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Paperback. Offering an introduction to and an overview of postwar social science in the United States, this title explores a critical period in the evolution of American sociology's professional identity. It contends that from the late 1940s through the early 1960s leading sociologists encouraged a professional secession from public engagement. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW3; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592137145
ISBN
9781592137145
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. A savage and hilarious anatomy of America's funeral practices - a classic by this famous English muckraker - revised just before her death 'Outrageously appalling, wickedly funny and subversive' TIMES Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JHBT; JHBZ; KNS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Virago Press London
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860497629
ISBN
9781860497629
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.92

Hardback. Examines the biocultural character of fathering with a focus on the American father. This study draws on empirical data from a cross-cultural study of over 59,000 father-child groupings from 23 countries, illuminating the societal importance of the paternal bond and its roots in male physiology. Series: The Springer Series in Adult Development and Aging. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBK; JMR. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1270.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Springer Science+Business Media United States
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306453373
ISBN
9780306453373
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.34

Hardcover. Traces the movement from mutualism to individualism in the context of American family life. Families survived or even flourished during colonization, Revolution, slavery, immigration and economic upheaval. In the past century, prosperity created a culture devoted to pleasure and individual fulfilment. Num Pages: 211 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 151 x 17. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230337442
ISBN
9780230337442
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.07

Paperback. Traces the movement from mutualism to individualism in the context of American family life. Families survived or even flourished during colonization, Revolution, slavery, immigration and economic upheaval. In the past century, prosperity created a culture devoted to pleasure and individual fulfilment. Num Pages: 211 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230337459
ISBN
9780230337459
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

paperback. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1979
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9781475791525
ISBN
9781475791525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.58

Hardback. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Number of pages
239
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137587190
ISBN
9781137587190
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.71

Hardback. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 483.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Number of pages
253
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137587169
ISBN
9781137587169
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.67

Paperback. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 311.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349407552
ISBN
9781349407552
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 126.80

Hardcover. Editor(s): Russo, Barry M.; Haffner, Alice D. Num Pages: 244 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBC; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
233
Condition
New
SKU
V9781613243626
ISBN
9781613243626
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.51
€ 110.66

Paperback. Does America have a sense of community and a vital civic culture? Are disparate groups capable of uniting as a single people who can call themselves Americans? This book addresses these questions and spans three hundred years of American urban life. It reconciles both liberal and conservative viewpoints and responds unequivocally, 'yes'. Num Pages: 400 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; JFSG; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 634.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557869180
ISBN
9781557869180
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.08

Hardcover. Tom Kemp's new book, The American Census Handbook, is the first general guide to the thousands of published census indexes currently available in print and online and is sure to be used by beginning and experienced genealogists alike. Num Pages: 517 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTG; JHBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 292 x 225 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1840.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
517
Condition
New
SKU
V9780842029247
ISBN
9780842029247
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 252.40

Paperback. Series: Society for American Archaeology. Num Pages: 250 pages, charts, tables, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HD; JFSJ; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 276 x 216 x 15. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761991946
ISBN
9780761991946
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 80.51

Hardcover. A comprehensive analysis of the significant questions facing this crucial profession, The American Academic Profession will be welcomed by students and scholars as well as by administrators and policy makers concerned with the future of the academy. Editor(s): Hermanowicz, Joseph C. Num Pages: 392 pages, 3, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JHB; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 151 x 31. Weight in Grams: 656.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801899775
ISBN
9780801899775
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.99

hardcover. This book proposes a historical-conceptual journey into the cluttered social formations that have remained outside of mainstream sociology. In particular, it reviews urban crowds, mediated publics, global masses, population, the sovereign people and the multitude and addresses the question: 'What is the building block of the social?'. Num Pages: 96 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFC; JFSG; JHBA; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 276.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
2014th Edition
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137384980
ISBN
9781137384980
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.80

Paperback. Considers how a culture of crisis management - what the author calls "the new chronic" - has come to dominate various aspects of contemporary life, from biomedicine to economics to politics. This title unravels the logic of the new chronic where people find themselves suspended in a space between life and death. Num Pages: 240 pages, 11 illustrations, 4 charts. BIC Classification: JHBZ; MBP; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822352280
ISBN
9780822352280
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

Paperback. .
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
9th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781598889185
ISBN
9781598889185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 77.29
€ 13.51

Paperback. Reveals how Peru s early-twentieth-century labor reforms excluded the majority of the country s laborers. They were indigenous, and the nation s elites saw indigeneity as incommensurable with work, modernity, and industrial progress. Num Pages: 328 pages, 13 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; HB; JHBL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822350132
ISBN
9780822350132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.79

Paperback. This book examines the experiences of older people who remain at home with care. It discusses life changes faced by family members who take on a greater care-giving role, and suggests that this constitutes a new stage of life, an Age of Supported Independence. Num Pages: 131 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP31; JHB; JHBK; JHM; JKSN; MJX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 12. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Springer
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2010th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400791343
ISBN
9789400791343
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.78

Paperback. Offers a fresh theory of family dynamics to account for the interesting and startling changes in marriage and family composition in the United States. This title presents an argument that revolves around the independent life stage that emerged around 1960 which is experienced by young adults after they leave their parents' homes. Num Pages: 280 pages, 12 line illustrations; 25 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674034907
ISBN
9780674034907
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.06

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