Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Based on the author's doctoral dissertation (London School of Economics and Political Science). Series: Critical Criminological Perspectives. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFD; JFD; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 253
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349462810
- ISBN
- 9781349462810
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Condition: New
€ 125.73
€ 125.73
paperback. A cross-country road trip in the tradition of Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance Series: Break Away Books. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; JFCA; WTL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 4522 x 3226 x 23. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253223449
- ISBN
- 9780253223449
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.95
€ 21.99
€ 20.95
Paperback. The past, we know, informs us. And yet, despite its immense importance for understanding our identity, the reality of the past is curiously inaccessible. This book debates the issues of truth and fiction raised by attempts to recreate the past. The debate highlights the formal mechanisms, the ideological commitments whereby history is constructed. Editor(s): Borch, Marianne. Num Pages: 148 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: DS; HB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University Press of Southern Denmark Denmark
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 148
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788778384973
- ISBN
- 9788778384973
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.42
€ 18.99
€ 15.42
Paperback. An examination of the central tenets of economics from a feminist point of view. The authors suggest that the discipline of economics could be improved by freeing itself from masculine biases, and raise questions about the discipline's objective nature. Editor(s): Ferber, Marianne A.; Nelson, Julie A. Num Pages: 186 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 148 x 15. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226242019
- ISBN
- 9780226242019
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.91
€ 37.99
€ 29.91
Paperback. In this work, Ferber and Nelson look back at the progress of feminist economics and forward to its future, offering a thorough summary of feminist economic thought followed by original essays from the field's leading scholars. Num Pages: 184 pages, 1 line drawing, 3 tables. BIC Classification: JFFK; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226242071
- ISBN
- 9780226242071
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 28.00
€ 34.99
€ 28.00
Paperback / so. Editor(s): Friese, Marianne. Num Pages: 225 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 12. Weight in Grams: 331.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783810026705
- ISBN
- 9783810026705
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Condition: New
€ 71.66
€ 71.66
paperback. The contributors to this volume look to the future of feminist theory and practice, specifically in terms of their complex relationship with the global and local configurations of postmodernity. It focuses on political issues and on questions of the body. Editor(s): DeKoven, Marianne. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813529233
- ISBN
- 9780813529233
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.59
€ 40.99
€ 36.59
Paperback. Num Pages: 340 pages, 1 colour plate, 32 halftones. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226808321
- ISBN
- 9780226808321
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.14
€ 31.99
€ 25.14
Paperback. Aimed at promoting discussion and awareness, the author challenges young people to consider events and the part they themselves play in life, thus producing more responsible and independently thinking young adults. The stories in this volume are especially useful for those working with children with Asperger Syndrome or high-functioning autism. Num Pages: 368 pages, index, notes. BIC Classification: JFM; JFSP2; YQCR; YX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 173. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Pub
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843100331
- ISBN
- 9781843100331
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Condition: New
€ 37.55
€ 37.55
Paperback. This ethnography explores the links between a violent historical and political legacy, and the production of secrecy in everyday material culture. The focus is on Mende-speaking southeastern Sierra Leone and the surrounding region. Num Pages: 299 pages, 6 b/w photos, 3 line figures. BIC Classification: 1HFDE; GTB; HBJH; HBLW; JFC; JHMP; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 299
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520225435
- ISBN
- 9780520225435
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.56
€ 38.99
€ 28.56
Paperback. Toronto prides itself on being the world's most diverse city, and its officials seek to support this diversity through programs and policies designed to promote social inclusion. The author brings to light the often unexpected ways that the development and implementation of policies shape everyday urban life. Series: Chicago Series in Law and Society. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBCO; JFSG; JPR; LNDU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 172 x 15. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226921907
- ISBN
- 9780226921907
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.91
€ 37.99
€ 29.91
Hardback. This book offers a discussion of Elizabeth Bishop's translations through close-readings of a selection of poems, with particular attention to the features that relate them to translation, and suggests that translation can be seen as a poetic principle that can be related to the poet's original works. Num Pages: 182 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 238 x 21. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Publisher
