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This updated and expanded edition of the classic hatpin reference is enhanced with hundreds of new color photographs depicting a wide array of collectors' treasures. Victorian hatpins and the holders used to store them are shown in close-up views with extensive text to interpret their use and place them among popular historical fashion accessories. Num Pages: 204 pages, 566 photos. BIC Classification: AKTA; JFCK; WC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1220.
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764304859
- ISBN
- 9780764304859
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 31.88
€ 48.99
€ 31.88
Hardback. Focuses on migration not as a single event but as a dynamic process that responds to and is shaped by broader economic, cultural, and social forces. This work considers issues of international and internal migration; of transnational and multilocal networks through which remittances and other flows take place; and of migrants as active agents. Editor(s): Trager, Lillian. Series: Society for Economic Anthropology Monograph Series. Num Pages: 344 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 167 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759107748
- ISBN
- 9780759107748
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.78
€ 147.78
Paperback. Reviews the research on and empirical evidence of how climate change and climate variability in Less Developed Countries (LDCs) affects two main drivers of migration identified by migration models in the economic literature. Num Pages: 37 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFN; KCM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 166 x 4. Weight in Grams: 100.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Rockwool Foundation Research Unit Denmark
- Number of pages
- 37
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788790199623
- ISBN
- 9788790199623
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 9.58
€ 9.99
€ 9.58
Paperback. Freemasonry has long been one of the most romanticized secret societies in the world. But a simple fact escapes most depictions of this elite brotherhood: there are women Freemasons, too. The author takes you inside Masonic lodges in contemporary Italy, where she observes the many ritualistic and fraternal bonds forged among women initiates. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; JFSJ1; JFSV1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226095868
- ISBN
- 9780226095868
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.24
€ 37.99
€ 29.24
Paperback. Addresses the topic of the political, cultural and moral effects of other people's mediated suffering. This work offers a theoretical perspective on the role of media in global civil society, and looks at how we might begin to analyse the ways in which distant suffering is portrayed, reproduced and consumed. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761970408
- ISBN
- 9780761970408
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.74
€ 68.74
Paperback. WINNER of the 2015 ICA Outstanding Book Award This path-breaking book explores how solidarity towards vulnerable others is performed in our media environment. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; JKSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745642116
- ISBN
- 9780745642116
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.42
€ 25.42
Hardcover. This collection of 28 tales are arranged by subjects and themes, such as: Bouki and Malice; stepmothers; animals; kings and princes; ghost, zonbi and tonton makout; and love and courtship. Liliane Nerette Louis includes a variety of traditional recipes and some historical background information. Series: World Folklore Series. Num Pages: 188 pages, colour and b&w photographs, line drawings. BIC Classification: DNF; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 258 x 185 x 17. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Libraries Unlimited
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781563085796
- ISBN
- 9781563085796
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.85
€ 71.85
Paperback / so. BIC Classification: HRCV4; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 183 x 11. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Vida Publishers United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780829747201
- ISBN
- 9780829747201
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.88
€ 14.99
€ 13.88
Paperback. Examines the migration and settlement of Mexicans and Puerto Ricans in postwar Chicago. The author reveals how the two populations arrived in Chicago in the midst of social and economic change and, in spite of declining industrial employment and massive urban renewal projects, managed to carve out a geographic and racial place in Chicago. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 392 pages, 18 halftones, 9 maps, 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226212845
- ISBN
- 9780226212845
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.51
€ 34.99
€ 27.51
Hardcover. As African American populations grew and white communities declined throughout the 1960s and '70s, Mexicans and Puerto Ricans migrated to the city, adding a complex layer to local racial dynamics, this book provides history to examine the migration and settlement of Mexicans and Puerto Ricans in the postwar era. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 384 pages, 18 halftones, 9 maps, 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226244259
- ISBN
- 9780226244259
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.65€ 77.43
€ 94.65
€ 77.43
Hardback. This book presents a new perspective on attempts by the contemporary Chinese government to transform the diverse conditions found in countless rural villages into what the state's social welfare program deems 'socialist new villages'. Series: China's Environment and Welfare. Num Pages: 248 pages, 59 full color. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSF; JKS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Amsterdam University Press Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789089648464
