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This book provides the first comprehensive account of the social and cultural aspects of modernity over the past two centuries.

Qualitative research has seen a surge of growth during the past decade. This is in large part because positivist approaches have not yielded the kinds of results that had been...

From the bestselling author of Guns, Germs and Steel, an exploration of the influence of leaders in politics, business, sport and religion We often read history as the biographies of...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerAt the crossroads of colonial ambition and national resistance stands Vietnam — a nation whose history is as turbulent as...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the crossroads of biology and behavioral science, Function and Evolution of Behavior: An Historical Sample from the...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the dawn of the twentieth century, William McDougall set out to construct a rigorous scientific foundation for...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodAt the height of the British Empire's reach across the globe, the Pacific Islands became a crucible for one of history's most contested and complex exercises...

Edition: First Edition ThusCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodOne of the foundational texts of modern sociology, Ferdinand Tönnies' Community and Association presents a landmark distinction that would reshape how...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFor any Australian curious about the faces and stories hidden in their family's past, Roots and Branches: Ancestry for Australians is an indispensable guide to...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodCondition remarks: Staining to DJ.What does a lovebird's courtship display share with a human marriage ritual? In The Sexual Code: The Social...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedWhat drives human beings to act, feel, and think the way they do — and how much of that behaviour...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodAt the crossroads of behavioural science and zoology, W. H. Thorpe's landmark work Learning and Instinct in Animals presents a...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodFrom the sweeping steppes of the Eurasian heartland to the storied Silk Road cities of Samarkand and Bukhara, Central Asia...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat does it mean to be fully human? In The Farther Reaches of Human Nature, the legendary psychologist...

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Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageOne of the most remarkable life stories ever to emerge from the Australian outback, I, the Aboriginal...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFor anyone who has ever wondered who their ancestors were or where they came from, Roots and Branches: Ancestry for Australians is the definitive guide...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodWhat does it mean to truly survive — and thrive — in the relentless, ever-churning organism of the modern city? Urbanman: The Psychology of Urban...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodAt the height of Britain's post-war housing revolution, thousands of families were relocated from cramped terraced streets into gleaming new...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodLong before the Western world romanticised the Pacific islands, the indigenous peoples of Polynesia had developed rich and complex traditions...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat happens when science turns its rigorous eye on the invisible forces that govern human behaviour?...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn the jungles of Gombe Stream Reserve on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, a young woman named Jane Goodall did what no scientist had...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodAt the crossroads of genetics, evolutionary theory, and the social sciences stands Sociobiology and Behavior, a landmark scientific text that argues the biological roots of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: YellowedWhat happens when the most adaptable animal on Earth is confined to the concrete jungle of modern civilisation? In The Human Zoo, renowned zoologist and...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat does it truly mean to meet another person? Social Encounters: Readings in Social Interaction, edited by the...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn postwar America, millions of families packed their dreams into cardboard boxes and headed for the suburbs —...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodCondition remarks: Slight tear to back cover.At the intersection of urban sociology and cultural anthropology stands The Urban Villagers, Herbert J. Gans's landmark study of the...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageLong before the first city was built or the first word written, the story of humanity was already...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageLong before the first cities rose or the first words were written, our ancestors walked a very different...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the crossroads of tradition and modernity, millions of people in the twentieth century found themselves swept into...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the crossroads of sociology and military science stands The New Military: Changing Patterns of Organization, a landmark...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat does the city do to the people who live in it — and what do...