Sociology & anthropology
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Sociology & anthropology
Paperback. Editor(s): Taylor-Gooby, Peter; Zinn, Jens O. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GPQD; JFD; JHBA; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199285969
- ISBN
- 9780199285969
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Condition: New
€ 78.97
€ 78.97
Paperback. Eviatar Zerubavel casts a critical eye on how we trace our past-individually and collectively-arguing that rather than simply find out who our ancestors are from genetics or history, we actually create the stories that make them our ancestors. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTG; JHBA; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 322.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199336043
- ISBN
- 9780199336043
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Condition: New
€ 42.74
€ 42.74
Robert Geraci argues that virtual worlds and video games have become a locus for the satisfaction of religious needs, providing many users with communities, a meaningful experience of history and human activity, and a sense of transcendence. Num Pages: 368 pages, 21 illus. BIC Classification: HRQ; JHB; UDBV; UYV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 241 x 31. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199344697
- ISBN
- 9780199344697
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Condition: New
€ 75.55
€ 75.55
Paperback. Questions about the nature of law, its relationship with custom, and the distinctive form of legal rules, categories, and claims, are placed at the centre of this introduction to the study of law and anthropology. It brings empirical scholarship within the scope of legal philosophy, while suggesting new avenues of inquiry for the anthropologist. Series: Clarendon Law Series. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JHM; LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 364.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199696857
- ISBN
- 9780199696857
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€ 70.90
€ 70.90
Social Justice Approach to Survey Design and Analysis
Cornelius, Llewellyn Joseph; Harrington, Donn...
Paperback. A Social Justice Approach to Survey Design and Analysis is written for anyone interested in conducting research. It draws on current discussions regarding social justice to provide a framework for researchers to use to engage in social justice research and to evolve as social justice practitioners. Series: Pocket Guides to Social Work Research Methods. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 209 x 12. Weight in Grams: 276.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199739301
- ISBN
- 9780199739301
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Condition: New
€ 76.66
€ 76.66
Paperback. This volume presents both sides of the debate over whether same-sex marriage should be legalized. Series: Point/Counterpoint. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JFSK; JHBK; LNMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199756315
- ISBN
- 9780199756315
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Condition: New
€ 33.67
€ 33.67
Paperback. The Frontier of Leisure examines the centrality of leisure to the history of Southern California, and how the region's tourist resorts and residential recreation influenced the nation, from ranch houses and the landscape of postwar suburbia to relations of labor and race, and the place of nature in everyday life. Num Pages: 336 pages, 35 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JHBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 466.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199891924
- ISBN
- 9780199891924
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Condition: New
€ 50.50
€ 50.50
Human Behavior and the Social Environment: Theory and Practice
Lesser, Joan Granucci; Pope, Donna Saia
paperback. Num Pages: 624 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 188 x 28. Weight in Grams: 837.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Pearson United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 624
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780205792740
- ISBN
- 9780205792740
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Condition: New
€ 199.74
€ 199.74
Paperback. How can monkeys be both eaten as food and nurtured as children? Her research reveals that monkeys play a vital role in Guaja society, ecology, economy, and religion. In Guaja animistic beliefs, all forms of plant and animal life-especially monkeys-have souls and are woven into a comprehensive kinship system. Series: Historical Ecology Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: 1KLSBZ; JFSL9; JHMP; PSAF; PSVW79. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 499.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231125253
- ISBN
- 9780231125253
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Condition: New
€ 52.89
€ 52.89
paperback. Presenting everyday stories on subjects such as deities, ascetics, cats, and cooking, this book shows that the study of oral narrative and performance is essential to ethical inquiry. It builds on the author's research in the famous Hindu pilgrimage town of Sringeri, Karnataka, in southwestern India. Num Pages: 312 pages, 25 illus. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 544.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780231139212
- ISBN
- 9780231139212
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Condition: New
€ 39.62
€ 39.62
Paperback. This is an account of the complex political, legal and social history of the Chippewa's struggle for justice, which should appeal to both the general public and serious scholars. Num Pages: 272 pages, 15 line illustrations, 26 b&w photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 174 x 15. Weight in Grams: 608.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press United States
- Edition
- 2
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299930226
- ISBN
- 9780299930226
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Condition: New
€ 37.09
€ 37.09
"The Hikayat Banjar", a 17th-century native court chronicle from Southeast Borneo, characterizes the irresistibility of natural resource wealth to outsiders as 'the banana tree at the gate'. This title employs this phrase as a root metaphor to frame the history of resource relations between the indigenous people of Borneo and the world system. Series: Yale Agrarian Studies Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, 29 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMNX; JHMC; KNAC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300153217
- ISBN
- 9780300153217
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Condition: New
€ 97.03
