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Paperback. Thoreau's encounters with nature, the author argues, allowed him to resist his all-too-human tendency toward intellectual laziness, social conformity and political complacency. Bennett pursues this theme by constructing a series of dialogues between Thoureau and modern contemporaries. Series: Modernity and Political Thought. Num Pages: 176 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBF; HPCD; HPCF; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 146 x 12. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742521414
ISBN
9780742521414
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.85
€ 49.63

Paperback. Editor(s): Fuchs, Christian; Mosco, Vincent. Series: Studies in Critical Social Sciences. Num Pages: 614 pages. BIC Classification: 3JM; JHBL; JPFC; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 229. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Haymarket Books
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781608467082
ISBN
9781608467082
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.85
€ 44.14

Paperback. Attitudes to the family have changed dramatically in recent times. The need for sympathetic understanding and sound guidance has never been as great. This new book is broadly based on Humphreys's bestselling The Family - Love It and Leave It. Num Pages: 252 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK; VFV; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 214.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Gill Books
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780717137343
ISBN
9780717137343
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.44

Paperback. This collection presents a broad and compelling overview of the most recent work in philosophy, politics, and psychoanalysis by a world-renowned figure in contemporary thought. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 552 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 32. Weight in Grams: 785.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
552
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804727631
ISBN
9780804727631
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 41.37

Paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages, 7 b&w illus., 3 tables. BIC Classification: GTF; JHB; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253019837
ISBN
9780253019837
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.41

Paperback. As countless love songs, movies, and self-help books attest, men and women have long sought different things. The result? Seemingly inevitable conflict. Drawing on biology, sociology, anthropology, and economics, this title shows that conflict between the sexes is, paradoxically, the product of cooperation. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6 line illus. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBK; JHMC; PDZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 166 x 19. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691159720
ISBN
9780691159720
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.93

Paperback. Looks at how the biological facts of motherhood give rise to life-altering emotional and psychological changes. Series: River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Prize. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803235083
ISBN
9780803235083
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.01

Paperback. This volume takes a look inside the households of working-class Americans to consider how they are coping with large-scale structural changes in the economy, specifically how the downgrading of jobs has affected survival strategies, gender dynamics and political attitudes. Num Pages: 289 pages, 10 charts, 12 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JHBL; KCFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 63. Fine copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
289
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KST0009650
ISBN
9780520215757
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 5.49

Paperback. Reflecting the many changes that have occurred in the study of focus groups in recent years, this book begins with an introduction offering a discussion of current social science approaches to focus groups. Series: Qualitative Research Methods. Num Pages: 88 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 5. Weight in Grams: 130.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
SAGE Publications Inc
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761903437
ISBN
9780761903437
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 41.31

Paperback. Exploring the history of eugenics in the U.S. Editor(s): Lombardo, Paul A. Series: Bioethics and the Humanities. Num Pages: 268 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFMA; JHBD; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780253222695
ISBN
9780253222695
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.41

Paperback. Since its initial publication, this highly respected book has provided students with a much needed critical review of the major research paradigms in the social sciences and the logics or strategies of enquiry associated with them. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 172 x 18. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745634494
ISBN
9780745634494
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 32.34

Paperback. Presents an ethnography of seven Gullah/Geechee women from the South Carolina lowcountry. By looking in depth at this long-standing spiritual practice, this book highlights the subversive ingenuity that lowcountry inhabitants use to thrive spiritually and to maintain a sense of continuity with the past. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 table, 2 maps, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KBBFS; HRLF; JFSL3; JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822356745
ISBN
9780822356745
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.59

Paperback. This study of how 282 men in the United States found their jobs demonstrates the importance of social connections and emphasizes how social activity influences labour markets. The importance of networking as a link between labour mobility and individual motivation is also studied. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ; JHBL; VSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
The University Of Chicago Press
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226305813
ISBN
9780226305813
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.55

Paperback. Representations of Youth examines the various constructions of 'youth' and 'adolescence' in recent British and North American research. Mainstream and radical approaches have presented a series of 'crises' about young people in relation to, among other things, unemployment, 'teenage pregnancy' and 'delinquency'. Series: Feminist Perspectives. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFF; JFSP1; JFSP2; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 22. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745602806
ISBN
9780745602806
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.10

Paperback. In this important new book, leading cultural theorist and philosopher Bernard Stiegler re-examines the relationship between politics and art in the contemporary world. Our hyper-industrial epoch represents what Stiegler terms a 'katastroph of the sensible'. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPN; JFC; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745652672
ISBN
9780745652672
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.55

Paperback. The history of Mexico's fearless intimacy with death--the elevation of death to the center of national identity. Num Pages: 584 pages, 52 black & white illus. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JHBZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Zone Books
Number of pages
581
Condition
New
SKU
V9781890951542
ISBN
9781890951542
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 242 pages. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2021
Publisher
Transcript Verlag
Condition
New
SKU
V9783899423730
ISBN
9783899423730
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 34.90

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804739078
ISBN
9780804739078
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 39.25

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814731208
ISBN
9780814731208
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.59

Paperback. Interracial Intimacy and Racial Literacy. 328 pages, 57 b&w photographs, 3 figures. Focuses on the struggles of white mothers parenting African-descent children in Britain, analyzing the complex, racialized status of these women and their commitments to antiracism. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFSL; JHBK. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 17. Weight: 634.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822348764
ISBN
9780822348764
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.59

Paperback. This collection of articles written by feminist scholars focuses on intimate Arab familial relationships. The authors identify key family relationships - mother-son, brother-sister, co-wives, father-daughter - to explore women's contribution to shaping and defining themselves in relation to others. Editor(s): Joseph, Suad. Series: Gender & political history in the Middle East. Num Pages: 304 pages, index. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JFSR2; JHBK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Syracuse Univ Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815628170
ISBN
9780815628170
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.31

Paperback. In this powerful anthropological study of a Bolivian tin mining town, Nash explores the influence of modern industrialization on the traditional culture of Quechua-and-Aymara-speaking Indians. Num Pages: 363 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSL; JHBL; JHM; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231080514
ISBN
9780231080514
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 29.75

Paperback. Editor(s): Meier, August. Series: Blacks in the New World. Num Pages: 360 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL3; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 26. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252062131
ISBN
9780252062131
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.52

paperback. Translator(s): Teeland, Jan. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DNS; JFC; JHBC; JHM; JHMP; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 142 x 218 x 18. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271015026
ISBN
9780271015026
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 42.91

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