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Paperback. 'The Monster Evil' represents the first significant account of all forms of 19th-century interpersonal violence in any British city. Num Pages: 281 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; 3JH; HBTB; JFFE; JKSW1; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 281
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846316838
- ISBN
- 9781846316838
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.30
€ 40.99
€ 36.30
Hardcover. In Cote d'Ivoire, appearing modern is so important for success that many young men deplete their already meager resources to project an illusion of wealth. The author argues that they engage a global hierarchy that is profoundly modern, one that values performance over authenticity - highlighting the counterfeit nature of modernity itself. Num Pages: 296 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HFDY; JFFT; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226575193
- ISBN
- 9780226575193
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.47€ 88.60
€ 106.47
€ 88.60
Paperback. In Cote d'Ivoire, appearing modern is so important for success that many young men deplete their already meager resources to project an illusion of wealth. The author argues that they engage a global hierarchy that is profoundly modern, one that values performance over authenticity - highlighting the counterfeit nature of modernity itself. Num Pages: 296 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HFDY; JFFT; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226575209
- ISBN
- 9780226575209
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.64
€ 40.99
€ 31.64
Paperback. During the 1920s and 1930s, in cities from Beijing to Bombay, Tokyo to Berlin, Johannesburg to New York, the Modern Girl made her flashy, fashionable appearance in city streets and cafes, in films, advertisements, and illustrated magazines. This work tracks the Modern Girl as she emerged as a global phenomenon during the 1920s and 1930s. Editor(s): Weinbaum, Alys Eve; Modern Girl Around the World Research Group; Thomas, Lynn M.; Ramamurthy, Priti; Poiger, Uta G.; Dong, Madeleine Yue. Series: Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies. Num Pages: 435 pages, 132 illustrations. BIC Classification: HB; JFC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822343059
- ISBN
- 9780822343059
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.77
€ 33.99
€ 30.77
Hardback. Using Dominicans in New York City as a case study, Ramona Hernandez challenges the old belief that workers necessarily migrate from one region to another because of supply and demand or because of a de facto government policy to make people leave or stay. As a result, she shows that the traditional correlation between migration and economic progress does not always hold true. Num Pages: 200 pages, 10 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 1KJD; 3JJP; 3JM; JFFN; JHBL; KCB; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231116220
- ISBN
- 9780231116220
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.11€ 79.73
€ 104.11
€ 79.73
Paperback. To what extent has feminism benefited women? Arguing that so far feminism has failed to deliver the promised benefits for many women and has even proved harmful, this text brings together women's voices, from Bridget Jones to Simone de Beauvoir, to provide a radical rethink for the 21st century. Num Pages: 274 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 389. An excellent, clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC London
- Number of pages
- 274
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- SKU
- KRS0018138
- ISBN
- 9780826450951
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 92 pages. BIC Classification: DD; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 142 x 9. Weight in Grams: 138.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The Women's Play Press New Zealand
- Number of pages
- 92
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780958339377
- ISBN
- 9780958339377
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Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.47
€ 10.99
€ 9.47
Hardback. In this wide-ranging and probing book Erin Manning develops the concept of the minor gesture to rethink common assumptions about human agency, the ways we experience the everyday world, and the possibilities for new political praxis. Series: Thought in the Act. Num Pages: 288 pages, 22 photographs. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFFG; MJNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822361039
- ISBN
- 9780822361039
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.75
€ 110.75
Paperback. In this wide-ranging and probing book Erin Manning develops the concept of the minor gesture to rethink common assumptions about human agency, the ways we experience the everyday world, and the possibilities for new political praxis. Series: Thought in the Act. Num Pages: 288 pages, 22 photographs. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFFG; MJNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 230 x 20. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822361213
- ISBN
- 9780822361213
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
€ 30.99
€ 27.40
Paperback. The Ministry of Thin takes an unflinching look at how the modern obsession with weight loss, youth, beauty and perfection got out of control. Emma Woolf, author of An Apple a Day, explores how we might all be able to stop hating and start liking our own bodies again. And she dares to ask: if losing weight is the answer, what is the question? Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; VF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Octopus Publishing Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849534123
- ISBN
- 9781849534123
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.89
€ 11.99
€ 9.89
Paperback. Like the canaries that alerted miners to a poisonous atmosphere, issues of race point to underlying problems in society that ultimately affect everyone, not just minorities. In this work, Lani Guinier and Gerald Torres propose a way to confront race in the 21st century. Series: The Nathan I. Huggins Lectures. Num Pages: 400 pages, 3 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; JFFJ; JFSL; JPA; JPH; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674010840
- ISBN
- 9780674010840
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.77
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Paperback. Examines how twenty-six poverty-stricken African American men from Chicago view their prospects for getting ahead. This book documents their definitions of good jobs and the good life - and their beliefs about whether and how these can be attained. It reveals how these men have experienced varying degrees of exposure to more-privileged Americans. Series: Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA; JFSC; JFSJ2; JFSL3; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 428.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691127002
- ISBN
- 9780691127002
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Condition: New
€ 53.24€ 42.14
€ 53.24
€ 42.14
The Migration-Development Nexus. A Transnational Perspective.
Faist, Thomas; Fauser, Margit; Kivisto, Peter
paperback. "This book examines current policy discussions around the migration-development nexus and subjects them to rigorous conceptual and empirical criticism through a transnational lens, placing the current re-discovery of migrants as agents of development nexus into theoretical and historical perspective."-- Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFN; JFSL; KCP; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 315.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349310142
- ISBN
- 9781349310142
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Condition: New
€ 54.40
€ 54.40
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847422859
- ISBN
- 9781847422859
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.73
€ 24.99
€ 18.73
Paperback. The Migration Apparatus examines the daily practices of European Union migration policy officials as they attempt to harmonize legal channels for labor migrants while simultaneously cracking down on illegal migration. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 407. Weight in Grams: 347.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804761079
- ISBN
- 9780804761079
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.51
€ 30.99
€ 27.51
Hardback. The Migration Apparatus examines the daily practices of European Union migration policy officials as they attempt to harmonize legal channels for labor migrants while simultaneously cracking down on illegal migration. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804761062
- ISBN
- 9780804761062
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.34
€ 118.34
paperback. Explores the emergence of the theme of migration as a dominant subject in the world of art, as well as the ways in which the mobilities of our globalized world have radically reshaped art's conditions of production, reception, and display. Editor(s): Mathur, Saloni. Series: Clark Studies in the Visual Arts. Num Pages: 256 pages, 75 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXJ; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 177 x 18. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300134148
- ISBN
- 9780300134148
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 6.49
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Paperback. Editor(s): Vallianatos, Helen. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 2. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Publisher
- Demeter Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781772580808
- ISBN
- 9781772580808
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.79
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Paperback. In The Migrant Image T. J. Demos examines the ways contemporary artists have reinvented documentary practices in their representations of mobile lives: refugees, migrants, the stateless, and the politically dispossessed. Num Pages: 368 pages, 93 illustrations, including 17 in colour. BIC Classification: APFR; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822353409
- ISBN
- 9780822353409
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Edition
- First Paperback Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813569857
- ISBN
- 9780813569857
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.15
€ 37.99
€ 34.15