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Paperback. In the tradition of Dava Sobel's 'Longitude' comes sailing expert David Barrie's compelling and dramatic tale of invention and discovery - an eloquent elegy to one of the most important navigational instruments ever created, and the daring mariners who used it to explore, conquer, and map the world. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HBTM; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007516582
- ISBN
- 9780007516582
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.92
€ 17.99
€ 12.92
Paperback. A collection of lectures delivered by the author throughout Canada and Europe. Irigaray covers major issues in religion, the law, psychoanalysis and literature, analyzing sexual difference according to what she terms the double dimension of gender and ideology. Translator(s): Gill, Gillian C. Num Pages: 192 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HBTG; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 221 x 12. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231070331
- ISBN
- 9780231070331
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.81
€ 33.99
€ 24.81
Hardback. Sexual exploitation was and is a critical feature of enslavement. Across many different societies, slaves were considered to own neither their bodies nor their children, even if many struggled to resist. This book tells the history of slavery and bondage to take sexuality seriously. Editor(s): Campbell, Gwyn; Elbourne, Elizabeth. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 157 x 49. Weight in Grams: 944.
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821420966
- ISBN
- 9780821420966
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.82
€ 96.82
Hardback. A sophisticated analysis of changing views of political virtue in the 18th century and the origins of the modern dilemma over probity and suitability for high public office Series: The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-century Culture & History. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 238 x 27. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300208450
- ISBN
- 9780300208450
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.81€ 63.79
€ 82.81
€ 63.79
paperback. Since pre-colonial days, America has been both torn apart and united by love, sex, and marriage across racial boundaries. This title provides a historical foundation for contemporary discussions of sex across racial lines, which, despite the numbers of interracial marriages and multiracial children, remains a controversial issue. Editor(s): Hodes, Martha. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBTB; JFCX; JFF; JFSJ; JFSL1; JMU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814735572
- ISBN
- 9780814735572
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.26
€ 38.99
€ 35.26
Paperback. This study of the regulation of sexuality in the Qing dynasty explores the social context for sexual behavior criminalized by the state, showing how regulation shifted away from status to a new regime of gender that mandated a uniform standard of sexual morality and criminal liability for all people, regardless of their social status. Series: Law, Society & Culture in China. Num Pages: 440 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ; LNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804745598
- ISBN
- 9780804745598
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.83
€ 33.99
€ 30.83
Paperback. "Sex Without Consent" explores the experience, prosecution and meaning of rape in American history from the time of the early contact between Europeans and Native Americans to the present. Editor(s): Smith, Merril D., Ph.D. Num Pages: 380 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; JFFE2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 380
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814797891
- ISBN
- 9780814797891
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73
Paperback. From the dawn of time, power has been an aphrodisiac. The royal mistress, having conquered a king, often ran his kingdom, wielding her sexuality as a sceptre. This book explores the position of royal mistress at European Courts, and the fascinating women who filled it. Series: P.S. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBTB; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 136 x 21. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- William Morrow Paperbacks
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780060585440
- ISBN
- 9780060585440
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.45
€ 13.00
€ 11.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HBTS; JFFE2; KCL; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- With a new preface by the author
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231180337
- ISBN
- 9780231180337
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.63
€ 26.99
€ 20.63
Paperback. By the middle of the nineteenth century, the public had had enough of sex and death. This title offers a new way to understand sensationalism in both newspapers and reform movements. Num Pages: 232 pages, 5 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBTB; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226021539
- ISBN
- 9780226021539
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.92
€ 34.99
€ 27.92
Hardcover. Offers a way to understand sensationalism in newspapers and reform movements. This title explains how the social and political realities of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century society changed, slowly marginalizing this kind of journalism in favor of a ethical style that demonstrated the significance of race, and gender, to its readers. Num Pages: 232 pages, 5 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBTB; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226021362
- ISBN
- 9780226021362
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.64€ 79.10
€ 94.64
€ 79.10
Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTS; JFFE2; JFMX; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231172622
- ISBN
- 9780231172622
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.30€ 90.10
€ 118.30
€ 90.10
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTS; JFFE2; JFMX; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 267 x 16. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231172639
- ISBN
- 9780231172639
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.15
€ 40.99
€ 29.15
Paperback. Offers insights into the potential for sex education to address adolescent challenges, particularly for girls. This book illuminates the tensions between and among adults and youth attempting to make sense of sex in a society that was then, as much as today, both sex-phobic and sex-saturated. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252075315
- ISBN
- 9780252075315
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.53
€ 30.99
€ 27.53
Hardcover. Demonstrates that the intersection between race, gender, and class formed the backbone of Progressive-Era debates over sex education, the policing of sexuality, and the prevention of venereal disease. Series: Gender and Race in American History. Num Pages: 228 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBTB; JFSJ; JFSL; JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 241 x 19. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Rochester Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580465359
- ISBN
- 9781580465359
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.09
€ 98.09
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Melbourne University Press Australia
- Number of pages
- 255
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780522866551
- ISBN
- 9780522866551
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 87.16
€ 87.16
Hardback. Sexuality in modern western culture is central to identity but the tendency to define by sexuality does not apply to the premodern past. Series: Themes in History. Num Pages: 210 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHBK5. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745625225
- ISBN
- 9780745625225
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.84
€ 72.84
Paperback. Sex and the Weimar Republic shows how, in Weimar Germany, the citizen's right to sexual freedom came with a duty to keep sexuality private, non-commercial, and respectable. Series: German & European Studies. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; HBTB; JFSK; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442626577
- ISBN
- 9781442626577
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.36
€ 40.99
€ 36.36
Paperback. Eric Berkowitz evokes the entire sweep of Western sex law, from the savage impalement of an Ancient Mesopotamian adulteress to the imprisonment of Oscar Wilde in 1895 for 'gross indecency'. Num Pages: 476 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHBK5; LAZ; LNFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 199 x 36. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publisher
- The Westbourne Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 476
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908906106
- ISBN
- 9781908906106
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.52
€ 16.99
€ 14.52
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HBT; JHM; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 26. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783780563
- ISBN
- 9781783780563
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.03
€ 17.99
€ 13.03
Paperback. A study of law and imperialism, this title argues that modern settler sovereignty emerged when settlers in North America and Australia defined indigenous theft and violence as crime. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 328 pages, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1MBF; HBTQ; JFSL9; LNDC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674061880
- ISBN
- 9780674061880
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.81
€ 34.99
€ 29.81
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; DSB; HBG; HBTB; HBW; HBWQ; JFSK2; JFSL9; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816690602
- ISBN
- 9780816690602
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.51
€ 30.99
€ 27.51
Hardback. Presents historical perspectives on the theory, practices, and policies of nutrition science in Western Europe and the United States from the 1860s to the 1960s. Editor(s): Neswald, Elizabeth; Smith, David F.; Thoms, Ulrike. Num Pages: 238 pages, 11 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFF; MBNH3; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 165 x 22. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580465762
- ISBN
- 9781580465762
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Paperback. This book offers a comparative analysis of the major systems of servitude present in the world since 1500. Slavery, serfdom, debt bondage, indentured service and convict labour all provided labour and service through the legal subjection of one person to another, but remained very different. Series: Themes in History. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; HBTS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745617305
- ISBN
- 9780745617305
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.46
€ 28.46