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Paperback. Looking at every kind of fatherhood - being a father in and out of marriage, fathering from a distance, stepfathering, and parenting by gay males, this book presents a picture of how being a parent fits with men's broader social and work lives, how fatherhood evolved, and how it differs across cultures and through time. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JFSJ2; JHBK; JHM; JMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 472.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674064188
- ISBN
- 9780674064188
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.39
€ 34.99
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Paperback. As a young anthropologist, the author undertook fieldwork in Jamaica, Haiti, and Puerto Rico. This title presents a summation of his work in the region and is a reminder of how anthropology allows people to explore the deep truths that history may leave unexamined. Series: W. E. B. Du Bois Lectures. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JFSL3; JFSL4; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 252.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674066212
- ISBN
- 9780674066212
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.48
€ 34.99
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Paperback. Over the twentieth century, American Indians fought for their right to be both American and Indian. This title traces how Indians defined democracy, citizenship, and patriotism in both domestic and international contexts. Num Pages: 368 pages, 19 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTB; HBW; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 432.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674066236
- ISBN
- 9780674066236
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.27
€ 35.99
€ 30.27
Paperback. Even before the emergence of the civil rights movement with black churches at its center, African American religion and progressive politics were assumed to be inextricably intertwined. In this title, the author counters this assumption. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCC; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 201 x 24. Weight in Grams: 390.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674066274
- ISBN
- 9780674066274
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.27
€ 35.99
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Hardback. Children's Chances urges a shift from focusing on survival to targeting children's full and healthy development. Drawing on comparative data on policies in 190 countries designed to combat poverty, discrimination, child labor, illiteracy, and child marriage, Heymann and McNeill tell what works to ensure equal opportunities for all children. Num Pages: 408 pages, 37 maps, 23 tables. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JKSB1; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 163 x 31. Weight in Grams: 776.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674066816
- ISBN
- 9780674066816
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Condition: New
€ 56.39€ 51.39
€ 56.39
€ 51.39
Hardback. A woman will one day occupy the Oval Office because women themselves have made it inevitable, says best-selling historian Ellen Fitzpatrick. She tells the remarkable 150-year story of the candidates, voters, activists, and citizens who, despite overwhelming odds against women in politics, set their sights on the highest glass ceiling in the land. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674088931
- ISBN
- 9780674088931
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.32
€ 29.99
€ 25.32
Hardback. In this volume, Heather Munro Prescott shows how the mid-20th-century emergence of adolescent medicine resulted from a combination of social changes that reached far beyond the field of medicine - changes that placed teenagers themselves at the centre of the national agenda. Num Pages: 256 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JFSP1; JFSP2; MJW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 535.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674214613
- ISBN
- 9780674214613
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Condition: New
€ 76.38€ 68.48
€ 76.38
€ 68.48
Hardcover. After Reconstruction, African Americans found themselves largely excluded from politics, higher education, and the professions. Martin Kilson explores how a modern African American intelligentsia developed amid institutionalized racism. He argues passionately for an ongoing commitment to communitarian leadership in the tradition of Du Bois. Series: W. E. B. Du Bois Lectures. Num Pages: 210 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674283541
- ISBN
- 9780674283541
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Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.32
€ 47.99
€ 39.32
Hardcover. This text examines black (and white) literary modernism, interracial literary relations and 20th-century cultural nationalism in the United States. The author seeks to expose the oversimplifications and misrepresentations of popular readings of the "Harlem Renaissance". Num Pages: 560 pages, epilogue, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; JFC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 172 x 34. Weight in Grams: 946.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674372627
- ISBN
- 9780674372627
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Condition: New
€ 79.91€ 71.42
€ 79.91
€ 71.42
Paperback. "A History of the Jewish People" presents a total vision of Jewish experiences and achievements--religious, political, social, and economic--in both the land of Israel and the diaspora throughout the ages. It has been acclaimed as the most comprehensive and penetrating work yet to have appeared in its field. Editor(s): Ben-Sasson, Haim Hillel. Num Pages: 1232 pages, 47 halftones, 17 maps. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1520.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 1232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674397316
- ISBN
- 9780674397316
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Condition: New
€ 54.04€ 49.31
€ 54.04
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Hardcover. This book assesses the effects of spatially concentrated programs for housing and neighborhood improvement. These programs provide direct assistance to low-income property owners in an attempt to arrest neighborhood decline and encourage revitalization. Series: Harvard Economic Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages, 25 line-art, 59 tables. BIC Classification: AMVD; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 165 x 27. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674409309
- ISBN
- 9780674409309
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Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 45.29
€ 54.99
€ 45.29
Hardcover. The first full-length biography of a premodern Japanese nun, The Princess Nun is the story of Bunchi (1619-1697), daughter of Emperor Go-Mizunoo and founder of Enshoji. The study incorporates issues of gender and social status into its discussion of Bunchi's ascetic practice to rewrite the history of Buddhist reform and Tokugawa religion. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 350 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JD; BGX; HBJF; HRE; JFSC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674491977
- ISBN
- 9780674491977
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Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 45.36
€ 54.99
€ 45.36
