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Sociology & anthropology
Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509514205
- ISBN
- 9781509514205
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.18
€ 73.18
Paperback. Concerns about the exploitation of limited resources, optimum development trajectories, and climate change draw attention to the temporal horizons of our environment - Environmental Futures is a curated collection of essays that explores different ways of knowing the future and how these futures shape contemporary social worlds. Series: Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute Special Issue Book Series. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 173 x 246 x 9. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119278320
- ISBN
- 9781119278320
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Condition: New
€ 28.59
€ 28.59
Hardback. Strict decrees on the observance of death were part of the myriad laws enacted under the Tokugawa shogunate to control nearly every aspect of Japanese life. Hirai explores how this class of legislation played an integrative part in Japanese society by codifying religious beliefs and customs the Japanese people had cherished for generations. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 450 pages, 15 black and white photos; 3 maps; 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; JHBT; JHBZ; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 231 x 36. Weight in Grams: 800.
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 450
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674066823
- ISBN
- 9780674066823
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.53
€ 54.99
€ 46.53
Paperback. Mortality forecasting is used in a wide variety of academic fields, and for policymaking in global health, social security and retirement planning, and other areas. This title provides a framework for forecasting age-sex-country-cause-specific variables that makes it possible to incorporate information than standard approaches. Num Pages: 272 pages, 47 color illus. 3 line illus. 8 tables. BIC Classification: JFFR; JHBC; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 254 x 203 x 17. Weight in Grams: 914.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691130958
- ISBN
- 9780691130958
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.57€ 42.55
€ 53.57
€ 42.55
Hardcover. This book provides a reasoned, unflinching analysis of how race and paid work are linked in U.S. society. It offers readers the rich conceptual and empirical foundation needed to understand key issues surrounding both race and work. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Polity
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745696409
- ISBN
- 9780745696409
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.78
€ 66.78
Hardback. Amorous jealousy is not a monster, as Shakespeare's venomous Iago claims. It is neither prickly and bitter fancy, nor a cruel and mean passion, nor a symptom of feeble self-esteem. All those who have experienced its wounds are well aware that it is not callous, nasty, delusional and ridiculous. It is just painful. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPS; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509511846
- ISBN
- 9781509511846
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.14
€ 73.14
Hardback. Often, violent behavior or harassment from a soldier is dismissed by the military as unacceptable acts by individuals termed, "rotten apples." In this study, the author argues that this dismissal is unsatisfactory and that there is an urgent need to look at the (mis)behavior of soldiers from a structural point of view. Num Pages: 172 pages, 15 ills. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; GTJ; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 172
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857459565
- ISBN
- 9780857459565
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Condition: New
€ 160.89
€ 160.89
Hardback. Speaking to the ongoing debate over the development of urban space and culture, this book demonstrates the centrality of the physical and social being of cities to American literature and other arts in the twentieth century. Num Pages: 324 pages, 16 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBD; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. .
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804726450
- ISBN
- 9780804726450
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.13
€ 87.13
Hardcover. This collection reframes the debate around Islam and women's rights within a broader comparative literature that examines the complex and contingent historical relationships between religion, secularism, democracy, law, and gender equality. Editor(s): Cesari, Jocelyne; Casanova, Jose. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HRHC; HRHP; HRHT; JHBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198788553
- ISBN
- 9780198788553
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 166.53
€ 166.53
Paperback. Although pain is a universal human experience, many view the pain of others as private, resistant to language, and, therefore, essentially unknowable. This book offers a perspective that considers how pain may be configured, managed, explained, and even experienced in deeply relational ways. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520285224
- ISBN
- 9780520285224
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.20
€ 40.99
€ 29.20
Hardback. Over the last two decades, anthropological studies have highlighted the problems of "development" as a discursive regime, arguing that such initiatives are paradoxically used to consolidate inequality and perpetuate poverty. Editor(s): Venkatesan, Soumhya; Yarrow, Thomas. Num Pages: 260 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GTF; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 486. Beyond an Anthropology of Critique. 220 pages. Editor(s): Venkatesan, Soumhya; Yarrow, Thomas. Over the last two decades, anthropological studies have highlighted the problems of "development" as a discursive regime, arguing that such initiatives are paradoxically used to consolidate inequality and perpetuate poverty. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: GTF; JHMC. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 19. Weight: 486.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 220
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857453037
- ISBN
- 9780857453037
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.66
€ 161.66
Hardcover. Maoists at the Hearth details the ways that inhabitants of a hill village in central Nepal managed their everyday activities following the arrival of Maoist insurgents in the late 1990s, exploring their changing social relationships with fellow villagers and the parties to the conflict both during and after the civil war. Series: The Ethnography of Political Violence Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, 6 illus. BIC Classification: 1FKN; HBJF; HBW; JFFE; JHMC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812244922
- ISBN
- 9780812244922
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.07
€ 81.07
Hardback. This important new book from one of the world's leading sociologists of sport weaves together social theory, history and political economy to provide a highly original analysis of the complex relationship between sport and modernity. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Polity Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509501564
- ISBN
- 9781509501564
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.18
€ 73.18
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: GT; JFC; JH; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 228 x 14. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118561645
- ISBN
- 9781118561645
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.72
€ 52.72
Paperback. Explores the vibrancy and variety of humans' sacred encounters with the natural world, gathering a range of stories culled from Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Mayan, Himalayan, Buddhist, and Chinese shamanic traditions. Num Pages: 321 pages, 25 b/w images. BIC Classification: HRAC; JFHF; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520290426
- ISBN
- 9780520290426
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.00
€ 33.99
€ 25.00
Hardback. Barbara Graham analyzes a diverse range of objects associated with death and remembrance in Ireland. In doing so, she explores the materially mediated interactions between the living and the dead, revealing the physical, cognitive, emotional, and spiritual roles of the dead in contemporary Irish communities. Series: Material Mediations: People and Things in a World of Movement. Num Pages: 180 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JHBZ; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785332821
- ISBN
- 9781785332821
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.65
€ 160.65
Paperback. Editor(s): Roniger, Luis; Herzog, Tamar. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFSL; JHMC; JMH; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845196257
- ISBN
- 9781845196257
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.31
€ 40.99
€ 36.31
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Iberoamericana Editorial Vervuert S.L.U
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788484893752
- ISBN
- 9788484893752
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.78
€ 31.99
€ 28.78
Paperback. Offers vivid, literary descriptions of Fontana del Re, an impoverished Neapolitan neighborhood. This book documents the struggles of Neapolitans surrounded by crumbling buildings and economic insecurity. It details family dynamics as well as the workings of Naples's informal economy. Num Pages: 280 pages, 2 photos. BIC Classification: 1DST; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 2 Expanded
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231133715
- ISBN
- 9780231133715
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.42
€ 40.99
€ 29.42
Hardcover. Social Issues in Sport explores the historical perspectives and relationships that have emerged between sport and modern society. It provides social theories through which students may examine real-world issues. Statistical information allows students to analyse trends in participation, popularity, gender, race and class as they relate to sport. Num Pages: 504 pages, 13 illustrations, 101 photographs. BIC Classification: JHBS; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216. .
- Publisher
- Human Kinetics Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 504
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781450495202
- ISBN
- 9781450495202
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.43€ 116.74
€ 121.43
€ 116.74