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Hardback. In an increasingly diverse social environment, misunderstandings often arise between practitioners in helping professions and clients from different backgrounds. This work investigates the culturally specific beliefs and child-rearing practices of five racial/ethnic groups in America. Editor(s): Webb, Nancy Boyd. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JFSL; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231118187
- ISBN
- 9780231118187
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.22
€ 104.22
Paperback. Illustrates the harmful impact of laws concerning divorce, welfare, and employment. This book details the primary justifications for stigmatizing single-parent families, marshalling an array of resources about single parents that portray a different picture of these families. Num Pages: 222 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 174 x 16. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814719169
- ISBN
- 9780814719169
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.39
€ 32.99
€ 29.39
Paperback. China is home to a fifth of the world's inhabitants. For the last several decades, this huge population has been in flux: fertility has fallen sharply, mortality has declined, and massive rural-to-urban migration is taking place. Series: China Today. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 209 x 24. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- Polity
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745688640
- ISBN
- 9780745688640
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.02
€ 23.02
Hardcover. China is home to a fifth of the world's inhabitants. For the last several decades, this huge population has been in flux: fertility has fallen sharply, mortality has declined, and massive rural-to-urban migration is taking place. Series: China Today. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745688633
- ISBN
- 9780745688633
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.28
€ 65.28
Hardback. Engaging the question of whether waged work gives Chinese women power in their families, this book analyzes the finding that women use jobs and urban status as a tool in negotiating their family status, to strengthen their contribution as wives and mothers. Num Pages: 172 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHB; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400755239
- ISBN
- 9789400755239
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.27
€ 119.27
paperback. Engaging the question of whether waged work gives Chinese women power in their families, this book analyzes the finding that women use jobs and urban status as a tool in negotiating their family status, to strengthen their contribution as wives and mothers. Num Pages: 172 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHB; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 9. Weight in Grams: 273.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400798748
- ISBN
- 9789400798748
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 117.90
€ 117.90
Paperback. A study of the role of marriage in national policy, law and political rhetoric. This book examines the political history of marriage, analyzing the shaping of the accepted model of consensual, lifelong monogamy by legislators and judges throughout American history. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674008755
- ISBN
- 9780674008755
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.69
€ 35.99
€ 30.69
Paperback. Family Engagement with Education is unique because it is the only book written especially for social workers and social work students who work in partnership with educators. The text introduces social workers to the new Dual Capacity-Building Framework and the latest resources. Series: SSWAA Workshop Series. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: JFS; JHBK; JKSN; JMH; JNAM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190642129
- ISBN
- 9780190642129
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.00
€ 70.00
Multiple-component retail product. From framing a question to presenting research, this is a go-to guide each time Educators embark on a new inquiry. Includes real-life vignettes, self-guided worksheets, and a DVD. Num Pages: 120 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBC; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 8. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc United States
- Edition
- Pap/DVD
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781452241951
- ISBN
- 9781452241951
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 32.33
€ 33.99
€ 32.33
Paperback. Challenges the conventional economist's assumption that parents have children for the same reason that they acquire pets - primarily for the pleasure of their company. This book emphasizes the need for better accounting of public expenditure on children over the life cycle. Series: The Family & Public Policy. Num Pages: 248 pages, 7 line illustrations, 14 tables. BIC Classification: JHBK; JKS; JPQB; KCA; KCC; KCP; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 16. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674047273
- ISBN
- 9780674047273
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.41
€ 35.99
€ 30.41
Paperback. Nancy Friday shows that the key to a woman's character lies in her relationship with her mother - that first binding relationship which becomes the model for so much of a woman's adult relationships with men, and whose fetters constrain her sexuality, independence, and very selfhood. Num Pages: 466 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBK; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780006382515
- ISBN
- 9780006382515
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.83
€ 19.99
€ 15.83