Hardcover. Wai-yee Li examines the discursive space of women in seventeenth-century China. Using texts written by women or by men writing in a feminine voice, as well as writings that turn women into signifiers of lamentation or nostalgia, Li probes the emotional and psychological turmoil of the Ming-Qing transition and subsequent moments of national trauma. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 625 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSB; HBJF; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 55. Weight in Grams: 1342.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674492042
- ISBN
- 9780674492042
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.33€ 62.95
€ 69.33
€ 62.95
Paperback. This volume presents the history of Pompeii. It explores Pompeii's public buildings, its streets and gathering places, the impact of religious changes, the renovation of theatres and expansion of athletic facilities and the influence of elite families on the city's appearance. Translator(s): Schneider, Deborah Lucas. Series: Revealing Antiquity. Num Pages: 286 pages, 113 line illustrations, 15 color illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HDDK; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674689671
- ISBN
- 9780674689671
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Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 37.31
€ 44.99
€ 37.31
Hardback. Through stories of a dozen white adopters, adopted Indian children, and their biological parents in early America, Dawn Peterson shows the role adoption and assimilation played in efforts to subdue Native peoples. As adults, adoptees used their education to thwart U.S. claims to their homelands, setting the stage for the Indian Removal Act of 1830. Num Pages: 346 pages, maps. BIC Classification: JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 23 x 15. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674737556
- ISBN
- 9780674737556
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Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 42.32
€ 50.99
€ 42.32
Hardback. Though Massachusetts banned slavery in 1780, prior to the Civil War a law prohibiting marriage between whites and blacks reinforced the state's racial caste system. Amber Moulton recreates an unlikely collaboration of reformers who sought to rectify what they saw as an indefensible injustice, leading to the legalization of interracial marriage. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JH; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 243 x 28. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674967625
- ISBN
- 9780674967625
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Condition: New
€ 54.04€ 49.38
€ 54.04
€ 49.38
Hardback. Rebecca Doran offers a new understanding of major female figures of the Tang era including Wu Zhao, Empress Wei, and Shangguan Wan'er within their literary-historical contexts, and delves into critical questions about the relationship between Chinese historiography, reception-history, and the process of image-making and cultural construction. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBAH; HBJF; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 25. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674970588
- ISBN
- 9780674970588
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Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 37.26
€ 44.99
€ 37.26
Paperback. Courtesans, Concubines, and the Cult of Female Fidelity traces changing gender relations in China from the tenth to fourteenth centuries. By taking women and men's relationships with women seriously, this book makes a case for the centrality of gender relations in the social, political, and intellectual life of the Song and Yuan dynasties. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 480 pages, 15 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLC; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 33. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674970649
- ISBN
- 9780674970649
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.35
€ 34.99
€ 29.35
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; HBJK; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674975354
- ISBN
- 9780674975354
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.22
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€ 24.22
Paperback. Combines passages from Islamic texts with a commentary of the author. This book enables the reader to grasp the bases of Muslim faith and to get some sense of the breadth and depth of Islamic religious culture as a whole. Num Pages: 440 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRH; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 599.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691000404
- ISBN
- 9780691000404
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Condition: New
€ 58.80€ 45.98
€ 58.80
€ 45.98
Paperback. Includes essays that advance our understanding of the causes of ethnic and communal conflict, the regional and international implications of such conflicts, and what the international community can do to minimize the potential for instability and violence. This volume is intended for scholars, students, and policymakers alike. Editor(s): Brown, Michael E. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL; JPS; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 231 x 9. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- First Printing, Highlighting
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691000688
- ISBN
- 9780691000688
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Condition: New
€ 58.80€ 46.06
€ 58.80
€ 46.06
Paperback. Gives an ethnographic account of Bosnian Muslims' lives in a rural village located near Sarajevo. Although they represent a majority of the population in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian Muslims are still members of a minority culture in the region that was once Yugoslavia. Series: Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics. Num Pages: 312 pages, 10 halftones, 2 maps, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; HBJD; JFF; JFSL1; JFSR2; JHM; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691001753
- ISBN
- 9780691001753
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Condition: New
€ 56.45€ 44.35
€ 56.45
€ 44.35
Hardcover. Presents an analysis of the social, economic, and political evolution of Syria's peasantry, the segment of society from which the holders of political power stem. This book focuses on the twentieth century and, in particular, on the Ba'th movement, the structures of power after the military coup d'etat of 1963, and the era of ivfiz al-Asad. Num Pages: 432 pages, 56 tables. BIC Classification: 1FBS; HBJF1; HBLW; HBTB; JFSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 166 x 239 x 19. Weight in Grams: 820.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 434
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691002545
- ISBN
- 9780691002545
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.19€ 95.92
€ 128.19
€ 95.92
Paperback. Islam is often portrayed, especially in Western media, as an alien, violent, hostile, and monolithic religion, whose adherents are intent upon battling nonbelievers throughout the world. This book demonstrates that these conceptions reflect the bias of Western reporters than they do the realities of contemporary Islam. Series: Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1 map, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: HRH; JFD; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691004877
- ISBN
- 9780691004877
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.92€ 41.45
€ 52.92
€ 41.45