Catálogo de libros: Sociología

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  • Is This Your First Funeral?
    Jimmy Huston
    A gentle guide through the uncertain moments of a child's first funeral experience. What to expect. How to find a way through the process of grief. How to accept the moments and share feelings. Charming illustrations. ...
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    15,76 €

  • CONSUMPTION PATTERNS OF THE MIDDLE CLASS IN CONTEMPORARY CHN
    DI ZHU
    This book, set against the background of accounts of globalisation, aims to figure out the consumer orientation of the middle class in contemporary China, in particular how the new elements in consumer orientation operate in the Chinese context. It focuses on the contemporary middle class. Data used in the book are taken from national representative surveys conducted in the rec...
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    133,74 €

  • Almost a Mother
    Christy Wopat
    "After my infant twins died, I couldn’t find anything on the shelves at the bookstore that was actually honest."I found books about grief, sure. Books written by psychologists on the stages of grief and books that assured me that I would find my answers in prayer. This isn’t meant to replace those. Those books are necessary, but in the raw, emotional weeks and months after losi...
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    19,83 €

  • Couples by Intention
    Elliott Kronenfeld LICSW CST / LICSW CSTS Elliott Kronenfeld Ph.D.
    Wouldn’t it be great if relationships came easy? What if we all just knew intuitively what to do to make our marriages and committed partnerships the absolute best and deepest that they could be?But the reality is that none of us are pros, and even our best relationships can go deeper. We often use love and sex as measurements for how developed our relationships are, but in rea...
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    13,86 €

  • Inner Sky
    Steven Layer
    A conversation about resistance...to life's experiences. If I had one afternoon to spend with my friend Lily, just diagnosed with a life-threatening illness, what would I say?  I had been where she is now, yet against all the odds found the way to experience a complete and spontaneous healing. The secrets I was shown are the opposite of what society teaches us. This was not...
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    28,77 €

  • Spoiler Alert
    Jacquie Purcell / Korttany Finn
    One thing you can count on in life is the fact that you are going to die. How’s that for a buzzkill? Most people diligently ignore the reality of their future demise. Thinking about death somehow seems wrong. Luckily, a real life coroner challenged a few thousand internet strangers to do the thinking for you. The result is a collection of morbid and slightly embarrassing questi...
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    9,88 €

  • Handbook of Research on Chaos and Complexity Theory in the Social Sciences
    The concept of 'chaos', and chaos theory, though it is a field of study specifically in the field of mathematics with applications in physics, engineering, economics, management, and education, has also recently taken root in the social sciences. As a method of analyzing the way in which the digital age has connected society more than ever, chaos and complexity theory serves as...
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    400,09 €

  • Studies In Structural Sociology
    Frank W Young
    This collection of articles and essays embodies a new approach to sociology based on the original meaning of the word. Its central concept is 'community,' which is defined to cover units as small as the household and as large as the nation-state. Individuals are a special case of community. So defined, communities account for almost all the independent social organization of th...
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    18,65 €

  • KING OF SPORTS
    GREGG EASTERBROOK
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    19,74 €

  • Surrendering to Marriage
    Iris Krasnow
    In the New York Times best-seller Surrendering to Marriage, Iris Krasnow offers a raw and penetrating portrait of modern marriage and the backbreaking work required to make it last. With joyous, sexy, and shocking stories of real marriages, real affairs, and real divorces, Surrendering to Marriage moves far beyond a how-to manual; Krasnow shows us that a successful marriage has...
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    17,95 €

  • Mobile Information Communication Technologies Adoption in Developing Countries
    The mobile technology field is expanding with innovative research and discoveries that expand to all walks of life. Mobile technology may have its greatest impact in the developing world, because it brings telecommunication to districts that had never been reached before. Mobile Information Communication Technologies Adoption in Developing Countries: Effects and Implications re...
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    236,22 €

  • Footy Grounds to Grandstands
    Sam Duncan
    Play in the Australian Football League is not what it was. At the game’s founding, Australian football was exactly what the AFL’s Latin motto tells us it is today – ‘the game of the people, for the people’. In its formative years it was played and watched by Australians who loved the game because they understood the way it was played. It was made by them, in the image of their ...
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    21,43 €

  • Fabrics of Anthropological Knowledge
    Weaving together a collection of original essays, this book looks at the transnational circulations of people, concepts and practices in anthropology, revealing the many ways that they cross borders. The essays focus on European anthropological traditions and beyond, including broader transnational interactions, to uncover the intricate fabrics of interconnected influences that...
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    183,75 €

  • The Ten Pleasures of Marriage and The Confession of the New-married Couple
    A. Marsh
    'This small Treatise which I here present unto thee is the fruit of some spare hours, that my cogitations, after they had been for a small time, between whiles, hovering to and fro in the Air, came fluttring down again, still pitching upon the subject of the Ten Pleasures of Marriage, in each of which I hope thou wilt find somthing worthy of thy acceptance, because I am sure ’t...
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    16,15 €

  • Last Scene of All
    Jessica Goodman
    Death in classical tragedy is an ending: a symbolic moment of catharsis, read by the audience according to theatrical and cultural tradition. Yet any stage death is also a non-ending: just one in a series of repeated (re)presentations, by an actor who will live (and die) again. Spanning six centuries and seven countries, this study considers how different dramatic authors have ...
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    17,56 €

