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Social groups
Paperback. Winner examines the latest scientific evidence about the biological basis of giftedness as well as the role played by parents and schools in fostering exceptional abilities. In this fascinating book, she uncovers and explores nine myths about giftedness, and shows us what gifted children are really like. Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JFSP2; JMC; JNSP; VFXC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 132 x 203 x 29. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465017591
- ISBN
- 9780465017591
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.32
€ 41.32
Paperback. Turning on its head that familiar 'woman question,' this work poses masculinity as a problem that requires explanation. It rebukes the sense of coherence contained in patriarchal theory in the name of a voice that both calls upon and challenges the category woman. Num Pages: 222 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 59.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- Text is Free of Markings
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520079915
- ISBN
- 9780520079915
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.81
€ 33.99
€ 24.81
This text offers both first-hand witness to women's resistance to state violence, and insights into the formation of women's community. It describes how political prisoners forged alliances to demand better conditions and to maintain their sanity in the confines of their cramped cell. Translator(s): Booth, Marilyn. Series: Literature of the Middle East S. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; BG; JFSJ1; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 257.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520088887
- ISBN
- 9780520088887
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.26
€ 36.26
paperback. An analysis of how women in the United States perceive the threat of crime in their everyday lives and how that perception controls their behavior. It shows that race and class position play a role in a woman's sense of vulnerability. It argues that fear itself is a strong element in keeping women in subservient and self-limiting social positions. Num Pages: 192 pages, 2. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520208551
- ISBN
- 9780520208551
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.65
€ 38.65
Paperback. Including over 60 short stories, poems, speeches, and articles, this anthology collects together Mexican American writings about the US war in Southeast Asia. It analyzes the antiwar movement, the Catholic Church, traditional Mexican American groups, and a feminist consciousness among Chicanas. Series: American Crossroads. Num Pages: 337 pages, 1 b/w photo, 3 line figures. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KLS; 2ABM; DQ; JFSL; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 337
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520214057
- ISBN
- 9780520214057
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.74
€ 38.74
Paperback. An account of family and community life that describes the moral imagination with which Flathead Indian people weave together historical and personal loss, American Indian identity, and social responsibility. It locates Flathead depression in the culturally organized experiences of an oppressed people. Num Pages: 265 pages, 3 line drawings, 3 tables, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; JHM; JMH; MMJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 59.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 265
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520214460
- ISBN
- 9780520214460
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.22
€ 39.22
Paperback. The US has experienced a dramatic increase in births to unmarried women - from 4 per cent of births in 1950, with most of the babies then adopted, to more than 30 per cent. This book analyses this radical change in family formation to compare and contrast the lives of these mothers of varying ages and economic circumstances. Num Pages: 483 pages, 1 graph. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBTB; JFSJ; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520218307
- ISBN
- 9780520218307
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.63
€ 43.63
Paperback. Approximately thirteen million people around the world define themselves as Jews, with the majority residing in the United States and Israel. This collection portrays the diversity of Jewish experience as it is practiced and lived in contemporary societies. Editor(s): Goldberg, Harvey E. Series: The Life of Religion S. Num Pages: 267 pages, 15 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSR1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 68.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 267
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520227538
- ISBN
- 9780520227538
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.80
€ 39.80
Paperback. This is the first book to draw together the rich and growing literature on the life cycle in Western Europe, c.1300-c.1500. In discussing life's stages, from birth to death, the study explores attitudes towards ageing, rites of passage, and the influence played by gender, class and regional location. Series Editor(s): Rigby, Steve. Series: Manchester Medieval Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLC; JFSP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719059162
- ISBN
- 9780719059162
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.74
€ 36.74
paperback. Highlighting well-known Jewish thinkers from a very wide spectrum of opinion the author addresses a range of issues including: What makes a thinker Jewish? What makes modern Jewish thought modern? How have secular Jews integrated Jewish traditional thought with agnosticism? What do Orthodox thinkers have to teach non-Orthodox Jews and vice versa? Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742546073
- ISBN
- 9780742546073
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Condition: New
€ 50.95
€ 50.95
paperback. Provides an overview of the myths and stereotypes that surround Black sexuality and an analysis of how Euro-Americans developed these myths as part of a strategy to enslave and exploit Afro-Americans in the world. This book explores various dimensions of Black sexuality. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL3; JHBK5. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742546592
- ISBN
- 9780742546592
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.08
€ 56.08
Paperback. Series: American Controversies. Num Pages: 238 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 226 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742551978
- ISBN
- 9780742551978
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.20
€ 60.20
Paperback. Editor(s): Mohl, Raymond A.; Biles, Roger. Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 182 x 27. Weight in Grams: 967.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Edition
- 3 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742552357
- ISBN
- 9780742552357
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 96.87
€ 96.87
paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, maps. BIC Classification: JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 161 x 15. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University Press Of America United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761814566
- ISBN
- 9780761814566
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.49
€ 71.49
Paperback. Examines black newspapers in general and four in particular - the "Chicago Defender", the "Pittsburgh Courier", the "Black Dispatch", and the "Jackson Advocate" - and their coverage of national events. The beginnings of the black press are detailed, focusing on how they reported the anti-slavery movement, the Civil War, and the Reconstruction era. Num Pages: 205 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSL3; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 12. Weight in Grams: 281.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- McFarland & Co Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 205
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780786426072
- ISBN
- 9780786426072
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.61
€ 36.61
paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 14, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1MKPT; JFFN; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- Second
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801477393
- ISBN
- 9780801477393
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.39
€ 34.39
Communication and Aging (Routledge Communication Series)
Nussbaum, Jon F.; Pecchioni, Loretta L.; Robi...
paperback. Understanding how the elderly adapt to significant changes in their environment provides insight into both the process of communication and the process of ageing. The purpose of this book is to help readers understand how important these communicative relationships are. Series: Routledge Communication Series. Num Pages: 390 pages. BIC Classification: GTC; JFSP31. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Routledge United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 390
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780805833324
- ISBN
- 9780805833324
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 88.93
€ 88.93
Because of the Kids: Facing Racial and Cultural Differences in Schools...
Obidah, Jennifer E. (Assistant Professor, Gra...
paperback. Here, the authors recount how they set out on a collaborative three-year study to explore the impact of racial and cultural differences in one of their urban, middle school classrooms. They describe how they learned to confront and deal with the challenges they faced. Series: Practitioner Inquiry Series. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSL1; JNA; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 158 x 11. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Teachers College Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807740125
- ISBN
- 9780807740125
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.97
€ 32.97
Pedagogy, Policy, and the Privatized City: Stories of Dispossession an...
Kristen L. Buras, Jim Randels, Kalamu Ya Sala...
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; JFSG; JNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 164 x 14. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Teachers College Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807750896
- ISBN
- 9780807750896
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.74
€ 37.74
Paperback. Examining events surrounding the test case of the right of Blacks to armed self-defense in the 1960s, this book tells the story of a Southern Black community's struggle to defend themselves against the Ku Klux Klan and other racists. This book heavily influenced the leader of the Black Panthers. Series: African American Life. Num Pages: 128 pages, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 8. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Wayne State University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814327142
- ISBN
- 9780814327142
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.70
€ 30.70