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Paperback. An ethnography of lawyer-free family courts and mediations of rape and domestic violence charges in India, in which, the author depicts everyday life in legal sites of marital trouble, reevaluating feminist theories of law, marriage, violence, property, and the state. Num Pages: 280 pages, 10 scattered b&w. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFFK; JFSJ1; JHBK; LNMB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520282452
- ISBN
- 9780520282452
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
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Hardback. Prodded by economists in the 1970s, corporate directors began adding stock options and bonuses to the already-generous salaries of CEOs with hopes of boosting their companies' fortunes. Guided by largely unproven assumptions, this trend continues today. This book explores the consequences of this development. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JHB; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 233 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520281011
- ISBN
- 9780520281011
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
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Hardback. Taking a novel approach to the contradictory impulses of violence and care, illness and healing, this book radically shifts the way we think of the interrelations of institutions and experiences in a globalizing world. It is suitable for anthropologists, sociologists, health scientists, and scholars of religion. Editor(s): Das, Veena; Han, Clara. Num Pages: 896 pages, 11 black and white, 29 line drawings, 1 map. BIC Classification: JHBZ; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 263 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1724.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 896
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520278417
- ISBN
- 9780520278417
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Condition: New
€ 173.60€ 131.06
€ 173.60
€ 131.06
Paperback. Presents an examination of the interrelationships of music and surfing explores different ways that surfers combine surfing with making and listening to music. This title discusses the origins of surfing in Hawai'i, its central role in Hawaiian society, and the mele (chants) and hula (dance or visual poetry) about surfing. Num Pages: 240 pages, 38 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: AV; JHBS; WSSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520276642
- ISBN
- 9780520276642
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
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Paperback. Explores issues of trust and distrust among low-income women in the US - at work, around childcare, in their relationships, and with caseworkers - and presents richly detailed evidence from interviews about our welfare system and why it's failing the very people it is designed to help. Num Pages: 314 pages, 2 line illustrations, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- First
- Number of pages
- 319
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520274723
- ISBN
- 9780520274723
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
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Paperback. Provides a glimpse into modern-day American families. This title focuses on a variety of issues that face American families: the differing stress levels among parents; the problem of excessive clutter in the American home; the importance (and decline) of the family meal; the vanishing boundaries that once separated work and home life; and more. Editor(s): Ochs, Elinor; Kremer-Sadlik, Tamar. Num Pages: 320 pages, 22 b/w photographs, 10 line illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFS; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Paperback Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520273986
- ISBN
- 9780520273986
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
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Hardback. Provides a glimpse into modern-day American families. This title focuses on a variety of issues that face American families: the differing stress levels among parents; the problem of excessive clutter in the American home; the importance (and decline) of the family meal; the vanishing boundaries that once separated work and home life; and more. Editor(s): Ochs, Elinor; Kremer-Sadlik, Tamar. Num Pages: 320 pages, 22 b/w photographs, 10 line illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFS; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520273979
- ISBN
- 9780520273979
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.15€ 55.00
€ 70.15
€ 55.00
Hardback. Presenting substantive social science knowledge and indicating its relevance and applicability to decision-making, problem-solving and policy-making, this title looks at the big picture of why society at large demands and needs social-science knowledge, and how the academy actually supplies relevant knowledge. Num Pages: 416 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 718. 416 pages. Presenting substantive social science knowledge and indicating its relevance and applicability to decision-making, problem-solving and policy-making, this title looks at the big picture of why society at large demands and needs social-science knowledge, and how the academy actually supplies relevant knowledge. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JHB. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 30. Weight: 718.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520273566
- ISBN
- 9780520273566
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.42€ 65.36
€ 84.42
€ 65.36
Paperback. On an August evening in 1933, in a quiet, working-class neighborhood in Paris, eighteen-year-old Violette Noziere gave her mother and father glasses of barbiturate-laced "medication", which she told them had been prescribed by the family doctor; one of her parents died, the other barely survived. This title tells the story of Violette. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJG; JHB; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 145 x 22. Weight in Grams: 464. A Story of Murder in 1930s Paris. 352 pages, illustrations. On an August evening in 1933, in a quiet, working-class neighborhood in Paris, eighteen-year-old Violette Noziere gave her mother and father glasses of barbiturate-laced "medication", which she told them had been prescribed by the family doctor; one of her parents died, the other barely survived. This title tells the story of Violette. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJG; JHB; JKV. Dimension: 221 x 145 x 22. Weight: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520272729
