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"Women of Privilege" traces the decline of a once-privileged Hudson River Valley family whose neighbors were Vanderbilts, Delanos, and Roosevelts. Based on diaries and journals, and written by a family descendant, it combines biography and memoir with social history. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BM; JFSC; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Academy Chicago Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780897336802
- ISBN
- 9780897336802
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.48
€ 36.99
€ 31.48
Paperback. The ill-fated love between a wandering musician and a Cape Breton coalminer's daughter. Cast of 2 women and 3 men. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DD; JHBK; VFVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 185.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Talon Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780889223691
- ISBN
- 9780889223691
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.15
€ 18.99
€ 17.15
Paperback. Num Pages: 186 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBZ; VFJX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Wilfrid Laurier University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 178
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780889203464
- ISBN
- 9780889203464
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.88
€ 45.88
Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNT; 3JJPL; BM; JFSL9; JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873518536
- ISBN
- 9780873518536
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.87
€ 26.99
€ 23.87
Paperback. Num Pages: 260 pages, 50 b/w illus. BIC Classification: HBT; JHBT; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873517188
- ISBN
- 9780873517188
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.01
€ 30.99
€ 26.01
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, b/w photos & maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFFN; JHBL; KNAC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873516310
- ISBN
- 9780873516310
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.37
€ 30.37
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: BG; HBTB; JFSL3; JHBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- 3 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873512015
- ISBN
- 9780873512015
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.42
€ 32.42
Paperback. Series: Borealis Book S. Num Pages: 228 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: JFSL9; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 148 x 16. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1979
- Publisher
- Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- New ed of 1929 ed
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873511421
- ISBN
- 9780873511421
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.18
€ 24.99
€ 22.18
Hardcover. The circumpolar Arctic is at the center of multiple controversies as international competition over resources threatens the places that many people call home. This collection takes the home and the hearth as a central site revealing the ways in which history, cosmology, demography, colonialism, and architecture are intertwined. Editor(s): Anderson, David G.; Wishart, Robert P.; Vate, Virginie. Num Pages: 338 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MTN; JHBD; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857459800
- ISBN
- 9780857459800
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.92
€ 167.92
Hardcover. Incorporating analytical frameworks from scientific studies, ethnography, and political and economic theory, this book charts an itinerary for an internal anthropology of theorizing. It suggests that many of the effects that social theory uses today to produce insights are the legacy of baroque epistemological tricks. Series: Ethnography, Theory, Experiment. Num Pages: 176 pages, 6 figs & ills. BIC Classification: JHBA; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857459114
- ISBN
- 9780857459114
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.52
€ 155.52
Paperback. 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: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 444. The Intellectual Pursuit of the Sacred Reinvented. 308 pages. 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. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JHB; JHM. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 16. Weight: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857458056
- ISBN
- 9780857458056
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.58
€ 44.58
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857457912
- ISBN
- 9780857457912
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.77
€ 32.99
€ 31.77
Sociality: New Directions (WYSE Series in Social Anthropology)
Henrietta (Ed Moore Nicholas J (Ed Long
Hardcover. The notion of "sociality" is now widely used within the social sciences and humanities. However, what is meant by the term varies radically, and the contributors here, through compelling and wide ranging essays, identify the strengths and weaknesses of current definitions and their deployment in the social sciences. Editor(s): Long, Nicholas J.; Moore, Henrietta L. Series: Wyse Series in Social Anthropology. Num Pages: 244 pages, 10 ills. BIC Classification: JHB; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 444. New Directions. Series: Wyse Series in Social Anthropology. 244 pages, 10 ills. Editor(s): Long, Nicholas J.; Moore, Henrietta L. The notion of "sociality" is now widely used within the social sciences and humanities. However, what is meant by the term varies radically, and the contributors here, through compelling and wide ranging essays, identify the strengths and weaknesses of current definitions and their deployment in the social sciences. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: JHB; JHM. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 18. Weight: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857457899
- ISBN
- 9780857457899
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.49
€ 155.49
Hardcover. The book investigates why, how, and with what implications some of these mothers describe themselves as "militant lactivists" as well as reflects on wider parenting culture in the UK and France. Discussing gender, feminism, and activism, this study contributes to kinship and family studies.. Series: Fertility, Reproduction & Sexuality. Num Pages: 278 pages, 5 ills & 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857457585
- ISBN
- 9780857457585
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.35
€ 156.35
Bridging Divides: Ethno-political Leadership Among the Russian Sami
Mikkel Berg-Nordlie Indra Overland
Hardcover. For the Sami of the Nordic countries, the last decades of the 20th century were a renaissance of sorts. The Soviet Sami, on the other hand, had little opportunity to develop independent ethno-political organizations and were isolated from their ethnic kin across the closed border. Num Pages: 168 pages, 11 figs & tables. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; JFSL9; JHBD; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 348. Ethno-political Leadership Among the Russian Sami. 168 pages, 11 figs & tables. For the Sami of the Nordic countries, the last decades of the 20th century were a renaissance of sorts. The Soviet Sami, on the other hand, had little opportunity to develop independent ethno-political organizations and were isolated from their ethnic kin across the closed border. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; JFSL9; JHBD; JP. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 15. Weight: 348.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857456670
- ISBN
- 9780857456670
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.98
€ 154.98
Paperback. Until recently the subject of suffering and evil was neglected in the sociological world and is almost absent in Durkheimian studies as well. This book aims to fill the gap, with particular reference to the Durkheimian tradition. Editor(s): Pickering, W. S. F.; Rosati, Massimo. Num Pages: 204 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 11. Weight in Grams: 288. The Durkheimian Legacy. 204 pages, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Pickering, W. S. F.; Rosati, Massimo. Until recently the subject of suffering and evil was neglected in the sociological world and is almost absent in Durkheimian studies as well. This book aims to fill the gap, with particular reference to the Durkheimian tradition. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JHBA. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 11. Weight: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857456458
- ISBN
- 9780857456458
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.71
€ 43.71
The Power of Law in a Transnational World: Anthropological Enquiries
Keebet Von Benda-Beckmann And Anne Griffiths ...
