Social Sciences from Diversity Books, IOBA

London: Souvenir Press, 1974. xii, 434pp., plus 16 page b/white photographically-illustrated section. B/white illustrations intext. Colour map illustrated endpapers. Book clean, square. Spine firm, bright gilt title there-on. Plain brown boards very good. Red remainder mark to foot of textblock, else leaves lightly edge-tanned. Illustrated dustjacket has some edgewear, edge creasing, and tanning at head of reverse (inner) surface.… Read more about this item

Abingdon, Oxford, United Kingdom: Routledge, 2009. viii, 272pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean and unmarked, several small corner creases. Illustrated card wrapper has soft corner creases to lower front panel, minimal edgewear. From the rear panel: "Conceived in the immediate aftermath of the humiliations and killings of prisoners in Afghanistan and Iraq, of the suicides and hunger… Read more about this item

Clayton, Victoria, Australia: Monash University Publishing , 2015. xxxiii, + 323pp. B/white maps and halftone illustrations. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Signed on half-title page by (Editor) Julie Fenley, and three contributors - Julie Constable, Jillian Durance and Cheryl Glowrey, else leaves clean and unmarked. Illustrated card wrapper negligibly edgeworn, soft corner crease to rear panel. Series: Monash studies… Read more about this item

London and New York (Printed in the U.K.): Bloomsbury, 2017. (xviii), + 297pp. Unpaginated, colour, and b/white halftone plate section. Book clean and square. Spine firm, bright gilt title there-on. Plain, fawn-coloured boards undamaged. Line-drawn map section, textblock unmarked. Colour, photographically-illustrated (photo: David Cayless) dustjacket nominally edgeworn only. "In 'Affluence without Abundance', anthropologist James Suzman asks whether understanding how… Read more about this item

New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007. xxvii, + 540pp. Intext tables. Book clean and square. Vivid silver title over firm spine. Plain blue boards undamaged. Textblock unmarked. Illustrated dustjacket nominally edgeworn only. From the rear panel: "Government think tanks around the world are working on policies on how to meet the challenges of the 21st century. Rosefielde and Mills's… Read more about this item

Canberra, A.C.T., Australia: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1986. v. + 70pp., illustrated throughout: b/white halftone plate author portrait, plus sketch-drawings by Rod Gregory. Saddle-stitched, staplebound format. Staples tight, and very slightly rusted. Illustrated card wrapper lightly bumped only. Textblock unmarked. This title consists of a selection of speeches given by Barry O. (Owen) Jones (b. 1932) during 1984 and… Read more about this item

Gippsland, Victoria, Australia: (Authors), via Gippsland Insitute, 1989. iii, + 103pp. Illustrated throughout: b/white halftone plates, a line-drawn track map, plus numerous tables. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Illustrated limp card wrapper undamaged. Textblock unmarked. The authors have lengthy experience observing biker oriented recreational events, ideally placing them to comment on the healthy and positive approaches by all… Read more about this item

Boston, MA, U.S.A.: Tuttle Publishing, 2000. ix, + 214pp. Book clean and square. Vivid silver title over firm spine. Plain blue, original cloth boards undamaged. A place and date written in margin of colophon page, else textblock unmarked. Illustrated dustjacket minimally edgeworn only. This first English edition translated from the French by Hannah Taieb. From the jacket flap:… Read more about this item

Victoria, Australia: Women's Policy Co-Ordination Unit Department of Premier and Cabinet , 1985. iii, + 284pp., plus (xii). Book clean and square. Spine firm. Illustrated card wrapper lightly edgeworn and creased on foredge corners, mildly marked. Textblock minimally flecked on edges, else leaves unmarked. The Domestic Violence Committee that delivered this report was first convened by the Department of… Read more about this item

South Yarra, VIC, Australia: Macmillan Australia, 1998. x, + 446pp., intext tables, and several cartoon-style illustrations throughout. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Illustrated card wrapper lightly bumped and edgeworn only. Half-title page corner-clipped, else textblock unmarked. This book is about marriage and the family in Australia, as moulded by our culture (up to publication date). From the rear… Read more about this item

