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Social issues & processes
Paperback. Passage to Manhood is a groundbreaking and beautifully written ethnography that addresses the intersection of modernity, heroin use, and AIDS as they intersect in a new "rite-of-passage" among young ethnic-minority males in contemporary China. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute. Num Pages: 248 pages, 1 table, 3 figures, 3 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFFH2; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804770255
- ISBN
- 9780804770255
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 27.09
€ 27.99
€ 27.09
Hardback. This volume examines class, gender and work in Tiruppur, South India, where export of knitted garments has been led by a networked fraternity of owners as hinging on their "toil". This book asks how these self-made men drew from their agrarian past to turn Gounder toil into capital. Num Pages: 408 pages, 24 tables, 28 illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFFS; JFSF; JHBL; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 29. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804748735
- ISBN
- 9780804748735
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.03
€ 81.03
Paperback. Num Pages: 32 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 137 x 2. Weight in Grams: 56.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Puddle Dancer Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 30
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781892005137
- ISBN
- 9781892005137
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.57
€ 7.57
Hardback. Editor(s): Sharkey, Paul M.; Merrick, Professor Joav, MD, MMedSci, DMSc. Num Pages: 145 pages. BIC Classification: JFFG; MQV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781633217294
- ISBN
- 9781633217294
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 250.49€ 168.77
€ 250.49
€ 168.77
Hardcover. Presenting readers with key research concepts, feminist epistemologies, methodologies, and methods as well as up-to-date debates in the field, this handbook provides students and researchers with a key resource for understanding and engaging with this field. Editor(s): Hesse-Biber, Sharlene J. Nagy. Num Pages: 792 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 188 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1510.
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications, Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781412980593
- ISBN
- 9781412980593
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 184.08
€ 184.08
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 26 halftones/line illus. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSJ1; MMZD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195178784
- ISBN
- 9780195178784
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 122.13
€ 122.13
Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKN; JFFE2; JFSJ1; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 145 x 32. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Zubaan India
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789385932052
- ISBN
- 9789385932052
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.99€ 34.88
€ 39.99
€ 34.88
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745329154
- ISBN
- 9780745329154
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 24.05
€ 35.99
€ 24.05
Hardback. Reading texts in relation to feminist, queer, and race theory and Buddhist philosophy, this book argues that an understanding of spirit is critical to explaining the power that social movements have to change hearts, minds, and social structures. Series: The Politics of Intersectionality. Num Pages: 293 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSJ; JPV; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 294
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230117273
- ISBN
- 9780230117273
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.19€ 55.86
€ 88.19
€ 55.86
Paperback. Series: Conjunctions of Religion and Power in the Medieval Past. Num Pages: 224 pages, 10. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBLC; JFFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780801472695
- ISBN
- 9780801472695
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.44
€ 33.99
€ 33.44
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JFFA; JFSJ; JHBL; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 204 x 136 x 15. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195176018
- ISBN
- 9780195176018
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.95
€ 23.99
€ 21.95
Paperback. In this work, Sharon L. Jansen explores a recurring theme in writing by women: the dream of finding or creating a private and secluded retreat from the world of men. Insightful and accessible, this book places six centuries of texts in conversation with one another, pairing them in ways that reveal the realities of women's choice and agency. Num Pages: 256 pages, 4 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 220 x 14. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 253
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137386229
- ISBN
- 9781137386229
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Condition: New
€ 53.91
€ 53.91
Paperback. Traces how disabled people came to be viewed as biologically deviant. This book explains how disabled people are instrumental to charting the passage from a disciplinary society to one based upon regulation of the self. The author reveals cracks in the social production of human variation as aberrancy. Num Pages: 224 pages, 32 halftones. BIC Classification: JFFG; MB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 226 x 16. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226767321
- ISBN
- 9780226767321
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.19
€ 35.99
€ 28.19
Hardcover. Disability is often described in a way that suggests it is a permanent, relatively stable state. This volume argues that the relationship between impairment (physical state) and disability is neither fixed nor permanent but is fluid and not easily predicted. Editor(s): Barnartt, Sharon N. Series Editor(s): Altman, Barbara Mandell; Barnartt, Sharon N. Series: Research in Social Science and Disability. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857243775
- ISBN
- 9780857243775
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.12
€ 135.12
Hardback. Focuses attention on the dual themes of theory and methodology that must form a basis for studies of impairment and disability. This work addresses issues that include: critiques of current concepts of disability; the fit between sociological role theory and the concept of disability; and, the operationalization of many definitions of disability. Editor(s): Barnartt, Sharon N.; Altman, Barbara Mandell. Series: Research in Social Science and Disability. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 242 x 23. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762307739
- ISBN
- 9780762307739
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Condition: New
€ 132.50
€ 132.50
Paperback. A work of Black queer feminist theory that examines the intertwined histories of critical race theory, queer theory, and Black feminism, histories which could not have been formed in the same way without each other, but which are often held at a respectful distance. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSK; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822352068
- ISBN
- 9780822352068
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.09
€ 27.09
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785920035
- ISBN
- 9781785920035
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.13
€ 30.13
- Publisher
- United States
- Number of pages
- 72
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594541957
- ISBN
- 9781594541957
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 34.25
€ 52.99
€ 34.25
Paperback. Meet the inspirational dogs who went from being rescued to becoming rescuer, in these incredible true stories. You'll read all about the canine heroes who came to their owner's aid - whether it was saving them from physical threats, or helping them to recover from mental illness, PTSD and bereavement. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BT; JFFZ; WNGD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Publisher
- Octopus Publishing Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849539500
- ISBN
- 9781849539500
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.75
€ 11.99
€ 9.75
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABQ; JFC; JFFP; JFSG; JFSV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 217 x 22. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Edition
- 25th Revised edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813570976
- ISBN
- 9780813570976
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.14
€ 42.99
€ 38.14
Hardback. Clough shows how inadequate empirical philosophy is in creating real change in the sciences. Instead, she supports a more pragmatic approach based on the work of Richard Rorty and Donald Davidson. This work encourages Clough's fellow feminists to refocus their critiques and discard their philosophical debates about epistemology. Num Pages: 176 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPK; JFFK; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742514645
- ISBN
- 9780742514645
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.69
€ 154.69
Hardback. Editor(s): Bowman, Shaun. Num Pages: 167 pages. BIC Classification: JFFG; JNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155. .
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 167
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634838757
- ISBN
- 9781634838757
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 239.90€ 176.68
€ 239.90
€ 176.68
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; JFFT; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118926802
- ISBN
- 9781118926802
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.22
€ 17.99
€ 15.22
Paperback. Are girls taking over the world? It would appear so, based on magazine covers, news headlines, and popular books touting girls' academic success. Describing girls' varied everyday experiences, the authors show how teachers, parents, and media commentators can help smart girls thrive while working toward straight A's and a bright future. Num Pages: 296 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ1; JFSP3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 211 x 19. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520284159
- ISBN
- 9780520284159
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.12
€ 27.99
€ 21.12