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Sociology
Hardback. Features essays that explore how German mourning changed over the 20th century in different contexts, with a particular view to how death was linked to larger issues of social order and cultural self-understanding. This volume contributes to a history of death in 20th-century Germany that does not begin and end with the Third Reich. Editor(s): Betts, Paul; Confino, Alon; Schumann, Dirk. Series: Studies in German History. Num Pages: 329 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; AMGD; HBJD; HBLW; JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 235 x 22. Weight in Grams: 586.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 329
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845453978
- ISBN
- 9781845453978
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Condition: New
€ 166.71
€ 166.71
Hardback. Cultural life in the former German Democratic Republic (GDR) was strictly controlled by the ruling party, the SED, who attempted to dictate how people spent their free time by prohibiting privately organized leisure time pursuits and offering instead cultural activities in state institutions and organizations. Series: Monographs in German History. Num Pages: 239 pages, 2 ills. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; JFC; JHBS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Weight in Grams: 474.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845454586
- ISBN
- 9781845454586
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€ 155.00
€ 155.00
Hardback. While some scholars have said that there is no such thing as culture and have urged to abandon the concept altogether, the contributors to this volume overcome this impasse by understanding cultures and their representations for what they ultimately are - rhetorical constructs. Editor(s): Strecker, Ivo; Tyler, Stephen. Series: Studies in Rhetoric and Culture. Num Pages: 255 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 498.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845454630
- ISBN
- 9781845454630
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Condition: New
€ 155.23
€ 155.23
Paperback. Protest campaigns against large-scale public works usually take place within a local context. However, since the 1990s new forms of protest have been emerging. This book analyses two cases from Italy that illustrate this development: the environmentalist protest campaigns against the TAV.. Editor(s): Della Porta, Donatella; Piazza, Gianni. Series: Protest, Culture and Society. BIC Classification: 1DST; JHB; JPWF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 316.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845455156
- ISBN
- 9781845455156
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Condition: New
€ 154.02
€ 154.02
Hardback. In the 1990s, Yugoslavia, which had once been a role model for development, became a symbol for state collapse, external intervention and post-war reconstruction. Today the region has two international protectorates, contested states and borders, severe ethnic polarisation and minority concerns. BIC Classification: 1DV; JHB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845455606
- ISBN
- 9781845455606
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 166.66
€ 166.66
Hardback. School differentiates students-and provides differential access to various human and material resources-along a range of axes: from elected subjects and academic "achievement" to ethnicity, age, gender, or the language they speak. Series: Studies in Public and Applied Anthropology. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 map, 24 tables. BIC Classification: 1MBN; JHB; JNFR; JNLC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845456092
- ISBN
- 9781845456092
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Condition: New
€ 154.94
€ 154.94
Hardback. As cross-cultural migration increases democratic states face a particular challenge: how to grant equal rights and dignity to individuals while recognizing cultural distinctiveness. In response to the greater number of ethnic and religious minority groups, state policies seem to focus on managing cultural differences through planned pluralism. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL1; JHB; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 449.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845456665
- ISBN
- 9781845456665
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€ 154.85
€ 154.85
Hardback. The Durkheimians have traditionally been understood as positivist, secular thinkers, fully within the Enlightenment project of limitless reason and progress. In a radical revision of this view, this book persuasively argues that the core members of the Durkheimian circle are significantly more complicated than this. Num Pages: 310 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845456702
- ISBN
- 9781845456702
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Condition: New
€ 155.88
€ 155.88
Hardback. In 1926/27 the Soviet Central Statistical Administration initiated several year-long expeditions to gather primary data on the whereabouts, economy, and living conditions of all rural peoples living in the Arctic and sub-Arctic at the end of the Russian civil war. Editor(s): Anderson, David G. Num Pages: 348 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MTN; 3JJG; HBJQ; HBLW; JHBD; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 26. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845457662
- ISBN
- 9781845457662
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Condition: New
€ 167.06
€ 167.06
Hardback. This edited collection brings together an international panel of contributors to explore ways of engaging with issues of religion and spirituality when carrying out social science research. Editor(s): Spalek, Basia; Imtoual, Alia. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JHBC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 172 x 18. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847420411
- ISBN
- 9781847420411
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 171.80
€ 171.80
paperback. The new rural economy involves a fundamental shift in the stability and security of people's lives and ultimately causes wrenching change and an arduous struggle as rural dwellers struggle to rebuild their lives in the new economic terrain. Series: Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy. Num Pages: 192 pages, 8 charts, 9 tables, 8 textboxes. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFFS; JFSG; JHBL; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 363.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802084262
- ISBN
- 9780802084262
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Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 39.54
€ 44.99
€ 39.54
paperback. Are formal ethics research guidelines congruent with the aims and methodology of inductive and qualitative social research? Using the experiences of 16 Canadian, American, and British researchers, this collection explores answers to the question. Editor(s): Hoonaard, Will C. van den. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802085238
- ISBN
- 9780802085238
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 39.41
€ 44.99
€ 39.41
Paperback. This interdisciplinary collection of essays assembles historians, health economists, anthropologists, and sociologists, who examine the history of suicide from a variety of approaches to provide crucial insight into how suicide differs across nations, cultures, and time periods. Editor(s): Weaver, John; Wright, David. Num Pages: 336 pages, 4 figures. BIC Classification: JFFH; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 248 x 29. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802096326
- ISBN
- 9780802096326
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.45
€ 42.99
€ 38.45
paperback. Translator(s): Brown, Saskia. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HBA; HPS; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 392.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780231163774
- ISBN
- 9780231163774
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 20.34
€ 35.99
€ 20.34
paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; HBJH; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780691615172
- ISBN
- 9780691615172
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Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 33.26
€ 49.99
€ 33.26
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 204 x 16. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061914317
- ISBN
- 9780061914317
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.48
€ 15.99
€ 14.48
Hardback. Num Pages: 343 pages, forms. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 165 x 32. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 343
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231060561
- ISBN
- 9780231060561
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.21
€ 106.21
Hardback. Primary sources in the history, philosophy, and religions of South Asia: Volume II focuses on the subcontinent's history from 1498 to 1984, with such topics as the opening of India to the West; Hindu and Muslin social and religious movements; and Pakistan's formation as an Islamic state. Editor(s): Hay, Stephen. Num Pages: 464 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFCX; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 30. Weight in Grams: 908.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231064149
- ISBN
- 9780231064149
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 176.85
€ 176.85
Paperback. Based on a five-year study of 28 young, unmarried women working in Hong Kong, this study describes how Chinese families direct their daughters' earnings. It also explores the impact of industrialization upon families, particularly in the light of the 1997 transition to communist Chinese rule. Series: Morningside Books. Num Pages: 317 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; JFSJ1; JHBK; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 317
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231102254
- ISBN
- 9780231102254
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.42
€ 45.42
hardcover. An internationally known anthropologist and an eminent social worker/psychotherapist show how families can thrive and actually grow through the creation of more honest relationships when a son or daughter comes out. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JFSK; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231104388
- ISBN
- 9780231104388
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.77
€ 127.77