×


 x 

Shopping cart

Sociology

Results 5281 - 5320 of 5511

Sociology

Hardback. This book traces changes in what it means to be a dad in America, from the 1960s through today. Beginning with an overview of fatherhood in America from the "founding fathers" through the 1950s, the book progresses to the role of fathers as they were encouraged to move beyond being simply providers to becoming more engaged parents. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 449.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442248106
ISBN
9781442248106
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.88

Paperback. American families are often noted for their variety of guises. This interdisciplinary anthology examines variation within family experience, especially as it has evolved across racial, ethnic, social, gender, and generational lines. It is suitable for courses focusing on family composition, trends, and controversies in the United States. Editor(s): Ross, Susan M. Num Pages: 352 pages, 10 b&w figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813538181
ISBN
9780813538181
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 77.13

Paperback. In this groundbreaking book, sociologist Andrew Perrin shows that rules and institutions, while important, are not the core of democracy. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHB; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Polity
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745662336
ISBN
9780745662336
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.67

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

€ 31.09

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 33 halftones, 6 maps. BIC Classification: JFSC; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 650.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226313665
ISBN
9780226313665
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.72

Paperback. Examines the social, cultural, economic, and political effects of modern demographic change in the United States. This book analyzes a range of issues pertaining to the diversity of American society. Editor(s): Davies, Philip D.; Morgan, Iwan. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 30.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Institute of Latin American Studies
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900039796
ISBN
9781900039796
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.75

Hardback. There is surprisingly little fieldwork done in and on the United States by anthropologists from abroad. America Observed seeks to fill that gap by bringing into greater focus empirical as well as theoretical implications of this phenomenon for anthropological research and practice. Editor(s): Dominguez, Virginia; Habib, Jasmin. Num Pages: 186 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHB; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
186
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785333606
ISBN
9781785333606
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.63

Paperback. Bringing the psychology of uncertainty together with contemporary case studies, this book is a sweeping diagnostic for-and antidote to-ineffective political discourse in a globalized world that imports bads as well as goods. Series: Themes in Global Social Change. Num Pages: 256 pages, 22 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; JFC; JHB; JPA; JPS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421419602
ISBN
9781421419602
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.61

Hardback. Among both male and female young urban professionals in Nairobi, sexuality is a key to achieving a "modern" identity. These young men and women see themselves as the avant garde of a new Africa, while they also express the recurring worry of how to combine an "African" identity with the new lifestyles with which they are experimenting. Num Pages: 324 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; JFSC; JFSJ; JHBK5; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 603.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
324
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857454782
ISBN
9780857454782
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.69

Paperback. Editor(s): Young, Amber C. K.; Smith, Linda E. Num Pages: 76 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 5. Weight in Grams: 150.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
76
Condition
New
SKU
V9781624170454
ISBN
9781624170454
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 99.39
€ 68.31

Hardcover. Num Pages: 299 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; 1KBBW; JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 581.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816520282
ISBN
9780816520282
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.86

Hardcover. A fresh anthropological look at a central but neglected topic, the profound changes in rural life throughout Western Europe today. As locals leave for jobs in cities they are replaced by a variety of incomers, including neo-hippies, lifestyle-seekers, eco-activists, and rural labour migrants from beyond the EU. Editor(s): MacClancy, Jeremy. Num Pages: 184 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; JFSF; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
186
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719096846
ISBN
9780719096846
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 152.45

Hardcover. This volume explores the issues of convergence and divergence in alternative agrifood movements through a theoretical and empirical engagement of the topic by notable agrifood researchers from Europe, North America and South America. Editor(s): Constance, Douglas H.; Renard, Marie-Christine; Rivera-Ferre, Marta G. Series: Research in Rural Sociology & Development. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 235 x 31. Weight in Grams: 654.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784410902
ISBN
9781784410902
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 177.90

Paperback. The essays in this collection examine societies in the midst of rapid and momentous change. These pieces portray life after the collapse of state socialism in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union and examine the processes, particulars, and experiences of transition itself. Editor(s): Berdahl, Daphne; etc. Num Pages: 264 pages, 17figs. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University of Michigan Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472086177
ISBN
9780472086177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.51

Hardback. Analyses the work of recent American church coalitions that support and campaign for low wage workers. Series: Religion and Social Transformation. Num Pages: 217 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCX6; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
217
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814741122
ISBN
9780814741122
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.56

Paperback. .
Publisher
Hawthorn Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
25300th
Condition
New
SKU
V9781869890476
ISBN
9781869890476
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.48

Paperback. "This landmark study debunked the misconception that poor families were unstable and disorganized. Here is the chronicle of a young white woman's sojourn into The Flats, an African-American ghetto comm" Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA; JFSL3; JHBK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 137 x 11. Weight in Grams: 210.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
Basic Books
Edition
27th Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061319822
ISBN
9780061319822
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.18

Hardback. Num Pages: 164 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBC; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 161 x 15. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
164
Condition
New
SKU
V9781607091424
ISBN
9781607091424
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.80

Paperback. Thousands of books have examined the effects of parents on their children. In All Joy and No Fun, Jennifer Senior now asks: what are the effects of children on their parents? Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 28. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Virago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1901
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349005539
ISBN
9780349005539
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.32