€ 97.03
hardcover. Twelve narrative chapters chronicle the nation's survival during wartime and its path toward unforeseen cultural shifts in the years ahead. Series: American Popular Culture Through History. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 164 x 33. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Greenwood United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780313312991
- ISBN
- 9780313312991
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Condition: New
€ 80.80
€ 80.80
Culture and Customs of Iran (Culture and Customs of the Middle East)
Daniel, Elton L.; Mahdi, Ali Akbar
hardcover. Every library will want to offer its patrons this current, objective synthesis of the culture and customs of modern Iran. Series: Cultures and Customs of the World. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBN; JFC; JHBT. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education; (ES) Secondary; (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Greenwood United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313320538
- ISBN
- 9780313320538
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Condition: New
€ 71.07
€ 71.07
hardcover. After more than a decade of reunification, this fresh update judiciously surveys the German way of life in an historical context. Series: Cultures and Customs of the World. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HB; JFC; JHBT; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Greenwood United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313322037
- ISBN
- 9780313322037
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.18
€ 77.18
Paperback. Orientalism, the theory and practice of representing 'the Orient' in European thought, is a controversial and a problematic concept. This book provides a concise text on the evolution and development of the theory of orientalism, the practice of orientalism in history, and its persistence and reformulation. Series: Concepts in the Social Sciences. Num Pages: 144 pages, bibliography, index,. BIC Classification: ACV; JFC; JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 218 x 157 x 11. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Open University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780335202065
- ISBN
- 9780335202065
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Condition: New
€ 46.44
€ 46.44
Paperback. A clear, balanced, contemporary look at how relationships work, from leading researchers in the field. Num Pages: 624 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBK5; VFVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 190 x 23. Weight in Grams: 940.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Number of pages
- 624
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393920239
- ISBN
- 9780393920239
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Condition: New
€ 136.16
€ 136.16
paperback. An examination of the relationship of overseas Japanese and their descendents (Nikkei) with their home and host nations, focusing on their political, social and economic struggles. The authors suggest some of the ways in which diasporas are transforming global society today. Editor(s): Adachi, Nobuko. Num Pages: 308 pages, 7 black & white tables, 1 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HBTQ; JF; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 20. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415497459
- ISBN
- 9780415497459
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Condition: New
€ 80.60
€ 80.60
paperback. Featuring excerpts of essays collected from over one thousand young adults while in the throes of divorce, this book paints a picture of the pain and the hope shown by the storytellers. Num Pages: 192 pages, 8 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JHBK; JMF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 11. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415872584
- ISBN
- 9780415872584
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Condition: New
€ 62.94
€ 62.94
Paperback. Names We Call Home includes autobiographical essays, poetry and interviews to highlight the historical, social and cultural influences that inform racial identity. Editor(s): Thompson, Becky; Tyagi, Sangeeta. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415911627
- ISBN
- 9780415911627
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Condition: New
€ 80.92
€ 80.92
Paperback. Georges Duby in productivity and originality stands at the forefront of active medievalists in France and in the world. This collection contains 15 of his short articles. It also includes several essays that explore the evolution of nobility, knighthood, the noble family, and the ideals of chivalry across the central Middle Ages. Translator(s): Postan, Cynthia. Num Pages: 254 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 63.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520042711
- ISBN
- 9780520042711
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Condition: New
€ 36.54
€ 36.54
Paperback. An account of family and community life that describes the moral imagination with which Flathead Indian people weave together historical and personal loss, American Indian identity, and social responsibility. It locates Flathead depression in the culturally organized experiences of an oppressed people. Num Pages: 265 pages, 3 line drawings, 3 tables, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; JHM; JMH; MMJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 59.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 265
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520214460
- ISBN
- 9780520214460
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.22
€ 39.22
Paperback. The US has experienced a dramatic increase in births to unmarried women - from 4 per cent of births in 1950, with most of the babies then adopted, to more than 30 per cent. This book analyses this radical change in family formation to compare and contrast the lives of these mothers of varying ages and economic circumstances. Num Pages: 483 pages, 1 graph. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBTB; JFSJ; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520218307
- ISBN
- 9780520218307
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Condition: New
€ 43.63
€ 43.63
Paperback. Documenting the farm labour system, this text presents a collection of voices - from workers who labour in the fields, to union organizers and lobbyists. The stories present the world of migrant farmworkers as a complex social and economic system. Num Pages: 352 pages, 35 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: JHBL; JHM; KCFM; KNAC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520227347
- ISBN
- 9780520227347
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.37
€ 40.37