Search Results: Sociology from Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA

(London, Geoffrey Cumberlege for the Oxford University Press, 1950). 8vo; original blue cloth; dustwrapper; pp. (vi) + 221; tables; appendices; folding map. Dustwrapper a little edgeworn; slight browning to endpapers and edges. Very good condition. "This Report is based on two years' research work carried out at the Dunlop factory at Durban by the Department of Economics, University of Natal. It deals with the behaviour and performance of the African worker in the factory, and with the influences, outside of working routine and factory discipline, which shape behaviour patterns and affect performance." .

(Pretoria: Human Sciences Research Council, 1993) 0796914966. 283 x 200 mm; pictorial wrappers; pp. xi + 271; several graphs and tables. Wrappers slightly rubbed, with trace of curl to bottom fore-corner of upper cover. Very good condition. "The violence associated with the hostel/township conflict is the result of a complex set of factors. Competition between emerging political groups undoubtedly explains much of the present violence in South Africa. However, there are a number of other factors such as social, demographic, economic and ethnic issues; various structural realities; crime, and aspects of policing which impact on the violence generally and more specifically on the hostel/township conflict. Some of the key issues around hostels associated with high levels of violence include overcrowding, inadequate facilities, high levels of unemployment, and a high rate of political mobilisation which increases levels of political competition between hostel residents and the surrounding… Read More

(Jerusalem: Agricultural Settlement Department, 1960). Catalogue title from upper cover. 4to; original green boards; pp. (i) +45 (printed recto's); tables. Boards rubbed and a little bumped; hand-stamp in Hebrew characters to front free endpaper, rear pastedown and Contents page; ownership inscriptions to front free endpaper and elsewhere; regular, light browning; minor foxing. Good. A description of the moshav, or small-holders' cooperative settlement, system in Israel, in which individual families on their farms are separate economic and social units, but purchasing and marketing of agricultural commodities and crops is conducted cooperatively. The focus in this case study is on the villages in Lakhish. .

(Stellenbosch: Pro Ecclesia-Drukkery, 1946). 8vo; original green cloth, lettered in black on spine and upper cover; pp. ix + (i) + 318; several tables, incl. large, folding. Trace of wear to extremities; earlier owner's name signed on front free endpaper; foxing to endpapers, edges and outermost leaves, occasional fox spot elsewhere. Very good condition. Afrikaans text. Uncommon. Samuel Pauw (1909-1974) was an Afrikaner academic who contributed to the work of the Carnegie Commission, whose report on the so-called 'Poor White Problem' was released in 1932. His continuing interest in the economic development of the Afrikaner is reflected in 'Die beroepsarbeid van die Afrikaner in die stad'. "His thesis, published in revised form as 'Die beroepsarbeid van die Afrikaner in die stad' (1946), was a notable contribution in the field of the social sciences." - DSAB V, p. 569 .

(London: Edward Arnold, 1973) 0713156775. 225 x 148 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. (viii) + 288, incl. index; maps, graphs, tables and diagrams. Earlier owner's name signed on half-title and inside upper cover; faint trace of spotting to edges. Very good condition. "The editors of this volume have presented eleven essays which indicate the practical scope of the geographer's approach to the day-to-day operation of human society. The subjects range from the geographer's studies of air pollution and its control, through a diversity of interrelated physical and human geographical fields, to the role of geographers in politics and political decision-making. ... This volume aims to demonstrate to students of geography the range of applications open to them, and at the same time to indicate to non-geographers the important potential of geographical techniques applied to evaluation and planning." .

(Groningen: J. B. Wolters, 1964). 230 x 143 mm; saddle-stitched card wrappers; pp. 16. Earlier owner's name signed on upper cover. Very good condition. Dutch text. "Rede uitgesproken bij de aanvaarding van het ambt van gewoon hoogleraar in de economische en sociale geografie aan de Rijksuniversiteit te Groningen op Dinsdag 19 Mei 1964." .

(Johannesburg: Rollerbird Press, 2009) 9781920075798. 278 x 208 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. 175; full-colour photographs. Lower cover very slightly scored. Near fine condition. "From the producers of Kaelo - Stories of Hope, the SABC 2 television series that highlights social development in South Africa, comes an inspirational book that shows how ongoing, far-reaching social change is sweeping across South Africa as companies, individuals, non-governmental organisations and government come together to fight against poverty, unemployment and underdevelopment in South Africa." .