Melbourne, VIC, Australia: F.W. Cheshire Publishing , 1969. xi, + 170pp., intext tables and line-drawn figures, Book clean and square. Spine firm, minimally bumped on head and heel. Plain black boards undamaged. Textblock unmarked. Illustrated dustjacket very lightly edgeworn only. " . . . this important study fills the need for a first-hand sociological analysis of the structures and… Read more about this item

Canberra, A.C.T., Australia: Commonwealth Department of Health, 1970. (ii), + 14pp. Small, intext b/white sketch illustrations, plus several tables, throughout. Saddle-stitched, staple-bound booklet. Staples clean and tight. Booklet square. Printed limp wrapper undamaged. Textblock unmarked. A concise guide to the Australian health benefits system as it applied in 1970 . . . Contents include: Foreword (A.J. Forbes, Minister for… Read more about this item

Basingstoke & London, United Kingdom: Macmillan Press, 1995. viii, + 179pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Printed card wrapper nominally bumped and edgeworn only. Textblock unmarked. " . . . offers a lively, discursive and jargon-free introduction to sociology, acessible to the lay reader as well as to the student . . . " Contents include: Prelims., Preface, 7… Read more about this item

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1975. viii, + 209pp., unpaginated b/white halftone plate sections (all called-for plates extant and attached). Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over lightly bumped spine. Minor biopredation on foot, else red boards undamaged. Textblock top edge tinted red, else textblock unmarked. Colour-art illustrated (Detail- 'The Last Judgement', by Hieronymus Bosch) dustjacket lightly edgeworn, with slight biopredation… Read more about this item

Cumbria, England: Wisdom Publications, 1984. 111pp., colour photographic (by the author) and line-drawn (Tibetan artists) illustrations. Introduction by Thubten Jigme Norbu. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated, flapped card wrapper has a couple of very small, soft corner creases. From the rear panel: "American anthropologist Peter Gold has an abiding love for travelling the globe and delving into… Read more about this item

North Ryde, N.S.W., Australia: Methuen Australia, 1985. 438pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm, mildly sunned, title clearly legible. Previous owner's details to half-title page, several faint foxing spots, else leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper (covered, by previous owner, in permanent plastic film) very good. From the rear panel: " . . . the first comprehensive attempt to address varied questions… Read more about this item

London: Virgin Books, 2003. viii, + 280pp, two unpaginated plate sections of colour and b/white halftone illustrations. Book clean and square. Vivid silver title over nominally bumped spine. Black boards undamaged. Textblock unmarked. Illustrated dustjacket lightly edgworn only. Written by an 18 year British SAS veteran, Barry Davies, this title is the first complete guide to a phenomenon that affects… Read more about this item

Ringwood, VIC, Australia: Viking (Penguin Group), 1992. xi, + 353pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm, white title there-on. Plain black boards undamaged. Very minor foxing to text-block edges, else leaves clean. Illustrated dustjacket has a small area of loss to head of spine, very small edge stain to reverse. From the jacket flap: "Beginning with a startling and unsettling set… Read more about this item

Carlton, Vic, Australia: Melbourne University Press, 1982. 103pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Printed card wrapper surface rubbed on spine. A stand-alone No.18 in 'The Second Century in Australian Education' series (General Editor: R.J.W. Selleck). From the rear cover: " . . . Professor Crittenden debates whether some form of common curriculum, far from offending the values of… Read more about this item

USA: McGraw Hill College, 1999. xxi, + 314pp., b/white photographic illustrations and figures. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper very good. A stand-alone volume in the McGraw-Hill Anthropology Series. Contents include: Preface, About the Author, 14 chapters, Glossary, Bibliography, Acks., Index. Book weight approx. 485g.. International Edition. Softcover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" -… Read more about this item