Social issues & processes
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Social issues & processes
Hardback. Are girls taking over the world? It would appear so, based on magazine covers, news headlines, and popular books touting girls' academic success. This title investigates how academically successful girls deal with stress, the "supergirl" drive for perfection, race and class issues, and the sexism that is still present in schools. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ1; JFSP3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2020
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520284142
- ISBN
- 9780520284142
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.22€ 72.38
€ 94.22
€ 72.38
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€ 21.55
€ 27.99
€ 21.55
Hardcover. This book interrogates the global utopian vision for smart energy technologies and the new energy consumer intended to realise it. It enriches and extends the possibilities of four residential smart strategies: energy feedback, dynamic pricing, home automation and micro-generation, focusing on how they are being integrated into everyday practice. Series: Consumption and Public Life. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFT; PHDY; RNU; TB; TH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137267047
- ISBN
- 9781137267047
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Hardcover. This collection focuses on technology-driven changes in democracy and civic engagement in the design and development of the 'smart city', exploring new urban literacies and emergent social practices. Editor(s): Araya, Daniel. Num Pages: 288 pages, 43. BIC Classification: JFFP; JFSG; JPFK; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137377197
- ISBN
- 9781137377197
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.35
€ 150.35
Hardback. Num Pages: 119 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JHBL; JKSN1; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 119
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137521866
- ISBN
- 9781137521866
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.02
€ 66.02
Paperback. Discusses the significance of the state in a globalised economy. Focusing on Denmark and Ireland, this book analyses how small states adapt to the international market and argues that the institutional mediation of globalisation helps us explain why some states seem to possess more capacity to adjust than others. Editor(s): Boss, Michael. Num Pages: 401 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; JP; KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 766.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Connecticut
- Number of pages
- 401
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788779344921
- ISBN
- 9788779344921
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.54
€ 37.54
Paperback. Series: Public Worlds Series. Num Pages: 330 pages, 14 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DND; APF; JFFS; KNTC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816646494
- ISBN
- 9780816646494
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.49
€ 27.99
€ 26.49
Hardcover. Editor(s): Ram Pillarisett, J.; Teo, Joyce S.Y.; Lawry, Roger; Ahmad, Azman. Num Pages: 521 pages, b/w & colour illus, tables & charts. BIC Classification: JFFS; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 264 x 182 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1116.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- Har/Dis
- Number of pages
- 521
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604564778
- ISBN
- 9781604564778
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.40€ 80.25
€ 115.40
€ 80.25
Hardback. Investigates the issues surrounding the prospects of small countries in an integrated, globalized world. The contributors demonstrate that by entering the global arena or forming regional alliances, small countries do not "lose", and may even gain sovereignty in areas previously closed to them. Editor(s): Salvatore, Dominick; Sveltlicic, Marjan; Damijan, J.P. Num Pages: 318 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333789841
- ISBN
- 9780333789841
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.44
€ 128.44
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DD; JFFE2; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 22. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- The Feminist Press at CUNY
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558618701
- ISBN
- 9781558618701
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.26
€ 20.99
€ 19.26
Paperback. Paints a portrait of the practitioners of slumming and their world: who they were, why they went, what they claimed to have found, how it changed them, and how slumming, in turn, shaped both Victorian and twentieth-century understandings of poverty and social welfare, gender relations, and sexuality. Num Pages: 424 pages, 26 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1; HBLL; JFFA; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 2006, Third Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691128009
- ISBN
- 9780691128009
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 38.20
€ 52.99
€ 38.20
Paperback. A profile of the black men who congregate at Slim's Table at the Valois "See Your Food" cafeteria on Chicago's South Side. Num Pages: 200 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF; JFSJ; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 212 x 145 x 13. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226170312
- ISBN
- 9780226170312
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.43
€ 17.99
€ 15.43
Paperback. Editor(s): Bendix, Regina F.; Bendix, John. Num Pages: 131 pages, illus. BIC Classification: JFFE; JHMP; JKVC; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 169 x 8. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 131
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772899879
- ISBN
- 9788772899879
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 22.42
€ 29.99
€ 22.42
paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583227015
- ISBN
- 9781583227015
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.74
€ 15.99
€ 14.74
Hardback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JFF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 25. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583224786
- ISBN
- 9781583224786
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.04
€ 24.99
€ 21.04
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL3; JKVP; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816692415
- ISBN
- 9780816692415
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.38
€ 26.99
€ 25.38
Hardback. Num Pages: 295 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE1. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 149 x 29. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers Group Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 295
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306434594
- ISBN
- 9780306434594
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.74
€ 66.74
hardcover. Num Pages: 144 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFF; JFSJ; JFSL; JHB; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 337.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137498441
- ISBN
- 9781137498441
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.17
€ 66.17
Hardback. Most labor and migration studies classify migrants with limited formal education or credentials as unskilled. This book uncovers these migrants' lifelong human capital and identifies mobility pathways associated with the acquisition and transfer of skills across the migratory circuit, including reskilling, job jumping, and entrepreneurship. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFFN; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 146 x 26. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780520283725
- ISBN
- 9780520283725
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.22€ 72.38
€ 94.22
€ 72.38
Paperback. Most labor and migration studies classify migrants with limited formal education or credentials as unskilled. This book uncovers these migrants' lifelong human capital and identifies mobility pathways associated with the acquisition and transfer of skills across the migratory circuit, including reskilling, job jumping, and entrepreneurship. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFFN; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520283732
- ISBN
- 9780520283732
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06