Paperback. Offers lessons about civil society and regime change - and about the paths to democratic consolidation. This book shows that the German experience was exceptional, and that what is often labeled polarization is the result of such factors as expansion of the franchise, elite defections, and the mobilization of new voters. Num Pages: 288 pages, 17 line illus. 50 tables. BIC Classification: JHBC; JPHV; JPHX; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691089706
- ISBN
- 9780691089706
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 32.90
€ 46.99
€ 32.90
paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Smithsonian Books United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781935623762
- ISBN
- 9781935623762
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.63
€ 28.63
Paperback. New Choices, New Families provides thoughtful insights into questions about sexual identity, social and cultural expectations, and what and who constitute a family. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSK1; JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801890000
- ISBN
- 9780801890000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.70
€ 35.70
hardcover. New Choices, New Families provides thoughtful insights into questions about sexual identity, social and cultural expectations, and what and who constitute a family. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFSK1; JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801889998
- ISBN
- 9780801889998
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Paperback. Part of the Sage Contemporary Family Perspective series, this book presents a comprehensive an understanding of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender families today by drawing upon and making sense of the burgeoning scholarly literature about LGBT families from the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Series: Contemporary Family Perspectives (CFP). Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JFSK; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 221 x 10. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781452217383
- ISBN
- 9781452217383
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.20
€ 48.20
Paperback. Discovers that the hidden lives of her ancestors reveal as much about the present as they do about the past Num Pages: 256 pages, 25 photographs, 1 geneology. BIC Classification: JFSR1; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803243903
- ISBN
- 9780803243903
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.34
€ 19.34
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFK; JHBK5; JPFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Publisher
- Counterpoint United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781619020689
- ISBN
- 9781619020689
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 9.82
€ 23.99
€ 9.82
Hardback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: JHBD; PSAK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Cloth/dust jacket Octavo
- SKU
- V9780801425691
- ISBN
- 9780801425691
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.61
€ 66.61
Paperback. The theme of this volume, studies in macro-micro influences on children, in their pathways to adulthood is aimed at examining the points of intersect between individual and family level reactions to the socioeconomic forces buffeting all industrialised societies. Editor(s): Mandell, Nancy; Porter, Elaine; Tesson, Geoffrey. Series: Sociological Studies of Children & Youth. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 230 x 14. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784413101
- ISBN
- 9781784413101
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.24
€ 62.24
Hardback. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813553016
- ISBN
- 9780813553016
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 169.87
€ 169.87
Paperback. When lives are dominated by hunger, what becomes of love? When assaulted by daily acts of violence and untimely death, what happens to trust? Set in the lands of Northeast Brazil, this is an account of the everyday experience of scarcity, sickness and death that centres on the lives of the women and children of a hillside "favela". Num Pages: 632 pages, 65 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFC; JFFE; JFSJ1; JHBZ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1002. The Violence of Everyday Life in Brazil. 632 pages, 65 b&w photographs. Bringing her readers to the slopes above a modern plantation town, the author follows three generations of shanty-town women as they struggle to survive through hard work, cunning and trial. It is a story of class relations told at the basic level of bodies, emotions, desires and needs. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFC; JFFE; JFSJ1; JHBZ; JHM. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 40. Weight: 1006.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 632
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520075375
- ISBN
- 9780520075375
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.48
€ 43.99
€ 31.48
Paperback. Nancy Tatom Ammerman examines the stories Americans tell of their everyday lives, from dinner table to office and shopping mall to doctor's office, about the things that matter most to them and the routines they take for granted, and the times and places where the everyday and ordinary meet the spiritual. Num Pages: 400 pages, 33 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRLK; HRLM; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199917365
- ISBN
- 9780199917365
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.29
€ 67.29
Hardback. Researching the Lifecourse features methods linking time, space and mobilities and provides practitioners with practical detail in each chapter. It covers the full lifecourse and includes innovative methods and case study examples from different European and North American contexts. Editor(s): Hardill, Irene; Worth, Nancy. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JHBC; RGC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Bristol University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447317524
- ISBN
- 9781447317524
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.99
€ 95.99