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Hardcover. What constitutes a family? Tracing the dramatic evolution of Americans' answer to this question over the past century, this volume provides the account of modern adoption's history. It details efforts by the US Children's Bureau and the Child Welfare League of America to establish adoption standards in law and practice. Num Pages: 368 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JHBK; JKSF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226327594
- ISBN
- 9780226327594
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.08€ 77.70
€ 94.08
€ 77.70
Paperback. Chronicles the lives of gay men, exploring how they cope with political attacks from both the 'family values' right and the 'radical queer' left - while also shedding light on the evolving meanings of family in twenty-first-century America. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSK2; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226476582
- ISBN
- 9780226476582
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.12
€ 36.99
€ 29.12
Hardback. Lewin explores the intersections of kinship, community, morality, and love bound up in same-sex marriage through the experiences of lesbian and gay couples who have sanctified their relationships in commitment ceremonies. Through detailed profiles, Lewin provides the first comprehensive account of lesbian and gay weddings in America. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSK; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 817.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231103923
- ISBN
- 9780231103923
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.49€ 78.05
€ 103.49
€ 78.05
Hardcover. Chronicles the lives of gay men, exploring how they cope with political attacks from both the 'family values' right and the 'radical queer' left - while also shedding light on the evolving meanings of family in twenty-first-century America. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSK2; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226476568
- ISBN
- 9780226476568
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.38€ 73.62
€ 89.38
€ 73.62
paperback. Editor(s): Wood, Ellen Meiksins; etc.; Meiksins, Peter (Professor of Sociology, Cleveland State University, USA); Yates, Michael (Professor of Economics, University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown, USA). Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBL; KCF; KCL; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Monthly Review Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853459392
- ISBN
- 9780853459392
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.26
€ 20.99
€ 19.26
Hardcover. Children's work is a controversial subject both in the sciences of sociology and history. This book includes articles that examine children's work from the mid-1800's and until the 1990's. It is the result of an inter-Nordic research project about children's work in the Nordic countries involving various five Nordic countries. Editor(s): De Coninck-Smith, Ning; Sandin, Bengt; Sandin, Ellen. Num Pages: 211 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSP1; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 182 x 18. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University Press of Southern Denmark Denmark
- Number of pages
- 211
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788778382696
- ISBN
- 9788778382696
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 22.98
€ 31.99
€ 22.98
Paperback. An anthology applying Judith Butler's theories to religion. It uses her work to investigate a variety of topics in biblical, Islamic, Buddhist, and Christian traditions. It sheds light on Butler's ideas and highlights their ethical and political import. It discusses subjects such as religious rituals, and biblical constructions of sexuality. Editor(s): Armour, Ellen T.; Ville, St. Susan M. Series: Gender, Theory, and Religion. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HR; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231134071
- ISBN
- 9780231134071
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.91
€ 40.99
€ 28.91
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, 568 color photos. BIC Classification: JFCK; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 932. 176 pages, 568 colour photographs. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JFCK; JHBT. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 14. Weight: 934.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Schiffer Pub Ltd
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764300172
- ISBN
- 9780764300172
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 24.89
€ 36.99
€ 24.89
Paperback. The late Elliot Richardson, Washington's ultimate insider, examines the growing hostility of American citizens toward government and explores what it means to be a responsible American today. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBD; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 402. Clean copy with very light shelfwear. Good to very good
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- SKU
- KST0018200
- ISBN
- 9780813397849
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Provides a comprehensive introduction to the major developments, debates, and schools of thought in social theory today. The book covers 20th-century social theory stretching from critical theory, structuralism and psychoanalysis to feminism, post-structuralism and postmodernism. Editor(s): Elliott, Anthony. Num Pages: 352 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFCX; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 261 x 189 x 29. Weight in Grams: 954.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631206491
- ISBN
- 9780631206491
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.36
€ 155.36
Paperback. Selections from the best-known intellectuals and researchers in social theory around the globe. Includes discussion of not only traditional aspects of social theory, but also recent controversies surrounding such topics as self, identity and subjectivity; race, multiculturalism; modernism and postmodernism. Editor(s): Elliott, Anthony. Num Pages: 352 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFCX; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 171 x 23. Weight in Grams: 698.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631206507
- ISBN
- 9780631206507
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.99
€ 64.99
Paperback. * Contains up-to-date coverage of key theorists in sociology, social theory, philosophy, cultural studies, feminism, psychoanalysis and philosophy. * Theorists covered include Benjamin, Elias, Goffman, Lacan, Said, Jameson, Heidegger, Giddens, Bauman, Williams, and many others. Editor(s): Elliott, Anthony; Ray, Larry. Num Pages: 336 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HPS; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 258 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631219729
- ISBN
- 9780631219729
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.61
€ 52.61
Paperback. Originally published in 1990 this second revised edition shows how to help a family struggle through one of their member's terminal illness and death, offering clinical examples and interventions. The book shows how families change the way in which they function and gives examples of factors that will influence how they cope. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBK; JKSN2; VFJX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- Revised Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780787940508
- ISBN
- 9780787940508
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.05
€ 57.05
Society' is one of the most frequently used words in public life; it is also a foundational term in the social sciences. In our own time, however, the idea has never been so much in dispute and so little understood. For some critics, society is simply too consensual for a world of intensive discord. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 21. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745648415
- ISBN
- 9780745648415
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Paperback. Num Pages: 140 pages, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: JFSL3; JHBK; JHM; VFV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 6. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 140
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226507972
- ISBN
- 9780226507972
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.51
€ 31.99
€ 24.51
Hardback. Aniagolu examines the dynamics of race and gender in the history of the United States, concluding that white American women collaborated with white American men as 'Co-Whites' or co-partners in the management and maintenance of white supremacy in the United States. Num Pages: 354 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 28. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 354
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761853404
- ISBN
- 9780761853404
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.76
€ 130.76
Paperback. Aniagolu examines the dynamics of race and gender in the history of the United States, concluding that white American women collaborated with white American men as 'Co-Whites' or co-partners in the management and maintenance of white supremacy in the United States. Num Pages: 354 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 354
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761853411
- ISBN
- 9780761853411
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 83.24
€ 83.24
Paperback. Traditionally, suicide was thought to be a matter of purely individual despair, but Durkheim recognized that the phenomenon had a social dimension. He believed that if anything can explain how individuals relate to society, then it is suicide. This work was the result of his research. Editor(s): Sennett, Richard. Translator(s): Buss, Robin. Num Pages: 480 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Translation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140449679
- ISBN
- 9780140449679
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.29
€ 17.99
€ 13.29
Paperback. Originally published in 1897, this is Durkheim's pioneering attempt to offer a sociological explanation for a phenomenon regarded until then as exclusively psychological and individualistic. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages, 102 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 3JJ; JHBZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415278317
- ISBN
- 9780415278317
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.92
€ 21.99
€ 21.92
Hardcover. The study of social dynamics using quantitative methodology is complex and calls for technical and methodological approaches in social science research. This book provides step-by-step instructions for designing and conducting longitudinal research, with focus on the longitudinal analysis of both quantitative outcomes and qualitative outcomes. Num Pages: 402 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: GPS; JHBC; PBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 174 x 28. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780120884858
- ISBN
- 9780120884858
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.23
€ 90.23