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Hardcover. There is abundant evidence of the quasi-total domination of the sociology and anthropology of tourism by academics from the English-speaking world. This title familiarises readers in the US, UK, Australia and the English speaking regions of Africa and Asia with such evolutionary thinking. Editor(s): Dann, Graham; Parrinello, Giuli Liebman. Series: Tourism Social Science Series. Num Pages: 484 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 158 x 32. Weight in Grams: 846.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 484
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781846639883
- ISBN
- 9781846639883
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.39
€ 150.39
Hardcover. We celebrate, talk about, and worry a great deal about transitions in life. Going to college, having a first child, losing a job, and retiring constitute just a few of the pivotal moments in the lives of many. Sociologists and psychologists have devoted considerable attention to life transitions. Num Pages: 267 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures, graphs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHB; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 25. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 267
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745670614
- ISBN
- 9780745670614
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.64
€ 69.64
Paperback. Tackling issues relevant to family life today, thisauthoritative Companion shows why studying social change in families is fundamental for understanding the transformations in individual and social life, across the globe. Contains original essays by expert contributors on a wide range of topics relating to the sociology of families. Editor(s): Scott, Jacqueline; Treas, Judith; Richards, Martin. Series: Blackwell Companions to Sociology. Num Pages: 624 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 172 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1018.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 624
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405175630
- ISBN
- 9781405175630
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.78
€ 58.78
Hardcover. Num Pages: 284 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 264 x 187 x 24. Weight in Grams: 812.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781600216060
- ISBN
- 9781600216060
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 199.07€ 133.45
€ 199.07
€ 133.45
Paperback. It is a truism to suggest that celebrity pervades all areas of life today. The growth and expansion of celebrity culture in recent years has been accompanied by an explosion of studies of the social function of celebrity and investigations into the fascination of specific celebrities. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 264 x 19. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745641058
- ISBN
- 9780745641058
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.90
€ 24.90
Hardback. This book presents a wide range of important, lively and engaging readings, aiming to capture the originality of Bauman's special way of doing sociology and all the complexity of his core ideas, in a way that connects with twenty-first century minds. Editor(s): Blackshaw, Tony. Num Pages: 424 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 166 x 241 x 29. Weight in Grams: 796.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781526100795
- ISBN
- 9781526100795
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 153.52
€ 153.52
Paperback. The editors have updated and revised this edition and added 12 new authors to their distinguished list of contributors from academia and industry. Contains the latest research methodologies, statistics and techniques relevant to tourism and hospitality. Editor(s): Ritchie, J. R. Brent; Goeldner, Charles R. Num Pages: 640 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBC; KJSM; KNSG; KNSH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 279 x 208 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471582489
- ISBN
- 9780471582489
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 144.58
€ 144.58
Paperback. Examines Chinese American funerary rituals and cemeteries from the late nineteenth century in order to understand the importance of Chinese funerary rites and their transformation through time. This volume discusses the meaning of funerary rituals and their normative dimension and the social practices that have been influenced by tradition. Editor(s): Chung, Sue Fawn; Wegars, Priscilla. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759107342
- ISBN
- 9780759107342
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.29
€ 75.29
Hardback. A discussion of Nigerian culture, introducing to a Western audience the complexity of its society and the emerging lifestyles among its various peoples. It covers the land, peoples, history, religion and worldview, literature, media, art, architecture, cuisine, dress, customs and music. Series: Cultures and Customs of the World. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; JFC; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780313313387
- ISBN
- 9780313313387
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.98
€ 57.98
hardcover. Incorporating theoretical and quantitative history, this book examines a specific model of historical change and, more generally, investigates the utility of the dynamical systems approach in historical applications. It is of interest to practitioners of economic history, historical sociology, complexity studies, and demography. Num Pages: 360 pages, 65 line illus. 62 tables. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHBD; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 166 x 27. Weight in Grams: 774.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780691136967
- ISBN
- 9780691136967
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.99€ 37.89
€ 59.99
€ 37.89
Hardcover. Establishes a line of enquiry into the relationship between tourism and modernity. This book contextualizes it in terms of relationship between Logos-modernity and Eros-modernity. It focuses on the conditions of modernity that lure tourists towards pleasure travel. It also looks at the relationship between modernity and motivations of tourists. Editor(s): Jafari, Jafar. Series: Tourism Social Science Series. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; JHBA; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780080434469
