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Social issues & processes
Hardback. This intoxicating look at the history of drug regulation in Canada reveals how a variety of social and political forces converged at the turn of the twentieth century to transform both public attitudes toward, and access to, narcotics. Num Pages: 640 pages, 10 tables. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 825.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780774829199
- ISBN
- 9780774829199
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 44.75
€ 44.99
€ 44.75
Paperback. Arguments that animals possess an emotional life are often dismissed as sentimental anthropomorphism. This book challenges that notion by proposing that the objective scientific evidence for human emotions is all but non-existent. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFZ; JM; PSVP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 194 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099478911
- ISBN
- 9780099478911
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 16.81
€ 19.00
€ 16.81
Paperback. Num Pages: 36 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: JFFH1; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 277 x 216 x 5. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Publisher
- Woodland Press United States
- Number of pages
- 36
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780962050275
- ISBN
- 9780962050275
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.24
€ 11.24
Hardcover. Melvin Juette has said that becoming paralyzed in a gang-related shooting was 'both the worst and best thing that happened' to him. The incident, he believes, surely spared the then sixteen-year-old African American from prison and/or an early death. It transformed him in other ways, too. This title re-constructs the defining moments of his life. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: BGSA; JFFG; WSJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5346 x 3564 x 458. Weight in Grams: 327.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781592134748
- ISBN
- 9781592134748
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.84
€ 72.84
Paperback. Melvin Juette has said that becoming paralyzed in a gang-related shooting was 'both the worst and best thing that happened' to him. The incident, he believes, surely spared the then sixteen-year-old African American from prison and/or an early death. It transformed him in other ways, too. This title tells Juette's story. Num Pages: 192 pages, 10 Halftones. BIC Classification: BGSA; JFFG; WSJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 210 x 16. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592134755
- ISBN
- 9781592134755
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.31
€ 27.31
Paperback. What's Wrong with Fat? examines the social implications of understanding fatness as a medical health risk, disease, and epidemic. Examining the ways in which debates over fatness have developed, Abigail Saguy argues that the obesity crisis literally makes us sick, intensifies negative body image, and justifies weight-based discrimination. Num Pages: 272 pages, 11 b/w line, 22 b/w halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCV; JFFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199377114
- ISBN
- 9780199377114
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 36.32
€ 36.99
€ 36.32
Paperback. In the 20th century humanity consumed products faster than ever, but this way of living is no longer sustainable. This new and important book shows how technological advances are driving forms of 'collaborative consumption' which will change forever the ways in which we interact both with businesses and with each other. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JFFT; KJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 404. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0002039
- ISBN
- 9780007395910
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. An ethnographic case study of sex tourism in the Dominican Republic, showing how the sex trade is linked to economic and cultural globalization Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 296 pages, 9 b&w photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KJD; JFFS; JFMX; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- unknown
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822332978
- ISBN
- 9780822332978
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.48
€ 30.99
€ 27.48
hardcover. This study lays bare another layer of gender in relation to child sexual abuse, and locates child welfare practice in feminist scholarly debates about women and the welfare state. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFFE1; JFFE2; JFSJ1; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 137 x 8. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802009586
- ISBN
- 9780802009586
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
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
€ 7.64
€ 7.64
Hardback. This book provides an overview of child abuse, specifically focusing on sexual abuse and move to a discussion on sexual abuse in the schools, including a look at legislation designed to protect students and the impact of this legislation in public schools. Num Pages: 120 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE1; WZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 15. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781607092681
- ISBN
- 9781607092681
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.14
€ 124.14
Paperback. Translator(s): Buchanan, Brett. Series: Posthumanities. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HP; JFFZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816692392
- ISBN
- 9780816692392
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
Paperback. Editor(s): Lawson, David; Hulme, David; Matin, Imran; Moore, Karen. Num Pages: 300 pages, 10 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 235 x 18. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Publisher
- Practical Action
- Number of pages
- 300
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853396908
- ISBN
- 9781853396908
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.51
€ 40.51
What Women Do in Wartime: Gender and Conflict in Africa: 0
Turshen, Meredeth; Twagiramariya, Clotilde
paperback. This work describes and analyzes the experience of women in African civil wars. A mixture of reportage, testimony and scholarship, it includes contributions from women in Chad, Liberia, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa and Sudan. Num Pages: 192 pages, map, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1H; HBW; JFFE; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 14. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Zed Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781856495387
- ISBN
- 9781856495387
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.43
€ 55.43
Paperback. 365 days of healing words, both spiritual and psychological in nature, for adults who were abused as children. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: HRCV3; HRCV4; JFFE1; VFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 210 x 31. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785351235
- ISBN
- 9781785351235
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.48
€ 23.99
€ 20.48
Paperback. Visions of a different society run in the interests of the 99%. Leading activist voices answer the question the media loves to ask the protesters. Editor(s): Campagna, Federico; Campiglio, Emanuele. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JPLM; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 199 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745332857
- ISBN
- 9780745332857
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 22.16
€ 32.99
€ 22.16
Paperback. Stories of Love and Healing from a Farm Animal Sanctuary. 192 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JFFZ; WNF. Dimension: 164 x 216 x 11. Weight: 630.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Hampton Roads Publishing
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571746573
- ISBN
- 9781571746573
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.29
€ 17.99
€ 17.29
Paperback. a rational examination of the politics and economics of animal welfare builds on the scientific and philosophical work done to date written with the non-welfare specialist in mind. Num Pages: 200 pages, 50 illustrations, index. BIC Classification: JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 11. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780632050666
- ISBN
- 9780632050666
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.86
€ 65.86
Hardback. This volume brings together for the first time more than two dozen of Daphne PataiOs serious and sometimes satirical essays dealing with the academic and intellectual orthodoxies of our time. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742522268
- ISBN
- 9780742522268
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.77
€ 151.77
Hardcover. Thinking about the future is essential for almost all organizations and societies. States, corporations, universities, cities, NGOs and individuals believe they cannot miss the future. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JFFR; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- Polity
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745696539
- ISBN
- 9780745696539
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.93
€ 65.93
Paperback. Thinking about the future is essential for almost all organizations and societies. States, corporations, universities, cities, NGOs and individuals believe they cannot miss the future. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JFFR; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- Polity
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745696546
- ISBN
- 9780745696546
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.14
€ 25.14
Paperback. In France, a common notion is that the shared interests of graduate students and their professors could lead to intimate sexual relations, and that regulations curtailing those relationships would be both futile and counterproductive. This title explores nthe social problem of sexual harassment. Num Pages: 252 pages, 7 line illustrations, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFFE2; JFSJ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 63.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520237414
- ISBN
- 9780520237414
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.35
€ 40.99
€ 29.35
Hardback. The study of migration is and always has been an interdisciplinary field of study, vast and vibrant in nature. This book takes in its scope an overview of migrations through history, how classic theories have interpreted such movements, and contemporary topics and debates including transnational and transcultural lives, and access to citizenship. Series: What is History Series. Num Pages: 204 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745643359
- ISBN
- 9780745643359
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.93
€ 65.93
paperback. This publication is a multi-authored investigation into HIV reporting in South Africa, and combines journalism with research to present an analysis that is at once broad in its scope and focused on the important issues. Editor(s): Palitza, Kristin; Ridgard, Natalie; Struthers, Helen; Harber, Anton. Num Pages: 288 pages, 24-page colour section. BIC Classification: JFFH2; MJCJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Jacana Media
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781920196257
- ISBN
- 9781920196257
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.59
€ 26.99
€ 23.59