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Social groups
Paperback. Provides an informal social history of immigrant mobility, prostitution, Jewish life in New York, police dishonesty, the "white slavery" scare of the early twentieth century, and political corruption. This book brings women's lives and problems to the forefront. Num Pages: 424 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 139 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558495593
- ISBN
- 9781558495593
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.00€ 30.54
€ 31.00
€ 30.54
Paperback. Highlights the significance of women's work in the clothing trades of the early Republic. Drawing on diaries, letters, and material culture, this book explores the contours of working women's lives in rural New England, offering a view of their varied ranks and roles as producers and consumers, clients and crafts-women, employers and employees. Num Pages: 336 pages, 31 illustrations, 8 color plates. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 3JF; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558495456
- ISBN
- 9781558495456
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.02
€ 37.99
€ 33.02
Paperback. In the rural America of the past, a woman's reputation was sometimes made by her cherry pie - of her chocolate layer cake, or her biscuits. This work shows how cooking evolved during the 20th century as new challenges arose to replace the old. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB; JFC; JFSJ1; WBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558493339
- ISBN
- 9781558493339
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 31.78
€ 37.99
€ 31.78
Paperback. In this volume, 11 scholars explore the role of ethnic food in American culture, with a particular focus on women. They argue that ethnic cooking represents both a source of sustenance and a complex form of communication. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSJ1; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558492868
- ISBN
- 9781558492868
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.02
€ 37.99
€ 33.02
Paperback. A collection of readings that explore the role of black style in American culture. While each essay focuses on a different aspect of African-American culture, together they seek to reveal a set of creative principles, techniques and practices - a cultural aesthetic - that is consistent. Editor(s): Caponi, Gena Dagel. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 30. Weight in Grams: 735.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558491830
- ISBN
- 9781558491830
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 39.26
€ 41.99
€ 39.26
Paperback. An analysis of the Pequot War (1636-1637), a pivotal event in New England colonial history. After years of peace, Puritan settlers mounted a brutal assault on the Pequot Indians of Connecticut. This book refutes claims that the settlers acted defensively to counter a Pequot conspiracy. Series: Native Americans of the Northeast: Culture, History & the Contemporary S. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH; JFSL; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 230 x 15. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558490307
- ISBN
- 9781558490307
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 31.78
€ 37.99
€ 31.78
Paperback. Series: Comparative Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557537133
- ISBN
- 9781557537133
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.89
€ 63.89
Paperback. Analyses a new type of literature emerging from artistsAE increased movement and cultural flows spawned by globalization. This otransculturalo literature is produced by authors who write across cultural and national boundaries and who transcend in their lives and creative production the borders of a single culture. Series: Comparative Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: CF; DS; JFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557537065
- ISBN
- 9781557537065
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.09
€ 51.09
Hardcover. Editor(s): Weisberg, Ruth. Series: Jewish Role in American Life. Num Pages: 180 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACX; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557536358
- ISBN
- 9781557536358
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.65
€ 37.65
Paperback. Drawing from Anglo-American, Asian American, and Asian literature as well as J-horror and manga, Chinese cinema and Internet, and the Korean Wave, Sheng-mei Ma's Asian Diaspora and East-West Modernity probes into the conjoinedness of West and East, of modernity's illusion and nothing's infinitude. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSL3; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557536112
- ISBN
- 9781557536112
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.55
€ 62.55
Paperback. Series: Comparative Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557536051
- ISBN
- 9781557536051
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.58
€ 63.58
Paperback. Editor(s): Royal, Derek. Series: Shofar Supplements in Jewish Studies. Num Pages: 330 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJP; DSBH; DSK; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557535849
- ISBN
- 9781557535849
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Condition: New
€ 63.63
€ 63.63
Hardcover. Shows readers how to change the world through a series of case studies that chronicle how the author and other pioneering women in a range of fields have done so in years past. Series: Studies in Jewish Civilisation. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557535696
- ISBN
- 9781557535696
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.70
€ 26.99
€ 24.70
Paperback. Presents a brief history about the Jews in Babylon (Iraq), and their Hebrew creativity. This book focuses on the years 1735-1950 and presents the secular Hebrew poetry written in Babylon at that time, the folktales, journalistic articles, and epistles, research of Hebrew literature, a story and a play. Num Pages: 247 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 2CSJ; DSB; HBJF; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557535146
- ISBN
- 9781557535146
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.91
€ 56.91
Paperback. Shows how a small New York group, predominantly Jewish, moved from communist and socialist roots to become a primary voice of liberal humanism and, in the case of a few, to launch a new conservative movement. This book concentrates on Lionel Trilling as the paradigmatic liberal intellectual and also includes reconsiderations of Irving Howe. Editor(s): Goffman, Ethan; Morris, Daniel. Series: Shofar Supplements in Jewish Studies. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JFCX; JFSR1; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557534811
- ISBN
- 9781557534811
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.28
€ 49.28
The Pleasure of Writing Critical Essays on Dacia Maraini (Advances in ...
Diaconescu-Blumenfeld, Rodica, Testaferri, Ad...
Hardcover. Opening with Maraini's own analysis of women's writing, this collection of essays by an international selection of Italianists uses various interpretive perspectives, ranging from semiotics to psychoanalysis, to explore the range of her production as a novelist, playwright, poet and film maker. Editor(s): Diaconescu-Blumenfeld, Rodica; Testaferri, Ada. Num Pages: 287 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557531971
- ISBN
- 9781557531971
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.64
€ 45.64
Hardcover. According to the author, the 19th century was incapable of managing the feminine question and prefered to mythicize it. Everything that was related to it, especially feminine sexuality, was transformed into fiction. Thus women were saddled with the role of scapegoat. Num Pages: 224 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557531230
- ISBN
- 9781557531230
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.08
€ 46.08
Paperback. Series: Sport, culture & society. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSK; JFD; JFSJ2; JHBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Arkansas Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557286826
- ISBN
- 9781557286826
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.28
€ 34.28
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 3 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; JFFD; JFFN; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816654864
- ISBN
- 9780816654864
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.42
€ 26.99
€ 25.42
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 13 halftones, 1 line art, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSC; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816649280
- ISBN
- 9780816649280
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.45
€ 30.99
€ 27.45