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Sociology
Hardback. * A robust examination of the role of citizenship * Provides a critique of Blairite and Thatcherite approaches to public, market and private domains * Argues that the public domain is essential to a civilised society . Num Pages: 176 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JHBA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745629094
- ISBN
- 9780745629094
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.09
€ 53.09
Hardback. Social theory and research has long faced the limitations of its conventional Eurocentric focus. The essays in this volume offer new thoughts and empirical studies for transcending those limitations. Editor(s): Go, Julian. Series: Political Power and Social Theory. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited
- Number of pages
- 300
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- New ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781907269
- ISBN
- 9781781907269
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.87
€ 143.87
Hardcover. It is an institution that seems almost hopelessly out of date, a social relic of bygone times. The very word "debutante" evokes images of prim, poised beauty, expensive gowns, and sumptuous balls, all of which seem anachronistic in these post-women's liberation times. This work reveals, debdom in America is alive and well and ever evolving. Series: CultureAmerica. Num Pages: 224 pages, 61 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700613175
- ISBN
- 9780700613175
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.42
€ 42.42
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107129337
- ISBN
- 9781107129337
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.46
€ 118.46
Hardback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 142 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813118222
- ISBN
- 9780813118222
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.10
€ 37.10
Hardback. Mario Erasmo creatively explores the nexus between classical and contemporary approaches to dying, death and interment. From theme funerals in St Louis to Etruscan sarcophagi, he offers a rich and insightful discussion of finitude across the ages. Series: Ancients and Moderns. Num Pages: 192 pages, 20 bw integrated illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBT; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 143 x 22. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848855564
- ISBN
- 9781848855564
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.73€ 99.65
€ 111.73
€ 99.65
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119151746
- ISBN
- 9781119151746
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.57
€ 65.57
Hardback. How the Israelites and their neighbors treated the dead, and why their practices challenged the young religion. "A sparkling synthesis of the behaviors, attitudes, and theologies relating to death from the earliest settlement of the land of Israel to this day..A wonderful read."-Baruch Halpern. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566634014
- ISBN
- 9781566634014
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.51
€ 34.51
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. How does a state redefine its national identity after catastrophic trauma? And what is the role of this kind of tourism in defining their new identity? This title exposes the intersection of leisure with the inhumane, giving insight into how people respectfully share a public space that is both free and sacred, compelling and tragic. Editor(s): Sion, Brigitte. Series: SB - Enactments. Num Pages: 356 pages, 35 halftones. BIC Classification: JHBS; KNSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 233 x 23. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857421074
- ISBN
- 9780857421074
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.00
€ 35.99
€ 28.00
Paperback. This work provides a social history of death from the earliest times to Diana, Princess of Wales. As we discard the 20th century taboo about death, this book charts the story of the way in which our forebears coped with a fundamental aspects of their daily lives. Editor(s): Jupp, Peter; Gittings, Clare. Num Pages: 304 pages, 120 black & white illustrations, 30 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBTB; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 171 x 18. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719058110
- ISBN
- 9780719058110
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.63
€ 26.99
€ 26.63
Paperback. Presenting a range of translated texts on death, burial and commemoration in the Roman world, this book is organized thematically and supported by discussion of scholarship. It sheds light on the way death was thought about and dealt with in Roman society. Series: Routledge Sourcebooks for the Ancient World. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415331586
- ISBN
- 9780415331586
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.63
€ 50.63
Hardback. Life and death are never far apart in Egyptian culture and society. This book looks beyond funerary rites and mummification to explore the beliefs and customs of ordinary people. It also looks at how death occurred - through illness, accidents and violent death, as well as in the natural course. Num Pages: 160 pages, 70 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 182 x 20. Weight in Grams: 810.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750939324
- ISBN
- 9780750939324
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.47
€ 26.99
€ 23.47
Paperback. A collection of cautionary tales about the undignified ways you can kick the bucket - and they're all true. It includes stories of: the vegetarian who was killed with a frozen leg of lamb, the cyclist who swallowed his own dentures and the burglar who fell head-first into a toilet and drowned. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JHBZ; WHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 209 x 28. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- Prion Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0295752
- ISBN
- 9781853759710
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The history of Mexico's fearless intimacy with death--the elevation of death to the center of national identity. Num Pages: 584 pages, 52 black & white illus. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JHBZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Zone Books
- Number of pages
- 581
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781890951542
- ISBN
- 9781890951542
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.43
€ 33.99
€ 24.43
Paperback. Presents studies of Roman imperial cult, political propaganda, and topography. Num Pages: 281 pages, 117 b&w photos and line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 177 x 16. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Number of pages
- 281
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292702752
- ISBN
- 9780292702752
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 35.95
€ 40.99
€ 35.95
Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Publisher
- Sterling Publishing Co Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781454914341
- ISBN
- 9781454914341
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.25
€ 24.99
€ 18.25
Paperback. We normally take it for granted that other people will live on after we ourselves have died. Even if we do not believe in a personal afterlife in which we survive our own deaths, we assume that there will be a "collective afterlife" in which humanity survives long after we are gone. Editor(s): Kolodny, Niko. Series: The Berkeley Tanner Lectures. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; HPQ; JHBZ; VXPR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 137 x 14. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190469177
- ISBN
- 9780190469177
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.20
€ 41.20
Hardback. Series: New Directions in Critical Theory. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; JHBA; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231176682
- ISBN
- 9780231176682
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.68€ 49.91
€ 64.68
€ 49.91
Hardback. * This stimulating new book provides a sophisticated introduction to the key issues in the sociology of death and dying. * Despite widespread interest across the social sciences in these issues of late, most textbooks have been written with the needs of health professionals in mind. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745625331
- ISBN
- 9780745625331
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.43
€ 77.43
Paperback. This book replaces the Dickenson: Death, Dying and Bereavement 2ED as the set text for the OU course Death and Dying (K260), which means guaranteed sales of 800 copies per year through the bookshops. Editor(s): Earle, Sarah; Komaromy, Carol; Bartholomew, Caroline. Series: Published in Association with the Open University. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 172 x 15. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847875105
- ISBN
- 9781847875105
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.20
€ 53.20
Paperback. Presents a fresh approach to the topics surrounding the processes and rituals of death and dying in the United States. This book highlights the importance of two key factors in American society which determine who dies and under what circumstances: persistent social inequality and the American consumerist ethic. Num Pages: 220 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBZ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 172 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745639154
- ISBN
- 9780745639154
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.09
€ 34.09
Hardback. Emphasizes individual experiences and personal reactions to death. This book highlights the importance of two key factors in American society which determine who dies and under what circumstances: persistent social inequality and the American consumerist ethic. It is suitable for upper-level students across the social sciences. Num Pages: 220 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBZ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 249 x 175 x 24. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745639147
- ISBN
- 9780745639147
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.81
€ 71.81
Hardback. With more than 2,200 citations of monographs, many annotated, on the many aspects on death and dying, this book will be helpful to students, researchers, academics, caregivers, healthcare professionals, psychologists, social workers, and anyone with an interest in death, dying, bereavement, or the care of the terminally ill. Num Pages: 382 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GBCR; JHBZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 33. Weight in Grams: 667.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 382
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810872752
- ISBN
- 9780810872752
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.32
€ 154.32