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Hardback. Focusing on multi-ethnic interaction in an inner city area, this book addresses difficult issues that are often simplistically and negatively portrayed, challenging the stereotypical denigration of inner city life, and Muslim communities in particular. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSG; JFSL1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 242 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Bristol University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447315643
ISBN
9781447315643
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.07

Paperback. The second volume of Helen Forrester's powerful, painful and ultimately uplifting four-volume autobiography of her poverty-stricken childhood in Liverpool during the Depression. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; 3JJG; BGA; JFFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 24. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008180959
ISBN
9780008180959
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.42

Paperback. Mining the results of an extraordinary twelve-year study that followed 150 undocumented young adults in Los Angeles, this book exposes the failures of a system that integrates children into K-12 schools but ultimately denies them the rewards of their labor. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JFSP2; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520287266
ISBN
9780520287266
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.06

Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA; JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 18. Weight in Grams: 339.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226671840
ISBN
9780226671840
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.94

Paperback. How humans think and feel about their work handling food animals Series Editor(s): Arluke, Arnold; Sanders, Clinton R. Series: Animals, Culture, & Society. Num Pages: 248 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFZ; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781592136490
ISBN
9781592136490
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 32.97

Paperback. .
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822363194
ISBN
9780822363194
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.50

Hardback. Showing how feminist theory is generated from everyday life and the ordinary experiences of being a feminist, Sara Ahmed highlights the ties between feminist theory and living a life that sustains it by building on legacies of feminist of color scholarship and discussing the figure of the feminist killjoy. Num Pages: 312 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFK; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822363040
ISBN
9780822363040
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.81

Paperback. Investigates the social history of skin color from prehistory to the present, showing how our body's most visible feature influences our social interactions in profound and complex ways. This book explains why skin color has become a biological trait with great social meaning - a product of evolution perceived differently by different cultures. Num Pages: 280 pages, 10 color illustrations, 49 b/w photographs, 1 line illustration, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSL; JHMC; JHMP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 151 x 227 x 19. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520283862
ISBN
9780520283862
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.89

Paperback. The highly acclaimed, controversial and much needed look at our highly sexualised culture, reissued with a new introduction. 'A must-read' Viv Groskop, Guardian Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Virago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844087099
ISBN
9781844087099
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.89

Paperback. Scholars have made urban mothers living in poverty a focus of their research for decades. Offering an analysis of how faith both motivates and at times constrains poor mothers' actions, this book reveals the ways it serves as a lens through which many view and interpret their worlds. Series: Morality and Society Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HR; JFFA; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226781617
ISBN
9780226781617
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.74

Paperback. What does it mean to be a compassionate, caring person in Russia? This book explores how, following the retreat of the Russian state from social welfare services, Russians' efforts to "do the right thing" for their communities have forged new modes of social justice and civic engagement.and secular. Num Pages: 280 pages, 12 b/w. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; JFF; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 153 x 277 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520285842
ISBN
9780520285842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.27

Paperback. A study of Black feminist activism and organizations that challenges the prevailing academic and popular assumption that Black women have avoided feminist political ideology as irrelevant to their lives and the liberation of Black communities. Num Pages: 240 pages, 5 figures. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822334934
ISBN
9780822334934
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.40

Hardcover. This work tells the story - the response of ordinary people around the world to the "irreversible" juggernaut of the global economy. Readers are shown attempts to create alternatives by those for whom globalization has no need. Editor(s): Feffer, John. Num Pages: 192 pages, photographs, notes, index. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 310. Library label to spine, with usual markings inside. However, remains good to very good.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
KRS0020277
ISBN
9781842771525
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HRCX6; JFF; JKS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 190.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780060675073
ISBN
9780060675073
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.63

Hardback. Communities organizing to end Brazil's urban war on drugs Series: Voices of Latin American Life Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFFE; JFSG; JKSW1; JKVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781439900031
ISBN
9781439900031
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.87

Hardback. This book gathers researchers from across the globe to examine paradigms, policies, and practices for developing an inclusive intercultural and transnational framework to reduce societal inequities brought about by transnational migration. This is necessary to positively integrate culturally-diverse families into schools and societies. Editor(s): Herold, Mariella Espinoza (Northern Arizona University USA); Contini, Rina Manuela (University of Chieti-Pescara Italy). Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHB; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781786357823
ISBN
9781786357823
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.26

Hardback. The democratization of luxury, Twitchell contends, has been the single most important marketing phenomenon of our times. Num Pages: 448 pages, 80 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA; JFFT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 26. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231124966
ISBN
9780231124966
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.15
€ 46.67

Hardback. Living on the margins offers a unique insight into the working lives of undocumented (or 'irregular') migrants living in London, and their employers. It offers an international context to the research and provides theoretical, policy and empirical analyses. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; JFFN; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Bristol University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447319368
ISBN
9781447319368
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.07

Paperback. Focuses on the intensity of emotions that brothers and sisters experience when they have a sibling with special needs, and the hard questions they ask Num Pages: 144 pages, 30 line drawings. BIC Classification: JFFG; YXF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 205 x 253 x 13. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295975474
ISBN
9780295975474
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.29

Paperback. An ethnographic examination of how northern Ugandans understand and attempt to control their moral universe and material circumstances in the midst of civil war. Series: The Cultures and Practices of Violence. Num Pages: 286 pages, 8 photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFGU; JFFE; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406. War, History, and Everyday Moments in Northern Uganda. Series: The Cultures and Practices of Violence. 304 pages, 8 illustrations. Since 1986, the Acholi people of northern Uganda have lived in the crossfire of a violent civil war, with the Lord's Resistance Army and other groups fighting the Ugandan government. This title describes how the Acholi - the younger generation, those born into the era of civil strife - understand and attempt to control their moral universe. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1HFGU; JFFE; JHMC. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 18. Weight: 448.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822341918
ISBN
9780822341918
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.71

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