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Sociology

Paperback. Security is meant to make the world safer. Yet despite living in the most secure of times, we see endangerment everywhere. Whether it is the threat of another devastating terrorist attacks, a natural disaster or unexpected catastrophe, anxieties and fears define the global political age. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; JPS; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745665320
ISBN
9780745665320
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.08

hardcover. What happens when higher education is introduced to the exploration of meaning and purpose? Liberal Learning as a Quest for Purpose analyzes a remarkable experiment-lasting over a decade and encompassing 88 independent campuses-to reconfigure undergraduate education as a journey toward life purpose. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM; JHB; JNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PR United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190499242
ISBN
9780190499242
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.38

Paperback. * A provocative defence of the idea that parents should be allowed to enhance their children's genetic characteristics. * Gets away from fears of a Huxleyan 'Brave New World' or a return to the fascist eugenics of the past. * Written from a philosophically and scientifically informed point of view. Num Pages: 216 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405123907
ISBN
9781405123907
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.77

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

€ 48.84

Paperback. Offers a different interpretation of the genesis of "kinship" and of the role it played in late nineteenth-century intellectual history. Num Pages: 312 pages, 9 illustrations, 5 figures, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JHBA; JHMC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803260061
ISBN
9780803260061
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.37

Hardback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; 1FPKS; JHBL; JPF; JPWF; RNB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 236 x 18. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816689514
ISBN
9780816689514
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 88.87

Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; 1FPKS; JHBL; JPF; JPWF; RNB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816689521
ISBN
9780816689521
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Paperback. Exam board: AQA Level & Subject: AS / A-level Sociology First teaching: September 2015 First exams: June 2016 (AS), June 2017 (A-level) Series: Letts A-level in a Week - New 2015 Curriculum. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 4KLR; JHB. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education; (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 265 x 192. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
Letts Educational
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
KTG0018898
ISBN
9780008179700
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Stories accompany us through life from birth to death. Stories connect people, but they can also disconnect, creating boundaries between people and justifying violence. This book grapples with this fundamental aspect of our lives, offering both a theory of how stories shape us and a useful method for analyzing them. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFHF; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226260136
ISBN
9780226260136
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.93
€ 78.49

Paperback. Stories accompany us through life from birth to death. This title offers both a theory of how stories shape us and a useful method for analyzing them. It uses literary concepts to ask social scientific questions: how do stories make life better, and when do they endanger it? Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFHF; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 13. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226004839
ISBN
9780226004839
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 23.17

Hardback. * These letters offer the reader a fascinating insight into the life of one the most important figures of twentieth-century intellectual life. * The letters touch upon issues of great personal and historical significance: the Nazi regime in 1930s Germany and the Second World War; the experience of the intellectual in exile. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations (some col.), ports. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 724.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745635422
ISBN
9780745635422
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 22.04

Paperback. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: JHBS; KNSP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 178 x 10. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Sagamore Publishing United States
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571675828
ISBN
9781571675828
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.42

Hardback. In 1997, Science for Peace invited experts on Yugoslavia to Toronto for a conference to discuss the lessons learnt from the Yugoslav conflict and eventual break-up of the former country. This book addresses a specific range of problems. It contains papers on the analysis of the Kosovan conflict, and reviews the Yugoslav tragedy. Editor(s): Spencer, Metta. Series: Research on Russia & Eastern Europe S. Num Pages: 396 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; JFSJ1; JHBC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 730.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
Number of pages
396
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762302802
ISBN
9780762302802
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 238.22

Hardback. The author offers practical applications for the social worker and client at the micro-, mezzo-, and macro-levels. Eye-opening case studies are provided for each age group and cover everything from defining problems, identifying the underlying issues causing them, understanding the role of homophobia, and the application of the empowerment perspective. Series: Empowering the Powerless: A Social Work Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, diags. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHB; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231109581
ISBN
9780231109581
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.67
€ 89.47

Hardcover. This work provides a guide to the theory, research and clinical treatment of lesbian and gay couples and families. Coverage includes: transgenerational homophobia; custodial lesbian mothers and children; straight therapists working with gay families; working with gay fathers; and childhood trauma. Editor(s): Laird, Joan; Green, Robert-Jay. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSK; JHBK; JKSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 180 x 33. Weight in Grams: 842.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780787902223
ISBN
9780787902223
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.56

Paperback. Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-246) and index. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ; JHBK; JPQB; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
261
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2011
SKU
V9781349369379
ISBN
9781349369379
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.23

Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften United States
Edition
2
Condition
New
SKU
V9783810010568
ISBN
9783810010568
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 75.98

Hardcover. A study of the French industrialist who from 1870 to 1914 advanced social Catholic and Christian democratic movements by improving factory conditions and empowering workers. Joan Coffey's book represents the first study of Leon Harmel in English. Series: Catholic Social Tradition. Num Pages: 360 pages, 7 halftones, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJC; BG; HBTB; HRCX6; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 671.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268033606
ISBN
9780268033606
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.41

Paperback. Exploring the links between class identity and vacationing, the text looks at the popularity of France's health resorts in the 19th century. It shows how spas were promoted as an ordered equivalent to the busy lives of the bourgeoisie, and this premier vacation made and was made by the bourgeoisie. Num Pages: 228 pages, 23 halftones, 1 map, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JFC; JHBS; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
2
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226500751
ISBN
9780226500751
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.49

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
CABI Publishing United Kingdom
Edition
Second
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845930691
ISBN
9781845930691
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 44.35

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