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Hardback. Explains migration patterns through different kinds of social networks and relations, with a focus on the lives of Gujarati Indians in New York and London. Num Pages: 248 pages, 4 tables, 4 figures, 2 maps. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804772228
- ISBN
- 9780804772228
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.66
€ 127.66
Hardback. Broadly speaking, academic tourism research comes in two main shapes - why and how to. Both traditions seem unable to ever meet and their trajectory reminds of scissors agape. This title argues that tourism research finds itself in a serious scissors crisis. It reflects on how the crisis came about and looks at its effect on the real world. Editor(s): Aramberri, Julio (Drexel University). Series Editor(s): Jafari, Jafar. Series: Tourism Social Science Series. Num Pages: 424 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBA; KNSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 757.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848552388
- ISBN
- 9781848552388
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.12
€ 156.12
Hardback. This text focuses on Japanese weddings as a window on contemporary values, analyzing the relation between the commercialization of these services and their symbolic content. Weddings mark the attainment of full adult status in Japan and this book looks at what marriage and adulthood means in Japan. Num Pages: 188 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 28. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804715126
- ISBN
- 9780804715126
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.01
€ 114.01
Paperback. Japanese weddings have become commercial affairs, with most conducted at specialized establishments offering expensive, lavish services. This book focuses on these ceremonies as a window on contemporary values, analyzing the relation between commercialization and symbolic content. Num Pages: 188 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 13. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804718158
- ISBN
- 9780804718158
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.56
€ 27.99
€ 26.56
Hardback. This collection brings together diverse analyses of women in Japan--including department store elevator girls, tour bus guides, airline stewardesses, soldiers, soccer players, beauty queens, and educators--who have been intimately involved in the practices and professions of modernity. Editor(s): Freedman, Alisa; Miller, Laura; Yano, Christine Reiko. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFC; JFSJ; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804781138
- ISBN
- 9780804781138
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.11
€ 119.11
Paperback. This collection brings together diverse analyses of women in Japan--including department store elevator girls, tour bus guides, airline stewardesses, soldiers, soccer players, beauty queens, and educators--who have been intimately involved in the practices and professions of modernity. Editor(s): Freedman, Alisa; Miller, Laura; Yano, Christine Reiko. Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFC; JFSJ; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804781145
- ISBN
- 9780804781145
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.67
€ 30.99
€ 27.67
Paperback. This book explores the complex financial relationships among dual-earner couples in a comparative study of the USA, Spain and Sweden. Editor(s): Diaz-Martinez, Capitolina. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 205
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349354825
- ISBN
- 9781349354825
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.74
€ 65.74
Hardcover. This collection is the result of a five-year-long collaboration of sociologists in Sweden, Spain and the United States. In-depth, extended interviews with couples explore their daily lives and provide insights into the impact of modernity, gender roles, and expectations of the meaning of money and the complex financial reality of households. Editor(s): Diaz-Martinez, Capitolina. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DNS; 1DSE; 1KBB; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230517028
- ISBN
- 9780230517028
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.52
€ 66.52
Models, Methods, Concepts & Applications of the Analytic Hierarchy Pro...
Saaty, Thomas Lorie; Vargas, Luis G.
