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Society & culture: general

Hardback. The massive drought/famine that killed at least ten million people in north China during the late 1870s remains one of China's most severe disasters and provides a window through which to study the social side of a nation's tragedy. This book presents the history of a horrific famine that took place and focuses on cultural responses to trauma. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 360 pages, 9 b/w photographs, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; HBTB; JFFC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520253025
ISBN
9780520253025
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.97
€ 64.18

Paperback. Documents the trading relationship in the eighteenth century between the Creek Indians and the Anglo-American peoples who settled in what is now the southeastern US. This book is the first to examine extensively the Creek side of this trade, especially the impact of commercial hunting on all aspects of Indian society. Series: Indians of the Southeast. Num Pages: 13 images; 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; JFSL9; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803218567
ISBN
9780803218567
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 23.79

Hardback. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813565910
ISBN
9780813565910
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 169.87

Hardback. American women who have participated in politics, the Civil Rights movement, environmental protection, religious tolerance, and many other issues here express their convictions. The contributors range from Abigail Adams and Elizabeth Cady Stanton to Alice Walker and Betty Friedan. Num Pages: 664 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFFK; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 162 x 43. Weight in Grams: 998.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Cooper Square Publishers Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
664
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815411857
ISBN
9780815411857
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 35.86

Paperback. This text explores the question of how linguistic practices and ideologies relate to sexuality and sexual identity, opening with a discussion of the field of "queer linguistics" and moving from theory into practice with case studies of language use in a variety of cultural settings. Series: CSLI - Stanford Monographs in Linguistics. Num Pages: 350 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: CFB; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9781575863207
ISBN
9781575863207
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 24.62

paperback. When and why have certain forms of shame been embraced by blacks and queers? How does debasement foster attractions? How is it used for aesthetic delight? What does it offer for projects of sorrow and ways of creative historical knowing? How and why is it central to camp? This title deals with these questiions. Series: Series Q. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 b&w photos. BIC Classification: JFSK; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5741 x 3734 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822337966
ISBN
9780822337966
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.23

Paperback. Connecting the cultural domains of religion, sex, and work, this book encompasses aspects of feminist theory, post-structuralist materialisms, Victorian thought, and two prominent 19th-century women's novels (Charlotte Bronte's Villette and George Eliot's Middlemarch)--to understand desire between women as a form of "spiritual materialism." Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804723442
ISBN
9780804723442
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.29

Hardback. Connecting the cultural domains of religion, sex, and work, this book encompasses aspects of feminist theory, post-structuralist materialisms, Victorian thought, and two prominent 19th-century women's novels (Charlotte Bronte's Villette and George Eliot's Middlemarch)--to understand desire between women as a form of "spiritual materialism." Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 606.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804723121
ISBN
9780804723121
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.74

Paperback. Examines children's strangeness, even some children's subliminal 'gayness', in the twentieth century. Series: Series Q. Num Pages: 312 pages, 44 illustrations. BIC Classification: 5SG; JFSK; JFSP1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 215 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 498. Series: Series Q. 312 pages, 44 illustrations. Examines children's strangeness, even some children's subliminal 'gayness', in the twentieth century. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 5SG; JFSK; JFSP1. Dimension: 215 x 156 x 24. Weight: 510.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822343868
ISBN
9780822343868
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.30

hardcover. Drawing on newly available archival case records, this book demonstrates that Chinese women's rights to property changed substantially from the Song through the Qing dynasties, and even more dramatically under the Republican Civil Code of 1929-30. Series: Law, Society & Culture in China. Num Pages: 256 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; 3J; HBJF; HBTB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 535.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804735261
ISBN
9780804735261
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.48

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Harvard University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9780932885289
ISBN
9780932885289
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.19

Hardcover. G is for Genes summariezes the latest research and explores, in a scientific and non-political way, what genetic research means for schools, and for the choices parents have to make about their children's education. Series: Understanding Children's Worlds. Num Pages: 210 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFMG; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 165 x 16. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781118482780
ISBN
9781118482780
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.38
€ 76.46

paperback. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; JFFH2; JHMC; VFDW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253021434
ISBN
9780253021434
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.26

hardcover. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; JFFH2; JHMC; VFDW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253021311
ISBN
9780253021311
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.31

Paperback. .
Publisher
Transcript Verlag
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2021
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837629040
ISBN
9783837629040
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 9.27

Hardback. This much-needed volume, part of the Ageing and the Lifecourse series, combines insights from different disciplines and real-life experiences to argue that the lifecourse perspective helps us understand causes and effects of population ageing. Editor(s): Komp, Kathrin; Johansson, Stina. Series: Ageing and the Lifecourse Series. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP31; JHBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 180 x 247 x 19. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Bristol University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447310716
ISBN
9781447310716
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.87

Hardback. In what ways have social movements attracted the attention of the mass media since the sixties? How have activists influenced public attention via visual symbols, images, and protest performances in that period? And how do mass media cover and frame specific protest issues? Editor(s): Fahlenbrach, Kathrin; Sivertsen, Erling; Werenskjold, Rolf. Series: Protest, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 384 pages, 32 ills, 15 tables. BIC Classification: JFD; JPW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 822.
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857459985
ISBN
9780857459985
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 163.99

Paperback. Race Policy and Multiracial Americans looks at the impact of multiracial people on race policies-where they lag behind the growing numbers of multiracial people in the USA and how they can be used to promote racial justice. This much-needed book is essential reading for anyone interested in race relations and social justice. Num Pages: 226 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; JPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447316503
ISBN
9781447316503
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 33.32

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253212368
ISBN
9780253212368
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.17

Paperback. Reflections on how Americans are constrained by cultural scripts for age-, race-, and gender-proper emotional behavior and how our increasingly media-saturated culture impoverishes our interior lives. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DS; JFD; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822343776
ISBN
9780822343776
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 30.35

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