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Hardback. While poverty persists as a major social problem, Canadians are increasingly framing their concerns over poverty and its consequences as issues of human rights and citizenship. This volume examines the ideas and practices of human rights, citizenship, legislation, and institution-building that are crucial to addressing poverty in this country. Editor(s): Young, Margot; Boyd, Susan B.; Brodsky, Gwen; Day, Shelagh. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFFA; JPVH; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 712.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774812870
ISBN
9780774812870
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.38

Paperback. Num Pages: 528 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; AFW; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 29. Weight in Grams: 664.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Edition
Univ of Texas PR ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292777149
ISBN
9780292777149
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 43.81

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803211483
ISBN
9780803211483
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 32.14

Paperback. Biography of Olive Oatman Series: Women in the West. Num Pages: 280 pages, 31 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803235175
ISBN
9780803235175
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.85

Paperback. #1 New York Times Bestseller NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE Oscar Nominated For Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay Set amid the civil rights movement, the never-before-told true story of NASA's African-American female mathematicians who played a crucial role in America's space program. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008201326
ISBN
9780008201326
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.37

Paperback. This book explores how whiteness and Indigeneity are articulated through commonplace symbols of Canadian identity and how the work of contemporary artists is subverting these nostalgic accounts of the past. Num Pages: 525 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ; JFSL9; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 748.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
525
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774820264
ISBN
9780774820264
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.12

Hardback. This book explores how whiteness and Indigeneity are articulated through commonplace symbols of Canadian identity and how the work of contemporary artists is subverting these nostalgic accounts of the past. Num Pages: 288 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFC; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774820257
ISBN
9780774820257
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.38

Paperback. Shows how the state systematically came to penalize homosexuality, giving rise to a regime of second-class citizenship that sexual minorities still live under today. This title looks at three key arenas of government control - immigration, the military, and welfare. Series: Politics and Society in Modern America. Num Pages: 296 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBLW; JFSK; JPVH1; JWT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691149936
ISBN
9780691149936
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.15

Hardcover. This text is a look at how the social welfare system in the United States developed, and with what results. It critically assesses how social workers invent themselves as they simultaneously invent their field of knowledge, and in so doing, upsets conventional understandings of social work. Series: Knowledge: Disciplinarity & Beyond S. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813917139
ISBN
9780813917139
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.14

Paperback. Presents a pioneering exploration of Asian American visual art. This title focuses on works produced during the watershed 1990s, when surging Asian immigration had significantly altered the demographic, cultural, and political contours of Asian America, and a renaissance in Asian American art and visual culture was well underway. Series: Objects/Histories. Num Pages: 384 pages, 65 color illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; ACX; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 179 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1108.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822342045
ISBN
9780822342045
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.75

Paperback. Since the 1980s, tattooing has emerged anew in the United States as a widely appealing cultural, artistic, and social form. This title explains how elite tattooists, magazine editors, and leaders of tattoo organizations have downplayed the working-class roots of tattooing in order to make it more palatable for middle-class consumption. Num Pages: 256 pages, 22 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AFY; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Duke University Press
Edition
1st
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822324676
ISBN
9780822324676
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.21

Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; WM; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 708.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Univ Tennessee Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781572331556
ISBN
9781572331556
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.60

Paperback. Presents the life of the wife of the sixth president, covering her early life abroad, her diplomatic mission in Russia, her role as a famous Washington hostess, and her participation in the political and social events of her time. Editor(s): Michelmore, David L. Num Pages: 432 pages, 15 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780300212563
ISBN
9780300212563
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 6.23

Paperback. Num Pages: 118 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JJ; 3JM; BGA; JFFK; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 108.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
PM Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781629631059
ISBN
9781629631059
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.37

Paperback. Based on fieldwork in Haiti and in three cities of the Haitian diaspora - Miami, Montreal, and Paris - this study offers a portrait of the power of faith for immigrants. It explores the struggles and joys of Haitian Catholics in these three very different cities. Num Pages: 302 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1KBBFL; 1KBCQ; 1KJH; HRCC7; JFSL1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520260368
ISBN
9780520260368
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.35

Hardcover. The definitive bible on Mexican home-cooking by Mexico's leading culinary authority, Margarita Carrillo Arronte. Translator(s): Heining, Anne. Num Pages: 704 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 187 x 276 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1962.
Publisher
Phaidon Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
y First edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714867526
ISBN
9780714867526
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 39.05

Paperback. Through a narrative brimming with honesty and grace, Dance Lest We All Fall Down unfolds the story of how friendship, when combined with courage, insight, and passion, can transform dreams of a better world into reality. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFFA; JKSB1; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780295990583
ISBN
9780295990583
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.20

With the thoroughness and resourcefulness that characterize the earlier volumes, she recounts the rich history of the courageous and resolute women determined to realize their scientific ambitions. Num Pages: 448 pages, 53, 36 black & white halftones, 17 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSJ1; PDX; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 241 x 20. Weight in Grams: 768.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421402338
ISBN
9781421402338
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 110.16

Paperback. With the thoroughness and resourcefulness that characterize the earlier volumes, she recounts the rich history of the courageous and resolute women determined to realize their scientific ambitions. Num Pages: 448 pages, 53, 36 black & white halftones, 17 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSJ1; PDX; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 646.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421403632
ISBN
9781421403632
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 45.50

Paperback. Rossiter proves that despite frustrating obstacles created by the patriarchal structure and values of universities, government, and industry, women scientists made genuine contributions to their fields, grew in professional stature, and laid the foundation for the breakthroughs that followed 1972. Num Pages: 624 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJP; JFFJ; JFSJ1; P. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 862.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Maryland
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
624
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801857119
ISBN
9780801857119
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.25

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