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Economics Of The Long Period

by Gregory Ponthiere

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 An introduction to the study of history as a succession of economic regimes. This non-technical introduction is accessible to undergraduate students in economics and other social sciences, and, as such, aims at becoming a building block for undergraduate courses about the economic history of societies.
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Economics Of The Long Period

by Gregory Ponthiere

38,43€ + 10% CARD

 An introduction to the study of history as a succession of economic regimes. This non-technical introduction is accessible to undergraduate students in economics and other social sciences, and, as such, aims at becoming a building block for undergraduate courses about the economic history of societies.
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The Economics Of The Long Period

by Gregory (Universite Catholique De Louvain, Belgium) Ponthiere

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 An introduction to the study of history as a succession of economic regimes. This non-technical introduction is accessible to undergraduate students in economics and other social sciences, and, as such, aims at becoming a building block for undergraduate courses about the economic history of societies.
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The Economics Of The Long Period

by Gregory (Universite Catholique De Louvain, Belgium) Ponthiere

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 An introduction to the study of history as a succession of economic regimes. This non-technical introduction is accessible to undergraduate students in economics and other social sciences, and, as such, aims at becoming a building block for undergraduate courses about the economic history of societies.
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Cooking, Cuisine And Class - A Study In Comparative Sociology

by Jack Goody

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 The preparation, serving and eating of food have been studied from a variety of theoretical and empirical perspectives. It is in this context that Jack Goody sets his own observations on cooking in West Africa, examining why a differentiated 'haute cuisine' has not emerged in Africa, as in other parts of the world.
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Culture And Communication - The Logic By Which Symbols Are Connected. An Introduction To The Use Of Structuralist Analysis In Social Anthropology

by Edmund Leach

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 Edmund Leach's book investigates the writings of 'structuralists,' and their different theories: the general incest theory, of animal sacrifice and how signs and symbols convey meaning. This book is designed for the use of teaching undergraduates in anthropology, linguistics, literary studies, philosophy and related disciplines faced with structuralist argument.
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Communes, Sociology And Society

by Andrew Mcculloch, Pat Gore, Philip Abrams e Sheila Abrams

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 Based on a study of the commune movement in Britain, this 1976 book attempts to explore the ability of sociology to understand the 'alternative society' and to examine the implications of the success and failure of communal projects for fundamental sociological theories about the nature of social solidarity and cohesion.
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Naturalism And Social Science - A Post-Empiricist Philosophy Of Social Science

by David Thomas

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 This 1979 text addresses the ways in which the dominant theories in large areas of Western social science have been subject to strong criticisms, resulting in empiricist views being replaced by an emphasis on the potential obstinacy of theory in the face of the empirical world.
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Rational Choice And Social Exchange - A Critique Of Exchange Theory

by Anthony Heath

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 This 1976 book provides a systematic exposition of the principle components of exchange theory, and goes on to give a critique of these theories, paying particular attention to the success of their empirical applications. It concludes that exchange theory has an important part to play in the development of social science.
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The Ethnic Revival

by Anthony D. (London School Of Economics) Smith

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 Originally published in 1981, this book explores the ethnic separatisms and 'neo-nationalisms' that, at the time, threatened to undermine the fragile stability of the world order and to annul liberal and cosmopolitan dreams of world government and a universal scientific culture.
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Reproducing Families - The Political Economy Of English Population History

by David P. Levine

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 Reviewing the course of English population history from 1066 to the eighties, this book challenges orthodoxies about the evolution of English family forms, and offers a bold interpretation of the inter-connections between social, economic, demographic and family history.
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Leninism: A Sociological Interpretation

by David Lane

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 Dr Lane addresses four distinct, though related, topics: Lenin's analysis of revolution; Leninism as an ideology legitimating the Russian Revolution; a detached analysis of the revolutionary process; and the relevance of Lenin and the Russian Revolution for social and political change.
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Individuals, Relationships And Culture - Links Between Ethology And The Social Sciences