(Johannesburg, The South African Institute of International Affairs, 2001). 240 x 165 mm; laminated pictorial wraps; pp. (viii) + 109. Fine condition. "The process of police transformation in societies undergoing transition is an issue of some importance. This has certainly been the case in both South Africa and Northern Ireland where questions of policing change are critical to the success of the process of political compromise as well as the sustainability of post-transition democratic systems. Lessons from police change in South Africa and Northern Ireland also have wider implications. These societies have often been compared in the past and there have been important South African inputs into the Northern Ireland peace process. Contrasting the different approaches to police change may hold lessons for other countries facing similar challenges. This volume also provides an accessible record of the co-operation between the police agencies in both countries during the change period. A… Read More

(London, Faber & Faber, 1992). Pictorial dustwrapper, edges very slightly rubbed, pp. xiii + 272, plates. 'I am writing a book which will electrify England,' Marie Stopes told a friend, 'a book about the plain facts of marriage.' Married Love was published in 1918, sold over a million copies and was translated into 13 languages. Yet its thirty-seven-year-old author, a lecturer in fossil plants, was, she insisted, still a virgin.' ~ ~ 8 .

(Johannesburg: South African Institute of Race Relations, 1990). 210 x 150 mm; pictorial wraps; pp. viii + 54; black-and-white photographs. Very good condition. 'South Africa's cities contain many more families than they do houses. So as many as seven million people, most of them black, have built their own shelters there. What are these shack settlements like? Who runs them? Do people live in them by choice? Where do they get water from? How much business do they contain? This study tries to answer all these questions, drawing extensively on fieldwork in seven shack settlements on the Reef. Mashabela writes about the hopes and fears of shack dwellers, how they mobilise themselves against attempts to remove them, how they organise themselves politically. He talks about poverty and unemployment about attempts to cope with problems like illiteracy, about failure and success. He writes also about the causes and consequences of violence in the shack settlements.' .

(Oxford: Blackwell, 1993) 063113462X. 228 x 152 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. xiii + (i) + 341, incl. index; tables and maps. Wrappers very slightly rubbed, with trace of curl to corners; occasional fox spot. Very good condition. "This is an introduction to those aspects of sociolinguistics broadly described as the sociology of language: the effect of language and dialect differences on societies. ... Written by a leading sociolinguist and teacher, this textbook is a comprehensive and authoritative guide to the field. With the beginner in mind, the author writes in a clear, relaxed style, explaining current theories and giving many examples from all parts of the world." .

(Bristol: [printed by] The Stonebridge Press, 1965). Reprinted from 'Geography', Volume L, Part I, January 1965, pp. 1-17. 247 x 153 mm; side-stitched printed wrappers; pp. 17; tables; maps. Wrappers partially sunned, with earlier owner's name signed on upper cover; staples rusted; some spotting. Good. .

(Johannesburg: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, 2009) 9780620431743. 210 x 145 mm; laminated wrappers; pp. 152; graphs; tables. Very good condition. "This study is an attempt to give an overview of opinion leaders' attitudes regarding a host of issues in contemporary South Africa. It also compares the attitudes and values of opinion leaders with those of the public, and assesses the level of congruence between opinion leaders and the general public. ... [It] should be stressed that this is predominantly an opinion leader study, which implies that generalisations should not be made to the broader South African public. Generalisations are only applicable to opinion leaders in South Africa." .

(Pretoria, Penal Reform League of South Africa, Penal Reform Pamphlet No.4, no date [but circa 1948]). Wraps, pp. 21. .

(London, Heinemann, reprinted, 1983). Paperback, card wraps, a little scuffed and soiled, pp. 430. Text edges slightly soiled. 'why are African nations so poor today? In this book historians of a new generation look back and rediscover the history of peasant prosperity and subsequent improverishment in the eleven states from Zaire to South Africa. They question the conventional wisdom of many development planners who have blamed poverty on the stagnant traditionalism of rural Africans.' .

(Cape Town, Timmins, 1964). Pictorial dustwrapper, little frayed, pp. 161. Owner's name on the front free endpaper, light foxing on the preliminary pages. Experiences of a South African social worker. .