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Paperback. aeo Provides an ethnographically rich account of sociolinguistic variation in an adolescent population. aeo Shows how local processes coincide with the global patterning of variation with class, gender and age. aeo Uncovers the nature of social meaning and the dynamics of influence in variation. Series: Language in Society. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFB; CFD; JFSP1; JFSP2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631186045
ISBN
9780631186045
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.60

Hardback. Based on two years of sociolinguistic and ethnographic fieldwork in one school, supplemented by shorter periods of fieldwork in three other schools, this study focuses on the polarized social categories, the 'jocks' and the 'burnouts', that dominate social organization in all of these schools. Series: Language in Society. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFB; CFD; JFSP1; JFSP2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631186038
ISBN
9780631186038
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 152.50

Paperback. A collection of Peruvian and other early Andean textiles. It includes rare and exquisite pieces, many of great iconographic and technical importance, ranging in date from the Paracas to the Inka and Colonial periods, 200 BC to the late 18th century AD. Series: Fabric Folios. Num Pages: 88 pages, 100 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; AFW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 230 x 8. Weight in Grams: 372. Series: Fabric Folios. 88 pages, 100 colour illustrations. A collection of Peruvian and other early Andean textiles. It includes rare and exquisite pieces, many of great iconographic and technical importance, ranging in date from the Paracas to the Inka and Colonial periods, 200 BC to the late 18th century AD. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KLSX; AFW. Dimension: 225 x 230 x 8. Weight: 368.
Publisher
British Museum Press
Number of pages
88
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714125848
ISBN
9780714125848
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.60

paperback. Num Pages: 279 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly. Dimension: 220 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Monthly Review Press United States
Number of pages
279
Condition
New
SKU
V9781583670477
ISBN
9781583670477
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.42

Along with a fresh translation of Azuela's classic novel, this volume offers an introduction setting the work in its historical, literary, and political contexts. Related texts include contemporary reviews of Azuela's work, excerpts from John Reed's "Insurgent Mexico", and selections from Azuela's correspondence. Translator(s): Pellon, Gustavo. Num Pages: 192 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 2ADS; DSB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
174
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872208353
ISBN
9780872208353
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

Paperback. In the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, at the high tide of imperial struggles in North America, an indigenous empire built by Comanche Indians rose to dominate the fiercely contested lands of the American Southwest, the southern Great Plains, and northern Mexico. This book uncovers the lost story of Comanches. Series: The Lamar Series in Western History. Num Pages: 512 pages, 12 black-&-white illustrations + 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 618.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300151176
ISBN
9780300151176
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.88

Paperback. Presents 29 texts, beginning with "Immortality in the Light of Synechism", in which the author proposes synechism, tendency to regard everything as continuous, as a key advance over the 3 'isms' materialism, idealism, and dualism, and ending with the author's unfinished investigations of the relative merits of different kinds of reasoning. Editor(s): Peirce, Charles S. Num Pages: 624 pages, 6 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBH; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 40. Weight in Grams: 888.
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
640
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253211903
ISBN
9780253211903
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.25

Hardback. Through the perspectives of mass politics, this book challenges popular misconceptions about Asian Americans as politically apathetic, disloyal, fragmented, unsophisticated and inscrutable. Num Pages: 284 pages, 47 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHV; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415934640
ISBN
9780415934640
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 223.72

Paperback. Asian Americans are widely believed to be passive and compliant participants in the US political process if they participate at all. This book maps the actions and strategies of Asian Americans as they negotiate a space in the American political arena. It shows how race, ethnicity, and trans nationalism led to a complex American electorate. Num Pages: 296 pages, 21 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566398954
ISBN
9781566398954
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 34.12

Hardcover. Despite Reconstruction, Jim Crow, and pervasive discrimination, a substantial number of African Americans entered the middle class before World War I. This was a life of college graduations, formal weddings, and singing around the piano in the parlor. Peggy Wood was born into such a world in 1912. This is her memoir. Num Pages: 152 pages, 17 black-&-white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; JFFJ; JFSL; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815608776
ISBN
9780815608776
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 12.76

Paperback. Editor(s): Dolan, Jill. Series: Triangulations: Lesbian/Gay/Queer Theater/Drama/Performance. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ANB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
The University of Michigan Press United States
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472034147
ISBN
9780472034147
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.63

Paperback. Num Pages: 126 pages, 48 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBFN; VXQG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 9. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
126
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764339868
ISBN
9780764339868
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.17

Paperback. Examines the nature of campus life today and the possibility of creating a rape-free campus culture Num Pages: 254 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFE2; JFSJ2; JMH; JNMN. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
New York University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814740385
ISBN
9780814740385
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.58

Paperback. An amazing, best of collection of writing by beloved Wall Street Journal columnist and New York Times bestselling author Peggy Noonan. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGHA; DNJ; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Little, Brown & Company
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781455563135
ISBN
9781455563135
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.86

Hardback. An amazing, best of collection of writing by beloved Wall Street Journal columnist and New York Times bestselling author Peggy Noonan. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 38. Weight in Grams: 680.
Publisher
Little, Brown & Company United States
Number of pages
400
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Complete Numbers Starting with 1, 1st Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781455563111
ISBN
9781455563111
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 30.89

Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 8. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HR; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 166 x 26. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The New Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781595581693
ISBN
9781595581693
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.06

Paperback. Increasing numbers of migrants continue to participate in the political, social, and economic lives of their countries of origin even as they put down roots in the USA. This work offers an account of how ordinary people keep their feet in two worlds and create communities that span borders. Num Pages: 294 pages, 3 maps. 14 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; JFSL3; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
294
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520228139
ISBN
9780520228139
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.47

Hardback. An important analysis of how the 1994 Howard decision on the Williams Treaties was based on erroneous cultural assumptions that favoured public over special rights. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBCO; 3JJPR; JFSL9; LNDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 5969 x 4039. Weight in Grams: 621.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774815123
ISBN
9780774815123
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 44.75

Hardcover. The Norfolk museum that would one day bear the Chrysler name was always a good museum of its kind, home to a respectable collection serving a smallish city. This work paints a vivid picture of this provincial museum's transformation into one of the finest art museums on the East Coast. It also delivers a portrait of Walter Chrysler. Num Pages: 160 pages, 29 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; AGC; GM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813927183
ISBN
9780813927183
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.27

Paperback. Num Pages: 255 pages, 200 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBNT; BM; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 205 x 19. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S. United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
255
Condition
New
SKU
V9780873516402
ISBN
9780873516402
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.31

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