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Paperback. Concerns about power, its use and abuse, have been at the centre of Margaret Randall's work for more than fifty years. And over time Randall has acquired a power all her own, as her unique ability to observe, consider, and distil experience has drawn read Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803234772
ISBN
9780803234772
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.55

Hardback. Covering eight decades and featuring the work of over fifty poets from diverse backgrounds born between 1902 and 1981, Only the Road / Solo el Camino is the most complete bilingual anthology of Cuban poetry available to an English readership. Editor(s): Randall, Margaret. Translator(s): Randall, Margaret. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 2AB; 2ADSL; DCQ; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 840.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822362081
ISBN
9780822362081
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.97

Hardback. Margaret Randall explores the Cuban Revolution's impact on the outside world, tracing Cuba's international outreach in healthcare, disaster relief, education, literature, art, liberation struggles, and sports to show how this outreach is a fundamental characteristic of the Revolution and of Cuban society. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJC; GTF; HBJK; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822363842
ISBN
9780822363842
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.28

Paperback. Num Pages: 293 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
293
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813108377
ISBN
9780813108377
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.58

Hardcover. This text traces the halting rise of a pluralistic attitude in hiring and promotion procedures within the federal government. It reveals how circumstances in each of these eras shaped how federal managers conceptualized merit for female and African-American workers from 1933 through 1953. Num Pages: 312 pages, 7 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; JFFJ; JFSJ; JFSL; JHBL; JPHV; JPQB; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820323626
ISBN
9780820323626
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.81

Hardback. Editor(s): Katz, Esther; Hajo, Cathy Moran; Engelman, Peter C. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGH; JFMX; JFSJ1; MBNH4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1134.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
720
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252040382
ISBN
9780252040382
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.47

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

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
€ 45.85

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. 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

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. 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

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. 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: 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

€ 37.99
€ 33.60

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
€ 26.40

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

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. 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
€ 22.30

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

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