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Society & culture: general

Paperback. .
Publisher
Lexington Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739198049
ISBN
9780739198049
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.00
€ 9.11

Hardback. .
Publisher
Lexington Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739186459
ISBN
9780739186459
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.91
€ 15.84

Paperback. This book examines how urbanization and pluralization are shaping the world's cities and what can be done to encourage integration and minimize ethnic and nationalist tensions. Editor(s): Good, Kristin R.; Turgeon, Luc; Triadafilopoulos, Triadafilos. Series: Ethnicity and Democratic Governance Series. Num Pages: 328 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSG; JFSL; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774825849
ISBN
9780774825849
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 40.12

Paperback. Explores the practice and meanings of death rituals in poor urban neighborhoods on the outskirts of the southern Mexican city of Oaxaca. This book provides descriptions of the Day of the Dead and other religious practices. It analyzes how the rites and beliefs associated with death shape and reflect poor Oaxacans' values and social identity. Num Pages: 336 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HRCR; JFCA; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 206 x 165 x 20. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231136891
ISBN
9780231136891
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.70

Hardback. Explores the practice and meanings of death rituals in poor urban neighborhoods on the outskirts of the southern Mexican city of Oaxaca. This book provides descriptions of the Day of the Dead and other religious practices. It analyzes how the rites and beliefs associated with death shape and reflect poor Oaxacans' values and social identity. Num Pages: 336 pages, 42 illus. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HRCR; JFCA; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231136884
ISBN
9780231136884
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.57
€ 79.76

Paperback. Series: Urban Life, Landscape and Policy. Num Pages: 294 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
SKU
V9781439912065
ISBN
9781439912065
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.45

Paperback. A study of the abortion controversy in the United States. It examines the issues, people, and beliefs on both sides of the abortion conflict. It draws data from public documents and newspaper accounts, as well as over two hundred interviews with both pro-life and pro-choice activists. Series: California Series on Social Choice & Political Economy. Num Pages: 350 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 142 x 210 x 26. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520055971
ISBN
9780520055971
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.57

Hardback. Towards a Feminist Cinematic Ethics develops an account of non-normative ethics that can be used to think about filmmaking and viewing, using two philosopher - Emmanuel Levinas and Jean-Luc Nancy, and the work of filmmaker Claire Denis. It offers new readings of Denis' films, situating them within larger feminist, postcolonial and queer debates. Num Pages: 208 pages, 40 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; HPQ; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474403276
ISBN
9781474403276
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.57
€ 101.47

Paperback. The first ethnography of the vibrant Aboriginal media community in Vancouver, Sovereign Screens uncovers the social forces shaping that community, including community media organisations and avant-garde art centres, as well as the national spaces of cultural policy and media institutions. Num Pages: 296 pages, 23 photographs, 1 map, 1 appendix, 1 index. BIC Classification: 1KBC; APFA; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803296961
ISBN
9780803296961
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.97

A work of history, biography, and historical theology, Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 illus. BIC Classification: HRLB; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 242 x 29. Weight in Grams: 518.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190205645
ISBN
9780190205645
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.27

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHB; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199328178
ISBN
9780199328178
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.83

hardcover. Municipalities and Multiculturalism explores the role of the municipality in integrating immigrants and managing the ethno-cultural relations of the city. Series: Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 700.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781442640177
ISBN
9781442640177
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.91

Hardback. Editor(s): Smith, Kristin E (University of New Hampshire); Tickamyer, Ann R (Penn State University). Series: Rural Studies (Hardcover). Num Pages: maps, charts. BIC Classification: JFSF; KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 30. Weight in Grams: 699.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271048611
ISBN
9780271048611
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.49
€ 77.07

Paperback. BIC Classification: JF; JMH; JMP; JMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 190 x 13. Weight in Grams: 122.
Publisher
FSG Originals
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865478237
ISBN
9780865478237
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.46

Paperback. Taking Medicine challenges traditional understandings of colonial medicine by bringing to light the healing work of Aboriginal and settler women in southern Alberta. Series: Women and Indigenous Studies. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HBT; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 4039 x 18. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774818292
ISBN
9780774818292
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 36.86

Paperback. A powerful argument that the feminist campaign to address sexual violence has evolved into a problematic alliance with the neoliberal state. Num Pages: 232 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822342397
ISBN
9780822342397
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.06

paperback. Addresses the effects of a range of modern scientific and social developments - such as cochlear implants, genetic engineering, and educational mainstreaming - on deaf culture. This book splits into three sections, the first focusing on culture and identity, the second on language and literacy, and the third on American Sign Language in the arts. Editor(s): Lindgren, Kristin A.; Deluca, Doreen; Napoli, Donna Jo. Num Pages: 268 pages, 19 halftones, 12 figures. BIC Classification: CFZ; JFFG; MJPD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 15. Weight in Grams: 567.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
Format
Paperback
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9781563685750
ISBN
9781563685750
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 75.78
€ 63.07

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 5. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFE3; LNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801488290
ISBN
9780801488290
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 39.99

Paperback. An authoritative dual biography of the two wives of Woodrow Wilson. Presents a rich and complex portrait of Wilson's marriages, first to the demure Ellen Axon Wilson and then to the controversial Edith Bolling Wilson, as well as his relationship with a "dearest friend," Mary Allen Hulbert Peck. Series: Modern First Ladies. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Press of Kansas United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700621057
ISBN
9780700621057
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.77

Paperback. Num Pages: 584 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFE; JFFJ; JKSW1; JKV; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 43. Weight in Grams: 910.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
AK Press
Edition
Revised Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849352154
ISBN
9781849352154
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.78

Paperback. Reveals a different aspect of Thailand - the intimate co-existence shared by animal and human life in the tropics. Blending anecdote, observation and humour, this volume chronicles and depicts the antics of animal and human characters in and around the author's Thai home. Num Pages: 136 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1FMT; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 190 x 10. Weight in Grams: 466.
Publisher
Orchid Press Publishing Limited Thailand
Number of pages
136
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789745240582
ISBN
9789745240582
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 10.26

Hardback. The fact that men and women continue to receive unequal treatment at work is a point of contention among politicians, the media, and scholars. This book focuses on this phenomenon by analyzing the unique experiences of transgender men - people designated female at birth whose gender identity is male - on the job. Num Pages: 216 pages, 9 tables. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSJ; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226738055
ISBN
9780226738055
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.73
€ 77.34

Paperback. The fact that men and women continue to receive unequal treatment at work is a point of contention among politicians, the media, and scholars. This book focuses on this phenomenon by analyzing the unique experiences of transgender men - people designated female at birth whose gender identity is male - on the job. Num Pages: 216 pages, 9 tables. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSJ; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 165 x 13. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226738079
ISBN
9780226738079
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.52

Paperback. This fully illustrated report is based on the groundbreaking American Human Development Index, which provides a single measure of the well-being for all Americans, disaggregated by state and congressional district, as well as by race, gender, and ethnicity. Series: Social Science Research Council. Num Pages: 336 pages, 130 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 209 x 18. Weight in Grams: 810.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780814783801
ISBN
9780814783801
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.63

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