ROBERTSON, ROLAND.

The Sociological Interpretation of Religion.

Oxford: Basil Blackwell. 1970. 1st ed. "This book has been written as one of a series of introductions to major topics in the field of sociology". Pp 256. Name to fep. P/b. Illustrated cover. G+.

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N° du livre: 19286

Catalogue: Sociology

Mots-clés: Robertson Sociology Interpretation Religion Cultural Secularization A14355 Sociology

ROBERTSON, ROLAND.

Sociology of Religion. (Penguin Modern Sociology Readings).

Harmondsworth: Penguin. 1969. 1st ed. "Examines the status and function of religion in a wide range of different societies and explores such questions as the growth of substitutes for religion in advanced societies". Pp 473. Toning to pages. P/b. Covers rubbed with notation to front cover. G+.

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N° du livre: 17012

Catalogue: Sociology

Mots-clés: Robertson Sociology Religion Medieval Christianity A11737 Sociology

ROSSI, PETER H.

Down and Out in America: The Origins of Homelessness.

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1990. Rep. "Down and Out in America will ultimately become a classic example of how to do imaginative and high-quality research on small, hard-to-reach populations .." Pp. 11/247. Red cloth with gilt title to dark blue cloth spine, illustrated d/w. VG/G+.

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N° du livre: 29170

Catalogue: Sociology

Mots-clés: Rossi Down out America Origins Homelessness Sociology 26823 Sociology

SANDFORD, JEREMY

Cathy Come Home.

London: Pan Books,1967. A Pan Special/Illustrated (X667). "The poignant story of two young lovers, their marriage, their struggle for a home of their own..The shocking story of our times which caused nation-wide controversy when shown twice on BBC TV". Pp.135/4(ads). illustrated with 10 pages of photos, toning to pages, owners name to fep. Pbk. G+.

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N° du livre: 15071

Catalogue: Sociology

Mots-clés: Sandford Cathy Home True Controversy British Politics Tv Play Poignant Lovers Marriage Struggle Homeless 32530 Sociology

SAYERS, DOROTHY L.

The Mysterious English. (Macmilllan War Pamphlets No.10).

London: Macmillan & Co.Ltd, 1941. 1st edition. "The Englishman's offensive feeling of superiority over aliens is largely due to the recollection that England was a nation before other peoples had grown out of being tribes, or clans, or bits and pieces of the Roman Empire.".."Our Empire came to be not out of a desire for conquest, but out of a love of collection souvenirs. Yet there is an English patriotism, and what Miss Sayers says of it must be read in her own words." This pamphlet records a speech delivered in London. Pp.31, spotting to closed page edges encroaching on to margins but only occasional minor spotsaffecting text. Orange and blue stiff card covers rubbed with grubby marks to rear. G+.

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N° du livre: 50597

Catalogue: Sociology

Mots-clés: Dorothy L Sayers Mysterious English Macmillan War Pamphlets Patriotism Englishness England Politics 52069 Sociology

SCHARF, BETTY R.

The Sociological Study of Religion.

London: Hutchinson University Library. 1970. 1st ed. "Reviews the major theories relating religious practice to social structure and analyses the social functions of religion". Pp 190. Name to fep. P/b. Slight creasing to front cover. Illustrated cover. G+.

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N° du livre: 19426

Catalogue: Sociology

Mots-clés: Scharf Sociological Study Religion Community Church A14382 Sociology

SHIPMAN, M.D.

Sociology of the School.

London: Longman, 1973. "Designed to help the teacher who is in charge of coloured immigrants. Full account of the social background and deals with the social and educational problems and pressures." Pp, 195. P/b, illustrated cover. G+.

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N° du livre: 11208

Catalogue: Sociology

Mots-clés: Shipman Sociology School Immigrants Educational Promlems A3630 Sociology

SHORTALL, SALLY, BRANDTH, BERIT AND VERSTAD, BERIT.

Sociologia Ruralis. Vol.38. No 3 December 1998. The Empowerment of Farm Women.

Oxford: Blackwell, 1998. "In August 1997, the authors organized a session on farm women at the Conference of the European Society for Rural Sociology..The present issue clearly represents the progress in sociological research on farm women and the new directions it has taken.. The articles illustrate a variety of forms of organizational change, in some cases instigated by governments, in other cases by voluntary organizations and sometimes by women.." Pp.189 with b/w illustrations. P/b with illustrated cover. G+.

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N° du livre: 21829

Catalogue: Sociology

Mots-clés: Shortall Brandth Verstad Sociologia Ruralis Vol 38 No3 December 1998 Empowerment Farm Women Sociology A17373 Sociology

SIMPSON, GEORGE.

Man in Society. Preface to Sociology and the Social Sciences.

New York: Random House. 1962. "For those of us whose interest in social science is of long standing and is expressed in the classroom, is a stimulating treatment of basic issues with which we are deeply and daily concerned". Pp 90. Spotting to page edges. P/b. Spine faded. Illustrated cover. G+.