- ISBN
- 9780520272729
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Condition: New
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Paperback. Mixed feelings about motherhood - uncertainty over having a child, fears of pregnancy and childbirth, or negative thoughts about one's own children - are not just hard to discuss, they are a social taboo. This title uncovers the roots of ambivalence, and tells how it manifests in lives of women and their children. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520271203
- ISBN
- 9780520271203
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
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Paperback. Unimaginable until the twentieth century, the clinical practice of transferring eggs and sperm from body to body is now the basis of a bustling market. This title provides an inside look at how egg agencies and sperm banks do business. Num Pages: 240 pages, 4 line illustrations, 5 tables. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520270961
- ISBN
- 9780520270961
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Condition: New
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Paperback. Explores the relationship between globalization and South Asia through food, covering the cuisine of the colonial period to the contemporary era, investigating its material and symbolic meanings. Editor(s): Ray, Krishnendu; Srinivas, Tulasi. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5 b/w photographs, 4 line illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCV; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520270121
- ISBN
- 9780520270121
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
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Paperback. Explores the emergence of rituals in America that celebrate the dying and reinvent the roles of family and community at the deathbed. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBT; JHBZ; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520268739
- ISBN
- 9780520268739
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
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Hardback. In focusing on China's social survey movement, this title analyzes how information generated by a range of research practices - census, sociological investigation, and ethnography - was mobilized by competing political factions to imagine, manage, and remake the nation. Series: Asia Pacific Modern. Num Pages: 280 pages, 7 b/w photographs, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520267862
- ISBN
- 9780520267862
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.42€ 65.36
€ 84.42
€ 65.36
Paperback. Focuses on an aspect of contemporary motherhood often hidden from view: the need for paid childcare by women returning to the workforce, and the complex bonds mothers forge with the 'shadow mothers' they hire. The author illuminates both sides of an unequal and complicated relationship. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5 tables. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBK; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520266971
- ISBN
- 9780520266971
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.23
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Paperback. Examines the lives of five topless dancers in the economically devastated 'rust belt' of upstate New York. With insight and empathy, this title shows how these women negotiate their lives as parents, employees, and family members while working in a profession widely regarded as incompatible with motherhood and fidelity. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JFSJ1; JHBK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520266919
- ISBN
- 9780520266919
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
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Paperback. Probing the experiences of migrant parents, children in Mexico, and their caregivers, this title offers an account of the lives of families divided by borders. It shows that the difficulties endured by transnational families make it nearly impossible for parents' sacrifices to result in the benefits they expect. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16 b/w photographs, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFFN; JFSL4; JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520260900
- ISBN
- 9780520260900
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
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Hardback. Part ethnography, part memoir, this book traces Japan's vibrant cafe society over one hundred and thirty years. It also traces Japan's coffee craze from the turn of the twentieth century, when Japan helped to launch the Brazilian coffee industry, to the present day, as uniquely Japanese ways with coffee surface in Europe and America. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 240 pages, 23 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFCV; JHBS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520259331
- ISBN
- 9780520259331
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.12€ 73.24
€ 95.12
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Paperback. Bridging literary conventions, this work explores the cultural origins of a quiet revolution that occurred over the course of the twentieth century. It combines novelistic and ethnographic techniques to illuminate population dynamics that have raised alarm across Europe and the US, and manifested, for example, in Italy's extremely low birthrate. Num Pages: 304 pages, 11 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: JHBF; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520258495
- ISBN
- 9780520258495
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
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Paperback. "The New York Times Magazine" recently portrayed women who leave their careers in order to become full-time mothers as "opting out." But, are high-achieving professional women really choosing to abandon their careers in order to return home? This study tackles this issue from the perspective of the women themselves. Num Pages: 310 pages, 2 line illustrations, 3 tables. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520256576
- ISBN
- 9780520256576
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 23.31
€ 31.99
€ 23.31