by Robert A. Hinde

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 Both biologists and social scientists have much to say about human behaviour. Yet attempts to combine their approaches to provide a deeper understanding of human nature have not so far been generally successful. First published in 1987, this book offered an original way of bridging the gap between them.
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The Principles Of Representative Government

by Bernard (New York University) Manin

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 The thesis of this original and provocative book is that representative government should be understood as a combination of democratic and undemocratic (indeed, aristocratic) elements. Challenging the conventionally held views on the subject, Professor Manin reminds us that representative government originally was designed in opposition to democracy proper.
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Families In Former Times - Kinship, Household And Sexuality

by Jean Louis Flandrin

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 In this book, the author provides a detailed analysis of kinship, household and family relations in early modern France. He provides a fascinating account of the intimate life of men and women in past society, and shows how that society has exerted a lasting influence on the behaviour of our contemporaries.
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Demystifying Mentalities

by Geoffrey Ernest Richard Lloyd

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 The notion of distinct mentalities has been used extensively by historians to describe and explain cultural diversity. Professor Lloyd believes it is communication, not mentalities, that explains cultural diversity. Discussing apparently irrational beliefs and behaviour, he shows how different forms of thought coexist in a single culture but within conventionally defined contexts.
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Aping Language

by Joel Wallman

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 This is a critical assessment of recent experiments designed to impact a language, either natural or invented, to an ape. The ape's performance is compared with the course of semantic and syntactical development in children, both speaking and signing. The book also examines what is known of the neurological, cognitive, and specifically linguistical attributes of our species that subverse language.
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Cooking, Cuisine And Class - A Study In Comparative Sociology

by Jack (University Of Cambridge) Goody e Jack Goody

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 The preparation, serving and eating of food have been studied from a variety of theoretical and empirical perspectives. It is in this context that Jack Goody sets his own observations on cooking in West Africa, examining why a differentiated 'haute cuisine' has not emerged in Africa, as in other parts of the world.
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Old Age - Constructions And Deconstructions

by Haim (Tel-Aviv University) Hazan

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 Haim Hazan, a specialist on old age in anthropology, focuses on the reality of the experience of old age as opposed to the stereotyped image. He examines the subject from a social constructionist perspective, drawing on ethnographic accounts to produce a sophisticated and highly original book.
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Culture And Communication - The Logic By Which Symbols Are Connected. An Introduction To The Use Of Structuralist Analysis In Social Anthropology

by Edmund Leach

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 Edmund Leach's book investigates the writings of 'structuralists,' and their different theories: the general incest theory, of animal sacrifice and how signs and symbols convey meaning. This book is designed for the use of teaching undergraduates in anthropology, linguistics, literary studies, philosophy and related disciplines faced with structuralist argument.
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Environment, Subsistence And System - The Ecology Of Small-Scale Social Formations

by Roy Ellen

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 This original and innovative study of the pre-eminently social character of human ecological relations will be of considerable interest to all students and researchers concerned with understanding the nature of the relationship between human beings and their environments.
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The Principles Of Representative Government

by Bernard (New York University) Manin

58,13€ + 10% CARD

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 The thesis of this original and provocative book is that representative government should be understood as a combination of democratic and undemocratic (indeed, aristocratic) elements. Challenging the conventionally held views on the subject, Professor Manin reminds us that representative government originally was designed in opposition to democracy proper.
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Aping Language

by Joel Wallman

93,28€ + 10% CARD

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 This is a critical assessment of recent experiments designed to impact a language, either natural or invented, to an ape. The ape's performance is compared with the course of semantic and syntactical development in children, both speaking and signing. The book also examines what is known of the neurological, cognitive, and specifically linguistical attributes of our species that subverse language.
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The Politics Of Socialism - An Essay In Political Theory

by John Dunn

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 Why do any human beings choose to be socialists? Why has socialist politics proved in practice so frequently disappointing? This book is an attempt to confront problems which have arisen largely from the practice of socialist politics itself and to locate their sources within the confusions and equivocations of existing understandings of socialism.
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