SOCIOLOGY
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TRAINS, CULTURE AND MOBILITY: RIDING THE RAILS
Written by Benjamin Fraser; Steven Spalding.
Stock no. 1324737
Published by Lexington Books.
1st
2012.
Very good condition.
Essays highlighting the complexity of the modern experience of train mobility and its salient relation to a number of cultural discourses. Glazed boards. 309 pages. ISBN: 9780739167496. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Slight rubbing to corners. Small dent to lower edges of textblock.
ECOPIETY: GREEN MEDIA AND THE DILEMMA OF ENVIRONMENTAL VIRTUE
Written by Sarah McFarland Taylor.
Stock no. 1823881
Published by New York University Press.
1st
2019.
Nearly fine condition.
An absorbing examination of the intersections of environmental sensibilities, contemporary expressions of piety and devotion, and American popular culture. Pictorial cardwraps. ISBN: 9781479891313. Slight wear to lower front corner of covers and prelims.
- Categorised in:
- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- SOCIOLOGY
- ECOLOGY
THE ORIGIN OF HUMAN SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Written by W.G. Runciman.
Stock no. 1322648
Published by Oxford University Press.
1st
2001.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
These papers bring an interdisciplinary approach to bear on what is arguable the central question in the study of human social evolution. Burgundy boards, gilt title to spine. 259 pages. B/w diagrams. Published for The British Adademy, this is Proceedings of the British Academy 110. ISBN: 0197262503.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- PREHISTORIC
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- SOCIOLOGY
- BIOLOGY
- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
ENGLISH ACROSS CULTURES CULTURES ACROSS ENGLISH
Written by Ofelia Garcia; Ricardo Otheguy.
Stock no. 1822178
Published by Mouton De Gruyter.
1st
1989.
Nearly fine condition.
A Reader in Cross-Cultural Communication. Contributions to the Sociology of Language series no. 53. Blue cloth boards with white titles. xxi and 492 pages including index. ISBN: 0899255132. A few light scuff marks to boards else a fine copy.
- Categorised in:
- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- SOCIOLOGY
- ENGLISH
DEMANDING WORK - THE PARADOX OF JOB QUALITY IN THE AFFLUENT ECONOMY
Written by Francis Green.
Stock no. 1319662
Published by Princeton University Press.
Circa
2007.
Good condition.
Using an interdisciplinary approach, Demanding Work shows how aspects of job quality of work life stem from technological change and transformations in the politico-economic environment. Cardwraps. 225 pages. ISBN: 9780691134413. Second printing, first paperback edition. Ex-lib with usual stamps and labels. Covers have been covered with laminate.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- BUSINESS
- ECONOMICS
- SOCIOLOGY
HELPING OUT: CHILDREN'S LABOR IN ETHNIC BUSINESSES
Written by Miri Song.
Stock no. 1816343
Published by Temple University Press.
1st
1999.
Very good condition.
What jobs do children perform in ethnic businesses and on behalf of their parents? How do they understand and experience their labor? This book addresses the centrality of children's labor participation in various family-based ethnic enterprises, especially the case of Chinese families running take-out food businesses in Britain. Cardwraps. ISBN: 156639709X. Covers a little creased, text block a little grubby. A few pencil highlights.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- BUSINESS
- SOCIOLOGY
DEMANDING CLEAN FOOD AND WATER
Written by Joan Goldstein.
Stock no. 680358
Published by Plenum.
1st
1990.
As new condition in a fine dustwrapper.
The fight for a basic human right. ISBN: 0306435705. Wrapper very very slightly internally edge-browned.
- Categorised in:
- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- FARMING
- ECOLOGY
- SOCIOLOGY
DEVIANTS AND THE ABANDONED IN FRENCH SOCIETY
Written by Robert Forster; Orest Ranum.
Stock no. 675778
Published by The John Hopkins University Press.
1st
1978.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Selections from the Annales, Economies, Societes, Civilisations volume IV. Card wraps. ISBN: 080181992X.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- FRANCE
- HISTORY (FRENCH)
- SOCIOLOGY
RURAL INDIA IN TRANSITION
Written by A.R. Desai.
Stock no. 989179
Published by Popular Book Depot.
1st
1961.
Slightly better than good condition.
Red cloth. 183 pages. Book: Ex-lib, stamps to prelims, else contents very good. Covers faded.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- ASIA
- INDIA
- SOCIOLOGY
FROM WORKING DAUGHTERS TO WORKING MOTHERS
Written by Louise Lamphere.
Stock no. 989931
Published by Cornell University Press.
1st
1987.
Almost very good condition.
Immigrant women in a new England industrial community. Pictorial card wraps. 390 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0801494419. Book: Ex-lib, stamps to prelims, else contents very good.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- HISTORY (AMERICAN)
- SOCIOLOGY
- SOCIAL HISTORY