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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Gender analysis remains central to understanding social life, yet focusing on gender alone is inadequate. Recent feminist sociological scholarship highlights how gender intersects with other systems of privilege and oppression. This exciting new text combines these insights with an innovative, student-centered pedagogical approach. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 189 x 20. Weight in Grams: 716.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745651866
- ISBN
- 9780745651866
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€ 35.00
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Paperback. Num Pages: 261 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL4; JKVP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781477309018
- ISBN
- 9781477309018
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€ 29.99€ 27.67
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€ 27.67
Paperback. Sex is beyond reason, and yet we constantly reason about it. So, too, did the peoples of Ancient Greece and Rome.This work considers how erotic experience is understood in classical texts, and what ethical and philosophical arguments are made about sex? Editor(s): Nussbaum, Martha C.; Sihvola, Juha. Num Pages: 464 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; HBG; HBLA; JFCX; JFSJ; VFVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 26. Weight in Grams: 628.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226609157
- ISBN
- 9780226609157
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€ 47.99€ 37.57
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€ 37.57
Paperback. Medieval Douai left an enormous archive of documents. This text reveals how these documents were produced in an effort to regulate property and gender relations. At the centre was a shift to a property regime based on contract. The book explores why the law changed and assesses its effects. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 292 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DDB; 3H; 3JB; HBJD; HBLC; JFFK; JHBK; LNCJ; LNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 400.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226355160
- ISBN
- 9780226355160
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.65
€ 42.99
€ 33.65
Paperback. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226355047
- ISBN
- 9780226355047
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Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.57
€ 47.99
€ 37.57
Hardback. Why it is a mistake to let commercial entertainment serve as America's de facto ambassador to the world Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 242 x 29. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300123388
- ISBN
- 9780300123388
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€ 40.99€ 29.44
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€ 29.44
Paperback. This text traces popular music back to its roots in jazz, blues, and country through the rise of rock 'n' roll and the emergence of heavy metal, punk, and rap. The author argues that despite the balance of these origins, something has gone seriously wrong with the sound and sensibility of music. Num Pages: 462 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVGK; AVGL; AVGP; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 35. Weight in Grams: 734.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 462
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226039596
- ISBN
- 9780226039596
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 30.01
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€ 30.01
Paperback. Focusing on the language and symbols of reform, Fineman argues that by advocating measures based on equality of treatment rather than of outcome, liberal feminists disregarded the socioeconomic factors that simultaneously place women at a disadvantage in the market and favor their taking on primary domestic responsibilities. Num Pages: 262 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JHBK; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 14. Weight in Grams: 339.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226249575
- ISBN
- 9780226249575
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.91
€ 36.99
€ 29.91
Paperback. Although the scale on which children are affected by war may be greater today than at any time since the world wars of the twentieth century, children have been a part of conflict since the beginning of warfare. This book shows that boys and girls have routinely contributed to home front war efforts. Editor(s): Marten, James. Num Pages: 313 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; JFSP1; JFSP2; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 24. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 313
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814756676
- ISBN
- 9780814756676
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
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Hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages, TBD. BIC Classification: HBT; JFCV; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 244 x 27. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465036622
- ISBN
- 9780465036622
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 24.18
€ 29.99
€ 24.18
Hardcover. Addressing the issue of how gendered spatial relations impact the production of literary works, this book discusses gender implications of spatial categories: the notions of home and away, placement and displacement, dwelling and travel, location and dislocation, and the 'quest for place' in women's writing from Argentina from 1920 to the present. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 2ADS; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Ed.
