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In this provocative and broad-ranging work, the authors argue that the ways in which knowledge - scientific, social and cultural - is produced are undergoing fundamental changes at the end of the twentieth century. They claim that these changes mark a distinct shift...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
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1994-07-21
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This is a fascinating examination of the relationship between consumption, the idea of the body and the formation of the self. In tracing these connections, The Consuming Body develops a profile of individuality in the late twentieth century - in both its bodily and...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
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1994-07-21
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This innovative volume explores ways in which the idea of citizenship can be seen as a unifying concept in understanding contemporary social change and social problems.
The book outlines traditional linkages between citizenship and public participation, national...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
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1994-03-04
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In his exploration of the interaction between religion and worldwide social and cultural change, the author examines the major theories of global change and discusses the ways in which such change impinges on contemporary religious practice, meaning and...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
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1994-01-17
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Ce manuel pratique abondamment illustré a été réalisé à l'intention des planteurs d'hévéa d'Indonésie. Il présente une à une et par ordre séquentiel toutes les...
Editeur :
Cirad
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1994-01-01
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Drawing on a wealth of local, national and international sources, unpublished documents and original research, this book provides a theoretical and practical critique of victimology.
The authors outline and discuss the issues facing victims today and address the...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
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1994-01-01
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This is a novel account of social change that supplants conventional understandings of `society' and presents a sociology that takes as its main unit of analysis flows through time and across space.
Developing a comparative analysis of the UK and US, the new Germany...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
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1993-12-09
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This book makes a significant contribution towards understanding the new class structures of post-industrial societies and the changing processes of social stratification and mobility.
Drawing together comparative research on the dynamics of social stratification in a...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
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1993-08-18
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A stimulating appraisal of a crucial contemporary theme, this comprehensive analysis of globalizaton offers a distinctively cultural perspective on the social theory of the contemporary world.
This perspective considers the world as a whole, going beyond conventional...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
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1992-07-27
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This challenging volume reasserts the centrality of the body within social theory as a means to understanding the complex interrelations between nature, culture and society. At a theoretical level, the volume explores the origins of a social theory of the body in...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
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1991-01-10
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Les 150 mauvaises herbes les plus importantes des Petites Antilles sont décrites avec précision et illustrées de 75 planches couleur. Leurs préférences écologiques, leurs modes de dissémination et les cultures...
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Inra
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1991-01-01
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Pteromalids develop as parasites of various stages of other insects or spiders. They are represented in the West-Palearctic région (Europe, North Africa and part of the Middle East) by 16 subfamilies, 221 genera with 10 subgenera, and probably more than 1 000...
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Inra
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1991-01-01
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This wide-ranging analysis both explores current approaches to organization studies and relates the concepts of modernity and postmodernity to the realities of organizational structure and context. In surveying alternative perspectives on organizations in terms of ideal...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
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1990-09-05
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In this book leading social scientists from many countries analyze the extent to which we are seeing a globalization of culture. Is a unified world culture emerging? And if so, how does this relate to existing cultural divisions and to the autonomy of the nation state?...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
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1990-07-03
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Medicine Across Cultures: The History and Practice of Medicine in Non-Western Cultures consists of 19 essays dealing with the medical knowledge and beliefs of cultures outside of the United...
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Kluwer Academic Publishers
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1983
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Research records composed of notes and protocols have long played a role in the efforts to understand the origins of what have come to be seen as the established milestones in the development of...
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Kluwer Academic Publishers
Parution :
1983
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A revival of interest in morphology has occurred during recent years. The Yearbook of Morphology series, published since 1988, has proven to be an eminent support for this upswing of...
Editeur :
Kluwer Academic Publishers
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1983
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Historical archaeology has largely focused on the study of early military sites and homes of upper class. Research on lower classes was viewed as a supplement to local histories documenting...
Editeur :
Kluwer Academic Publishers
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1983
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This book is an in-depth treatment of Darwinian evolutionism and its applicability to the investigation of the archaeological record. The authors explain the unique position that this kind of...
Editeur :
Kluwer Academic Publishers
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1983
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Understanding the emergence of modern society is understanding how today's social relationships came to be historically structured as they are. This work, focused on the Southern Scottish Highlands,...
Editeur :
Kluwer Academic Publishers
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1983
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