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Suggests that there is an irony in the festivities surrounding death and that the American response to death often develops into an event celebrating the ties between family members and friends. The author explores how modern American funerals and their accompanying rituals seem meant to benefit the living rather than the dead. Series: Material World. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JHBT; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 481.
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813123806
ISBN
9780813123806
Condition: New

€ 39.78

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

Hardcover. As timely now as when it was first published, Thomas D. Clark's classic history of agrarianism prepares readers for a new era that promises to bring rapid change to the land and the people of Kentucky. Series: Kentucky Bicentennial Bookshelf. Num Pages: 152 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: JHBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1977
Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813102375
ISBN
9780813102375
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Beacon Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807077870
ISBN
9780807077870
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.02

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

€ 62.79

Paperback. Theoretically grounded and based on the newest research, Gender and Higher Education provides an excellent overview for students of higher education, gender studies, and sociology, as well as for anyone interested in the current state of scholarship and practice. Editor(s): Bank, Barbara J. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHB; JNM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 256 x 176 x 29. Weight in Grams: 806.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801897825
ISBN
9780801897825
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.62

Kennedy's systematic and thoughtful study distinguishes southern approaches to childbirth and motherhood from northern ones, showing how slavery and rural living contributed to a particularly southern experience. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; HBJK; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801894176
ISBN
9780801894176
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 78.85

Paperback. New Choices, New Families provides thoughtful insights into questions about sexual identity, social and cultural expectations, and what and who constitute a family. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSK1; JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801890000
ISBN
9780801890000
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.70

Focusing on paternity as a category of family history, Contested Paternity emphasizes the importance of fatherhood, the family, and the law within the greater context of changing attitudes toward parental responsibility. Num Pages: 368 pages, 14, 14 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801888328
ISBN
9780801888328
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.57

Strikingly argued, richly researched, and methodologically sound, this wide-ranging look at how choices about sex triumphed over established class systems and artificial racial boundaries supplies a refreshing contribution to the history of early Louisiana. Series: Early America: History, Context, Culture. Num Pages: 352 pages, 7, 7 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL; JHBK5. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801886805
ISBN
9780801886805
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.41

Hardcover. By integrating family therapy principles and individual dynamics, the authors have devised a unique method of face-to-face problem solving, sometimes with the entire family, often in sessions with individual members, to help restore parental responsibility and to realign relationships with the divorcing family. Num Pages: 302 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBK; JKSB1; MMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780765702128
ISBN
9780765702128
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.40

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, 568 color photos. BIC Classification: JFCK; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 932. 176 pages, 568 colour photographs. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JFCK; JHBT. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 14. Weight: 934.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Schiffer Pub Ltd
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764300172
ISBN
9780764300172
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 24.89

Paperback. Applies a gender lens to the multiple systems of oppression that have shaped the lives of African American women and men. This book is suitable for students and instructors of African American Studies, Gender Studies, Sociology, Anthropology, Marriage and Family, and Social Work. Series: Gender Lens Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780759101524
ISBN
9780759101524
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.58

Society' is one of the most frequently used words in public life; it is also a foundational term in the social sciences. In our own time, however, the idea has never been so much in dispute and so little understood. For some critics, society is simply too consensual for a world of intensive discord. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 21. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745648415
ISBN
9780745648415
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.07

In this major new study Christian Baudelot and Roger Establet provide a timely and wide-ranging account of the changing nature of suicide in the world today. The suicide rate is soaring in the former Communist bloc, in India and in China, which now has the highest female suicide rate in the world. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 168 x 19. Weight in Grams: 452.
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745640563
ISBN
9780745640563
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.83

* Ulrich Beck, one of the most important and influential contemporary social thinkers, reveals and expands his work in a series of conversations with journalist Johannes Willms. Translator(s): Pollack, Michael. Series: Polity Conversations Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 144 x 23. Weight in Grams: 410.
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745628233
ISBN
9780745628233
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.05

The traditional image of the family as a life--long unit is fading fast. There are fewer marriages, more divorces, and ever more children born to unmarried or single parents. The forms of our private life are changing rapidly, and people are embarking on new lifestyles based on cohabitation, separation and same--sex partnerships. Translator(s): Camiller, Patrick. Num Pages: 184 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745622132
ISBN
9780745622132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.99

Paperback. Research about people always makes assumptions about the nature of humans as subjects. This collaboration by a group of feminist researchers looks at subjectivity in relation to researchers, the researched, and audiences, as well as the connections between subjectivity and knowledge. Num Pages: 312 pages, bibliography, references, index. BIC Classification: JFFK; JHBC; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 495.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742515628
ISBN
9780742515628
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 82.92

Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Vintage
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780679740384
ISBN
9780679740384
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.50

Hardcover. This textbook introduces debates about the nature and meaning of social change. The authors offer a new way of thinking about the processes of change, reconsidering the roles played by time and space. Editor(s): Jordan, Tim; Pile, Steve. Series: Sociology & Society S. Num Pages: 360 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 249 x 196 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1262.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631233114
ISBN
9780631233114
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 184.43

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