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Hardcover. Examines the reintegration of former child soldiers in Sierra Leone. Based on 18 months of participant-observer ethnographic fieldwork and ten years of follow-up research, this book argues that there is a fundamental disconnect between the Western idea of the child soldier and the individual lived experiences of the child soldiers of Sierra Leone. Num Pages: 223 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, maps, fig. BIC Classification: 1HFDE; JFSP1; JHM; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814724965
- ISBN
- 9780814724965
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.02
€ 91.02
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814725450
- ISBN
- 9780814725450
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€ 31.99€ 29.12
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Paperback. Although the 1969 Stonewall riots in New York City symbolically mark the start of the gay rights movement, individuals came together long before the modern era to express their same-sex romantic and sexual attraction toward one another. This title seeks to uncover the many iterations of same-sex desire in colonial America and the early Republic. Editor(s): Foster, Thomas A. Num Pages: 414 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSJ; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814727508
- ISBN
- 9780814727508
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.49
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Paperback. Focuses on the impact of globalization on children's lives, both in the United States and on the world stage. This work examines children as both creators of culture and objects of cultural concern in America, evident in the strange contemporary fear of and fascination with child abduction, child murder, and parental kidnapping. Num Pages: 269 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSP1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 171 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814727577
- ISBN
- 9780814727577
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.33
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Paperback. Includes case studies that examine the intricacies of relations between the generations in a broad range of immigrant groups - from Latin America, Asia, the Caribbean, and Africa - and gives a sense of what everyday life is like in immigrant families. Editor(s): Foner, Nancy. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFC; JFFN; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814727713
- ISBN
- 9780814727713
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.30
€ 34.99
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Hardcover. Young working mothers are not the only ones who are struggling to balance family life and careers. Many middle-aged American women face this dilemma as they provide routine childcare for their grandchildren while pursuing careers and trying to make ends meet. This book provides a perspective on a phenomenon faced by millions of women in America. Num Pages: 293 pages, 14 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814729236
- ISBN
- 9780814729236
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.02
€ 91.02
Paperback. An ethnographic investigation into the lives of street outreach workers and the homeless of New York City Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JFFB; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814732281
- ISBN
- 9780814732281
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.47
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Paperback. Tracing the origins of the "black rage" defence back through American history, this work recreates many dramatic legal trials. The author distinguishes between applying an environmental defence and simply blaming society, in the abstract, for individual crimes. Series: Critical America Series. Num Pages: 306 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; LND; LNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814735923
- ISBN
- 9780814735923
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.65
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Paperback. Sets out to bring an international framework to the analysis to international and US legal, political and cultural crises. It explores the US's moral supremacy during a time of domestic shortcomings and asks whether insisting that other nations adhere to US norms may harm societies. Editor(s): Hernandez-Truyol, Berta. Series: Critical America Series. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTQ; JFC; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 565.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814736142
- ISBN
- 9780814736142
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.47
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Paperback. "Asian/Pacific Islander American Women" is a collection devoted to the historical study of A/PI women's diverse experiences in America. The text views women as historical subjects actively negotiating complex hierarchies of power. Editor(s): Hune, Shirley; Nomura, Gail M. Num Pages: 426 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 177 x 21. Weight in Grams: 772.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814736333
- ISBN
- 9780814736333
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.51
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Paperback. Asking us to look beyond the cities on the coasts, this title draws a different map, tracking how rural queers have responded to this myopic mindset. Interweaving a wide range of disciplines - art, media, literature, performance, and fashion studies - it develops a critique of how metronormativity saturates LGBTQ politics, artwork, and criticism. Series: Sexual Cultures. Num Pages: 256 pages, 37 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AB; JFSF; JFSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814737194
- ISBN
- 9780814737194
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.30
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Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814737217
- ISBN
- 9780814737217
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 29.16
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Paperback. Focuses on case studies ranging from sex education to AIDS to race to illustrate how sexuality is at the heart of many political controversies. This book reveals how moral and sexual panics have become a mainstay of certain kinds of conservative efforts to win elections and gain power in moral, social, and political arenas. Editor(s): Herdt, Gilbert. Series: Intersections. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBK5; JPVH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814737231
- ISBN
- 9780814737231
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.47
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Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814737354
- ISBN
- 9780814737354
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Condition: New
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Paperback. Draws on oral histories and interviews with approximately 100 women across several cities to provide an overview of women's historical contributions and their varied experiences of the NOI, including both its continuing community under Farrakhan and its offshoot into Sunni Islam under Imam W D Mohammed. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRH; JFSJ1; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814737866
- ISBN
- 9780814737866
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.49
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Paperback. An exploration of the cultural legacy left by African slaves in the Caribbean and Latin America Num Pages: 270 pages, 50 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 1KL; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814738184
- ISBN
- 9780814738184
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 29.12
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Paperback. Uncovers the ways that race influences capital punishment, and attempts to situate the linkage between race and the death penalty in the history of America, in particular the history of lynching. This book looks at how the death penalty gives meaning to race, as well as why the racialization of the death penalty is uniquely American. Editor(s): Ogletree, Charles J., Jr. Series: From Lynch Mobs to the Killing State. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814740224
- ISBN
- 9780814740224
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Condition: New
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Paperback. A feminist - and former model - scrutinizes hip-hop culture Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGR; JFCA; JFSJ1; JFSL1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 245.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814740644
- ISBN
- 9780814740644
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 29.12
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Paperback. 10 years later, a unique look at Ground Zero from across the street Num Pages: 293 pages, 66 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JMC; JFFC; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814740859
- ISBN
- 9780814740859
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.47
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Paperback. Offers a new way of thinking about tourism as a way through which people develop understandings of place, society, and self Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1KBB; 3JM; JFC; JFSR1; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814748176
- ISBN
- 9780814748176
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.65
€ 36.99
€ 33.65