- ISBN
- 9780080434469
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.47
€ 129.47
Hardback. This book explores how antimodern nostalgia and modern sensibilities about the landscape, child rearing, and identity shaped the history of summer camps. Series: Nature, History, Society. Num Pages: 384 pages, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBCO; 3JJG; HBTB; JFSP1; JHBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774816397
- ISBN
- 9780774816397
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.95
€ 116.95
Hardback. Drastic changes in the career aspirations of women in the developed world have resulted in a new, globalised market for off-the-peg designer clothes created by independent artisans. This book reports on this phenomenon that seems to exemplify the twin imperatives of globalization and female emancipation. Series: RGS-IBG Book Series. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBN; JFFS; JHB; KNSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 160 x 16. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444337013
- ISBN
- 9781444337013
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.47
€ 75.47
Hardcover. Editor(s): Kreitler, Shulamith; Fleck, Gunther. Num Pages: 369 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 256 x 182 x 26. Weight in Grams: 874.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 369
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781614707318
- ISBN
- 9781614707318
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 326.80€ 217.05
€ 326.80
€ 217.05
paperback. * Niklas Luhmann was one of the leading sociologists and social theorists in Germany until his death in 1998. * He was the leading exponent of systems theory in the social sciences, and many of his books were translated into numerous languages. Editor(s): Kieserling, Andre. Translator(s): Cross, Kathleen. Num Pages: 106 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFP; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 190 x 122 x 3. Weight in Grams: 120.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 100
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745647517
- ISBN
- 9780745647517
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.31
€ 21.31
Hardback. Editor(s): Brindley, Roger Neilson; Crocco, Christine M. Num Pages: 110 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBC; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 161 x 14. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 110
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781607099666
- ISBN
- 9781607099666
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.80
€ 102.80
Paperback. Gives political-economic analysis that provides historical background on the way American social policy has evolved and compares the situation in the US to the social policies and ideologies of other countries. This book introduces courageous population of women committed to their families, holding fast to quintessential American values. Num Pages: 268 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 265
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520247727
- ISBN
- 9780520247727
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 23.97
€ 32.99
€ 23.97
hardcover. Rather than providing a step-by-step guide to the use of visual methods, the authors draw on their experience of visual research to provide critical accounts of its use in the field, its potential for unlocking otherwise unseen places, spaces and social action, and as a basis for the generation of conceptual and theoretical insight. Editor(s): Pole, Christopher. Series: Studies in Qualitative Methodology. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762310210
- ISBN
- 9780762310210
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 191.74
€ 191.74
Hardcover. This text is a comparative and historical data handbook that has an accompanying CD-ROM presenting series data on demographic developments, population and household structures for the countries of Western and Central Europe. Series: Societies of Europe. Num Pages: 872 pages, tables, figures, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; 3JJ; GBC; JHBC; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 160 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1286.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2002nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 872
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333777053
- ISBN
- 9780333777053
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 575.36€ 547.88
€ 575.36
€ 547.88
Paperback. "A fascinating and important book--one that should be read by every man, woman and man-child in America." --A.J. Jacobs BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ2; JHB; JMH. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 153 x 204 x 17. Weight in Grams: 240. 240 pages. "A fascinating and important book--one that should be read by every man, woman and man-child in America." --A.J. Jacobs. Cateogry: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ2; JHB; JMH. Dimension: 153 x 204 x 17. Weight: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Edition
- First Trade Paper Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465028368
- ISBN
- 9780465028368
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.46
€ 17.99
€ 15.46
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
€ 32.99
€ 29.59
Hardback. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813564579
- ISBN
- 9780813564579
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.64
€ 164.64
paperback. Series: Cornell International Industrial & Labor Relations Report. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 1MBF; JHBL; KJSU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780801485671
- ISBN
- 9780801485671
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 48.50
€ 54.99
€ 48.50
Hardback. Examines the effects of education in creating global citizens who share a world culture. This title also examines the role of education in diffusing such attitudes and models, as global citizens confront national institutions. Series Editor(s): Hannum, Emily. Series: Research in the Sociology of Education. Num Pages: 379 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 158 x 32. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 379
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780527086
- ISBN
- 9781780527086
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.59
€ 122.59