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230120853
- ISBN
- 9780230120853
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€ 53.36€ 47.12
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Paperback. This text centres the future of Southern California on the links between the two fastest-growing racial groups in California, Asians and Latinos, and the economic and social mainstream of this important sector of the global economy. Editor(s): Lopez-Garza, Marta; Diaz, David R. Num Pages: 488 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JFFN; JFSL4; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 649.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780804736312
- ISBN
- 9780804736312
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€ 46.99€ 42.18
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Paperback. Drawing from her years of activism and anthropological scholarship, influential thinker Marta Lama offers invaluable insight into the theoretical and political tensions that have shaped Mexican feminism and the world at large. This important book covers topics such as the political development of the feminist movement and affirmative action. Translator(s): Pluecker, John. Series: Theory in the World. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3J; JFC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 149 x 11. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137449863
- ISBN
- 9781137449863
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Condition: New
€ 65.60
€ 65.60
Paperback. Translator(s): Pluecker, John. Series: Theory in the World. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC; JFFK; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 251.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349289493
- ISBN
- 9781349289493
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Focuses on the use and adaptive reuse of everyday buildings in Oakland, California, to make the city a better place for children. She introduces us to the women who were determined to mitigate the burdens placed on working-class families by an indifferent industrial capitalist economy. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 448 pages, 120 halftones, 14 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; AMVD; JFSJ1; JKSB1; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 767.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226311289
- ISBN
- 9780226311289
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Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 40.43
€ 50.99
€ 40.43
Hardcover. Exploring the role of refugees in international relations, this study sheds light on Alliance policies towards World War II Ukrainian refugees and demonstrates how these refugees had an impact on international refugee policy. It also refers to the origins of the Cold War. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 293 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; HBJD; HBWQ; JFFC; JFFN; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333714546
- ISBN
- 9780333714546
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Condition: New
€ 128.00
€ 128.00
Hardback. This collection addresses key issues in the critique of Eurocentrism and racism regarding debates on the production of knowledge, historical narratives and memories in Europe and the Americas. Contributors explore the history of liberation politics as well as academic and political reaction through formulas of accommodation that re-centre the West. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1K; JFSL; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137292889
- ISBN
- 9781137292889
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Condition: New
€ 67.01
€ 67.01
Hardback. Editor(s): Tawil Kuri, Marta. Series: Middle East Today. Num Pages: 296 pages, 14 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; JFC; JPQB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137601308
- ISBN
- 9781137601308
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Condition: New
€ 127.96
€ 127.96
Hardcover. Num Pages: 192 pages, 300 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KB; ACBK; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 294 x 246 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1208.
- Publisher
- The Heard Museum United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780934351768
- ISBN
- 9780934351768
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Condition: New
€ 61.11€ 48.70
€ 61.11
€ 48.70
Paperback. Offers an overview of persuasive strategies and propaganda techniques. How do individuals and organisations exert influence to build communities and networks? What role do media play in communicating persuasive messages? How do we use recent discoveries in cognitive science to promote a cause, advocate social change or market ideas and products? Series: Media Topics. Num Pages: 288 pages, 15 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JFF; JPVN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748644155
- ISBN
- 9780748644155
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.00
€ 33.99
€ 28.00
Paperback. Previously unpublished lectures and interviews by the pre-eminent media seer of the modern age--informal, accessible, provocative. Editor(s): McLuhan, Stephanie; Staines, David. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: BG; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The MIT Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262633178
- ISBN
- 9780262633178
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.88
€ 24.99
€ 21.88
Paperback. Terms and phrases such as "the global village" and "the medium is the message" are now part of the lexicon, and McLuhan's theories continue to challenge our sensibilities and our assumptions about how and what we communicate. Num Pages: 389 pages. BIC Classification: JFD; UBJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 389
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262631594
- ISBN
- 9780262631594
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.84
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Paperback. The theme of McLuhan's book is the distinction between two quite different traditions of reasoning which have grown up in Western and Eastern countries, and how global communications have brought these two traditions into contact. Series: Communication and Society. Num Pages: 240 pages, halftones, line illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 217 x 9. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Number of pages
- 236
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195079104
- ISBN
- 9780195079104
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Condition: New
€ 33.72
€ 33.72
Paperback. Written by the author who is known for coining the term 'Global Village', this title illustrates his theories that force us to question how modes of communication have shaped society. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages, Fully illustrated throughout. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 187 x 107 x 12. Weight in Grams: 124.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141035826
- ISBN
- 9780141035826
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76