Paperback. Ferguson starts with the commonplace assumption within political philosophy that the family provides the ideal model for political association. Yet families are not necessarily harmonious units. Ferguson takes up several situations to think about how familial attachments can offer insight into the creation of a pluralistic and democratic society. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBK; JPA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822351900
ISBN
9780822351900
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.93

Hardback. Ferguson starts with the commonplace assumption within political philosophy that the family provides the ideal model for political association. Yet families are not necessarily harmonious units. Ferguson takes up several situations to think about how familial attachments can offer insight into the creation of a pluralistic and democratic society. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBK; JPA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822351764
ISBN
9780822351764
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 147.56

Paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 12. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804790826
ISBN
9780804790826
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.01

Paperback. With a sharp eye for social detail and the pressures of class inequality, Alfred Hitchcock brought to the American scene a perspicacity and analytical shrewdness unparalleled in American cinema. Series: Polity America Through the Lens Series. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFB; JFC; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 143 x 25. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745653037
ISBN
9780745653037
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.85

Hardback. With a sharp eye for social detail and the pressures of class inequality, Alfred Hitchcock brought to the American scene a perspicacity and analytical shrewdness unparalleled in American cinema. Series: Polity America Through the Lens Series. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFB; JFC; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745653020
ISBN
9780745653020
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.36

paperback. As mass air transport shrinks the world and requires airport complexes large enough to be regarded as self-contained cities. This book argues that airspace - that transitional area stretching from terminal to terminal, across time zones or between the check-in desk and the baggage carousel - must be regarded as a discrete destination on any map. Series: Topographics. Num Pages: 296 pages, 100 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AMG; JFC; JHBA; KNGV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 668.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861890900
ISBN
9781861890900
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.78

Paperback. Explores issues of trust and distrust among low-income women in the US - at work, around childcare, in their relationships, and with caseworkers - and presents richly detailed evidence from interviews about our welfare system and why it's failing the very people it is designed to help. Num Pages: 314 pages, 2 line illustrations, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
First
Number of pages
319
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520274723
ISBN
9780520274723
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.70

Hardback. The history of a city and the evolution of a nation Num Pages: 352 pages, 12 b&w illus., 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTB; HBJF; JHBL; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 613.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253355874
ISBN
9780253355874
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.80

Hardback. Editor(s): Hart, Carroll T.; Armstrong, Virginia M. Num Pages: 146 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBL; KCFM; KNAC; LNDA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 13. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
146
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781622574711
ISBN
9781622574711
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 187.10
€ 125.79

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

€ 38.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 60 pages. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 7. Weight in Grams: 138.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
60
Condition
New
SKU
V9781628089028
ISBN
9781628089028
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 81.85
€ 56.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 77 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 6. Weight in Grams: 160.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
77
Condition
New
SKU
V9781628089608
ISBN
9781628089608
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 78.46

Hardback. Introduces a theoretical entity: Agent_Zero. This title weaves a computational tapestry with threads from Plato, Hume, Darwin, Pavlov, Smith, Tolstoy, Marx, James, and Dostoevsky, among others. Series: Princeton Studies in Complexity. Num Pages: 272 pages, 113 color illus. 3 tables. BIC Classification: JHBA; JM; PBWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 684.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691158884
ISBN
9780691158884
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.92

Hardcover. This book presents researchers and graduate students in agent-based modeling with an introduction to agent-based computational sociology and its scientific applications. It focuses on marking the difference between what is intended for sociology as a science and what is not. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; UY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 236 x 17. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470711743
ISBN
9780470711743
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.97

Paperback. Agent-based modeling is a new technique for understanding how the dynamics of biological, social, and other complex systems arise from the characteristics and behaviors of the agents making up these systems. This book gives students and scientists the skills to design, implement, and analyze agent-based models. Num Pages: 352 pages, 67 line illus. 6 tables. BIC Classification: JHBC; PS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 205 x 256 x 20. Weight in Grams: 836.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
59468th
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691136745
ISBN
9780691136745
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 80.17

Paperback. Num Pages: 332 pages. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138912977
ISBN
9781138912977
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.22

Paperback. Addresses the formation and fragmentation of identity in today's postmodern world. It surveys the range of 20th-century sociology to deconstruct those nostrums of subjective meaning, personal power and autonomous selfhood that comprise its semantics of agency. Series: Postmodern Social Futures. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847691791
ISBN
9780847691791
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.27

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447300908
ISBN
9781447300908
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.38

Hardcover. Series: Key Issues in Modern Sociology. Num Pages: 228 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSP31; JHB; JMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Anthem Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857283290
ISBN
9780857283290
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.62

Hardback. A carefully crafted study of ageing in Ireland, one of the countries hardest hit by the Eurozone financial crisis, presenting a critical analysis of ageing and social policy in a country under tight austerity measures. Editor(s): Carney, Gemma M.; Ni Leime, Aine. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JFSP3; JHBD; KC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 450.
Publisher
Bristol University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447316237
ISBN
9781447316237
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.79

Hardback. In-depth ethnographic analysis provides the pan-African evidence and analysis needed to move forward debates about who and how to address the long term care needs of older people in Sub-Saharan Africa. Editor(s): Hoffman, Jaco; Pype, Katrien. Series: Ageing in a Global Context. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 4 black & white tables, 2 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1HF; JFSP31; JHB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Bristol University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447325253
ISBN
9781447325253
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.99