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Paperback. Drawing from extensive historical research into how economic and environmental dynamics interacted in the extraction of different materials in the Amazon, especially in the development of the iron mine of Carajas, the authors illustrate the profound connection between global dominance and control of natural resources. Series: Themes in Global Social Change. Num Pages: 288 pages, 4, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DD; 1FPJ; 1KBB; JFFS; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801882432
ISBN
9780801882432
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.31

Hardback. She tells the story of a woman whose life and work spanned a historical moment when womanhood was being redefined by the acceptance of a woman's sexuality as distinct from her biological, reproductive role-a development that is still causing controversy today. Num Pages: 336 pages, 21, 17 black & white halftones, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801884047
ISBN
9780801884047
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.86
€ 51.11

Hardback. Illuminating the deep-seated struggles between two visions of globalization, Smith reveals a network of activists who have long been working to democratize the global political system. Series: Themes in Global Social Change. Num Pages: 304 pages, 3, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPHV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801887437
ISBN
9780801887437
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.39
€ 54.15

Paperback. The dissolution of the French Empire and the ensuing rush of immigration have led to the formation of diasporas and immigrant cultures that have transformed French society and the immigrants themselves. This title examines the impact of this postcolonial immigration on identity in France and in the Francophone world. Editor(s): Gafaiti, Hafid; Lorcin, Patricia M. E.; Troyansky, David G. Series: France Overseas: Studies in Empire and Decolonization. Num Pages: 488 pages, 8 images. BIC Classification: 1DDF; JFC; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 650.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803244528
ISBN
9780803244528
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 42.10

Hardback. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFFE; JFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 825.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803253384
ISBN
9780803253384
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.03

Hardback. Series: Studies of Jews in Society Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, 49 illustrations, 26 tables. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1HFMS; JFF; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 825.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803255388
ISBN
9780803255388
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.34

Paperback. A collection of stories that focus on female subjectivity. It features stories such as: "The Nocturnal Butterflies"; "Shadows in the Shadows"; and, "The Shunammite". Translator(s): Steele, Cynthia. Series: Latin American Women Writers. Num Pages: 130 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSK; FA; FYB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
130
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803259270
ISBN
9780803259270
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.25

Paperback. A study of Helene Cixous that adopts a chronological and expository approach, bravely taking on the daunting task of presenting to non-French-speaking readers an author who specializes in word-play. Num Pages: 197 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBA; 2ADF; DSBH; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3429 x 12. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Edition
Expanded
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803263451
ISBN
9780803263451
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.35

Paperback. The devastation of the November 1938 pogrom, euphemistically known as 'Crystal Night', introduced a new level of Nazi horror that ended the author's family's happy life. This work describes the daily struggle to survive: overcrowding and disease, the underground world of criminals, hunger, heat, and humidity. Num Pages: 217 pages, Illus., map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BGHA; JFFN; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
217
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780803272811
ISBN
9780803272811
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.35

Hardback. Examines how the ongoing struggle over the Washington Redskins team name raises important questions about how white Americans perceive American Indians, about the cultural power of consumer brands, and about continuing obstacles to inclusion and equality. Num Pages: 248 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL9; WSJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 513.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803278646
ISBN
9780803278646
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.34

Hardback. Num Pages: 216 pages, 31 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNN; JFFN; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803284616
ISBN
9780803284616
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.11

Hardback. Illuminates the career of Theodore E. White and his lasting contribution to a field that has largely ignored him in its history. R. Lee Lyman works to fill gaps in the historical record and revisits some of White's analytical innovations from a modern perspective. Series: Critical Studies in the History of Anthropology. Num Pages: 282 pages, 4 photographs, 12 tables, 13 figures, 1 appendix. BIC Classification: HDW; JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803285576
ISBN
9780803285576
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.03

Hardback. Editor(s): Lee, John W.I.; North, Michael. Series: Borderlands and Transcultural Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 4 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KB; HBL; HBTP; JFFS; JPSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803285620
ISBN
9780803285620
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.57

Hardback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 28 photographs, 1 appendix. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; 3JJPK; HBJK; JFFJ; JFSL1; WSJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803288553
ISBN
9780803288553
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.31

Paperback. A poignant piece of self-revelation, sprinkled with some trenchant observations on the way the dead hand of history has weighed down the former Warsaw Pact countries Editor(s): Gilman, Sander L. Series: Texts and Contexts. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVH; BG; DSA; HBJD; HBLW3; JFFN; JPFC; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 313.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803292611
ISBN
9780803292611
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.51

Paperback. Studying the changing structure of social inequality and its underlying causes and consequences, this text encourages diverse methodologies and approaches, including conceptual and theoretical treatises, qualitative and quantitative analyses, and comparative and case-study approaches. Num Pages: 320 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 22. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1961
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804701242
ISBN
9780804701242
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.41

Paperback. The Communist revolution promised Chinese women an end to thousands of years of subjugation, an equality with men in all matters legal, political, social, and economic. This book examines the extent to which this promise has been kept. Num Pages: 300 pages, 25 tables. BIC Classification: JFFK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 17. Weight in Grams: 347.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
297
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804713481
ISBN
9780804713481
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 35.64

Paperback. Spanning the century from the Taiping Rebellion through the establishment of the People's Republic of China, this is a comprehensive history of women in modern China. Editor(s): Fogel, Joshua A. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 17. Weight in Grams: 331.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804714976
ISBN
9780804714976
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 35.91

Hardback. Connecting the cultural domains of religion, sex, and work, this book encompasses aspects of feminist theory, post-structuralist materialisms, Victorian thought, and two prominent 19th-century women's novels (Charlotte Bronte's Villette and George Eliot's Middlemarch)--to understand desire between women as a form of "spiritual materialism." Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 606.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804723121
ISBN
9780804723121
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.74

Paperback. Connecting the cultural domains of religion, sex, and work, this book encompasses aspects of feminist theory, post-structuralist materialisms, Victorian thought, and two prominent 19th-century women's novels (Charlotte Bronte's Villette and George Eliot's Middlemarch)--to understand desire between women as a form of "spiritual materialism." Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804723442
ISBN
9780804723442
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.29

Paperback. Written from a feminist perspective, this is a cultural and ideological study of modern China as seen in the writing of experimental fiction, one of the main attempts to subvert the conventions of socialist realism in contemporary Chinese literature. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBH; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 311.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804724647
ISBN
9780804724647
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.35

Paperback. It has been half a century since the publication of An American Dilemma, Gunnar Myrdal's seminal work on race in America. This book is an attempt to contribute to a fresh understanding of this dilemma by viewing the issues of race as they are now, not as they were a generation or so ago. Editor(s): Sniderman, Paul M.; Tetlock, Philip E.; Carmines, Edward G. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Reissue
SKU
V9780804724821
ISBN
9780804724821
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.45

Paperback. This book explores the link between the everyday relations of gender and the reform of the rural political economy in the 1980's, and argues that the reconstitution of the Chinese state in the reform era draws force and authority from the inherent politics and power of gender. Editor(s): Judd, Ellen R. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPN; JFFK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
Reissue
SKU
V9780804726986
ISBN
9780804726986
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 40.12

Paperback. This book focuses on how the transformation of the food habits of Chinese children-involving snack foods, soft drinks, and fast foods from such Western outlets as McDonald's and Kentucky Fried Chicken-has changed the intimate relationship of childhood, parenthood, and family life. Editor(s): Jing, Jun. Num Pages: 296 pages, 7 line diagrams 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFF; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 18. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804731348
ISBN
9780804731348
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.17

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