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Paperback. In this book, Smetana illustrates how adolescents and parents in different contexts actively negotiate autonomy and coordinate concerns with autonomy and personal choice with their developing understanding of society and social conventions, safety and health, and moral concerns with justice, welfare and rights. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP2; JHBK; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 171 x 18. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444332513
- ISBN
- 9781444332513
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.25
€ 52.25
Hardcover. Editor(s): Chase, Benjamin V. Num Pages: 116 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSP31; JHBL; KCFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 158 x 236 x 12. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 116
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781614702535
- ISBN
- 9781614702535
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.84€ 104.83
€ 155.84
€ 104.83
Hardback. * 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. Translator(s): Cross, Kathleen. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; JMH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 197 x 131 x 13. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 100
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745647500
- ISBN
- 9780745647500
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.32
€ 52.32
Hardback. If we want to make an impact on both the physical and mental health of individuals in our society (which impacts mortality rates, health care, health insurance rates, the aging process, etc.) we need to begin by educating our youth about the relevance of sleep on these issues. Num Pages: 124 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBC; JN; MJN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 14. Weight in Grams: 331.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 124
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781607090915
- ISBN
- 9781607090915
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.50
€ 103.50
Paperback. Deals with the idea of a family level society, discussed and disputed by anthropologists for nearly half a century. This work states that the Matsigenka people of southeastern Peru cannot be understood or appreciated except as a family level society; the family level of sociocultural integration is for them a lived reality. Num Pages: 275 pages, 15 b/w photographs, 13 line illustrations, 29 tables, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; JFSL9; JHBK; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 63.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520232426
- ISBN
- 9780520232426
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.50
€ 38.99
€ 28.50
Hardback. Examines the important post-World War II development in the Behavioral Sciences. This title also examines, discipline by discipline, the history of the evolutionary thrust, leading figures and key literature, the degree of acceptance (or rejection) within each discipline. It discusses the biobehavioral approach on a geographic basis. Editor(s): Peterson, Steven A.; Somit, Albert. Series: Research in Biopolitics. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 625.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762307692
- ISBN
- 9780762307692
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 234.05
€ 234.05
Paperback. This book discusses the definition and types of FGM and explores the common justifications for the practice, along with the incidence in Africa, global laws, legal issues, rights and religion. Ethical considerations are examined, as are progress and the role of culture. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations, maps, tables. BIC Classification: 1H; JFM; JHBT; LNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- McFarland
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780786421671
- ISBN
- 9780786421671
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.81
€ 45.81
The powerful, long-neglected testimony of former slaves places African American slave foods and foodways at the center of the complex social dynamics of the plantation South. Num Pages: 311 pages, 10. BIC Classification: JHBT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 839.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO United States
- Number of pages
- 311
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313374975
- ISBN
- 9780313374975
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 90.94
€ 90.94
Paperback. This volume collects Gayle Rubin's essays covering topics ranging from BDSM to feminist debates on pornography and sex to lesbian and gay history. Rubin's introduction gives a history and context to this pioneering and much anticipated work. Series: A John Hope Franklin Center Book. Num Pages: 4 drawings. BIC Classification: JFSK; JHBK5; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 370 x 30. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822349860
- ISBN
- 9780822349860
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.25
€ 37.99
€ 34.25
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Edition
- 49932nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813526546
- ISBN
- 9780813526546
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.38
€ 44.38
Paperback. Series: An Economic Policy Institute Book. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801472572
- ISBN
- 9780801472572
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.48
€ 38.99
€ 35.48
Hardcover. Argues that genocide is best understood not as deviant behavior but as social control - a response to perceived deviant behaviour on the part of victims. Using Donald Black's method of pure sociology, Bradley Campbell considers genocide in relation to three features of social life: diversity, inequality, and intimacy. Series: Studies in Pure Sociology. Num Pages: 240 pages, tables. BIC Classification: JHBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 825.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813937410
- ISBN
- 9780813937410
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.83
€ 53.83
Hardback. This volume is comprised of empirical research and theoretical papers about children's well being, children and youth peer cultures, and the rights of children and youth. These empirical studies include children's voices and experiences from four continents and a range of methodological and theoretical orientations. Editor(s): Bass, Loretta E.; Kinney, David A. Series Editor(s): Johnson, Heather. Series: Sociological Studies of Children and Youth. Num Pages: 352 pages, port. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JHB; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780520742
- ISBN
- 9781780520742
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.93
€ 138.93
Hardcover. Num Pages: 186 pages, tables. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 263 x 189 x 18. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594543449
- ISBN
- 9781594543449
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 198.86€ 136.37
€ 198.86
€ 136.37
Hardback. Editor(s): Morris, Richard B. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 278 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691641072
- ISBN
- 9780691641072
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.62
€ 136.62
Paperback. * written by one of the founders of modern sociolinguistics * presents the results of several decades of inquiry into the social origins and social motivation of linguistic change. Series: Language in Society. Num Pages: 596 pages, 149. BIC Classification: CFB; CFFD; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 32. Weight in Grams: 828.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 596
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631179160
- ISBN
- 9780631179160
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.02
€ 51.02
Hardback. Editor(s): Webster, Murray; Foschi, Martha. Num Pages: 552 pages. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 200 x 100 x 41. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 552
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804714211
- ISBN
- 9780804714211
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.53
€ 133.53
hardcover. Explores the conceptualisation of childhood in South Asia and comments on the shift from welfare to the protection of children's rights in the region. Editor(s): D'Costa, Bina. Num Pages: 340 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FK; GTJ; JFSP1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107117242
- ISBN
- 9781107117242
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.18
€ 86.18
Hardcover. A comprehensive analysis of the significant questions facing this crucial profession, The American Academic Profession will be welcomed by students and scholars as well as by administrators and policy makers concerned with the future of the academy. Editor(s): Hermanowicz, Joseph C. Num Pages: 392 pages, 3, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JHB; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 151 x 31. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801899775
- ISBN
- 9780801899775
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.41
€ 65.41
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€ 30.19
€ 41.99
€ 30.19
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPM; HBTB; JHB; JHMC; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Hawai'i Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824867744
- ISBN
- 9780824867744
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.58
€ 37.58
Paperback. Explores the accomplishments of the golden age of "macrohistory," the sociologically informed analysis of long-term patterns of political, economic, and social change. The topics range from the Marxian-inspired theory of revolutions to the roots of the Holocaust. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804736008
- ISBN
- 9780804736008
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.72
€ 39.72
Paperback. One night, social workers brought a baby girl to the author's home, and her life as a foster mother began. This title offers her anecdotes and reflections about race: acceptance and prejudice from others; the feelings of her two children about having a sibling of a different race; and efforts to maintain links to the culture of the child's origin. Num Pages: 224 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: JHBK; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Vanderbilt University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826515490
- ISBN
- 9780826515490
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.72
€ 51.72
Hardback. A long-standing characteristic of the series is publishing new theoretical and empirical work that connects previously disparate sub-fields. This volume continues that tradition as the papers join social movements research with organizational theory, new institutionalism, strategic action fields, and nonviolent action. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JHBC; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785603594
- ISBN
- 9781785603594
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.00
€ 135.00