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Paperback. The Question of Access allows readers to critically question their own implicit conceptions of disability, non-disability, and access. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 167 x 11. Weight in Grams: 306.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442610002
- ISBN
- 9781442610002
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€ 35.99€ 32.66
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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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802096326
- ISBN
- 9780802096326
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€ 42.99€ 37.95
€ 42.99
€ 37.95
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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802085238
- ISBN
- 9780802085238
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€ 44.99€ 40.07
€ 44.99
€ 40.07
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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€ 44.99€ 40.07
€ 44.99
€ 40.07
Paperback. Work in the knowledge economy operates quite differently than in the industrial economy in that it is highly dependent on communication and language. This book considers how language and culture are relevant to the practices of the knowledge economy while also considering how the broader changes obliges us to reconsider the nature of language. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: CF; JFC; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847692504
- ISBN
- 9781847692504
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Condition: New
€ 50.11
€ 50.11
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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847420411
- ISBN
- 9781847420411
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€ 173.26
€ 173.26
Hardback. Offers a response to the question 'what do people do with books?' that goes beyond the narrow perception that reading is solely the consumption of narrative. This title combines different academic approaches (cultural geography and sociology and cultural history) in order to understand the complex nature of readers' encounters with their books. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 277.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845533557
- ISBN
- 9781845533557
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Condition: New
€ 50.86
€ 50.86
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
€ 168.28
€ 168.28
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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€ 157.20
€ 157.20
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.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845456665
- ISBN
- 9781845456665
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Condition: New
€ 156.16
€ 156.16
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.
- Format
- 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
€ 156.08
€ 156.08
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.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845455606
- ISBN
- 9781845455606
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Condition: New
€ 168.06
€ 168.06
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
€ 155.32
€ 155.32
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.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845454630
- ISBN
- 9781845454630
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€ 156.53
€ 156.53
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.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845454586
- ISBN
- 9781845454586
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€ 156.31
€ 156.31
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.
- Format
- 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
€ 167.93
€ 167.93
The Discipline of Leisure. Embodying Cultures of "Recreation".
. Ed(S): Coleman, Simon; Tamara, Kohn
Hardback. The social scientific study of tourism has emphasized the effects of the post-industrial economy on travel and place. This volume takes these issues into a different area of leisure: the spare-time carved out by people as part of their everyday lives. It focuses on the body as a site of identity formation, and disciplined recreation of the self. Editor(s): Coleman, Simon; Tamara, Kohn. Series: Social Identities. Num Pages: bibliog., index. BIC Classification: JHBS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845453725
- ISBN
- 9781845453725
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Condition: New
€ 155.91
€ 155.91
Paperback. Berlin is a dynamic city whose inhabitants have lived through both the rapid growth and the violent destruction of the institutions of civil society, several times over. This volume situates itself within these developments by presenting essays on contemporary civil societies, and their structural problems. Editor(s): Keane, John. Series: European Civil Society. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; JFSG; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 14. Weight in Grams: 392.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845453572
- ISBN
- 9781845453572
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€ 44.35
€ 44.35
Hardback. Since their mass-resettlement to the Levant in the wake of the First World War, the Armenian communities of Lebanon and Syria appear to have successfully maintained a distinct identity. This book shows that, in Lebanon the state has facilitated development of an extensive and effective system of Armenian ethno-cultural preservation. Editor(s): Inhorn, Marcia C. Series: Forced Migration. Num Pages: bibliog., index. BIC Classification: JFFH; JFSJ1; JHBF; MBNH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Weight in Grams: 464.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845453527
- ISBN
- 9781845453527
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Condition: New
€ 156.24
€ 156.24
Hardback. What would happen if border controls were to be suppressed and people granted the right to move freely throughout the world? This volume explores the various dimensions of "Migration Without Borders" scenario and looks at the convergences and contradictions between the different takes on the topic, highlighting both its strengths and weaknesses. Editor(s): Pecoud, Antoine; Guchteneire, Paul de. Num Pages: 288 pages, bibliog., index. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHBA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845453466
- ISBN
- 9781845453466
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Condition: New
€ 156.59
€ 156.59
Hardback. Since the late 1960s, transnational adoption has emerged as a global phenomenon. This book locates transnational adoption within a broad context of Western life, especially values concerning family, children and meaningful relatedness, and explores the many ambiguities and paradoxes that the practice entails. Num Pages: 260 pages, 6 ills, 4 tables. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845451844
- ISBN
- 9781845451844
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€ 156.48
€ 156.48
Hardback. Explores the reasons behind the introduction of part-time work in West Germany and shows how it took root in factories, government authorities and offices. This book covers the period from early 1950s, a time of optimism during the first postwar economic upswing, to 1969, the culmination of the legislative institutionalization of part-time work. Translator(s): Selwyn, Pamela E. Series: Studies in German History. Num Pages: 250 pages, 6 ills. BIC Classification: 1DFGW; JFSJ1; JHBA; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845451790
- ISBN
- 9781845451790
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Condition: New
€ 156.31
€ 156.31
Paperback. Presents essays that take a variety of positions on the matter of the retreat of the social. This book aims to demonstrate that if anthropology and other social sciences are to fulfill the task of a critical understanding of the diverse realities in which we all must live, it will find it impossible to do without a strong concept of the social. Editor(s): Kapferer, Bruce. Series: Critical Interventions: A Forum for Social Analysis. Num Pages: 132 pages. BIC Classification: JHBA; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 108. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 132
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845451752
- ISBN
- 9781845451752
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Condition: New
€ 20.43
€ 20.43
Children of Palestine: Experiencing Forced Migration in the Middle Eas...
. Ed(S): Chatty, Reader In Anthropology And F...
Paperback. Editor(s): Chatty, Reader in Anthropology and Forced Migration Dawn (University of Oxford); Hundt, Gillian Lewando, Professor. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845451202
- ISBN
- 9781845451202
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.58
€ 44.58