- Lexington Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781498520638
- ISBN
- 9781498520638
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Condition: New
€ 107.07€ 67.87
€ 107.07
€ 67.87
Hardcover. This volume reassesses maternalism by providing critical reflections on prior usages of the concept, and by expanding its meaning to encompass geographical areas, political regimes, and cultural concerns that scholars have rarely addressed. Editor(s): Klein, Marian van der; Plant, Rebecca Jo; Sanders, Nichole; Weintrob, Lori. Series: International Studies in Social History. Num Pages: 288 pages, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBLW; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857454669
- ISBN
- 9780857454669
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.97
€ 162.97
Hardback. Num Pages: 360 pages, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231150460
- ISBN
- 9780231150460
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Condition: New
€ 118.96€ 90.75
€ 118.96
€ 90.75
Hardcover. Based on sources in Genesis and Plato's Symposium, the androygyne during Early Modern France was a means of expressing the full potential of humans made in the image of God. This book documents and comments on the range of references to the androgyne in the writings of poets, philosophers, courtiers, and women in positions of political power. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137541369
- ISBN
- 9781137541369
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Editor(s): Pitts, Marian; Smith, Anthony. Num Pages: 226 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GPS; JFSC; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403918116
- ISBN
- 9781403918116
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.68
€ 66.68
Hardcover. There is an increasing need to understand how women will prioritize or integrate the many roles and possibilities now available to them. This book looks at the fundamental pressures that influence the career and personal life decisions that high-achieving women make. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; KJM; VSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780787955700
- ISBN
- 9780787955700
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 27.04
€ 33.99
€ 27.04
Hardback. Drawn from various disciplines and a broad spectrum of research interests, these essays reflect on the challenging issues confronting women in Ukraine today. The contributors are an interdisciplinary, transnational group of scholars from gender studies, feminist theory, history, anthropology, sociology, women's studies, and literature. Editor(s): Rubchak, Marian J. Num Pages: 238 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 168 x 17. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857451187
- ISBN
- 9780857451187
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Condition: New
€ 137.19
€ 137.19
Hardback. Editor(s): Rubchak, Marian J. Translator(s): Rubchak, Marian. Num Pages: 328 pages, 28 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; JFFK; JFSJ1; JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782387640
- ISBN
- 9781782387640
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.56
€ 164.56
Paperback. Users of social and health care services play an increasingly significant part within systems of local governance. This report examines the strategies user groups adopt to seek their objectives, and explores issues relating to notions of consumerism and citizenship. It should be read by anyone involved in health and social care policy and practice. Num Pages: 120 pages, 2tabs. BIC Classification: JFFG; JPR; JPWD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861340566
- ISBN
- 9781861340566
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.62
€ 31.99
€ 30.62
Hardcover. This book describes how Christian communities in South Africa have responded to HIV/AIDS and how these responses have affected the lives HIV-positive people, youth and broader communities. Drawing on Foucault and the sociology of knowledge, it explains how religion became influential in reshaping ideas about sexuality, medicine and modernity. Series: Non-Governmental Public Action. Num Pages: 232 pages, 8 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JM; HRCX6; JFFH2; JHMC; JPWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137477767
- ISBN
- 9781137477767
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. From patriots to pirates, warriors to writers, and mistresses to male impersonators, this book looks at the unorthodox lives of inspiring Irish women. Num Pages: 368 pages, 32 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: BG; GBCB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 196 x 24. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- O´Brien Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847173683
- ISBN
- 9781847173683
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.21
€ 14.99
€ 13.21
Paperback. Editor(s): Barnes, Marian; Brannelly, Tula; Ward, Lizzie; Ward, Nicki. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JFM; JKS; MBP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447316541
- ISBN
- 9781447316541
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 40.17
€ 41.99
€ 40.17
Hardcover. Rich perspectives from leading experts on Coptic culture through the ages Editor(s): Ayad, Mariam. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HRCC8; JFSR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 150. .
- Publisher
- The American University in Cairo Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789774167508
- ISBN
- 9789774167508
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.71
€ 74.71