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Paperback. In the past anthropology often used demographic research, but the two disciplines have recently grown to distrust each other's assumptions and methods. In order to show that they have much to offer each other, this book seeks to bridge the demography/anthropology divide, and examines major issues. Series: Population and Development Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 line drawings, 15 tables. BIC Classification: JHBD; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226431963
- ISBN
- 9780226431963
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 30.35
€ 38.99
€ 30.35
By asking questions about authenticity, cultural appropriation, and commodification, Thrill of the Chaste considers Amish fiction's effects on Amish and non-Amish audiences alike. Series: Young Center Books in Anabaptist and Pietist Studies. Num Pages: 344 pages, 18, 17 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSK; HBTB; JFC; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421408903
- ISBN
- 9781421408903
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.13
€ 65.13
Paperback. Kay Hymowitz explores the predicament of a generation growing up in a world where adults lavish them with expensive clothes, toys and vacations, but don't know how to provide them the ordinary truths that give life meaning. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 170 x 16. Weight in Grams: 299. Very good clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc Chicago, IL
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0250015
- ISBN
- 9781566635981
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. This valuable study compares the welfare states of Sweden, Germany and Britain on the basis of social policy provision for disabled people of working age, particularly in the areas of income maintenance and employment policy. Num Pages: 152 pages, 53tabs. BIC Classification: JFFG; JHBL; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 8. Weight in Grams: 197.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861341860
- ISBN
- 9781861341860
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 28.07
€ 29.99
€ 28.07
Hardback. A practical professional guide for how to approach and aid troubled teens by understanding the influence of peer interactions on development and on behaviour Num Pages: 348 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBA; JMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 164 x 27. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814740422
- ISBN
- 9780814740422
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.63
€ 57.63
Hardcover. In contrast to a typical general text in demography, which is concerned with demographic principles, trends, problems, and theories, Applied Demography explores the practical issues with which demographers working for government agencies, private nonprofit organizations, and businesses deal. It emp Num Pages: 686 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1203.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 686
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780126418408
- ISBN
- 9780126418408
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.44
€ 122.44
Paperback. Considers the 'dark side' of motivation, including the roles of addiction, obsession, sex and death. This book revisits the suppressed roots of motivation in offering an alternative understanding of desire. It brings arguments to bear on topics as diverse as pizzas, football management and blowjobs. Editor(s): Brewis, Joanna; Linstead, Stephen; Boje, David M.; O'Shea, Tony. Num Pages: 281 pages. BIC Classification: JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 178 x 17. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Copenhagen Business School Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 281
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788763001618
- ISBN
- 9788763001618
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 23.05
€ 31.99
€ 23.05
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 9. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTF; JFFM; JHBL; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press New York
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801486241
- ISBN
- 9780801486241
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 43.35
€ 48.99
€ 43.35
Hardcover. Nighttime breastfeeding and sleep for many new parents in the United States is fraught with intense challenges. Through a close ethnographic examination, this volume explores the impact of conflicting medical guidelines about breastfeeding and infant sleep, and uncovers cultural tensions about expectations for children and parents. Series: Fertility, Reproduction & Sexuality. Num Pages: 296 pages, 4 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBK; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782384359
- ISBN
- 9781782384359
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.60
€ 156.60
Paperback. Offers an interpretation of mass-mediated violence through a study of funeral gambling and Buddhist meditation on death. This book focuses on a particular array of tactics in Thai Buddhism and protest politics for connecting death and life, past and present and unveils a picture of community, responsibility, and accountability in the world order. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FMT; HRE; JFFE; JHBZ; JHMP; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691074603
- ISBN
- 9780691074603
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.78€ 40.56
€ 51.78
€ 40.56
Paperback. An analysis of serious but subtle forms of oppression involving neither physical violence nor the use of law. It uncovers a set of underlying moral principles that account for the immorality of civilized oppression, and points to some of the implications for social and institutional life. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JHBA; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 12. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847692750
- ISBN
- 9780847692750
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.39
€ 60.39
Hardback. Situating their argument in the context of the Western world's five-hundred-year history of marriage, this work reveals what factors encourage marriage and cohabitation in a society where marriage and the relationships between women and men have changed dramatically. Series: Population and Development Series. Num Pages: 412 pages, 16 line drawings, 29 tables. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 60 x 90 x 30. Weight in Grams: 742.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 412
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226798660
- ISBN
- 9780226798660
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.06€ 75.68
€ 92.06
€ 75.68
Paperback. A sociological lens on the freemasons, one of the oldest, most mysterious, and least understood groups in society. Rather than present historical meanings, the author asked contemporary freemasons directly, "What does it mean to you today?" Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 tables. BIC Classification: JFSV1; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 21. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Wilfrid Laurier University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781771121941
- ISBN
- 9781771121941
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 34.56
€ 41.99
€ 34.56
Paperback. An interdisciplinary collection of essays exploring the harem as it was imagined, represented, and experienced in Middle Eastern and North African societies, and by visitors to those societies. Editor(s): Booth, Marilyn. Num Pages: 424 pages, 39 illustrations, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; JFC; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822348696
- ISBN
- 9780822348696
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 32.66
€ 36.99
€ 32.66
The Broadview Anthology of Social and Political Thought. From Plato to...