  • Understanding baby loss
    Elspeth Whitby / Julie Ellis / Kate Reed
    This book offers an in-depth sociological analysis of parent and professional experience of baby loss, examining the role that post-mortem can play in the wider context of bereavement. ...
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    44,32 €

  • Social Implications of Research in Higher Education
    Andile Alfred Mdikana
    Traditional research assumes a singular, almost absolutist approach to knowledge. In contrast, critical theory challenges the positivist outlook on scientific research and assumes a more socio-cultural outlook on the social world. In specific terms, critical research examines the nature of power dynamics influencing the social world. More broadly, this has implications for unde...
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    230,50 €

  • Social Implications of Research in Higher Education
    Andile Alfred Mdikana
    Traditional research assumes a singular, almost absolutist approach to knowledge. In contrast, critical theory challenges the positivist outlook on scientific research and assumes a more socio-cultural outlook on the social world. In specific terms, critical research examines the nature of power dynamics influencing the social world. More broadly, this has implications for unde...
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    177,72 €

  • Annual Report on the Vital Statistics of Massachusetts
    Massachusetts. Of / Massachusetts. Office of the Secretar...
    This is Volume 1 of the 'Annual Report on the Vital Statistics of Massachusetts,' documenting births, marriages, divorces, and deaths in the state. A crucial historical record, this report provides invaluable demographic data from the period, offering insights into population trends, family structures, and public health during a formative era in Massachusetts’ history. Research...
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    20,14 €

  • Census Recreations;
    Wilmot Haines 1842- [from ... Thompson
    'Census Recreations' offers a fascinating glimpse into the demographic landscape of the United States during the early 20th century. Authored by Wilmot Haines Thompson, this work provides a detailed examination of census data, revealing insights into population distribution, social trends, and the overall composition of American society. The book serves as a valuable historical...
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    29,67 €

  • Census Recreations;
    Wilmot Haines 1842- [from ... Thompson
    'Census Recreations' offers a fascinating glimpse into the demographic landscape of the United States during the early 20th century. Authored by Wilmot Haines Thompson, this work provides a detailed examination of census data, revealing insights into population distribution, social trends, and the overall composition of American society. The book serves as a valuable historical...
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    15,55 €

  • Eleventh Census Of The United States
    United States. Census Office. 11th ce...
    'Eleventh Census Of The United States, June 1, 1890. Instructions To Enumerators' offers a detailed glimpse into the methodology and scope of the United States Census conducted in 1890. This document provides the precise instructions given to enumerators, offering invaluable insight into the collection of demographic and statistical data during this period. The instructions out...
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    29,53 €

  • Eleventh Census Of The United States
    United States. Census Office. 11th ce...
    'Eleventh Census Of The United States, June 1, 1890. Instructions To Enumerators' offers a detailed glimpse into the methodology and scope of the United States Census conducted in 1890. This document provides the precise instructions given to enumerators, offering invaluable insight into the collection of demographic and statistical data during this period. The instructions out...
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    14,74 €

  • The Blind And Deaf-mutes In The United States
    United States. Bureau of the Census
    'The Blind And Deaf-Mutes In The United States' offers a detailed statistical overview of the population of blind and deaf-mute individuals in the United States, compiled by the Bureau of the Census. This historical document provides invaluable insights into the demographics, distribution, and characteristics of these communities during the specified census period. This report ...
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    32,78 €

  • Bordering social reproduction
    Eve Dickson / Rachel Rosen
    Bordering social reproduction explores how migrants subjected to policies that seek to deny them the means of life endeavour to make and sustain meaningful lives. It develops innovative theorisations of welfare bordering and advances the novel concept of weathering to comprehend mother’s and children’s life-making practices under duress. ...
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    43,22 €

  • Women’s Empowerment, Population Dynamics, and Development
    Dennis Hodgson
    This book assumes that 'women’s empowerment' is a social movement aimed at producing political, economic and social change. It traces the changing relationship among three unprecedented trends experienced in the 'developing world' since 1950: declining levels of mortality and fertility, socioeconomic development, and women’s empowerment. It offers two policy analyses of the con...
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    64,22 €

  • Anti-colonial research praxis
    Caroline Lenette
    This book centres the perspectives of First Nations and majority-world researchers and provides insightful descriptions of anti-colonial research praxis from around the world. By engaging with the diverse examples, reflections, and methodological knowledge in this collection, readers will change how they think about research in a definitive way. ...
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    46,73 €

  • Smiles Across the Miles
    Ron Trentham
    Smiles Across the Miles tells the unforgettable true story of Mary Louise Eiman, a woman who endured pain, trauma, and heartbreak most people could never imagine. From a childhood lost in the foster care system to her final days in hospice, Mary built something that mattered. A life full of love, purpose, and connection.She was abandoned before her first birthday, passed from o...
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    18,22 €

  • Qualitative Research Handbook for Teachers
    Jane Meryl Dalde
    This handbook is specifically designed for teachers, offering comprehensive discussions on qualitative research and an in-depth analysis of its various types. It serves as a practical guide that not only explains key concepts and methodologies but also illustrates them through sample research analyses. By examining real-world examples, educators can develop a deeper understandi...
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    101,41 €

  • Married Life
    T. S. Arthur
    THE highest, purest, best and holiest relation in life is that of marriage, which ought never to be regarded as a mere civil contract, entered into from worldly ends, but as an essential union of two minds, by which each gains a new power, and acquires! new capacities for enjoyment and usefulness. Much has been said and written about the equality of the sexes, and the rights of...
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    14,31 €