Social issues & processes
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Social issues & processes
Paperback. These posthumous essays by Joan Kelly, a founder of women's studies, represent a profound synthesis of feminist theory and historical analysis and require a realignment of perspectives on women in society from the Middle Ages to the present. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; HB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 248 x 21. Weight in Grams: 244.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226430287
- ISBN
- 9780226430287
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Paperback. Drawing upon fieldwork conducted over 30 years, the author to this text examines the Sri Lankan advertising industry to show how executives draw on their skills as folk ethnographers to "Sri Lankanize" commodities and practices to make them locally desirable, essentially creating new culture. Num Pages: 248 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKS; JFD; JFFT; JHM; KNTY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 384.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226430416
- ISBN
- 9780226430416
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Paperback. Using a case study of a holistic health centre, "Renewal", this book offers lessons on understanding the problems women face in organizations, the failure of social movements to live up to their ideals, and how it is possible for progressiveness to avoid perpetuating the inequalities it opposes. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSJ; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 200.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226440057
- ISBN
- 9780226440057
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€ 31.99€ 24.47
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Paperback. Throughout the 1970s and '80s, women argued that unless they gained access to information about their own bodies, there would be no equality. This book focuses on the ways in which ordinary women worked to position the female body at the center of women's liberation. Num Pages: 208 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; 3JJPN; JFFK; JFSJ1; VFDW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 358.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226443089
- ISBN
- 9780226443089
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Paperback. Editor(s): Langland, Elizabeth; Gove, W. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 9. Weight in Grams: 198.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- (second printing)
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226468754
- ISBN
- 9780226468754
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Paperback. How can people be induced to sacrifice even one minute of their lives for the group's sake? These essays conceptualize the patterns of negotiation, struggle, and crafting that characterize "oppositional consciousness", a mental state that prepares an oppressed group to undermine a dominant system. Editor(s): Mansbridge, Jane J.; Morris, Aldon D. Num Pages: 308 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFF; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 430.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226503622
- ISBN
- 9780226503622
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Paperback. This text explores the many contradictions faced by shoppers on a typical London street, and in the process offers a sophisticated examination of the way we shop, and what it reveals about our relationships to our families and communities, as well as to the environment and the economy as a whole. Series: Lewis Henry Morgan Lecture Series. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; JFFT; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226526485
- ISBN
- 9780226526485
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Paperback. This study reviews two decades of research on mental disorder and presents empirical and theoretical work which aims to determine more accurate predictions of violent behaviour. Series: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Series on Mental Health and Development. Num Pages: 334 pages, 7 line drawings, 35 tables. BIC Classification: JFFG; JMAL; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 452.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226534060
- ISBN
- 9780226534060
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Paperback. Explains how maps can tell where to anticipate certain hazards, but also how maps can be misleading. The text considers that although it is important to predict and prepare for catastrophic natural hazards, more subtle and persistent phenomena such as pollution and crime also pose serious dangers. Num Pages: 378 pages, 2 halftones, 16 line drawings, 97 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFC; JKV; RGV; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 516.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 378
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226534190
- ISBN
- 9780226534190
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€ 43.99€ 33.79
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Paperback. This text explores the role that litigation has played in the struggle for equal pay between women and men. It explains how wage discrimination battles have raised public legal consciousness and helped reform activists mobilize working women in the pay equity movement since the 1970s. Series: Language & Legal Discourse S. Num Pages: 372 pages, 5 line drawings, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JPVH; KCF; LNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226555720
- ISBN
- 9780226555720
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Paperback. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE1; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 17. Weight in Grams: 300.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226572017
- ISBN
- 9780226572017
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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. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226575193
- ISBN
- 9780226575193
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€ 105.84€ 86.72
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Hardcover. When we think of segregation, what often comes to mind is apartheid South Africa, or the American South in the age of Jim Crow - two societies fundamentally premised on the concept of the separation of the races. In this title, the author shows us that segregation is everywhere, deforming cities and societies worldwide. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 528 pages, 42 halftones. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 164 x 36. Weight in Grams: 876. A Global History of Divided Cities. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. 528 pages, 42 halftones. When we think of segregation, what often comes to mind is apartheid South Africa, or the American South in the age of Jim Crow - two societies fundamentally premised on the concept of the separation of the races. In this title, the author shows us that segregation is everywhere, deforming cities and societies worldwide. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JFFJ; JHB. Dimension: 238 x 164 x 36. Weight: 876.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226580746
