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Paperback. Each year, hundreds of academics begin new faculty appointments. Some are just launching new careers, while others are advancing to new campuses. As faculty members and their institutions struggle to ease the passage to a new environment, they are faced with critical questions. Series: The Jossey-Bass higher & adult education series. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBL; JNM; JNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 27. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780787938789
- ISBN
- 9780787938789
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.45
€ 45.45
Paperback. Editor(s): Jacobsen, Gro Hellesdatter. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JHBK; JKS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Aarhus Universitetsforlag
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788787564960
- ISBN
- 9788787564960
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.74
€ 28.74
Paperback. In this study of the history of statistics, which begins with probability theory in the 17th century, Alain Desrosieres shows how the evolution of modern statistics has been inextricably bound up with the knowledge and power of governments. Translator(s): Naish, Camille. Num Pages: 384 pages, 4 line illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBC; PBT; PBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 148 x 22. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674009691
- ISBN
- 9780674009691
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 43.38
€ 51.99
€ 43.38
Paperback. Describes the contemporary cultural valorization of the figure of the single mother that has emerged as the unlikely heroic and seductive voice of the American family. Drawing on interviews with many single mothers, and policies on welfare, childcare, and child custody, this book shows the remarkable organizing skills of these new mothers. Num Pages: 267 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 267
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814742808
- ISBN
- 9780814742808
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.98
€ 38.98
Paperback. Recent years have seen a growing impetus to explain social life almost exclusively in biological and mechanistic terms, and to dismiss cultural meaning and difference. Editor(s): McKinnon, Susan; Silverman, Sydel. Num Pages: 296 pages, 2 figures, 5halftones. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 264 x 28. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226500249
- ISBN
- 9780226500249
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.56
€ 35.99
€ 28.56
Population and Political Theory brings together current thinking on issues at the intersection of population policy and political theory. Topics explored include population size, immigration and refugees, intergenerational justice, population characteristics and shaping children, ageing, and caring labour. Editor(s): Fishkin, James S.; Goodin, Robert E. Series: PPAS - Philosophy, Politics and Society. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBD; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444330380
- ISBN
- 9781444330380
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.20
€ 45.20
Hardcover. Steiner's (1909-52) classic study Taboo and three other essays, on superstition, enslavement and the early Hebrew lineage system, and Chagga law and truth comprise the first of two volumes collecting the work of the Prague-born social and cultural anthropologist who ended his brief career at Oxford. Series: Methodology & History in Anthropology. Num Pages: Bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DFG; BG; JFC; JFSR1; JHBT; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571817112
- ISBN
- 9781571817112
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.31
€ 130.31
paperback. This is a qualitative study that documents the daily lives of vulnerable lone mothers and their children in Denmark. Loss of rights, gender and ethnic inequality, and family violence all emerge as key themes with international implications. Policy and practice recommendations are made with wide-ranging applications for an international audience. Num Pages: 204 pages, 5tabs. BIC Classification: 1DND; JFF; JFSP1; JHBK; JKSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861342775
- ISBN
- 9781861342775
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.07
€ 28.07
Paperback. Offers an in-depth look at the daily lives of childcare providers, examining the important roles they play in the families whose children they help to raise Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JFSL3; JHBK; JHBL; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814791431
- ISBN
- 9780814791431
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.74
€ 33.99
€ 30.74
Hardcover. One of the twentieth century's most controversial sexologists, John Money was considered a trailblazing scientist and sexual libertarian by some, but damned by others as a fraud and a pervert. This book focuses on his three key diagnostic concepts, "hermaphroditism," "transsexualism," and "paraphilia". Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: JHBK5; JMU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226186580
- ISBN
- 9780226186580
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.61€ 75.95
€ 90.61
€ 75.95
Paperback. Aims to confront expectations of childhood with expectations of old age. This anthology focuses on preconceptions of age and on the ways in which man, at different times and in different cultures, has dealt with age. It also attempt to answer questions about age in the future, where biological lifespans will be challenged by gene technology. Editor(s): Povlsen, Jorgen; De Coninck-Smith, Ning; Mellemgaard, Signe. Num Pages: 213 pages, colour & b/w illus. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JFSP31; JHBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 179 x 16. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University Press of Southern Denmark Denmark
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788778384904
- ISBN
- 9788778384904
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.63
€ 30.99
€ 22.63
