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hardcover. Drawing on newly available archival case records, this book demonstrates that Chinese women's rights to property changed substantially from the Song through the Qing dynasties, and even more dramatically under the Republican Civil Code of 1929-30. Series: Law, Society & Culture in China. Num Pages: 256 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; 3J; HBJF; HBTB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 535.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804735261
ISBN
9780804735261
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.31

Appealing to both graduate and upper-level undergraduate course in psychology, sociology, social work, political science, and many interdisciplinary areas, Women and Poverty provides a social psychological analysis of social class and class-based inequity, specifically in terms of women's poverty. Series: Contemporary Social Issues and Interventions. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JFFA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 406.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405183512
ISBN
9781405183512
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.74

Paperback. Appealing to both graduate and upper-level undergraduate course in psychology, sociology, social work, political science, and many interdisciplinary areas, Women and Poverty provides a social psychological analysis of social class and class-based inequity, specifically in terms of women's poverty. Series: Contemporary Social Issues and Interventions. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JFFA; JFSJ1; JHB; JMG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 228 x 9. Weight in Grams: 274.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405183505
ISBN
9781405183505
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.41

Hardcover. This work provides an analysis of the development of female insurgency in France between 1789 and 1871, placing particular emphasis on the conflicts that took place from 1830 to 1851. The author aims to demonstrate that a tradition of women's protest evolved from the 1789 Revolution. Num Pages: 232 pages, tables, maps, illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JFFK; JPWF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1996th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333641743
ISBN
9780333641743
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 193.95

Paperback. New Labour have set themselves up to specifically address women's issues and attract women voters, but how successful have they been? This book offers an analysis of New Labour's politics and policies from a gendered perspective. Editor(s): Annesley, Claire; Gains, Francesca; Rummery, Kirstein. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFFK; JPFF; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 232 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861348272
ISBN
9781861348272
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 35.50

Hardback. The chapters in this volume represent diverse attempts to explain women's movements from rural areas, taking prevailing market conditions as well as gender relations into account. The analysis of the different working and living conditions in different parts of rural Europe reveals distinct obstacles but also prospects for young women. Editor(s): Wiest, Karin. Series: New Geographies of Europe. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFN; JFSF; JFSJ1; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 475.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
257
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137483034
ISBN
9781137483034
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.03

Hardcover. This book argues that it is the fluidity of women's identities that enables them to bridge the gender divides and roles ascribed to them by society and culture with those that they have chosen for themselves whilst retaining a sense of their self. Editor(s): Afshar, Haleh. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFFN; JFSJ1; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 144 x 22. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230314092
ISBN
9780230314092
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.52

Paperback. "This book argues that it is the fluidity of women's identities that enables them to bridge the gender divides and roles ascribed to them by society and culture with those that they have chosen for themselves whilst retaining a sense of their self"-- Editor(s): Afshar, Haleh. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFFN; JFSJ; JFSL; JHB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
207
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349339501
ISBN
9781349339501
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Maria Holt uses her research gathered in the Palestinian refugee camps of Lebanon and in the West Bank to look at the forms of violence suffered by women in the context of the wider conflict around them. Series: Library of Modern Middle East Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; JFFD; JFSJ1; JPWS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 214 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780761015
ISBN
9781780761015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.96

Paperback. Offers a comprehensive overview of women's autobiography. This book provides historical back-ground and contemporary criticism along with selections from a range of autobiographies by women. It is a useful tool for courses in autobiography, literature by women, and women's studies. Editor(s): Kimmich, Allison B.; Brownley, Martine Watson. Series: Worlds of Women Series. Num Pages: 215 pages, bibliography, notes. BIC Classification: BGA; DSB; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 164 x 12. Weight in Grams: 313.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
215
Condition
New
SKU
V9780842027021
ISBN
9780842027021
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.10

Hardcover. Drinking alcohol can be pleasurable and life enhancing. On the other hand, it can be associated with danger and risk. This book explores some of the implications of this dichotomy, which creates many policy and practice dilemmas, by an exploration of the place of drinking in women's lives. Editor(s): Campling, Jo. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFH1; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333665893
ISBN
9780333665893
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.73

Hardback. Explores the medical and psychosocial concerns and issues surrounding women living with HIV/AIDS. This book addresses the biomedical aspects of the disease, stress and coping factors, reproductive and childcare issues, access to care, needs of special populations such as drug-using women and adolescents, and policy recommendations. Editor(s): O'Leary, Ann, Ph.D.; Jemmott, Loretta Sweet. Series: AIDS Prevention and Mental Health. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFH2; MBN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1220.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Springer Science+Business Media United States
Number of pages
263
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306452581
ISBN
9780306452581
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 188.06

Hardback. An examination of the hardships endured by women, especially in Third World countries, due to the gender-blind analytical frameworks of government and international financial organizations. The authors in this volume offer alternative strategies for combating recession and poverty. Editor(s): Afshar, Haleh; Dennis, Carolyne. Series: Women's Studies at York Series. Num Pages: 281 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFG; GTF; JFFA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
281
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333537435
ISBN
9780333537435
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.09

Paperback. Contains interviews with nineteen prominent women analysts and writers. In this book, the author persuades them to speak freely on topics such as feminism, sexuality, love, gender differences, and sometimes their lives as analysts and analysands, political activists, wives, and mothers. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1KBB; JFFK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814711705
ISBN
9780814711705
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.98

Hardback. For the last 70 years, the guests of Woman's Hour has interviewed many of the biggest female names from entertainment, politics, the arts and beyond. This is a collection of quotes and extracts from 70 years of the Woman's Hour archive. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: APW; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 134 x 205 x 24. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
Ebury Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785942426
ISBN
9781785942426
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Hardcover. Tyler Perry has made over half a billion dollars through the development of storylines about black women, black communities and black religion. Yet, a text that responds to his efforts from the perspective of these groups does not exist. Editor(s): Manigault-Bryant, LeRhonda; Lomax, Tamura A.; Duncan, Carol B. Series: Black Religion/Womanist Thought/Social Justice. Num Pages: 295 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM2; JFFK; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137429551
ISBN
9781137429551
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.03

Paperback. Tyler Perry has made over half a billion dollars through the development of storylines about black women, black communities and black religion. Yet, a text that responds to his efforts from the perspective of these groups does not exist. Editor(s): Duncan, C. Series: Black Religion/Womanist Thought/Social Justice. Num Pages: 295 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 377.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
295
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349491872
ISBN
9781349491872
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.01

Paperback. A theoretical attempt to grapple with the writings of women of color. It is suitable for those who are struggling to understand voices and experiences of those 'we' label 'other'. Num Pages: 184 pages, 138 b&w photos. BIC Classification: DSB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 233 x 10. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Underlining/margin Notes
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253205032
ISBN
9780253205032
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.99

Hardcover. Drawing on Marianne Williamson's own experiences and reflections, as well as her interactions with many women across the USA and Europe, this book gives her very personal view of the feminine spirit. She explores the many facets of contemporary womanhood - family, work, sex, love and power. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; VSP; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 0. Weight in Grams: 285.
Publisher
Ebury Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712659536
ISBN
9780712659536
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. Combining the energy of the early seventies feminist liberation movement, with the perceptive analyses of the trained theorist, Women's Estate is one of the most influential socialist feminist statements of its time. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Verso
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781687628
ISBN
9781781687628
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.01

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