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Hardcover. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 274 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674015524
ISBN
9780674015524
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.78
€ 122.92

Paperback. Series: Adolescent Lives S. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8 graphs, 22 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSP2; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674016149
ISBN
9780674016149
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 34.74

Hardback. From antebellum slavery to the twenty-first century, African American funeral directors have orchestrated funerals or 'homegoing' ceremonies with dignity and pageantry. This title offers a history of how African American funeral directors have been integral to the fight for freedom. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL3; JHBZ; RNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674036215
ISBN
9780674036215
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 39.84

Paperback. What do children need to grow and develop? And how can their needs be met when parents work? Emphasizing the importance of parental choice, quality of care, and work opportunities, this book guides readers through the maze of social science research evidence to offer answers to these questions. Series: The Family & Public Policy. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 tables. BIC Classification: JHBD; JPQB; KCP; VFXC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674046405
ISBN
9780674046405
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.75

Hardback. The United States has a long history of citizens rendering service to their communities. Examples of government-sponsored voluntary service organizations include the Civilian Conservation Corps, the Peace Corps, and Volunteers in Service to America. This title presents a study of how service shapes the lives of young people. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 chart, 17 graphs, 12 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHB; JKS; JPQB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674046788
ISBN
9780674046788
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.46
€ 55.51

Hardback. The American fixation with marriage owes much of its intensity to a small group of reformers who introduced Americans to marriage counseling in the 1930s. This book tells the American story of a culture gripped with the hope that, with enough effort and the right guidance, more perfect marital unions are within our reach. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HRLM5; JFSJ; JHBK; JKS; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 165 x 26. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674047969
ISBN
9780674047969
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 39.84

Hardback. In "Group Experiment", edited by Friedrich Pollock, Theodor W Adorno and his Frankfurt School colleagues published their findings on their group discussion experiments that delved deeper into the process of opinion formation. This title makes a case that these experiments are an important missing link in the ontology and methodology. Num Pages: 268 pages, 20 figures, 21 tables. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLW3; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674048461
ISBN
9780674048461
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.39
€ 60.65

Hardback. Why do free people submit to any rule? How is consent of the governed formed? Block argues that the source is found in the nursery and schoolroom, where the necessary synthesis of self-direction and integrative social conduct--so contradictory in logic yet so functional in practice--are established without provoking reservation or resistance. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 167 x 36. Weight in Grams: 844.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674051942
ISBN
9780674051942
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.90
€ 52.25

Paperback. Examines the question-answer process that is basic to polls and surveys, as it is in so much of life. This title concerns the nature of questioning itself, with issues of validity and bias, and with the scope and limitations of meaning sought through polls and surveys. Num Pages: 232 pages, 11 line illustrations, 30 tables. BIC Classification: JHBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674060432
ISBN
9780674060432
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.66

Paperback. Looking at every kind of fatherhood - being a father in and out of marriage, fathering from a distance, stepfathering, and parenting by gay males, this book presents a picture of how being a parent fits with men's broader social and work lives, how fatherhood evolved, and how it differs across cultures and through time. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JFSJ2; JHBK; JHM; JMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674064188
ISBN
9780674064188
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.74

Hardback. The Puritans were not as busy policing their neighbors' behavior as Nathaniel Hawthorne or many early American historians would have us believe. Keeping their own households in line occupied too much of their time. Under Household Government reveals that family members took on the role of watchdogs in matters of sexual indiscretion. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 326 pages, 15 charts, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 167 x 23. Weight in Grams: 632.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
326
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674066335
ISBN
9780674066335
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.65
€ 56.34

Hardback. Born in Europe's shadow, haunted by the Holocaust, and inspired by the Enlightenment, Israel has changed. Where is this diverse and self-absorbed country heading today? How do its citizens see themselves, globally and historically? Israel Has Moved is a profound and sometimes unsettling account of a country that is no longer where we might think. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBJF1; HBTB; HRJ; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674073425
ISBN
9780674073425
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 39.84

Paperback. This text traces the history of contraception and abortifacients from ancient Egypt to the 17th century, and discusses the scientific merit of the ancient remedies and why this knowledge about fertility control was gradually lost over the course of the Middle Ages. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 tables, 6 halftones, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFMA; JHBD; MBNH4; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674168763
ISBN
9780674168763
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 32.69

Hardcover. Series: Economic Studies. Num Pages: 176 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1D; JHBL; KCC; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674451759
ISBN
9780674451759
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.15
€ 48.00

Hardcover. Heroic figures such as Heracles, Perseus, and Jason were seen by the Greeks not as mythical figures but as real people from a bygone age. The people who shared this ancestry used it for many alliances of trade and war. This is a study of the political uses of perceived kinship. Series: Revealing Antiquity. Num Pages: 193 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBG; HBLA; JHBK; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 335.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
193
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674505278
ISBN
9780674505278
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.63
€ 72.48

Hardcover. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHBC; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 37. Weight in Grams: 908.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
592
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674687608
ISBN
9780674687608
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.74
€ 94.92

Paperback. Provides a solution to the ecological inference problem, which has plagued users of statistical methods for over seventy-five years: How can researchers reliably infer individual-level behavior from aggregate (ecological) data? This work begins with a qualitative overview, readable even by those without a statistical background. Num Pages: 346 pages, 53 line illus. 18 tables. BIC Classification: JHBC; JMAL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
346
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691012407
ISBN
9780691012407
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 77.13
€ 59.66

Paperback. Provides a comprehensive picture of the disparate field of labor demand. This book reviews both the static and dynamic theories of labor demand, and uses theory and evidence to establish a generalized framework for analyzing the impact of policies such as minimum wages, payroll taxes, job- security measures, unemployment insurance, and others. Num Pages: 464 pages, 41 line illustrations, 33 tables. BIC Classification: JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 270 x 32. Weight in Grams: 746.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691025872
ISBN
9780691025872
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 83.07
€ 64.02

Paperback. Argues that the West has rejected the laws of God and of nature in a quest for human autonomy. This book contends that, in declaring ourselves free and autonomous, we have, paradoxically, lost a sense of what it means to be human. It offers an analysis of the confusions and contradictions at the heart of the modern condition. Translator(s): LePain, Marc A. Series: New French Thought Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS; HRC; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691050256
ISBN
9780691050256
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.83

Paperback. Drawing on accounts from scores of people in all walks of life and from a national survey, this book shows that work and money cannot be understood in terms of economic theories alone, but are inevitably rooted in our concepts of ourselves and in the symbolic rituals and taboos of everyday life. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
442
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691058955
ISBN
9780691058955
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.33
€ 46.32

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