- ISBN
- 9789089648464
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.24
€ 129.24
Paperback. "Darkroom: A Memoir in Black and White" is an arresting and moving personal story about childhood, race, and identity in the American South, rendered in stunning illustrations by the author, Lila Quintero Weaver. Num Pages: 264 pages, chiefly Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817357146
- ISBN
- 9780817357146
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.23
€ 25.99
€ 24.23
Paperback. Series: Classics in California Anthropology S. Num Pages: 184 pages, 126 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AFTB; AFW; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 509.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- PA Hearst Museum of Anthropology United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780936127040
- ISBN
- 9780936127040
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.07
€ 36.07
Paperback. Num Pages: 324 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; JFD; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226001975
- ISBN
- 9780226001975
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.01
€ 40.99
€ 31.01
Paperback. "Do Muslim Women Need Saving?" is an indictment of a mindset that has justified all manner of foreign interference, including military invasion, in the name of rescuing women from Islam. It offers a detailed, moving portrait of the actual experiences of ordinary Muslim women, and of the contingencies with which they live. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JFSR2; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 210 x 32. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674088269
- ISBN
- 9780674088269
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.60
€ 24.99
€ 22.60
Paperback. Draws on anthropological and feminist insights to construct a critical ethnography of a small Awlad 'Ali Bedouin community in Egypt. This work explores how the telling of stories of everyday life challenges the power of anthropological theory to render adequately the lives of others and the way feminist theory appropriates Third World women. Num Pages: 306 pages, 8 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520256514
- ISBN
- 9780520256514
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.43
€ 33.99
€ 24.43
Paperback. During the late 1970s and early 1980s, the author lived with a community of Bedouins in the Western Desert of Egypt for nearly two years, studying gender relations, morality, and the oral lyric poetry through which women and young men express personal feelings. In this book, the poems are haunting, and the evocation of emotional life vivid. Num Pages: 384 pages, 19 b/w images, 1 map. BIC Classification: JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 321 x 24. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- First Edition, Reissue, 30th Anniversary Edition,
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520292499
- ISBN
- 9780520292499
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.90
€ 36.90
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- ECW Press
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781770411470
- ISBN
- 9781770411470
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.62
€ 15.99
€ 14.62
Paperback. Featuring a wealth of case-study material and insights from leading experts in the field, this highly original volume forces an important re-think in a contentious area of African politics and development. Editor(s): Laakso, Liisa; Hautaniemi, Petri. Series: Africa Now. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFG; GTB; GTJ; JFFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 155 x 233 x 14. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783600977
- ISBN
- 9781783600977
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.39
€ 35.99
€ 30.39
Paperback. This study of Hutu refugees from Burundi, driven into exile after their 1972 insurrection against the Tutsi was suppressed, shows how experiences of dispossession and violence are remembered and turned into narratives, and how this process helps to construct identities such as "Hutu" and "Tutsi." Num Pages: 374 pages, 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFGQ; HBAH; JFC; JFFD; JFSL3; JPVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226502724
- ISBN
- 9780226502724
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.15
€ 37.99
€ 29.15
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 40 halftones & line illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195332636
- ISBN
- 9780195332636
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 21.34
€ 29.99
€ 21.34
Hardback. Series: Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics. Num Pages: 304 pages, 10 halftones. 4 tables. BIC Classification: HRAM2; JFSR1; JFSR2; JPFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 162 x 244 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691164564
- ISBN
- 9780691164564
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.02€ 73.20
€ 97.02
€ 73.20
Paperback. Series: Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics. Num Pages: 304 pages, 10 halftones. 4 tables. BIC Classification: HRAM2; JFSR1; JFSR2; JPFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691164571
- ISBN
- 9780691164571
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.30
€ 30.99
€ 22.30
Hardback. Num Pages: 144 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJD; GTF; JFSF; JHM; JHMP; PSX; RNK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271033259
- ISBN
- 9780271033259
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.82€ 43.37
€ 50.82
€ 43.37