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hardcover. Although what happens in the toilet usually stays in the toilet, this brilliant, revelatory, and often funny book aims to bring it all out into the open, proving that profound and meaningful history can be made even in the can Editor(s): Molotch, Harvey L.; Noren, Laura. Series: NYU Series in Social & Cultural Analysis. Num Pages: 328 pages, 64. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSG; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 167 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780814795880
ISBN
9780814795880
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.90

paperback. Series: Nature, Society, and Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 photographs, 18 maps, 2 figures, 25 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBD; RGC; RNC; TQSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813574196
ISBN
9780813574196
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.39

paperback. Series: The American Literatures Initiative. Num Pages: 192 pages, 7 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSJ1; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Edition
None
SKU
V9780813565293
ISBN
9780813565293
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.17

hardcover. Series: The Cultural Lives of Law. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 238 x 21. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804792554
ISBN
9780804792554
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.57

hardcover. This book asks leading scholars to debate the causes of inequality, whether we have an obligation to help the poor, and the types of reforms that are most likely to eliminate or reduce inequality. Editor(s): Grusky, David B.; Kricheli-Katz, Tamar. Series: Studies in Social Inequality. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFA; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 23. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804759359
ISBN
9780804759359
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.57

hardcover. This newly expanded and reorganized collection of readings provides a compelling exploration of what arguably remains the single most important problem in social theory: the problem of social order. Editor(s): Hechter, Michael; Horne, Christine. Num Pages: 368 pages, 1 table, 12 figures, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: JHBA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 28. Weight in Grams: 816.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804758727
ISBN
9780804758727
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.24

hardcover. The Global Silicon Valley Home takes a close look at how participants in the jet-set, wired-to-the-Net, trans-Pacific commuter culture have invented new ways of thinking about how their homes reflect their personal identities. Series: Asian America. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 tables, 9 figures, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; 1KBB; JFC; JFSL; JHBL; KNDH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804752152
ISBN
9780804752152
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.63

hardcover. Is inbreeding harmful? Are human beings and other primates naturally inclined to mate with their closest relatives? Why is incest widely prohibited? Why does the scope of the prohibition vary from society to society? Why does incest occur despite the prohibition? What are the consequences? This book reexamines these questions. Editor(s): Wolf, Arthur P.; Durham, William. Num Pages: 240 pages, 16 tables, 8 figures, 1 map. BIC Classification: JHBK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804745963
ISBN
9780804745963
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.43

hardcover. For seven years in the 1970s, the author lived in a village in northeast China as a farmer. In 1989 he returned as an anthropologist to begin the span of 11 years' fieldwork that has resulted in this work - an account of family change and the transformation of private life in rural China. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; JFSF; JHBK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804733090
ISBN
9780804733090
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.43

hardcover. Offers a key to self-understanding. Using examples from her own life and those of her clients, as well as from dreams, fairy tales, myths, films, and literature, the author exposes the wound of the spirit that both men and women of our culture bear - a wound that is grounded in a poor relationship between masculine and feminine principles. Num Pages: 206 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK; VFV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
206
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804003971
ISBN
9780804003971
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.55

hardcover. Series: ILR Press Books. Num Pages: 176 pages, 11. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBL; KJU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801438738
ISBN
9780801438738
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.97

Paperback. * Clear and concise book that explains how the functioning and shape of the economy depend upon social institutions. * Reveals the crucial role formal and informal institutions in everyday life play in how the economy works. Series: Polity Economy and Society Series. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 211 x 17. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745648309
ISBN
9780745648309
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.29

hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 828.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691650760
ISBN
9780691650760
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 213.90
€ 159.93

Paperback. Identifies and recovers the excitement and dynamism that characterized ceremonial culture in pre-modern Europe. This work talks about: the relation between public and private space, the development of fully-realized dramas and rituals from earlier forms, and the semiotic code that ceremonies manifested to their audiences. Editor(s): Howe, Nicholas. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 161 x 12. Weight in Grams: 259.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268030759
ISBN
9780268030759
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.25

Hardcover. Power is the central organizing principle of all social life, from culture and education to stratification and taste. In this title, the author delves deeply into Bourdieu's work to show how central - but often overlooked - power and politics are to an understanding of sociology. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226925004
ISBN
9780226925004
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.82
€ 82.26

Hardcover. Drawing on the moving story of the last year of the life of her own treasured dog, Ody, the author presents an in-depth exploration of the practical, medical, and moral issues that trouble pet owners confronted with the decline and death of their companion animals. Num Pages: 248 pages, 1 halftone, 1 table. BIC Classification: JFFZ; JHBZ; WNG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226668468
ISBN
9780226668468
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 24.96

Hardcover. Drawing on novels, plays, and films of the 1920s and '30s, as well as the work of biologists, psychiatrists, and sexologists, this title brings together the experience and perception of modernity with sexuality, technology, and ecological concerns into a cogent discussion of science's place in reproduction in British and American cultural history. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; HBTB; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226560694
ISBN
9780226560694
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.30
€ 59.81

Paperback. Explores the historical transformation of tobacco from Amerindian shamanism to global capitalism, from the food of the spirits to the fatal epidemic, from the rough pipe and cigar to the modern day cigarette. Num Pages: 292 pages, 15 b&w line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFFH1; JHBT; KN. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415116695
ISBN
9780415116695
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 74.04

paperback. BIC Classification: JFS; JHB; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138267213
ISBN
9781138267213
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.17

Paperback. "With a new afterword by the author, this classic analysis of Western liberal capitalist society contends that capitalism--and the culture it creates--harbors the seeds of its own downfall by creating a" Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; JPA; KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Basic Books
Edition
20th Anniversary Ed
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465014996
ISBN
9780465014996
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 18.64

Paperback. Neuman's Systems Model is a comprehensive conceptual framework, used extensively in nursing education; it reflects nursing's interest in holism and the influence of the environment on health. This volume provides a clear and concise overview of the model and includes a brief biography of the theorist and a succinct discussion of the theory itself. Series: Notes on Nursing Theories. Num Pages: 56 pages, black & white illustrations, diagrams, figures. BIC Classification: JHBC; MQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 216 x 3. Weight in Grams: 88.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
SAGE Publications Inc United States
Number of pages
56
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803948624
ISBN
9780803948624
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 76.26

Hardback. Series: Perspectives on Children and Young People. Num Pages: 181 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSP; JHBK; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer Verlag, Singapore Singapore
Number of pages
181
Condition
New
SKU
V9789812876843
ISBN
9789812876843
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.11
€ 85.86

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, figures. BIC Classification: JHBC; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 183 x 20. Weight in Grams: 617.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Stenhouse Publishers
Edition
Second Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571108463
ISBN
9781571108463
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 43.47

Paperback. This collection of selected essays by Werner J. Cahnman brings together his writings about Max Weber and Ferdinand Toennies. The theoretical range and depth of his intellect and mastery of sociological thinking are apparent, as he discusses how Weber and Toennies both analysed modernity and reacted to it. Editor(s): Maie, Joseph B.; Marcus, Judith; Tarr, Zoltan. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 237 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Transaction Publishers United States
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9781412857086
ISBN
9781412857086
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.61

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