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Paperback. What accounts for the growing income inequalities in Silicon Valley, despite huge technological and economic strides? Why have the once-powerful labor unions declined in their influence? This book examines these questions from a fresh perspective: that provided by the history of women in Silicon Valley in the twentieth century. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJ; JFSJ1; JFSL; KNTX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804747967
ISBN
9780804747967
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. In the aftermath of the early 1990's controversy over the use of silicone breast implants, how do women decide to undergo surgery to enhance or reconstruct their bodies? How does surgery alter a woman's self-image? How did they face the possibility of debilitating autoimmune disease from rupturing? This title discusses these questions. Num Pages: 225 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; MNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 581.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
225
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566396127
ISBN
9781566396127
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 35.11

Hardback. In light of the curve balls the times are throwing at the identity, priorities, and world views of young Israelis, Hazan (social anthropology, Tel Aviv U.) constructs an ethnographically informed discourse pertaining to the tension and interplay between the mythical framework and formulae of Zionism Series: New Directions in Anthropology. BIC Classification: 1FBH; JFSP2; JFSR1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 303.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571818218
ISBN
9781571818218
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 153.92

Hardcover. Presents the international exchange of scientific information. This series represents a range of geographic and subject matter interests in economics, and includes books from various areas of macroeconomics and microeconomics. Editor(s): Klevmarken, Anders; Lindgren, Bjorn. Series: Contributions to Economic Analysis. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP31; JHBD; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780444532534
ISBN
9780444532534
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 159.21

Paperback / so. Series: Computersimulationen in Den Sozialwissenschaften. Num Pages: 239 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, black & white tables, bibliography. BIC Classification: JFS; JHB; JP; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 13. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften Germany
Number of pages
239
Condition
New
SKU
V9783531170886
ISBN
9783531170886
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.74

Paperback. This book examines over 4000 years of culture history of the related Nuu-chah-nulth, Ditidaht, and Makah peoples on western Vancouver Island and the Olympic Peninsula. Series: Pacific Rim Archaeology. Num Pages: 264 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 395.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774807012
ISBN
9780774807012
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.23

Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages, 16 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL9; WJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 5817 x 18. Weight in Grams: 680.
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774805995
ISBN
9780774805995
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.42
€ 58.72

Hardcover. Shows that fundraising mechanisms - ranging from complex transnational gift-giving systems to national bonds - are organizational tools that can be used to bind dispersed groups to the nation. This title examines how the Irish republicans and the Zionist movement secured financial support in US during the first half of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745662640
ISBN
9780745662640
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.21

Paperback. Shows that fundraising mechanisms - ranging from complex transnational gift-giving systems to national bonds - are organizational tools that can be used to bind dispersed groups to the nation. This title examines how the Irish republicans and the Zionist movement secured financial support in US during the first half of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745662657
ISBN
9780745662657
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.74

Paperback. From the plaintive tunes of woe sung by exiled kings and queens of Africa to the spirited work songs and "shouts" of freedmen, this title traces the course of early black folk music in various its guises. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGH; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 684.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252071508
ISBN
9780252071508
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 32.04

Paperback. Singing for the Dead chronicles how indigenous people from Oaxaca, Mexico's poorest state, have reversed decades of cultural and linguistic erosion by reviving and reinventing ethnic traditions, particularly by speaking and singing the local indigenous language. Num Pages: 328 pages, 23 photographs, 4 tables, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822354314
ISBN
9780822354314
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.42

Hardback. Including a historical inquiry into the status of Jewish poetry as a marginalized kind of writing, this work helps us think about the ways in which displacement, exile, mourning, gender, and prayer contribute to the shaping of the Jewish American imagination and its poetic production. Series: Verbal Art: Studies in Poetics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSC; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804734295
ISBN
9780804734295
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.27

Paperback. This is a unique, groundbreaking collection of autobiographical essays by leading women in philosophy. It provides a glimpse at the experiences of the generation that witnessed, and helped create, the remarkable advances now evident for women in the field. Editor(s): Alcoff, Linda Martin. Num Pages: 184 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; JFFR; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 263.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742513839
ISBN
9780742513839
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.58

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1MBF; JFHF; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Aboriginal Studies Press Australia
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780855757113
ISBN
9780855757113
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: JFSG; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 170 x 241 x 12. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, Wydawnictwo Poland
Condition
New
Number of pages
184
SKU
V9788323336945
ISBN
9788323336945
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.72

Paperback. A unique window on the future of the family, this book offers a gold mine of insight and reassurance for any woman contemplating having children outside of marriage. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195341409
ISBN
9780195341409
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.80

Paperback. Single mothers are seen in different ways around the industrialized world: as mothers, workers or an uneasy combination of the two. This collection explores variations in state policy, labour markets and the status of single mothers. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBK; JHBL; JKS; JPQB; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 476. "Includes bibliographical references and index. Commissioning organisation: edited by Simon Duncan and Rosalind Edwards. ix, 285 p. ill. 24 cm. Associated Names: Duncan, Simon. Associated Names: Edwards, Rosalind. Paperback. Fine clean copy, as new." Keywords: "Business, Finance & Law,Reference & Languages,Soci"
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Routledge,an imprint of Taylor & Dublin, Ireland
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
KEX0161630
ISBN
9781857287912
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 6.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single must be in search of a partner Series: Sexual Cultures. Num Pages: 239 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
New York University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814772553
ISBN
9780814772553
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

Hardback. It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single must be in search of a partner Series: Sexual Cultures. Num Pages: 239 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 132 x 23. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
239
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814772546
ISBN
9780814772546
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.31

Paperback. Jens Rydstrom explores the history of homosexuality and bestiality in Sweden to consider why these sexual practices have been so closely linked in virtually all Western Societies. Based on diaries, medical records and court reports, this work reveals the changing notion of deviant behaviour. Num Pages: 400 pages, 8 halftones, 2 maps, 6 figures, 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1DNS; HBJD; JFSK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226732572
ISBN
9780226732572
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.64

Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: HRJS; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231159265
ISBN
9780231159265
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.33
€ 82.56

Paperback. It has long been argued that opera is all about sex. This work explores the impact of this sexual obsession, and of the power relations that come with it, on the music, words, and staging of opera. It combines readings of specific scenes with efforts to situate these musical moments within the observed historical contexts. Editor(s): Smart, Mary Ann. Series: Princeton Studies in Opera. Num Pages: 288 pages, 32 illus, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; AVGC9; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691058139
ISBN
9780691058139
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.56

Paperback. An examination of the diagnosis of GID (gender-identity disorder of childhood). It considers how the stigma of illness influences a child's development and what homosexual childhood, freed from the constraints of conventionally acceptable gender expression, might look like. Editor(s): Rottnek, Matthew. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JFSK; JFSP1; JFSP2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814774847
ISBN
9780814774847
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JFSK1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 227 x 14. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Random House USA Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580911863
ISBN
9781580911863
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.34

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