- ISBN
- 9780226580746
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Paperback. Everyone worries about privacy these days. Packed with stories that are funny and sad, familiar and strange, this book tours the myriad arenas where privacy battles are fought, lost, and won. It explores how we manage our secrets, our phone calls and e-mail, the perimeters of our homes, and our interactions with neighbors. Num Pages: 408 pages, 2 halftones, 5 line drawings, 6 tables. BIC Classification: JFFP; JHBA; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 228 x 27. Weight in Grams: 576.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226586533
- ISBN
- 9780226586533
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€ 26.99€ 21.72
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Paperback. Analyzes men who have sex with male tourists, yet identify themselves as "normal" hetero-sexual men and struggle to maintain this status within their relationships with wives and girlfriends. This book is suitable for those concerned with health and sexuality in the Caribbean or beyond. Series: Worlds of Desire: The Chicago Series on Sexuality, Gender & Culture. Num Pages: 304 pages, 4 halftones, 1 map, 16 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KJD; JFFH2; JFMX; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 416.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226644363
- ISBN
- 9780226644363
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Paperback. Can governments do anything right? This work argues that federal, state, and local governments can and should do a great deal. It analyzes government programmes that affect Americans' food, housing, health care, education, jobs and wages, incomes and taxes. Series: American Politics & Political Economy S. Num Pages: 410 pages, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA; JKS; JPA; JPQB; JPRB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 147 x 24. Weight in Grams: 558.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 410
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226644820
- ISBN
- 9780226644820
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Paperback. El Salvador emerged from a brutal civil war in 1992 to find much of its national income coming from a massive emigrant workforce that earns money in the US. This book examines this new way of life as it extends across two places: Intipuca, a Salvadoran town, and the Washington, DC, home to the second largest population Salvadorans in the US. Series: Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning. Num Pages: 304 pages, 10 halftones, 1 map, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCS; JFFN; JFSL4; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226653402
- ISBN
- 9780226653402
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Paperback. Num Pages: 284 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE1; JKSB; JKSN2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 367.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226672229
- ISBN
- 9780226672229
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€ 42.99€ 32.86
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Paperback. Exploring the effects of military defeat and Nazi occupation on French articulations of gender in wartime France, this text uses such sources as governmental archives and propaganda to explore the ways in which Vichy politicians used gendered images to maintain political and social order. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, 19 halftones. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBWQ; JFFK; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First Printing
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226673509
- ISBN
- 9780226673509
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€ 43.99€ 34.05
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Paperback. Applying Cartesian principles to "The Woman Question" Poullain demonstrated by rational deduction that the inequality of the sexes was merely prejudice. Poullain advocated an enlightened feminine education, laying the groundwork for the future liberation movement. Translator(s): Bosley, Vivien. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JD; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 498.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226676548
- ISBN
- 9780226676548
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€ 42.99€ 33.29
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Paperback. Race is a factor in government efforts to control dangerous drugs, but the precise ways that race affects drug laws remain difficult to pinpoint. Illuminating this relationship, this book lays out how decades of racism helped shape a punitive US drug policy whose onerous impact on racial minorities has been ignored by Congress and the courts. Num Pages: 216 pages, 16 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL; JKVG; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226684628
- ISBN
- 9780226684628
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.44
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Paperback. From the years 2004 to 2008, Beijing and Shanghai witnessed the construction of an extraordinary number of new buildings, many of which were designed by architectural firms overseas. This title scrutinizes the growing phenomenon of transnational architecture and its profound effect on the development of urban space. Num Pages: 240 pages, 18 halftones, 4 maps, 15 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JMC; AM; JFFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226709819
- ISBN
- 9780226709819
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Paperback. The most accurate and comprehensive picture of homelessness to date, this study offers a powerful explanation of its causes, proposes short-and long-term solutions, and documents the striking contrasts between the homeless of the 1950s and 1960s and the contemporary population, which is younger and contains more women, children, and blacks. Num Pages: 264 pages, 61 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 394.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226728292
- ISBN
- 9780226728292
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.01
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Hardcover. As symbols of America's version of the "good life," cultural products became a primary means for people around the world, especially in Europe, to reimagine both America and themselves in the context of America's growing global sphere of influence. Num Pages: 232 pages, 37halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226732428
- ISBN
- 9780226732428
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Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 40.29
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