. Ed(S): Bailey, Andrew; Brennan, Samantha; K...
Paperback. This comprehensive volume contains much of the important work in political and social philosophy from ancient times until the end of the nineteenth century. The anthology offers both depth and breadth in its selection of material by central figures, while also representing other currents of political thought. Editor(s): Bailey, Andrew; Brennan, Samantha; Kymlicka, Will; Levy, Jacob; Sager, Alex. Num Pages: 1136 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 196 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1104.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Edition
- annotated ed
- Number of pages
- 1136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551117423
- ISBN
- 9781551117423
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 88.83
€ 88.83
Paperback. Presents an examination of how the migration of nurses from the Philippines to the US is inextricably linked to American imperialism and the US colonization of the Philippine Islands in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 272 pages, 6 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 1KBB; JHBL; MQC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822330899
- ISBN
- 9780822330899
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.52
€ 31.99
€ 28.52
Hardback. Num Pages: 417 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBC; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 417
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231047005
- ISBN
- 9780231047005
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.27€ 76.07
€ 101.27
€ 76.07
Paperback. Donald Tuzin first studied the New Guinea village of Ilahita in 1972. Years later he returned to find that the village's men had voluntarily destroyed their secret cult which allowed them dominance over women. This study examines the labyrinth of motives behind this improbable, devastating act. Series: Worlds of Desire S. Num Pages: 270 pages, 10 halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; JFSJ2; JFSL9; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226819518
- ISBN
- 9780226819518
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 30.39
€ 38.99
€ 30.39
Hardback. Offers the first comprehensive overview of how the rational choice paradigm can inform empirical research within the social sciences. Editor(s): Wittek, Rafael; Snijders, Tom A. B.; Nee, Victor. Num Pages: 624 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1225.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Number of pages
- 624
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804784184
- ISBN
- 9780804784184
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.07
€ 101.07
Hardback. A practical guide to family-based therapy for childhood emotional and behavioral problems. This text presents assessment and treatment strategies that take into account children's developmental needs, different family forms, health and environmental challenges, and relationships with larger systems. Editor(s): Combrinck-Graham, Lee. Num Pages: 524 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBK; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 32. Weight in Grams: 884.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Guilford Publications United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 524
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781593852634
- ISBN
- 9781593852634
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.53
€ 100.53
Hardback. Why do some music styles gain mass popularity while others thrive in small niches? This title explores this question and reveals the attributes that together explain the growth of twentieth-century American popular music. It also uncovers the shared grammar that allows us to understand the cultural language and evolution of popular music. Num Pages: 256 pages, 4 tables. BIC Classification: AV; JHBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 188 x 25. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691150765
- ISBN
- 9780691150765
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 38.06
€ 53.99
€ 38.06
Hardback. Num Pages: 168 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 331.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1940
- Publisher
- Nelson-Hall, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780882296203
- ISBN
- 9780882296203
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.99
€ 71.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JHB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 151 x 17. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231135412
- ISBN
- 9780231135412
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.84
€ 36.99
€ 26.84
Paperback. An anthology of essays that addresses key themes in the scholarly study of the Games. It presents seven articles devoted to Olympic history: the Games' legacy from antiquity, their modern evolution, and the most controversial Games of the modern era, the Berlin Games of 1936. Editor(s): Barney, Robert K., PhD. Num Pages: 491 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: JHBS; WSBB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Fitness Information Technology, Inc, U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 491
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781935412052
- ISBN
- 9781935412052
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.77
€ 38.99
€ 33.77