Hardback. The book addresses basic issues in the history of labor and industry and makes an original contribution to the discussion of how technology and people interact. Num Pages: 224 pages, 31, 21 black & white halftones, 10 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JHBS; TB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801891465
- ISBN
- 9780801891465
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.63€ 52.28
€ 56.63
€ 52.28
Hardback. A comparative study of memorialisation and reconstruction in post-terrorist bomb sites, which argues that security practices are fundamentally connected to death anxiety. Series Editor(s): Lawler, Peter; Guittet, Emmanuel-Pierre. Series: New Approaches to Conflict Analysis. Num Pages: 208 pages, 19 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFC; JHB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 164 x 241 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784993139
- ISBN
- 9781784993139
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.75
€ 150.75
Paperback. Editor(s): Arum, Richard; Mueller, Walter. Num Pages: 480 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691117577
- ISBN
- 9780691117577
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.69€ 51.35
€ 65.69
€ 51.35
Paperback. This volume offers up-to-date research developments and theory in the re-emerging field of structural analysis. It provides an overview and appraisal of the history and future of structural analysis as well as focusing on culture, historical processes and macro-micro level interactions. Editor(s): Chew, Sing C.; Knottnerus, J. David. Num Pages: 368 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847698370
- ISBN
- 9780847698370
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 85.03
€ 85.03
Hardback. Each section, program planning, monitoring, and evaluation, begins with a description of the administrative function to which it is devoted, followed by a set of selected research techniques, each illustrated with a hypothetical case and an exercise for the reader in applying the technique. Num Pages: 178 pages, Illustrations, forms. BIC Classification: JHBC; JKSN; KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 164 x 14. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 178
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231039444
- ISBN
- 9780231039444
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.61€ 69.64
€ 90.61
€ 69.64
Series Editor(s): Horne, John. Series: Globalizing Sport Studies. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations, black & white|Tables. BIC Classification: JHBS; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 164 x 353 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784995157
- ISBN
- 9781784995157
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.51
€ 150.51
Paperback. Dealing with Death is a comprehensive and authoritative source of information for professionals on the procedures, laws and cultural customs that should be observed when someone dies. This completely updated and expanded second edition takes into account changes in UK law and the impact of the Harold Shipman and Alder Hey enquiries. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: JHBZ; VFJX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 174 x 24. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843103813
- ISBN
- 9781843103813
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.40
€ 63.40
Paperback. An analysis of the aspirations of different groups living in East London and the strategies they have used to improve their status. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; JFSC; JFSG; JFSL1; JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847426505
- ISBN
- 9781847426505
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 36.12
€ 36.99
€ 36.12
Paperback. An ethnography of class dynamics and the subject formation of migrant domestic workers. It explores what the migrant domestic workers mean to the families that hire them, to urban economies, to rural provinces such as Anhui, and to the Chinese state. Num Pages: 328 pages, 2 photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFFN; JFSJ1; JHBL; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822343042
- ISBN
- 9780822343042
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
Paperback. American progressives - those middle-class citizens who support fundamental change in American life - have always presented a mystery. This work investigates the lives of such reformers as Charles and Mary Beard and Wesley Clair, to investigate their influences and inspiration. Series: Columbia Studies in Contemporary American History. Num Pages: 322 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBTB; JHBK; JPA; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 322
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231121477
- ISBN
- 9780231121477
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 29.67
€ 41.99
€ 29.67
Hardcover. Offers a comprehensive update of this classic statistics textbook, with careful adherence to the intent, approach, and style of the original authors. Num Pages: 503 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JHBC; PBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 255 x 191 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1138.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Iowa State University Press United States
- Edition
- 8th Edition
- Number of pages
- 503
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813815619
- ISBN
- 9780813815619
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.05
€ 136.05
Hardcover. Covers topics related to the methods of educational inquiry. This encyclopedia includes articles that trace the history of educational research and the methods of both humanistic and scientific research. It also includes articles on research methodology and statistical analysis. Editor(s): Keeves, J. P. Series: Resources in Education Series. Num Pages: 964 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: GBC; JHBC; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 190 x 61. Weight in Grams: 2155.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 964
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780080427102
- ISBN
- 9780080427102
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 432.07
€ 432.07
Paperback. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; KCA; KCK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691158105
- ISBN
- 9780691158105
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 26.43
€ 34.99
€ 26.43