Richards, Martin; Roberton, N. R. C. Num Pages: 340 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBK; JMF; MJWN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 603.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138812291
- ISBN
- 9781138812291
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.43
€ 68.43