Paperback. Anthropological Enquiries. 280 pages, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Benda-Beckmann, Franz von; Benda-Beckmann, Keebet von; Griffiths, Anne. How is law mobilized and who has the power and authority to construct its meaning? This important volume examines this question as well as how law is constituted and reconfigured through social processes that frame both its continuity and transformation over time. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JHB; LAQ. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 14. Weight: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857456151
- ISBN
- 9780857456151
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.30
€ 44.30
Hardcover. This book explores the interface between modernity and tradition in selected societies in Taiwan, mainland China and Vietnam. The chapters question to what extent traditions are themselves exploiting modernity in creative ways, in the interests of their own further developments. Editor(s): Wilkerson, James; Parkin, Robert. Num Pages: 284 pages, 18 ills, 23 tables. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1FPC; 1FPCW; JFC; JHBT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476. the Interface of Tradition and Modernity in East Asia. 284 pages, 18 ills, 23 tables. Editor(s): Wilkerson, James; Parkin, Robert. This book explores the interface between modernity and tradition in selected societies in Taiwan, mainland China and Vietnam. The chapters question to what extent traditions are themselves exploiting modernity in creative ways, in the interests of their own further developments. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1FPC; 1FPCW; JFC; JHBT. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 18. Weight: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857455680
- ISBN
- 9780857455680
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.79
€ 155.79
Paperback. Aspects of the everyday are obscured and confounded in order to mythologize them and build authoritative pictures of so-called dominant values that bespeak pride and confidence in the social order. It is the aim of this volume to deconstruct and unsettle some of these constructed myths of social value. Editor(s): Kapferer, Judith. Series: Space and Place. Num Pages: 164 pages, 25 ills. BIC Classification: JHB; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 9. Weight in Grams: 232. Control, Ownership, and the Public Space. Series: Space and Place. 164 pages, 25 ills. Editor(s): Kapferer, Judith. Aspects of the everyday are obscured and confounded in order to mythologize them and build authoritative pictures of so-called dominant values that bespeak pride and confidence in the social order. It is the aim of this volume to deconstruct and unsettle some of these constructed myths of social value. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JHB; JHM. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 9. Weight: 232.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 164
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857455147
- ISBN
- 9780857455147
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.86
€ 37.86
Hardcover. This volume concerns the role of families and their members in the processes of a liberal and democratic civil society, the question of boundaries and intersections of the private and public domains, and the interventions of state institutions. The family has the potential to be an important source of energy for civil society activity.. Editor(s): Nautz, Jurgen; Ginsborg, Paul; Nijhuis, Ton. Series: European Civil Society. Num Pages: 324 pages, 20 figs and tables. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857454706
- ISBN
- 9780857454706
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 159.27
€ 159.27
Hardcover. This volume presents and analyzes the major trends as well as the scope and the limits of education reform initiatives undertaken in recent years. In curricula and teaching materials, the representations of "Self" and the "Other" offer insights into the contemporary dynamics of identity politics. Editor(s): Alayan, Samira; Rohde, Achim; Dhouib, Sarhan. Num Pages: 286 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; JHB; JNF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 530. Self and Other in Textbooks and Curricula. 286 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Alayan, Samira; Rohde, Achim; Dhouib, Sarhan. This volume presents and analyzes the major trends as well as the scope and the limits of education reform initiatives undertaken in recent years. In curricula and teaching materials, the representations of "Self" and the "Other" offer insights into the contemporary dynamics of identity politics. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1FB; JHB; JNF. Dimension: 237 x 157 x 20. Weight: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857454607
- ISBN
- 9780857454607
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.24
€ 156.24
After the History of Sexuality (Spektrum: Publications of the German S...
Scott Spector, Helmut Puff, And Dagmar Herzog
Hardcover. Michel Foucault's seminal The History of Sexuality (1976-1984) has since its publication provided a context for the emergence of critical historical studies of sexuality. This collection reassesses the state of the historiography on sexuality - a field in which the German case has been traditionally central. Editor(s): Spector, Scott; Puff, Helmut; Herzog, Dagmar. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBTB; JFSJ; JHBK5. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 159 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857453730
- ISBN
- 9780857453730
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.53
€ 156.53
Hardcover. In contemporary manifestations of public health rituals and events, people are being increasingly united around what they hold in common - their material being and humanity. As a cult of humanity, public health provides a moral force in society that replaces "traditional" religions in times of great diversity or heterogeneity of peoples.. Num Pages: 188 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; MBN; MBS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 159 x 236 x 10. Weight in Grams: 394. A Sociological Investigation. 188 pages, black & white illustrations. In contemporary manifestations of public health rituals and events, people are being increasingly united around what they hold in common - their material being and humanity. As a cult of humanity, public health provides a moral force in society that replaces "traditional" religions in times of great diversity or heterogeneity of peoples. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: JHB; MBN; MBS. Dimension: 159 x 236 x 10. Weight: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857453396
- ISBN
- 9780857453396
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.60
€ 155.60
Hardcover. Based on rich source material, this book charts cultural changes that are hallmarks of the modern era, such as the rise of the companionate marriage, the role of expert advice in intimate matters, and the body as a source of pleasure and anxiety. These changes are evidence of a dramatic shift in attitudes from a form of scientific inquiry.. Series: Austrian and Habsburg Studies. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 3JJ; HBTB; JHBK5. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857453372
- ISBN
- 9780857453372
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.72
€ 155.72