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Paperback. This is a social, cultural, and medical history of transsexuality in the US. It tells a human story about people who had a deep and unshakeable desire to transform their bodily sex. Num Pages: 400 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; JFSJ5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 28. Weight in Grams: 578.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674013797
ISBN
9780674013797
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 32.81

Paperback. Presents the attacks on the United States in historical perspective. This volume comments on the dangers of seeing the events of September 11 as splitting the nation's history into "before" and "after." It argues eloquently that no useful understanding of the present is possible without an unobstructed view of the past. Editor(s): Rosenzweig, Roy. Series: Critical Perspectives on the Past Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 19 b&w illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; GTB; HBJK; HBLX; JFSR2; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781592132034
ISBN
9781592132034
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.62

Paperback. Exploring the origins of welfare in the context of local politics, this book examines the first welfare policy created specifically for mother-only families in Chicago in 1911. This revealing study shows how assumptions about women's roles have historically shaped public policy. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, 8 halftones, 14 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; JFF; JFSJ1; JKSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226303932
ISBN
9780226303932
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.74

Paperback. A look at how the modern woman was envisioned in postrevolutionary Mexican popular culture and how she figured in contestations over Mexican national identity. Num Pages: 216 pages, 68 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 228 x 18. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822342380
ISBN
9780822342380
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.32

Paperback. Editor(s): Rimpell, Joanne D. Num Pages: 86 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKVQ; LNFJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 149 x 227 x 7. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
86
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781621004981
ISBN
9781621004981
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.68
€ 48.84

Paperback. A passionate call for Native peoples to decolonize their own concepts and self-determination projects Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ; JFSL9; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5983 x 3971 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822348511
ISBN
9780822348511
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.47

Paperback. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWN; FA; FRD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509830657
ISBN
9781509830657
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.09

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJPR; BM; JFSJ1; KNTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 18. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408833971
ISBN
9781408833971
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.23

Hardback. This book examines the failure of truth commissions in Uganda and Haiti and develops a rigorous framework to evaluate truth commissions around the world. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 maps, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1HFGU; 1KJH; JPA; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774818469
ISBN
9780774818469
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.77

Paperback. This first in-depth English-language study of Argentine fiction films released since the mid-1990s explains how they have registered Argentina s recent experience of capitalism, neoliberalism, and economic crisis. Num Pages: 248 pages, 39 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822344728
ISBN
9780822344728
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.40

Hardback. This first in-depth English-language study of Argentine fiction films released since the mid-1990s explains how they have registered Argentina s recent experience of capitalism, neoliberalism, and economic crisis. Num Pages: 248 pages, 39 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822344575
ISBN
9780822344575
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.75

Hardback. Explores the construction and emergence of 'Bohemia' in American literature and culture. This title presents a study that follows la vie boheme from its earliest expressions in the US until its explosion in Greenwich Village in the 1920s. Num Pages: 480 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 163 x 33. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804760836
ISBN
9780804760836
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.32

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803219274
ISBN
9780803219274
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBCQ; WTHR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 107 x 5. Weight in Grams: 77.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Vehicule Press Canada
Number of pages
88
Condition
New
SKU
V9781550652970
ISBN
9781550652970
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Blue Bike Books Canada
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781926700243
ISBN
9781926700243
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.96

Paperback. Probing the experiences of migrant parents, children in Mexico, and their caregivers, this title offers an account of the lives of families divided by borders. It shows that the difficulties endured by transnational families make it nearly impossible for parents' sacrifices to result in the benefits they expect. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16 b/w photographs, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFFN; JFSL4; JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520260900
ISBN
9780520260900
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.92

Hardback. Antiwar protest has long been an under-reported component of the Civil War story. "Heaven Will Frown on Such a Cause as This" traces the life stories of six men in northern states who denounced the war against the Confederacy. These men were called "copperheads" by their opponents, but they labeled themselves "Peace Democrats." Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761819974
ISBN
9780761819974
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.79

Hardcover. Luxurious Citizens traces the ways in which Americans tied consumer desire to the national interest between 1789 and 1865 and reveals how the nation transformed individual desires for goods into an index of civic worth, placing unbridled consumption at the heart of their modern political economy. Series: America in the Nineteenth Century. Num Pages: 296 pages, 16 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; JFFT; KCP; KCZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 33. Weight in Grams: 618.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812248920
ISBN
9780812248920
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.96

Paperback. Takes us on a series of delightful trips, lending exciting perspectives to Pine Barrens, the underappreciated regions. This book introduces us to amphibians and reptiles, neotropical migrants and other birds, and a range of unusual mammals. It is useful for those concerned with the history and preservation of these landscapes and their wildlife. Num Pages: 352 pages, 91 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813537948
ISBN
9780813537948
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.37

Hardback. Cites writings about women in American music, covering the period from 1776-1976. A total of 1,305 books and articles are included. Num Pages: 191 pages, Plans, transparencies, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AV; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 148 x 16. Weight in Grams: 317.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1978
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
191
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810811058
ISBN
9780810811058
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.94

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