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Paperback. Social Trends is a flagship publication from the Office for National Statistics. It draws together statistics, analysis and research to provide an up-to-date and comprehensive description of our society today, and how it has been changing. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; GBCY; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1062.
- Edition
- 40 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 288
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KTG0018888
- ISBN
- 9780230240674
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.00€ 4.99
€ 70.00
€ 4.99
Hardback. This book challenges the conceptual and practical effectiveness of resistance to achieve social and political change, and considers an alternative framework that goes beyond a desire to resist sovereign power, but offers political movements that expand individual and collective capabilities. Num Pages: 252 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield International United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 252
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783487530
- ISBN
- 9781783487530
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.36
€ 157.36
Paperback. To most of us the food that we associate with home - our national and familial homes - is an essential part of our cultural heritage. In this book, the author examines the changing food habits of Bengali immigrants to the United States as they deal with the tension between their nostalgia for home and their desire to escape from its confinements. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2ill.1fig.10tabs.3M. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; JHBT; WB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592130962
- ISBN
- 9781592130962
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.58
€ 34.99
€ 31.58
Paperback. Given the economic alternatives available, why do some groups choose to maintain their hunting and gathering lifeways? Through a series of detailed case studies, the contributors to this volume examine the decisions made by modern-day foragers to sustain a predominantly hunting and gathering way of life. Editor(s): Codding, Brian F.; Kramer, Karen L. Series: Advanced Seminar Series. Num Pages: 352 pages, 11 halftones, 2 maps, 6 charts, 31 tables. BIC Classification: 3JM; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826356963
- ISBN
- 9780826356963
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.87
€ 64.87
Hardback. The digitalization of archives produces a huge mass of structured documents (Big Data). Due to the proactive approach of public institutions (libraries, archives, administrations. ), this data is more and more accessible. This book aims to present and analyze concrete examples of collective intelligence at the service of digital archives. . Editor(s): Szoniecky, Samuel; Bouhai, Nasreddine. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: JH; UY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 165 x 18. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 260
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781786300607
- ISBN
- 9781786300607
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 176.03
€ 176.03
Hardback. A reference resource focused on cremation. Spanning many world cultures it documents regional histories, ideological movements and leading individuals that fostered cremation whilst also presenting cremation as a universal practice. It includes sections on specific cremation rituals, architecture, art and text. Editor(s): Davies, Douglas James. Num Pages: 516 pages, Includes 8 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: GB; HR; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 178 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1034.
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 516
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780754637738
- ISBN
- 9780754637738
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 191.16
€ 191.16
Paperback. Communitas is inspired fellowship; a group's pleasure in sharing common experiences; being 'in the zone' - as in music, sport, and work; the sense felt by a group when their life together takes on full meaning. The experience of Communitas, almost beyond strict definition and with almost endless variations, often appears unexpectedly. Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRA; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230339088
- ISBN
- 9780230339088
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.56
€ 59.56
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745611303
- ISBN
- 9780745611303
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.11
€ 28.11
Paperback. This text is a theoretically informed and empirically grounded study of the social process through which the credibility of expert advice is produced, challenged, and sustained. The author analyzes science advice as a form of performance, examining how advisory bodies work. Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JJP; DSG; JH; JP; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 236
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804736466
- ISBN
- 9780804736466
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.27
€ 29.99
€ 29.27
Paperback. Experience Research Social Change has long been a comprehensive and accessible resource for learning social research oriented toward social change. The third edition has been thoroughly revised and reorganized. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 190 x 25. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Edition
- 3rd Revised edition
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442636040
- ISBN
- 9781442636040
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 45.56
€ 48.99
€ 45.56
Hardback. Uncovers the origins of the global housing shortage, as well as offering a radical means of resolving it. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFFB; JFFN; JFSG; JHBD; RGC; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2020
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781786990556
- ISBN
- 9781786990556
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.43
€ 103.43
Paperback. The Tsimshian people of coastal British Columbia use a system of hereditary name-titles in which names are treated as objects of inheritable wealth. This book examines the way in which names link members of a lineage to a past and to the places where that past unfolded. Series: Donald R. Ellegood International Publications. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 maps,. BIC Classification: 1KB; 1KBC; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 409.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295988078
- ISBN
- 9780295988078
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.35
€ 32.99
€ 29.35
Paperback. This study of power/knowledge in France, from the 1830s through the 1930s, uses the tools of anthropology, philosophy, and cultural criticism to examine how the social environment was described. It aims to show how modernity was revealed in urban planning, architecture, and social legislation. Num Pages: 464 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBTB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 150 x 26. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226701745
- ISBN
- 9780226701745
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 37.85
€ 48.99
€ 37.85
Paperback. In this major contribution to debates about English identity, leading theorist Robert J.C. Young argues that Englishness was never really about England at all. In the nineteenth century, it was rather developed as a form of long-distance identity for the English diaspora around the world. Series: Blackwell Manifestos. Num Pages: 312 pages, figures. BIC Classification: JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405101295
- ISBN
- 9781405101295
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 43.89
€ 43.99
€ 43.89
Paperback. * Develops a major new theory of modern warfare, based around the idea that risks in modern war are placed on civilians rather than the military. * Written by a leading sociologist of war, the book includes analyses of recent conflicts such as the two Iraq wars, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Kosovo and the Falklands. Num Pages: 194 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JH; JPS; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 194
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745634111
- ISBN
- 9780745634111
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.19
€ 24.19
Paperback. Family Spending provides analysis of household expenditure broken down by age and income, household composition, socio-economic characteristics and geography. This report will be of interest to academics, policy makers, government and the general public. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GBCY; JHBC; KCHS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 298 x 210 x 13. Weight in Grams: 850.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KTG0018889
- ISBN
- 9780230575509
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. How do human beings become human? This question lies behind the so-called human sciences. But these disciplines are scattered among many different departments and hold up a cracked mirror to humankind. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745688534
- ISBN
- 9780745688534
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.81
€ 71.81
Hardcover. This book is organized in two parts: the first part introduces the reader to all the concepts, tools and references that are required to start conducting research in behavioral computational social science. Series: Wiley Series in Computational and Quantitative Social Science. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JH; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118657300
- ISBN
- 9781118657300
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.22
€ 82.22
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCV; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 143 x 14. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Publisher
- Zondervan United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780310242949
- ISBN
- 9780310242949
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.73
€ 19.99
€ 17.73
Hardcover. Based on more than a decade of ethnographic research in Genoa, Italy, Creative Urbanity argues for an understanding of contemporary urban life that refuses scholarly condemnation of urban lifestyles and consumption and casts a fresh light on an oft-neglected social group-the middle class. Series: Contemporary Ethnography. Num Pages: 248 pages, 15 illus. BIC Classification: 1DST; JFSC; JHMC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812248784
- ISBN
- 9780812248784
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.09€ 27.84
€ 74.09
€ 27.84