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N° du livre: 16822

Catalogue: Sociology

Mots-clés: Simpson Man Society Preface Sociology Social Science A11457 Sociology

SUMNER, WILLIAM GRAHAM.

Folkways. A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals.

Boston: Ginn & Company, 1913. Revised edition. Contents include: I. Fundamental Notions of the Folkways and of the Mores; II. Characteristics of the Mores; III.The Struggle for Existence; IV. Labor, Wealth; V. Societal Selection; VI. Slavery; VII. Abortion, Infanticide, Killing the Old; VIII. Cannibalism; IX. Sex Mores; X. The Marriage Institution; XI. The Social Codes; XII. Incest; XIII. Kinship, Blood Revenge, Primitive Justice, Peace Unions; XIV. Uncleanness and the Evil Eye; XV. The Mores can make Anything Right and Prevent Condemnation of Anything; XVI. Sacral Harlotry, Child Sacrifice; XVII. Popular Sports, Exhibitions, Drama; XVIII. Asceticism; XIX. Education, History; XX. Life Policy, Virtue vs Success. Pp.viii/692, portrait frontispiece, owner's name to front free endpaper, toning to closed page edges. Green cloth, gilt title to front and spine, wear to top and tail of spine and edges, boards a little rubbed. Good.

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N° du livre: 45694

Catalogue: Sociology

Mots-clés: Sumner Folkways Sociological Manners Customs Mores Morals Slavery Abortion Infanticide Cannibalism Sex Mores Marriage Social Codes Incest Kinship Blood Revenge Evil Eye 47233 Sociology

THOMSON, MARY HORNER.

Environment and Efficiency. A Study in the Records of Industrial Schools and Orphanages.

London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1912. 1st edition. Birmingham Studies in Social Economics and Adjacent Fields Volume I. (Edited by Professor W.J.Ashley). Pp.x/100, signed by the editor Walter Ashley to front free endpaper, a few light spots. Blue stiff card covers rubbed with wear to spine. G+.

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N° du livre: 43146

Catalogue: Sociology

Mots-clés: Mary Horner Thomson Environment Efficiency Records Industrial Schools Orphanages Birmingham Social Economics Institutional Training Heredity 44485 Sociology

TOYNBEE, POLLY.

Lost Children. The Story of Adopted Children Searching for Their Mothers.

London: Hutchinson, 1985. 0091604400. 1st ed. "Polly Toynbee, the journalist and author, has spent three years researching and writing this investigation. It is not a 'sociological' work, in the narrow sense of that term, although she comes to some rather hard-hitting conclusions. Rather it is a series of thrilling stories which portray people at their most determined and their most vulnerable, engaged on a search of supreme importance to them and revealing truths about the blood-ties which bind us all." Pp.6/199. Black cloth, d/w. VG/VG.

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N° du livre: 30654

Catalogue: Sociology

Mots-clés: Toynbee Lost Children Adopted Children Searching Mothers True Stories Case Histories Adoption Tracing 30002 Sociology

TREMLETT, GEORGE.

Homeless - But For St Mungo's.

London: Unwin Hyman, 1989. 0044403445. 1st ed. Written by the former leader of the GLC Housing Group from 1977-1981. "George Tremlett focuses on the St Mungo hostels, set up in the mid 1960's to provide accommodation and support for the single homeless in London..The second part of the book is made up of the author's interviews with a handful of St Mungo's residents." Pp.12(introduction by Ken Livingstone)/160, occasional b/w photo portrait plates. Black cloth, d/w. VG/VG.

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N° du livre: 32284

Catalogue: Sociology

Mots-clés: Tremlett Homeless St Mungos Hostel London Social History Livingstone 32051 Sociology

WATSON, TONY J.

Sociology, Work and Industry.

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1980. 1st ed. Designed as a text for sociology and social science students .. this book gives an account of current thinking in the sociology of work and industry. Pp. 18/308, ex libris mark to title page. Black cloth, gilt title to spine, d/w has clear film overwrap with sticky mark to front. G+/G+.

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N° du livre: 18999

Catalogue: Sociology

Mots-clés: Watson Sociology Work Industry Social Science A14334 Sociology

WILKINSON, HELEN AND MULGAN, GEOFF.

Freedom's Children: Work, relationships and politics for 18-34 year olds in Britain today.

London: Demos, 1995. "Drawing on extensive new data from the British Household Panel Study and MORI Socioconsult, this report descrbes in detail the lifestyles and values of the generation born in the 1960s and 1970s, including everything from violence to ambition, equal opportunities to political activism etc." Pp.160, owner's name to fep. P/b. G+.

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N° du livre: 21842

Catalogue: Sociology

Mots-clés: Wilkinson Mulgan Freedoms Children Work Relationships Politics 18 34 Year Olds Britain Today British Household Panel Mori Socioconsult Demos Sociology A17334 Sociology