Paperback. Series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science. Num Pages: 333 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; KJM; PB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 18. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2001
- Number of pages
- 333
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461356677
- ISBN
- 9781461356677
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 151.22
€ 151.22
Paperback. This volume explores the structure and evolution of science, an emerging field where scholars, science and science communication themselves become the basic objects of research. It aims to provide, for the first time, a unified mathematical model of science. Editor(s): Scharnhorst, Andrea; Borner, Katy; Besselaar, Peter van den. Series: Understanding Complex Systems. Num Pages: 300 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GPFC; JHBC; UNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642448843
- ISBN
- 9783642448843
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.85
€ 127.85
Paperback. This book explores relational models of psychopathology that underly many conflicts and destructive outcomes in family and intimate relationships. All are generational, relational and fundamentally reactive processes stemming from existing psychopathology. Num Pages: 251 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JHBK; MMJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 391.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 251
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493943074
- ISBN
- 9781493943074
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.16
€ 127.16
Paperback. This work explores differing historical patterns in the adoption of the three major models of organizational management: scientific management; human relations; and structural analysis. The author takes a fresh look at how managers have used these models in four countries during the 20th century. Num Pages: 432 pages, 3 line drawings, 21 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; 1DSE; 1KBB; JHBL; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 28. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226310367
- ISBN
- 9780226310367
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.41€ 46.29
€ 53.41
€ 46.29
Hardback. Facing ecological data sets of unprecedented size and complexity, environmental scientists are struggling to understand and exploit powerful statistical tools for making sense of ecological processes. This work introduces them to these methods in modeling and computation. It also describes how complexity can motivate a shift to Bayesian methods. Num Pages: 632 pages, 163 line illus. 21 tables. BIC Classification: JHBC; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 255 x 210 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1680.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 632
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691121789
- ISBN
- 9780691121789
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.68€ 90.75
€ 118.68
€ 90.75
Paperback. This book offers an alternative view to current postmodern approaches to composition. It takes a critical realist stance to arrive at the essence of written communication with the aim to inform a practical application: a computerized writing tutor. Series: Methodos Series. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFC; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 391.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400735064
- ISBN
- 9789400735064
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.33
€ 127.33
Hardback. Modelling Norms Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBC; JKV; UGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400770515
- ISBN
- 9789400770515
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.03
€ 128.03
Hardback. Designed as a course companion, self teaching guide and handbook for basic concepts, these lectures introduce methods, with examples and code computed with open source software, mainly R. Archaeological data is on the book s website, and the book enables readers to construct models by themselves and be sensitive for certain problems. Num Pages: 274 pages, 107 black & white illustrations, 12 colour illustrations, 1 black & white tables, 11 colo. BIC Classification: JHBC; UGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319295367
- ISBN
- 9783319295367
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.44
€ 117.44
Modelling and Simulation in the Social Sciences from the Philosophy of...
. Ed(S): Hegselmann, Ranier; Mueller, Ulrich;...
Hardback. This text presents a number of modelling and simulation approaches and their relations to problems in philosophy of science. It addresses social scientists interested in formal modelling and mathematical sociology, as well as computer scientists interested in social science applications. Editor(s): Hegselmann, Ranier; Mueller, Ulrich; Troitzsch, Klaus G. Series: Theory and Decision Library A:. Num Pages: 320 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792341253
- ISBN
- 9780792341253
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.54
€ 200.54
Paperback / so. Editor(s): Diekmann, Andreas; Jann, Ben (University of Bern, CH). Series: Sozialwissenschaft. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, black & white tables, bibliography. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 10. Weight in Grams: 231.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Deutscher Universitatsverlag Germany
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783824445929
- ISBN
- 9783824445929
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.30
€ 71.30
paperback. Informed by the latest developments, this volume adds a much-needed focus on direct methodology to the literature on control and systems theory. New material presented includes representation techniques for stochastic systems involving Levy processes. Series: Use R!. Num Pages: 365 pages, 99 black & white illustrations, 4 colour illustrations, 5 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JHBC; PBT; UFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer/Sci-Tech/Trade United States
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Number of pages
- 365
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461444749
- ISBN
- 9781461444749
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 117.55
€ 117.55
Paperback. A history of population ecology which traces two generations of science and scientists from the opening of the 20th century through to 1970. The text chronicles the careers of key figures and the field's theoretical, empirical and institutional development. Series: Science & Its Conceptual Foundations S. Num Pages: 316 pages, 9 halftones, 11 line drawings. BIC Classification: 3JJ; JHBD; PDA; RNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 255 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226437286
- ISBN
- 9780226437286
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.73
€ 42.99
€ 33.73
Paperback. Series: The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis. Num Pages: 308 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JHBD; KCP; PBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781489920577
- ISBN
- 9781489920577
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 205.50
€ 205.50
Hardback. Series: The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis. Num Pages: 308 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media United States
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306426490
- ISBN
- 9780306426490
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.23
€ 200.23
Modeling Demographic Processes in Marked Populations
. Ed(S): Thomson, David L.; Cooch, Evan G.; C...
Hardback. Here, biologists and statisticians come together in an interdisciplinary synthesis with the aim of developing new methods to overcome the most significant challenges and constraints faced by quantitative biologists seeking to model demographic rates. Editor(s): Thomson, David L.; Cooch, Evan G.; Conroy, Michael J. Series: Environmental and Ecological Statistics. Num Pages: 1156 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBC; JHBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 56. Weight in Grams: 1778.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 1156
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387781501
- ISBN
- 9780387781501
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 258.08
€ 258.08
paperback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften United States
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531186481
- ISBN
- 9783531186481
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.63
€ 60.63